医学英语前后缀1.doc

Summary on Medical English Chapter 1: 1. word-building: Prefixes: medical term first A-C Medical prefix Laymen's terms Medical prefix Laymen's terms Medical prefix Laymen's terms a -, an - without bar-. weight chole - bile ab - away from bi - both,two cholecyst gallbladr ad - toward brachio - arm chondro - cartilage aden - gland brady - slow circum - around al - like,similar bronchi-, broncho - bronchial col - colon amyl - starch buccal - cheek colp - vagina angio - vessel (blood) carcin - cancer contra - against ankyl - crooked, looped cardio - heart cort - covering ante - before carpo - wrist coxa - hip anti - against caud - tail costo - ribs arterio - artery centi - hundredth (100th) cranio - skull arthro - joint cephalo - head cubitus - elbow, forearm asthen - weakness, lack cerebro - brain cut - skin aud-, aur - ear, hearirig cervic - neck cysto - bladder, sac chiro -. hand cyt-, cyte - cell D-K Medical Prefix Layman's term Medical Prefix Layman's term Medical Prefix Layman's term deci - tenth (10th) epi - upper, above hepato - liver dent - tooth erythro - red hydro - water derma - skin faci - facies, face hyper - excessive diplo - double fascia - band (fibrous) hypo - deficient dors - back gastro - stomach hyster - uterus, womb dys - painful genu - knee ile - intestine (part) ecto - outside gingiva - gums ili - hip bone edem - swelling (fluid) gloss - tongue inter - between encephal - brain gravid pregnant intra - inside endo inside, within gyne - woman iri - iris (eye) entero - intestine hemi - half kerat - cornea; scaly haemo - blood kilo - thousand L-O Medical prefix Layman's term Medical prefix Layman's term Medical prefix Layman's term labia - lip meno -,?mens - menstruate neuro - nerve lacto - milk meso - middle ocul - eye lapar - abdomen metro - uterus, womb odont - tooth laryng - larynx micro - small onych - finger, toe nail leuko - white milli - thousandth (1000th) oophoro - ovary lingua - tongue mono - one,