Term | Definition |
acr/o | extremities |
amb/i | both sides/double |
anter/o | front |
aut/o | self |
axill/o | armpit, axilla |
blephar/o | eyelid or eyelash |
brachi/o | arm |
bucc/o | cheek |
canth/o | angle formed where eyelids meet |
capit/o | head |
carp/o | wrist |
caud/o | tail/downward |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck or cervix (neck of uterus) |
cheil/o, chil/o | lip |
chier/o, chir/o | hand |
cili/o | eyelid or eyelash, or small hairlike processes |
cor/e, cor/o | pupil of eye |
crani/o | skull |
cubit/o | elbow |
dactyl/o | fingers or toes |
derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
dors/i, dors/o | back or posterior |
faci/o | face |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
gnath/o | jaws |
inguin/o | groin |
irid/o | iris of eye |
labi/o | lips |
lapar/o | abdomen, loin, or flank |
later/o | side |
lingu/o | tongue |
mamm/a, mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
nas/o | nose |
occipit/o | back of head |
ocul/o | eye |
odon/t | teeth |
omphal/o | umbilicus |
onych/o | nails |
optic/o, opt/o | seeing, sight |
or/o | mouth |
ot/o | ear |
papill/o | nipple |
pelv/o, pelv/i | pelvis |
phall/o | penis |
pil/o | hair |
pod/o | foot |
rhin/o | nose |
somat/o | body |
steth/o | chest |
stomat/o | mouth |
tal/o | ankle |
tars/o | foot |
thorac/o | chest/thorax |
trachel/o | neck or necklike |
trich/o | hair or hairlike |
ventr/i, ventr/o | front of body |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acanth/o | spiny or thorny |
acetabul/o | acetabulum |
acromi/o | acromium |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
alveoli/o | air sac |
angi/o | vessel |
an/o | anus |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o, arter/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
aspir/o | to breathe in |
ather/o | plaque, fat |
athr/o, articul/o | joint |
atri/o | atrium |
audi/o, aur/i | hearing |
balan/o | glans penis |
bio- | life |
bronch/i, bronch/o | bronchus |
bronchiol/o, bronchiol/i | bronchiole |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cellul/o | cell |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/i, crebr/o | cerebrum |
cholangi/o | bile duct |
chol/e | bile |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile dile |
chondr/i, chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o, chromat/o | color |
col/o, colon/o | colon |
colp/o | vagina |
cost/o | rib |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cysti, cyst/o | bladder or cyst |
cyt/o | cell |
dipl/o | double, twice |
duoden/o | duodenum |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestine |
episi/o | vulva |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
fibr/o | fibers |
galact/o | milk |
gastr/o | stomach |
glyc/o | sugar |
gynec/o | female |
hemat/o, hem/o | blood |
hepat/o, hepatic/o | liver |
heter/o | other, different |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
hom/o, home/o | same, alike |
hydr/o | water, wet |
hyster/o | uterus |
iatr/o | treatment |
ile/o | ileum (intestine) |
ili/o | ilium (pelvic bone) |
intestin/o | intestine |
jejun/o | jejunum |
kerat/o | cornea of eye, horny tissue |
lacrima | tears |
laryng/o | larynx |
leuk/o | white |
lipid/o | fat |
lith/o | stone (in gallbladder or kidney) |
lymph/o | lymph vessels |
melan/o | black |
men/o | menses, menstration |
mening/o | meninges |
metr/a, metr/o | uterus |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
myring/o | eardrum |
nat/o | birth |
necr/o | death |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
oophor/o | ovary |
orchid/o, orchi/o | testis |
oss/eo, oss/i, ost/e, ost/eo | bone |
palat/o | roof of mouth |
path/o | disease |
peritne/o | peritoneum |
pharmac/o | drug |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phleb/o | vein |
phren/o | diaphragm |
pleur/o | pleura, rib (side) |
pneuma/a, pneum/o | lungs |
pneum/ato, pneum/ono | lungs |
poli/o | gray matter of nervous system |
proct/o | rectum, anus |
pulmon/o | lungs |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | pelvis of kidney |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/i, ren/o | kidney |
sacr/o | sacrum |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
sarc/o | flesh |
scapul/o | scapula |
sept/o | infection |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
tend/o, ten/o, tendin/o | tendon |
testicul/o | testis |
therm/o | heat |
thorac/o | chest |
thym/o | thymus |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
tonsil/o | tonsils |
trache/o | trachea |
tympan/o | eardrum |
ur/e, ur/ea, ur/eo, urin/o, ur/o | urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
uter/o | uterus |
vas/o | vas deferens |
ven/o, ven/i | vein |
vesic/o | bladder |
viscer/o | viscera (internal organs) |
xanth/o | red, redness |
xer/o | dry |
a-, an- | lack of, without, not |
ante- | before, in front of, forward |
anti- | opposing, against |
bi- | double, two, twice, both |
co-, con-, com- | together, with |
de- | down, from |
di- | twice, two |
extra-, extro- | beyond, outside of, outward |
hemi-, semi- | half, half of |
hyper- | above, excessive, beyond |
hyp-, hypo- | below, beneath, deficient |
infra- | below, beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within, inside |
intro- | into, within |
macro- | large |
micro-, micr- | tiny, small |
post- | after, following, behind |
pre-, pro- | in front of, before, preceding |
retro- | behind, backward |
semi- | half |
trans- | through, across |
tri- | three |
ultra- | excessive, beyond |
-ac | related to, pertaining to |
-ic | related to, pertaining to |
-al | related to, pertaining to |
-ous | related to, pertaining to |
-tic | related to, pertaining to |
-ate | subject to, use |
-ize | subject to, use |
-ent | person, agent |
-er | person, agent |
-ist | subject to, use |
-genic | produced by |
-gram | a written record |
-graph | instrument used to record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ism | condition or theory |
-itis | inflammation |
-ologist | one who studies, scientist |
-ology | study of, process of study |
-oma | tumor |
-pathy | disease, disease process |
-phobia | morbid fear or intolerance |
-scope | instrument used to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
ab- | moving away from |
ad- | drawing toward |
anterior- | front |
posterior- | back |
bio- | life |
necro- | death |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
endo- | within, inside |
exo- | outside |
eu- | normal, well |
dys- | difficult, unwell |
proximal- | near |
distal- | away from |
superior- | above |
inferior- | below |
cholic | an acid, related to bile |
colic | severe abdominal pain |
ileum | a portion of the colon |
ilium | a part of the pelvic bone |
lyse | to break |
pneumonic | pertaining to the lungs |
mucus | secretion of the mucous membranes |
mucous | adjective from of mucus (resembling mucus) |
pleural | pertaining to the lung |
sycosis | inflammation of hair follicles |
radicle | a vessel's smallest branch |
venous | pertaining to a vein |
ablation | surgical removal |
afferent | toward the center |
efferent | away from the center |
antidote | a remedy to treat poisoning |
-megaly | enlargement of |
-centesis | a surgical puncture to withdraw or aspirate fluid |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
-otomy | surgical incision or cutting into |
-ostomy | surgical creation of an artificial-plasty opening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
ana- | up, apart |
ap- apo- | separated or derived from |
brachy- | short |
cata- | lower, down, against |
circum- | around |
contra- | against, opposed to |
dia- | through, apart, across, between |
dis- | apart from or free from |
e-, ec-, ex- | from, away from, out of |
ect-, exo-, ecto- | outside, outer, on |
em-, en- | in |
epi-, ep- | upon, over, on |
mal- | bad |
mes-, meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, changing |
mono- | one |
uni- | one |
mult-, multi- | multiple, many |
neo- | new, recent |
oligo- | scanty |
pan- | all |
para- | beyond, beside, after |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
poly- | many, excessive |
presby- | old age |
pseudo- | false |
quadri- | four |
re- | backward, again |
sub- | under, beneath |
super-, supra- | above, excessive, superior |
sym-, syn- | with, together |
-algia | pain, discomfort |
-dynia | pain, discomfort |
-arche | beginning |
-cele | protrusion (hernia) |
-cidal, -cide | kill, destroy |
-cle | small |
-cule | small |
-ule | small |
-ulus | small |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fusion or binding |
-ectasis, ectasia | stretching, dilatation |
-ectomy | cutting out, surgical removal |
-emesis | vomit |
-emia | pertaining to blood, a blood condition |
-esis | state of or condition of |
-ia | state of or condition of |
-iasis | state of or condition of |
-ity | state of or condition of |
-osis | state of or condition of |
-sis | state of or condition of |
-tion | state of or condition of |
-y | state of or condition of |
-form | looking like, resembling, shaped like |
-oid | looking like, resembling, shaped like |
-genesis | a beginning process, origin of |
-genic | produced by |
-lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-opsy | to view |
-penia | lack of or deficiency |
-pexy, -pexis | surgical fixation |
-phagia, -phagy | eating |
-plasia | formation, development |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis, poietic | production or manufacture of |
-ptosis | downward displacement, drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhaphy | suturing in place, fixation |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture or breaking away |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-stasis | to stop, stopping |
-tripsy | crushing |
-trophic, -trophy | growth or development |
-gen | agent that causes |
-plasm | growth or formation |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
auricular region | around the ears |
infraorbital | below the eyes |
infrascapular | on each side of the chest, down to the last rib |
interscapular | on the back, between the scapluae |
kyph/o | humpback (posterior curvature of thoracic spine) |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
lord/o | curve or swayback (lordosis: anterior curvature in lumbar spine) |
lumb/o | lower back, lumbar region |
myel/o | bone marrow |
oste/o | bone |
orth/o | straight |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra (referring to conditions of the structure) |
vertebr/o | vertebra (referring to or describing the structure) |
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