Chapter 4 Word Parts

Front 1

Abdomin/o

Back 1

Abdomen

Front 2

Acu/o

Back 2

Sudden/Sharp/Severe

Front 3

Adip/o

Back 3

Fat

Front 4

Aliment/o

Back 4

to nourish

Front 5

Amyl/o

Back 5

Starch

Front 6

An/o

Back 6

Anus

Front 7

Bi/o

Back 7

Life

Front 8

Bil/i

Back 8

Bile; gall

Front 9

Bilirubin/o

Back 9

Bilirubin

Front 10

Bucc/o

Back 10

Cheek

Front 11

Carcin/o

Back 11

Cancer

Front 12

Cec/o

Back 12

Cecum

Front 13

Celi/o

Back 13

Belly; Abdomen

Front 14

Cheil/o

Back 14

Lip

Front 15

Chol/e

Back 15

Bile; gall

Front 16

Cholangi/o

Back 16

Bile vessel; bile duct

Front 17

Chron/o

Back 17

Time

Front 18

Cib/o

Back 18

Meals

Front 19

Col/o or Colon/o

Back 19

Large intestin; Colon

Front 20

Copr/o

Back 20

Feces

Front 21

Cyst/o

Back 21

Urinary Bladder

Front 22

Decidu/o

Back 22

Shedding

Front 23

Dent/o, Dent/i

Back 23

Tooth

Front 24

Dips/o

Back 24

Thirst

Front 25

Duoden/o

Duoden/i

Back 25

Duodenum

Front 26

Enter/o

Back 26

Small Intestine

Front 27

Faci/o

Back 27

Face

Front 28

Esophag/o

Back 28

Esophagus

Front 29

Gastr/o

Back 29

Stomach

Front 30

Gingiv/o

Back 30

Gums

Front 31

Gloss/o

Back 31

Tongue

Front 32

Gluc/o

Glyc/o

Back 32

Sugar

Front 33

Glycogen/o

Back 33

Glycogen

Front 34

Gnath/o

Back 34

Jaw

Front 35

Hem/o

Hemat/o

Back 35

Blood

Front 36

Hepat/o

Back 36

Liver

Front 37

Herni/o

Back 37

Hernia

Front 38

Hydr/o

Back 38

Fluid; water

Front 39

Ile/o

Back 39

Ileum

Front 40

Inguin/o

Back 40

Groin

Front 41

Jejun/o

Back 41

Jejunum

Front 42

Labi/o

Back 42

Lips

Front 43

Lapar/o

Back 43

Abdomen

Front 44

Lingu/o

Back 44

Tongue

Front 45

Lip/o

Back 45

Fat

Front 46

Lith/o

Back 46

Stone

Front 47

Mandibul/o

Back 47

Mandible; lower jaw

Front 48

Muc/o

Back 48

Mucus

Front 49

Nas/o

Back 49

Nose

Front 50

Necr/o

Back 50

Death

Front 51

Odont/o

Back 51

tooth

Front 52

Or/o

Back 52

Mouth

Front 53

Palat/o

Back 53

Palate

Front 54

Pancreat/o

Back 54

Pancreas

Front 55

Peritone/o

Back 55

Peritoneum

Front 56

Phag/o

Back 56

Eat; Swallow

Front 57

Proct/o

Back 57

Anus and rectum

Front 58

Prote/o

Back 58

Protein

Front 59

Py/o

Back 59

Pus

Front 60

Pylor/o

Back 60

Pyloric Sphincter; Pylorus

Front 61

Radi/o

Back 61

X-ray; Radius; Radioactivity

Front 62

Rect/o

Back 62

Rectum

Front 63

Rug/o

Back 63

Wrinkle or fold

Front 64

Sial/o

Back 64

Saliva; salivary

Front 65

Sialaden/o

Back 65

Salivary gland

Front 66

Steat/o

Back 66

Fat; Sebum

Front 67

Stomat/o

Back 67

Mouth

Front 68

Trich/o

Back 68

Hair

Front 69

vill/i

Back 69

Tuft of hair; thread-like projection from membrane

Front 70

a-; an-

Back 70

No; Not; Without

Front 71

Ante-

Back 71

Before; forward

Front 72

Anti-

Back 72

Against

Front 73

Brachy-

Back 73

Short

Front 74

De-

Back 74

lack of; down; less; removal of

Front 75

dys-

Back 75

Bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

Front 76

endo-

Back 76

in; within

Front 77

hyper-

Back 77

above; excessive

Front 78

hypo-

Back 78

Deficient; below; under

Front 79

mal-

Back 79

bad

Front 80

mega-

Back 80

large

Front 81

meta-

Back 81

change; beyond

Front 82

neo-

Back 82

new

Front 83

para-

Back 83

near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along side of

Front 84

Peri-

Back 84

surrounding; around

Front 85

poly-

Back 85

many

Front 86

post-

Back 86

After; behind

Front 87

pre-

Back 87

Before; in front of

Front 88

pro-

Back 88

Before; forwards

Front 89

sub;

Back 89

under; below

Front 90

al-, ar-, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous

Back 90

Pertaining to

Front 91

-ase

Back 91

enzyme

Front 92

-ation

Back 92

process; condition

Front 93

-blast

Back 93

immature; embryonic

Front 94

-cele

Back 94

hernia

Front 95

-centesis

Back 95

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Front 96

-chezia

Back 96

Defecation; elimination of waste

Front 97

-cyte

Back 97

cell

Front 98

-ectasis

-ectasia

Back 98

stretching; dilation

Front 99

-ectomy

Back 99

removal; excision; resection

Front 100

-emesis

Back 100

vomiting

Front 101

-emia

Back 101

blood condition

Front 102

-emic

Back 102

pertaining to a blood condition

Front 103

-gen

-genesis

Back 103

producing; forming

Front 104

-graph

Back 104

Instrument for recording

Front 105

-graphy

Back 105

process of recording

Front 106

-ia

Back 106

condition

Front 107

-iasis

Back 107

abnormal condition

Front 108

-ion

Back 108

process

Front 109

-ism

Back 109

process; condition

Front 110

-itis

Back 110

inflammation

Front 111

-lithiasis

Back 111

abnormal condition of stones

Front 112

-logy

Back 112

study of

Front 113

-lysis

Back 113

breakdown; separation

Front 114

-megaly

Back 114

enlargement

Front 115

-oma

Back 115

tumor; mass

Front 116

-orexia

Back 116

appetite

Front 117

-ose

Back 117

full of; pertaining to; sugar

Front 118

-osis

Back 118

abnormal condition

Front 119

-otic

Back 119

pertaining to the abnormal condition

Front 120

-pepsia

Back 120

-digestion

Front 121

-pexy

Back 121

surgical fixation; to put in place

Front 122

-phagia

Back 122

eating/swallowing

Front 123

-plasty

Back 123

surgical repair

Front 124

-prandial

Back 124

meal

Front 125

-ptyalo

Back 125

Saliva

Front 126

-ptysis

Back 126

spitting

Front 127

-rrhaphy

Back 127

suture

Front 128

-rrhea

Back 128

flow; discharge

Front 129

-scope

Back 129

intrument for visual examination

Front 130

-scopy

Back 130

visual examination

Front 131

-spasm

Back 131

sudden involuntary contraction of muscles

Front 132

-stalsis

Back 132

contraction

Front 133

-stasis

Back 133

stopping; controlling

Front 134

-stenosis

Back 134

tightening; narrowing; stricture

Front 135

-stomy

Back 135

new opening to the outside of the body

Front 136

-tomy

Back 136

incision; process of cutting

Front 137

-tresia

Back 137

opening

Front 138

-um

Back 138

structure tissue; thing; pertaining to