Medical Word Elements Appendix C Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
a-
without, not
2
Q
-a
A
noun ending
3
Q
ab-
A
ab-
away from, from
4
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomin/o
abdomen
5
Q
abort/o
A
abort/o
to miscarry
6
Q
-ac
A
-ac
pertaining to
7
Q
acid/o
A
acid/o
acid
8
Q
acous/o
A
acous/o
hearing
9
Q
acr/o
A
acr/o
extremity
10
Q
acromi/o
A
acromi/o
acromion (projection of scapula)
11
Q
-acusia
A
-acusia
hearing
12
Q
-acusis
A
-acusis
hearing
13
Q
-ad
A
-ad
toward
14
Q
ad-
A
ad-
toward
15
Q
aden/o
A
aden/o
gland
16
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoid/o
adenoids
17
Q
adip/o
A
adip/o
fat
18
Q
adren/o
A
adren/o
adrenal glands
19
Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
20
Q
aer/o
A
aer/o
air
21
Q
af-
A
af-
toward
22
Q
agglutin/o
A
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
23
Q
agora-
A
agora-
marketplace
24
Q
-al
A
-al
pertaining to
25
**albin/o**
albino
white
26
**albumin/o**
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
27
**-algesia**
-algesia
pain
28
**-algia**
-algia
pain
29
**allo-**
allo-
other, differing from normal
30
**alveol/o**
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
31
ambly/o
ambly/o
dull, dim
32
**amni/o**
amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
33
**an-**
an-
without, not
34
**an/o**
an/o
anus
35
**ana-**
ana-
against; up; back
36
**andr/o**
andr/o
male
37
**aneurysm/o**
aneurysm/o
widened blood vessel
38
**angi/o**
angi/o
vessel
usually lymph or blood
39
**angin/o**
angin/o
choking pain
40
**aniso-**
aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
41
**ankyl/o**
ankyl/o
stiffness; bent; crooked
42
**ante-**
ante-
before, in front of
43
**anter/o**
anter/o
anterior, front
44
**anthrac/o**
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
45
**anti-**
anti-
against
46
**aort/o**
aort/o
aorta
47
**append/o**
append/o
appendix
48
**appendic/o**
appendic/o
appendix
49
**aque/o**
aque/o
water
50
**-ar**
-ar
pertaining to
51
**-arche**
-arche
beginning
52
**arteri/o**
arteri/o
artery
53
**arteriol/o**
arteriol/o
arteriole
54
**arthr/o**
arthr/o
joint
55
**-ary**
-ary
pertaining to
56
**asbest/o**
asbest/o
asbestos
57
**-asthenia**
-asthenia
weakness, debility
58
**astr/o**
astr/o
star
59
**-ate**
-ate
having the form of, possessing
60
**atel/o**
atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
antelope (incomplete antelope cant elope)
61
**ather/o**
ather/o
fatty plaque
62
**-ation**
-ation
process of
63
**atri/o**
atri/o
atrium
64
**audi/o**
audi/o
hearing
65
**audit/o**
audit/o
hearing
66
**aur-**
aur-
ear
67
**auricul/o**
auricul/o
ear
68
**auto-**
auto-
self, own
69
**ax/o**
ax/o
axis, axon
70
**azot/o**
azot/o
nitrogenous compound
71
**bacteri/o**
bacteri/o
bacteria
single - bacterium
72
**balan/o**
balan/o
glans penis
73
**bas/o**
bas/o
base
alkaline, opposite of acid
74
**bi-**
bi-
two
75
**bil/i**
bil/i
bile, gall
76
**bi/o**
bi/o
life
77
**-blast**
-blast
embryonic cell
78
**blast/o**
blast/o
embyronic cell
79
**blephar/o**
blephar/o
eyelid
80
**brachi/o**
brachi/o
arm
81
**brachy-**
brachy-
short
82
**brady-**
brady-
slow
83
**bronch/o**
bronch/o
bronchus
(plural, bronchi)
84
**bronchiol/o**
bronchiol/o
bronchus
(plural bronchi)
85
**bucc/o**
bucc/o
cheek
86
**calc/o**
calc/o
calcium
87
**calcane/o**
calcane/o
calcaneum
(heel bone)
88
**-capnia**
-capnea
carbon dioxide (CO2)
89
**carcin/o**
carcin/o
cancer
90
**cardi/o**
cardi/o
heart
91
**-cardia**
-cardia
heart condition
92
**carp/o**
carp/o
carpus
wrist bones
93
**cata-**
cata-
down
94
**caud/o**
caud/o
tail
95
**cauter/o**
cauter/o
heat, burn
96
**cec/o**
cec/o
cecum
97
**-cele**
-cele
hernia
98
**-centesis**
-centesis
surgical puncture
99
**cephal/o**
cephal/o
head
100
**-ceps**
-ceps
head
101
**-ception**
-ception
conceiving
102
**cerebell/o**
cerebell/o
cerebellum
103
**cerebr/o**
cerebr/o
cerebrum
104
**cervic/o**
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of cervix)
105
**chalic/o**
chalic/o
limestone
106
**cheil/o**
cheil/o
lip
107
**chem/o**
chem/o
chemical, drug
108
**chlor/o**
chlor/o
green
109
**chol/e**
chol/e
bile, gall
110
**chondr/o**
chondr/o
cartilage
111
**cholangi/o**
cholangi/o
bile vessel
112
**choledoch/o**
choledoch/o
bile duct
113
**chori/o**
chori/o
chorion
membrane surrounding an embryo
114
**choroid/o**
choroid/o
choroid
115
**chrom/o**
chrom/o
colour
116
**chromat/o**
chromat/o
color
117
**-cide**
-cide
killing
118
**circum-**
circum-
around
119
**cirrh/o**
cirrh/o
yellow
120
**-cision**
-cision
a cutting
121
**-clasia**
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
122
**-clasis**
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
123
**-clast**
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
124
**clavicul/o**
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
125
**-clysis**
-clysis
irrigation, washing
126
**coccyg/o**
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
127
**cochle/o**
cochle/o
cochlea
128
**col/o**
col/o
colon
129
**colon/o**
colon/o
colon
130
**colp/o**
colp/o
vagina
131
**condyl/o**
condyl/o
condyle
round bump of bone
132
**coni/o**
coni/o
dust
133
**conjunctiv/o**
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
134
**-continence**
-continence
to hold back
135
**contra-**
contra-
against, opposite
136
**cor/o**
cor/o
pupil
137
**core/o**
core/o
pupil
138
**corne/o**
corne/o
cornea
139
**coron/o**
coron/o
heart
140
**corp/o**
corp/o
body
141
**corpor/o**
corpor/o
body
142
**cortic/o**
cortic/o
cortex
143
**cost/o**
cost/o
ribs
144
**crani/o**
crani/o
cranium (skull)
145
**crin/o**
crin/o
secrete
146
**-crine**
-crine
secrete
147
**cruci/o**
cruci/o
cross
148
**cry/o**
cry/o
cold
149
**crypt/o**
crypt/o
hidden
150
**culd/o**
culd/o
cul-de-sac
151
**-cusia**
-cusia
hearing
152
**-cusia**
-cusia
hearing
153
**cutane/o**
cutane/o
skin
154
**cyan/o**
cyan/o
blue
155
**cycl/o**
cycl/o
ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle
156
**-cyesis**
-cyesis
pregnancy
157
**cyst/o**
cyst/o
bladder
158
**cyt/o**
cyt/o
cell
159
**-cyte**
-cyte
cell
160
**dacry/o**
dacry/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus
(duct, sac, gland)
161
**dacryocyst/o**
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
162
**dactyl/o**
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
163
**de-**
de-
cessation
164
**dendr/o**
dendr/o
tree
165
**dent/o**
dent/o
teeth
166
**derm/o**
## Footnote
dermato
-derma
derm/o
skin
167
**-desis**
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
168
**di-**
di-
double
169
**dia-**
dia-
through, across
170
**dipl/o**
dipl/o
double
171
**dips/o**
dips/o
thirst
172
**-dipsia**
-dipsia
thirst
173
**dist/o**
dist/o
far, farthest
174
**dors/o**
dors/o
back (of the body)
175
**duct/o**
duct/o
to lead; carry
176
**-duction**
-duction
act of leading, bringing, conducting
177
**duoden/o**
duoden/o
duodenum
(first part of small intestine)
178
**dur/o**
dur/o
dura mater; hard
179
**-dynia**
-dynia
pain
180
**dys-**
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
181
**-eal**
-eal
pertaining to
182
**ec-**
ec-
out, out from
183
**echo-**
echo-
repeated sound
184
**-ectasis**
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
185
**ecto-**
ecto-
outside, outward
186
187
**-ectomy**
-ectomy
excision, removal
188
**-edema**
-edema
swelling
189
**ef-**
ef-
away from
190
**electr/o**
electr/o
electricity
191
**-ema**
-ema
state of; condition
192
**embol/o**
embol/o
embolus (plug)
193
**-emesis**
-emesis
vomiting
194
**-emia**
-emia
blood condition
195
**emphys/o**
emphys/o
to inflate
196
**en-**
en-
in, within
197
**encephal/o**
encephal/o
brain
198
**end-**
end-
in, within
199
**endo-**
endo-
in, within
200
**enter/o**
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
201
**eosin/o**
eosin/o
rose coloured
202
**epi-**
epi
above, upon
203
**epididym/o**
epididym/o
epididymis
(duct behind testes carrying sperm)
204
**epiglott/o**
epiglott/o
epiglottis
205
**episi/o**
episi/o
vulva
206
**erythem/o**
## Footnote
erythemat/o
erythr/o
erythem/o
red
207
**eschar/o**
eschar/o
scab
208
**-esis**
-esis
condition
209
**eso-**
eso-
inward
210
**esophag/o**
esophag/o
esophagus
211
**esthes/o**
esthes/o
feeling
212
**-esthesia**
-esthesia
feeling
213
**eti/o**
eti/o
cause
214
**eu-**
eu-
good; normal
215
**ex-**
ex-
out, out from
216
**exo-**
exo-
outside, outward
217
**extra-**
extra-
outside
218
**faci/o**
fasci/o
face
219
**fasci/o**
fasci/o
band, fascia
220
**femor/o**
femor/o
femur
221
**-ferent**
-ferent
to carry
222
**fibr/o**
fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
223
**fibul/o**
fibul/o
fibula
224
**fluor/o**
fluor/o
luminous, fluorescence
225
**galact/o**
galact/o
milk
226
**gangli/o**
gangli/o
ganglion (knot or knot like mass)
227
**gastr/o**
gastr/o
stomach
228
**-gen**
**gen/o**
**-genesis**
-gen, gen/o, -genesis
forming, producing, origin
229
**genit/o**
genit/o
genitalia
230
**gest/o**
gest/o
pregnancy
231
**gingiv/o**
gingiv/o
gums
232
**glauc/o**
glauc/o
gray
233
**gli/o**
**-glia**
gli/o, -glia
glue; neuroglial tissue
234
**-globin**
-globin
protein
235
**glomerul/o**
glomerul/o
glomerulus
236
**gloss/o**
gloss/o
tongue
237
**glott/o**
glott/o
glottis
238
**gluc/o**
**glucos/o**
**glyc/o**
**glycos/o**
gluc, glyc
sugar, sweetness
239
**gnos/o**
**-gnosis**
gnos/o, -gnosis
knowing
240
**gonad/o**
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
241
**goni/o**
goni/o
angle
242
**gon/o**
gon/o
seed
(ovum, spermatozoon)
243
**-grade**
-grade
to go
244
**-graft**
-graft
transplantation
245
**-gram**
-gram
record, writing
246
**granul/o**
granul/o
granule
247
**-graph**
-graph
instrument for recording
248
**-graphy**
-graphy
process of recording
249
**-gravida**
-gravida
pregnant woman
250
**gyn/o**
gyn/o
woman, female
251
**gynec/o**
gynec/o
woman, female
252
**hallucin/o**
hallucin/o
hallucination
253
**hedon/o**
hedon/o
pleasure
254
**hem/o**
hem/o
blood
255
**hemangi/o**
hemangi/o
blood vessel
256
**hemat/o**
hemat/o
blood
257
**hepat/o**
hepat/o
liver
258
**heter/o**
heter/o
different
259
**hemi-**
hemi-
half
260
**hidr/o**
hidr/o
sweat
261
**hist/o**
**histi/o**
hist/o
tissue
262
**home/o**
**homeo**
**homo**
home/o
same, alike
263
**humer/o**
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
264
**hydr/o**
hydr/o
water
265
**hyp-**
**hypo-**
hyp-, hypo
uner, below, deficient
266
**hyper-**
hyper-
excessive, above normal
267
**hypn/o**
hypn/o
sleep
268
**hyster/o**
hyster/o
uterus
269
**-ia**
-ia
condition
270
**-iac**
-iac
pertaining to
271
**-iasis**
-iasis
abnormal condition
272
**iatr/o**
iatr/o
physician; treatment
273
**-iatry**
-iatry
physician; treatment
274
**-ic**
**-ical**
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
275
**-ice**
-ice
noun ending
276
**ichthy/o**
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
277
**-ician**
-ician
specialist
278
**-icle**
-icle
small, minute
279
**-icterus**
-icterus
jaundice
280
**idi/o**
idi/o
unknown, peculiar
281
**-ile**
-ile
pertaining to
282
**ile/o**
ile/o
ileum (third part of small intestine)
283
**ili/o**
ili/o
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)
284
**im-**
im-
not
285
**immun/o**
immun/o
immune, immunity, safe
286
**in-**
in-
in, not
287
**-ine**
-ine
pertaining to
288
**infer/o**
infer/o
lower, below
289
**infra-**
infra-
below, under
290
**inguin/o**
inguin/o
groin
291
**insulin/o**
insulin/o
insulin
292
**inter-**
inter-
between
293
**intra-**
intra-
in, within
294
**-ion**
-ion
the act of
295
**-ior**
-ior
pertaining to
296
**irid/o**
irid/o
iris
297
**-is**
-is
noun ending
298
**isch/o**
isch/o
to hold back; block
299
**ischi/o**
ischi/o
ischium
(lower portion of the hip bone)
300
**-ism**
-ism
condition
301
**iso-**
iso-
same, equal
302
**-ist**
-ist
specialist
303
**-isy**
-isy
state of; condition
304
**-itic**
-itic
pertaining to
305
**-itis**
-itis
inflammation
306
**-ive**
-ive
pertaining to
307
**-ization**
-ization
process of
308
**jaund/o**
jaund/o
yellow
309
**jejun/o**
jejun/o
jejunum (second part of the small intestine)
310
**kal/i**
kal/i
potassium
311
**kary/o**
kary/o
nucleus
312
kerat/o
kerat/o
horny tissue; hard; cornea
313
**kern/o**
kern/o
kernel (nucleus)
314
**ket/o**
**keton/o**
ket/o
ketone bodies
315
**kinesi/o**
**-kinesia**
**-kinet/o**
kinesi/o
movement
316
**klept/o**
klept/o
to steal
317
**kyph/o**
kyph/o
humpback
318
**labi/o**
labi/o
lip
319
**labyrinth/o**
labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
320
**lacrim/o**
lacrim/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus
321
**lact/o**
lact/o
milk
322
**-lalia**
-lalia
speech, babble
323
**lamin/o**
lamin/o
lamina
(part of the vertebral arch)
324
**lapar/o**
lapar/o
abdomen
325
**laryng/o**
laryng/o
larynx
326
later/o
later/o
side, to one side
327
**lei/o**
lei/o
smooth
328
**leiomy/o**
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
329
**-lepsy**
-lepsy
seizure
330
**lept/o**
lept/o
thin, slender
331
**leuk/o**
leuk/o
white
332
**lex/o**
lex/o
word, phase
333
**lingu/o**
ling/o
tongue
334
**lip/o**
lip/o
fat
335
**lipid/o**
lipid/o
fat
336
**-listhesis**
-listhesis
slipping
337
**-lith**
**litho**
-lith
stone, calculus
338
**lob/o**
lob/o
lobe
339
**log/o**
log/o
study of
340
**-logist**
-logist
specialist in the study of
341
**-logy**
-logy
study of
342
**lord/o**
lord/o
curve, swayback
343
**-lucent**
-lucent
to shine; clear
344
**lumb/o**
lumb/o
loins, lower back
345
**lymph/o**
lymph/o
lymph
346
**lymphaden/o**
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
347
**lymphangi/o**
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
348
**-lysis**
-lysis
separation; destruction; loosening
349
**macro-**
macro-
large
350
**mal-**
mal-
bad
351
**-malacia**
-malacia
softening
352
**mamm/o**
mamm/o
breast
353
**-mania**
-mania
state of mental disorder, frenzy
354
**mast/o**
mast/o
breast
355
**mastoid/o**
mastoid/o
mastoid process
356
**maxill/o**
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
357
**meat/o**
meat/o
opening, meatus
358
**medi-**
**medio-**
medi-
middle
359
**mediastin/o**
mediastin/o
mediastinum
360
**medull/o**
medull/o
medulla
361
**mega-**
**megal/o**
**-megaly**
mega
enlargement
362
**melan/o**
melan/o
black
363
**men/o**
men/o
menses, menstruation
364
**mening/o**
**meningi/o**
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
(membranes covering he brain and spinal cord)
365
**menstr/o**
menstr/o
monthy discharge of blood
366
**ment/o**
ment/o
mind
367
**meso-**
meso-
middle
368
**meta-**
meta-
change, beyond
369
**metacarp/o**
metacarp/o
metacarpus (hand bones)
370
**metatars/o**
metatars/o
metatarsus
foot bones
371
**-meter**
-meter
instrument for measuring
372
**metr/o**
**metri/o**
metr/o
uterus
373
**-metry**
-metry
act of measuring
374
**micr/o**
**micro**
micro
small
375
**mono-**
mono-
one
376
**morph/o**
morph/o
form, shape, structure
377
**muc/o**
muc/o
mucus
378
**multi-**
multi
many, much
379
**muscul/o**
muscul/o
muscle
380
**mut/a**
mut/a
genetic change
381
**my/o**
my/o
muscle
382
**myc/o**
myc/o
fungus
383
**mydr/o**
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
384
**myel/o**
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
385
**myos/o**
myos/o
muscle
386
**myring/o**
myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
387
**myx/o**
myx/o
mucus
388
**narc/o**
narc/o
stupor; numbness; sleep
389
**nas/o**
nas/o
nose
390
**nat/o**
nat/o
birth
391
**natr/o**
natr/o
sodium
392
**necr/o**
necr/o
death, necrosis
393
**neo-**
neo-
new
394
**nephr/o**
nephr/o
kidney
395
**neur/o**
neur/o
nerve
396
**neutr/o**
neutr/o
neutral; neither
397
**nid/o**
nid/o
nest
398
**noct/o**
noct/o
night
399
**nucle/o**
nucle/o
nucleus
400
**nulli-**
nulli-
none
401
**nyctal/o**
nyctal/o
night
402
**obstetr/o**
obstetr/o
pregnacy; childbirth
403
**ocul/o**
ocul/o
eye
404
**odont/o**
odont/o
teeth
405
**-oid**
-oid
resembling
406
**-ole**
-ole
minute, small
407
**olig/o**
olig/o
scanty
408
**-oma**
-oma
tumor
409
**omphal/o**
omphal/o
navel (umbilicus)
410
**onc/o**
onc/o
tumor
411
**onych/o**
onych/o
nail
412
**oophor/o**
oophor/o
ovary
413
**-opaque**
-opaque
obscure
414
**ophthalm/o**
ophthalm/o
eye
415
**-opia**
**-opsia**
-opia, -opsia
vision
416
**or/o**
or/o
mouth
417
**orch/o**
**orchi/o**
**orchid/o**
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
testis (testes pl)
418
**-orexia**
-orexia
appetite
419
**orth/o**
orth/o
straight
420
**-ory**
-ory
pertaining to
421
**-ose**
-ose
pertaining to sugar
422
**-osis**
-osis
abnormal condition;
increase (when used with blood cells)
423
**-osmia**
-osmia
smell
424
**oste/o**
oste/o
bone
425
**ot/o**
ot/o
ear
426
**-ous**
-ous
pertaining to
427
**ovari/o**
ovari/o
ovary
428
**ox/i**
**ox/o**
**-oxia**
ox/o/i/ia
oxygen
429
**pachy-**
pachy-
thick
430
**palat/o**
palat/o
palate
431
**pan-**
pan-
all
432
**pancreat/o**
pancreat/o
pancreas
433
**-para**
-para
to bear (offspring)
434
**para-**
para-
near; beside; beyond
435
**parathyroid/o**
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
436
**-paresis**
-parathesis
partial paralysis
437
**patell/o**
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
438
**path/o**
**-pathy**
path/o, -pathy
disease
439
**pector/o**
pector/o
chest
440
**ped/i**
**ped/o**
ped/i, ped/o
foot; child
441
**pedicul/o**
pedicul/o
lice
442
**pelvi/i**
**pelv/o**
pelv/i
pelv/o
pelvis
443
**pen/o**
pen/o
penis
444
**-penia**
-penia
decrease, deficiency
445
**-pepsia**
-pepsia
digestion
446
**per-**
per-
through
447
**peri-**
peri-
around
448
**perine/o**
perine/o
perineum
(area between the scrotum (or vulva) and anus)
449
**peritone/o**
peritone/o
peritoneum
450
**-pexy**
-pexy
fixation of an organ
451
**phac/o**
phac/o
lens
452
**phag/o**
**-phage**
**-phagia**
phag/o, -phage, -phagia
swallowing, eating
453
**phalang/o**
phalang/o
phalanges
(bones of the fingers and toes)
454
**pharmaceutic/o**
pharmaceutic/o
drug, medicine
455
**pharyng/o**
pharyng/o
pharynx
456
**-phasia**
-phasia
speech
457
**phe/o**
phe/o
dusky, dark
458
**-phil**
**phil/o**
**-philia**
-phil, phil/o, -philia
attraction for
459
**phim/o**
phim/o
muzzle
460
**phleb/o**
phleb/o
vein
461
**-phobia**
-phobia
fear
462
**-phonia**
-phonia
voice
463
**-phoresis**
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
464
**-phora**
-phora
feeling, mental state
465
**phot/o**
phot/o
light
466
**phren/o**
phren/o
diaphragm; mind
467
**-phylaxis**
-phylaxis
protection
468
**-physis**
-physis
growth
469
**pil/o**
pil/o
hair
470
**pituitar/o**
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
471
**-plakia**
-plakia
plaque
472
**plas/o**
**-plasia**
**-plasm**
plas/o, -plasia, -plasm
formation, growth
473
**-plegia**
-plegia
paralysis
474
**pleur/o**
pleur/o
pleura
475
**-plexy**
-plexy
stroke
476
**-pnea**
-pnea
breathing
477
**pneum/o**
**pneumon/o**
pneum/o
pneumon/o
air; lung
478
**pod/o**
pod/o
foot
479
**-poiesis**
-poises
formation, production
480
**poikil/o**
poikil/o
varied, irregular
481
**poli/o**
poli/o
gray, gray matter
482
**poly-**
poly-
many
483
**polyp/o**
polyp/o
small growth
484
**-porosis**
-porosis
porous
485
**post-**
post-
after, behind
486
**poster/o**
poster/o
back (of the body), behnind, posterior
487
**-potence**
-potence
power
488
**-prandial**
-prandial
meal
489
**pre-**
pre-
before, in front of
490
**presby/o**
presby/o
old age
491
**primi-**
primi-
first
492
**pro-**
pro-
before, in front of
493
**proct/o**
proct/o
anus, rectum
494
**prostat/o**
prostat/o
prostate gland
495
**proxim/o**
proxim/o
near, nearest
496
**pseudo-**
pseudo-
false
497
**psych/o**
psych/o
mind
498
**-ptosis**
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
499
**ptyal/o**
ptyal/o
saliva
500
**-ptysis**
-ptysis
spitting
501
**pub/o**
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
502
**pulmon/o**
pulmon/o
lung
503
**pupill/o**
pupill/o
pupil
504
**py/o**
py/o
pus
505
**pyel/o**
pyel/o
renal pelvis
506
**pylor/o**
pylor/o
pylorus
507
**pyr/o**
pyr/o
fire
508
**quadri-**
quadri-
four
509
**rachi/o**
rachi/o
spine
510
**radi/o**
radi/o
radiation; radius (lower part of arm)
511
**radicul/o**
radicul/o
nerve root
512
**rect/o**
rect/o
rectum
513
**ren/o**
ren/o
kidney
514
**reticul/o**
reticul/o
net, mesh
515
**retin/o**
retin/o
retina
516
**rhabd/o**
rhabd/o
rod shaped (striated)
517
**rhabdomy/o**
rhabdomy/o
rod-shaped muscle (striated)
518
**rhin/o**
rhin/o
nose
519
**rhytid/o**
rhytid/o
wrinkle
520
**roentgen/o**
roentgen/o
x-rays
521
**-rrhage**
**-rrhagia**
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
522
**-rrhaphy**
-rrhaphy
suture
523
**-rrhea**
-rrhea
discharge, flow
524
**-rrhexis**
-rrhexis
rupture
525
**-rrhthym/o**
-rrthym/o
rhythm
526
**rube/o**
rube/o
red
527
**sacr/o**
sacr/o
sacrum
528
**salping/o**
**salpinx**
salping/o
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian tube
529
**sarc/o**
sarc/o
flesh
530
**-sarcoma**
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
531
**scapul/o**
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
532
**-schisis**
-schisis
a splitting
533
**schiz/o**
schiz/o
split
534
**scler/o**
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
535
**scoli/o**
scoli/o
crooked, bent
536
**-scope**
-scope
instrument for examining
537
**scop/o**
scop/o
view
538
**-scopy**
-scopy
visual examination
539
**scot/o**
scot/o
darkness
540
**seb/o**
seb/o
sebum, sebaceous
541
**semi-**
semi-
one-half
542
**semin/o**
**semin/i**
semin/o
semen; seed
543
**sept/o**
sept/o
septum
544
**sequestr/o**
sequestr/o
separation
545
**ser/o**
ser/o
serum
546
**sial/o**
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
547
**sider/o**
sider/o
iron
548
**sigmoid/o**
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
549
**silic/o**
silic/o
flint
550
**sin/o**
**sinus/o**
sin/o, sinus/o
sinus, cavity
551
**-sis**
-sis
state of; condition
552
**-social**
-social
society
553
**somat/o**
somat/o
body
554
**somn/o**
somn/o
sleep
555
**son/o**
son/o
sound
556
**-spadias**
-spadias
slit, fissure
557
**-spasm**
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
558
**sperm/i/o/ato**
sperm/i/o/ato
spermatozoa, sperm cells
559
**sphygm/o**
sphygm/o
pulse
560
**-sphyxia**
-sphyxia
pulse
561
**spin/o**
spin/o
spine
562
**spir/o**
spir/o
breathe
563
**splen/o**
splen/o
spleen
564
**spondyl/o**
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
565
**squam/o**
squam/o
scale
566
**staped/o**
staped/o
stapes
567
**-stasis**
-stasis
standing still
568
**steat/o**
steat/o
fat
569
**sten/o**
**-stenosis**
sten/o, stenosis
norrowing, stricture
570
**stern/o**
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
571
**steth/o**
steth/o
chest
572
**sthen/o**
sthen/o
strength
573
**stigmat/o**
stigmat/o
point, mark
574
**stomat/o**
stomat/o
mouth
575
**-stomy**
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
576
**sub-**
sub-
under, below
577
**sudor/o**
sudor/o
sweat
578
**super-**
**super/o**
super-, super/o
above, upper
579
**supra-**
supra-
above, excessive, superior
580
**sym-, syn-**
sym-, syn-
union, together, joined
581
**synapt/o**
synapt/o
synapsis, point of contact
582
**synov/o**
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
583
**tachy-**
tachy-
rapid
584
**tax/o**
## Footnote
**-taxia**
tax/o
order, coordination
585
**tele/o**
tele/o
distant
586
**ten/o**
ten/o
tendon
587
**tend/o**
tend/o
tendon
588
**tendin/o**
tendin/o
tendon
589
**-tension**
-tension
to stretch
590
**test/o**
test/o
testis (plural testes)
591
**thalam/o**
thalam/o
thalamus
592
**thalass/o**
thalass/o
sea
593
**thec/o**
thec/o
sheath (usually meninges)
594
**thel/o**
thel/o
nipple
595
**therapeut/o**
therapeut/o
treatment
596
**-therapy**
-therapy
treatment
597
**therm/o**
therm/o
heat
598
**thorac/o**
thorac/o
chest
599
**-thorax**
-thorax
chest
600
**thromb/o**
thromb/o
blood clot
601
**thym/o**
thym/o
thymus gland
602
**-thymia**
-thymia
mind; emotion
603
**thyr/o**
thyr/o
thyroid gland
604
**thyroid/o**
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
605
**tibi/o**
tibi/o
tibia
606
**-tic**
-tic
pertaining to
607
**-tocia**
-tocia
childbirth, labor
608
**tom/o**
tom/o
to cut
609
**-tome**
-tome
instrument to cut
610
**-tomy**
-tomy
incision
611
**ton/o**
ton/o
tension
612
**tonsill/o**
tonsill/o
tonsils
613
**tox/o**
tox/o
poison
614
**-toxic**
-toxic
pertaining to poison
615
**toxic/o**
toxic/o
poison
616
**trabecul/o**
trabecul/o
trabecula (supporting bundles of fibres)
617
**trache/o**
trache/o
trachea
618
**trans-**
trans-
across, through
619
**tri-**
tri-
three
620
**trich/o**
trich/o
hair
621
**trigon/o**
trigon/o
trigone
(triangular region at the base of the bladder)
622
**-tripsy**
-tripsy
crushing
623
**-trophy**
-trophy
development, nourishment
624
**-tropia**
-tropia
turning
625
**-tropin**
-tropin
stimulate
626
**tubercul/o**
tubercul/o
a little swelling
627
**tympan/o**
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
628
**-ule**
**-ula**
-ule, -ula
small, minute
629
**uln/o**
uln/o
ulna
630
**ultra-**
ultra-
excess, beyond
631
**-um**
-um
structure, thing
632
**umbilic/o**
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
633
**ungu/o**
ungu/o
nail
634
**uni-**
uni-
one
635
**ur/o**
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
636
**-us**
-us
condition, structure
637
**uter/o**
uter/o
uterus (womb)
638
**uvul/o**
uvul/o
uvula
639
**-verse**
-verse
turn
640
**vagin/o**
vagin/o
vagina
641
**valv/o**
valv/o
valve
642
**valvul/o**
valvul/o
valve
643
**varic/o**
varic/o
dilated vein
644
**vas/o**
vas/o
vessel; vas deferens; duct
645
**vascul/o**
vascul/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
646
**ven/o**
ven/o
vein
647
**ventr/o**
ventr/o
ventral; belly side
648
**ventricul/o**
ventricul/o
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
649
**-version**
-version
turning
650
**vertebr/o**
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
651
**vesic/o**
vesic/o
bladder
652
**vesicul/o**
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
653
**vest/o**
vest/o
clothes
654
**viscer/o**
viscer/o
internal organs
655
**vitr/o**
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
656
**vitre/o**
vitre/o
glassy
657
**vol/o**
vol/o
volume
658
**voyeur/o**
voyeur/o
to see
659
vulv/o
vulv/o
vulva
660
**xanth/o**
xanth/o
yellow
661
**xen/o**
xen/o
foreign, strange
662
**xiph/o**
xiph/o
sword
663
**-y**
-y
condition; process
