Question | Answer |
a- | lack of, without, no, not |
-a | noun suffix, no meaning |
abdomin/o | abdomen (abdominal) |
absorpt | to suck in |
-ac | pertaining to |
acoust/o | hearing |
acr/o | extremity, point |
-acusis | hearing |
ad- | toward |
aden/o | gland |
ades | stuck to |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
-age | related to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
all | other |
ambly/o | dim, dull |
an- | lack of, without, no, not |
an/o | anus |
ana- | up, apart, backward |
andr/o | male |
angi/o | vessel (blood vessel)/valve |
ankyl/o | ankle |
ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
-ant | forming |
ant- | against |
ante- | before |
anter/o | front |
anti- | against |
apo- | separation |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
aque/o | water |
-ar | pertaining to |
arthr/o | joint |
-atresia | absence of a normal body opening |
-ary | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
astro- | star-shaped |
atel/o | imperfect |
ather/o | fatty substance |
atri/o | atrium |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
aut- | self, own |
aut/o | self |
auto- | self, own |
axill | armpit |
axill/o | axilla, armpit |
balan/o | glans penis |
bas/o | base |
-betes | to go |
bi- | two |
bi/o | life |
bil/i | gall, bile |
bin- | twice |
-blast | immature cell, germ cell |
blephar/o | eyelid |
-body | body |
brach/i | arm (brachial) |
brady- | slow |
bronch | bronchi |
bronch/i | bronchi |
bronch/o | bronchi |
bucc/o | cheek (buccal) |
burs | a pouch |
cac- | bad |
calc | calcium |
calc/o | calcium |
calci/o | calcium |
carcin/o | cancer |
card | heart |
card/i | heart |
cardi/o | heart (cardiac) |
carp/o | wrist |
cartil | gristle |
casta- | down |
caud/o | tail (downward) |
cec/o | cecum |
-cele | hernia, protrusion |
celi/o | belly, abdomen |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
centi- | hundred |
centri- | center |
ceph | head |
cephal | head |
cephal/o | head |
cept | receive |
cerebell/o | little brain |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cervic/o | neck, cervix |
chem/o | chemical |
chol/e | gall, bile |
chole/cyst/o | gallbladder |
chondr/o | cartilage |
circum- | around |
cirrh | orange-yellow |
cis | cut |
-clasia | break |
-clast | break |
-clave | a key |
clavic/o | clavicle |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
coagul/o | clot |
coax | hip |
-coccus (pl. –cocci) | berry-shaped |
coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
col/o | colon |
colp/o | vagina |
con- | with, together |
concuss | shaken violently |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
continence | to hold |
contra- | against |
-cope | strike |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
cost/o | ribs (costal) |
crani | cranium, skull |
crani/o | skull (cranial) |
crin/o | to secrete |
crur | leg, thigh (crural) |
crypt/o | hidden |
cubit | elbow (cubital) |
cuss | sound, hearing |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | dark blue |
-cyesis | injection |
-cyst | bladder |
cyst/o | bladder, sac |
cyt/o | cell |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | condition of cells, slight increase in numbers |
dacry/o | tear |
dactyl/o | finger, digit |
de- | down |
dem | people |
dendr/o | tree |
dent | teeth (dental) |
dent/i | tooth |
derm/a | skin |
derm/o | skin |
-derma | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
-desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
di- | two, apart |
dia- | through, between |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
dipl/o | double |
dips/o | thirst |
dis- | absence, removal, separation |
disk | disk |
dist/o | away (from the point of attachment to the body) |
dors/o | back |
duoden/o | duodenum |
dur/o | dura, hard |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
ec- | displaced, out |
-ectasia | stretching, dilatation, widening |
-ectasis | dilation of |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-edema | swelling |
electr/o | electric |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
encephal/o | brain |
end- | within |
endo- | in, within |
enter/o | small intestines |
eosin/o | rose-colored |
epi- | above, upon, over |
epididym/o | epididymis |
episi/o | perineum |
equ/i | equal |
-ergy | work |
erythem/o | redness |
erythemat/o | redness |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
esthesi/o | sensation |
-esthesia | nervous sensation, feeling |
estr/o | female |
eti/o | cause |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, away from |
faci/o | face |
femor | leg, thigh (femoral) |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
foc | focus |
follicul | little bag |
-form | like, resembling |
format | a shaping |
-fuge | to flee |
ganglion | knot |
gastr/o | stomach |
-gen | formation, produce |
-gen | substance that produces |
gene | formation, produce |
-genesis | formation, produce |
-genic | pertaining to the formation or production of |
gerent/o | old age |
gingiv | gums |
gingiv/o | gums |
gli/o | glue |
-glia | glue |
-globin | protein |
globul/o | globe, protein |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gloss/o | tongue (glossal) |
gluc/o | sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
glycos/o | sugar |
-gnosis | knowledge |
gonad/o | sex glands (ovaries & testes) |
-grade | a step |
-gram | a weight, mark, record |
-gram | record,radiographic image |
granul/o | grain |
-graph | instrument for recording data |
-graph | to write, record |
-graphy | recording of data |
gravida | pregnant |
gyn/o | female |
gynec/o | female |
halat | breathe |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
hetero- | different |
-hexia | condition |
hidr/o | sweat |
home/o | sameness |
hormon/o | hormone |
humer/o | humerus |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | above, more than normal, excessive, beyond |
hypn- | sleep |
hypn/o | sleep |
hypo- | below, under, deficient |
hyster/o | uterus |
-ia | diseased / abnormal state, condition of |
-ial | pertaining to |
-ial | pertaining to |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
iatr | treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-ice | pertaining to |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry (fish-like) |
-ician | physician |
icter | jaundice |
-iesis | condition |
-ile | pertaining to |
ile/o | ileum |
illus | foot |
immun/o | immune |
-in | in, into, not |
in- | in, into, not |
-in, -ine | a substance |
-ine | pertaining to |
infect | infection |
infern/o | below |
inguin/o | groin |
integument | a covering |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
-ion | process of |
-ior | pertaining to |
isch | to hold back |
-ism | process, condition |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-itis | inflammation of |
-ive | nature of, quality of |
jejun/o | jejunum |
kal/i | potassium |
kerat/o | keratin, hard, horny tissue |
kilo | a thousand |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
kyph/o | hill, mountain |
labi/o | lip |
labyrinth/o | maze |
lacrim/o | tear |
lact/o | milk |
lamin/o | lamina |
lamin/o | thin plate |
lapar/o | adbomen, abdominal cavity |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | side |
-lepsy | seizure |
letharg | drowsiness |
leuk/o | white |
-lexia | diction |
libr/i | balance |
lingu/o | tongue (lingual) |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
-liter | liter |
-lith | stone |
lith/o | stone |
lob/o | lobe |
log | study of |
-log | study of |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
-lymph | lymph |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphaden/o | lymph node (gland) |
-lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
macr/o | large |
mal- | bad, poor |
-malacia | softening of |
malign | bad kind |
mamm/o | breast (mammary) |
mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw |
-mania | madness |
manus | hand |
mast | breast |
mast/o | breat |
mastoid | mastoid process |
maxill/o | maxilla |
maxim | greatest |
meat/o | opening, passage |
medi/o | middle |
-megaly | enlargement of |
melan/o | black, dark, melanin |
men/o | month |
mening/i | membrane |
mening/o | membrane |
menisci | crescent |
-meter | instrument to measure |
metri | uterus |
-metry | measurement of |
micro- | small |
milli- | one-thousandth |
minim | least |
mono- | one, single |
multi- | many, much |
muscul/o | muscles (muscular) |
my | to shut |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myos/o | muscle |
myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
narc/o | numbness |
nas/o | nose (nasal) |
nat/o | birth |
natr/o | sodium |
necr | death |
neo- | new |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerves (neural) |
neutr/o | neither |
-noia | mind |
nom | law, govern |
norm | rule |
nucle/o | kernel, nucleus |
nulli- | none |
nyctal/o | night |
ocul/o | eye |
odont/o | tooth |
-oid | resembling, derived from |
olecran | elbow |
olig/o | scanty |
oligo- | scanty, little |
-oma | tumor |
-omion | shoulder |
onc/o | tumor |
onych/o | nail |
oophor/o | ovary |
ophthalm/o | eye |
-opia | eye vision |
-opsy | view of, viewing, to view |
opt/o | eye |
opthalm/o | eye |
opthalmo | eye |
or/o | mouth (oral) |
or/o | mouth |
orch/o | testis, testicle |
orchid/o | testis, testicle |
organ | organ |
orth/o | straight |
-ory | pertaining to |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
oste/o | bones |
-ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
ot | ear |
ot/o | ear (otic) |
-ous | pertaining to |
ox | oxygen |
ox/i | oxygen |
ox/y | oxygen |
pachy/o | thick |
palat/o | palate |
palm | palm |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
par- | beside |
para | to bear |
para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
-paresis | weakness |
parturit | in labor |
patell/o | patella |
path/o | disease |
-pathy | disease, condition |
ped | child |
ped/o | foot, child |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
pen/o | penis |
-penia | lack of, deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
phag/o | eat, engulf |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
pharyng/o | throat, larynx (pharyngeal) |
-phasia | to speak |
-phil | attraction for |
-philia | attraction for |
phleb/o | vein |
phob/o | fear |
-phobia | fear of |
phone | voice |
-phoresis | to carry |
phot/o | light |
-phylaxis | protection |
-physis | growth |
phyt/o | plant |
pil/o | hair, hair follicle |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
-plasia | formation, produce |
-plasty | plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction |
-plegia | paralysis |
pneum/o | lung, air |
pneumat/o | lung |
pneumon | lung |
pod/o | foot |
-poiesis | formation |
poli/o | gray |
pollex | thumb |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after |
poster/i | back, behind |
-praxia | action |
presby | old |
pro- | before |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
prohylact | garding |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
proxim/o | near (the point of attachment to the body) |
prurit | itching |
psych/o | mind |
-ptosis | droop, sag, protrude |
-ptysis- | to spit, spitting |
pub/o | pubis |
pulm/o | lungs (pulmonary) |
pulmon/o | lungs |
pupill/o | pupil |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
pyr/o | heat, fire, fever |
pyret | fever |
quadr/i | four |
quadr/o | four |
quadri- | four |
radi/o | ray |
radi/o | radius |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
retro- | behind, back, backward |
-rhaphy | surgical repair, suture |
rheumat | discharge |
rheumat/o | rheumatism |
rhin/o | nose |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture, repair |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
sacr/o | sacrum |
salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
scapul/o | scapula |
-schisis | split, fissure |
scler/o | hard |
scler/o | sclera (white of the eye) |
-sclerosis | hardening of |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | visual examination of |
seb/o | sebum, sebaceous gland |
semin/i | semen, seed |
-sepsis | decay, infection |
sept | putrefaction, rotten |
sept/o | septum |
septic | putrefying |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
-sis | state of, condition |
spadias | an opening or tear |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
sperm/o | spermatozoa, semen |
spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen |
spir/o | breath |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
squam/o | scale-like |
staped | stirrup |
-stasis | to stop, control |
steat/o | fat |
-stenosis | narrowing |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
steth/o | chest |
-sthenia | strength |
stigmat | without point, abnormal curvature |
-stitial | to set |
stomato/o | mouth |
-stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
sub- | under, below |
super/o | above, upper part |
-suppression | to stop |
supra- | above |
sym- | through, joined |
sympathy | sympathy |
syn- | with, together |
synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
tars/o | tarsals |
tempora | temples (temporal) |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
tens | tension/pressure |
test/o | testis, testicle |
-therapy | treatment |
therm/o | heat, hot |
thorac | chest |
thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
thromb | clot |
thromb/o | thrombus, clot |
thym/o | thymus |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
tibi/o | tibia |
-tic | pertaining to |
tinnit | ringing |
toc | birth |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
-tomy | incision, cutting |
ton/o | to stretch |
tonsil | tonsil |
tonsil/o | tonsils |
top/o | place |
trache/o | trachea |
trans- | through, across, beyond |
-tresia | opening |
tri- | three |
trich/o | hair |
-tripsy | crushing of |
-troph(y) | nourishment, development |
tuss | cough |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
uln/o | ulna |
-um | tissue |
umbilic | navel (umbilical) |
ung | nail |
uni- | one |
ur/o | urine |
ure | urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-uria | urine, urination |
-us | pertaining to |
uter/o | uterus |
uvul/o | uvula |
vag/o | vagus, wandering |
vagin/o | vagina |
vas/o | vessel, duct: vas deferens |
vascul/o | vascular |
ven | vein |
ven/o | vein |
ventr/o | belly (front) side |
ventricul | ventricle |
ventricul/o | little belly |
vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
vulv/o | vulva |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
xiph | sword |
-y | process, condition, pertaining to |