word roots to memorize (copy)

aden/o

gland

cyt/o

cell

epitheli/o

epithelium

fibr/o

fiber

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

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

necr/o

death (cells, body)

eti/o

cause (of disease)

gno/o

knowledge

iatr/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 (NOTE: the combining form for cell is cyt/o; the suffix for cell is -cyte, ending with an e.)

-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

CA

carcinoma

METS

metastasis

XRT

radiation therapy

etiology

study of causes (of diseases)

Px

prognosis

RBC

red blood cell (erythrocyte)

WBC

white blood cell (leukocyte)

METS

metastases

Bx

biopsy

CBC with diff

complete blood count with differencial

C and S

culture and sensitivity

XRT

radiation therapy

Dx

diagnosis

anter/o

front

caud/o

tail (downward)

cephal/o

head (upward)

dist/o

away (from the point of attachment)

dors/o

back

infer/o

below

later/o

side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near (the point of attachment)

super/o

above

ventr/o

belly (front)

radi/o

x rays, ionizing radiation

son/o

sound

tom/o

to cut, section, or slice

bi-

two

uni-

one

-ad

toward

-al

pertaining to

-gram

the record, radiographic image

-graph

instrument used to record, the record

-graphy

process of recording, radiographic imaging

-ic

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-logist

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

-logy

study of

NM

nuclear medicine

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

CT

Computed Tomography