Root Words
Cardi
Heart
logy
study of
hyper
high, over, excessive
superior
nearer to the head
lateral
outer structures (to the sides)
Psych
Mind
logist
specialist
hypo
under, below normal
Supine
position when lying face up
medial
inner structures (closer to mid-line)
Neur
Nerves
pathy
disease
tachy
fast, rapid
bilateral
both sides of midline
anterior
front surface of body
Nephr
Kidney
megaly
enlargement
brady
slow
glyc
sugar, sweet
posterior
back surface of body
Hepat
Liver
itis
inflamation
post
after, behind
pneum/o
lung
proximal
structures that are closer to the trunk of the body