Turley's Medical Language Chapter 2
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| a- | away from, without
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| -able | able to be
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| -ad | toward, in the direction of
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| ambulat/o | walking
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| ana- | apart from, excessive
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| ancill/o | servant, accessory
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| anter/o | before; front part
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| -atic | pertaining to
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| -ative | pertaining to
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| -atory | pertaining to
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| auscult/o | listening
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| caud/o | tailbone; lower part of the body
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| cav/o | hollow space
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| cephal/o | head
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chron/o | time
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| communic/o | impart, transmit
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| congenit/o | present at birth
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| coron/o | encircling structure
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| crani/o | cranium (skull)
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| -crine | a thing that secretes
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| crin/o | secrete
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| de- | reversal of; without
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| dent/o | tooth
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| dermat/o | skin
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| dia- | complete; completely through
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| dietet/o | foods, diet
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| dist/o | away from the center or point of origin
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| dors/o | back, dorsum; uppermost part
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| -drome | a running
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| enter/o | intestine
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| -eon | one who performs
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| epi- | upon, above
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| -ery | process of
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| eti/o | cause of disease
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| exacerb/o | increase, provoke
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| extern/o | outside
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| fract/o | break up
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| front/o | front
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| -gen | that which produces
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| gener/o | production; creation
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| gen/o | arising from; produced by
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| ger/o | old age
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gynec/o | woman, female
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| habilitat/o | give ability
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| heredit/o | genetic influence
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| horizont/o | boundary between the earth and sky
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| iatr/o | physician; medical treatment
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -ician | a skilled professional or expert
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| -ics | knowledge, practice
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| idi/o | unknown; individual
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| immun/o | immune response
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| infect/o | disease within
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| infer/o | below
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| inguin/o | groin
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| inspect/o | looking at
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| integument/o | skin
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| intern/o | inside
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| intestin/o | intestine
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -ious | pertaining to
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -istry | process related to the specialty of
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| -ity | state; condition
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| -ive | pertaining to
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| later/o | side
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| log/o | word; the study of
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| lumb/o | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis
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| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system
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| macr/o | large
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| medi/o | middle
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| medic/o | physician; medicine
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| micr/o | small; one millionth
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| mid- | middle
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| muscul/o | muscle
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| ne/o | new
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| nerv/o | nerve
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| nucle/o | nucleus (of a cell or an atom)
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| nutri/o | nourishment
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| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth
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| onc/o | tumor, mass
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| orth/o | straight
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| -ory | having the function of
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| ot/o | ear
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| palliat/o | reduce the severity of
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| palpat/o | touching, feeling
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| path/o | disease, suffering
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| ped/o | child
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| pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)
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| percuss/o | tapping
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| pharmac/o | medicine; drug
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| physi/o | physical function
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| plas/o | growth, formation
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| poster/o | back part
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| prevent/o | prevent
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| pro- | before
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| product/o | produce
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| proxim/o | near the center or point of origin
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| pulmon/o | lung
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| radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation
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| re- | again and again; backward, unable to
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| recuper/o | recover
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| remiss/o | send back
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| sagitt/o | going from front to back
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| -scope | instrument used to examine
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| scop/o | examine with an instrument
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| skelet/o | skeleton
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| spin/o | spine; backbone
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| spir/o | breathe; a coil
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| steth/o | chest
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| superfici/o | on or near the surface
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| super/o | above
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| surg/o | operative procedure
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| symptomat/o | collection of symptoms
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| syn- | together, with
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| techn/o | technical skill
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| termin/o | end; boundary
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| therapeut/o | treatment
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| therap/o | treatment
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| thorac/o | thorax (chest)
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| -tion | a process; being or having
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| tom/o | a cut, slice, or layer
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| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision
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| trans- | across, through
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| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel
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| ur/o | urine; urinary system
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| vascul/o | blood vessel
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| ventr/o | front; abdomen
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| -verse | to travel; to turn
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