Intro To
Three Types of Medical Terms
Latin/Greek, Eponyms and modern English
-algia
Pain
Term meaning both "below" and "Insufficient"
hypo-
Plural for Vertebra
vertebrae
Surgical removal of the stomach
Gastr/ectomy - Gastrectomy
Word Categories, Suffixes, Prefixes and Combining Vowels
Categories of Medical Terms
-emesis
vomiting
Term meaning "none"
nulli-
Thoraces
Plural for thorax
Cystoscope
Instrument for viewing inside the bladder
cyst/o = bladder
-scope = instrument for viewing
Examples of Word Roots
-tome
instrument to cut
Prefix meaning "outside of"
extra-
Appendices
Plural for Appendix
Pertaining to the bladder
Cystic - Cyst/ic
Cyst- = bladder
-ic = suffix, pertaining to
-ectomy, -gram, -itis
Examples of suffixes
Instrument for measuring pressure
-manometer
prefix "retro-"
behind
Plural for sarcoma
Sarcomata
Study of the heart
Cardiology - Cardi = heart
/ o / - combining vowel
-logy = study of
The most commonly used combining vowel
/ o /
surgical breaking
-clasia
Prefix "primi-"
first
Alveoli
Plural for Alveolus
Physician specializing in the mind
Psychiatrist - psych/-iatrist
psych = mind
-iatrist = physician