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Word Parts Book
Word parts Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | no, not, without, away from, negative |
| -a | noun ending |
| ab- | away from, negative, absent |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -able | capable of, able to |
| abort/o | premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus |
| abrad/o | rub or scrape off |
| abras/o | rub or scrape off |
| abrupt/o | broken away from |
| abs- | away from |
| abscess/o | collection of pus |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -acious | characterized by |
| acous/o | hearing, sound |
| acoust/o | hearing, sound |
| acr/o | extremities (hands/ feet), top, extreme point |
| actin/o | light |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| ad- | toward, to, in the direction of |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adhes/o | stick to, cling to |
| adip/o | fat |
| adnex/o | bound to |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air, gas |
| af- | toward, to |
| affect/o | exert influence on |
| -ago | abnormal condition, disease |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| -agra | excessive pain, seizure |
| -aise | comfort, ease |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alb/o | white |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin, protein |
| alg/o | pain, relationship to pain |
| alges/o | pain, relationship to pain |
| -algia | pain, suffering, painful condition |
| align/o | bring into line or correct position |
| aliment/o | to nourish |
| all/o | other, different from normal, reversal |
| all- | other, different from normal, reversal |
| alopec/o | bald |
| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac, small sac |
| ambi- | both sides, around or about, double |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| ambulat/o | walking |
| -amine | nitrogen compound |
| amni/o | amnion, fetal membrane |
| amput/o | cut away, cut off a part of the body |
| amyl/o | starch, carbohydrate |
| an- | not, without |
| ana- | up, apart, excessive |
| an/o | anus, ring |
| -an | characteristic of, pertaining to |
| -ancy | state of |
| andr/o | male, masculine |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| anomal/o | irregularity |
| ante- | before, in front of, forward |
| anter/o | before, front |
| anti- | against |
| anxi/o | anxiety, anxious, uneasy |
| aort/o | aorta |
| ap- | toward, to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| aphth/o | ulcer |
| apic/o | apex, tip |
| ap- | separation, away from, opposed, detached |
| apo- | separation, away from, opposed, detached |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| areat/o | occurring in patches or circumscribed areas |
| areol/o | little open space, space around the nipple |
| -aria | connected with |
| arter/o | artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| as- | toward, to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| aspir/o | to breathe in |
| aspirat/o | to breathe in |
| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| asthm/o | asthma |
| astr/o | start, star-shaped |
| at- | toward, to |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| -ation | state or action |
| atri/o | atrium (of the heart) |
| attenu/o | diluted, weak |
| audi/o | ear, hearing, the sense of hearing |
| audit/o | ear, hearing, the sense of hearing |
| aur/i | ear, hearing |
| auscult/a | listen |
| auscult/o | listen |
| aut/o | self |
| axillo | armpit |
| bacteri/o | bacteria (singular, bacterium) |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bar/o | pressure, weight |
| bas/o | base, opposite of acid (alkaline) |
| bi- | twice, double, two |
| bi/o | life |
| bifid/o | split, divided into two parts |
| bil/i | bile, gall |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| bin- | two |
| -blast | embryonic, immature, formative element |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| brochi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole, bronchiolus |
| brux/o | grind |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | bursa, sac of fluid near joint |
| calcane/o | calcaneus, heel bone |
| calc/i | calcium, lime, the heel |
| calci- | calcium |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcul/o | stone, little stone |
| cali/o | cup-like structure, calyx |
| calic/o | cup-like structure, calyx |
| calor/i | heat |
| canth/o | corner of the eye |
| capill/o | hair |
| capit/o | head |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance |
| capsul/o | little box |
| carb/o | carbon |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| card/o | heart |
| cari/o | caries, tooth decay |
| carot/o | stupor, sleep |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| catabol/o | a breaking down |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| caus/o | burning, burn |
| cav/o | hollow, cave |
| cec/o | cecum |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| celi/o | abdomen, belly |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cera- | wax |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| cheil/o | lip or lips |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| chondr/i | cartilage |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chori/o | chorion, membrane |
| chorion/o | chorion, membrane |
| choroid/o | choroid layer of eye |
| chrom/o | color |
| chron/o | time |
| -cid/o | killing |
| -cide | causing death |
| cili/o | eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections |
| cine- | movement |
| circulat/o | circulate, go around in a circle |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow, tawny |
| cis/o | to cut |
| -clasis | break down |
| claudicat/o | to limp |
| claustr/o | barrier, enclosed space |
| clavicul/o | clavicle, collar bone |
| cleid/o | clavicle, collar bone |
| co- | together, with |
| coagul/o | clotting, coagulation |
| coarct/o | press together, narrow |
| coarctat/o | press together, narrow |
| cocc/o | spherical bacteria |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| cochle/o | spiral, snail, snail shell |
| coit/o | a coming together |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| coll/a | glue |
| colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| colp/o | vagina |
| com- | together, with |
| comat/o | deep sleep |
| comminut/o | break into pieces |
| communic/o | share, to make common |
| con- | together, with |
| concav/o | hollow |
| concept/o | to become pregnant |
| concuss/o | shaken together, violently agitated |
| coni/o | hold together |
| constrict/o | draw tightly together |
| contin/o | hold together |
| contra- | against, counter, opposite |
| contus/o | bruise |
| convex/o | arched, vaulted |
| convuls/o | pull together |
| cor/o | pupil |
| cordi/o | heart |
| coron/o | coronary, crown |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| -crasia | a mixture or bending |
| creatin/o | cratinine |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -crit | to separate |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac, blind pouch |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cusp/o | point |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, circle |
| cyst- | bladder, bag |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct) |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac (tear sac) |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| de- | down, lack of, from, not, removal |
| deci- | ten, tenth |
| decidu/o | shedding, falling off |
| delt/o | Greek letter delta, a triangular shape |
| delus/o | delude, cheat |
| dem/i | people, population |
| demi- | half |
| dendr/o | branching, resembling a tree |
| dent/i | tooth, teeth |
| dent/o | tooth, teeth |
| depress/o | press down, lower, pressed or sunk down |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| desic/o | drying, to dry |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| dextr/o | right side |
| di- | twice, twofold, double |
| dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
| di- | through, between, apart, complete |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| didym/o | testes, twins structures |
| digest/o | digest, break down (food) |
| digit/o | digit, finger or toe |
| dilat/o | spread out, widen |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| dis- | negative, apart, absence of |
| dissect/o | cutting apart |
| dist/o | far, away from the point of origin |
| distend/o | stretch apart, expand |
| dors/o | back of body |
| -dote | what is given |
| -drome | to run, running |
| -duct | opening |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| duoden/o | duodenum, first part of small intestine |
| -dur/o | dura mater |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| e- | out of, from |
| -e | noun ending |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out, outside |
| ecchym/o | pouring out of juice or blood |
| ech/o | sound wave, echo |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| ecto- | out, outside |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| -ectopy | displacement |
| -edema | swelling |
| edentul/o | without teeth |
| ef- | out |
| effus/o | pouring out |
| ejaculat/o | throw or hurl out |
| electr/o | electricity, electric |
| em- | in |
| embol/o | something inserted or thrown in |
| embry/o | fertilized ovum. embryo |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| emet/o | vomit |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| en- | in, within, into |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end- | in, within, inside |
| endo- | in, within, inside |
| enter/o | intestine, usually small intestine |
| ento- | within |
| epi- | above, upon, on |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| episi/o | vulva |
| -er | one who |
| erect/o | upright |
| erg/o | work |
| erupt/o | break out, burst forth |
| erythemat/o | flushed, redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| es- | out of, outside, away from |
| -esis | abnormal condition, disease |
| eso- | inward |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception |
| estr/o | female |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| eu- | good, normal, well, easy |
| -eurysm | widening |
| ex- | out of, outside, away from |
| exacerb/o | aggravate, irritate |
| excori/o | abrade or scratch |
| excret/o | separate, discharge |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| extern/o | outside, outer |
| extra- | on the outside, beyond, outside |
| extrins/o | from the outside, contained outside |
| exud/o | to sweat, exude fluid |
| faci/o | face, form |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| fec/a | dregs, sediment, waste |
| fec/o | dregs, sediment, waste |
| femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
| fenestr/a | window, small opening |
| fer/o | bear, carry |
| fertil/o | fertile, able to conceive |
| fet/o | fetus, unborn child |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue, fiber |
| fibrin/o | fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| -fic | making, producing, forming |
| -fication | process of making |
| -fida | split |
| filtr/o | filter, to strain through |
| filtrat/o | filter, to strain through |
| fiss/o | crack, split, cleft |
| flatul/o | flatus, rectal gas |
| flex/o | bend |
| fluor/o | glowing, luminous |
| foc/o | focus, point |
| follicul/o | follicle, small sac |
| foramin/o | opening, foramen |
| fore- | before, in front of |
| -form | resembling, in the shape of |
| form/o | resembling, in the shape of |
| fove/o | small pit, depressed area |
| fract/o | break |
| front/o | front, forehead |
| fund/o | bottom, base, fundus |
| fung/o | fungus |
| -fusion | to come together |
| galact/o | milk |
| ganglion/o | ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies |
| gangren/o | eating sore, gangrene |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gemin/o | twin, double, group |
| gen- | producing, forming |
| gen/o | producing, forming |
| -gen | producing, forming |
| -gene | production, origin, formation |
| -genic | creation, reproduction |
| -genesis | creation, reproduction |
| -genous | producing |
| ger/i | old age |
| germin/o | bud, sprout, embryonic tissue |
| geront/o | old age |
| gest/o | pregnancy, gestation to birth |
| gestat/o | pregnancy, gestation to birth |
| gigant/o | giant, very large |
| gingiv/o | gingival tissue, gums |
| glauc/o | gray |
| glen/o | socket of a joint |
| gli/o | neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous system |
| globul/o | shaped like a ball |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glott/o | back of the tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| glycer/o | sweet |
| gon/o | seed |
| gonad/o | gonad, sex glands |
| goni/o | angle |
| -gram | a picture or record |
| granul/o | granule(s) |
| -graph | a picture or record, machine for producing a record |
| -graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hal/o | breath |
| halit/o | breath |
| hallucin/o | hallucination |
| hem/o | blood, relating to the blood |
| hemat/o | blood, relating to the blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hered/o | inherited, hereditary |
| heredit/o | inherited, hereditary |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hiat/o | opening, gap |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy, rough |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hom/o | same, like, alike |
| home/o | sameness, unchanging, constant |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| hydr/o | relating to water |
| hygien/o | health |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| hyp- | deficient, decreased |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease, also the plural of the singular noun ending -ium |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -iatrics | field of medicine, healing |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | field of medicine |
| -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| idi/o | peculiar to one individual or organ, also unknown |
| -iferous | bearing, carrying, producing |
| -ific | making, producing |
| -iform | shaped or formed like, resembling |
| -ile | capable of |
| ile/o | ileum, small intestine |
| ili/o | ilium, hip bone |
| im- | not |
| immun/o | immune, protection, safe |
| impact/o | pushed against, wedged against, packed |
| in- | in, into, not, without |
| -in | a substance or chemical |
| incis/o | cutting into |
| -ine | pertaining to, or a substance or chemical |
| infarct/o | filled in, stuffed |
| infect/o | infected, tainted |
| infer/o | below, beneath |
| inflammat/o | flame within, set on fire |
| infra- | below, beneath, inferior to |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inject/o | to force or put in, insert |
| insul/o | island |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| inter- | between, among |
| intern/o | within, inside |
| intestin/o | intestine |
| intra- | within, inside |
| intrins/o | contained within, on the inside |
| intro- | within, into, inside |
| intussuscept/o | take up or receive within |
| iod/o | iodine |
| -ion | condition, action, process, state |
| ion/o | ion, to wander |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| ir- | in |
| -is | noun ending |
| ir/i | iris, colored part of eye |
| ir/o | iris, colored part of eye |
| irid/o | iris, colored part of eye |
| irit/o | iris, colored part of eye |
| ischi/o | ischium (hip bone) |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| iso- | equal, same |
| -ist | a person who practices, specialist |
| -isy | noun ending |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure, tissue |
| -ive | performs, tends toward |
| -ize | to make, to treat |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| jugul/o | throat |
| juxta- | beside, near, nearby |
| kary/o | nucleus, nut |
| kath- | down |
| kel/o | growth, tumor |
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| ket/o | ketones, acetones |
| keton/o | ketones, acetones |
| kines/o | movement |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| klept/o | to steal |
| kyph/o | bent, hump |
| labi/o | lip, labium |
| labyrinth/o | maze, labyrinth, the inner ear |
| lacer/o | torn, mangled |
| lacrim/o | tears, tear duct |
| lact/i | milk |
| lact/o | milk |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx, throat |
| later/o | side |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lent/o | the lens of the eye |
| lenticul/o | lens, shaped like a lens |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | to seize, take hold of |
| leuk/o | white |
| lev/o | raise, lift |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -lexia | word, phrase |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| ligat/o | binding or tying off |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lipid/o | fat, lipid |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| lob/o | lobe, well-defined part of an organ |
| loc/o | place |
| -logy | study of |
| lord/o | curve, swayback, bent |
| lumb/o | lower back, loin |
| lumin/o | light, lumen |
| lun/o | moon |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node or gland |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| -lyst | agent that causes lysis or loosening |
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy |
| macro- | large, abnormal size or length, long |
| macul/o | spot |
| mal- | bad, poor, evil |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| malign/o | bad, evil |
| malle/o | malleus, hammer |
| malleol/o | malleolus, little hammer |
| mamm/o | breast |
| manu/o | hand |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| mast/o | breast, mastoid process |
| mastic/o | chew |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| matur/o | ripe, mature |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| medi/o | middle |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum, middle |
| medic/o | medicine, physician, healing |
| medull/o | medulla (inner section), middle, marrow |
| mega- | large, great |
| megal/o | large, great |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| men/o | menstruation, month |
| mening/o | membranes, meninges |
| meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| menisc/o | meniscus, crescent-shaped |
| menstru/o | occurring monthly |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| mesenter/o | mesentery |
| mesi/o | middle, median plane |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after |
| metabol/o | change |
| -meter | measure, instrument used to measure |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| -metrist | one who measures |
| -metry | to measure |
| micr/o | small |
| micro- | small |
| mictur/o | urinate |
| mid- | middle |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mineral/o | mineral |
| mio- | smaller, less |
| -mission | to send |
| mit/o | thread, thread-like |
| mitr/o | like a miter, having 2 points on top |
| -mnesia | memory |
| mobil/o | capable of moving, movement |
| mono- | single, one |
| morbid/o | disease, sickness |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| mort/o | death, dead |
| mot/o | motion, movement |
| motil/o | motion, movement |
| muc/o | mucus |
| mucos/o | mucus |
| multi- | many, much |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| mutat/o | to change |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| mydr/o | widening |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor, sleep |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/o | birth |
| necr/o | death |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| neo- | new, strange |
| ne/o | new, strange |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| nerv/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| neur/i | nerve, nerve tissue |
| neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| neutr/o | neither, neutral |
| nitro- | nitrogen |
| noct/o | night |
| nod/o | knot, swelling, node |
| nodul/o | little knot or node |
| non- | no |
| nor- | chemical compound |
| norm/o | normal or usual |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| nucleol/o | little nucleus, nucleolus |
| nulli- | none |
| nutri/o | nourishment, food, nourish, feed |
| ob- | against |
| obes/o | obese, extremely fat |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy, birth |
| occipit/o | back of skull, occiput |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| olfact/o | smell, sense of smell |
| olig/o | scanty,few |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | science or study of |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| omphal/o | umbilical cord, the navel |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -one | hormone |
| onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| -opaque | obscure, not transparent |
| operat/o | perform, operate |
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision, view of |
| -opsy | eye, vision |
| opt/i | eye, vision |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| optic/o | eye, vision |
| or/o | mouth, oral cavity |
| orch/o | testicles, testis, testes |
| orchid/o | testicles, testis, testes |
| orchi/o | testicles, testis, testes |
| -orexia | appetite |
| organ/o | organ |
| orth/o | straight, normal, correct |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| os- | mouth, bone |
| -ose | full of, pertaining to, sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -osmia | smell, odor |
| oss/e | bone |
| oss/i | bone |
| ossicul/o | ossicle (small bone) |
| oste/o | bone |
| ost/o | bone |
| -ostomy | the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| ot/o | ear, hearing |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ov/i | egg,ovum |
| ov/o | egg, ovum |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg, ovum |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| ox/y | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate, roof of mouth |
| palpat/o | touch, feel, stroke |
| palpit/o | throbbing, quivering |
| pan- | all, entire, every |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| papill/o | nipple-like, optic disc |
| par- | beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of |
| para- | beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of |
| par/o | birth |
| -para | to give birth |
| parathyroid | parathyroid glands |
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -parous | having borne one or more children |
| paroxysm/o | sudden attack |
| -partum | childbirth, labor |
| patell/o | patella, kneecap |
| path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -pause | stopping |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| pedicul/o | louse or lice |
| pelv/i | pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip |
| pelv/o | pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip |
| pen/i | penis |
| pen/o | penis |
| -penia | deficiency, lack, too few |
| -pepsia | digest, digestion |
| pept/o | digest, digestion |
| per- | completely, through |
| percuss/o | strike, tap, beat |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| perme/o | to pass or go through |
| perone/o | fibula |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| phac/o | lens of eye |
| phak/o | lens of eye |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| -phage | a cell that destroys, eat, swallow |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phalang/o | phalanges, finger & toe |
| phall/i | penis |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| pharmaceut/o | drug |
| pharayng/o | throat, pharynx |
| phas/o | speech |
| -phasia | speak or speech |
| phe/o | dusky, gray |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -philia | attraction to, like, love |
| phil/o | attraction to, like, love |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| phor/o | carry, bear, movement |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling, mental state |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| -phylactic | protective, preventive |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| physi/o | nature, physical |
| -physis | to grow |
| pigment/o | pigment, color |
| pil/i | hair |
| pil/o | hair |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| pinn/i | external ear, auricle |
| pituit/o | pituitary gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| placent/o | placenta, round flat cake |
| plak/o | plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale |
| -plakia | plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale |
| plant/i | sole of foot |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| plas/i | development, growth, formation |
| plas/o | development, growth, formation |
| -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| -plasm | formative material of cells |
| plasm/o | something molded or formed |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -plegic | one affected w/ paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of body |
| pne/o | breath, breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pod/o | foot |
| poli/o | gray matter of brain & spinal cord |
| poly- | many |
| polyp/o | polyp, small growth |
| poplite/o | back of knee |
| por/o | pore, small opening |
| -porosis | lessening in density, porous condition |
| port/o | gate, door |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | behind, toward back |
| potent/o | powerful, capable |
| pract/o | practice, pursue an occupation |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pregn/o | pregnant, full of |
| presby/o | old age |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before, on behalf of, supporting |
| proct/o | anus & rectum |
| product/o | lead forward, yield, produce |
| pronat/o | bent forward, face down |
| pros- | before, forward |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| prosthet/o | addition, appendage |
| prot/o | first |
| protein/o | protein |
| proxim/o | near |
| prurit/o | itching |
| pseud/o | false |
| psor/o | itch, itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse, fall |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pub/o | pubis, part of hip bone |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pulsat/o | beat, beating, striking |
| punct/o | hole,prick, puncture |
| pupill/o | pupil (of the eye) |
| purul/o | pus, pus-filled |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| pry/o | fever, fire |
| pyret/o | fever, fire |
| quadr/i | four |
| quadr/o | four |
| radi/o | radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| re- | back, again |
| recept/o | receive, receiver |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| reduct/o | bring back together |
| refract/o | bend back, turn aside |
| remiss/o | give up, send back, relax |
| ren/o | kidney |
| resuscit/o | to revive |
| retent/o | hold back |
| reticul/o | network |
| retin/o | retina (of the eye), net |
| retro- | behind, backward, back of |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow, subject to flow |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhiz/o | root, spinal nerve root |
| rhythm/o | rhythm |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| rug/o | wrinkle, fold, ruga |
| sacchar/o | sugar |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| saliv/o | saliva |
| salping/o | fallopian (uterine) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube |
| -salpinx | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| saphen/o | clear, apparent, manifest |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| schiz/o | division, to split |
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye), hard |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| script/o | write |
| scrot/o | bag or pouch, scrotum |
| seb/o | sebum |
| secret/o | produce, separate out |
| sect/o | cutting, cut |
| semi- | half |
| semin/i | semen, seed, sperm |
| sen/o | old age |
| sens/o | feeling, sensation |
| sensitiv/o | sensitive to, affected by |
| sept/o | infection, partition |
| ser/o | serum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sin/o | hollow, sinus |
| sinistr/o | left, left side |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| -sis | abnormal condition, disease |
| sit/u | place |
| soci/o | companion, fellow being |
| -sol | solution |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping |
| spasmod/o | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping |
| sperm/o | sperm, spermatozoa, seed |
| spermat/o | sperm, spermatozoa, seed |
| sphen/o | sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped |
| spher/o | round, sphere, ball |
| sphincter/o | tight band, sphincter |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| spir/o | to breathe, coil |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebral column, vertebrae, backbone |
| squam/o | scale, scale-like cell |
| -stalsis | contraction, constriction |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| staphyl/o | clusters, bunch of grapes |
| -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| steat/o | fat, lipid, sebum |
| sten/o | narrowing, conracted |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| stere/o | solid, 3D |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| steth/o | chest |
| -sthenia | strength |
| stigmat/o | point, spot |
| stimul/o | goad, prick, incite |
| stom/o | mouth, oral cavity |
| stomat/o | mouth, oral cavity |
| -stomosis | furnish w/ a mouth or outlet, new opening |
| -stomy | furnish w/ a mouth or outlet, new opening |
| strept/o | twisted chain, curved |
| styl/o | pen, pointed instrument, stake |
| sub- | under, less, below |
| sucr/o | sugar |
| sud/o | sweat |
| sudor/i | sweat |
| super- | above, excessive, higher than |
| supinat/o | bent backward, lying on the back |
| suppress/o | press down |
| suppur/o | to form pus |
| supra- | above, upper, excessive |
| -surgery | operative procedure |
| sym- | with, together, joined together |
| symptomat/o | falling together, symptom(s) |
| syn- | together, with, union, association |
| syncop/o | to cut short, cut off, faint |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| system/o | body system, body as a whole |
| systol/o | contraction, contracting |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| tars/o | tarsus (ankle bone), tarsal plate (on the edge of the eyelid) |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| techn/o | skill |
| tele/o | distant, distance |
| tempor/o | temporal bone, temple (on head) |
| ten/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| tend/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tens/o | stretch out, extend, tension |
| termin/o | end, limit |
| test/i | testicle, testis |
| test/o | testicle, testis |
| tetra- | four |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thanat/o | death |
| thec/o | sheath |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest, thorax |
| -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| thromb/o | clot, thrombus |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| -thymia | a state of mind |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | process, state or quality of |
| toc/o | labor, birth |
| -tocin | labor, birth |
| tom/o | cut, section, slice |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| ton/o | tension, tone, stretching |
| tonsill/o | tonsil, throat |
| tort/i | twisted |
| tox/o | poison, poisonous, toxin |
| toxic/o | poison, poisonous, toxin |
| trabecul/o | little beam or cross bar, mesh |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| tract/o | draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers |
| tranquil/o | quiet, calm tranquil |
| trans- | across, through |
| traumat/o | injury |
| tremul/o | fine tremor, shaking |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| trop/o | to turn, change |
| troph/o | development, nourishment |
| -throphy | development, nourishment |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -tropin | to stimulate, act on |
| tub/o | tube, pipe |
| tubercul/o | little knot, swelling, tuberculosis |
| tuss/o | cough |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| -type | classification, picture |
| -ula | small, little |
| -ule | small one |
| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone) |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| -um | singular noun ending |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| un- | not |
| ungu/o | nail |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| -uresis | urination |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| urin/o | urine or urinary organs |
| urtic/o | nettle, rash, hives |
| -us | thing, singular noun ending |
| uter/o | uterus |
| uve/o | iris, choroid, ciliary body (of the eye) |
| vaccin/o | vaccine |
| vag/o | vagus nerve, wandering |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein |
| vas/o | vas deferens, blood vessel |
| vascul/o | blood vessel, little vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventilat/o | expose to air, oxygen |
| ventr/o | in front, abdomen side of body |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber |
| -verse | to turn |
| -version | to turn |
| vers/o | turn, travel |
| vert/o | turn, travel |
| vertebr/o | vertebra, backbone |
| vertig/o | whirling around |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder |
| vestibul/o | entrance, vestibule (of inner ear) |
| vir/o | virus, poison |
| viril/o | masculine, manly |
| vis/o | seeing, sight, vision |
| viscer/o | viscera, internal organ |
| viscos/o | sticky, thickness |
| vit/a | life |
| vitre/o | glassy, vitreous humor (of eye) |
| vulv/o | vulva, covering |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | strange, foreign |
| xer/o | dry |
| xiph/o | sword-shaped |
| -y | noun ending |
| zygomat/o | cheek bone, yoke |
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