Unit 1 Medical Terminology: Word Parts

abdomin/o

abdomen

albin/o

white

anter/o

front

append/o

front

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

bacteri/o

bacteria

bi/o

life

bronch/o

bronchus

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o (Gr)

heart

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

cholecyst/o

gall bladder

chlor/o

green

chondr/o

cartilage

chrom/o

color

col/o

colon, large intestine

colon/o

colon, large intestine

crani/o

skull

crin/o

to secrete

cutane/o (L)

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o (Gr)

bladder, sac

cyt/o

cell

derm/o (Gr)

skin

dermat/o (Gr)

skin

dist/o

far, distant

dors/o

back (of the body)

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestine (typically small intestine)

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gen/o

to form, to produce, to create

gnos/o

knowledge, knowing

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

home/o

same, constant

iatr/o

physician, treatment

idi/o

own, person, distinct, of unknown cause

jaund/o

yellow

kinesi/o

motion, movement

later/o

side, to one side

leuk/o

white

medi/o

middle

melan/o

black

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o

death

nephr/o (Gr)

kidney

nerv/o

nerve

neur/o

nerve

nucle/o

nucleus

ops/o

eye, vision

oste/o

bone

pancreat/o

pancreas

path/o

disease

pelv/i

pelvis

phleb/o (Gr)

vein

physi/o

nature, function

plas/o

formation, growth

plasm/o

plasma, something formed

pneum/o

lung, air

poli/o

gray, gray matter

poster/o

back

proxim/o

near

pulmon/o

lung

ren/o (L)

kidney

respir/o

to breathe

scop/o

to view

skelet/o

skeleton

splen/o

spleen

super/o

above, excessive, over

symptomat/o

symptom

therm/o

heat

thorac/o

chest

tom/o

to cut

ur/o

urine

ureter/o

ureter

vascul/o

vessel (blood)

ven/i (L)

vein

ven/o (L)

vein

ventr/o

belly, belly side

vertebr/o

vertebrae

vesic/o (L)

bladder

viscer/o

internal organ

xanth/o

yellow