Term | Definition |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | abdomen |
cheil/o | lip |
chol/e | gall/bile |
cholangio/o | bile duct |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
col/o | colon |
dent/i | tooth |
faci/o | face |
gingiv/o | gum |
gloss/o | tongue |
hepat/o | liver |
labi/o | lip |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lingu/o | tongue |
lith/o | stone |
or/o | mouth |
ordont/o | tooth |
pharng/o | throat |
proct/o | rectum |
pylor/o | pylorus
The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum |
sial/o | saliva |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
steat/o | fat |
stomat/o | mouth |
uvul/o | uvula
A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate. |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acetabul/o | hip socket |
acr/o | height/extremities |
aden/o | in relationship to a gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adip/o | fat |
adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
albin/o | white |
albumin/o | albumin |
alveol/o | alveolus
A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Also called air sac. |
ambly/o | dim |
amni/o | amnion |
an/o | anus |
andr/o | male |
andren/o | adrenal gland |
andrenal/o | adrenal gland |
angi/o | vessel |
ankyl/o | bent, fused |
aort/a | aorta |
aponeur/o | tendon type |
appendic/o | appendix |
aque/o | water |
arche/o | first |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
atel/o | incomplete |
ather/o | plaque |
atri/o | atrium |
audi/o | hearing |
aut/0 | self |
axill/o | armpit |
azot/o | urea (chief nitrogenous component of urine) |
balan/o | glans penis |
bi/o | life |
bil/i | bile |
bilirubin/o | bile pigment |
blephar/o | eyelid |
brachi/o | arm |
bronch/o | bronchus |
bronchi/o | bronchus |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
burs/o | fluid-filled sac in a joint |
calc/o, calc/i | calcium |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
cauter/o | burn |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | abdomen |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cervic/o | neck/cervix |
chol/e | gall/bile |
cholangio/o | bile duct |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
cholester/o | cholesterol |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chori/o | chorion (the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals) |
clavi/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
col/o | colon |
colp/o | vagina |
coni/o | dust |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids) |
cor/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
coron/o | heart |
cortic/o | cortex (a. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney.
b. the cerebral cortex) |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
crin/o | secrete |
crypt/o | hidden |
culd/o | cul-de-sac |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan | blue |
cycl/o | ciliary body (the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris) |
cyst/o | bladder/or fluid filled sac or pouch |
dacry/o | tear |
dacryocyst/o | pertaining to the lacrimal sac |
dent/i | tooth |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
dips/o | thirst |
disc/o | intervertebral disc |
diverticul/o | diverticulum (a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity) |
duoden/o | duodenum (the first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum) |
dur/o | dura mater (the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord) |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | small intestine |
eosin/o | rosy |
epididym/o | epididymis (an elongated organ on the posterior surface of a testis that stores sperm while they mature and constitutes the convoluted beginning of the vas deferens) |
epiglott/o | epiglottis (a thin, valvelike, cartilaginous structure that covers the glottis during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx) |
episi/o | vulva |
erythr/o, erythem/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
essi/o, esthesi/o | sensation |
estr/o | female |
femor/o | thighbone |
fet/o | fetus |
fibul/o | fibula |
galact/o | milk |
gangli/o | ganglion (a. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system.
b. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia) |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gum |
glomerul/o | glomerulus (a compact cluster of capillaries) |
gloss/o | tongue |
gluc/o | sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
glycos/o | sugar |
gonad/o | ovaries and testes |
gyn/o | female |
gynec/o | female |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
heter/o | different |
hidr/o | sweat |
home/o | same |
hormon/o | hormone |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
hydr/o | water |
hymen/o | hymen (A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice) |
hyster/o | uterus |
ichthy/o | dry/scaly |
ile/o | ileus (intestinal obstruction) |
ili/o | ilium (upper pelvic bone) |
immun/o | immune |
inguin/o | groin |
ir/o | iris |
irid/o | iris |
ischi/o | ischium (posterior pelvic bone) |
jaund/o | yellow |
jejun/o | jejunum (The section of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum) |
kal/i | potassium |
kerat/o | hard, cornea |