Medical Terminology
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| adeno | gland
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| cele | tumor, cyst, hernia
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| cyto | cell
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| glyco | sweet, sugar
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| homeo, homo | similar, same
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| lingua | tongue
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| lip | fat
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| lith | stone
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| madaro | falling hair
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| psych | mind
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| pyo | pus
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| radi | rays
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| thermic | heat
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| arthro | joint
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| carpo | wrist
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| chondro | cartilage
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| costa | rib
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| cranio | skull
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| dactyl | finger
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| ili | hip
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| manus | hand
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| myel | bone marrow
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| myo | muscle
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| ortho | straighten
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| osteo | bone
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| pedi | foot
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| spondyl | vertebra
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| sis | condition
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| cutis | skin
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| dent | teeth
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| derma | skin
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| hapsia | touch
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| odont | teeth
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| onco | tumor
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| onychia | nail beds
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| pedicular | lice
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| prurigo | itching
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| psora | itch
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| sarco | flesh
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| sclero | hard
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| squama | scaly
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| trico | hair
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| chole | bile, gallbladder
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| colon | large intestine
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| emesis | vomiting
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| entero | intestine
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| gastro | stomach
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| glosso | tongue
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| hepat | liver
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| ile | ileum
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| laparo | abdomen
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| myxo | mucus
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| procto | anus; rectum
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| pyloro | pylorus; gatekeeper
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| stoma | opening; mouth
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| viscero | body organs
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| angio | vessel
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| aortal | aorta, main artery
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| arterio | artery
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| cardio | heart
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| emboli | vessel obstruction
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| emia | blood
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| hema, hemo | blood
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| phleb | vein
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| thrombo | blood clot
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| varico | varicose veins
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| vaso | blood vessel
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| vena | vein
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| ventricu | heart cavity
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| broncho | bronchi, airway
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| cili | hairlike processes
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| ectasis | expansion
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| laryngo | larynx, voice box
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| naso | nose
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| oro | mouth
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| oxy | oxygen, keen
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| pector | breast, chest
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| pleura | rib side
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| pneumo | lung
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| ptysis | to spit
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| pulmo | lungs
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| rhin | nose
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| tracheo | trachea, windpipe
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| creatinine | a waste mineral in urine
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| cysto | bladder
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| glomerulo | nephron part; little ball
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| nephro | kidney
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| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs
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| pyelo | pelvis
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| reni | kidney
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| uretero | ureter
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| urethro | urethra
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| uri | urine
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| uric | pertaining to urine
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| urina | urine
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| uro | urine
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| bulbo | bulblike; bulbourethral gland
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| cervi | neck, uterus
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| galacto | milk
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| genito | reproductive system
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| hyster | uterus
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| lactin | milk
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| mast | breast
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| metr | uterus
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| natal | born
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| oophoro | ovary
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| orchido | testicle
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| audio | sound
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| cerebro | brain
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| encephalo | brain
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| esthesia | sensation
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| medulla | brain middle
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| meningo | membranes; spinal cord
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| neuro | nerves
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| occiput | back of skull
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| oculo | eye
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| ophthalmo | eye
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| oto | ear
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| parietes | parietel; wall part
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| pons | bridges
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| tempora | temporal
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| cholelithiasis | stones in gall bladder or bile ducts
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| craniosynostosis | closed skull sutures in an infant
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| myonecrosis | severe form of gangrene
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| myelomeningocele | spina bifida
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| osteoporosis | condition of reduced bone mass
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| onychomycosis | nail fungus infection
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| sarcoidosis | disease of various tissues of the body
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| gastroschsis | stomach hernia
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| hepatomegaly | large liver
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| cardiomyopathy | weak heart muscle
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| hemochromatosis | condition affecting iron metabolism that causes too much iron to build up in the blood
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| pneumothorax | air in the space around the lung
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| rhinophyma | large ruddy nose
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| tracheomalacia | weakness of the trachea
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| nephroblastoma | kidney tumor that occurs in children
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| mastopexy | cosmetic breast surgery
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| orchidopexy | undescended testicle repair
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| spermatocele | scrotal mass
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| uremia | excessive nitrogen waste products in blood stream
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| cerebrovascular disease | stroke
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| neurosyphilis | infection of the brain
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| oculoglandular syndrome | infection affecting a single eye and lymph nodes
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| ophthalmia neonatorum | pink or red eye in a newborn
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| otorrhea | drainage from the ear
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