ech/o
sounding
-ectasia or ectasis
stretching; dilation
ecto-
situated on or outside
-ectomy
excision; removal
ectop/o
outside the usual place
-edema
swelling
electr/o
electric
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood
en-
inside
encephal/o
brain
endo-
inside
enter/o
intestine; small intestine
epi-
above; upon
-er
one who
erythr/o
red
esphag/o
esophagus
esthesi/o
feeling
eu-
good; normal
ex- or exo-
out; without; away from
extra-
outside
femor/o
femur
fibr/o
fiber; fibrous
fibrin/o
fibrin
fibul/o
fibula
jejun/o
jejenum
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o or -genesis
geginning; origin
ger/a or ger/o or geront/o
old; elderly
gigant/o
large
gingiv/o
gums
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
gon/o
genitals; reproduction
gonad/o
gonads (ovaries or testes)
-gram
a record
-graph
to record
-graphy
process of recording
gynec/o
female
heli/o
sun
hem/a or hem/o or hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
hepat/o
liver
hidr/o
sweat; perspiration
hist/o
tissue
home/o
constant; sameness
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
hydr/o
water
hyper-
excessive; above normal
hypo-
beneath; below normal
hyster/o
uterus
-ia or -iasis
condition
-iatric
medicine
-ic
pertaining to
idio-
individual
ile/o
ileum
ili/o
ilium
immun/o
immune
in-
not; inside
infer/o
inferior; situated below
infra-
below
inter-
between
intra-
within
is/o
equal
ishi/o
ischium
-ist
one who
itis
inflammation
kerat/o
horny; hard
kinesi/o
movement
lacrim/o
tear
lact/o
milk
lapar/o
abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
later/o
side
-lepsy
seizure
leuk/o
white
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat
lith/o or -lith
stone; calculus
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study or science of
lumb/o
lower back
lymph/o
lymph; lymphatics
lys/o
destruction; dissolving
-lysin
that which destroys
-lysis
process of destroying
-lytic
capable of destroying
