| Term | Definition |
| cyst- ; vesic- | sac; cyst; bladder |
| nephr- ; ren- | kidney |
| pyel- | renal pelvis ; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter] |
| ur- ; urin- | urine; urinary tract; urination |
| ureter- | ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder |
| urethr- | urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the body |
| uric- | uric acid |
| aden- | gland; lymph node |
| adren- | adrenal gland |
| hormon- | hormone |
| amygdal- ; tonsill- | tonsil |
| lymph- | lymph |
| lymphatic- | lymphatic system; lymphatic duct |
| por- | pore; passage |
| splen- ; lien- | spleen |
| adip- ; lip- ; steat- | fat |
| seb- | sebum; fatty secretion [of a sebaceous gland] |
| crin- | secretion |
| eme- | vomit |
| hidr- | sweat; sweat gland |
| hist- | tissue [of an animal or plant] |
| hygr- | moisture |
| py- | pus |
| tox- ; toxic- ; toxin- ; ven- ; venen- ; venom- | poison |
| zym- | enzyme; fermentation |
| aeti- ; eti- | cause |
| antr- | antrum; cavity |
| aux- | increase |
| bar- ; bary- | weight; pressure |
| carcin- | cancer [noun]; cancerous [adj] |
| chron- | time |
| drom- | a running; flow |
| dynam- | power |
| helc- | ulceration |
| hypn- ; somn- | sleep |
| icter- | jaundice |
| sept- ; saept- | septum; a wall that divides two cavities |
| all- | other; another; divergent; alternating |
| anis- | unequal |
| atel- | incomplete |
| atret- | without an opening (to an organ/structure) |
| brachy- | short [no CV follows] |
| brady- | slow [no CV follows] |
| idi- | individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown |
| is- ; equ- | equal [equ- is followed by CV âiâ] |
| lept- | thin |
| macr- | large; long |
| megal- | large |
| mes- | middle |
| micr- | small |
| olig- | few; small; scanty |
| orth- | straight; normal; correct |
| oxy- | acute; swift; sharp; sour [no CV follows] |
| pachy- | thick [no CV follows] |
| pale- | old; ancient |
| poikil- | mottled; varied; irregular |
| prosth- ; prosthet- | artificial |
| prot- | earliest; first |
| pseud- | false; imaginary |
| schist- ; schiz- | split |
| scirrh- | hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun] |
| scoli- | crooked; laterally curved |
| sten- | narrow; constricted |
| tach- ; tachy- | rapid [no CV follows tachy-] |
| xen- | strange; foreign [adj]; foreigner [noun] |
| xer- ; sicc- | dry |
| -agogue | agent used to induce (an action)
agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ tissue)
agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body) |
| anti-...-agogue | agent used to suppress (an action)
agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ tissue)
agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body) |
| -auxe; -auxis; -auxesis | enlargement |
| -crine | secretion |
| -elcosis | ulceration (of an organ/structure) |
| -emesis | the vomiting (of a substance) |
| -emetic | causing vomiting (of a substance) |
| -emphraxis | obstruction; blockage |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -phyma; -phymata [pl.] | a swelling |
| -pore | pore; passage |
| -toxin | substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form) |
| anti-...-toxin | agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form) |
| -uria | urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine |
| a-...-uria | absence of (a substance) in the urine |
