Shiland Medical Coding

• Gloss/o; Lingu/o


  Tongue
• sub-


  Under
• -itis


  Inflammation
• Arthr/o


  Joint
• Gastr/o


  Stomach
• Ophthalm/o


  Eye
• -algia


  Pain
• -tomy


  Cutting
• -scope


  Instrument to view
• Ot/o


  Ear
• Rhin/o


  Nose
• Hepat/o


  Liver
• -logy


  Study of
• -plasty


  Surgically forming
• -is


  Structure, thing
• -ole


  Small, tiny
• -um


  Structure, thing, membrane
• -y


  Condition, process of
• -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous


  Pertaining to
• Cut/o


  Skin
• Hypo-


  Under, below, deficient
• Arteri/o


  Artery
• Ven/o


  Vein
• Endo-


  Within
• Cardi/o


  Heart
• Poly-


  Many, much, excessive, frequent
• Dactyl/o


  Digitus (finger, toe)
• Cervic/o


  Neck
• Valvul/o


  Valve
• Coron/o


  Heart, crown
• Esophag/o


  Esophagus
• -cele


  Herniation
• -dynia


  Pain
• -emia


  Blood condition
• -ia


  Condition
• -malacia


  Softening
• -megaly


  Enlargement
• -oma


  Tumor, mass
• -osis


  Abnormal condition
• -pathy


  Disease process