All terms in this list:
xer: dry
vuls: twitch or pull
volv: to roll
viscro: organ
vestibule: entrance
vesic: bladder
vert: turn
ventr: front
vena: vein
vaso: vessel
utero: uterus
urethr: urethra
ureter: ureter
umbilic: navel
tympan: eardrum
turbin: shaped like a top
tumor: swelling
trophy: development
trip: rub,friction
trich: hair
tri: three
traumat: wound
trans: through,across
trachel: neck
tope: place
ton: stretch
thyro: thyroid
thromb: lump,clot
thorac: chest
therm: heat
therap: therapy
thel: nipple
thalam: inner chamber
tens: stretch
tegument: covering,skin
tarso: framework of the eyelid
tarso: ankle
supra: above
sub: under
strict: draw tight
strept: twist
stoma: mouth
steno: narrow,contracted
sta: stand
squam: scale
spondyl: spinal column
splen: spleen
splanchn: internal organs
spiro: coil
sphenic: wedge
spasm: involuntary contraction
spas: pull,draw
somni: sleep
somato: body
sinus: hollow space
sept: wall,fence
semi: half
semen: seed
sedat: quiet,calm
scop: observe
scol: curved
scler(a): hard
scirr(h): hard
schiz: split
sarc: flesh
salpingo: tube
sacro: sacrum
rug: wrinkle,fold,cease
rrhe: flow
rrhaphy: suture
rrhag: burst,burst forth
rhin: nose
rhexis: break,burst
retr(o): backwards
ren: kidney
ramus: branch
radic: root
radi: ray
rachi: spinal column
pyle: gate
pulmo: lung
puer: child
ptyal: saliva
ptosis: falling
psycho: mind
pseud: false
proxim: nearest
proli: offspring
proct: anus
pro: in front of,before
pre: in front of,before
poster: back part
post: after
poly: many
pod: foot
pneum: lung
plexus: braid
pleur: pleura,rib,side
plegia: paralysis
platy: flat
plast: surgical repair
plasi: development
plak: plate
pilo: hair
physio: nature
phren: mind
phrag: fence
phot: light
phon: voice,sound
phob: fear
phleb: vein
pharyng: pharynx
pharmac: drug
phak: lens
phage: to eat
pexy: suspension
peri: about,around
per: throughout
penia: decrease
pelvi: pelvis
path: disease
part: labor,bring forth
pariet: wall
para: beside,beyond
paps: gigest
pan: all
palpebr: eyelid
pact: chest
pachy: thick
ovario: ovary
ovar: egg
otomy: cut into
oto: ear
ostomy: create an opening
ost: bone
osmo: odor
osis: any condition
orth: straight
orchi: testis
or: mouth
opthalm-opt: eye
oophor: ovary
onych: nail,claw
onco: tumor
oment: covering
oma: tumor
ology: study of
ologist: specialist
olfact: smell
oid: like
odont: tooth
ocul: eye
neuro: nerve (nervous system)
nephr: kidney
neo: new
necr: dead
myring: eardrum
myel: marrow,spinal cord
myco: fungus
my: muscle
morph: form
micr: small
mi: less
metr: uterus
metabol(e): change
meta: beyond
ment: mind
mening: membrane
melan: black
megal: enlarged
med: middle
mechano: machine
maxill: upper jawbone
mast: breast
mani: madness
mamm: breast
malign: bad
malacia: soft
mal: bad
macul: spot
macro: large
lysis: loosening,destruction
lymph: watery fluid
lumbo: loins
lobo: section
lith: stone
lip: fat
lingua: tongue
lig: ligament
lien: spleen
leuk: white
lept: slender
leio: smooth
later: side
laryng: larynx
lapar: abdominal wall
lal: speech
lact: milk
lacrim: tear
labi: lip
kerat: horny
itis: inflammation
iso: equal
iris: rainbow
intra: within
inter: between
infra: beneath
infer: under
ili: ilium
ile: ileum
iasis: condition
hyster: uterus
hypo: below
hypno: sleep
hyper: above,more than normal
hydro: water
hormone: excite
hom: same
histo: tissue
heter: other
hepat: liver
hemi: half
hem(at): blood
helio: sun
hallux: great toe (big toe)
gyn: female
gravid: pregnant
gran: grain,particle
gram: record
grad: walk,take steps
glyco: sweet
glosso: tongue
glom: ball
gingiv: gums
ger: old
gen: original,production
gemin: twin
gastr: stomach
gangli: swelling
furca: fork shaped
fistul: pipe
fiss: split
fascia: sheet,band
fac: make,do
ex: out,away from
eury: broad
eu: good
esthesia: sensation
esophag: esophagus
erythro: red
epi: upon
ependym: wrapping
enter: intestines
end: inside,within
encephal: brain
en: in
emesis: vomiting
edema: swelling
ectomy: surgical removal
ectasis: expansion
dys: bad
dynam: power
dyn: pain
dura: hard
duodeno: duodenum
duct: tube
dors: back
dis: apart
digit: finger,toe
dia: through
di: twice
desis: binding
dermat: skin
dent: teeth
dendr: tree,branching
dactyl: finger,toe
dacry: tear
cyt: cell
cyst: sac containing fluid
cyan: blue
cut: skin
cryo: cold
crine: to secrete
crani: skull
cost: rib
corne: horny
cor: heart
contra: against,counter
colp(o): hollow,vagina
colla: glue
col: colon
clas: break
cine: move
cilia: eyelash
chondr: cartilage
chole: bile
cheir: hand
cheil: lip
cervic: neck
cerebr: brain
cephal: head
centesis: puncture
celio: abdomen
cele: hernia
cec: blind passage
cauda: tail
cau: burn
cata: down
cardi: heart
carcin: cancer
capit: head
cantho: angle at the end of the eyelid
calc: heel,stone
burso: sac
bucc(o): cheek
bronch: bronchus
brady: slow
brachy: short
blephar: eyelid
blast: bud
bili: bile
bi: two,double,both
benign: mild,not cancerous
basi: base
auto: self
aur: ear
astr: star shaped
asthenia: weakness
arthr: joint
arter: artery
appendic: appendix
apo: away from
antr: cavity
anti: against
ante: before
angi: vessel
amphi: around,on the sides
ameb: change
ambi: both
alveol: cavity
algia: pain
aer: air
adreno: adrenal (gland)
adnexa: ties,connection
aden: gland
acro: extremeties
acoust(i): hearing
ab: away from,not
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