| Element |
Meaning |
| tarso- |
ankle region, also framework of eyelid |
| cheir-, chir- |
hand |
| calc- |
heel, stone |
| cine- |
move, movement |
| digit |
finger, toe |
| dors- |
back |
| gangli- |
swelling, knot-like mass` |
| gemin- |
twin, double |
| grad- |
walk, take steps |
| gran- |
grain, particle |
| labi- |
lip |
| micr- |
small |
| peps-, pept- |
digest |
| pleur- |
pleura(membrane), rib, side |
| mamm- |
breast |
| colla- |
glue, gelatinlike |
| later- |
side |
| rachi- |
spinal column |
| phob- |
fear |
| phot- |
light |
| dys- |
bad, out of order |
| cut- |
skin |
| en- |
in |
| peri- |
about, around |
| pro- |
in front of, before |
| mechano- |
machine |
| dynam- |
power |
| osmo- |
odor |
| traumat- |
wound, injury |
| trich- |
hair |
| maxill- |
upper jawbone |
| an-, a- |
without, not |
| phak- |
lens |
| pre- |
in front of, before |
| strict- |
to draw tight, narrowing |
| turbin- |
shaped like a top |
| ameb- |
change |
| semi- |
half |
| neo- |
new |
| hormone |
excite or set in motion |
| therm- |
heat |
| syn-, sym- |
together |
| vulse(e)- |
twitch or pull |
| post |
after, behind in time |
| metr- |
uterus |
| tegument |
covering or skin |
| pan- |
all |
| poly- |
many or much |
| ramus |
branch |
| neuro- |
nerve (nervous system) |