1. Medical Terminology Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes

2. Flash Cards RootsRoots PrefixesPrefixes SuffixesSuffixes Yellow – 70Yellow – 70 Pink – 36Pink – 36 Blue – 25Blue – 25 Help with Learning / Proven to Work! Easy to Use Color Coded for ease of Understanding

3. General Roots Part 1

4. anter Front

5. carcin cancer

6. cry Cold

7. cyan blue

8. cyst Fluid filled sac

9. cyte cell

10. dist Away (from the point of reference)

11. erythro red

12. eti cause

13. gluco / glyco sugar

14. Body Part Roots Part 1

15. angio vessel

16. arterio artery

17. arthro joint

18. broncho bronchus

19. cardi heart

20. chondr cartilage

21. colo colon

22. costa rib

23. cranio skull

24. denti teeth

25. derma skin

26. encephal brain

27. entero intestine

28. esthesi Sensation, sensitivity, feeling

29. Prefixes Part 1

30. A- Without / no

31. Ab- Away from

32. Ad- towards

33. An- Without / no

34. Ante- before

35. Anti- against

36. Bi- Two

37. Brady- slow

38. Contra- against

39. Dia- Through / complete

40. Dys- painful

41. Suffixes Part 1

42. -al Pertaining to

43. -algia pain

44. -emia Condition of blood

45. -esthesia sensation

46. -gram record

47. -ic Pertaining to

48. -ist One who specializes in

49. -itis Inflammation of

50. Done for now

51. Medical Terminology Roots 2

52. General Roots 2

53. General Roots Part 2

54. gno knowledge

55. hist tissue

56. leuko white

57. lipe fat

58. melan black

59. mortem death

60. oma tumor

61. onc Tumor / Mass

62. oxia oxygen

63. path disease

64. Body Part Roots Part 2

65. fibr Fibrous tissue

66. gastro stomach

67. hemo blood

68. hepato liver

69. lapar abdomen

70. mast breast

71. myel Spinal cord

72. myo muscle

73. nephro kidney

74. neuro nerve

75. opthalmo eye

76. os mouth

77. osteo bone

78. oto ear

79. Prefixes Part 2

80. Electra- Pertaining to electricity

81. Epi- On, upon, over

82. Hemi- half

83. Hydro- water

84. Hyper- Above / excessive

85. Hypo- Less than / below

86. Inter- between

87. Mal- Faulty / poor

88. Men/o- menstruation

89. Meta- After, beyond, change

90. Neo- new

91. Oligi- few

92. Suffixes Part 2 Part 2

93. -osis Condition of

94. -ous Pertaining to

95. -pathy Disease

96. -penia Lack of

97. -phobia Fear / dread

98. -rrhea Flow / discharge

99. -rrhythmia rhythm

100. -uria urine

101. Are we Done Yet?

102. General Roots Part 3

103. phagia eat or swallow

104. pnea breathing

105. poster Back / Behind

106. proxim Near (the point of reference

107. rexis appetite

108. sarc fleshy

109. scler hard

110. thrombo clot

111. ventr Belly, front

112. xanth yellow

113. Body Part Roots Part 3

114. pharyn throat

115. phlebo vein

116. pneumo Air / lungs

117. renal kidney

118. rhino nose

119. sarc Flesh, connective tissue

120. spir Breathe / Breathing

121. thoraco chest

122. trachea Windpipe / trachea

123. vaso vessel

124. ven vein

125. viscer Internal organs

126. Prefixes Part 3

127. Para- Near / beside

128. Peri- around

129. Post- after

130. Pre- before

131. Pro- before

132. Pyo- pus

133. Retro- behind

134. Sub- below

135. Syn- / Sym- Together / Joined

136. Tachy- fast

137. Uni- One

138. Surgical Prefixes

139. Part 3

140. Endo- On the inside

141. Intra- within

142. Surgical Suffixes Part 3

143. -centesis puncture

144. -ectomy removal

145. -ology The study of

146. -oscopy Look into for a purpose

147. -ostomy Formation of an opening for draining

148. -otomy Cutting into

149. -pexy Fixation or reattach

150. -plasty Building up or restoration

151. -scope Instrument for viewing

152. Done!