EMS Medical Terminology 1 Cheat Sheet

A Home & Health › Medical cheat sheet in English by fireflightmed

common root words, prefixes, suffixes, number prefixes, color,

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Word Roots

cardi
heart
hepat
liver
nephr
kidney
neur
nerves
psych
mind
thorac
chest
not including examples and defini­tions of examples

Wood Root Colors

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

Common Prefixes (in EMS)

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

Number Prefixes

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

Prefixes That Describe Position - To/From

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

Common suffixes

-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

Direct­ional Terms

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

Plural Endings

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

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