abdomin/o 

abdomen

acr/o

extremities

aden/o

gland

adenoid/o

adenoids

adip/o

fat

aer/o

air

alb/o

white

albumin/o

albumin

amni/o

amnion

amyl/o

starch

angi/o

vessel

ankyl/o

crooked or fused

anter/o

anterior or before

aort/o

aorta

append(ic)/o

appendix

anteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

atel/o

imperfect

ather/o

yellow, fatty plaque

aur/i

ear

bil/i

bile

blast/o

embryonic form

blephar/o

eyelid

brachi/o

arm

brachy

short

bronchi/o or bronch/o

windpipe

bucc/o

cheek

burs/o

bursa

calc/i

calcium

calcane/o

heel

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

carpus or wrist

caud/o

tail

cec/o

cecum

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

brain

cervic/o

neck

chlor/o

green

chol/e

bile

ch

cholesyst/o

gall bladder

chondr/o

cartilage

chori/o

fetal covering

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

col/o

colon

colp/o

hollow vagina

cost/o

rib

crani/o

cranium, skull

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hide, conceal

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

cyst, bladder

cyt/o (-cyte)

cell

dactyl/o

finger, toe

dent/i, dent/o

teeth

derm/a, dermat/o

skin

dextr/o

right

dips/o 

thirst

disc/o

disc, disk

dist/o

far from, distant from origin

dors/o

directed toward, on the back

duoden/o

duodenum

ech/o

sound

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestine

erythr/o

red

esophag/o

esophagus

esthesi/o

feeling

femor/o

femur

fet/o

fetus

fibr/o

fiber

fibul/o

fibula

front/o

forehead, front

galact/o

milk

gastr/o

stomach

genit/o

genitals

ger/o

old

glomerul/o

glomerulus

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar, sweet

gnath/o

jaw

granul/o

grain/particle

gynec/o

female

hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hom/o

common, same

humer/o

humerus

hydr/o

water

hyster/o

uterus/womb

ile/o

ileum (small intestine)

ili/o

ilium (hip bone)

immun/o

immune

infer/o

lowermost, below

intestin/o

intestine

irid/o

colored circle, iris

ischi/o

ischium

jejun/o

jejunum

labi/o

lip

lacrim/o

tear, crying

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

flank, abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

later/o

side

leuc/o, leuk/o

white

lingu/o

tongue

lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone

lob/o

lobe

lumb/o

lower back

lymph/o

lymph, lymphatics

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

medi/o

middle

melan/o

black

men/o

month

mening/o

membrane

metr/i

uterine tissue

mon/o

one, only

muc/o

mucus

muscul/o, my/o

muscle

my/o, muscul/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

marrow/spinal cord

narc/o

sleep/numbness

nas/o

nose

ne/o

new

necr/o

dead, corpse

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerves

odont/o

teeth

odyn/o

pain, distress

onc/o

bulk/tumor

oophor/o

ovary

opthalm/o

eye

or/o

mouth

orchi/o

testicle

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

pancreat/o

pancreas

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

path/o

disease

pelv/i 

pelvis

periton/o

peritoneum

pharmac/o

drugs, medicine

pharyng/o

pharynx

phleb/o

vein

phon/o

sound, voice

phot/o

light

phen/o

mind, diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

poster/o

posterior, toward back

pneum/o

air, breathing, lung

proct/o

rectum, anus

prostat/o

prostate

proxim/o

nearest point of origin

pseud/o

false

psych/o

mind

pub/o

pubis

pulm/o, pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

pyel/o

trough, renal pelvis

radi/o

radius, radiant energy

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidneys

rhin/o

nose

sacr/o

sacrum

salping/o

tube

scrot/o

scrotum

semin/o

semen

ser/o

serum

somat/o

body

son/o

sound

spermat/o

seed

sphen/o

wedge, sphenoid

splen/o

spleen

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum

tars/o

tarsal (ankle bone)

tempor/o

temple

ten/o

tendon, tight band

therm/o

heat

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot, thrombus

tibi/o

tibia

tonsill/o

tonsil

tox/o

poison

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

uln/o

ulna

ur/o

urine

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

uter/o

uterus

vag/o

vagus nerve

vas/o

vessel, ductus deferens

ven/o

vein

ventr/o

ventral, belly side

vertebr/o

vertebra

vulv/o

vulva

xanth/o

yellow

a- /an-

no, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante- / pre- / pro-

before

anti- / contra-

against

bi- / di-

two

brady

slow

de-

down from, removing

dia-

through, between, across

dys-

difficult, abnormal

hyper-

excessive, greater than normal

hypo- / sub-

beneath, below normal, under

in-

not

infra-

beneath

inter-

between

intra-

within, inside of

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meso-

middle, moderate

micro-

small

multi- / poly-

many, excessive

mono- / uni-

one

nulli-

none

para-

near, beside, resembling, abnormal

per-

through, by, completely

peri-

around, near

post-

after, behind

primi-

first

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, backwards

super-

more than normal, excessive

supra-

above, over

syn-, sym-

together, union

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

uni-

one

-able/-ible

capable of

-ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ive/-tic

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

procedure to aspirate fluid

-ectasia/-ectasis

dilation

-ectomy

excision or removal

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-ia/-iasis

condition

-ism

condition

-ist

one who

-itis

inflammation

-lytic

pertaining to destruction

-kinesia/-kinesis

movement, motion

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis

loosening, freeing, breaking apart, destroying

-malacia

softening

-mania

preoccupation

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-opia

vision

-ose

sugar

-osis

condition

-ous

pertaining to, characterized by

-pathy

disease or abnormality

-penia

deficiency

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phagia/-phagic/-phagy

eating, swallong

-phasia

speech

-phobia

abnormal fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhage/-rrhagia

excessive flow or discharge

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

-hardening

-scopy

examination with an instrument

-spasm

twitching

-stasis

stopping

-stomy

forming of an opening

-tome

an instrument for cutting

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-trophic/-trophy

nutrition