EMS Medical Terminology 1 Cheat Sheet by fireflightmed

cardi	heart
hepat	liver
nephr	kidney
neur	nerves
psych	mind
thorac	chest

cyan/o	blue
leuk/o	white
erythr/o	red
cirrh/o	yellow­-orange
melan/o	black
poli/o	grey
alb	white
chlor/o	green

hyper	over, excessive, high
hypo	under, below, normal
tachy-	rapid, fast
brady-	slow
pre-	before
post-	after, behind

uni-	one
dipl-	two, double
null-	none
primi-	first
multi-	many
bi-	two
tri-	three
quad-	four
tetra-	four
quint-	five
sext-	six
sept-	seven
oct-	eight
nona-	nine
deca-	ten
semi-	half, partial
hemi-	half, one sided
ambi-	both
pan-	all, entire

ab-	away from
ad-	to, forward
de-	down from, away
circum-	around, about
peri-	around
trans-	across, through, beyond
epi-	above, upon, on
supra-	above, over
retro-	behind
sub-	under, beneath
infra-	below, under
para-	near, beside, beyond, apart from
contra-	against, opposite
ecto-	out, outside
endo-	within
extra-	outside, in addition
intra-	inside, within
ipsi-	same

-al	pertaining to
-algia	pertaining to pain
-ectomy	surgical removal of
-ic	pertai­nging to
-itis	inflam­mation
-logy	study of
-logist	specialist
-megaly	enlarg­ement
-meter	measuring instrument
-oma	tumor (usually referring to cancer)
-pathy	disease

front, back	anterior (ventral), posterior (dorsal)
right, left	right, left
top, bottom	superior, inferior
closest, farthest	proximal, distal
middle, side	medial, lateral
in, out	deep, superf­icial

a	ae
is	es
ex	ix
on/um	a
us	i