| Medical Terminology Notes |
| Mediine and Its Specialties: Combining Forms -algesi(o) - senstivity to pain -bi(o) - life or living -cardi(o) - heart -crin(o) - to secrete -dent(o), odont(o) - tooth -derm(a), dermat(o) - skin -esthesi(o) - feeling -ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)- aged -gynec(o) - female -hist(o) - tissue -immun(o) - immune -laryng(o) - larynx -neur(o) - nerve or nervous syst. -obstetr(o) - midwife -onc(o) - tumor -ophthalm(o) - eye -or(o) - mouth -orth(o) - straight -ot(o) - ear -path(o) - disease -ped(o) - child or foot -pharmac(o)-drugs or medicine -pharmaceut(o) - drugs -physi(o) - nature -plast(o) - repair -pod(o) - foot -psych(o) - mind -radi(o) - radius or radiant energ -rheumat(o) - rheumatism -rhin(o) - nose -therapeut(o) - treatment -tom(o) - to cut -tox(o), toxic(o) - poison -ur(o) - urine or urinary |
| Prefixes an - not or without ana - up or again end-, endo - inside pes - foot Suffixes -ac, -al, -ic - pertaining to -crine - to secrete -er, -ist - one who -ia - condition -iatrician - practitioner -iatrics, -iatry - medicine -ism - condition, theory, process -logist - one who -logy - study or science of -opsy - to view -pod - foot -tomy - incision (cutting) Muscular and Skeletal Systems: Combining Forms ankyl(o) - stiff arthr(o), articul(o) - joint; articulation aut(o) - self blast(o) - embryonic form burs(o) - bursa calc(i) - calcium calcane(o) - heel bone carp(o) - wrist chondr(o) - cartilage clavicul(o) - clavicle coccyg(o) - coccyx cost(o) - ribs crani(o) - cranium fasci(o) - fascia femor(o) - femur |
| fibul(o) - fibula humer(o) - humerus ili(o) - ilium ischi(o) - ischium lumb(o) - lower back muscul(o) - muscle myel(o) - bone marrow or spinal cord orth(o) - straight oste(o) - bone patell(o) - patella pelv(i) - pelvis phalang(o) phalanges pub(o) - pubis rach(i), rachi(o), spin(o) - spine radi(o) - radius (sometimes radiant ener.) sacr(o) - sacrum scapul(o) - scapula spondyl(o), vertebr(o) - vertebrae stern(o) - sternum synov(o), synovi(o) - synovial membrane tars(o) - tarsus (edge of eyelid) ten(o), tend(o), tendin(o) - tendon tibi(o) - tibia troph(o) - nutrition uln(o) - ulna viscer(o) - viscera Prefixes ab - away from ad-toward infra - situated below meta - change or next retro - backward or behind super or supra - above or excess syn - joined; together Suffixes -asthenia - weakness -blast - embryonic form -clasia - break -desis - binding. fusion -malacia - abnormal softening -sarcoma - malignant tumor form con. tiss -schisis - split -trophy - nutrition |
 |
| Nervous Systems and Psychological Disorders: Combining Forms algesio (o) - sensitivity to pain arachn (o) - spider/arachnoid membr audi(o) - hearing aut(o) - self blephar(o) - eyelid cerebell (o) - cerebellum cerebr (o) - cerebrum chem(o) - chemical dacry(o), lacrim(o) - tear dendr(o) - tree esthesi(o) - feeling gli(o) - neuroglia or a sticky substance ir(o) -, irid(o) - iris kerat(o) - cornea, hard, horny kinesi(o) - movement mening(o)- meninges ment(o), psych(o) - mind mon(o)- one or single myel(o) - bone marrow or spinal cord narc(o) - sleep neur(o) - nerve ocul(o), ophthalm(o) - eye opt(o), optic(o) - vision phren(o) - mind or diaphragm pyr(o) - fire schist(o), schiz(o) - split |
| Prefixes contra - against di- twice hemi - half idio- individual inter- between quadri - four semi- half or partly Suffixes -esthesia - sensation, perception -kenisia - movement -lepsy - seizure -mania - excessive preoccupation -opia - vision -phobia - abnormal fear -tripsy - surgical crushing Integumentary System Combining Forms adip(o), lip(o) - fat alb(o), albin(o) - white axill(o) - axilla (armpit) bacter(i), bacteri(o) - bacteria cry(o) - cold cutane(o), derm(o), dermat(o) - skin erythemat(o) - erythema or redness follicul(o) - follicle heli(o) - sun hidr(o) - sweat hydr(o) - water |
 |
| ichthy(o) - fish kerat(o) - horny or cornea leuk(o) - white cyan(o) - blue melan(o) - black myc(o) - fungus necr(o) - dead or death onych(o), ungu(o) - nail pil(o), trich(o) - hair rhytid(o) - wrinkle seb(o) - sebum seps(o) - infection sept(o) - infection or septum therm(o) - heat xer(o) - dry Prefixes: dai - through in-in, into, or not ecto - outside meso - middle sub - under Suffixes: -cidal - killing -derm - skin or germ layer -phoresis - transmission |