Medical Terminology Flashcards
A-, An-
Not, Without
Aut-, Auto-
Self
Dia-
Complete, through
Endo-
Within
Epi-
Above, Upon
Ex-
Out, Outside
Exo-
Of, Outward
Hyper-
Excessive, More than normal
Hypo-
Deficient, Below normal
In-
Into, In
Peri-
Surrounding
Pro-
Before, Forward
Re-
Back, Again
Retro-
Behind
Sub-
Below, Under
Trans-
Across, Through
Aden/o
Gland
Arthr/o
Joint
Bi/o
Life
Carcin/o
Cancer/ous
Cardi/o
Heart
Cephal/o
Head
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum
Cis/o
To cut
Crin/o
To secrete
Cyst/o
Urinary bladder
Cyt/o
Cell
Derm/o, Dermat/o
Skin
Electr/o
Electricity
Encephal/o
Brain
Enter/o
Intestines
Erythr/o
Red
Gastr/o
Stomach
Glyc/o
Sugar
Gnos/o
Knowledge
Gynec/o
Woman, Female
Hem/o, Hemat/o
Blood
Hepat/o
Liver
Iatr/o
Treatment, Physician
Leuk/o
Whi
Log/o
Study of
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Onc/o
Tumor (Cancerous)
Opthalm/o
Eye
Oste/o
Bone
Path/o
Disease
Ped/o
Child
Psych/o
Mind
Radi/o
X-rays
Ren/o
Kidney
Rhin/o
Nose
Sarc/o
Flesh
Sect/o
To cut
Thromb/o
Clot, Clotting
Ur/o
Urine, Urinary
-ac, -al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Excision, Removal
-emia
Blood condition
-genic
Pertaining to producing
-globin
Protein
-gram
Record
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-ion
Process
-ist
Specialist
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Process of study
-oma
Tumor, Mass, Swelling
-opsy
Process of viewing
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
Disease
-scope
Instrument used to examine
-scopy
Process of visually examining
-sis
State of