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

Caud/o

Back 6

Tail

Front 7

Cephal/o

Back 7

Head

Front 8

Dust/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 ( off body) behind, posterior

Front 14

Proxim/o

Back 14

Near, nearest

Front 15

Ventr/o

Back 15

Belt, 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 portion of hip bone)

Front 21

Inguin/o

Back 21

Groin

Front 22

Lumb/o

Back 22

Loins ( lower back)

Front 23

Pelv/i, pelv/o

Back 23

Pelvis

Front 24

Spin/o

Back 24

Spine

Front 25

Thorac/o

Back 25

Chest

Front 26

Umbilic/o

Back 26

Umbilicus, navel

Front 27

Albin/o, leuk/o

Back 27

White

Front 28

Chlor/o

Back 28

Green

Front 29

Chrom/o

Back 29

Color

Front 30

Cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

Back 30

Yellow

Front 31

Cyan/o

Back 31

Blue

Front 32

Erythr/o

Back 32

Red

Front 33

Melan/o

Back 33

Black

Front 34

Poli/o

Back 34

Greasy, gray matter ( spinal brain)

Front 35

Acr/o

Back 35

Extremity

Front 36

Eti/o

Back 36

Cause

Front 37

Idi

Back 37

Unknown, peculiar

Front 38

Morph/o

Back 38

Form, shape, structure

Front 39

Path/o

Back 39

Disease

Front 40

Radi/o

Back 40

Radiation, xray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

Front 41

Somat

Back 41

Body

Front 42

Son/o

Back 42

Sound

Front 43

Tom/o

Back 43

To cut

Front 44

Viscer/o

Back 44

Internal, organs

Front 45

Xer/o

Back 45

Dry

Front 46

-genesis

Back 46

Forming, producing, origin

Front 47

-genesis

Back 47

Forming, producing, origin

Front 48

-gnosis

Back 48

Knowing

Front 49

-gram

Back 49

Record, writing

Front 50

-graph

Back 50

Instrument for recording

Front 51

Graphy

Back 51

Process of recording

Front 52

-logist

Back 52

Specialist in the study of

Front 53

-logy

Back 53

Study of

Front 54

- Meter

Back 54

Instrument for measuring

Front 55

-metry

Back 55

Act of measuring

Front 56

- pathy

Back 56

Disease

Front 57

Ab-

Back 57

From, away from

Front 58

Ad-

Back 58

Toward

Front 59

Hetero-

Back 59

Different

Front 60

Homeo-

Back 60

Same, alike

Front 61

Infra-

Back 61

Below, under

Front 62

Peri-

Back 62

Around

Front 63

Super-

Back 63

Upper, above

Front 64

Trans-

Back 64

Across, through

Front 65

Ultra-

Back 65

Excess, beyond