Word Parts

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Acu/o

Sudden, sharp

Adip/o

Fat

Angi/o

Vessel containing fluid

Auto/

Self

Axill/o

Armpit

Bi/

Two

Carcin/o

Cancer of gland tissueC

Cerebr/o

Brain

Chem/o

Chemical, drug

Cis/o

Cut

Con/

With

Contra/

Opposite, against

Cost/o

Rib

Electr/o

Electrical activity

Gynec/o

Female

Iatr/o

Treatment

Klept/o

Steal

Laryng/o

Voice box, larynx

Mandibul/o

Lower jaw

Maxill/o

Upper jaw

Meta/

Change, beyond

Nat/o

Birth, born

Nect/o

Bind

Ox/o

Oxygen

Poly/

Many

Sarc/o

Nongland tissue, flesh

Son/o

Sound, ultrasound

Sym/

Together with

Syn/

Together with

Trans/

Across

Ultra/

Beyond, higher than

Vit/o

Living, alive

/blast

Undifferentiated, original

/drome

Run

/fusion

Pour, bond

/genesis

Creating

/malacia

Softening

/mania, /manic

Excessive preoccupation or obsession

/oma

Tumor, mass

/partum

Labor, delivery

/penia

Lack of, decrease, poor

/plasty

Restore by surgery

/stoma

Body opening to the outside

/stomy

Surgically created body opening

/therapy

Treatment

/tome

Cutting instrument

/tomy

Cut into, slice

/trophic

Relating to growth, development

/trophy

Growth, development by size or nourishment