Question | Answer |
abras/o | scrape off |
actin/o | rays of the sun |
adip/o | fat |
-al | pertaining to |
albin/o | white |
all/o | other; strange |
an- | without, not |
ana- | apart from; excessive |
-ancy | state |
angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
-ant | pertaining to |
anti- | against |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
aspir/o | to breathe in, to suck in |
-ate | composed of; pertaining to |
-ation | a process; being or having |
auto- | self |
bas/o | base of a structure |
bi/o | life; living organism |
blephar/o | eyelid |
carcin/o | cancer |
cellul/o | cell |
-cere | waxy substance |
chem/o | chemical, drug |
-cle | small thing |
coll/a | fibers that hold together |
contus/o | bruising |
cortic/o | cortex (outer region) |
-crine | a thing that secretes |
crin/o | secrete |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cut/i | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
-cyte | cell |
-dactyly | condition of the fingers or toes |
de- | reversal of, without |
-derma | skin |
derm/a | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
desicc/o | to dry up |
diaphore/o | sweating |
dynam/o | power; movement |
dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
-ectomy | surgical incision |
-elasma | platelike structure |
elast/o | flexing, stretching |
electr/o | electricity |
-eon | one who performs |
epi- | upon, above |
erect/o | to stand up |
erg/o | activity; work |
-ergy | activity; process of working |
erythemat/o | redness |
esthes/o | sensation, feeling |
ex- | out, away from |
excis/o | to cut out |
excori/o | to take out skin |
exo- | away from, external, outward |
extra- | outside of |
exud/o | oozing fluid |
fer/o | to bear |
foli/o | leaf |
follicul/o | follicle (small sac) |
fulgur/o | spark of electricity |
fung/o | fungus |
gangren/o | gangrene |
-gen | that which produces |
-graft | tissue for implant or transplant |
hemat/o | blood |
hem/o | blood |
hidr/o | sweat |
hirsut/o | hairy |
hyper- | above; more than normal |
hypo- | below; deficient |
-ia | state, condition, thing |
-iasis | state of; process of |
-iatic | pertaining to a state or process |
-ic | pertaining to |
icter/o | jaundice |
-ile | pertaining to |
-in | substance |
incis/o | to cut into |
integument/o | skin |
integu/o | to cover |
intra- | within |
-ion | action; condition |
-ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-itis | inflammation of |
-ity | state; condition |
kel/o | tumor |
kerat/o | hard, fibrous protein |
lacer/o | tearing |
lip/o | lipid (fat) |
loc/o | in one place |
log/o | word; the study of |
-logy | the study of |
lun/o | moon |
malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
melan/o | black |
-ment | action; state |
micr/o | small |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
ne/o | new |
nid/o | nest, focus |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor, mass |
onych/o | nail |
-opsy | the process of viewing |
-ose | full of |
-osis | condition, abnormal condition |
-ous | pertaining to |
papill/o | nipplelike protrusion |
par- | beside |
pedicul/o | lice |
per- | through, throughout |
petechi/o | petechiae |
phot/o | light |
phylact/o | guarding or protecting |
-phylaxis | condition of guarding or protecting |
-phyma | tumor, growth |
pigment/o | pigment |
pil/o | hair |
-plasm | growth; formed substance |
plas/o | growth, formation |
plast/o | growth, formation |
-plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
poly- | many, much |
pre- | before, in front of |
prurit/o | itching |
psor/o | itching |
rhin/o | nose |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
-rrhage | excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
rrhe/o | flowing discharge |
sarc/o | connective tissue |
schiz/o | split |
scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
sebace/o | sebum (oil) |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
sect/o | to cut |
sen/o | old age |
sensitiv/o | affected by, sensitive to |
-sis | condition; abnormal condition |
spir/o | breathe |
squam/o | scalelike cell |
-steroid | steroid |
sub- | below, underneath, less than |
suct/o | to suck |
sudor/i | sweat |
surg/o | operative procedure |
syn- | together |
system/o | the body as a whole |
theli/o | cellular layer |
-therapy | treatment |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tome | instrument used to cut; an area with distinct edges |
topic/o | a specific area |
trans- | across, through |
trich/o | hair |
-ula | small thing |
-um | a structure |
ungu/o | nail |
vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens |
vesic/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
vesicul/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
vir/o | virus |
xanth/o | yellow |
xen/o | foreign |
xer/o | dry |
-ery | process of |