Word Parts

Chapters 1-8

Arthr

joint

Hepat

liver

Ven

vein

Oste

bone

Cutane

skin

Intra-

within

Sub-

under

Hyper-

excess

Hypo-

deficiency

-itis

inflammation

-ic

pertiaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-megaly

enlargement

aden/o

gland, glandular tissue

cyt/o

cell(s)

epitheli/o

epithelium, epithelial tissue

fibr/o

fiber(s), fibrous tissue

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue(s)

kary/o

nucleus

lip/o

fat, fat tissue

my/o

muscle(s), muscle tissue

neur/o

nerve(s), nerve tissue

organ/o

organ

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

system/o

system

viscer/o

internal organs

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

cancer/o

cancer

carcin/o

cancer

crypt/o

hidden

necr/o

death (cells,body)

eti/o

cause (of disease)

gno/o

knowledge

iatr/o

physician, medicine (also means treatment)

lei/o

smooth

onc/o

tumor, mass

path/o

disease

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

somat/o

body

vir/o

virus

chlor/o

green

chrom/o

color

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

dia-

through, complete

dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, incomplete, deficient, under

meta-

after, beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pro-

before

-al

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance or agent that produces or causes

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-logist

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

-logy

study of

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-path

disease

-plasia

condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-sis

state of

-stasis

control, stop, standing

anter/o

front

caud/o

tail (downward)

cephal/o

head (upward)

dist/o

away (from body parts)

dors/o

back

infer/o

below

later/o

side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near (point of body)

super/o

above

ventr/o

belly (front)

radi/o

x-rays, ionizing radiation

son/o

sound

tom/o

to cut, section, or slice

bi-

two

uni-

one

-gram

the record, radiographic image

-graph

instrument used to record, the record

-graphy

process of recording, radiographic imaging

-ior

pertaining to

-ad

toward

epi -

above