ALHS 1090 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTERS 1 TO 15 LEARNING HANDBOOK 2026 PREFIXES SUFFIXES AND ROOT WORDS

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.