Medical Terms.

abdomen

abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o

abnormal

para-

abnormal reduction

-penia

above

hyper-, super-, supra-

across

dia-, trans-

adrenal gland

adren/o

after

post-, meta-

against

anti-, contra-

air

aer/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

air sac

alveol/o

airway

bronch/o, bronci/o

all

pan-

alongside of

para-

alveolus

alveol/o

anus

an/o

aorta

aort/o

apart

dis-

appendix

appendic/o

arm

brachi/o

artery

arteri/o

attraction for

-phil, -philia

away

e-, ec-, ex-

back

re-

backward

retro-

bacteria

bacteri/o

basin

pyel/o

before

ante-, pre-, pro-

beginning

-arche

below

hypo-, infra-, sub-

between

inter-

beyond

meta-, ultra-

bile

bil/i, chol/e

bile duct

choledoch/o

binding

-desis

birth

nat/i

black

melan/o

bladder

cyst/o, vesic/o, vesicul/o

blood

hem/o, hemat/o

blood condition

-emia

bone marrow

myel/o

both

ambi-, bi-

brain

cerebr/o, encephal/o

breaking down

-lysis

breast

mamm/o, mast/o

breathing

-pnea, spir/o

bronchus

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bud

-blast, blast/o

burat forth

-rrhage, -rrhagia

calculus

lith/o

cancer

carcin/o, onc/o

carbon dioxide

capn/o, carb/o

cartilage

chondr/o

cavity (sinus)

atri/o, sin/o

cell

cyt/o

cerebellum

cerebell/o

cerebrum

cerebr/o

cervix

cervic/o

cheek

bucc/o

chest

pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o

circle

coron/o

clear fluid

lymph/o

clot

thromb/o

colon

col/o, colon/o

colon, sigmoid

sigmoid/o

color

chrom/o

colored circle

irid/o, ir/o

condition

-osis

condition of

-ia, -ism, -ium, -y

contraction, involuntary

-spasm

coordination

tax/o

cornea

corne/o, kerat/o

correct

ortho-

creation of an opening

-stomy

crooked

anlyl/o

crushing

-tripsy

to cut

tom/o

death

necr/o

deficient

hypo-, olig/o

diaphragm

phren/o

difficult

dys-

digit

dactl/o

dilation or expansion

-ectasis

discharge

-rrhea

dissolution

-lysis

division

schiz/o

down

de-

dry

xer/o

duodenum

duoden/o

ear

aur/i, ot/o

eardrum

myring/o, tympan/o

eat, swallow

phag/o

egg

ov/i, ov/o

epididymis

epididym/o

equal

iso-

esophagus

esophag/o

examination

-scopy

expansion or dilation

-ectasis

extremity

acr/o

eye

ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o

eyelid

blephar/o