medical terminolgy

• Cardio- cardi/o: Heart
• Reno- ren/o: Kidney
• Nephro- nephr/o: Kidney
• Antero- anter/o: Front
• Brancio- branci/o: Arm
• Derma, dermo- dermato: derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o: Skin
• Facio- faci/o: Face
• Mamma, Mammo: mamm/a, mamm/o: Breast
• Papillo- papill/o: Nipple
• Pelvo- pelvi: Pelvis
• Rhino- rhin/o: Nose
• Stomato- stomat/o: Mouth
• Talo- tal/o: Ankle
• Ventri, ventro: ventr/i- ventr/o: Front of body
• Abdomino- abdomen/o: Abdomen
• Bio-Bio-: Life
• Carcino- carcin/o: Cancer
• Costo- cost/o: Rib
• Encephalo- encephala/o: Brain
• Galacto-galact/o: Milk
• Gastro- gastr/o: Stomach
• Hemato-hemo: hemat/o, hem/o: Blood
• Hystero- hyster/o: Uteros
• Laryngo- laryng/o: Larynx
• Myo- My/o: Muscle
• Patho- path/o: Disease
• Phlebo- phleb/o: Vein
• Pneumato, pneumono- pneum/ato, pneu,/ono: Lungs
• Salpingo- salping/o: Fallopian tube
• Tonsillo- tonsil/o: Tonsils
• Vesico- Vesic/o: Bladder
• Bradycardia:

  • Brady= slow
  • cardi=heart
  • a=condition
• Preview of Important Prefixes:

  • A-, an-: lack of, without, not
  • Ante-: Before, in front of, or forward
  • Anti-: opposing or against
  • Bi-: double, two, twice, both
  • Di-: twice or two
  • Hemi-, semi-: Half, half of
  • Micro-, micr-: tiny, small
  • Retro: behind, backward
  • Trans-: through or across
• Summarizing Important Suffixes:

  • graphy: process of recording
  • ism: condition of theory
  • itis: inflammation
  • ologis: one who studies, specialist
  • oma: tumor
  • pathy: disease, disease process
• Medical Antonyms:

  • Cephalo- : Head(upward)
  • Caudo-: Tail(downward)
  • Proximal-: Near( think proximity)
  • Distal- Away from (think distance)
• cholangio


  bile duct
• Chole

  Bile
• chledocho


  common bile duct
• chondro


  cartilage