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Red Module Term.
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremity |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| albin/o | white |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| bi/o | life |
| calc/o | calcium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tail |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranuim (skull) |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| erythr/o | red |
| eti/o | cause |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| gluc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| glucos/o | sugar, sweetness |
| gnos/o | knowing |
| hist/o | tissue |
| histi/o | tissue |
| home/o | same, like |
| idi/o | ilium |
| ili/o | unknown, peculiar |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lumb/o | loins |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| omphal/o | navel |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phe/o | dusky, dark |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| poli/o | gray; gray matter |
| poster/o | back, behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| spin/o | spine |
| super/o | above; upper |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| toxic/o | poison |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing; conducting |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ice | noun ending |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumour |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -ose | pertaining to; sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -tomy | incision |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -uria | urine |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward |
| endo- | in, within |
| eu- | good, normal |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | same, alike |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| infra- | below, under |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much |
| super- | upper, above |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |
| ABG | arterial blood gases |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
| AFB | acid-fast bacillus |
| ant | anterior |
| AP | anteroposterior |
| APTT |