| Element |
Meaning |
| helio- |
sun, light |
| astr- |
star-shaped |
| -asthenia |
weakness |
| fascia |
sheet, band |
| iso- |
equal |
| tarso- |
ankle region-also framework of the eyelid |
| -tope |
place |
| pod- |
foot |
| malign- |
bad, harmful |
| adnexa |
ties, connections |
| ocul- |
eye |
| lapar- |
abdominal wall |
| dacry- |
tear |
| ment- |
mind |
| part- |
labor, bring forth |
| scler(a) |
hard |
| somato- |
body |
| trachek- |
neck, necklike |
| sinus |
hollow space |
| hypno- |
sleep |
| sept- |
wall, fence |
| scirr(h)- |
hard |
| antr- |
cavity or chamber |
| -crine |
to secrete |
| dura |
hard |
| pneum- |
lung, air |
| phage |
to eat |
| phren- |
mind |
| corne- |
horny, hornlike |
| plak- |
plate |
| iris |
rainbow (eye membrane) |
| kerat- |
horny, horny tissue |
| pulmon- |
lung |
| ptyal- |
saliva |
| alveol- |
cavitity, socket |
| oophor- |
ovary(female reproductive gland) |
| oment- |
covering (of internal abdominal organs) |
| sedat- |
quiet, calm |
| furca- |
fork-shaped |
| radic- |
root |
| radi- |
ray |
| fistul- |
pipe, a narrow passage |
| edema- |
swelling (by fluid) |
| dactyl- |
finger, toe |
| metabol(e) |
change |
| pariet- |
wall |
| ependym- |
wrapping, a covering |
| gravid |
pregnant |
| aer- |
air |
| glyco- |
sweet, sugar |