All terms in this list:
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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