aveol/o
alveolus, air sac
arthr/o
joint
aur/o
ear
bi/o
life
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
caud/o
tail
cervic/o
neck, cervix
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o, gluc/o, glycos/o
sugar, glucose
hem/o
blood
hept/o
liver
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
nas/o, rhin/o
nose
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
or/o
mouth
oste/o
bone
pulmon/o
lung
path/o
disease
sarc/o
flesh
thorac/o
chest
uter/o
uterus
hist/o
tissue
cyan/o
blue
py/o
pus
trache/o
trachea
spir/o
breathing (root)
abdomin/o
abdomen
bucc/o
cheek
chol/e
bile, gall
esophag/o
esophagus
phag/o
eat, swallow
splen/o
spleen
crani/o
skull
encephal/o
brain
hydr/o
water
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
schiz/o
split
vertebr/o
vertebrae
-ectomy
surgical removal
-tomy
surgical incision
-emia
blood condition
-ia;ial
condition of
-oma
tumor
-pathy
disease
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ology
study of
-itis
inflammation
-logist ; ist
one who specializes in
-megaly
enlargement
-osis
abnormal condition
-plasty
surgical repair
-stomy
surgical opening
-gram
to record, images
-penia
deficiency
-sclerosis
hardening
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
-trophy
condition of growth
-rrhea
excessive flow, discharge
-graphhy
process of recording
-therapy
treatment
-lysis
destruction
-ase
enzyme
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-scope
instrument for viewing
-gen
substance that produces
-derma
skin
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-clysis
irrigation, washing
-emesis
vomiting
-pexy
surgical fixation
-rrhaphy
suture
-phasia
speech
-pnea
breathing
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhage
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-staisis
unchanging
-opsy
visual examination
-blast
immature cell
ante-
before
anti-
against
bi-
two
brady-
slow
endo-
within
epi-
on;over;upon
hyper-
excessive
hypo-
below
inter-
between
intra-
in, within, into
peri-
around
sub-
below, under
supra-
above
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
ultra-
beyond, excess