-ator
[suffix] person who does, thing that does
-ious
[suffix] pertaining to
cheir-, chir-
[base] hand
man-
[base] frenzy, hand, thin, loose
palm-
[base] palm of the hand
carp-
[base] wrist
dactyl-
[base] finger, toe
digit-
[base] finger, toe, digit
phalang-
[base] phalanx, finger bone, toe bone
pollic-
[base] thumb, pollex
acr-
[base] highest point, extreme, extremity
pron-
[base] face downward, bending forward
supin-
[base] face upward, bending backward
thigm-
[base] to touch, touching
thix-
[base] touching
haph-
[base] touching
hapt-
[base] to touch, touching
tact-
[base] to touch, touching, order, arrangement
tag-, tang-
[base] to touch, touching
dolich-
[base] long
long-
[base] long
brachy-
[base] short
brev-
[base] short
eury-
[base] wide
platy-
[base] flat, broad
pachy-
[base] thick
pycn-, pykn-
[base] thick, dense
grav-
[base] heavy
gravid-
[base] pregnant, pregnancy
bar-
[base] weight, pressure
bary-
[base] heavy
lept-
[base] thin, slender
lei-
[base] smooth
moll-
[base] soft
dur-
[base] hard, dura mater
orth-
[base] straight, correct
ankyl-
[base] bent, stiff, fixed
kyph-
[base] bent, hump-backed
lord-
[base] bent backward
scoli-
[base] curved, bent
cyrt-, kyrt-
[base] curved, bent
camp, campt-
[base] to bend, bent
campyl-
[base] bent, curved
-dactylia, -dactyly
[compound suffix] condition of the fingers or toes
-syndactylia, -syndactyly
[compound suffix] condition of fused fingers or toes
-fication
[suffix] process of producing, process of becoming, process of making
-fy
[suffix] to produce, to become, to make
rachi-, rachid-, -rrhach-
[base] spine, backbone
vertebr-
[base] spine, vertebra
spondyl-
[base] segment of the spine, vertebra
myel-
[base] bone marrow, spinal cord
myelin-
[base] myelin, myelin sheath
thorac-
[base] chest, thorax
ax-
[base] axis, central line, axon
steth-
[base] chest
pector-
[base] chest
maz-
[base] breast
mamm-
[base] breast
mammill-
[base] nipple
cost-
[base] rib
stern-
[base] breast bone, sternum
xiph-
[base] sword, xiphoid process
xiphoid-
[base] xiphoid process
lumb-
[base] loin
sacr-
[base] sacred, holy, sacrum
coccy-
[base] cuckoo, coccyx, tail bone
coccyg-
[base] coccyx, tail bone
for-
[base] to bore, to pierce
foramin-
[base] foramen, opening
arc-
[base] arch, bow
emin-
[base] standing out, projecting
promin-
[base] standing out, prominent
apic-
[base] tip, summit, apex
por-
[base] passage, cavity, pore
neur-
[base] nerve, nervous system, tendon
nerv-
[base] nerve
sens-, sent-
[base] to feel, to perceive, sense
mot-
[base] to move, movement
rhiz-, -rrhiz-
[base] root
radic-
[base] root
radicul-
[base] spinal nerve root, radicle
aut-
[base] self
nom-
[base] law, custom
gli-
[base] glue, glia, neuroglia
lemm-
[base] cover, sheath
gangli-
[base] swelling, knot, ganglion
ganglion-
[base] ganglion
thec-
[base] cover, sheath
fibr-
[base] fiber, filament
fibrin-
[base] fibrin
in-
[base] fiber
burs-
[base] sac, pouch, bursa
pont-
[base] bridge, pons
kine-
[base] to move, movement
kines-, kinet-
[base] movement
tact-
[base] to touch, touching, order, arrangement
tax-, taxi-
[base] order, arrangement
clon-
[base] violent motion, spasm
troph-
[base] nourishment, nutrition
-atrophia, -atrophy
[compound suffix] wasting
-dystrophia, -dystrophy
[compound suffix] weakness
-ase
[suffix] enzyme (chemistry)
-ol
[suffix] alcohol (chemistry)
-one
[suffix] ketone (chemistry)
-ose
[suffix] sugar (chemistry)
-ulent
[suffix] full of (chemistry)
hal-
[base] to breathe, breath, salt
halit-
[base] breath
ventil-
[base] to fan, to set air in motion
pne-
[base] to breathe, breath
trach-
[base] rough
trache-
[base] windpipe, trachea
bronch-
[base] bronchus, airway
bronchiol-
[base] bronchiole
alveol-
[base] hollow, cavity, socket, alveolus
aer-
[base] air, gas
pneum-
[base] air, gas, lung
pneumat-
[base] air gas
pneumon-
[base] lung
pulm-, pulmon-
[base] lung
pleur-
[base] rib, side, pleura
tel-, tele-
[base] completion, end
bol-
[base] to throw, to put
ox-, oxy-
[base] acute, sharp, pointed, acid-tasting, oxygen
capn-
[base] smoke, carbon dioxide
coni-
[base] dust
silic-
[base] quartz, silica
calc-
[base] limestone, calcium, pebble
anthrac-
[base] coal, charcoal, carbuncle
carb-
[base] coal, carbon
tuss-
[base] cough
py-
[base] pus
pur-
[base] pus
-pnea
[compound suffix] breathing, respiration
acet-
[base] sour, vinegar, acetic acid
acid-
[base] sour, acid
hydr-
[base] water, watery fluid
kal-
[base] potassium
natr-
[base] sodium
gluc-, glyc-
[base] sweet, sugar
sacchar-
[base] sweet, sugar
amyl-
[base] starch
sider-
[base] iron
ferr-
[base] iron
thi-
[base] sulfur
argyr-
[base] silver
argent-
[base] silver
chrys-
[base] gold
aur-
[base] gold
galact-
[base] milk
lact-
[base] milk
-ative
[suffix] pertaining to, tending to
card-, cardi-
[base] heart, cardia (upper portion of the stomach)
cord-
[base] heart, cord
atri-
[base] chamber, entrance hall, atrium (chamber of the heart)
valv-, valvul-
[base] valve
cusp-
[base] point, tip, cusp
aort-
[base] artery, aorta
vas-
[base] vessel, vas
vascul-
[base] vessel
angi-
[base] vessel
arter-, arteri-
[base] artery
aneurysm-
[base] dilation, dilation of an artery, aneurysm
ven-
[base] vein
phleb-
[base] vein
capill-
[base] hair, hair-like structure
capillar-
[base] capillary
fenestr-
[base] window, opening, fenestra
lax-
[base] slack, loose
tract-
[base] to pull, to draw together
stol-, stal-
[base] to send, to compress
rhythm-, -rrhythm-
[base] recurring motion, rhythm
poie-
[base] to make, to form
hem-, haem-, hemat-, haemat-
[base] blood
agog-
[base] bringing forth, stimulating
sangul-, sanguin-
[base] blood
plasm-, plasmat-
[base] formed substance, plasma
ser-
[base] watery substance, serum
drepan-
[base] sickle
thromb-
[base] clot
kary-
[base] nucleus
blast-
[base] immature cell
embol-
[base] insertion, stopper, plug, embolus
phag-
[base] to eat, to ingest
sphygm-, sphyx-
[base] pulse
lymph-
[base] spring water, watery substance, lymph
splen-
[base] spleen
lien-
[base] spleen
-aemia, -emia
[compound suffix] condition of the blood
-agogue
[compound suffix] stimulating, promoting flow of
-blast
[compound suffix] immature cell
-haemia, -hemia
[compound suffix] condition of the blood
-phagia, -phagy
[compound suffix] condition of eating
-phage
[compound suffix] thing that devours
-poiesis
[compound suffix] making formation
nasc-, nat-
[base] being born, birth
bi-
[base] two, twice, double, life, living
paed-
[base] child
ped-
[base] child, foot
puber-, pubert-
[base] coming to maturity
ger-, geront-
[base] old age
sen-
[base] old age
presby-
[base] old age
thanat-
[base] death
mort-
[base] death, dead
hepat-
[base] liver
ger-, gest-
[base] to carry, to produce
digest-
[base] to break apart, to dissolve
bil-
[base] bile
icter-
[base] jaundice, icterus
chol-
[base] bile, gall
cholangi-
[base] bile duct
cholecyst-
[base] gallbladder
lith-
[base] stone, calculus
doch-
[base] receptacle, duct
choledoch-
[base] bile duct
pancre-, pancreat-
[base] pancreas
crin-
[base] to secrete
zym-
[base] fermentation
enzym-
[base] enzyme
tox-, toxic-
[base] poison
venen-
[base] poison
vir-, virul-
[base] poison
botul-
[base] sausage, sausage poisoning, botulism
allant-
[base] sausage, sausage poisoning
verm-
[base] worm
helminth-
[base] worm
acar-
[base] mite, tick
myi-
[base] fly
bacteri-
[base] staff, cane, rod, bacterium
bacill-
[base] rod, stick, rod-shaped bacterium, bacillus
rhabd-
[base] rod, stick
cocc-
[base] seed, berry, berry shaped, coccus (a berry-shaped bacterium, plural cocci)
strep-, strept-
[base] curved, twisted, linked, streptococcus
phyt-
[base] plant
fung-
[base] mushroom, fungus
myc-, mycet-
[base] fungus
spor-
[base] seed, spore
sep-
[base] to rot, to putrefy
cid-, cis-
[base] to cut, to kill
fug-
[base] to flee from, to put to flight
-cide
[compound suffix] killing, substance that kills
-crine
[compound suffix] thing that secretes
-fuge
[compound suffix] substance that expels, substance that drives away
-phyte
[compound suffix] plant, growth
-stat
[compound suffix] agent that inhibits, agent that retards