Question | Answer |
melan/o | black, dark |
cyan/o | blue |
cephal/o | head |
myc/o | fungus |
cyt/o | cell |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
hist/o | tissue |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
aden/o | gland |
cervic/o | neck, cervix |
pyr/o | fever, fire |
py/o | pus |
leuk/o | white |
adip/o | fat |
path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
albin/o | white |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
coron/o | coronary, crown |
erythr/o | red |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
poly- | many |
intra- | within, inside |
pre- | before, in front of, forward |
neo- | new, strange |
sub- | under, less, below |
hypo- | deficient, decreased |
post- | after, behind |
hyper- | excessive, increased |
end-, endo- | within, in, inside |
hemi- | half |
ante- | before, in front of, forward |
anti- | against |
brady- | slow |
peri- | surrounding, around |
super-, supra- | above, excessive |
a-, an- | without, away from, negative, not |
per- | excessive, through |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
inter- | between, among |
-ia | abnormal condition, disease |
-osis | abnormal condition, disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-cyte | cell |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
-ary | pertaining to |
-pnea | breathing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping forward |
-ac, -al | pertaining to, relating to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-estheisa | sensation, feeling |
-pause | stopping |
-uria | urination, urine |
-ologist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-gram, -graph | a picture or record |
-graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
-ostomy | surgical creation of an opening to the body surface |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-emia | blood, condition |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-megaly | enlargement |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-tripsy | to crush |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-scopy | visual examination |
-ology | the science or study of |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-rrhaphy | surgical sutering |
-algia | pain, suffering, painful condition |
ech/o | sound |
radi/o | radiation, x-rays |
chondr/o | cartilage |
spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone |
arthr/o | joint |
oss/e, oss/I, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
ankly/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
thorac/o | chest |
myel/ | spinal cord, bone marrow |
my/o | muscle |
fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
encephal/o | brain |
mening/o | meninges, membranes |
neur/I, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
scler/o | sclera, white of eye, hard |
salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (Eustachian) tube |
myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
optic/o, opt/o | eye, vision |
ot/o | ear, hearing |
retin/o | retina |
tympan/ | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
aort/o | aorta |
phleb/o | vein |
angi/o | pertaining to blood or lymph vessels |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood, pertaining to the blood |
arteri/o | artery |
card/o, cardi/o | heart |
ven/o | vein |
thromb/o | clot |
spleen/o | spleen |
pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
laryng/o | larynx, throat |
pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
vagin/o | vagina |
ov/o | egg |
hyster/o | uterus |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
metr/o, metri/o, metr/i | uterus |
oophor/o, ovari/o | ovary |
uter/o | uterus |
orch/o, orchid/o | testicles, testis, testes |
colp/o | vagina |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
cutane/o | skin |
xer/o | dry |
seb/o | sebum |
ungu/o | nail |
hidr/o | sweat |
hepat/o | liver |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
gastr/o | stomach |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
esophag/o | esophagus |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
enter/o | small intestine |
carcin/o | cancerous |
onc/o | tumor |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
gonad/o | sex gland |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
urethr/o | urethra |
ren/o | kidney |
nephr/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
ureter/o | ureter |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |