Medical Terminology

Front 1

PREFIX: dys-

Back 1

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Front 2

PREFIX: hyper-

Back 2

above, excessive

Front 3

PREFIX: dia-

Back 3

through, complete

Front 4

PREFIX: meta-

Back 4

after, beyond, change

Front 5

PREFIX: pro-

Back 5

before

Front 6

PREFIX: neo-

Back 6

new

Front 7

PREFIX: hypo

Back 7

below, incomplete, deficient, under

Front 8

COMBINING FORM: iatr/o

example: iatr/o/genic

Back 8

physician, medicine, treatment

Front 9

COMBINING FORM: lei/o

example: lei/o/my/oma

Back 9

smooth

Front 10

COMBINING FORM: gno/o

example: pro/gno/sis

Back 10

knowledge

Front 11

COMBINING FORM: eti/o

example: eti/o/logy

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cause (of disease)

Front 12

COMBINING FORM: erythr/o

example: erythr/o/cyte

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red

Front 13

COMBINING FORM: chrom/o

example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

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color

Front 14

COMBINING FORM: cancer/o, carcin/o

example: cancer/o/us ; carcin/o/gen

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cancer

Front 15

COMBINING FORM: cyt/o

example: cyt/o/plasm

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cell

Front 16

COMBINING FORM: epitheli/o

example: epitheli/oma

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epithelium

Front 17

COMBINING FORM: cyan/o

example: cyan/osis

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blue

Front 18

COMBINING FORM: chlor/o

example: chlor/oma

Back 18

green

Front 19

COMBINING FORM: aden/o

example: aden/oma

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gland

Front 20

COMBINING FORM: dist/o

example: dist/al

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away (from the point of attachment of a body part)

Front 21

COMBINING FORM: caud/o

example: caud/al

Back 21

tail (downward)

Front 22

COMBINING FORM: anter/o

example: anter/o/poster/ior

Back 22

front

Front 23

COMBINING FORM: cephal/o

example: cephal/ic

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head (upward)

Front 24

COMBINING FORM: leuk/o

example: leuk/o/cyte

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white

Front 25

COMBINING FORM: kary/o

example: kary/o/plasm

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nucleus

Front 26

COMBINING FORM: fibr/o

example: fibr/o/sarcoma

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fiber

Front 27

COMBINING FORM: hist/o

example: hist/o/logy

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tissue

Front 28

COMBINING FORM: melan/o

example: melan/oma

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black

Front 29

COMBINING FORM: neur/o

example: neur/oma

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nerve

Front 30

COMBINING FORM: rhabd/o

example: rhabd/o/my/oma

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rod-shaped, striated

Front 31

COMBINING FORM: organ/o

example: organic

Back 31

organ

Front 32

COMBINING FORM: path/o

example: path/o/genic

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disease

Front 33

COMBINING FORM: onc/o

example: onc/o/logist

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tumor, mass

Front 34

COMBINING FORM: my/o

example: my/o/pathy

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muscle

Front 35

COMBINING FORM: lip/o

example: lip/oma

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fat

Front 36

COMBINING FORM: sarc/o

example: sarc/oma

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flesh, connective tissue

Front 37

COMBINING FORM: xanth/o

example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

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yellow

Front 38

COMBINING FORM: system/o

example: system/ic

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system

Front 39

COMBINING FORM: viscer/o

example: viscer/al

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internal organs

Front 40

COMBINING FORM: somat/o

example: somat/o/plasm

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body

Front 41

SUFFIX: -plasia

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condition of formation, development, growth

Front 42

SUFFIX: -osis

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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

Front 43

SUFFIX: -oid

Back 43

resembling

Front 44

SUFFIX: -logy

Back 44

study of

Front 45

SUFFIX: -oma

Back 45

tumor, swelling

Front 46

SUFFIX: -pathy

Back 46

disease

Front 47

SUFFIX: -megaly

Back 47

enlargement

Front 48

SUFFIX: -logist

Back 48

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

Front 49

SUFFIX: -al, -ic, -ous

Back 49

pertaining to

Front 50

SUFFIX: -gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

Front 51

SUFFIX: -genic

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producing, originating, causing

Front 52

SUFFIX: -cyte

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cell

Front 53

SUFFIX: -plasm

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growth, substance, formation

Front 54

SUFFIX: -sis

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state of

Front 55

SUFFIX: -stasis

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control, stop, standing

Front 56

SUFFIX: -sarcoma

Back 56

malignant tumor