AH 2001 Chapter 1

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut, incision

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

bladder

cyt/o

cell

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot

ur/o

urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

producing

-globin

protein

-gram

to record

-ic, -ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition of

-pathy

disease

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

visual examination

-sis

state, condition

-tomy

to cut

-y

process, condition

a-, an-

without

aut-, auto-

self

dia-

complete, through

endo-

within

epi-

upon, above

ex-, exo-

outside of

hyper-

over, excessive

hypo-

under, below

in-

into

peri-

around

pro-

before

re-

backward, back

retro-

behind

sub-

under, below

trans-

across, through

adenitis

inflammation of a gland

adenoma

tumor of a gland

adenopathy

disease of a gland

anemia

a deficiency of red blood cells

arthralgia

joint pain

cephalic

pertaining to the head

cerebral

pertaining to the cerebrum

cytology

study of cells

electrocardiogram

record of the electrical activity of the heart

electrocephalogram

record of the electricity in the brain

encephalopathy

disease of the brain

enteritis

inflammation of the small intestine

epigastric

above the stomach

gastrectomy

excision of the stomach

hematology

study of blood

hypodermic

under the skin

iatrogenic

produced by a physician

leukocyte

white blood cell

nephrosis

abnormal condition of the kidney

neuraglia

nerve pain

osteitis

inflammation of the bone

pathogenic

causing disease