Question | Answer |
thorac/o
thorax | Chest |
tox/o | poison, poisonus |
tic | pertaining to |
splen/o | spleen |
hyper | excessive, increased |
ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out; excision |
hypo | deficient, decreased |
itis | inflammation |
osis | abnormal condition, disease |
ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
rrhaphy | surgical sutering |
rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid; discharge |
plasty | surgical repair |
carcin/o | cancerous |
endo | in, within; inside |
ven/o | vein |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
tripsy | to crush |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
col/o; colon/o | colon |
emesis | vomiting |
pnea | breathing |
exo | out of, outside, away from |
stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
thromb/o | clot |
anti | against |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
cyt/o | cell |
stasis | control
maintenance of a constant level |
poster/o | behind, toward the back |
plasia | development, growth, formation |
cephal/o | head |
caud/o | lower part of body; tail |
path/o | disease, suffering feeling; emotion |
ology | the science or study of |
lysis | breakdown; separation, setting free; destruction, loosening |
cele | hernia, tumor; swelling |
erythr/o | red |
emia | blood, blood condition |
bronch/o
bronchi/o | bronchus |
ur/o | urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
synovi/o
synov/o | synovial membrane; synovial fluid |
lord/o | curve, swayback or bent |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
bi | twice |
tri | three |
ton/o | tension, tone; stretching |
desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint; to bind or tie together |
plegia | paralysis; stroke |
my/o | muscles |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | rib |
arthr/o | joint |
kines/o
kinesi/o | movement |
ic | pertaining to |
enter/o | small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
ankyl/o | crooked, bent, or stiff |
lithiasis | presence of stones |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
rect/o | rectum |
tachy | fast or rapid |
phagia | swallowing |
pepsia | digest or digestion |
trache/o | windpipe |
laryng/o | voice box |
cyan/o | blue |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
nephr/o | kidney |
pexy | surgical fixation |
pyel/o | renal pelvis
bowl of kidney |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
urethr/o | urethra |
necrosis | tissue death |
rrhea | flow or discharge |
neo
ne/o | new
strange |
oma | tumor, neoplasm |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
brady | slow |
lymphaden/o | lymph gland node |
cardi/o | heart |
phleb/o | vein |
leuk/o | white |
hem/o
hemat/o | blood
relating to the blood |
sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
algia | pain, or painful condition |
plasm | formative material of cells |
phag/o | eat or swallow |
an/o | anus |
lymph/o | lymph or lymphatic tissue |
immun/o | immune, protection or safe |
fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
fibr/o | fiber |
ia | abnormal condition, disease
plural of -ium |
hist/o | tissue |
somn/o | sleep |
spir/o | to breathe |
pulm/o
pulmon/o | lung |
pneum/o
pheumon/o
pneu | lung |
dia | through, between, apart or complete |
pleur/o | multi-layered membrane |
ologist | specialist |
phon/o | voice or sound |
pharyng/o | throat |
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
tax/o | coordination or order |
scoli/o | curved, bent |
oss/e, ost/o, oss/i, oste/o | bone |
crani/o | skull |
ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o | tendons |
uria | urination; urine |
rrhexis | rupture |
dys | bad, difficult or painful |
crasia | a mixture or blending |
caus/o | burning, burn |
concuss/o | shaken together, violently agitated |
contus/o | bruise |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesia | sensation, feeling |
esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation
sense of perception |
graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
klept/o | to steal |
mania | obsessive preoccupation |
mening/o | membranes, meninges |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
phobia | abnormal fear |
psych/o | mind |
tropic | having an affinity for |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/0 | flesh connected tissue |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cusis | hearing |
irid/o | iris, colored part of eye |
kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
opia | vision condition |
um | singular noun ending |
ptosis | drooping down |
opt/o | eye or vision |
ot/o | ear or hearing |
phak/o | lens of eye |
presby/o | foreskin, prepuce |
retin/o | retina, net |
scler/o | sclera, white part of eye or hard |
trop/o | turn or change |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane or eardrum |
bi/o | life |
derm/o
dermat/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
hirsut/o | hairy, rough |
kerat/o | horn, hardness |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
melan/o | black, dark |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
pedicul/o | louse (singular)or lice (plural) |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
seb/o | sebum |
urtic/o | nettle, rash, or hives |
xer/o | dry |
acr/o | extremities (hands and feet) top,
extreme point |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
crin/o | secrete |
dipsia | thirst |
glyc/o | glucose or sugar |
gonad/o | gonad, sex glands |
ism | condition, state of |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
pineal/o | pineal gland |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
poly | many |
somat/o | body |
thym/o | thymus, souls gland |
thyr/o
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
colp/o | vagina |
gravida | pregnant |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hyster/o | uterus |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
nulli | none |
ov/o | egg, ovum |
ovari/o | ovary |
para | to give birth |
salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube
auditory (eustachian) tube |
test/i
test/o | testicle, testis |
vagin/o | vagina |
albumin/o | albumin or protein |
calc/i | calcium |
centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
creatin/o | creatine |
glycos/o | glucose, sugar |
lapar/o | abdomen or abdominal wall |
radi/o | radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
scope | instrument for visual examination |
scopy | visual examination |
son/o | sound |
uria | urination, urine |