A&P Latin

a-, an-, non-

without, not

ab-, ef-

away

ad-, af-

toward

adi-, lip(o)-

fat

-alg(ia)

pain

ana-

up

ang(i, io,)-, vas-

vessel

ante-, pre-, pro-

before

anti-, contra-

against, resisting

aqua(e)-, hydr-

water

arthr(o)-, artic-

joint

-ase

enzyme

audi-

hear

aut(o)-

self

bi-, di-, diplo-, duo-

two

brachy-, brev(i)-

short

brady-

slow

bronch(i, o)-

airway

carcin-

cancer

card(i, o, ia)-

heart

cat(a, o)-

down

cent(i)-, hect-

100, 1/100th

-centesis

puncture to aspirate fluid

cephal-, -ceps

head

chol-

bile, gallbladder

chondr-

cartilage

-cide

kill

circ(um)-, peri-

around

-clast

break, destroy

co-, con-, sym-, syn, sys-

with, together

coel-, sinu-

cavity, space

corp-, soma-

body

cost-

ribs

crani-

skull

-crine

release, secrete

-cut(an, i), derm-

skin

cyan-

blue

-cyt(o)

cell

dactyl-, digit

finger, toe

dec(k)a-, deci

10, 1/10

dent-, dont

tooth

dia-, per-, trans

through, across, seperate

dys-, mal-

bad, painful, difficult

-ectomy, -otomy, -tom, -sect

cut, cut out

ectop-

displaced

edem-

swelling

emesis

vomitting

-emia

blood condition

en(d, o)-, intra-

inside, within

epl-

atop, upon, over

equi-, home(o)-, iso-

same, equal, balanced

erythr-

red

-esthe

sensation

ex(o)-, ecto-, extra-

outside

fasci-

bundle

foram-

opening

gastr-

stomach

-gen(esis), poie-, blast

create, form

gero(nt)

aging, old

glom-

ball

gloss/tt(o)-, lingu

tongue

gluc-, gly-, -ose

sugar, sweet

-gram

something written

-graph

writing apparatus

-graphy

using of writing apparatus

gyn-

women

hema(o)-, hemato-

blood

hemi-, semi-

half

hepa(t)-

liver

hex-

six

hist-

tissue

hyper-

over, excessive

hypo-, infra-, sub

less, below

hyster(o)-, metr-

uterus

-iasis, -osis

condition of

-itis

inflammation of

inter-

between

kilo-, milli-

1000, 1/1000th

kin-

to move, divide

lact-

milk

lapar-

abdomen

luec(k)o-

white

lig(a)-

bind, to tie

-logy, -ist

study, the study of

lys(o)-, lyze-, lysis-

break apart, dissolve

macr-, mega-, magn-

large

-malacia

softening

mamm-, mass-, pect-

breast

-mania

obsession, compulsion

med-, mes(o)-, meta

middle, between