Medical Terms

• Arterio is the root for artery
• Arthro is the root for joint
• Cardio is the root word for heart
• Cephalo is the root word for head
• Cerebro is the root word for brain
• Cost is the root word for rib
• Cranio is the root word for skull
• Cyst is the root word for bladder
• Cyto is the root word for cell
• Derma is the root word for skin
• Entero is the root word for intestine
• Gastro is the root word for stomach
• Hema is the root word for blood
• Hepato is the root word for liver
• Lipo is the root word for fat
• Myo is the root word for muscle
• Nephro, reno is the root word for kidney
• Rhino is the root word for nose
• Neuro is the root word for nerve
• Ophthal, oculo is the root word for eye
• Osteo is the root word for bone
• Oto is the root word for ear
• Pneumo is the root word for lung
• Thoraco is the root word for chest
• Ven, phlebo is the root word for vein
• A-, an- are the prefixes for without, not
• Anti- is the prefix for against
• Auto- is the prefix for self
• Bi- is the prefix for two, double
• Brady- is the prefix for slow
• Dys- is the prefix for bad, difficult, or painful
• Eu- is the prefix for good, normal
• Hemi- is the prefix for half
• Hyper- is the prefix for above, excessive
• Hypo- is the prefix for less than, under
• Inter- is the prefix for between
• Intra- is the prefix for whithin
• Multi- is the prefix for many
• Peri- is the prefix for around
• Poly- is the prefix for many, much