Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes and Word Roots PDF

Acr/o Extremities Amb/i Both sides/double Anter/o Front Aut/o Self Axill/o Armpit, axilla Blephar/o Eyelid or eyelash Brachi/o Arm Bucc/o Cheek (on the face!) Canth/o Angle formed where eyelids meet Capit/o Head Carp/o Wrist Caud/o Tail/downward Cephal/o Head Cervic/o Neck...

Acr/o Extremities Amb/i Both sides/double Anter/o Front Aut/o Self Axill/o Armpit, axilla Blephar/o Eyelid or eyelash Brachi/o Arm Bucc/o Cheek (on the face!) Canth/o Angle formed where eyelids meet Capit/o Head Carp/o Wrist Caud/o Tail/downward Cephal/o Head Cervic/o Neck or cervix (neck of uterus) Cheil/o, chil/o Lip Cheir/o, chir/o Hand Cili/o Eyelash or eyelid, or small hairlike processes Cor/e, cor/o Pupil of eye Crani/o Skull Cubit/o Elbow Dactyl/o Fingers or toes Derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o Skin Dors/i, dors/o Back or posterior Faci/o Face Gingiv/o Gums in mouth Gloss/o Tongue Gnath/o Jaws Inguin/o Groin Irid/o Iris of eye Labi/o Lips Lapar/o Abdomen, loin, or flank Later/o Side Lingu/o Tongue Mamm/a, mamm/o Breast Mast/o Breast Nas/o Nose Occipit/o Back of the head Ocul/o Eye Odont/o Teeth Omphal/o Umbilicus Onych/o Nails Ophthalm/o, ocul/o Eyes Optic/o, opt/o Seeing, sight Or/o Mouth Ot/o Ear Papill/o Nipple Pelv/o, pelv/i Pelvis Phall/o Penis Pil/o Hair Pod/o Foot Rhin/o Nose Somat/o Body Steth/o Chest Stomat/o Mouth Tal/o Ankle Tars/o Foot Thorac/o Chest / thorax Trachel/o Neck or necklike Trich/o Hair or hairlike Ventr/i, ventr/o Front of body Abdomin/o Abdomen Acanth/o Spiny or thorny Acetabul/o Acetabulum Acromi/o Acromium Aden/o Gland Adip/o Fat Adren/o Adrenal gland Alveoli/o Air sac Angi/o Vessel An/o Anus Aort/o Aorta Arteri/o, arter/o Artery Arteriol/o Arteriole Aspir/o To breathe in Ather/o Plaque, fat Athr/o, articul/o Joint Atri/o Atrium Audi/o, aur/i Hearing Balan/o Glans penis Bio- Life Bronch/i, bronch/o Bronchus Bronchiol/o, bronchiol/i Bronchiole Carcin/o Cancer Cardi/o Heart Cellul/o Cell Cerebell/o Cerebellum Cerebr/i, cerebr/o Cerebrum Cholangi/o Bile duct Chol/e Bile Cholecyst/o Gallbladder Choledoch/o Common bile duct Chondr/i, chondr/o Cartilage Chrom/o, chromat/o Color Col/o, colon/o Colon Colp/o Vagina Cost/o Rib Cry/o Cold Crypt/o Hidden Cutane/o Skin Cyan/o Blue Cysti, cyst/o Bladder or cyst Cyt/o Cell Dipl/o Double, twice Duoden/o Duodenum Encephal/o Brain Enter/o Intestine Episi/o Vulva Erythr/o Red Esophag/o Esophagus Fibr/o Fibers Galact/o Milk Gastr/o Stomach Glyc/o Sugar Gynec/o Female Hemat/o, hem/o Blood Hepat/o, hepatic/o Liver Heter/o Other, different Hidr/o Sweat Hist/o, histi/o Tissue Hom/o, home/o Same, alike Hydr/o Water, wet Hyster/o Uterus Iatr/o Treatment Ile/o Ileum (intestine) Ili/o Ilium (pelvic bone) Intestin/o Intestine Jejun/o Jejunum Kerat/o\ Cornea of eye, horny tissue Lacrima Tears Laryng/o Larynx Leuk/o White Lipid/o Fat Lith/o Stone (in gallbladder or kidney) Lymph/o Lymph vessels Melan/o Black Men/o Menses, menstruation Mening/o Meninges Metr/a, metr/o Uterus My/o Muscle Myel/o Bone marrow or spinal cord Myring/o Eardrum Nat/o Birth Necr/o Death Nephr/o Kidney Neur/o Nerve Oophor/o Ovary Orchid/o, orchi/o Testis Oss/eo, oss/i, ost/e, ost/eo Bone Palat/o Roof of mouth Path/o Disease Peritone/o Peritoneum Pharmac/o Drug Pharyng/o Pharynx Phleb/o Vein Phren/o Diaphragm Pleur/o Pleura, rib (side) Pneum/a, pneum/o Lungs Pneum/ato, pneum/ono Lungs Poli/o Gray matter of nervous system Proct/o Rectum, anus Pulmon/o Lungs Py/o\ Pus Pyel/o Pelvis of kidney Rect/o Rectum Ren/i, ren/o Kidney Sacr/o Sacrum Salping/o Fallopian tube Sarc/o Flesh Scapul/o Scapula Sept/o Infection Splen/o Spleen Spondyl/o Vertebra Stern/o Sternum Tend/o, ten/o, tendin/o Tendon Testicul/o Testis Therm/o Heat Thorac/o Chest Thym/o Thymus Thyr/o Thyroid gland Thyroid/o Thyroid gland Tonsill/o Tonsils Trache/o Trachea Tympan/o Eardrum Ur/e, ur/ea, ur/eo, urin/o, ur/o Urine Ureter/o Ureter Urethr/o Urethra Uter/o Uterus Vas/o Vas deferens Vas/o, ven/o, ven/i Vein Vesic/o Bladder Viscer/o Viscera (internal organs) Xanth/o Red, redness Xer/o\ Dry ***Prefix*** ***What It Means*** A-, an- Lack of, without, not Ante- Before, in front of, or forward Anti- Opposing or against Bi- Double, two, twice, both Co-, con-, com- Together or with De- Down, or from Di- Twice or two Extra-, extro- Beyond, outside of, or outward Hemi-, semi- Half, half of Hyper- Above, excessive, beyond Hyp-, hypo- Below, beneath, deficient Infra- Below or beneath Inter- Between Intra- Within, inside Intro- Into, or within Macro- Large Micro-, micr- Tiny, small Post- After, or following, behind Pre-, pro- In front of, before, preceding Retro- Behind, backward Semi- Half Trans- Through or across Tri- Three Ultra- Excessive, beyond ***Suffix*** ***What It Means*** -ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic Related to, or pertaining to -ate, -ize Subject to, use -ent, -er, -ist Person, agent -genic Produced by -gram A written record -graph Instrument used to record -graphy Process of recording -ism Condition or theory -itis Inflammation -ologist One who studies, specialist -ology Study of, process of study -oma Tumor -pathy Disease, disease process -phobia Morbid fear of or intolerance -scope Instrument used to visually examine -scopy Process of visual examination