Latin & Greek Roots for Anatomy and Physiology

-alg

Pain

-ase

Enzyme

-cide

Kill

-crine

Secrete, Release

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy, -tom, -sect

Cut, Cut out

-emia

Blood condition

-gen, poie-, blast

Create, Form

-gram

Something written

-graph

Writing apparatus

-iasis, -osis

Condition of

-itis

Inflammation of

-logy, -ist, -ician

Study of, Specialist

-metric, -meter

Measurement, Length

-oid

Resembling, Shape of

-ostomy

Make an opening

-plasia

Growth, Formation

-rrhea

Flow, Discharge

-scopy

To view, See

-tension

Pressure

-tonic

Strength

a-, an, non

Without, Not

ab-, ef-

Away

ad-, af-

Toward

adi-, lip(o)-

Fat

ana-

Up

ang(i)-

Vessel

ante-, pre-, pro-

Before

anti-, contra-

Against, Resisting

arthr(o), artic-

Joint

audi-

Hear

aut(o)-

Self

bi-, di-, diplo-

Two

bronch-

Airway

card-

Heart

cat-

Down

cephal-, -ceps

Head

circ-, peri-

Around

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

Together, With

coel-, sinu-

Cavity, Space

corp-, soma-

Body

cut, derm

Skin

dactyl, digit

Finger or Toe

dent, dont

Tooth/Teeth

dia-, per-, trans-

Through, Separate, Across

dys-, mal-

Bad, Painful, Difficult

edem-

Swelling

en, endo-, intra-

Inside, Within

epi-

Upon, Over, Above

equi-, homo-, iso-

Same, Equal, Balanced

ex-, ecto-

Outside

gastr-

Stomach

gluc-, gly, -ose

Sugar

gyn

Woman

hem-

Blood

hemi-, semi-

Half

hyper-

Over, Excessive

hypo-, infra-, infer-,sub-

Under, Below, Less

inter-

Between

lig-

Connect, Bind

lys, lyze

Break apart, Dissolve

macr-, mega, magn-

Large

mamm-, mass-, pect-

Breast, Chest

med-, meso-, meta-

Middle

micro-, -ole, -ule

Small

mono-, uni-

One

morph, -plasty

Shape

multi-, poly-

Many

myo-

Muscle

neo-

New

nephr-, ren

Kidney

o(o), ovi

Egg

ocu, ophth, opt, orbit

Eye

ost-

Bone

ot

Ear

palp, tact

Touch, Feel

para

Beside

path

Disease

ped, pod

Foot, Feet

pharm

Drug

phleb

Vein

phobia, phobe

Fear

photo, lumen

Light

pnea, spir

Breathing

pneum, pulmon

Lungs, Air

post

After

prim

First

proct

Rectum, Anus

pseudo

False

psych, phren, -noia

Mind

quad, tetra

Four

re-, retro

Back, Again, Past

schlero

Hard (ening)

strat

Layer

super, supra

Above, Over

tachy

Fast

therm

Heat

thromb

Clot

tri-, tert-

Three, Third

zyg

Union