Medical Terminology Assigned Word Parts Flashcards
Anter/o
Front
Arthr/o
Joint
Bi/o
Life
Cardi/o
Heart
Caud/o
Tail
Cephal/o
Head
Cervic/o
Neck; upper spine
Col/o Colon/o
Large Intestine
Cost/o
Rib
Cyt/o
Cell
Dist/o
Away from point of origin
Dors/o
Back of the body
Enter/o
Intestines
Glyc/o
Sugar; Glucose
Gastr/o
Stomach
Hepat/o
Liver
Hist/o
Tissue
Infer/o
Below
Log/o
study
Later/o
Side
Lip/o
Fat
Neur/o
Nerve
Medi/o
Middle
My/o
Muscle
Poster/o
Back of the body
Path/o
Disease
Proxim/o
Near the point of origin
Sarc/o
Flesh
Super/o
Above
Thorac/o
Chest
Ventr/o
Belly
Viscer/o
Internal organs
a-, an-
Without
Anti-
Against
Ante-
Before
Bi-
Both
Brady
Slow
Hypo-
Below
Endo-
In
Epi-
on; over
Hyper-
Above
Sub-
Below; under
Supra-
Above
Trans-
Across
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior
Pertaining to
Tachy-
Fast
Inter-
Between
Peri-
Around
Intra-
Within
-gen
Substance that produces
-ia
condition
-ine
A substance pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Surgical Removal
-emia
Blood condition
-gen
Substance that produces
-itis
Inflammation
-ia
condition
-ine
A substance pertaining to
-logist
Specialist
-logy
Study of
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Tumor; mass
-osis
Abnormal condition
-pathy
Disease
-plasty
Surgical repair
-stomy
Surgical opening
-tomy
Incision
-um
Structure; tissue; thing