Root basic part of the word Prefix beginning

Root - basic part of the word Prefix - beginning Suffix - end Some medical terms have prefix + root + suffix Some have prefix + root Some have root + suffix Some have prefix + root + suffix

Roots

Skeletal/Muscular Roots Acr/o extremities Ankyl crooked, immovable Arthr/o joint Brach/i arm Chondr/o cartilage Cost/o ribs Crani/o skull Dactyl/o fingers, toes Fascia fibrous tissue Myo muscle Myel/o bone marrow, spinal cord Osteo bone Orth/o straight Spondyl/o spine Manus hand Pedes foot

Nervous Roots Cerebra/o brain Cephal/o head Encephal/o brain Neuro nerve Meningo Psych/o meninges mind Electr/o electric Esthesia feeling

Eye/Ear Roots Aud/i Bleph/blepharo hearing, sound eyelid Kerat/o cornea Lacrim/o tears Ocul/o eye Ophthal/mo Oto Tympan/o eye eardrum

Respiratory Roots Bronchi, broncho Pharyng/o Laryng/o Phasia Pneumo Pulm/o Rhin/o Thorac/o Naso Cyan/o Trachi, tracheo Pnea Oxi, oxia bronchial throat voice box speak lung nose chest nose blue windpipe breathing oxygen

Digestive Roots Bucca cheek Chole bile Cholecyst gallbladder Enter/o small intestine Esophag/o esophagus Gastr/o stomach Gingiva gum Gloss/o tongue Lingua tongue Hepat/o liver Lapar/o abdomen Phagia swallow Procto rectum Col/o colon (large intestine) Stoma mouth

Circulatory Roots Angi/o vessel Artero/io artery Cardi/o heart Erythro red Hemo/a/ato blood Phleb/o vein Splen/o spleen Thromb/o clot Leuk/o white

Urinary Roots Cyst/o bladder (urinary) Lith stone Nephr/o kidney Pyel/o pelvis (interior) of kidney Ren/o kidney Ureter/o ureter Urethr/o urethra calculi stone

Reproductive Roots Colp/o Hyster/o vagina uterus Lact/o milk Mamm/o breast Mast/o breast Oophor/o ovary Orch/ido testes Ovi egg, ovary Salping/o fallopian tube Gyn/o female Men/o menstrual Genito reproductive organs

Miscellaneous Roots Cryo cold Therm/o heat Gluc/o sugar Glyc/o sugar Carcin/o cancer Aden/o gland Derm/o skin Hydro water Melan/o black, dark Necr/o death (tissue) Py/o Geront/o pus elderly Hist/o tissue Lip/o fatty Onco cancer

A, an Ab apnea, anuria away from abduct Ad toward adduct, adhesion Ante Anti Bi before antepartum against anticoagulant, antibiotic both, two bilateral Bio life biology Brady slower than normal Circum circumvascular Con conception Contra contraindication Di, diplo Dorsi Dys without dysuria around circumduct, with against double dorsiflexion bradycardia diplopia to the rear painful, difficult dyspnea,

Hemi half hemiplegia Hyper excessive, more than Hypo hypertension deficient, less than hypotension Inter intercostal muscles between Intra inside intraocular, intrauterine Macro large macrodactylia Mal Micro Mono bad malpractice microscopic one, single monochromatic Neo neonatal Pan pandemic Para paraplegia Peri Poly small new all beside, lower around pericardium, periosteum polyuria many, numerous

Semi half semiconscious Sub below sublingual, subdermal Super Supra Tachy Trans Tri Vas supersecretion suprapubic tachycardia transabdominal above, excess above rapid, faster than normal across trimester vascular system three vessel, duct

A, ac, ic Al cardiac, hepatic Centesis Cide relating to abdominal Algia Cele pertaining to pain neuralgia protrusion cystocele thoracentesis puncture suicide, bacteriocidal Cise incision Cyte causing death cut cell leukocyte, erythrocyte Desis surgical fixation Ectomy surgical removal Emia appendectomy anemia, leukemia blood Genesis, genic neurogenic origin, source Gram, graphy picture, record athrodesis

Megaly Mortem Natal Ology Oma Opia Osis Ostomy Otomy Paresis Partum Penia Pexy hepatomegaly postmortem enlarged death birth prenatal cardiology study of melanoma, adenoma myopia, hyperopia arthrotomy hemiparesis postpartum leukopenia vision condition, ab. increase leukocytosis tracheostomy tumor creation of opening cut into paralysis birth, labor deficiency fixation cystopexy, hysteropexy

Rrhage Rrhea Rhaphy hemorrhage excessive flow, rupture discharge rhinorrhea, diarrhea herniorrhaphy suture, stitch Sclerosis hardening arteriosclerosis Scope, scopy colonoscopy Stasis Uria examine with scope stop hemostasis urine dysuria, hematuria