Primary Word Parts Bio 101

Front 1

-algia

Back 1

pain, painful condition

Front 2

dys-

Back 2

bag, difficult, or painful

Front 3

-ectomy

Back 3

surgical removal, cutting out

Front 4

hyper-

Back 4

excessive, increased

Front 5

hypo-

Back 5

deficient, decreased

Front 6

-itis

Back 6

inflammation

Front 7

-osis

Back 7

abnormal condition, disease

Front 8

-ostomy

Back 8

the surgical creation of an artifcial opening to the body surface.

Front 9

-otomy

Back 9

cutting, surical incision

Front 10

-plasty

Back 10

surgical repair

Front 11

-rrhage

Back 11

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

Front 12

-rrhaphy

Back 12

surgical suturing

Front 13

-rrhea

Back 13

flow or discharge

Front 14

-rrhexis

Back 14

rupture

Front 15

-sclerosis

Back 15

abnormal hardening

Front 16

rhytid/o

Back 16

wrinkle

Front 17

seb/o

Back 17

sebum

Front 18

urtic/o

Back 18

rash, hives

Front 19

xer/o

Back 19

dry

Front 20

-desis

Back 20

to bind or tie together

Front 21

kyph/o

Back 21

bent or hump

Front 22

lord/o

Back 22

curve, swayback bent

Front 23

-lysis

Back 23

setting free or loosening

Front 24

myel/o

Back 24

bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 25

oss/e

Back 25

bone

Front 26

oss/i

Back 26

bone

Front 27

ost/o

Back 27

bone

Front 28

oste/o

Back 28

bone

Front 29

scoli/o

Back 29

curved or bent

Front 30

spondyl/o

Back 30

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

Front 31

synovi/o

Back 31

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Front 32

synov/o

Back 32

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Front 33

-um

Back 33

singular noun ending

Front 34

ankyl/o

Back 34

crooked, bent, stiff

Front 35

arthr/o

Back 35

joint

Front 36

chondr/i

Back 36

cartilage

Front 37

chondr/o

Back 37

cartilage

Front 38

cost/o

Back 38

rib

Front 39

crani/o

Back 39

skull

Front 40

plas/i,plas/o, -plasia

Back 40

formation, delelopment, growth

Front 41

poster/o

Back 41

behind or toward the back

Front 42

-stasis, -static

Back 42

control, maintenance of constant level.

Front 43

aden/o

Back 43

gland

Front 44

adip/o

Back 44

fat

Front 45

anter/o

Back 45

front or before

Front 46

caud/o

Back 46

tail or lower part of the body.

Front 47

cephal/o

Back 47

head

Front 48

cyt/o, -cyte

Back 48

cell

Front 49

end-, endo-

Back 49

within, inside

Front 50

exo-

Back 50

out of, outside, away from

Front 51

hist/o, histi/o

Back 51

tissue

Front 52

-ologist

Back 52

specialist

Front 53

-ology

Back 53

study or science of.

Front 54

path/o, -pathy

Back 54

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Front 55

bi-

Back 55

two, twice, double

Front 56

-cele

Back 56

hernia, tumor, swelling

Front 57

dys-

Back 57

bad, difficult, or painful

Front 58

fasci/o

Back 58

fascia, fibrous band

Front 59

fibr/o

Back 59

fibrous tissue, fiber

Front 60

-ia

Back 60

abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium

Front 61

-ic

Back 61

pertaining to

Front 62

kines/o, kinesi/o

Back 62

movement

Front 63

my/o

Back 63

muscle

Front 64

-plegia

Back 64

paralysis, stroke

Front 65

-rrhexis

Back 65

rupture

Front 66

tax/o

Back 66

coordination, order

Front 67

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

Back 67

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain.

Front 68

ton/o

Back 68

stretching, tension

Front 69

tri-

Back 69

three

Front 70

anti-

Back 70

against

Front 71

carcin/o

Back 71

cancerous

Front 72

immun/o

Back 72

immune, protection, safe

Front 73

lymph/o

Back 73

lymph, lymphatic tissue

Front 74

lymphaden/o

Back 74

lymph node or gland

Front 75

lymphangi/o

Back 75

lymphatic vessel

Front 76

neo-, ne/o

Back 76

new or strange

Front 77

-oma

Back 77

tumor or neoplasm

Front 78

onc/o

Back 78

tumor

Front 79

phag/o

Back 79

eat or swallow

Front 80

-plasm

Back 80

formative material of cells

Front 81

sarc/o

Back 81

flesh or connective tissue

Front 82

splen/o

Back 82

spleen

Front 83

-tic

Back 83

pertaining to

Front 84

tox/o

Back 84

poison, poisonous

Front 85

angi/o

Back 85

blood or lymph vessel

Front 86

aort/o

Back 86

aorta

Front 87

arteri/o

Back 87

artery

Front 88

ather/o

Back 88

plaque or fatty substance

Front 89

brady-

Back 89

slow

Front 90

cardi/o

Back 90

heart

Front 91

-crasia

Back 91

a mixture or blending

Front 92

-emia

Back 92

blood or blood condition

Front 93

erythr/o

Back 93

red

Front 94

hem/o, hemat/o

Back 94

blood, relating to the blood

Front 95

leuk/o

Back 95

white

Front 96

phleb/o

Back 96

vein

Front 97

tachy-

Back 97

fast, rapid

Front 98

thromb/o

Back 98

clot

Front 99

nas/o

Back 99

nose

Front 100

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

Back 100

oxygen

Front 101

pharyng/o

Back 101

throat, pharynx

Front 102

phone/o

Back 102

sound, voice

Front 103

pleur/o

Back 103

pleura, side if the body

Front 104

-pnea

Back 104

breathing

Front 105

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu-

Back 105

lung, air

Front 106

pulm/o, pulmon/o

Back 106

lungs

Front 107

sinus/o

Back 107

sinus

Front 108

somn/o

Back 108

sleep

Front 109

spir/o

Back 109

to breath

Front 110

thorac/o, -thorax

Back 110

chest, plural cavity

Front 111

trache/o, -trachea

Back 111

windpipe

Front 112

-emesis

Back 112

vomiting

Front 113

enter/o

Back 113

small intestine

Front 114

esophag/o

Back 114

esophagus

Front 115

gastr/o

Back 115

stomach, belly

Front 116

hepat/o

Back 116

liver

Front 117

-lithiasis

Back 117

presence of stones

Front 118

-pepsia

Back 118

digestion

Front 119

-phagia

Back 119

swallowing

Front 120

proct/o

Back 120

rectum and anus

Front 121

rect/o

Back 121

rectum

Front 122

sigmoid/o

Back 122

sigmoid colon

Front 123

an/o

Back 123

anus, ring

Front 124

chol/o

Back 124

bile or gall

Front 125

cholecyst/o

Back 125

gallbladder

Front 126

col/o, colon/o

Back 126

colon, large intestine

Front 127

acr/o

Back 127

extremities (hand and feet), top, extreme point

Front 128

adren/o

Back 128

adrenal gland

Front 129

crin/o

Back 129

secrete

Front 130

-dipsia

Back 130

thirst

Front 131

glyc/o

Back 131

glucose, sugar

Front 132

gonad/o

Back 132

gonad, sex glands

Front 133

-ism

Back 133

condition, state of

Front 134

pancreat/o

Back 134

pancreas

Front 135

parathyroid/o

Back 135

parathyroid glands

Front 136

pineal/o

Back 136

pineal gland

Front 137

pituitary/o

Back 137

pituitary gland

Front 138

poly-

Back 138

many

Front 139

somat/o

Back 139

body

Front 140

thym/o

Back 140

thymus gland

Front 141

thyr/o, thyroid/o

Back 141

thyroid gland

Front 142

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

Back 142

skin

Front 143

hidr/o

Back 143

sweat glands

Front 144

hirsut/o

Back 144

hairy, rough

Front 145

kerat/o

Back 145

horny or hard, cornea of the eye

Front 146

lip/o

Back 146

fat, lipid

Front 147

melan/o

Back 147

dark or black

Front 148

myc/o

Back 148

fungus

Front 149

onych/o

Back 149

fingernails or toenails

Front 150

pil/i, pil/o

Back 150

hair

Front 151

py/o

Back 151

pus