ACQUIRING MEDICAL LANGUAGE HIGH-YIELD
BODY SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY AND CLINICAL
VOCABULARY SUMMARY 2026
◉ -ostomy.
Answer: Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface
◉ -otomy.
Answer: Cutting, Surgical Incision
◉ -pathy.
Answer: Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion
◉ -plasty.
Answer: Surgical Repair
◉ -plegia.
Answer: Paralysis
◉ -pnea.
Answer: Breathing
,◉ -rrhagia, -rrhage.
Answer: Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge
◉ -rrhea.
Answer: Flow Or Discharge
◉ -rrhexis.
Answer: Rupture
◉ -sclerosis.
Answer: Abnormal Hardening
◉ -stenosis.
Answer: Abnormal Narrowing
◉ -uria.
Answer: Urination, Urine
◉ albin/o-.
Answer: White
,◉ ankly/o-.
Answer: Crooked, Bent, Stiff
◉ arthr/o-.
Answer: Joint
◉ brady-.
Answer: Slow
◉ cervic/o-.
Answer: Neck, Cervix
◉ chondr/o-.
Answer: Cartilage
◉ coron/o-.
Answer: Coronary, Crown
◉ cost/o-.
Answer: Rib
◉ crani/o-.
, Answer: Skull
◉ cyan/-.
Answer: Blue
◉ cyt/o-.
Answer: Cell
◉ dys-.
Answer: Bad, Difficult, Painful
◉ erythr/o-.
Answer: Red
◉ hist/o-.
Answer: Tissue
◉ hyper-.
Answer: High
◉ hypo-.
Answer: Low
BODY SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY AND CLINICAL
VOCABULARY SUMMARY 2026
◉ -ostomy.
Answer: Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface
◉ -otomy.
Answer: Cutting, Surgical Incision
◉ -pathy.
Answer: Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion
◉ -plasty.
Answer: Surgical Repair
◉ -plegia.
Answer: Paralysis
◉ -pnea.
Answer: Breathing
,◉ -rrhagia, -rrhage.
Answer: Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge
◉ -rrhea.
Answer: Flow Or Discharge
◉ -rrhexis.
Answer: Rupture
◉ -sclerosis.
Answer: Abnormal Hardening
◉ -stenosis.
Answer: Abnormal Narrowing
◉ -uria.
Answer: Urination, Urine
◉ albin/o-.
Answer: White
,◉ ankly/o-.
Answer: Crooked, Bent, Stiff
◉ arthr/o-.
Answer: Joint
◉ brady-.
Answer: Slow
◉ cervic/o-.
Answer: Neck, Cervix
◉ chondr/o-.
Answer: Cartilage
◉ coron/o-.
Answer: Coronary, Crown
◉ cost/o-.
Answer: Rib
◉ crani/o-.
, Answer: Skull
◉ cyan/-.
Answer: Blue
◉ cyt/o-.
Answer: Cell
◉ dys-.
Answer: Bad, Difficult, Painful
◉ erythr/o-.
Answer: Red
◉ hist/o-.
Answer: Tissue
◉ hyper-.
Answer: High
◉ hypo-.
Answer: Low