Purple Term | Meaning of Term |
-algia | pain |
ambul/o | walk |
ante- | before, in front of |
anti- | against |
asthenia | weakness, debility |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
melan/o, anthrac/o | black |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cyan/o | blue |
brady- | slow |
caus/o | burning |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
cephal/o | head |
chloro-, chlor/o | green |
contus/o | bruise |
convulsants | seizures |
convult/o | coiled & twisted |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
-cusis | hearing
(-cusia, audit/o, audi/o, acous/o, -acusis) |
anthrac/o | black, coal |
ech/o | sound |
erthr/o | red |
faci/o | face |
gastr/o | stomach |
hemat/o | blood |
-osis | abnormal condition of |
audi/o | hearing |
-ology | study of |
bi- | two |
-itis | inflammation |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (white part of eye) |
dendr/o | branching |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cheil/o | lip |
chlor/o | green |
chem/o | chemical; drug |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
-cide | killing |
cine- | movement |
circum- | around |
cirrh/o | yellow |
-cision | a cutting |
-cyte, cyt/o | cell |
cyst/o | bladder |
cutane/o | skin |
-cusis | hearing |
-cusia | hearing |
crypt/o | hidden |
cruci/o | cross |
cost/o | ribs |
cortic/o | cortex (means outer layer) |
core/o | pupil |
hom/o | same |
home-, home/o | same, alike |
herni/o | hernia |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
irid/o, irit/o | iris |
kerat/o | horney tissue, hard cornea |
kinesi/o | movement, motion |
macro- | larger |
metr/o | uterus (womb) measurement |
-metry | measurement |
mening/o | meninges |
micro- | small |
myring/o | middle ear |
tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear |
mono-, mon/o | one |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
narc/o | stupor |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/o, nyctal/o, nyct/o | night |
uni-, mono-, mon/o | one |
-opia | vision |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pexy | surgical fixation, put in place |
-phagia | eatting, swallowing |
-phasia, phas/o | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
poli/o | grey matter |
poly- | many, much |
ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
ptysis | spitting |
py/o | pus |
phas/o | speech |
ven/o | vein |
retin/o | retina |
eosin/o | rose or dawn coloured |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-ologist | specialist in study of |
myel/o | spinal cord |
sub- | below, under |
sulc/o | groove |
synaps/o | point of contact |
tachy- | fast, rapid, swift |
deca- | ten |
tri- | three |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tropia | turning |
-version | turning |
-trophy | nourishment |
-schisis | a splitting |
phren/o | mind |
psych/o | mind |
ment/o | mind |
dipl/o | two, double |
schiz/o | split |
-desis | surgical fixation |
par/o | to bear, labour, give birth to |
pachy/o | thick |
son/o | sound |
xanth/o | yellow |
-pathy | disease |
aur/o | ear |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
exo- | outside, outward |
extra- | outside |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
blephar/o | eye lid |
dendr/o | branching |
quadr/o, quadri- | four |
genesis | production, formation, origin |
-glia, gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue |
gyn/o | woman |
gynec/o | woman |
hist/o | tissue |
hydr/o | water |
aque/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
ger/o | old age; aged |
gangli/o | ganglion |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
encephal/o | brain |
acoust/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
audi/o | hearing |
acous/o | hearing |
-acusis | hearing |
sial/o | saliva |
puerper- | childbirth |
glauc/o | grey |
asbest/o | asbestos |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
cirrh/o | yellow |
-cision | a cutting |
onc/o | tumor |
spir/o | breathe, breathing |
-pnea | breathing |
-physis | growth |
pyr/o | fever, heat |
somn/o | sleep |
son/o | sound |
chromat/o | green |
contra- | against, opposite |
concuss/o | shaken (shaken baby syndrome) |
-scope | instument for examining |
-scopy | process of viewing; visual exam |
-lysis | destruction, separtation, loosening |
-tomy | incision |
-spasm | twitching, involuntary contractions |
-ist | specialist |
-tropia | turning |
-para | to bear (off spring) |
-epi | above, upon, on top |
log/o | study of |
-ism | condition |
iso- | same, equal |
-ia | condition |
-gram | record |
-tripsy | crushing |
-oma | tumor |
-oid | resembling |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
mi/o | smaller |
micr/o, micro- | small |
muc/o | mucus |
multi- | many, much |
myx/o | mucus |
-phobia | fear |
neo- | new |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
nulli- | none |
de- | cessation |
-plasty | plastic, surgical repair |
-opsy | view of |
-ostomy | creation of artificial opening |
-isy | state of condition |
-er, -ician | one who |
pyr/o | fire |
-us | condition, structure |
-acusia | deafness |
dendr/o | branching |
dipl/o | double, two |
ot/o | ear (also aur/o, auricul/o) |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
exo- | outside, outward, (also ect/o) |
spir/o | breathe, breathing |
-pnea | breathing |
-physis | growth |
pyr/o | fever, heat |
somn/o | sleep |
sial/o | saliva |
puerper- | childbirth |
glauc/o | grey / gray |
aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
cauter/o | heat, burn |
-cision | a cutting |
hist/o | tissue |
gyr/o | turning, folding |
ophthalm/o, ocul/o | eyeball, eye |
extra- | outside, outward, (also ecto-) |
-acusia | deafness |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
cephal/o | head |
convulsants | seizures |
brady- | slow |
ambul/o | walk |
ambly/o | dim, dull |
contus/o | bruising |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
aque/o | water |
genisis | formation, production, orgin |
asbest/o | asbestos |
irit/o | iris (also irid/o, ir/o) |
lysis- | loosening, destruction, separation |
kinesi/o | movement, motion |
kerat/o | horney tissue, hard, cornea |
macro- | large |
mening/o | meninges |
neur/o | nerve |
sub- | below, under |
synaps/o | point of contact |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
eosin/o | rose or dawn coloured |
-ologist | specialist in the study of... |
-rrhexis | rupture |
retin/o | retina |
phleb/o | vein (ven/o) |
-phasia | speech (phas/o) |
-phagia | eatting, swallowing, (phag/o) |
-pexy | put in place, fixation |
-plegia | paralysis |
tympan/o | eardrum |
-opia | vision |
narc/o | stupor |
-itis | inflammation |
noct/o | night (nyctal, nyct/o) |
ptysis | spitting |
py/o | pus |
sulc/o | groove |
tachy- | fast, rapid, swift |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tropia | turning (-version) |
trophy- | nourishment |
-schisis | a splitting |
phren/o | mind |
psych/o | mind |
ment/o | mind |
-desis | surgical fixation, fushion |
par/o | to bear, labour, give birth to |
pachy/o | thick |
xanth/o | yellow |
ton/o | tone, tension, pressure |
-rrhaphy | suture |
poli/o | grey matter (bone marrow, spinal cord) |
poly- | many, much |
phleb/o | vein |
-opia | vision |
a or an | without, not |
-osis, iasis | abnormal condition of |
anti-, contra- | against, opposite |
-dynia | pain |
-algia | pain |
aque/o | water |
peri-, circum- | around |
-asthenia | weakness, debility, loss of strength |
blephar/o | eyelid |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
cephal/o | head |
encephal/o | brain |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
chrom/o | colour |
circum- | around |
convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
concuss/o | shaken together |
-ia, -esis | condition of |
-iasis | abnormal condition of |
contra- | against, opposite |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
-cusis | hearing |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
caus/o, caust/o | burning |
conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva |
anis/o | unequal |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
dors/o | back (of body) |
dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
scot/o | darkness |
necr/o | death |
-penia | deficiency of |
hypo- | deficiency of |
dendr/o | branching |
dermat/o | skin |
dys- | difficult, painful |
hyper- | excessive, above |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | excessive flow, bursting forth |
exo- | outside, outward, (ecto-) |
-genic | production, orgin, formation |
-pexy | fixation of |
-desis | fixation of |
sulc/o | groove |
cardi/o | heart |
hem/o | blood (hemat/o) |
hemi- | one half |
esthesia- | feeling, sensation |
epi- | above, upon |
fove/o | pit |
ocul/o | eye |
eso- | inward |
hist/o | tissue |
ger/o | aged, old age |
phoria- | feeling (mental state) |
phac/o | lens |
ax/o | mainstream, axis |
goni/o | angle |
dur/o | dura mater |
-cele | hernia, swelling, herniation |
lact/o | milk |
phac/o | lens (of eye) |
-lepsy | seizure |
leuk/o | white |
phot/o | light |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
mening/o | meninges |
galact/o | milk (lact/o) |
my/o | muscle |
narc/o | stupor |
-juxta | near, beside |
-oid | resembling |
-ology | study of |
oma- | tumor |
onc/o | tumor |
-opsia | vision (-opia) |
-lepsy | seizures |
myc/o | fungus |
intra- | within, in |
-osis | abnormal condition |
ot/o | ear |
cortex | outer region (cortic/o) |
supra- | over, above |
epi- | over, above |
para- | beside, beyond, around |
-penia | decrease, deficiency of |
presby/o | old age |
pseudo/o | false, fake |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
-ptysis | spitting |
core/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve, nerve root |
scler/o | sclera (white of eye - hardening) |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
pinn/o | external ear |
somat/o | body |
plex/o | plexus, network |
-esthesia | feeling, sensation |
-phoria | feeling (mental state) |
phac/o | lens (lens of eye) |
cutane/o | skin (dermat/o) |
somn/o | sleep |
phas/o | speech (-phasia) |
sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
syn- | together, joined, union |
synapt/o | point of contact (synaps/o) |
tachy- | fast, rapid, swift |
con- | together, with |
-tropia | turning |
gyr/o | turning, folding |
leuk/o | white |
tars/o | edge of eylid |
-stomy | surgical opening |
thalam/o | thalamus, chamber |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
-ptosis | drooping |
extra- | outside |
-glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
gyr/o | folding, turning |
hydro- | water |
somn/o | sleep |
asbest/o | asbestos |
aur/o | ear |
aque/o | water |
ophthalm/o | eyeball |
caust/o | burning |
brady- | slow |
scot/o | darkness |
phil/o | love, attraction |
ot/o, aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
exo- | outside, outward |
ecto- | outside, outward |
dys- | pain |
spir/o, -penia | breathing |
cirrh/o | yellow |
irit/o | iris |
kerat/o | horney tissue, hard cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
-lysis | destruction, separation |
macro- | large |
irid/o | iris |
myring/o | middle ear |
micro- | small |
ir/o | iris |
myel/o | bone marrow |
narc/o | stupor, numbness |
neur/o | nerve |
-acusia | deafness |
goni/o | angle |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
caust/o | burning |
sthen/o | strength |
idi/o; -gnosis | unknown, knowing |
-tax | order, coordination |
lex/o | word of phrase |
-later | side, to one side |
-cata | down |
lept/o | thin, slender |
-taxia | order, coordination |
thee/o | sheath (refer to meninges) |
gangli/o | ganglion (knotted mass) |
-iatry | medicine, treatment |
canth/o | corner of your eye |
vitre/o | glassy |
stab/o | strabismus |
-dextra | means "right" |