Body Organization Medical Terminologies

Body Organization Medical Terminologies

Root Word	Combining Form	Meaning
Cardi Vascual Immune Respire Ren Nephr Arthr	o-cardi/o o-vasculo o-immun/o o-respir/o o-ren-o o-nephr/o o-arthr/o	Heart Blood vessels Immunity Breathing Kidney Kidney Joint

Combining Form	Meaning	Example
Adip/o Chondr/o Cyt/o Hist/o Nucle/o Sarc/o Abdomin/o Acr/o Crani/o Dactyl/o Gastr/o Inguin/o Lumb/o Pelv/o Som/o Somat/o Thorac/o Umbilic/o Viscer/o Caud/o Cephal/o Dist/o Dors/o Infer/o Later/o Medi/o Poster/o Proxim/o Superi/o Ventr/o Anter/o	Fat Cartilage Cell Tissue Nucleus Flesh Abdomen Extremity Skull Finger/toe Stomach Groin Loin, waist Pelvis Body Body Chest Navel/umbilicus Internal Organs Tail Head Distant/away Back Lower/below Side Middle Back Near Upper/above Belly side Front	Adipose Costochondrits Cytology Histology Nucleoplasm Sarcoma Abdomino pelvic Acromegaly Cranial Dactyl edema Gastritis Inguinal Lumbar Pelvicmetry Somathenia Psychosomatic Thoracic Umbilical Visceral Caudal Cephalic Distal Dorsal Inferior Lateral Medial Posterior Proximal Superior Ventricular anterior

Prefix	Meaning	Example
Ab Ad Ante Contra Dia Dis Ec Em En Endo Epi Ex Exo Hypo Inter Intra Ipsi Para Per Peri                         Post Pre Primi Pro Retro Sub trans	Away from Toward/ near Before/ forward Against/ opposite side Through Apart/away from Out/ away from In; inside In; surrounded by Inside; within Over/above Out / away from Outside Under Between among Within inside Same, same side Beside, beyond Through Around surrounding After Before First Before Backward behind Under beneth Through/across	Abductor Adrenal Anteversion Contra lateral Diarrhea Dislocate Ectopic Empyema Endemic Endometrium Epidermis Exhale Exocrine Hypothalamus Interstitial Intravenous Ipsilateral Parathyroid Percutaneous Pericardium Postpartum Prenatal Primigravida Prolapse Retroversion Subcutaneous Transurethral

NORMAL FUCTION

Prefix	Meaning	Example
Eu Hetero Homeo Iso Normo	Good/ normal Different Unchanging /same Equal normal	Euthyroid Heteromorphic Homotopic Isotonic normotension

Number Quantity

Prefix	Meaning	Example
Bi Di Hemi Mono Multi Nulli Poly Quadric Semi Tri Uni	Two Two One half One Many None Many Four Half/partly Three one	Biceps Diarthro Hemiplegia Mononuclear Multigravida Nullipara Polymorphoncear Quadriceps Semi lunar valves Tricuspid unilateral

Pathologic Conditions

Prefix	Meaning	Example
A An Ana Aniso Atel Brady De Dys Hyper Hypo In Macro Micro Mio Neo Presby Pseudo Psor Tachy un	Without/ not Without/ not Without/ not Unequal Incomplete Slow Down, loss of Abnormal, painful Excessive Under, reduced Not with out Large Small Less, smaller New Old age False Itching Fast not	Ataxia Anesthesia Anacusis Anisocuria Atelectasis Bradycardia Dementia Dsysphagia Hyperglycemia Hypoparathyrodism Insomnia Macrolymphocyte Microbiology Miosis Neoplastic Presbycusis Pseudostratified Psoriasis Tachycardia unmyelinated

Diagnostic Procedure

Prefix	Meaning	Example
Echo Electro Radio Sono ultrasono	Returned sound Electricity Radioactivity Soundwave Very high frequency	Echocardiography Electromyography Radiography Sonogram ultrasonography

Prefix	Meaning	Example
-alysis -assay -gram -graph -metry -scopy	Separation in to components Test measure Record Recording instrument Measurement Visual examination	Urinalysis Radioimmunoassay Electrocardiogram Electrocardiograph Audiometry endoscopy

To form a nouns

Prefix	Meaning	Example
-action -blast -cyte -globin -ist -logy	Process Immature Cell Protein Specialist study	Vaccinations Osteoblast Osteocyte Hemoglobin Cardiologist cardiology

Forms adjectives

Prefix	Meaning	Example
-ac -al -ar -ary -ated -genic -ic -ical -ile -ior -ory	Pertaining to Pertaining to Pertaining to Pertaining to Subjected to Producing Pertaining to Pertaining to Pertaining to Pertaining to Pertaining to	Cardiac Nasal Muscular Pulmonary Myelinated Cardiogenic Gastric Neurological Penile Anterior venous

Pathologic Conditions

Prefix	Meaning	Example
-a -algia -dynia -edema -esis -ia -iasis -itis -lytic -malacia -megaly -oma -pathy -penia -plasia -rrhagia -sclerosis -spasm -stenosis -toxic -trophy	Condition Pain Pain Swelling Condition Condition Condition Inflammation Destroying Softening Enlargement Tumor Disease Deficiency Formation Profuse Hardening Sudden contraction Narrowing poisonous growth	Tachycardia Neuralgia Otodynia Lyphyedema Diuresis Pneumonia Nephrolithiasis Laryngitis Thrombolytic Osteomalacia Splenomegaly Lymphoma Myopathy Leucopenia Dysplasia Menorrhagia Arteriosclerosis Vasospasm Ureterostenosis Hepatotoxic dsytrohpy

Therapeutic and Surgical Procedures

Prefix	Meaning	Example
Ectomy Lysis Plasty Stomy Tomy tripsy	Surgical removal Dissolution Surgical repair Surgical opening Surgical incision Crushing	Appendectomy Thrombolysis Cleoplasty Ileostomy Tracheostomy lithotripsy