algia

pain, suffering

dynia

pain

ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

gram

picture or record

hyper

excessive, increased

hypo

deficient, decreased

itis

inflammation

osis

abnormal condition, disease

ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

pre

before, in front of

plasty

surgical repair

rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

rrhaphy

surgical suturing

rrhea

flow or discharge

sclerosis

abnormal hardening

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, front

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o, -cyte

cell

end, endo

in, within, inside

exo

out of, outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

ologist

specialist

ology

the science or study of

path/o -pathy

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

plas/i, plas/o-plasia

development, growth, formation

poster/o

behind, toward the back

stasis-static

control, maintenance of a constant level

oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o

bones

myel/o

bone marrow

chondr/o

cartilage

arthr/o

joints

ligament/o

ligaments

synovi/o, synov/o

synovial membrane

burs/o

bursa

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

desis

to bind, tie together

kyph/o

bent, hump

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

lumb/o

lumbar, lower back

scoli/o

curved, bent

spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

muscul/o, my/o, myos/o

muscles

fasci/o

fascia

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendons

bi

twice, double, two

clon/o

violent action

dys

bad, difficult, or painful

fibr/o

fibrous tissue,fiber

ia

abnormal condition, disease

ic

pertaining to

kines/o, kinesi/o

movement

plegia

paralysis, stroke

rrhexis

rupture

tax/o

coordination, order

ton/o

tone, stretching, tension

tri

three

card/o, cardi/o

heart

angi/o, vas/o

blood vessels

arteri/o

arteries

capill/o

capillaries

phleb/o, ven/o

veins

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

brady

slow

end/o

within

peri

surrounding

phleb/o

vein

erythr/o

erythrocytes

leuk/o

leukocytes

thromb/o

platelets

chromat/o

color

coagul/o

clotting, coagulation

emia

blood, blood condition

erythr/o

red

fibrin/o

fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot

globin

protein

leuk/o

white

oid

resembling

penia

deficiency

poiesis

to make

stasis

maintenance of a constant level

lymph/o

lymph

lymphangi/o

lymphatic vessels and ducts

lymphaden/o

lymph nodes

tonsill/o

tonsils

adenoid/o

adenoids

splen/o

spleen

lymphocyt/o

lymphocytes

thym/o

thymus

nas/o

nose

sinus/o

sinuses

pharng/o

pharynx

larng/o

larynx

epiglott/o

epiglottis

trache/o

trachea

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchi

alveol/o

alveoli

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

lungs

or/o, stomat,o

mouth

odont/i

teeth

pharyng/o

pharynx

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

small intestine

col/o, colon/o

large intestine

an/o, proct/o, rect/o

rectum and anus

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

pancreat/o

pancreas

an/o

anus, ring

chol/e

bile, gall

emesis

vomiting

lithiasis

presence of stones

pepsia

digest, digestion

phagia

eating, swallowing

rect/o

rectum, straight

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchial tube, bronchus

nas/o

nose

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

oxygen

pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

phon/o

sound, voice

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

pnea

breathing

pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung, air

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

sleep

thorac/o-thorax

chest, pleural cavity

trahce/o

windpipe, trachea

anti

against

cocci

spherical bacteria

cyte

cell

edema

swelling

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

lytic

to destroy

macro

large

oma

tumor

tic

pertaining to

tox/o

poison, poisonous