| A | B |
|---|
| ab- | away; from - abduct (movement of a limb away from the body) |
| ad- | toward; to - adduction (movement of a limb towards the body) |
| aden/o | gland - adenoids |
| adip/o | fat; lipid (also lip/o) - adipose (fatty tissue) |
| -algia | pain (also -dynia) myalgia (muscle pain) |
| angi/o | vessel (also vas/o) angiogram (radiographic technique to visualize the vessels) |
| anti- | against (also contra-) antibiotic ( a drug that fights microscopic pathogens) anti-inflammatory (something that reduces inflammation) |
| a- ; an- | no; none - anuria (no urine output) |
| brachi/o | upper arm - brachial pulse |
| brady- | slow - bradycardia (slow heart rate) |
| carcin/o | cancer - carcinogen (a substance that causes cancer) |
| cardi/o | heart - cardiovascular (pertaining to the heart and vessels) |
| chem/o | chemical; drug - chemotherapy |
| contra- | against (also anti-) contraindicated (not advisable) |
| crain/o | skull - cranium |
| cutane/o | skin (also cuti) - subcutaneous (under the skin) |
| cyan/o | blue - cyanosis (lack of oxygen casues purple/blue color in tissues) |
| dis- | remove; absence - disinfect (remove pathogens) |
| -emesis | vomiting - antiemetic (drug that reduces the likelihood of vomiting) |
| -emia | blood or blood condition - anemia (reduced hemoglogin or blood) |
| encephal/o | brain - encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain) |
| endo- | in; within (also en-, ento-) - endocarditis (inflammation of the innermost layer of the heart) |
| gastr/o | stomach - gastrointestinal (referring to stomach and intestines) |
| hem/o | blood (also hem/o) hemoglobin (blood protein that carries oxygen) |
| hemat/o | blood (also hem/o) - hematoma (blood clot) |
| hemi- | half - hemiplegia (paralysis of half of the body) |
| hepat/o | liver - hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) |
| hyper- | over; abnormally high - hypertension (abnormally increased blood pressure) |
| hypo- | under; abnormally low - hypothermia ( abnormally low body temperature) |
| idi/o | unknown - idipathic (disease of unknown origin) |
| inter- | between - intercostal (between the ribs) |
| intra- | within - intramuscular (within the muscle) intravenous (within a vein) |
| -itis | inflammation - pharyngitis (inflammation of the pharynx) |
| leuk/o | white (also alb/o) - leukocyte ( white blood cell) |
| -ology | study of - cardiology (medical specialty relating to the study of the heart) |
| mast/o | breast - mastectomy (surgical removal of a breast) |
| mega- | huge; enlarged - megadose (large dose) |
| mening/o | meninges - meningitis (inflammation fo the membrane covering the brain) |
| my/o | muscle - myocardial (the muscle of the heart) |
| neur/o | nerve - neurology ( the study of the nervous system) |
| -oma | tumor (also onc/o) - carcinoma ( a type of cancer) |
| ot/o | ear - otitis (inflammation of the ear) |
| path/o | disease - pathogen ( an organism that causes disease) |
| -pathy | disease - cardimyopathy ( a disease of the muscle of the heart) |
| ped | child - pediatrics ( medical specialty that deals with children) |
| peri- | around - pericardium (the membrance that surrounds the heart) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx - pharyngitis (inflammation of the pharynx) |
| phasia | speech - aphasia (inability to speak) |
| phleb/o | vein - phlebitis (inflammation of a vein) |
| -phobia | abnormal fear - arachnophobia (fear of spiders) |
| -plegia | paralysis - quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs) |
| pleur/o | pleura - pleuritis (inflammation of the lining of the lungs) |
| -pena | breathe; air - apnea ( inability to breath) |
| pneum/o | lung; breathe; air (also pneumon/o, pulmon/o) - pneumonia (infection of the lungs) |
| post- | after; behind - posterior (back) |
| pre- | before; forward - prehospital care |
| primi- | first (also prot/o) - primigravida ( a woman in her first pregnancy) |
| psych/o | mind - psychogenic (originating in the mind rather that the body) |
| -ptysis | spitting - hemoptysis (spitting up blood) |
| pulmon/o | lung; air; breathe (also pneum/o; pneumon/o) - pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs) |
| quadri- | four - quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs) |
| rhin/o | nose - rhinitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose) |
| -rrhage | excessive or unusual discharge; profuse flow - hemmorrhage (excessive bleeding) |
| -rrhea | flow - diarrhea (loose, watery stool) |
| -somnia | sleep - insomnia (inability to sleep) |
| son/o | sound - sonogram (diagnostic imaging test which used sound waves) |
| stomat/o | mouth - stomatitis (inflammation fo the mouth) |
| -stomy | surgical opening - colostomy (surgical opening in the bowel) |
| sub- | under - subcutaneous (under the skin) sublingual ( under the tongue) |
| tachy- | fast - tachycardia (rapid heart rate) tachypnea (rapid respiratory rate) |
| therm/o | hot; temperature - hypothermia (abnormally low body temperature) |
| -tomy | incision - tracheotomy (incision in the windpipe) |
| trache/o | windpipe - tracheostomy (surgical opening in the windpipe) |
| uni- | one (also mono-) - unilateral (pertaining to one side) |
| ur/o | urine - uremia (excessive waste products in the blood) |
