ALHS 1090 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTERS 1 TO 15 LEARNING HANDBOOK
2026 PREFIXES SUFFIXES AND ROOT
WORDS
◉ -algia.
Answer: pain.
◉ -ary.
Answer: pertaining to.
◉ -cele.
Answer: herniation, protrusion
◉ -dynia
Answer: pain
◉ -eal.
Answer: pertaining to.
,◉ -emia.
Answer: blood condition.
◉ -graph
Answer: instrument of record
◉ -iatrician
Answer: one who treats
◉ -iatrics
Answer: treatment
◉ -iatrist
Answer: one who specializes in treatment
◉ -iatry
Answer: process of treatment
◉ -ic.
Answer: pertaining to.
◉ -icle.
,Answer: small, tiny
◉ -is.
Answer: structure, thing
◉ -ist
Answer: one who specializes
◉ -logist
Answer: one who specializes in the study of
◉ -malacia.
Answer: condition of softening.
◉ -megaly.
Answer: enlargement.
◉ -meter
Answer: instrument of measure
◉ -opsy
Answer: process of viewing.
, ◉ -ous.
Answer: pertaining to.
◉ -rrhage, -rrhagia
Answer: bursting forth.
◉ -rrhea
Answer: discharge, flow.
◉ -rrhexis
Answer: rupture
◉ -sclerosis
Answer: abnormal condition of hardening.
◉ -scope
Answer: instrument of view
◉ -stenosis
Answer: abnormal condition of narrowing.
CHAPTERS 1 TO 15 LEARNING HANDBOOK
2026 PREFIXES SUFFIXES AND ROOT
WORDS
◉ -algia.
Answer: pain.
◉ -ary.
Answer: pertaining to.
◉ -cele.
Answer: herniation, protrusion
◉ -dynia
Answer: pain
◉ -eal.
Answer: pertaining to.
,◉ -emia.
Answer: blood condition.
◉ -graph
Answer: instrument of record
◉ -iatrician
Answer: one who treats
◉ -iatrics
Answer: treatment
◉ -iatrist
Answer: one who specializes in treatment
◉ -iatry
Answer: process of treatment
◉ -ic.
Answer: pertaining to.
◉ -icle.
,Answer: small, tiny
◉ -is.
Answer: structure, thing
◉ -ist
Answer: one who specializes
◉ -logist
Answer: one who specializes in the study of
◉ -malacia.
Answer: condition of softening.
◉ -megaly.
Answer: enlargement.
◉ -meter
Answer: instrument of measure
◉ -opsy
Answer: process of viewing.
, ◉ -ous.
Answer: pertaining to.
◉ -rrhage, -rrhagia
Answer: bursting forth.
◉ -rrhea
Answer: discharge, flow.
◉ -rrhexis
Answer: rupture
◉ -sclerosis
Answer: abnormal condition of hardening.
◉ -scope
Answer: instrument of view
◉ -stenosis
Answer: abnormal condition of narrowing.