Medical terminology

• Beginning= prefix

  * Description: Number/ amount, size, location, colour etc.
• -al = pertaining to.
• Ending= suffix
• Middle=root

  * Subject: Relating to a part of the body
• Ending= Suffix

  * Condition: Pertaining to a process or procedure; amount, location etc.
• Prefixes: Size and amount

  *Macro- large

  *Micro- Small

  *Hyper- High

  *Hypo- low

  * Eu - Normal

  * Pan/ omnib- All

  * Megalo- large or larger than average
• Prefixes: Numerical

  Mono= single, singular

  Di- two, double

  Tri- three, triple

  Quad- four, quadruple

  Poly- Many, a lot

  Oligo- few, several , very little
• Prefixes: Speed

  • Tachy- Rapid, fast
  • Bradly/ Brachy - Slow
• Prefixes: Location

  Epi/peri/circum- Around

  Endo/Intra - inside

  Exo/ Extra - Outside

  Inter- Between

  Trans- Across

  Dia/Per - Through, Complete

  Medi - Middle

  Para - Nearby

  Juxta - Next to, beside, adjacent
• Prefixes: Movement

  Ab- Away

  Ad- Toward

  Dis- To separate
• Prefixes: colour

  Chromo- color

  Leuko- white 🤍

  Erythro - Red ♥️

  Cyano - blue 💙

  Chloro-green 💚

  Melan - Black 🖤

  Flav - yellow 💛
• Body( General )

  • Homeo- body
  • Cephalo- Head
  • Cerv- Neck
  • Thoraco- Chest
  • Abdomino- abdominal
  • Pelvo- pelvic
  • Peritron- peritoneum
  • Derm- skin
  • Neuro - nerve 


  Hemo - blood

  Arterio/ angio - arteries

  Veno / Vena - Venous

  Vasculo- Vascular

  Musculo- Muscle

  Myo-/ Sarco - Muscle

  Skelet- skeleton , bone

  Osteo - bone

  Cyto - cell
• ( Organs) *Neck & Thoracic Organs

  Thyro- thyroid

  Tracheo- trachea

  Esophago- esophagus

  Thymo - Thymus

  Masto/ Mammo- Mammary grand

  Pulmo/ pneumo- Lung

  Cardio- Heart
• (  Abdominal Organs )

  Gasto - stomach

  Hepato- Liver

  Clolecysto - Gallbladder

  Spleno- spleen

  Pancreano- Pancreas

  Andreano- Andrenal Gland

  Nephro- Kidney

  Entero- Intestines

  Colo- Colon/ large Intestine
• (Common  Suffixes)

  Ology  -  Study of

  Phillia. - Love of

  Phobia - Fear of

  Tension- Pressure

  Xia- oxygen

  Capnea - carbon Dioxide

  Pnea- Air

  ASE - Enzyme