Medical Terminology Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure

aden/o

• gland
• pain
• tumor
• joint

arthr/o

• joint
• nerve
• artery
• gland

hemat/o

• blood
• liver
• speech
• pain

col/o

• colon
• stomach
• gland
• joint

neur/o

• nerve
• gland
• many
• pain

oste/o

• bone
• colon
• study of
• tumor, mass

-algia

• pain
• inflammation
• tumor
• narrowing

-dynia

• pain
• inflammation
• tumor
• new opening

-itis

• inflammation
• pain
• around
• study of

-logy

• study of
• inflammation
• pain
• new opening