The back surface of the body - often used to indicate the position of one structure in relation to another.
Posterior ( called dorsal)
blood
sang -
measuring instrument
meter
child (plural: children)foot (plural: feet)
ped (o)
in, into, within
en -
trachea
trache (o)
genic
Producing, causing
rib
cost (o)
clot, thrombus (plural: thrombi)
thromb (o)
inflammation
itis
thin, watery fluid
sero -
breathing, respiration
pnea
to, toward, near
ad -
The part farthest from the centre or from the point of attachment.
Distal
woman (plural: women)
gyn, gyne, gynec (o)
spleen
splen (o)
nose
rhin (o)
red
eryth
urine ( plural : urine)
urin (o)
artery ( plural: arteries )
arteri (o)
Cholecystectomy
Removal of the gall bladder
heat
therm (o)
Incision into the stomach.
Gastrostomy
Examination of the rectum with an instrument.
Proctoscope
again, backward
re -
vein
phleb (o)
Inflammation of the tongue
Glossitis
ovary ( plural: ovaries)
oophor ( o)
Examination of using a scope
scopy
small, scant
olig -
skull
crani (o)
small
micro -
examination instrument
- scope
lung
pulm (o)
gynec
Women
vein
ven (o)
asis
A condition, usually abnormal
disease
- pathy
Caused by bacteria
Enteritis
dilation, stretching
- ectasis
myel
Spinal cord, bone marrow
large
meg -
joint
arthro (o)
Inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis means inflammation of the kidney (nephro) kidney and it is (inflammation)
Nephritis
gland
aden (o)
under, decreased, less than normal
hypo -
normal, good, well, healthy
eu -
incision, cutting into
- tomy , - otomy
half
semi -
one, single
mono -
cell
- cyte
against
anti -
Without, not, lack of
a - , an -
excision, removal of
- ectomy
pharynx
pharyng (o)
condition of the urine
- uria
death
necro (o)
uni
One
phasia
Speaking
supra
Above, over
plegia
Paralysis
head
cephal (o)
py
Pus
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
Abbreviation
adrenal gland
adren (o)
before, forward, in front of
ante -
backward, behind
retro -
maintainenance, maintaining a constant level
- stasis
duoden
Duodenum
Neuralgia
Pain in a nerve
Study of the skin.
Dermatology
straight, normal, correct
ortho (o)
around
peri -
Cyanosis
Blue Color or condition
skin (plural: skin)
derma
stone
lith (o)
into, within
intra -
fibre, fibrous
fibr (o)
self
auto -
A word element placed at the beginning of a word to change the meaning of the word. Prefixes are combined with other word elements.
Prefix
stomach
gastr (o)
colon, large intestine
col (o)
Brady
Slow
away from
ab -
muscle
my (o)
enter
Intestines
many, much
poly -
half
hemi -
across, through, apart
dia -
auto
Self
down , from
de -
aden
Gland
destruction of, decomposition
-lysis
by, through
per -
narrow; constriction
sten (o)
condition
- osis
ptosis
Falling, sagging, dropping, down
mind
psych (o)
circum
Around
enlargement
megaly
intestines
enter (o)
before, in front of, prior to
pre -
menstruation
men (o)
record
- gram
spine, vertebrae
vertebr (o)
Caused by bacteria
Bacteriogenic
spinal cord, bone marrow
myel (o)
excessive, too much, high
hyper -
abdomen, loin, or flank
lapar (o)
blood vessel, vas deferens
vas (o)
before, in front of
pro -
The farthest away from the midline of the body.
Lateral
surgical repair or reshaping
-plasty
Located at or toward the front of the body or body part.
Ventral (see Anterior)
circum
Outer,insider
the study of
- logy
Neo
New
white
leuk -
puncture and aspiration of
- centesis
condition of
- iasis
outer, outside
ecto -
new
neo -
The back surface of the body - often used to indicate the position of one structure to another.
Dorsal (see posterior)
difficult, abnormal
dys -
Located at or toward the front of the body or body part.
Anterior
uterus
hyster (o)
development, production, creation
- genesis
inner, inside
endo -
Excision (removal) of an ovary.
Oophorectomy
Ileostomy
Opening into the Ileum
oma
Tumour
making a recording of
- graphy
make something happen
- duction
beside, beyond, after
para -
urethra
urethr (o)
rectum
rect (o)
abdomen
abdomin (o)
A word element containing the basic meaning of the word.
Root
thyroid
thyr (o)
tooth ( plural: teeth)
dent (o)
Hemiplegia
Paralysis on one side if the body.
illness, disease
mal -
pus ( plural: pus)
py (o)
eye
ocul (o)
creation of an opening
- stomy, - ostomy
under, beneath
sub -
blood
hem, hema, hemo, hemat (o)
angi
Vessel
profuse flow, discharge
- rrhea
ear
ot (o)
large
macro -
mucous
muco -
nerve
neur (o)
crani
skull
water
hydro (o)
blood condition
- ernia
falling, sagging, drooping, down
- ptosis
fallopian or uterine tube
salping (o) or tube
in, into, within, not
in -
Painful or difficult urination.
Dysuria
bronchus (plural: bronchi )
bronch (o)
blue
cyan (o)
Dysuria
Difficultly urinating
one
uni -
A suffix is placed at the end of a root to change the meaning of the word, but it is not used alone.
Suffix
between
inter -
lack, deficiency
- penia
bone
oste (o)
Nearest to the trunk of the body of the point of origin.
Proximal
macro
Large
apart, free from
dis -
leuk
White
bile ( plural: bile)
chole , chol (o)
within
infra -
not
non -
uterus
uter (o)
poison, poisonous
toxic (o)
over, on, upon
epi -
Instrument used examine bronci
Bronchoscope
tongue
gloss (o)
a diagram, a recording instrument
graph
duodenum
duoden (o)
breast, mammary gland)
mamm (o)
pain
- algia
vessel
angi (o)
excessive flow
- rrhage, -rrhagia
hernia, herniation, pouching
- cele
out, out of, from, away from
ex -
Inflammation of the stomach
Gastritis treatment
measurement
- metry
producing, causing
- genic
ileum ( plural: ilea)
ile (o) , ili (o)
lung, air, gas
pneum (o)
sternum
stern (o)
condition, usually adnormal
- asis
paralysis
- plegia
dys
Difficult, abnormal
megaly
Enlargement
sweetness, glucose
gluc (o)
against , opposite
contra -
A word element placed at the end of the root to change the meaning of the word, but is not used alone.
Suffix
heart
cardi, cardi (o)
kidney
nephr (o)
chest
thorac (o)
Arthrscopy
Examination of a joint with a scope
mast
Mammary gland, breast
The closest to the midline of the body.
Medial
an exaggerated fear
- phobia
liver
hepat (o)
Inflammation of the kidneys
Nephritis
after, behind
post -
cartilage
chondr (o)
Tacypnea
Rapid Breathing
poison
tox (o)
across, over
trans -
Incision into large intestine
Colostomy
mouth
stomat (o)
cell
cyt (o)
sugar
glyc (o)
a condition
- ism
urine, urinary tract, urination
ur (o)
A vowel added between two roots or between a root and a suffix to make pronunciation easier.
Combining Vowel
A part of a word.A term is translated by separating the word into elements.Medical terms are made up of word elements (prefix, root, suffix - based on Greek and Latin languages).
Word Element
larynx
laryng (o)
brain
encephal (o)
eye
ophthalm (o)
examination using a scope
- scopy
mammary gland, breast
mast (o)
tumour
- oma
around
circum -
fast, rapid
tachy -
above, over, excess
super -
above, over
supra -
Bradycardia
Slow Heart Rate
rectum
proct (o)
Bronch
Bronchus, bronchi
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