med term Flashcards
Medical term 3 Basic part
Root word
Prefix
Suffix
Main part of the medial term that denotes the
meaning of the word
root word
Cardio
= heart
Arterio
= artery
Myo
= muscle
Cyto
= Cell
Artho
= joint
Heap/hepato
Liver
pyo
pus
cranio
skull
thrombo
clot
pryo
fever
osteo
bone
phlebo
vein
Nephro
= kidney
colo
colon
HEMAT
BLOOD
AERO
AIR
-beginning of the term
-shows how meaning is assigned to the word
-Description; number/amount, size, location, color
and etc.
PREFIX
a-/an
= without/absence
Poly
= many
Hyper-
increased/above
pre
before
iso
same
micro
small
macro
large
intra
inside/within
pseudo
false
neo
new
nano
billionth
hypo
decreased
anaero
without oxyeh
homo
same/like
cyro
cold
mono
one
di
two / double
tri
three;triple
quad
four;quadruple
oligo
few;several
poly
many
tachy
RAPID;FAST
brady/brachy
SLOW
EPI/PERI/CIRCUM
around
endo/intra
inner;inside;interior
intra/extra
outer
ad
toward
ab
away
chromo
color
leuko
white
erythro
red
flav
yellow
chloro
green
cyano
blue
melan
black
Terminal portion or at the end of the term
- denote the meaning of the root word
- condition: pertaining to a process
or procedure; amount, location,
etc.
suffix
megaly
enlargement
emia
blood
is
inflammation