poly

many

-phobia

abnormal fear

pro

before

viscer/o

internal organs

steat/o

fat

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

phleb/o

vein

scoli/o

crooked, curved

supra

above

para

beside

-plasm

growth, formation, substance

tachy

fast

-rrhexis

rupture

path/o

disease

phot/o

light

xanth/o

yellow

-path/o

disease

-partum

childbirth, labor

-plasia

condition of formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

super/o

above

-scopy

visual examination

-phagia

eating, swallowing

proxim/o

near

xer/o

dry

-plasty

surgical repair

pseud/o

false

-paresis

slight paralysis

-pepsia

digestion

-tomy

cut into, incision

-uria

urine

-stasis

control, stop

somat/o

body

-rrhea

flow, discharge

pachy/o

thick

sub

under, below

post

after

poster/o

back, behind

peri

surrounding

-plegia

paralysis

-physis

growth

therm/o

heat

uni

one

-sclerosis

hardening

pan

all, total

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

-stenosis

constriction, narrowing

trans

through, across, beyond

-penia

abnormal reduction in numbers

-rrhagia

rapid flow of blood