Medical Terminology Prefixes, root, suffixes

Erythr/o

• blue

• green

• red

• yellow

stenosis

• widening

• narrowing

• thickening

• softening

scopy

• visual examination

• auditory analysis

• tactile assessment

• olfactory inspection

dextr/o

• left side

• right side

• middle

• back side

cyan/o

• green

• red

• blue

• yellow

Leuk/o

• red

• blue

• green

• white

gram

• a unit of mass

• a picture or record

• a type of measurement

• a musical term

poli/o

• blue

• gray

• green

• red

malacia

• abnormal softening

• abnormal hardening

• normal texture

• excessive growth

centisis

• to remove excess fluid

• to inject medication

• to perform a surgical procedure

• to diagnose a disease