The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point
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| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden
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| aden/o | gland
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| adip/o | fat
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| amnio/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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| angi/o | vessel
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| arteri/o | artery
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| arthr/o | joint
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| axill/o | armpit
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| bi/o | life
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| bronch/o | bronchial tubes(two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
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| carnin/o | cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| chem/o | drug, chemical
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chron/o | time
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| col/o | colon(large intestine)
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder
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| encephal/o | brain
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| erythr/o | red
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| hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| hydr/o | water, fluid
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| inguin/o | groin
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall
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| laryng/o | larynx (voice box)
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| leuk/o | white
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| lymph/o | lymph-- a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughtout the body
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| mamm/o | breast
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| mast/o | breast
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| morph/o | shape, form
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| muc/o | mucus
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body)
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| oste/o | bone
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| ot/o | ear
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| path/o | disease
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| peritone/o | pertoneum
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| phag/o | to eat, swallow
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| phleb/o | vein
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| plas/o | formation, development
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| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
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| pneumon/o | lungs
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| pulmon/o | lungs
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| rect/o | rectum
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| splen/o | spleen
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| staphyl/o | clusters
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| strept/o | twisted chains
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| thorac/o | chest
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| tromb/o | clot
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| tonsill/o | tonsils
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| trache/o | trachea (windpipe)
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| ven/o | vein
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| -algia | pain
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -coccu (plural) -cocci | berry-shaped bacterium
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| -cyte | cell
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | excision, removal, rection
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genesis | condition of producing, forming
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -itis | inflamation
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | turmor, mass, collection of fluid
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| -opsy | to view
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| -osis | condition, usually abnormal
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| -pathy | disease conditon
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasia | development, formation, growth
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| -plasy | surgical repair
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| -ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument for visual examination
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| -scopy | process of visual examination with and endoscope
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tomy | incision, cutting into
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| -er | one who
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| -ia | condition
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| -ist | specialist
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| -ole -ule | little, small
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| -um -ium | structure, tissue
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| -us | structure, substance
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| -y | condition, process
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| -ac, -iac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or in
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| -ic, -ical | pertaining to
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ose | pertaining to, full of
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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