Medical Terminology Exam 1

athr

Joint

Carcin

Cancer

Cardi

Heart

Cephal

Head

Electr

electricity

Gastr

stomach

Hepat

liver

Osteo

Bone

Rhin

Nose

Suffixes

Provide information about the word root related to: conditions, diseases, procedures

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

A record

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlarged

-pathy

disease

Prefixes

Provide information about the word root related to: abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, times. Many medical terms do not have a prefix

A-

Without

Bi-

Two

Dys-

abnormal, difficult, painful

Inter-

between

Post-

After

Sub-

under

-algia

Pain

-astenia

Weakness

-cele

protrusion

-dynia

Pain

-cytosis

abnormal cell condition (too many)

-ectasis

dilated

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emetic

pertaining to vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone

-lysis

To destroy

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

too few

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stasis

stopping

-stenosis

narrowing

-toxic

poison

-uria

urine condition

-clasia

surgical breaking

-desis

surgical fusing

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

To suture

-tome

instrument to cut

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-gram

A record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

manometer

instrument for measuring pressure

meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-cle

small

-cyesis

pregnancy

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin condition

-dipsia

thirst

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-gen

that which produces

-genesis

produces

-genic

producing

-globin

protein

-globulin

protein

-gravida

pregnancy

-kinesia

movement

-oid

resembling

-ole

small

-opia

vision

-opsy

view of

-osmia

sense of smell

-oxia

Oxygen

-para

To bear (offspring)

-partum

childbirth

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-Phil

attracted to

-phonia

voice

-plasia

formation of cells

-plasm

formation

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation

-porosis

porous

-pytysis

spitting

-therapy

treatment

-thorax

chest

-trophic

development

-trophy

development

-ule

small

-er

one who

-iatric

medical specialty

-iatrist

physician

-iatry

medical treatment

-ician

specialist

-ist

specialist

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -atic, -eal, -iac

pertaining to

-ic, -ine, -ior, -nic, -ory, -ose. -ous, -tic

pertaining to

A-

Without

An-

without

Anti-

against

brady-

slow

De-

without

Dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

pachy-

thick

Pseudo-

False

Tachy-

fast

Ante-

in front of

Endo-

within, inner

epi-

above

Ex-

Outward

Hypo-

below

Infra-

below

In-

Inward

Inter-

between

Intra-

within

Para-

beside; two like parts of a pair

Peri-

around

Retro-

behind

Sub-

under

supra-

above

Trans-

across