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ICD-10-Terminology
Medical Terminology & Anatomy for ICD-10 Coding
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a | noun ending |
| a- | no, not, without, lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -abrasion | scraping of |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| ac- | toward |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| achil/o | Achilles tendon |
| acid/o | acid |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acro- | heights, extremes, extremities |
| acromi/o | acromion process |
| act/o, act/i | rays |
| acu- | sharp |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -ad | toward |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil) |
| adip/o | fat |
| adipos/o | fat |
| adnex/o | accessory |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air |
| af- | toward |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| agora- | marketplace |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| al/i, al/o | wing |
| aliment/o | nutrition |
| allo- | other, different |
| alveol/o | small cavity, alveolus |
| -alysis | breaking down, separating, freeing from adhesions, loosening |
| ambly/o | dim, dull |
| ambul/o | walking |
| amel/o | enamel |
| amni/o, amnion/o, -amnios | amnion, inner fetal sac |
| amphi- | both |
| amyl/o | starch |
| -an | pertaining to |
| an- | no, not, without |
| an/o | anus |
| ana- | up, apart, away |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiffening |
| annul/o | annulus, ring |
| -ant | pertaining to |
| ante- | forward, in front of, before |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrop/o | man |
| anti- | against |
| antr/o | antrum, cavity |
| aort/o | aorta (largest artery) |
| -apheresis | removal |
| aphth/o | ulceration |
| apic/o | pointed extremity, apex |
| apo- | separate, away from |
| append/o, appendic/o | vermiform appendix, that which is added |
| apendicul/o | appendicular |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| arthr/o | articulation (joint) |
| articul/o | articulation (joint) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| astr/o | star |
| ather/o | fat, plaque |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -ation | process of |
| atlant/o | 1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1) |
| -atory | pertaining to |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o | hearing |
| auricul/o | auricle, pinna |
| auto- | self |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| axi/o | axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2) |
| azyg/o | without a yoke |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| band/o | Bands |
| bartholin/o | Bartholin gland |
| bas/o | base, bottom |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life, living |
| bil/i | bile |
| bin- | two |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| blast/o | embryonic, immature |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bol/o | to throw, throwing |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| brom/o | odor, stench |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| bulb/o | globe |
| bunion/o | bunion |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/o, calc/i | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heelbone) |
| cali/o | calyx, calix |
| calic/o | calyx, calix |
| calyc/o | calyx, calix |
| canalicul/o | canaliculus, (little canal) |
| canth/o | canthus (corner of eye) |
| capit/o | head |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | epithelial cancer |
| -carcinoma | cancer of epithelial origin |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cardiomy/o | heart muscle |
| -cardia | condition of the heart |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist) |
| cartilag/o | cartilage |
| cata- | down |
| caud/o | tail |
| caus/o | burning |
| cauter/i | burning |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of large intestine) |
| -cele | herniation, protrusion |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cellul/o | cell |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| cephal/o | head |
| -cephalus | head |
| -ceps | heads |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cerumin/o | cerumen (earwax) |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| -chalasia | relaxation, slackening |
| -chalasis | relaxation, slackening |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chord/o | cord, spinal cord |
| chori/o | chorion (outer fetal sac) |
| chorion/o | chorion (outer fetal sac) |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| chron/o | time |
| chyl/o | lymph |
| chym/o | juice |
| cili/o | tiny hairs |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| -cision | cutting |
| cistern/o | box, cistern |
| -clasis | intentional breaking |
| -clast | breaking down |
| claustr/o | closing |
| clav/i | clavicle (collarbone) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| cleid/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| clitorid/o | clitoris |
| -clysis | washing |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| -coagulation | process of clotting |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| coll/o | neck |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| con- | together |
| condyl/o | condyle, knob |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| contra- | opposite, against |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corac/o | coracoid process of the scapula |
| cord/o | cord,spinal cord |
| cordi/o | heart |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | crown, heart |
| corpor/o | body |
| corrug/o | wrinkled |
| cortic/o | cortex (outer portion) |
| cost/o | costa (rib) |
| cox/o | coxa (hip) |
| crani/o | skull |
| crepit/o | crackling |
| cret/o | to grow |
| crin/o | to secrete, secreting |
| -crine | to secrete, secreting |
| -crit | to separate, separating |
| crur/o | leg |
| cry/o | extreme cold |
| crypt- | hidden |
| cuboid/o | cuboid bone, box-shaped |
| cubit/o | elbow, forearm |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac (rectouterine pouch) |
| cune/o | cuneiform bone |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cusp/o | point, cusp |
| cut/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body, recurring, round |
| -cyesis | pregnancy,gestation |
| -cyst | sac |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of abnormal increase in cells |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dacryoaden/o | lacrimal gland |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal gland |
| dactyl/o | digitus (finger or toe) |
| de- | down, lack of |
| delt/o | triangle, deltoid muscle |
| dendr/o | dendrite, tree |
| densit/o | density |
| dent/i | teeth |
| -derma | skin condition |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| dextr/o | right |
| di- | two, both |
| dia- | through, complete |
| diaphragm/o | diaphragm |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| digit/o | finger or toe |
| depl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dis- | bad/abnormal,apart |
| disc/o | disc |
| dist/o | far |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum, pouch |
| dors/o, dors/i | back |
| -drome | to run, running |
| duct/o | to carry, carrying |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater, hard |
| dynam/o | power |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
| -e | noun ending |
| e- | outward, out |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out. outward |
| echo- | sound, reverberation |
| -ectasia | condition of expansion, dilation |
| -ectasis | expansion,dilation |
| -ectomy | cutting out |
| -edema | swelling |
| ef- | away from |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emesis | vomiting, vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emphraxis | obstructing, crushing |
| -emulsification | breaking down |
| en- | in |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end- | within |
| endo- | within |
| endocardi/o | inner lining of the heart |
| endometri/o | endometrium, inner lining of cervix |
| -ent | pertaining to |
| enter/o | small intestines, intestines |
| eosin/o | rosy-colored |
| epi- | above, upon |
| epicardi/o | epicardium |
| epicondyl/o | epicondyle |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| epipllo/o | omentum |
| episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| erythmat/o | red |
| eryhr/o | red |
| eschar/o | scab |
| -esis | state of |
| eso- | inward |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | felling, sensation |
| -esthetica | feeling, sensation |
| ethmoid/o | ethmoid bone, sieve |
| eu- | healthy, normal |
| ex- | out |
| exanthemat/o | rash |
| -exeresis | tearing out |
| -exia | condition |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| extern/o | outer |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| fec/a | feces, stool |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fer/o | to bear, carry |
| -ferous | pertaining to carrying |
| fetish/o | charm |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibrin/o | fibrous substance |
| fibul/o | fibula (lower lateral leg bone) |
| -fida | to split, splitting |
| fissur/o | deep cleft or groove |
| flex/o | to bend, bending |
| fluor/o | to flow, flowing |
| -flux | to flow, flowing |
| follicul/o | follicle |
| foramin/o | hole, foramen |
| -form | shape |
| fornic/o | arched structure,fornix |
| foss/o | hollow,depression |
| fren/o | frenulum (of tongue and lip) |
| frenul/o | frenulum (of tongue and lip) |
| front/o | front, forehead |
| fund/o | fundus (base, bottom) |
| -fusion | process of pouring |
| galact/o | milk |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | producing |
| -geneic | pertaining to produced by |
| -genesis | production, origin |
| -genic | pertaining to produced by |
| geni/o | chin |
| -genous | pertaining to originating from |
| gen/u | knee |
| ger/o | old age |
| germ/i | sprout |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glauc/o | gray, bluish green |
| glen/o | glenoid cavity (arm socket) |
| -glia | glia cell,glue |
| -globin | protein substance |
| -globulin | protein substance |
| globulin/o, globin/o | protein |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar, glucose |
| glucos/o | sugar, glucose |
| glute/o | gluteus (buttocks) |
| glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
| glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
| gnath/o | jaw, entire |
| -gnosis | state of knowledge |
| gon/o | seed |
| gonad/o | gonad, sex organ |
| goni/o | angle |
| -grade | flow |
| -gram | record, recording |
| granul/o | little grain |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | recording |
| gravid/o | pregnancy, gestation |
| -gravida | pregnancy, gestation |
| gryph/o | curved |
| gyn/e | female, woman |
| gynec/o | female, woman |
| halit/o | breath |
| hal/o | to breathe, breathing |
| haluc/o | hallux (great toe) |
| hedon/o | pleasure |
| helic/o | helix, coil |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hiat/o | an opening |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hidraden/o | sudoriferous gland (sweat gland) |
| hil/o | hilum |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | same |
| homo- | same |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| humor/o | liquid |
| hydatid/i | water drop |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyoid/o | hyoid bone |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, decreased |
| hypophys/o | hypophysis, pituitary |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | condition, state of |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iacal | pertaining to abnormal condition |
| -iasis | condition, presence of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ichthy/o | fishlike |
| -icle | small, tiny |
| -id | pertaining to |
| -igo | condition |
| ile/o | ileum (third part small intestines) |
| ili/o | ilium (superior, widest pelvic bone) |
| immun//o | safety, protection |
| -in | substance |
| in- | in, not |
| indur/o | to make hard |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| infer/o | downward |
| infra- | down |
| inguin/o | groin |
| ischem/o | hold back |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| inter- | between |
| intestin/o | intestine |
| intra- | within |
| -ion | process of |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| ipsi- | same |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| -is | structure, thing, noun ending |
| is/o | equal |
| isch/o | hold back, suppress |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower part of pelvic bone) |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| -ismus | spasm |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -itic | pertaining to |
| -ity | noun ending |
| -ium | structure, membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ization | process |
| jejun/o | second part of small intestine jejunum |
| jugul/o | throat, neck |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| karat/o | hard, horny, cornea |
| ket/o | ketone |
| keton/o | ketone |
| -kine | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -kinin | movement substance |
| klept/o | to steal, stealing |
| kyph/o | roundback |
| labi/o | lips, labia |
| labyrith/o | labyrinth (inner ear_ |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lact/o | milk |
| -lalia | condition of babbling |
| lamin/o | lamina, thin plate |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| -lapse | fall |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o | side |
| leiomy/o | smooth visceral muscle |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leukin | white substance |
| leuk/o | white |
| levo- | left |
| lex/o | word, speech |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| ligat/o | to tie, tying |
| -ligation | tying |
| limb/o | limbus |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | lipid, fat |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lithotomy | cutting out a stone |
| lob/o | lobe, section |
| lobul/o | small lobe |
| log/o | study |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -logous | pertaining to origin |
| -logy | study of |
| long/o | long |
| lord/o | swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back, lumbar spine |
| lumin/o | lumen (space within vessel) |
| lun/o | moon |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland (lymph node) |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| lymphat/o | lymph |
| lys/o | breakdown, dissolve |
| -lysis | breaking down, dissolving, loosening, freeing from adhesions |
| -lytic | pertaining to breaking down |
| macro- | large |
| macul/o | macula, macule, macula lutea, spot |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| -malacia | softening |
| maleol/o | distal process lower leg, little malleolus |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mandibul/o | mandibular (lower jaw) |
| -mania | condition of madness |
| man/o | pressure, scanty |
| man/u, man/i | hand |
| manubri/o | manubrium of the breastbone, handle |
| mast/o | breast |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| maxim/o | large |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| medi/o | middle |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum (space between lungs) |
| medull/o | medulla, inner portion |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| mean/o | black, dark |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| menisc/o | meniscus, crescent |
| menstru/o | menstruation |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| mer/o | thigh |
| mesenter/o | mesentery, midgut |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| metr/o | uterus, measure |
| metri/o | uterus |
| -metry | measuing |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| mi/o | to close, constrict |
| -mileusis | carving |
| mitochondri/o | mitochondria |
| mol/o | molar |
| mono- | one |
| morb/o | disease |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| mucos/o | mucus |
| multi- | many |
| mur/o | wall |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle, to shut |
| myc/o | fungus |
| mydr/o | dilation |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle) |
| myometri/o | muscle layer of the uterus |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | sleep, stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i | birth |
| nat/o | birth, born |
| natr/o | sodium |
| navicul/o | navicular bone |
| necr/o | death, dead |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| nervos/o | nervous |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neuron/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nev/o | nevus, birthmark |
| nid/o | nest |
| noct/i | night |
| nod/o | node, knot |
| -noia | condition of mind |
| non- | not |
| nos/o | disease |
| nuch/o | neck |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| nulli- | none |
| nyctal/o | night |
| nymph/o | woman, female |
| o/o | ovum, egg, female sex cell |
| occipit/o | occiput |
| occlus/o | to close, closing, a blockage |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | teeth |
| -oid | resembling, like |
| -ole | small, tiny |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -omatous | pertaining to a tumor |
| oment/o | omentum |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -on | structure |
| -one | hormone, substance that forms |
| oneir/o | dream |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary (female gonad) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision condition |
| -opsy | viewing |
| opt/o | vision |
| optic/o | vision |
| or/o | mouth, oral cavity |
| orbit/o | orbit |
| orch/o | testis, testicle (male gonad) |
| orchi/o | testis, testicle (male gonad) |
| orchid/o | testis, testicle (male gonad) |
| orex/o | apetite |
| organ/o | organ, viscus |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| -os | condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oss/i | bone |
| osse/o | bone |
| ossicul/o | ossicle (tiny bone) |
| oste/o | bone |
| -osus | noun ending |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ov/i | ovum (egg) (female sex cell) |
| ov/o | ovum (egg) (female sex cell) |
| ovari/o | ovary (female gonad) |
| ovul/o | ovum (female sex cell) |
| ox/i, ox/o | oxygen |
| oxy- | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate,roof of mouth, palatine bone |
| pallid/o | globus pallidum |
| palm/o | palm |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| pan- | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| papill/o | papilla, nipple, optic disk |
| papul/o | papule, pimple |
| par- | beside, near |
| -para | delivery,parturition |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid |
| parenchym/o | parenchyma |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pareunia | intercourse |
| pariet/o | wall, partition |
| part/o | parturition, delivery |
| -partum | parturition, delivery |
| patell/o, patell/a | patella (kneecap) |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease process |
| patul/o | open |
| -pause | stop, cease |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| pedicul/i | lice |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
| pen/i | penis |
| -penia | condition of deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pericardi/o | sac surrounding the heart, pericardium |
| perimetri/o | perimetrium, outer layer of uterus |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| perone/o | fibula, lower lateral leg bone |
| petros/o | petrous bone |
| petr/o | stone |
| -pexy | fixation, suspension |
| phac/o | lens |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| -phagia | condition of eating, swallowing |
| phak/o | lens |
| phalang/o | phalanx (finger/toe bones) |
| phall/o | penis |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phas/o | speech |
| phe/o | dark |
| =phil | attraction |
| phil/o | attraction |
| -philia | condition of attraction |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | condition of fear, extreme sensitivity |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| phor/o | to carry, to bear |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve |
| -phthisis | wasting |
| physi/o | growth |
| -physis | growth |
| phyt/o | growth |
| pil/o | hair |
| pineal/o | pineal body (gland) |
| pituit/o | pituitary gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary |
| placent/o | placenta |
| -plakia | condition of patches |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| plas/o | formation |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development |
| -plasm | condition of formation |
| plasm/a | plasma |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| plast/o | formation |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plastin | forming substance |
| -plasty | surgically forming |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura, membrane surrounding lungs |
| -plication | fold, plica |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pne/o | to breathe, breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumat/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| -poiesis | formation,production |
| -poietin | forming substance |
| pol/o | pole |
| pollic/o | plooex (thumb) |
| poli/o | gray, grey |
| poly- | many, much, excessive, frequent |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| poplite/o | back of knee |
| por/o | passage |
| port/o | gate |
| post- | behind, after |
| poster/o | back |
| posth/o | foreskin |
| prax/o | purposeful movement |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| precordi/o | precordium |
| preputi/o | prepuce (foreskin) |
| presby- | old age |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | forward, in front of, in favor of |
| proct/o | rectum and anus |
| prolactin/o | prolactin |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| proxim/o | near |
| prurit/o | itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| pteryg/o | wing |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse, falling |
| ptyal/o | saliva |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pub/o | pubis, anterior pelvic bone |
| puerper/o | puerperium |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pupil/o | pupil |
| purpur/o | purple |
| pustul/o | pustule |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| quadri- | four |
| rach/i, rachi/o | spinalcolumn, bacbone |
| radi/o | radius (lower lateral arm bone) |
| radicul/o | nerve root, spinal nerve root |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| retro- | backward |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhiz/o | spinal nerve root, nerve root |
| rhythm/o | rhythm |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| rib/o | ribose |
| rot/o | wheel |
| -rrhagia, prrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| rug/o | rugae, ridge |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sagitt/o | arrow, separating the sides |
| salping/o | tube, fallopian or eustachian |
| -salpinx | tube, fallopian or eustachian |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -sarcoma | connective tissue cancer |
| scaphoid/o | scaphoid bone |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| -schisis | split |
| schiz/o | split |
| scler/o | sclera, hard |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| scoli/o | curvature |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopic | pertaining to viewing |
| -scopy | viewing |
| scot/o | dark, darkness |
| scrot/o | scrotum (sac holding testes) |
| sebac/o | sebum, oil |
| seb/o | sebum,oil |
| semi- | half |
| semin/i | semen |
| sensor/i | sense |
| sept/o | septum, wall, partition |
| septic/o | infection |
| sequestr/o | sequestrum (bone fragment) |
| ser/o | serum |
| serrat/o | notched |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sialodoch/o | salivary duct |
| sider/o | iron |
| -siderin | iron substance |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sin/o | sinus, cavity |
| sinistr/o | left |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| somat/o | body |
| -some | body |
| som/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| -spadias | a rent or tear |
| -spasm | spasm, sudden, involuntary contraction |
| sperm/o | spermatozoon (male sex cell) |
| spermat/o | spermatozoon (male sex cell) |
| sphenoid/o, sphen/o | sphenoid |
| spher/o | sphere |
| spin/o | spine |
| spir/o | to breathe,breathing |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra, backbone,spine |
| squam/o | scaly |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| staped/o | stapes (third ossicle in ear) |
| -stasis | controlling,stopping |
| steat/o | fat |
| -stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
| ster/o | steroid |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| steth/o | chest |
| -sthenia | condition of strength |
| stiti/o | space |
| stom/o | an opening, a mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth, oral cavity |
| -stomy | making a new opening |
| strom/o | stroma (supportive tissue) |
| styl/o | styloid process (temporal bone) |
| sub- | under, below |
| sudor/i | sweat |
| sulc/o | sulcus, groove |
| super/o | upward |
| supra- | upward, above |
| sur/o | calf |
| sympath/o | to feel with |
| syn- | together, joined |
| syndesm/o | ligament (structure connecting bone) |
| synovi/o | synovium |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| -synthesis | bring together |
| system/o | system |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| tal/o | talus bone |
| tars/o | tarsus (ankle bone), flat surface |
| tax/o | order, coordination, |
| tel/e | end, far, complete |
| tempor/o | temporal bone |
| ten/o | tendon (structure connecting bones) |
| tend/o | tendon (structure connecting bones) |
| tendin/o | tendon (structure connection bones) |
| tens/o | stretching, pressure |
| -tension | process of stretching, pressure |
| terat/o | deformity |
| test/o | testis, testicle (male gonad) |
| testicul/o | testis, testicle (male gonad) |
| tetra- | four |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thalass/o | sea |
| thel/e | nipple |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm/o | heat, temperature |
| thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
| -thorax | chest (pleural cavity) |
| thromb/o | clotting, clot |
| -thrombin | clotting substance |
| thym/o | thymus gland, mind |
| -thymia | condition, state of mind |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland, shield |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia (shinbone) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| till/o | to pull |
| tinnit/o | jingling |
| -tion | process of |
| -tocia | parturition, delivery |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | cutting |
| ton/o | tension, tone |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| top/o | place, location |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trabecul/o | little beam |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| trachel/o | uterine cervix |
| tarct/o | to pull, pulling, tract, pathway |
| trans- | through, across |
| -tresia | condition of an opening |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| trigon/o | trigone |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -tripter | machine to crush |
| -trite | instrument to crush |
| trochanter/o | trochanter |
| trop/o | to turn, turning |
| troph/o | development, nourishment |
| -trophy | process of nourishment |
| tub/o | tube, pipe |
| tubercul/o | tubercle, a swelling |
| turbin/o | turbinate bone |
| tympan/o | eardrum, drum |
| -ule | small |
| uln/o | ulna (outer medial arm bone) |
| -um | structure, thing, membrane |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| ungu/o | nail |
| uni- | one |
| -ure | condition |
| ur/o | urine, urinary system |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urinary condition |
| urin/o | urine,urinary system |
| -us | structure, thing |
| uter/o | uterus |
| utve/o | uvea |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | varices |
| vas/o | vessel, ductus deferens, vas deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly side |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule, small vein |
| verm/o | worm |
| vers/o | to turn |
| -verse | to turn |
| -version | process of turning |
| vert/o | turn |
| vertebr/o | vertebra, spine, backbone |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| vesicul/o | small sac, seminal vesicle, blister |
| vestibul/o | vestibule (small space at entrance to canal) |
| vill/o | vilus |
| viscer/o | viscera, organ |
| vitre/o, vitr/o | vitreous, humor, glassy |
| vol/o | volume |
| vomer/o | vomer |
| vulgar/o | common |
| vuls/o | to pull |
| vulv/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
| xen/o | foreign |
| xer/o | dry |
| xiph/i, xiph/o | xiphoid process, sword |
| -y | condition, process of |
| -zation | process of |
| zo/o | animal |
| zygom/o | zygoma (cheekbone) |
| zygomat/o | zygoma (cheekbone) |
| zygomatic/o | zygomaticus (cheek muscle) |
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Laura Duncan
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