Word Section Meaning a-, an- without, lacking ab-, abs- away from -ac pertaining to acous-, acouso- hearing aden-, adeno- gland adip-, adipo- fat adren-, adreno- gland -alge-, -algesi pain ambi- both sides andr-, andro- male angi-, angio- blood vessel ante- before, forward anti- against arthr-, arthro- joint ateri-, aterio- artery auto- self bi- two bio- life -blast-, -blasto, bud, germ blephar- eyelid brady- slow bronch-, bronchi- bronchus bucc-, bucco- cheek burs-, burso- bursa carcin-, carcino- cancer cardi-, cardio- heart -cele bulge -centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid cephal-, cephalo- head chem-, chemo- chemistry chlor-, chloro- green chol- bile chondr- cartilage chrom-, chromato- colour circum- around contra- against
Word Section Meaning coron- heart cost- rib crani-, cranio- brain cry-, cryo- cold cutane skin cyano- blue cycl- circle, cycle cyst-, cysti-, cysto- bladder or sac cyt-, cyto- cell -cyte, -cytic cell dactyl-, dactylo- digit (finger or toe) de- away from, ending derm-, dermato- skin -desis surgical binding dextr-, dextro- right side dia- across, through diplo- double dis- separation, taking apart duodeno- duodenum -dynia pain, swelling dys- difficult, abnormal -eal, -ial pertaining to ect-, ecto-, exo- outer, outside -ectasis expansion or dilation -ectomy cut out, removal elect- electrical activity -emesis vomiting -emia blood condition en- inside end-, endo-, ent- enter-, entero-, within, inner epi- upon, outside of erythr-, erythro- red -esis state or condition -esthesio sensation eu- good, well ex-, extra- beyond fibr-, fibro- fiber
Word Section Meaning gastr- stomach gloss- tongue gluco-, glycol- glucose, sugar gnath-, gnatho- jaw -gram, -graph, -graphy recording, written grav- heavy gyn-, gyno-, gynec- female hem, hema-, hemat-, hemato-, hemo- blood hemi- half hepat-, hepatico-, hepato- liver hetero- other, different hidr-, hidro- sweat hist-, histio-, histo- tissue homo- same hydr-, hydro- water hyper- above, beyond, excessive hypo- under, deficient hyster-, hystero- uterus -ia condition -iasis condition, formation of idio- self, one’s own ileo- ileum (the lower part of the small intestine) infra- beneath, below inter- between intra- within irid-, irido- iris ischi-, ischio- ischium (the lower and back part of the hip bone) -ism condition iso- equal, like -ites, -itis inflammation -ity pertaining to -ium structure or tissue karyo- nucleus kerat-, kerato- cornea (eye or skin)
Word Section Meaning kin-, kine-, kinesi-, kinesio-, kino- movement kyph-, kypho- humped lacrim-, lacrimo- tear (from your eyes) lact-, lacti-, lacto- milk laryng-, laryngo- larynx (voice box) leuk-, leuko- white lingu-, linguo- tongue lip-, lipo- fat lith-, litho- stone, mineral concretion lymph-, lympho- lymph -lysis, -lytic, lyso-, lys- break down, destruction, dissolving macro- large, long, big mal- bad, abnormal -malacia softening mamm, mast-, masto- breast -mania morbid impulse towards an object/thing meg-, mega-, megal-, megalo- great, large -megaly enlargement melan-, melano- black mening-, meningo- meninges (the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord) meso- middle meta- beyond, change -meter device used for measuring -metry measurement of mic-, micro- small mon-, mono- one morph-, morpho- shape multi- many muscul-, musclo- muscle my-, myo- muscle myc-, myco- fungus myel-, myelo- spinal cord OR bone marrow myring-, myringo- eardrum myx-, myxo- mucus
Word Section Meaning myring-, myringo- eardrum myx-, myxo- mucus necr-, necro- death neo- new nephr-, nephro- kidney neur-, neuri-, neuron nerve normo- normal oculo- eye odont-, odonto- tooth -odyn pain -oid resembling olig-, oligo- few, little -oma tumor onco- tumor, bulk, volume onych-, onycho- fingernail, toenail oo- egg, ovary oophor-, oophoro- ovary op-, opt- vision ophthalm-, ophthalmo- eye -opsy visual examination orchid-, orchido-, orchio- testis orth-, ortho- straight, normal, correct -osis condition, usually abnormal osseo- bony ossi- bone ost-, oste-, osteo- bone -ostomy opening ot-, oto- ear -otomy incision -ous pertaining to ovari-, ovario-, ovi-, ovo- ovary oxy- sharp, acute, oxygen pan-, pant-, panto- all or everywhere para- alongside, abnormal
Word Section Meaning -pathy, patho-, path- disease -penia deficiency, lack of per- through peri- around -pexy surgical fixation -phagia, phagy eating, swallowing phalang- phalanx (any bone in the fingers or toes) pharmaco- drug, medicine pharyng-, pharyngo- pharynx, throat -phasia speech phleb-, phlebo- vein phob-, phobia fear phon-, phono- sound phos- light phot-, photo- light phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phreno- diaphragm -plasia, -plastic growth -plasty surgical reconstruction -plegia paralysis pleur-, pleura-, pleuro- rib, pleura (membrane that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity) -pnea breathing pneum-, pneuma-, pneumat-, pneumato- air, lung pod-, podo foot -poiesis production poly- many, excessive post- behind, after -praxia movement pre- before, in front pro- favouring, supporting proct-, procto- anus, rectum prostat- prostate
Word Section Meaning pseudo- false psych-, psyche-, psycho- mind -ptosis falling, drooping pyel-, pyelo- pelvis pyo- pus pyro- fever quadri- four rachi- spine radio- radiation, radius re- again, backward rect-, recto- rectum ren-, reno- kidney retin- retina (of the eye) retro- backward, behind rhabd-, rhabdo- rod-shaped, striated rhin-, rhino- nose -rrhage, -rrhagic bleeding -rrhaphy suture -rrhea flow or discharge salping-, salpingo- tube sarco- muscular, flesh-like schisto- split, cleft, division schiz-, schizo split, cleft sclera-, sclero- hardness -sclerosis hardening scoli-, scolio- twisted -scope, -scopy examine, for examining semi- half sial-, sialo- saliva, salivary gland sigmoid-, sigmoido- sigmoid colon sinistr-, sinistro- left, left side -sis condition somat-, somatico-, somato- body, bodily -spasm muscle condition spasmo- spasm
Word Section Meaning sperma-, spermato-, spermo- sperm spirat- breath, breathing splanchn-, splanchni-, splanchno- viscera (internal organ) splen-, spleno- spleen spondyl-, spondylo- vertebra -stasis level, unchanging sten-, steno- narrowed, blocked stern- sternum (breastbone) stom-, stoma-, stomat-, stomato- mouth, opening -stomy surgical opening sub- under super- above supra- above, upon sy-, syl-, sym-, syn-, sys- together tachy- fast -taxis movement tetra- four thel-, thelo- nipples therm-, thermo- heat thorac-, thoracico-, thoraco- chest thromb-, thrombo- blood clot thyr-, thyro- thyroid gland -tomy cutting; incision tono- tone, tension, pressure trache-, tracheo- trachea (windpipe) trans- across, through tri- three -tripsy crushing -trophy growth tympan-, tympano- eardrum
Word Section Meaning uni- one ur-, uro- urine uri-, uric-, urico- uric acid -uria in the urine vagin- vagina varic-, varico- duct, blood vessel vasculo- blood vessel ven-, veno- vein vertebr- vertebra, spine vesic-, vesico- vesicle (cyst or pouch) xanth-, xantho- yellow
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