CPCT Prefix, Suffix, Root, Word Study List

angi

blood vessel

cardi

heart

vas

vessel

ven

vein

abdomin

abdomen

colo

colon, large intestine

dent

teeth

enter

intestine

gastr

stomach

gingiv

gum

gloss

tongue

hepat

liver

lingua

tongue

naso

nose

proct

rectum

pneum

lung

pulm

lung

stomat

mouth

hem

blood

phleb

vein

throm

blood clot

derma

skin

trich

hair

vesic

blister

arthr

joint

brach

arm

cervic

neck

cost

rib

crani

skull

lamin

vertebrae (backbones)

my

muscle

oste

bone

pod

foot

rhin

nose

cephal

head

cerebr

cerebrum, brain

encephal

brain

mening

meninges (brain covering)

myel

spinal cord

myring

eardrum

neur

nerve

ocul

eye

opthalm

eye

ot

ear

adip

fat

anter-

in front of

aut-

self

bio

life

carcin

cancer

cry

cold

dextr-

to the right

dors

back

erythr-

red

gluc-, glyc-

sugar

herni

rupture

hist

tissue

hydr

water

lact

milk

later

side

leuk-

white

lev-

to the left

lip

fat

lith

stone

macr-

large

med

middle

melan-

black

micr-

small

narc

sleep

necr

dead

onc

tumor

path

disease

ped

child

pseud-

false, fake

psych

mind

py

pus

pyr

fever, heat

seps, sept, septic

infection

sten-

narrow; constricted

therm

heat

tom-

section

A-, an-

without

Ab-

away from

Ad-

toward

Amb-

Walk

Ambi-

both

Ante-

before

Anti-

against

Bi-

two, twice, double

Brady-

slow

Circum-

around

Contra-

against

De-

down

Dis-

away from

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

Endo-

within, inner

Epi-

above, upon, on

Eu-

good, normal

Ex,extra

out, outside

Fore-

in front of

hemi-

half