body structure, combining forms

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)

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

ncer/o

Death (cells, body)

eti/o

Cause (of disease)

gno/o

Knowledge

itar/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

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, -ic, -ous

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

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor, swelling

-opsy

View of, viewing

-osis

Abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

-pathy

Disease

-plasia

Condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm

Growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma

Malignant tumor

-sis

State of

-stasis

Control, stop, standing