Question | Answer |
a-, an- | absence or lack |
ab- | departing from, away from |
acou- | hearing |
ac-, acro- | extreme or extremity, peak |
ad- | to or toward |
aden-, adeno- | gland |
adren- | toward the kidney |
aero- | air |
af- | toward |
agon- | contest |
alb- | white |
aliment- | nourish |
allel- | of one another |
amphi- | on both sides, of both kinds |
ana- | apart, up, again |
anastomos- | come together |
aneurysm | a widening |
angi- | vessel |
angin- | choked |
ant-, anti- | opposed to, preventing, or inhibiting |
ante- | preceding, before |
aort- | great artery |
ap-, api- | tip, extremity |
append- | hang to |
aqua-, aque- | water |
arbor | tree |
areola- | open space |
arrect- | upright |
arthr-, arthro- | joint |
artic- | joint |
atri- | vestibule |
auscult- | listen |
aut-, auto- | self |
ax-, axi-, axo- | axis, axle |
azyg- | unpaired |
baro- | pressure |
basal | base |
bi- | two |
bili- | bile |
bio- | life |
blast- | bud or germ |
brachi- | arm |
brady- | slow |
brev- | short |
broncho- | bronchus |
bucco- | cheek |
calor- | heat |
capill- | hair |
caput- | head |
carcin- | cancer |
cardi-, cardio- | heart |
carneo- | flesh |
carot- | carrot, stupor |
cata- | down |
caud- | tail |
cec- | blind |
cele- | abdominal |
cephal- | head |
cerebro- | brain, especially the cerebrum |
cervic-, cervix | neck |
chaism- | crossing |
chole- | bile |
chondr- | cartilage |
chrom- | colored |
cili- | small hair |
circum- | around |
clavic- | key |
co-, con- | together |
coccy- | cuckoo |
cochlea | snail shell |
coel- | hollow |
commis- | united |
concha | shell |
contra- | against |
corn-, cornu- | horn |
corona | crown |
corp- | body |
cort- | bark |
cost- | rib |
crani- | skull |
crypt- | hidden |
cusp- | pointed |
cutic- | skin |
cyan- | blue |
cyst- | sac, bladder |
cyt- | cell |
de- | undoing |
decid- | falling off |
delta | triangular |
den-, dent- | tooth |
dendr- | tree, branch |
derm- | skin |
desm- | bond |
di- | twice, double |
dia- | through, between |
dialys- | separate, break apart |
diastole- | stand apart |
diure- | urinate |
dors- | the back |
duc-, duct- | lead, draw |
dura | hard |
dys- | difficult, faulty, painful |
ec-, ex-, ecto- | out, outside, away from |
ectop- | displaced |
edem- | swelling |
ef- | away |
ejac- | to shoot forth |
embol- | wedge |
en-, em- | in, inside |
enceph- | brain |
endo- | within, inner |
entero- | intestine |
epi- | above, over |
erthr- | red |
eso- | within |
eu- | well |
excret- | separate |
exo- | outside, outer layer |
extra- | outside beyond |
extrins- | from the outside |
fasci-, fascia- | bundle, band |
fenestr- | window |
ferr- | iron |
flagell- | whip |
flat- | blow, blown |
folli- | bag, bellows |
fontan- | fountain |
foram- | opening |
foss- | ditch |
gam-, gamet- | married, spouse |
gangli- | swelling, or knot |
gastr- | stomach |
gene- | beginning, origin |
germin- | grow |
gero-, geront | old man |
gest- | carried |
glauc- | gray |
glom- | glom |
glosso- | toungue |
gluco-, glycol- | sugar |
glute- | buttock |
gnost- | knowing |
gompho- | nail |
gon-, gono- | seed, offspring |
gust- | taste |
hapt- | fasten, grasp |
hema-, hemato-, hemo- | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepat- | liver |
hetero- | different or other |
hiat- | gap |
hippo- | horse |
hirsute- | hairy |
hist- | tissue |
holo- | whole |
hom-, homo- | same |
hormon- | to excite |
humor- | a fluid |
hyal- | clear |
hydr-, hydro- | water |
hyper- | excess |
hypno- | sleep |
hypo- | below, deficient |
hyster-, hystero- | uterus or womb |
ile- | intestine |
im- | not |
inter- | between |
intercal- | insert |
intra- | within, inside |
iso- | equal, same |
jugul- | throat |
justa- | near, close to |
karyo- | kernal, nucleus |
kera- | horn |
kilo- | thousand |
kin-, kines- | move |
labi-, labri- | lip |
lact- | milk |
lacun- | space, cavity, lake |
lamell- | small plate |
lamina | layer, sheet |
lat- | wide |
laten- | hidden |
layer- | ide |
leuko- | white |
leva- | rise, elevate |
lingua- | tongue |
lip-, lipo- | fat, lipid |
lith- | stone |
luci- | clear |
lumen | light |
lut- | yellow |
lymph- | water |
macro- | large |
macula | spot |
magn- | large |
mal- | bad |
mamm- | breast |
mast- | breast |
mater- | mother |
meat- | passage |
medi- | middle |
medull- | marrow |
mega- | large |
meio- | less |
melan- | black |
men-, menstru- | month |
meningo- | membrane |
mer-, mero- | a part |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, between, transition |
metro- | uterus |
micro- | small |
mictur- | urinate |
mito- | thread, filament |
mnem- | memory |
mono- | single |
morpho- | form |
multi- | many |
mur- | wall |
muta- | change |
myelo- | spinal cord, marrow |
myo- | muscle |
nano- | dwarf |
narco- | numbness |
natri- | sodium |
necro- | death |
neo- | new |
nephro- | kidney |
neuro- | nerve |
noci- | harmful |
nom- | name |
noto- | back |
nucle- | pit, kernel, little nut |
nutri- | feed, nourish |
ob- | before, against |
oculo- | eyes |
odonto- | teeth |
olfact- | smell |
oligo- | few |
onco- | a mass |
opthalmo- | eye |
orb- | circular |
orchi- | testis |
org- | living |
ortho- | straight, direct |
osm- | smell |
osmo- | pushing |
osteo- | bone |
oto- | ear |
ov-, ovi- | egg |
oxy- | oxygen |
pan- | all, universal |
papill- | nipple |
para- | beside, near |
pect-, pectus | breast |
pelv- | a basin |
peni- | a tail |
penna- | feather |
pent- | five |
pep-, peps-, pept- | digest |
per-, permea- | through |
peri- | around |
phago- | eat |
pheno- | show, appear |
phleb- | vein |
pi | tender |
pili- | hair |
pin-, pino- | drink |
platy- | flat, broad |
pleur- | side, rib |
plex-, plexus | net, network |
pneumo- | air, wind |
pod- | foot |
poly- | multiple |
post- | after, behind |
pre-, pro- | before, ahead of |
procto- | rectum, anus |
pron- | bent forward |
propi- | one’s own |
pseudo- | false |
psycho- | mind |
ptos- | fall |
pub- | of the pubis |
pulmo- | lung |
pyo- | pus |
pyro- | fire |
quad-, quadr- | four-sided |
re- | back, again |
rect- | straight |
ren- | kidney |
retin-, retic- | net, network |
retro- | backward, behind |
rheum- | watery flow, change, or flux |
rhin-, rhino- | nose |
ruga- | fold, wrinkle |
sagitt- | arrow |
salta- | leap |
sanguin- | blood |
sarco- | flesh |
saphen- | visible, clear |
sclero- | hard |
seb- | grease |
semen | seed, sperm |
smi- | half |
sens- | feeling |
septi- | rotten |
septum | fence |
sero- | serum |
serrat- | saw |
sin-, sino- | a hollow |
soma- | body |
somn- | sleep |
sphin- | squeeze |
splanchn- | organ |
spondyl- | vertebra |
squam- | scale, flat |
steno- | narrow |
start- | layer |
stria- | furrow, streak |
stroma- | spread out |
sub- | beneath, under |
sucr- | sweet |
sudor- | sweat |
super- | above, upon |
sym-, syn- | together, with |
synerg- | work together |
systole- | contraction |
tachy- | rapid |
tact- | touch |
telo- | the end |
templ-, tempo- | time |
tens- | stretched |
terti- | third |
tetan- | rigid |
therm- | heat |
thromb- | clot |
thyro- | a shield |
tissue- | woven |
tono- | tension |
tox- | posion |
trab- | bean, timber |
trans- | across, through |
trapez- | table |
tri- | three |
trop- | turn, change |
throph- | nourish |
tuber- | swelling |
tunic- | covering |
tympan- | drum |
ultra- | beyond |
vacc- | cow |
vagin- | sheath |
vagus- | wanderer |
valen- | strength |
venter, ventr- | abdomen belly |
vent- | the wind |
vert- | turn |
vestibl- | a porch |
vibr- | shake, quiver |
villus | shaggy hair |
visero- | organ |
viscos- | sticky |
vita- | life |
vitre- | glass |
viv- | live |
vulv- | a covering |
zyg- | a yoke, twin |
-able | able to, capable of |
-ac | referring to |
-algia | pain in a certain part |
-apsi | juncture |
-ary | associated with, relating to |
-asthen | weakness |
-bryo | swollen |
-cide | destroy or kill |
-cipit | head |
-clast | break |
-crine | separate |
-dips | thirst, dry |
-ectomy | cutting out, surgical removal |
-ell, -elle | small |
-emia | condition of the blood |
-esthesi | sensation |
-ferent | carry |
-form, -forma | shape |
-fuge | driving out |
-gen | an agent that initiates |
-glea, -glia | glue |
-gram | data the are systematically recorded, a record |
-grqaph | an instrument used for recording date or writing |
-ia | condition |
-iatrics | medical specialty |
-ism | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-lemma | sheath, husk |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | loosening or breaking down |
-malacia | soft |
-mania | obsession, compulsion |
-nata | birth |
-nom | govern |
-odyn | pain |
-oid | like, resembling |
-omo | tumor |
-opia | defect of the eye |
-ory | referring to, of |
-pathy | disease |
-phasia | speech |
-phil, -philo | like, love |
-phobia | fear |
-phragm | partition |
-phylax | guard, preserve |
-plas | grow |
-plasm | form, shape |
-plasty | reconstruction of a part, plastic surgery |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-scope | instrument used for examination |
-some | body |
-sorb | suck in |
-stalsis | compression |
-stasis | arrest, fixation |
-stitia | come to stand |
-stomy | establishment of an artificial opening |
-tegm | cover |
-tomy | to cut |
-trud | thrust |
-ty | condition of, state |
-uria | urine |
-zyme | ferment |