Question | Answer |
-er | one who |
-ist | one who |
-iatrician | practitioner |
-logist | one who studies, specialist |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-logic | pertaining to |
-logical | pertaining to |
-iatrics | medical profession or treatment |
-iatry | medical profession or treatment |
-logy | study or science of |
cardi/o | heart |
crin/o | to secrete |
dermat/o | skin |
esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
gastro/o | stomach |
enter/o | intestines, small intestine |
ger/a | elderly |
ger/o | elderly |
geront/o | elderly |
gynec/o | female |
immun/o | immune |
ne/o | new |
nat/o | birth |
neur/o | nerve |
obstetr/o | midwife |
onc/o | tumor |
ophthalm/o | eye |
orth/o | straight |
ped/o | child, sometimes foot |
ot/o | ear |
laryng/o | larynx |
path/o | disease |
| |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | radiation (sometimes radius) |
rheumat/o | rheumatism |
rhin/o | nose |
ur/o | urinary tract (sometimes urine) |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
-ectomy | excision - surgical removal or cutting out |
-lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
-pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
-scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument |
-stomy | formation of an opening |
-tome | an instrument used for cutting |
-tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | vessel |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bi/o | life or living |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cerebr/o | brain |
encephal/o | brain |
chir/o | hand |
col/o | colon (or large intestine) |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/a | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
faci/o | face |
hepat/o | liver |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
oste/o | bone |
pulm/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
pneum/o | lungs, sometimes air or gas |
pneumon/o | lungs |
vas/o | vessel |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-ectasia | dilation or stretching of a structure or part |
-ectasis | dilation or stretching of a structure or part |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | condition of the blood |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone or calculus |
-malacia | soft, softening |
-mania | excessive preoccupation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-ptosis | prolapse (sagging) |
-rrhage | excessive bleeding (hemorrhage) |
-rrhagia | excessive bleeding (hemorrhage) |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | twitching, cramp |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-able | capable or, able to |
-ible | capable or, able to |
-an | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ive | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-eum | membrane |
-ium | membrane |
| |
| |
-iac | one who suffers |
-opia | vision |
-ose | sugar |
-ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
-y | state or condition |
amyl/o | starch |
glyc/o | sugar |
hemat/o | blood |
lact/o | milk |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
micro- | small |
muc/o | mucus |
prote/o | protein |
protein/o | protein |
pyr/o | fire |