Medical Terminology: Word Parts and Directional Terms

aden/o

• gland
• pain
• tumor
• joint

arthr/o

• joint
• nerve
• artery
• gland

hemat/o

• blood
• liver
• speech
• pain

neur/o

• nerve
• gland
• many
• pain

oste/o

• bone
• colon
• study of
• tumor, mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

-algia

• pain
• inflammation
• tumor
• narrowing

-itis

• inflammation
• pain
• around
• study of

-logy

• study of
• inflammation
• pain
• new opening

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

-oma

• tumor, mass
• pain
• inflammation
• gland

adenitis

• inflammation of a gland
• inflammation of a joint
• tumor of a gland
• inflammation of an artery