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 |