Terminology
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| a, an | without, not, lack of and away from
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| ab | away from
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| ad | to, toward, near
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| ante | before, forward, in front of
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| anti | against
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| auto | self
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| bi | double, two, twice
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| brady | slow
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| circum | around
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| contra | against, opposite
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| de | down, from
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| dia | across, through, apart
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| dis | apart, free from
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| dys | difficult, abnormal
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| ecto | outer, outside
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| en | into, in, within
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| endo | inner, inside
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| epi | over, on, upon
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| eryth | red
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| eu | normal, well, healthy, good
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| ex | out, out from, from, away from
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| hemi | half
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| hyper | excessive, too much, high
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| hypo | under, decreased, less then normal
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| in | in, into, within, not
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| infra | within
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| inter | between
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| intra | into within
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| leuk | white
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| macro | large
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| mal | illness, disease
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| meg | large
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| micro | small
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| mono | one, single
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| muco | mucous
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| neo | new
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| non | not
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| olig | small, scant
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| para | beside, beyond, after
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| per | by, through
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| peri | around
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| poly | many, much
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| post | after, behind
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| pre | before, in front of, prior to
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| pro | before, in front of
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| re | again, backward
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| retro | backward, behind
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| sang | blood
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| semi | half
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| sero | thin, watery fluid
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| sub | under, beneath
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| super | above, over access
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| supra | above, over
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| tachy | fast
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| trans | across, over
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| uni | one
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| abdomin[o] | abdomen
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| aden[o] | gland
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| adren(o) | adrenal gland
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| angi(o) | vessel
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| arteri(o) | artery, arteries
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| arthr(o) | joint
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| bronch(o) | bronchus
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| card, cardi(o) | heart
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| cephal(o) | head
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| chole(o) | bile
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| chondr(o) | cartilage
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| col(o) | colon, large intestine
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| cost(o) | rib
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| crani(o) | skull
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| cyan(o) | blue
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| cysti(o) | bladder, cyst
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| cyt(o) | cell
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| dent(o) | tooth
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| derma | skin
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| duoden(o) | duodenum
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| encephal(o) | brain
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| enter(o) | intestines
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| fibr(o) | fibre, fibrous
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| gastr(o) | stomach
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| gloss(o) | tongue
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| gluc(o) | sweetness, glucose
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| glyc(o) | sugar
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| gyn, gyne, gynec(o) | women, woman
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| hem, hema, hemo, hemat(o) | blood
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| hepat(o) | liver
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| hydr(o) | water
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| hyster(o), uter(o) | uterus
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| ile(o), ili(o) | ileum
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| lapar(o) | abdomen, loin or flank
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| laryngi(o) | larynx
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| lith(o) | stone
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| mamm(o)/mast(o) | mammary gland, breast
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| men(o) | menstruation
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| my(o) | muscle
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| myel(o) | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| necr(o) | dead
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| nephr(o) | kidney
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| neur(o) | nerve
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| ocul(o)/ophthalm(o) | eye
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| oophor(o) | ovary
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| orth(o) | straight, normal, correct
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| oste(o) | bone
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| ot(o) | ear
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| ped(o) | child, foot
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| pharyng(o) | pharynx
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| phleb(o) | vein
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| pnea | breathing, respiration
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| pneum(o) | lung, air, gas
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| proct(o) | rectum
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| psych(o) | mind
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| pulm(o) | lung
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| py(o) | pus
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| rhin(o) | nose
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| salping(o) | uterine or fallopian tube
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| splen(o) | spleen
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| sten(o) | narrowing, constriction
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| stern(o) | sternum
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| stomat(o) | mouth
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| therm(o) | heat
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| thorac(o) | chest
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| thromb(o) | clot, thrombus
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| thyr(o) | thyroid
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| tox(o), toxic(o) | poison
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| trache(o) | trachea
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| ur(o), urin(o) | urine
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| urethr(o) | urethra
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| vas(o) | blood vessel
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| vertebr(o) | vertebrae
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| algia | pain
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| asis | condition, usually abnormal
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| cele | hernia, herniation and pouching
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| centesis | puncture and aspiration
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| cyte | cell
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| duction | make something happen
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| ectasis | dilation, stretching
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| ectomy | excision, removal of
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| emia | blood condition
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| genesis | development, production, creation
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| genic | producing, causing
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| gram | record
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| graph | a diagram, a recording instrument
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| graphy | making a recording
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| iasis | condition of
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| ism | a condition
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| itis | inflammation
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| logy | the study of
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| lysis | destruction of, decomposition
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| megaly | enlargement
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| meter | measuring instrument
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| metry | measurement
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| oma | tumour
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| osis | condition
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| pathy | disease
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| penia | lack, deficiency
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| phasia | speaking
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| phobia | an exaggerated fear
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| plasty | surgical repair or reshaping
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| plegia | paralysis
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| ptosis | falling, sagging, dropping down
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| rrhage | excessive flow
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| rrhaphy | stitching, suturing
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| rrhea | profuse flow, discharge
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| scope | examination instrument
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| scopy | examination using a scope
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| stasis | maintenance, maintaining a constant level
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| ostomy | creating a surgical opening
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| tomy, otomy | incision, cutting into
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| uria | condition of the urine
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