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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning

Term	Definition
-phobia	abnormal fear
brachi-	arm
rhin-	nose
carcin-	cancer
-malacia	abnormal softening
crani-	skull
lip-	fat
iatr-	physician
-graphy	making a record
-therapy	treatment
null-	none
hyster-	uterus
super-, supra-	above
-rrhaphy	suture, sew
-trophy	development
-pathy	disease
trans-	across, beyond
micr-, micro-	small
-meter	measure
infra-	beneath
trache-	windpipe
-otia	ear
dia-	through
-stasis	stop, control
ophthalm-	eye
lingu-	tongue
chron-	time
chol-	bile, gall
-ostomy	creation of an opening
para-	to bear
end-, endo-	within
inter-	between
pneum-	air, breath
leuk-, leuc-	white
meta-	after, beyond
neo-	new
cholecyst-	gallbladder
omphal-	unbilicus
dextr-	right
lacrim-	tear
-phasia	speak, say
irid-	iris
brachy-	short
caud-	tail
onych-	nail
path-	disease
cephal-	head
anti-, ant-	against
ocul-	eye
-penia	deficiency, poor
retr-, retro-	behind
bio-	life
-plasm	substance
gnath-	jaw
mamm-, mast-	breast
aer-	air
hist-	tissue
-gram	record, x-ray
-philia	love, attraction
ab-	from, away from
milli-	one one-thousandth
orth-	straight
laryng-	larynx
-ectomy	cut out, excise
-ist	one who
-oma	tumor
orexia-	appetite
epi-	upon
hydr-, hydra-	water
hem-, hemat-	blood
e-, ex-	out, out from
pod-	foot
derm-, dermat-	skin
-cis	cut
-centesis	puncturing to aspirate fluid
-plasty	make, shape
hyper-	over, above
erythr-	red
oophor-	ovary
dextr-	right
later-	side
hepat-	liver
-plasia	formation
vas-	vessel
thromb-	clot
erg-	work
-rrhexis	rupture
-cele	hernia
dactyl-	finger, toes
glyc-, gluc-	sugar
olig-	scanty, few
-emesis	vomiting
-tripsy	crushing
-plegia	paralysis
ped-	child
sten-	narrow, constricted
-rrhagia	burst forth
peri-	around
-cyte	cell
-tomy	to cut
circum-	around
myring-	eardrum
troph-	nurture, nutrition
pyr-	fire, fever
blephar-	eyelid
hypo-	under, below
cerebr-	brain
onc-	tumor
dys-	bad, difficult
heter-	different
esthe-	sensation
quadri-	four
neur-	nerve
crypt-	hidden
phleb-	vein
pro-	before
lapar-	abdomen
mes-	middle
chondr-	cartilage
-emia	blood
para-	beside
dent-, odont-	tooth
dors-	back
salping-	fallopian tube
grav-	heavy, pregnant
kin-, kinesi-	move, movement
cervic-	neck
sanguin-	blood
-osis	abnormal condition
trop-	turn
trachel	neck
intra-	within
kil-, kilo-	thousand
-iasis	condition
cheil-	lip
-oid	resembling
brady-	slow
is-	equal
bi-	two
oste-, oss-	bone
eu-	good
anter-	front
contra-	against
noct-, nyct-	night
necr-	dead
presby-	old
thorac-	chest
-logist	one who specializes
melan-	black
chrom-	color
stomat-	mouth
mal-	bad
pharyng-	throat
tox-	poison
pneumon-	lung
pil-, trich-	hair
-opia	vision
kerat-	cornea
oo-	egg, ova
pulmo(n)-	lung
ot-, aur-	ear
-pexy	surgical fixation
cent-	hundred
angi-	vessel
-mania	madness
metr-	uterus
dacry-	tear
-pepsia	digestion
-lepsy	seizures
col-	large intestine, colon
ad-, ac-, as-, at-	to, toward
-edema	swelling
cyan-	blue
men-	monthly, menses
morph-	shape, form
-pnea	breathe
vita-	life
lact-, galact-	milk
-cide, -cidal	kill
phren-	diaphragm
re-	back, again
sept-	contamination
en-	in, on
vert-	turn
post-	after
viscer-	internal organs
cutan-, cut-	skin
traumat-	wound
gastr-	stomach
cyt-	cell
-uria	urine
nas-	nose
-atresia	without an opening
-ptosis	prolapse, drooping
phon-	voice
hemi-, semi-	half
encephal-	brain
-asthenia	weakness
ur-	urine
duct-	carry
a-, an-, in	without, negative
cost-	rib
sect-	cut
macr-, macro-	large
dips-	thirst
proct-	rectum
phas-	speak, say
pre-	before
pect-	chest
gynec-	female
de-	down from
scler-	hard
-dynia	pain
ecto-, exo-, extra-	outside
phag-	swallow, eat
psych-	mind
-lysis, -lytic	break down, dissolve
tax-	order, arrange
-scope	instrument for viewing
-itis	inflammation
therm-	heat
-some, soma	body
-gnosis	knowledge
nephr-, ren-	kidney
ten-	tendon
or-	mouth
colp-	vagina
-tome	instrument to cut
-ectasia	expansion, dilation
arthr-	joint
gloss-	tongue
enter-	intestine
flex-	bend
home-, hom-	same
-rrhea	flow, discharge
pyel-	kidney pelvis
orchid-	testes
lith-	stone
multi-	many
per-	through
gingiv-	gums
sub-	under, below
co-, com-, con-	with, together
vesic-	bladder
pharmac-	drug
-scopy	visualization
gen-	produce
primi-	first
myc-	fungus
-logy	study of
cyst-	bladder
cardi-	heart
acr-	extremity, peak
-megaly	enlargement
uni-	one
pseud-	false
strict-	draw tight
hidr-	perspiration
poly-	much, many
tri-	three
febr-	fever
cheir, chir-	hand
carp-	wrist
aden-	gland
-al	pertaining to
-spasm	twitching
cry-	cold
sial-	saliva
py-	pus
my-	muscle
tachy-	fast
myel-	marrow, spinal cord
-desis	fusion
ante-	before, in front
syn-, sym-	with, together
-algia	pain
dis-	apart

-phobia	Definition: abnormal fear	1	0	false
brachi-	Definition: arm	2	0	false
nose	Term: rhin-	3	1	false
carcin-	Definition: cancer	4	0	false
-malacia	Definition: abnormal softening	5	0	false
crani-	Definition: skull	6	0	false
iatr-	Definition: physician	8	0	false
-graphy	Definition: making a record	9	0	false
treatment	Term: -therapy	10	1	false
none	Term: null-	11	1	false
hyster-	Definition: uterus	12	0	false
super-, supra-	Definition: above	13	0	false
suture, sew	Term: -rrhaphy	14	1	false
-trophy	Definition: development	15	0	false
disease	Term: -pathy	16	1	false
trans-	Definition: across, beyond	17	0	false
micr-, micro-	Definition: small	18	0	false
measure	Term: -meter	19	1	false
beneath	Term: infra-	20	1	false
trache-	Definition: windpipe	21	0	false