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-er
one who
-ole
little
-ptysis
spitting
-sclerosis
hardening
a-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
adenoid/o
adenoids
all
pan-
alveolus
alveol/o
(sac for embryo)
amni/o
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
aort/o
aorta
between
inter-
bi/o
life
blue
cyan/o
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebrum
cerebr/o
contra-
against
cyan/o
blue
dia-
complete, through
different
heter/o
disease
-pathy, path/o
fast
tachy-
heart
coron/o, cardi/o
humer/o
humerus
ili/o
ilium
in, not
in-
many
poly-, mult/i
medi/o
middle
men/o
menses
micro-
small
nat/i
birth
ne/o
new
neo-
new
null/i
none
prostate gland
prostat/o
son/o
sound
thalamus
thalam/o
time
chron/o
to carry or lead
duct/o
to cut into
-otomy
toward the tail
caud/o
tr/i
three
upper jaw bone
maxill/o
vagin/o
vagina
ventricle
ventricul/o
white (used rarely)
alb/o
yellow
xanth/o
-ac
pertaining to
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-coccus
berry shaped
-globin
protein
-grade
to go
-gram
record (noun)
-ic
pertaining to
-ist
one who specializes in
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-orrhexia
rupture
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear of
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-tic
pertaining to
-tome
instrument to cut
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-ule
little
above, excessive
hyper-
above, upon
epi-
acetabul/o
acetabulum
acu/o
sharp
ad-
toward
aer/o
air
alb/o
white (rare)
ankly/o
stiff
ante-
forward, before
anti-
against
atrium
atri/o
auto-
self
bacteri/o
bacteria
bacteria
bacteri/o
bad, painful
dys-
bas/o
base
black
melan/o
bone
oste/o
bone marrow
myel/o
both
ambi-
brain
encephal/o
burs/o
bursa
bursa
burs/o
bursting forth of blood
-orrhagia
calci/o
calcium
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
caud/o
toward the tail
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervix
cervic/o
chrom/o
color
clavicle
clavicul/o
coal dust
anthrac/o
coccyx
coccyg/o
color
chrom/o
complete, through
dia-
condyle
condyl/o
coron/o
heart
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
dipl/o
double
double
dipl/o
down
cata-
dur/o
dura mater
dura mater
dur/o
electr/o
electricity
electricity
electr/o
em-
in
encephal/o
brain
eosin/o
rosy, dawn colored
epididymis
epididym/o
erythr/o
red
ex-
out, away from
exo-
outside, outer
far (body)
dist/o
fasci/o
fascia
fear of
-phobia
femur
femor/o
fibers
fibr/o
fibrin/o
fibrin
fibula (bone)
fibul/o
fire, fever
pyr/o
first
prot/o
forking, branching
furc/o
front (body)
anter/o
fungus
myc/o
furc/o
forking, branching
gangli/o
ganglion
ganglion
gangli/o
gen/o
beginning
globe, round
spher/o
gluc/o
sugar
glyc/o
sugar
good
eu-
granul/o
granules
half
hemi-, semi-
heel
calcane/o
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
heter/o
different
hidden
crypt/o
hom/o
same
hyper-
above, excessive
in-
in, not
inflammation
-itis
instrument for recording
-graph
instrument to cut
-tome
internal organs
viscer/o
irrigation, washing
-clysis
ischi/o
ischium
kary/o
nucleus
kinesi/o
movement
knowledge
gnos/o
lact/o
milk
lamin/o
lamina
lamina
lamin/o
large
macro-
larynx
laryng/o
leuk/o
white
little
-ole, -ule
lobe
lob/o
lower jaw bone
mandibul/o, submaxill/o
lymph
lymph/o
lymph/o
lymph
macro-
large
magnesi/o
magnesium
mal-
bad
mamm/o
breast
maxill/o
upper jaw bone
medull/o
medulla
medulla
medull/o
mening/o
meninges, membrane
mesa-
middle
metacarp/o
hand bones
metr/o
uterus
mind, diaphragm
phren/o
mort/o
death
movement
kinesi/o
muc/o
mucus
narc/o
sleep
nas/o
nose
necro/o
death
neutr/o
neutral
nipple-like
thel/o
no, not, without
a-, an-
nose
nas/o, rhin/o
olecran/o
elbow
one
un/i
orchi/o
testis
oste/o
bone
ov/o
egg
ovari/o
ovary
ox/i
oxygen
pan-
all
pelv/i
pelvis
peri-
surrounding
perineum
perine/o
pertaining to... a condition of
-otic
place, position
top/o
pleura
pleur/o
poikil/o
varied, irregular
poly-
many
process of recording (verb)
-graphy
proxim/o
near
pseudo-
FALSE
psych/o
mind
pulmon/o
lung
py/o
pus
py/o
pus
pyr/o
fire, fever
radi/i
rays
radius
radi/o
red
erythr/o
retro-
behind
rhin/o
nose
right
dextr/o
rosy, dawn colored
eosin/o
schiz/o
split
self
auto-
semi-
half
seps/o
infection
sharp
acu/o
sider/o
iron
single
mon/o
skull
crani/o
slow
brady-
somn/o
sleep
spitting
-ptysis
stone, calculus
lith/o
submaxill/o
lower jaw bone
sudden violent involuntary contraction
-spasm
surgical crushing
-tripsy
surgical repair
-plasty
surrounding
peri-
sym-
together
tachy-
fast
test/o
testis
therm/o
heat
three
tr/i
through, by
per-
thym/o
thymus
thymus
thym/o
tibi/o
tibia
tibia
tibi/o
to free, undo
dis-
to measure
-meter
toward
ad-
two
bi-
unequal
anis/o
valv/o
valve
valve
valv/o
venule
venul/o
vertebr/o
vertebrae
volume
vol/o
vulv/o
vulva
white (used commonly)
leuk/o
xer/o
dry
-algia
pain (soft tissue)
-ar
pertaining to
-blast
embryonic
-crit
to separate
-cyte
cell
-emia
blood condition
-globulin
protein
-graphy
process of recording (verb)
-itis
inflammation
-odynia
pain (bone)
-opsy
to view
-ous
pertaining to
-plasty
surgical repair
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
process of cutting
-trophy
development
acetabulum
acetabul/o
across
trans-
agglutin/o
clumping
albumin/o
protein
ambi-
both
an-
no, not, without
ana-
up
andr/o
male
aneurysm
aneurysm/o
ankle, instep bones
tars/o
anter/o
front (body)
anthrac/o
coal dust
aorta
aort/o
aponeur/o
aponeurosis
appendic/o
appendix
around
circum-
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
axill/o
armpit
Bartholins glands
bartholin/o
base
bas/o
behind
retro-, post-
blood
hemat/o
blood condition
-emia
brachi/o
arm
brady-
slow
bronchus
bronch/o
calcane/o
heel
cata-
down
cephal/o
head
chlor/o
chloride, green
chloride
chlor/o
chron/o
time
circum-
around
coccyg/o
coccyx
col/o
colon
con-
with, together
condition of producing
-genesis
corne/o
cornea
cul-de-sac
culd/o
cutane/o
skin
deficiency
-penia
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
duct/o
to carry or lead
duoden/o
duodenum
dys-
bad, painful
ectop/o
misplaced
epiglott/o
epiglottis
esophagus
esophag/o
eu-
good
FALSE
pseudo-
fibr/o
fibers
flow, discharge
-orrhea
forward, before
ante-
gingiv/o
gums
glauc/o
grey
glue
gli/o
gnos/o
knowledge
granules
granul/o
green
chlor/o
hand bones
metacarp/o
heat
therm/o
herni/o
hernia
hist/o
tissue
humerus
humer/o
hydr/o
water
hypo-
below, deficient
ile/o
ileum
in
em-, in-
inter-
between
intra-
within
jejun/o
jejunum
jejunum
jejun/o
kal/i
potassium
kneecap
patell/o
left
sinistr/o
life
bi/o
light
phot/o
lip/o
fat
lumb/o
lower back
madness, abnormal preoccupation
-mania
male
andr/o
melan/o
black
ment/o
mind
misplaced
ectop/o
mon/o
single
mult/i
many
neuro/o
nerve
noct/i
night
nucle/o
nucleus
nucleus
kary/o, nucle/o
on both sides
amphi-
out, away from
ex-
oxi/i (y)
oxygen
para-
near
pharynx
pharyng/o
physio/o
nature
pneumon/o
lung
pod/o
foot bones
pre-, pro-
before
preysby/o
old age
process of cutting
-tomy
process of studying
-logy
proct/o
rectum
prostat/o
prostate gland
pubis
pub/o
pus
py/o
radi/o
radius
record (noun)
-gram
rule, order
norm/o
sanguin/o
blood
sinistr/o
left
sinus/o
sinus
softening
-malacia
spermat/o
spermatozoa
spine (area of)
spin/o
splen/o
spleen
stern/o
sternum
sternum
stern/o
steth/o
chest (rare)
straight
orth/o
sub-
under
syphil/o
syphilis
thymus
thym/o
thyroid/o
thyroid
tissue
hist/o
to separate
-crit
to stop, control
-stasis
trans-
across
uln/o
ulna
ur/o
urine
urethra
urethr/o
varied, irregular
poikil/o
ventricul/o
ventricle
vol/o
volume
within
intra-
within, inner
endo-
-al
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-graph
instrument for recording
-orrhagia
bursting forth of blood
-pathy
disease
-pnea
breathing
-spasm
sudden violent involuntary contraction
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
against
anti-, contra-
amphi- (rare)
on both sides
an/o
anus
anus
an/o
aque/o
water
arm
brachi/o
arteriole
arteriol/o
bartholin/o
Bartholins glands
below, deficient
hypo-
berry shaped
-coccus
beyond, excess
ultra-
bi-
two
bilirubin
bilirubin/o
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
breast
mamm/o, mast/o
cancer
carcin/o
carbon dioxide
-capnia
cerebellum
cerebell/o
clusters, grapes
staphyl/o
condition of cells
-cytosis
crypt/o
hidden
dry
xer/o
embryonic
-blast
equal
is/o
esophag/o
esophagus
fascia
fasci/o
femor/o
femur
fibrin
fibrin/o
fibul/o
fibula (bone)
gastr/o
stomach
gli/o
glue
glomerulus
glomerul/o
gon/o
seed
gynec/o
woman, female
hardening
-sclerosis
hepat/o
liver
horny, cornea, hard
kerat/o
infection
seps/o
inguin/o
groin
instrument to visually examine
-scope
iron
sider/o
ischium
ischi/o
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
lith/o
stone, calculus
lower back
lumb/o
make a new opening
-ostomy
milk
lact/o
muscle
my/o
myx/o
mucus
neck
cervic/o
new
neo-, ne/o
night
noct/i
one who
-er, -or
orchid/o
testis
palat/o
palate
palate
palat/o
pancreat/o
pancreas
pharyng/o
pharynx
potassium
kal/i
prot/o
first
pub/o
pubis
retin/o
retina
rupture
-orrhexia
safe
immun/o
scapul/o
scapula
scapula
scapul/o
sebum
seb/o
smaller
mi/o
sperm/o
spermatozoa
spher/o
globe, round
split
schiz/o
stiff
ankly/o
stomach
gastr/o
stomat/o
mouth (not just an oral mouth)
strept/o
twisted chains
surgical puncture
-centesis
syphilis
syphil/o
thalam/o
thalamus
to go
-grade
to throw or cast off
bol/o
to view
-opsy
together
sym-, syn-, con-
tonsils
tonsill/o
trachea
trache/o
transmission
-phoresis
tumor
-oma
twisted chains
strept/o
ulna
uln/o
un/i
one
up
ana-
urethr/o
urethra
uter/o
uterus (less used)
ven/o
vein
vessel, duct
vas/o
viscer/o
internal organs
voice
phon/o
-ary
pertaining to
-centesis
surgical puncture
-ectomy
to surgically excise
-genesis
condition of producing
-logy
process of studying
-orrhea
flow, discharge
-osis
condition
-osmia
smell, odor
-ostomy
make a new opening
-partum
birth, labor
-pexy
fixation (surgical)
acou/o
hearing
adenoids
adenoid/o
alveol/o
alveolus
anis/o
unequal
appendix
appendic/o
armpit
axill/o
atri/o
atrium
aur/o
ear
back (backwards)
re-
balan/o
glans penis
belly side
ventr/o
beyond, change
meta-
bol/o
to throw or cast off
breathing
-pnea
bronch/o
bronchus
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bucc/o
cheek
burn
caus/o
calcium
calci/o
cellul/o
cell
cerumin/o
cerumen (earwax)
chest (common)
thorac/o
cis/o
to cut
clavicul/o
clavicle
clot
thromb/o
clumping
agglutin/o
cold
cry/o
colon
col/o
colp/o
vagina
conjunctiva
conjunctiv/o
culd/o
cul-de-sac
cyt/o
cell
death
mort/o, necro/o
dextr/o
sugar, right
dips/o
thirst
dist/o
far (body)
dors/o
back (body)
dull, dim
ambly/o
duodenum
duoden/o
emesis
vomitus
enlargement
-megaly
enzyme
-ase
epididym/o
epididymis
epiglottis
epiglott/o
esthesi/o
feeling
fat
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
fat (diagnostic, digestive system)
steat/o
fingers, toes
dactyl/o
from, lack of
de-
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gravid/o
pregnancy
groin
inguin/o
gums
gingiv/o
hair
trich/o
humpback
kyph/o
ilium
ili/o
immun/o
safe
infra-
below
irid/o
iris
labi/o
lip
laryng/o
larynx
later/o
side
leps/o
seizure
lip
labi/o, cheil/o
magnesium
magnesi/o
mandibul/o
lower jaw bone
menses
men/o
mi/o
smaller
mouth
or/o, stomat/o
my/o
muscle
nature
physio/o
neutral
neutr/o
none
null/i
not
a-, an-, in-
ocul/o
eye
orth/o
straight
oxygen
ox/i, oxi/i (y)
pachy/o
thick
pain (bone)
-odynia
pain (soft tissue)
-algia
path/o
disease
peps/ia
digestion
peritone/o
peritoneum
phot/o
light
protein
albumin/o
pulse
sphygm/o
pus
py/o
re-
back (backwards)
rectum
proct/o
ren/o
kidney
retina
retin/o
same
hom/o
sclera
scler/o
seed
gon/o
sigmoid
sigmoid/o
skin
dermat/o
small
micro-
smell, odor
-osmia
smooth muscle
leiomy/o
solid structure
ster/o
sphygm/o
pulse
spin/o
spine
spir/o
to breathe (rare)
spleen
splen/o
staped/o
stapes
steat/o
fat
sugar
glyc/o, gluc/o, dextr/o
super-
above
syn-
together
synovia
synovi/o
tax/o
coordination, order
thromb/o
clot
tightening, narrowing
-stenosis
to break (bone)
-clast
to grow
-physis
to pour
-fusion
to run
-drome
to surgically excise
-ectomy
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea
trich/o
hair
tympan/o
eardrum
under
sub-
ureter/o
ureters
vagina
vagin/o, colp/o
venul/o
venule
vitre/o
glassy
with, together
con-
wrist bones
carp/o
xanth/o
yellow
-arche
beginning
-asthenia
lack of strength
-cele
hernia
-clast
to break (bone)
-clysis
irrigation, washing
-cusis
hearing
-cyesis
pregnancy
-cytosis
condition of cells
-ectasis
stretching, dilation
-emphraxis
blockage
-fusion
to pour
-ia
condition, process
-iasis
condition
-lysis
to break
-mania
madness, abnormal preoccupation
-meter
to measure
-oid
pertaining to
-oma
tumor
-opia
vision
-or
one who
-orrhaphy
suture
-otic
pertaining to... a condition of
-otomy
to cut into
-para
to bear
-paresis
slight paralysis
-peresis
removal
-philia
attraction for
-phonia
sound
-phoresis
transmission
-physis
to grow
-plasia
formation, development
-plasm
growth, formation
-plegia
paralysis
-poiesis
formation (typically cellular)
-porosis
passage (bone)
-prandial
meal
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
-stalsis
constriction
-stasis
to stop, control
-stenosis
tightening, narrowing
-thorax
pleural cavity
-tocia
labor
-tresia
opening
-tropia
to turn
-uria
urine
-y
process, condition
abdomen
lapar/o, abdomin/o
abdomin/o
abdomen
above
super-, hyper-, epi-
acanth/o
thorny, spiny
acr/o
extremity
acromi/o
shoulder
adont/o
tooth
adren/o
adrenal glands
adrenal glands
adren/o
after, behind
post-
air
pneum/o, aer/o
algesi/o
excessive sensitivity
ambly/o
dull, dim
amni/o
amnion
amyl/o
starch
angi/o
vessel
aponeurosis
aponeur/o
artery
arteri/o
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
ather/o
placque
attraction for
-philia
audi/o
hearing
aur/i
ear
away from
ab-, ex-
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
back (body)
poster/o, dors/o
bad
mal-, dys-
bear
par/o
before
pre-, pro-, ante-
beginning
-arche, gen/o
belly
celi/o
below
infra-, hypo-
beyond
meta-, ultra-
bile
chol/e
birth
nat/i, -partum
birth, labor
-partum
blephar/o
eyelid
blockage
-emphraxis
breathe (common)
pne/o
bronchiole
bronchiol/o
cali/o
calyx
calyx
cali/o
carp/o
wrist bones
cartilage
chondr/o
caus/o
burn
cec/o
cecum
cecum
cec/o
celi/o
belly
cell
cellul/o, cyt/o, -cyte
cerumen
cerumin/o
cervic/o
neck, cervix
change
meta-
cheek
bucc/o
cheil/o
lip
chest (rare)
pector/o, steth/o
chiro/o
hand, foot
chol/e
bile
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage
chori/o
chorion
chorion
chori/o
cib/o
meals
ciliary, body of eye
cycl/o
common bile duct
choledoch/o
condition
-osis, -ia, -y, -iasis
condition, process
-ia, -y
condyl/o
condyle
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
constriction
-stalsis
coordination, order
tax/o
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
cornea
kerat/o, corne/o
cortex
cortic/o
cortic/o
cortex
cortic/o
cortex
crin/o
secrete
crooked, bent
scoli/o
curve, swayback
lord/o
cycl/o
ciliary, body of eye
cyst/o
urinary bladder
dacry/o
tear
dacryoaden/o
tear gland
dacryocysto/o
lacrimal sac
(surgeons use this one)
fingers, toes
de-
from, lack of
dent/o
tooth
development
-trophy
diaphor/o
sweat
digestion
peps/ia
dis-
to free, undo
drooping, prolapse
-ptosis
ear
aur/o, aur/i, ot/o
eardrum
tympan/o, myring/o
ecto-
outside
egg
ov/o, oo/o
egg, ovum
oo/o
elbow
olecran/o
endo-
within, inner
enter/o
intestines (small)
epi-
above, upon
episi/o
vulva
erythem/o
flushed, redness
estr/o
female
examination
scop/o
excessive
hyper-
excessive sensitivity
algesi/o
extra-
in addition
extremity
acr/o
eye
ocul/o, opthalm/o
eyelid
blephar/o
fallopian tube
salping/o
feeling
esthesi/o
female
estr/o, gynec/o
fibula (area around the bone)
perone/o
fixation (surgical)
-pexy, pex/o
flesh
sarc/o
flushed, redness
erythem/o
foot bones
pod/o, metatars/o
formation
-plasia, -plasm, -poiesis
formation (typically cellular)
-poiesis
formation, development
-plasia
gall bladder
cholecyst/o
gland
aden/o
glans penis
balan/o
glassy
vitre/o
gloss/o
tongue
grey
glauc/o
growth, formation
-plasm
hand, foot
chiro/o
hard
kerat/o
head
cephal/o
hearing
-cusis, audi/o, acou/o
hernia
herni/o, -cele
hidr/o
sweat
hyster/o
uterus
ileum
ile/o
in addition
extra-
intestines (small)
enter/o
ir/o
iris
iris
ir/o, irid/o
is/o
equal
joint
arthr/o, articul/o
kerat/o
cornea, horny, hard
kidney
ren/o, nephr/o
kyph/o
humpback
labor
-tocia, -partum
lack of strength
-asthenia
lacrim/o
tear
lacrimal sac
dacryocysto/o
lapar/o
abdomen
ligament
syndesm/o
ligament/o
ligament
lingu/o
tongue
liver
hepat/o
lob/o
lobe
lord/o
curve, swayback
love, attraction to
phil/o
lung
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
mass, tumor
onc/o
mast/o
breast
meal
-prandial
meals
cib/o
meninges, membrane
mening/o
meta-
beyond, change
metatars/o
foot bones
metri/o
uterus
middle
mesa-, medi/o
mind
ment/o, phren/o, psych/o
morph/o
shape, form
mouth (not just an oral mouth)
stomat/o
mucus
muc/o, myx/o
myc/o
fungus
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
myring/o
eardrum
nail
ungu/o, onych/o
natr/o
sodium
navel
omphal/o
near
proxim/o
nect/o
to bind or connect
nephr/o
kidney
nerve
neuro/o
network
reticul/o, plex/o
norm/o
rule, order
old age
preysby/o
olig/o
scanty
omphal/o
navel
onc/o
mass, tumor
one who specializes in
-ist
onych/o
nail
oo/o
egg, ovum
oophoro/o
ovary
opening
-tresia
opthalm/o
eye
or/o
mouth
ot/o
ear
outside
ecto-, exo-
outside, outer
exo-
ovary
ovari/o, oophoro/o
pancreas
pancreat/o
par/o
bear
paralysis
-plegia
parathyroid
parathyroid/o
parathyroid/o
parathyroid
passage (bone)
-porosis
patell/o
kneecap
pector/o
chest (rare)
pelvis
pelv/i
per-
through, by
perine/o
perineum
peritoneum
peritone/o
perone/o
fibula
pertaining to
-ac
pex/o
fixation
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phalang/o
fingers, toes
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
phas/o
speech
phil/o
love
phleb/o
vein
phon/o
voice
phren/o
mind, diaphragm
placque
ather/o
plas/o
development
pleur/o
pleura
pleural cavity
-thorax
plex/o
network
pne/o
breathe (common)
pneum/o
air
poison
toxic/o
pons
pont/o
pont/o
pons
post-
after, behind
poster/o
back (body)
pregnancy
gravid/o, -cyesis
pupil
pupill/o
pupill/o
pupil
pyel/o
renal pelvis
rachi/o
spinal column
rays
radi/i
removal
-peresis
renal pelvis
pyel/o
reticul/o
network
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle
sacro/o
sacrum
sacrum
sacro/o
saliva
sial/o
salivary glands
sialaden/o
salping/o
fallopian tube
sarc/o
flesh
scale
squam/o
scanty
olig/o
scler/o
sclera
scoli/o
crooked, bent
scop/o
examination
seb/o
sebum
secrete
crin/o
secti/o
to cut
seizure
leps/o
seminal vessels
vesicul/o
shape, form
morph/o
shoulder
acromi/o
sial/o
saliva
sialaden/o
salivary glands
side
later/o
sigmoid/o
sigmoid
sinus
sinus/o
skeletal muscle
rhabdomy/o
sleep
somn/o, narc/o
slight paralysis
-paresis
sodium
natr/o
sound
-phonia, son/o
speech
phas/o
spermatozoa
spermat/o
spinal column
rachi/o
spinal cord
myel/o
spondyl/o
vertebrae
squam/o
scale
stapes
staped/o
staphyl/o
clusters, grapes
starch
amyl/o
steat/o
fat
ster/o
solid structure
stretching, dilation
-ectasis
suture
-orrhaphy
sweat
hidr/o, diaphor/o
syndesm/o
ligament
synovi/o
synovia
tars/o
ankle, instep bones
tear
dacry/o, lacrim/o
tear gland
dacryoaden/o
ten/o
tendon
tendon
ten/o
testis
test/o
the/o
to put or place
thel/o
nipple-like
thick
pachy/o
thirst
dips/o
thorac/o
chest (common)
thorny, spiny
acanth/o
throat, pharynx
pharyng/o
thym/o
thymus
thyroid
thyroid/o
to bear
-para
to bind or connect
nect/o
to break
-lysis
to breathe (rare)
spir/o
to cut
cis/o, tom/o, secti/o
to eat, swallow
phag/o
to put or place
the/o
to turn
-tropia
tom/o
to cut
tongue
lingu/o, gloss/o
tooth
dent/o
top/o
place, position
toxic/o
poison
treatment
-therapy
ultra-
beyond, excess
ungu/o
nail
urea, nitrogen
azot/o
ureters
ureter/o
urinary bladder
vesic/o, cyst/o
urine
ur/o, -uria
uterus
uter/o
vas/o
vessel, duct
vein
ven/o, phleb/o
ventr/o
belly side
vertebrae
vertebr/o, spondyl/o
vesic/o
urinary bladder
vesicul/o
seminal vessels
vessel
vas/o, angi/o
vision
-opia
vomitus
emesis
vulva
vulv/o
water
aque/o, hydr/o
woman, female
gynec/o
-er
one who
-ole
little
-ptysis
spitting
-sclerosis
hardening
a-
"no
ab-
away from
adenoid/o
adenoids
all
pan-
alveolus
alveol/o
(sac for embryo)"
amni/o
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
aort/o
aorta
between
inter-
bi/o
life
blue
cyan/o
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebrum
cerebr/o
contra-
against
cyan/o
blue
dia-
"complete
different
heter/o
disease
"-pathy
fast
tachy-
heart
"coron/o
humer/o
humerus
ili/o
ilium
"in
not"
many
"poly-
medi/o
middle
men/o
menses
micro-
small
nat/i
birth
ne/o
new
neo-
new
null/i
none
prostate gland
prostat/o
son/o
sound
thalamus
thalam/o
time
chron/o
to carry or lead
duct/o
to cut into
-otomy
toward the tail
caud/o
tr/i
three
upper jaw bone
maxill/o
vagin/o
vagina
ventricle
ventricul/o
white (used rarely)
alb/o
yellow
xanth/o
-ac
pertaining to
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-coccus
berry shaped
-globin
protein
-grade
to go
-gram
record (noun)
-ic
pertaining to
-ist
one who specializes in
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-orrhexia
rupture
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear of
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-tic
pertaining to
-tome
instrument to cut
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-ule
little
"above
excessive"
"above
upon"
acetabul/o
acetabulum
acu/o
sharp
ad-
toward
aer/o
air
alb/o
white (rare)
ankly/o
stiff
ante-
"forward
anti-
against
atrium
atri/o
auto-
self
bacteri/o
bacteria
bacteria
bacteri/o
"bad
painful"