Question | Answer |
acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
aden/o | gland |
agor/o | marketplace |
amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
blephar/o | eyelid |
broch/o | bronchial tubes |
carcin/o | cancer |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chron/o | time |
col.o | colon |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
encephal/o | brain |
hydr/o | water; fluid |
inguin/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen; abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
lymph/o | lymph |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
morph/o | shape; form |
muc/o | mucus |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
neutr/o | neutrophil (WBC) |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
path/o | disease |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
phleb/o | vein |
plas/o | formation; development |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneumon/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
sarc/o | flesh |
splen/o | spleen |
staphyl/o | clusters |
strept/o | twisted chains |
thorac/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
ven/o | vein |
-algia | pain |
arthralgia | pain in a joint |
otalgia | pain in the ear |
neuralgia | pain of nerves |
myalgia | pain of muscles |
-cele | hernia |
rectocele | hernia of the rectum |
cystocele | hernia of the urinary bladder |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
thoracentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest |
amniocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion (amniotic sac) |
-coccus | berry-shaped bacerium |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
pleurodynia | pain in the chest wall (aggravated by breathing) |
-ectomy | excision; removal; resection |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
myel/o | can also mean spinal cord |
-graph | instrument for recording |
electroencephalograph | instrument for recording the electricity in the brain |
-itis | inflammation |
phlebitis | inflammation of the vein (aka. thrombophlebitis) |
-lysis | breakdown; destruction; separation |
hemolysis | breakdown of RBCs (with release of hemoglobin) |
-malacia | softening |
osteomalacia | softening of bone |
chondromalacia | softening of cartilage |
-megaly | enlargement |
spenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen. |
myel/o | can also mean bone marrow |
myeloma | tumor of the bone marrow |
-penia | deficiency |
thrombocytopenia | deficiency of clotting cells (platelets) |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development; formation; growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
angioplasty | repair of a vessel (artery) |
-ptosis | drooping; sagging; prolapse |
blepharoptosis | prolapse of the eyelid |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stasis | stopping; controlling |
meta- | beyond |
metastasis | beyond controlling (spread of a malignant tumor beyond its original site to a secondary organ or location) |
hemostasis | the stopping of blood flow (naturally by clotting or artificially by compression...) |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision; to cut into |
phlebotomy | to cut into the vein |
-trophy | development; nourishment |
atrophy | decrease in development |
hypertrophy | increase in development (size) |
-er | one who |
radiographer | one who assists in the making of diagnostic x-ray pics |
-ia | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-ole | little, small (ex: arteriole) |
-ule | little, small (ex: venule) |
-um | structure, tissue, thing |
-ium | structure, tissue, thing |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-ose | pertaining to; full of |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
absess | collection of pus, WBC, and protein that is present at the site of infection |
MIS | minimally invasive surgery |