| Element |
Meaning |
| cost- | rib |
| -gram | record, write |
| acro- | extremities |
| rhexis- | break, burst |
| carcin- | cancer |
| -penia | decrease |
| gen- | original, production |
| burso- | sac |
| retr(o)- | backwards |
| trip- | rub, friction |
| strept- | twist |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| mani- | madness, mental disturbance |
| glosso- | tongue |
| -trophy | development, growth |
| supra- | above, over |
| -ptosis | falling, drooping |
| dyn- | pain |
| mast- | breast |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| dent- | teeth |
| cephal- | head |
| auto- | self |
| epi- | upon, in addition to |
| hydro- | water |
| lobo- | section |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| contra- | against, counter |
| -iasis | condition, formation of, presence of |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| brady- | slow |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| cyt- | cell |
| odont- | tooth |
| leuk- | white |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| cantho- | angle at the end of the eyelid |
| steno- | narrow, contracted |
| cheil- | lip |
| -cele | hernia, tumor or swelling |
| benign | mild, not cancerous |
| semen | seed |
| celio- | abdomen |
| erythro- | red |
| vaso- | vessel |
| melan- | black |
| cauda- | tail |
| lingua- | tongue |
| myring- | eardrum |
| spondyl- | spinal column or vertebra |
