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In this lesson you will:

  • Learn new basic roots and suffixes used in the Greek and Latin medical terms.

  • Use these component elements to form and understand medical terms.

This lesson is divided into the following sections:

  1. Roots and suffixes used in the Greek and Latin medical terms.

  2. Exercises.

I. Roots and suffixes used in the Greek and Latin medical terms roots

Greek and Latin roots

English word elements

Meaning

Examples of medical terms

aesthesi-;

-aesthesia

esthesi-;

-esthesia

feeling;

nervous sensation

anaesthesiologia

brady-

brady-

slow

bradycardia

gynaec-

gynec-

woman;

female

gynaecologia

hist-

hist-

tissue

histologia

hydr-

hydr-

water

hydrophobia

lip-

lip-

fat; lipid

lipōma

lith-;

-lithus

-lith

stone;

calculus

phlebolithus

melan-

melan-

black

melanuria

onc-

onc-

tumour

oncologia

pyr-

pyr-

fever; heat

pyrotherapia

tachy-

tachy-

fast

tachycardia

SUFFIXES

Greek and Latin suffixes

English word elements

Meaning

Examples of medical terms

-penia

-penia

decreased number

(in blood)

leucocytopenia

-pexia

-pexy

fixation

nephropexia

-phobia

-phobia

fear

hydrophobia

-plegia

-plegia

paralysis; palsy

diplegia

PREFIXES

Greek and Latin prefixes

English word elements

Meaning

Examples of medical terms

bi-; di-;

bi-; di-;

two

didactylia

mono-

mono-

one; single

monophobia

II. ExercIsEs

1. Build up clinical terms with the given roots and suffixes, explain their meaning:

  • tachy- (-cardia; -kinesia; -arrhythmia);

  • hydr(o)- (-therapia; -phobia; -thorax; -rrhoea; -nephrosis; -cephalia; -metra; -myelia);

  • pyr(o)- (-mania; -therapia; -phobia; -genus);

  • -(o)phobia (hydr-; gynaec-; toxic-; mono-);

  • di- (-dactylia; -plegia; -cheilia);

  • -(o)pexia (nephr-; metr-; proct-; cyst-; col-);

  • -(o)plegia (cyst-; ophthalm-; di-; mono-; cardiomyo-; gloss-);

  • -(o)lithus (enter-; phleb-; ur-; rhin-; hepat-; nephr-).

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