[M2]Word Parts and Word Building Rules

[M2] cardi/o

heart

[M2] neur/o

nerve

[M2] nephr/o

kidney

[M2] gastr/o

stomach

[M2] enter/o

intestines

[M2] hepat/o

liver

[M2] oste/o

bone

[M2] cyt/o

cell

[M2] encephal/o

brain

[M2] phleb/o

vein

[M2] angi/o

vessel

[M2] rhin/o

nose

[M2] ot/o

ear

[M2] ophthalm/o

eye

[M2] lapar/o

abdominal wall

[M2] mast/o

breast

[M2] my/o

muscle

[M2] pneum/o

lung

[M2] prostat/o

prostate gland

[M2] ureter/o

ureter

[M2] vas/o

vessel

[M2] a-, an-

without; lack of

[M2] dys-

bad; painful; difficult

[M2] endo-

within

[M2] epi-

upon; above

[M2] hyper-

excessive; above normal

[M2] hypo-

below normal; deficient

[M2] poly-

many; excessive

[M2] post-

after

[M2] pre-

before

[M2] -algia

pain

[M2] -cele

hernia; swelling

[M2] -ectomy

surgical removal

[M2] -emia

blood condition

[M2] -gen

producing; beginning

[M2] -gram

record; picture

[M2] -graphy

process of recording

[M2] -iasis

abnormal condition

[M2] -itis

inflammation

[M2] -logy

study of

[M2] -malacia

softening

[M2] -megaly

enlargement

[M2] -oma

tumor

[M2] -opathy

disease

[M2] -penia

deficiency

[M2] -phagia

eating; swallowing

[M2] -phasia

speech

[M2] -plegia

paralysis

[M2] -ptosis

prolapse; drooping

[M2] -rrhage

excessive bleeding

[M2] -rrhea

discharge; flow

[M2] -rrhexis

rupture

[M2] -sclerosis

hardening

[M2] -scopy

examination; viewing

[M2] -stasis

stopping; controlling

[M2] -therapy

treatment

[M2] -tomy

incision; cutting into

[M2] -tripsy

surgical crushing

[M2] cardiology

study of the heart

[M2] nephritis

inflammation of the kidney

[M2] neuralgia

nerve pain

[M2] otitis

inflammation of the ear

[M2] rhinitis

inflammation of the nose

[M2] osteoporosis

abnormal bone thinning

[M2] enteritis

inflammation of the intestine

[M2] gastropathy

stomach disease

[M2] hematoma

blood collection under the skin

[M2] hypertension

high blood pressure

[M2] hypodermic

beneath the skin

[M2] metastasis

spread of disease

[M2] extrauterine

outside the uterus

[M2] epidural

upon the dura mater

[M2] dialysis

separation through a membrane

[M2] dysfunction

abnormal function

[M2] arthroscopy

visual examination of a joint

[M2] appendectomy

removal of the appendix

[M2] thoracentesis

surgical puncture of the chest