1. Word Roots Prefixes Suffixes
Medical Terminology
Word Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes

2. WORD ROOTS (a-c) aden: gland angio: blood vessel arterio: artery
arthro: joint
carcin: cancer
cardio: heart
cephal: head
cerebro: brain
chem: drug
chole: gall, bile
colo: colon
costo: ribs
cranio: skull
cyan: blue
cysto: bladder, sac
cyte: cell

3. WORD ROOTS (d-m) derma: skin entero: intestine
epidemi: among the people
erythro: red
gastro: stomach
gingiva: gum
gloss: tongue
glyco: sugar
hepat: liver
hemo: blood
hydro: water
hystero: uterus
leuko: white
lingua: tongue
mamm, mast: breast
myelo: bone marrow
myo: muscle

4. WORD ROOTS (n-t) last group
nephro, ren: kidney
neuro: nerve
ocul,opthal: eye
oophor: ovary
odont, dent: tooth
osteo: bone
oto: ear
ped,pod: foot
phelb: vein
pneumo, pulm: lung
psych: mind, soul
rhin: nose
salpingo: tube
thorac: thorax, chest
trach: trachea

5. PREFIXES (a-e) a,an: without ab: away from ad: toward ante: before
anti: against
aut: self
bi: both, two
brady: slow
circum: round
contra: against
di: two
diplo: double
dys: painful, difficult
ecto: outside
endo, intra: inside
epi: upper, above

6. PREFIXES (h-o) hemi: half hyper: excessive, above, more than
hypo: deficient, below, less than
inter: between
later: side
lipo: fat
mal: bad, difficult
mega/macro: large
micro: small
mono, uni: one, single
neo: new
ortho: straight

7. PREFIXES (p-u) last group
peri: around
poly: many, much
post: behind, after
pre: before, in front of
pro: forward
pseudo: false
retro: backward, behind
semi: half
sub: below
tachy: fast
tele: distant, far
trans: across
ultra: beyond, excess

8. SUFFIXES (a-g) a, ac, al: pertaining to alagia: pain ase: enzyme
centre: puncture
cide: causing death
cente: puncture
dipsia: thirst
ectomy: surgical removal
emesis: vomit
emia: blood
esthesia: sensation
genesis, genic: orgin, source
gram, graph: pictures, record

9. SUFFIXES (i-o) ia: a disease iasis: abnormal condition ism: state of
itis: inflammation
lysis: destruction
malacia: softening
megaly: enlarged
oid: like, similar
ologist: specialist
ology: study of
oma: tumor
orrhagia: hemorrhage
orrhea: flow
osis: condition of
ostomy: surgical opening

10. SUFFIXES (p-u) last group
pathy: disease
penia: deficiency
phobia: fear
plasty: surgical repair
plegia: stroke, paralysis
pnea: breathing
ptosis: drooping down
sclerosis: hardening
scope: picture, inspection
stasis: stoppage
toxic: poisonous
trophy: development, growth
uria: urine