a-, an-

no; not; without

ab-

away from

abdomin/o

abdomen

-ac

pertaining to

acanth/o

spiny;thorny

acr/o

sharp, severe, sudden

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

amni/o

amnion

(sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

angi/o

vessel

axill/o

armpit

bio/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchial tubes

(two tubes,one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

carcin/o

cancer

cardio/o

heart

chem/o

drug, chemical

chondr/o 

cartilage

col/o

colon

(large intestine)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water, fluid

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, adominal wall

laryng/o

larynx

(voice box)

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

(clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces)

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

(context of usage indicates the meaning of intended)

death

(of cells or whole body)

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

neutr/o 

neutrophil

(a white blood cell)

nucle/o

nucleus

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum

phag/o

to eat,swallow

phleb/o

vein

plas/o

formation, development

pleur/o

pleura

(membrane surrounding lungs

and adjacent to chest wall)

pneumom/o

lungs

pulmon/o 

lungs

radi/o

x-rays

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

splen/o

spleen

stphyl/o

clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea

(windpipe)

ven/o

vein

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture

 to remove fluid

-coccus

(plural:-cocci)

berry-shaped

 bacterium

(plural:bacteria)

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision, removal, resection

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

condition of producing,

forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for

 recording

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction,

separation

-malacia

softening