Medical Word Elements

Front 1

cyt/o

Back 1

cell

Front 2

hist/o

Back 2

tissue

Front 3

kary/o

Back 3

nucleus

Front 4

nucle/o

Back 4

nucleus

Front 5

anter/o

Back 5

anterior, front

Front 6

cuad/o

Back 6

tail

Front 7

cephal/o

Back 7

head

Front 8

dist/o

Back 8

far, farthest

Front 9

dors/o

Back 9

back (of body)

Front 10

infer/o

Back 10

lower, below

Front 11

later/o

Back 11

side, to one side

Front 12

medi/o

Back 12

middle

Front 13

poster/o

Back 13

back (of body), behind, posterior

Front 14

proxim/o

Back 14

near, nearest

Front 15

ventr/o

Back 15

belly, belly side

Front 16

abdomin/o

Back 16

abdomen

Front 17

cervic/o

Back 17

neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

Front 18

crani/o

Back 18

cranium (skull)

Front 19

gastr/o

Back 19

stomach

Front 20

ili/o

Back 20

ilium (lateral flaring position of hip bone)

Front 21

inguin/o

Back 21

groin

Front 22

lumb/o

Back 22

loins (lower back)

Front 23

pelv/i

Back 23

pelvis

Front 24

pelv/o

Back 24

pelvis

Front 25

spin/o

Back 25

spine

Front 26

thorac/o

Back 26

chest

Front 27

umbilic/o

Back 27

umbilicus, navel

Front 28

albin/o

Back 28

white

Front 29

leuk/o

Back 29

white

Front 30

chlor/o

Back 30

green

Front 31

chrom/o

Back 31

color

Front 32

cirrh/o

Back 32

yellow

Front 33

jaund/o

Back 33

yellow

Front 34

xanth/o

Back 34

yellow

Front 35

cyan/o

Back 35

blue

Front 36

erythr/o

Back 36

red

Front 37

melan/o

Back 37

black

Front 38

poli/o

Back 38

gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

Front 39

acr/o

Back 39

extremity

Front 40

eti/o

Back 40

cause

Front 41

idi/o

Back 41

unknown, peculiar

Front 42

morph/o

Back 42

form, shape, structure

Front 43

path/o

Back 43

disease

Front 44

radi/o

Back 44

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

Front 45

somat/o

Back 45

body

Front 46

son/o

Back 46

sound

Front 47

tom/o

Back 47

to cut

Front 48

viscer/o

Back 48

internal organs

Front 49

xer/o

Back 49

dry

Front 50

-genesis

Back 50

forming, producing, origin

Front 51

-gnosis

Back 51

knowing

Front 52

-gram

Back 52

record, writing

Front 53

-graph

Back 53

instrument for recording

Front 54

-graphy

Back 54

process of recording

Front 55

-logist

Back 55

specialist in the study of

Front 56

-logy

Back 56

study of

Front 57

-meter

Back 57

instrument for measuring

Front 58

-metry

Back 58

act of measuring

Front 59

-pathy

Back 59

disease

Front 60

ab-

Back 60

from, away from

Front 61

ad-

Back 61

toward

Front 62

hetero-

Back 62

different

Front 63

homeo-

Back 63

same, alike

Front 64

infra-

Back 64

below, under

Front 65

peri-

Back 65

around

Front 66

super-

Back 66

upper, above

Front 67

trans-

Back 67

across, through

Front 68

ultra-

Back 68

excess, beyond