Question | Answer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
leuk/o | white |
lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid) |
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 |
neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
opthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
path/o | disease |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-coccus (plural -cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium (plural bacteria) |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination (with an endoscope) |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, cutting into |
-trophy | development, nourishing |
-er | one who |
-ia | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-ole | little, small |
-ule | little, small |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-us | structure, substance |
-y | condition, process |
-ac, -iac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
carcino | cancer |
cardio | heart |
chemo | drug, chemical |
chondro | cartilage |
chrono | time |
colo | colon (large intestine) |
cysto | urinary bladder |
encephalo | brain |
erythro | red |
hemo | blood |
hepato | liver |
hydro | water, fluid |
inguino | groin |
ischo | to hold back |
laparo | abdomen,abdominal wall |
laryngo | larynx (voice box) |
peritoneo | peritoneum |
phago | to eat, swallow |
phlebo | vein |
plaso | formation, development |
pleuro | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall) |
pneumono | lungs |
pulmono | lungs |
radio | x-rays |
recto | rectum |
reno | kidney |
rhino | nose |
sarco | flesh |
spleno | spleen |
straphylo | clusters |
strepto | twisted chains |
thoraco | chest |
thrombo | clot |
tonsillo | tonsils |
tracheo | trachea |
veno | vein |