Term | Definition |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
nephr/o | kidney |
oste/o | bone |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
an- | without, not |
hyper- | above normal, excessive |
intra- | in, within |
para- | near, beside, beyond |
poly- | many, much |
pre- | before |
post- | after |
-ia | condition |
-ar | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
esthes | feeling |
therm | heat |
muscul | muscle |
nas | nose |
ur | urine |
nat | birth |
enter/ | intestine |
hepat/o | liver |
-cyte | cell |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartliage |
spleen/o | spleen |
hyster/o | uterus |
neur/o | nerve |
ot/o | ear |
dermat/o | skin |
hydr/o | water |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
-emesis | vomiting |
-dynia | pain |
-logy | study of |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
-desis | binding, fixation (of bone or joint) |
-ectomy | removal, excision |
-lysis | separation, destruction, lossening |
-pexy | fixation of an organ |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
my/o | muscle |
rhin/o | nose |
mast/o | breast |
thromb/o | blood clot |
append | appendix |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-gram | record, writting |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument for measuing |
-metry | act of measuring |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-edema | swelling |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming, producing, origin |
-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-iasis | abnormal condition )produced by something specified) |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-malacia | softening |
-osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily w/blood cells) |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation, growth |
-plasm | growth of tissue |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-toxic | poison |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-ile | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-esis | condition |
-ia | condition |
-ism | condition |
-iatry | medicine, treatment |
-ician | specialist |
-ist | specialist |
-y | condition, process |
-icle | small, minute |
-ole | small, minute |
-ule | small, minute |
cyt/o | cell |
hist/o | tissue |
kary/o | nucleus |
nucle/o | nucleus |
anter/o | anterior, front |
caud/o | tail |
cephal/o | head |
dist/o | far, farthest |
dors/o | back of body |
infer/o | lower, below |
later/o | side, to one side |
medi/o | middle |
poster.o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
ili/o | ilium (lateral) flaring portion of the hip bone |
inguin/o | groin |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
umbilic/o | umbilicus navel |
albin/o | white |
leuk/o | white |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
cirrh/o | yellow |
jaund/o | yellow |
xanth/o | yellow |
cyan/o | blue |
melan/o | black |
poli/o | gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
acr/o | extremity |
eti/o | cause |
idi/o | unkown, peculiar |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
path/o | disease |
radi/o | radiation, xray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
tom/o | to cut |
viscer/o | internal organs |
xer/o | dry |
-gnosis | knowing |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
ab- | from, away from |
ad- | toward |
hetero- | different |
homeo- | same, alike |
infra- | below under |
peri- | around |
super- | upper, above |
trans- | across, throught |
ultra- | excess, beyond |