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aut-,auto-: self, own

cata-: down

dia-: complete, through

endo-: within

epi-: above, upon

ex-, exo-: out, outside of, outward

hyper-: excessive, above, more than normal

dys-: bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-, ecto-: out, outside

eu-: good, normal

hemi-: half

infra-: beneath, under

intra-: in, within, into

macro-: large

mal-: bad

micro-: small

neo-: new

pan-: all

para-: abnormal, beside, near

per-: through

poly-: many, much

post-: after, behind

pre-: before, in front of

pro-: before, forward

pros-: before, forward

sub-: under

supra-: above, upper

syn-, sym-: together, with

tachy-: fast

trans-: across, through

ultra-: beyond, excess

uni-: one

hypo-: deficient, below, under, less than normal

in-: into, in, within, not

inter-: between

meta-: change

a-, an-: no, not, without

ana-: up

peri-: surrounding, around

re-: back, backward, again

retro-: behind

ab-: away from

ad-: toward

ante-: before, forward

anti-: against

bi-: two

brady-: slow

con-: with, together

contra-: against, opposite

de-: down, lack of

-blast: embryonic, immature

-crine: to secrete

-drome: to run

-fusion: coming together, to pour

-gen: substance that produces

-lapse: to slide, fall, sag

-meter: to measure

-mission: to send

-or: one who

-oxia: oxygen

-partum: birth, labor

-phoria: to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

-physis: to grow

-pnea: breathing

-rrhea: flow, discharge

-ar: pertaining to

-ary: pertaining to

-iod: resemble

-ose: full of, pertaining to, sugar

-ous: pertaining to

-tic: pertaining to

-ac,al,ic,ical,iac,ior,eal,genic: pertaining to

-algia: pain

-cele: hernia

-centesis: surgical puncture to remove fluid

-coccus: single berry-shaped bacterium

-cocci: berry-shaped bacterium plural

-cyte: cell

-dynia: pain

-ectomy: excision, removal, out

-emia: blood condition

-er: one who

-genesis: condition of producing, forming

-genic: pertaining to, producing, produced by or produced in

-globin: protein

-gram: written record, to record

-graph: instrument for recording

-graphy: process of recording

-ia: condition

-ist: specialist

-itis: inflammation

-logy: study of

-lysis: breakdown, separation, destruction, loosen

-malacia: softening

-megaly: enlargement

-ole: little, small

-oma: tumor, mass, swelling

-opsy: precess of viewing

-osis: condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

-pathy: disease condition

-penia: deficiency

-phobia: fear

-plasia: development, formation, growth

-plasm: formation, structure

-plasty: surgical repair

-ptosis: falling, drooping, prolapse

-sclerosis: hardening

-scope: instrument to visually examine

-scopy: process of visually examing within the body

-somes: bodies

-stasis: stopping, controlling, placing

-stomy: new opening

-therapy: treatment

-tomy: processof cutting, incision

-trophy: nourishment, development

-type: picture, classification

-ule: little, small

-um, ium: structure, tisssue

-us: structure, thing

-y, -ism: process, condition

carp/o: wrist bone

cib/o: meals

cost/o: rib

cutane/o: skin

dactyl/o: fingers, toes

duct/o: to lead, carry

flex/o: to bend

furc/o: forking, branching

gloss/o: tongue

immun/o: protection

mort/o: death

nat/i: birth

nect/o: to bind, tie, connect

norm/o: rule, order

ox/o: oxygen

pub/o: pubis (pubic bone) anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

seps/o: infection

somn/o: sleep

son/o: sound

the/o: to put, place

thyr/o: thyroid gland

top/o: place, position, location

tox/o: poison

urethr/o: urethra

abdomin/o: abdomen

acr/o: extremilities, top, extreme point

acu/o: sharp, severe sudden

aden/o: gland

adip/o: fat

amni/o: amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

angi/o: vessel

anter/o: front

arteri/o: artery

arthr/o: joint

axill/o: armpit

bi/o: life

blephar/o: eyelid

bronch/o: bronchial tubes

bol/o: to cast, throw aside

carcin/o: cancerous, cancer

cardi/o: heart

cephal/o: head

cerebr/o: cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cervic/o: neck

chem/o: drug, chemical

chondr/o: cartilage (type of connective tissue)

chron/o: time

chrom/o: color

cis/o: to cut

coccyg/o: coccyx (tailbone)

col/o: colon

crani/o: skull

crin/o: secrete

cyst/o: urinary bladder (sac containing fluid)

cyt/o: cell

derm/o, dermat/o: skin

dist/o: far, distant

dors/o: back portion of the body

electr/o: electricity

encephal/o: brain

enter/o: intestines (usually the small intestines)

erythr/o: red

gastr/o: stomach

glyc/o: sugar

gnos/o: knowledge

gynec/o: woman, female

hemat/o, hem/o: blood

hepat/o: liver

hist/o: tissue

hydr/o: water, fluid

iatr/o: treatment, physician

ili/o: ilium (part of the pelvic bone)

inguin/o: groin

isch/o: to hold back

kary/o: nucleus

lapar/o: abdomen, abdominal wall

laryng/o: larynx

later/o: side

leuk/o: white

log/o: study of

lumb/o: lower back

lymph/o: lymph

mamm/o, mast/o: breast

medi/o: middle

morph/o: shape, form

muc/o: mucus

my/o: muscle

myel/o: spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o: death

nephr/o: kidney (term used for diagnosis)

ren/o: kidney (term used for function)

neur/o: nerve

neutr/o: neutrophil (white blood cell)

nucle/o: nucleus

onc/o: tumor

opthalm/o: eye

oste/o: bone

ot/o: ear

path/o: disease

ped/o: child

pelv/i: pelvis, hip region

peritone/o: peritoneum

phag/o: to eat, swallow

phleb/o: vein

plas/o: formation, development

pleur/o: pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall)

pneumon/o: lungs

pulmon/o: lungs

poster/o: back, behind

proxim/o: nearest

psych/o: mind

radi/o: x-rays

rect/o: rectum

rhin/o: nose

sacr/o: sacrum

sarc/o: flesh

sect/o: to cut

splen/o: spleen

spin/o: spine, backbone

staphyl/o: clusters

strept/o: twisted chain

thel/o, theli/o: nipple

thorac/o: chest

thromb/o: clot, clotting

tonsill/o: tonsils

trache/o: trachea, windpipe

umbilic/o: navel, umbilicus

ur/o: urinary tract, urine

ven/o: vein

ventr/o: belly side of the body

vertebr/o: vertebra(e)
backbone(s)

viscer/o: internal organs

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