401 All Roots/Suffixes/Prefixes

-ic

pertaining to

-al

pertainng to

-able

ability

-ible

ability

-ous

possessing, having, full of

-oid

resembling

-plast/ic

abnromal growth

-dynic

pertaining to pain

gastr/o

stomach

duoden/o

Duodenum

therm/o

Temperature

cyt/o

Cell

dermat/o

Skin

micr/o

Small

hydr/o

Water

Acr/o

Extremities, Arms/Legs

laryng/o

Larynx

pharyng/o

Pharynx

hyster/o

Uterus

sapling/o

Fallopian tubes

oophor

Ovaries

megal/o

Enlarged

cardi/o, card/o

Heart

derm/a

skin

os

mouth, opening

tom/o

to cut

electr/o

electrical/related to elec. impulses

son/o

sound

ech/o

sound from reflected waves

radi/o

ray coming from a central point

radiation

related to an x-ray machine

path/o

disease

lymph/o

related to lymphatic system/structures

thromb/o

related to blood clotting (cells=thrombocytes/platelets)

blast/o

embryonic/immature cell

hist/o

tissues

man/

madness/excessive preocupation

Man/ia (n); Man/ic (adj)

onc/o

tumors - abnormal growths, cancer

morph/o

structure, form, shape

aden/o

related to a gland

lip/o

related to fat

ather/o

fatty, porridgelike

carcin/o

cancer of the ET

sarc/o

cancer of the CT

firbr/o

cancer of fibrous tissue

tumor/i

tumors

oste/o

bone

chondr/o

cartillage

leiomy/o

smooth muscle

neur/o

nerve

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

arteri/o

arteries

arthr/o

joint

muc/o

mucus/mucous (muc/osa)

ser/o

Membrane

caphal/o

Head

encephal/o

Brain (in the head)

malac/o

soft area

crani/o

crani/um, skull

cerebr/o

cerebr/um

spin/o

spine

mening/o

Meninges (3-layered membrane around brain/SC)

-y

Simply makes that word a Noun

-ism

Condition, state, theory

-tion

condition

-ia

condition

-ist

Specialist

-er

One who, one which

-ity

Quality

-logist

One who studies/specializes

-logy

The study of

-osis

disease, condition, status, process

*In relation to RBCs = inc in numbers

-tome

used for cutting

-graph

instrument used to make a recording

-graph-y

process of making a recording

-gram

the picture/image/recording itself

-meter

instrument used to measure/count something

-metry

process of measuring/counting something

ex-

From, out from

dis-

abnormal

post-

after

super-

above

hyper-

above, more than normal

hypo-

below, less than normal

meta-

beyond

A(n)-

lack of, not (before a vowel/consonant)

Cyan/o

blue

Leuk/o

white

Melan/o

black/darkly pigmented

Erythr/o

red

Chlor/o

green

Xanth/o

yellow

neo-

new (growth)

anti-

against

Tachy-

fast

Brady-

slow

-oma

Tumor

-algia

Pain

-dynia

Pain

-itis

Inflammation

-scope

Instrument for looking at something