常用医学英语词根词缀1．人体主要器官前缀名称通用名前（后）缀常用形容词示例心heart cardiao- cardial cardium / carditis / cardiology脑brain encepholo- cerebral cerebrum / encephalitis / encephalology肺lung pulmo- pulmonary pulmontiis / pulmonectomy / pulmonology 肝liver hepato- hepatic hepatitis / hepatobiliary / hepatology胃stomach gastro- gastric gastritis / gastrointestinal / gastrology胆gallbladder chole- biliary holecystitis / cholinergic / cholecystectomy 肠intestine entero- intestinal enteritis / enterectomy / enterology脾spleen splen- splenic splenitis / splenectomy / splenology胰pancreas pancreato- pancreatic pancreatitis / pancreatectomy肾kidney nephro- renal/nephric nephritis / nephropathy / nephrology2．与人体系统、器官有关的前（后）缀名称通用名前（后）缀示例血blood hemo-/hemato hematology/hemoglobin/hematoma血管vessel vaso- vasopressor/cardiovasology/verebrovascular静脉vein veno- venography/intravenous/venoconstriction动脉artery arterio- arteriology/arteriole/arteriosclerosis肌muscle myo- mycology/myositis/myocarditis髓marrow myel-/myelo- myelocyte/myelitis/myeloma神经nerve neur-/neyro- neurology/neuritis/neuron细胞cell cyto-/-cyte cytology/cytoma/leukocyte尿urine uro-/ur- urology/urosurgery/urogenital体body somato-/some somatology/somatopsychic/chromosome3．与数字有关的前缀数字前缀示例一（单）mono-/uni- monomer/monoclone/carbon monoxide/unidirectional二bi-/di- bilateral/biphasiccarbon dioxide/dipeptide三tri- trilateral/triphasic/trigeminal nerve四tetra- tetramer/tetracycline/tetraplegia五penta- pentagon/pentachromic/pentachloride六hexa- hexachromic/benzene hexachloride(666)/hexacycliccompiund七hepta- heptachromic/heptaploid/heptavalent八octa- octahedral/octal system九nona- nonapeptide/nonagon十deca- decade/decagram/decaliter注：十位数的表示一般为：个位数前缀+deca，如：hexadecanol（十六烷醇），tetradecapeptide gastrin（十四肽胃泌素），octadecanoic acid（十八烷酸）4．颜色及与颜色有关的前缀颜色通用名前缀示例色color chrom-/chromo- chromosome/chromatin/chromatometer红red erythro- erythrocyte/erythrocyturia/erythrometer白white leuko- leukocyte/leukemia/leukocytuira黑black melano- melena/melanoma/melanoderma黄yellow xantho- xanthopsin/xanthosis/xanthoma蓝blue cyan-/cyano cyanosis/cyanopsia/cyanemia紫violet/purple绿green棕brown brown mixture / brown ring橙orange Victoria orange / ethyl orange / orange G粉红pink oink frothy sputum绯红crimson青铜bronzed bronzed diabetes注：有些病名的“蓝”“紫”“青”为同义，其前缀都为“cyano-”.5．与疾病和疾患有关的前（后）缀(1)含义前（后）缀形容词示例病patho- pathogen/pathology/pathogenesis/-pathy -pathic neuropathy/nephropathy/adenopathy病态-osis -otic neurosis/tuberculosis/schistosomiasis增多leukocytosis/erythrocytopenia/granulocytosis减少-penia -penic leukocytopenia/erythrocytopenia/granulocytopenia 无a-/an- atypical anuria/agranulocytopenia小/微-let droplet/platelet/leafletmicro- microscopy/microorganism/micronucleus大/巨macro- macroscopic macronucleus/macrophage-megaly splenomegaly/acromegaly/hepatomegaly复合/多poly- polyuria/polymer/polyopia全/泛pan- pancolectomy/panmyelosis/pandemic6．与疾病和疾患有关的前（后）缀(2)含义前（后）缀示例相反dis- disease/disorder/disability困难/障碍dys- dysfunction/dyspepsia/dyspnea不良mal- malfunction/malnutrition/malpractice炎症-itis appendicitis/bronchitis/arthritis瘤/块-oma lymphoma/adenoma/hematoma血症-emia leukemia/septisemia/bacteremia痛-algia/-algesia/alge-/algo- analgesia/hypoalgesia/algometer麻痹-plegia hemipleia/pamplegia/myoplegia流出-rrhea diarrhea/hypermenorrhea/rhinorrhea坏死-necrosis/necro-/necr- hepatonecrosis/myonecrosis/necrospermia结石litho-/-lith lithiasis/lithogenesis/cholelithes7．与方位有关的前缀含义通用词前缀示例上upper/superior pi-/supra- epidemic/epithelium/supracostal下lower/inferior infra-/sub- infracostal/subclavicular/subcutaneous前front/anterior/prior fore-/ante- forehead/anteroposterior/precirrhosis /pre-后back/posterior post-/retro- posthepatic/postprandial/retrocardiac内nner/internal in-/endo-/ento- inhalation/endoscopy/entocranial外outer/external ex-/exo- extract/excretion/exocardial间between inter- intermuscular/intercostal/intercourse旁/副on the side of para- parathyroid/paraprotein/pararenal周around peri- perioperative/pericarditis/peritoneum中心central centri-/centra- centrifugation/centralize/centronucleus /centro- 反/对opposite counter-/contra- counterpart/countershock/contraindication注：in vivo /in’vaivou/ 活体内; in vitro /in vaitrou/ 活体外或试管内；in situ /in’saitju:/ 原位8．与外科手术有关的前（后）缀含义前（后）缀示例切除-ectomy appendectomy/gastrectomy/splenectomy切开-tomy tracheotomy/hysterotomy/craniotomy切（割）-tome tracheotome/thoracotome吻合-stomy duodenoenterostomy/gastroesophagostomy成形术-plasty tracheoplasty/osteoplasty/myoplasty整（矫）形ortho- orthopedics/orthopod/orthotherapy造影-graphy angiography/nephrography/phlebography经…trans- transdominal/translateral/transurethral注：ortho-也是“正”“原”的前缀，如：ortho-acid（正酸）-graphy为方法，如：electrocardigraphy 心电图检查术；graph为仪器，如：electrocardigraph心电图机；gram为图象，文字，如：electrocardiogram心电图记录。