Example

PROKARYOTE
EUKARYOTE
PREFIX
Pro: before
Eu: Real

WORD ROOT
Ryote: living things

OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

RULE
Word root:
Foundation of all medterm
Usually describe parts of body
Combining form vowels:
Make the resulting medterm easier to
pronounce
Ex: Gastr/o
Gastritis / Gastrodynia

RULE
Prefix:
Usually: location
time
number
status
Suffix
Usually: procedure
condition
disorder
disease

Prefix + Combining form +

Word Root +Suffix = Med
Term.

Latin - Greek
Greek:
disease
condition
treatment
diagnosis

Latin:
anatomical structures.

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Anatomy
Word Root

 Ot/o

 Rhin/o

 Laryng/o

 Gastr/o-

 Arthr/o-

Cardi/o-

Neur/o-

Oste/o-

Pneum/o-

Vascul/o Blood vessel

Hepat/o-

Word Root of Color

Cyan/o

Erythr/o

Leuk/o

Melan/o

Poli/o

COMMON SUFFIXES
- ectomy: surgical removal
- plasty : surgical repair

COMMON SUFFIXES
- itis: inflammation

SUFFIXES: PERTAINING TO
n adj
-

ac: cardiac
al: neural
ar: muscular
ary: pulmonary
ic: thoraic
ior: posterior

SUFFIXES: CONDITION
- ia: pneumonia (infection of the
lung)
- ism: hyperthyroidism
( condition of overeacting of
thyroid gland)

COMMON PREFIXES
Prefix

Word
root
AnEsthes
(without (feeling
)
)
HyperTherm
(excessi (heat)
ve)
IntraMuscul
(within) (muscle
)
ParaNas
(near)
(nasal/
nose)
PolyUr
(urine)

Suffix

Medical
Word
-ia
Anesthesia
(condition (n)
)
-ia
Hyperthemi
(condition a (n)
)
-ar
Intramuscul
(pertainin ar (adj)
g to)
-al
Paranasal
(pertainin (adj)
g to)
-ia
Polyuria
(condition

Meaning
Condition of
no feeling
V cm
Condition of
excessive
heat
Pertaining to
within
muscle
Pertaining to
the area near
the nose
Condition of
much urine

THE BODY PLANES

 Ventral >< Dorsal

Anterior ><
Posterior
Superior >< Inferior
Cephalic >< Caudal
Proximal >< Distal
(midline)
Medial >< Lateral

Cuspid

Foretooth

Proximal

Distal

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Singular - plurals
If the singular term ends in the suffix -a, the
plural is usually formed by changing the
ending to -ae.

Larva
vertebra

Larvae
vertebrae

If the singular term ends in the suffix -ex or -ix, the

plural is usually formed by changing these endings
to -ices.

appendix
index

appendices
indices

If the singular term ends in the suffix -is, the plural

is usually formed by changing the ending to -es.

diagnosis
metastasis

diagnoses
metastases

Singular - plurals
If the singular term ends in the suffix -itis, the
plural is usually formed by changing the -is
ending to -ides.

arthritis
meningitis

arthritides
meningitides

If the singular term ends in the suffix -nx, the plural

is usually formed by the -x ending to -ges.

phalanx
meninx

phalanges
meninges.

If the singular term ends in the suffix -on, the plural

is usually formed by changing the ending to -a.

criterion
ganglion

criteria
ganglia

Singular - plurals
If the singular term ends in the suffix -um, the
plural usually is formed by changing the ending diverticulum
to -a.
ovum

If the singular term ends in the suffix -us, the plural

is usually formed by changing the ending to -i.

cactus
*Virus

diverticula
ova

Cacti
*Viruses