Etymology for Anatomy and Physiology

2024-2025

a/an

without

ana

build up

ab

away from

ad

towards

aer

air

alb

white

-algia

pain

amphi

both

anthropo

human

anti

against

archae

ancient

arthr

joint

-ase

enzyme

auto

self

ben

good

bi

two

bio

life

burs

bag, purse

brady

slow

canis

dog

cardi

heart

carni

flesh

cata

down

cephalo

head

cerebro

brain

cen

hundred

chloros

green

chondro

cartilage

chromo

color

-cide

kill

-clast

to break

cogn

to know

coel

hollow, cavity

con, com

together

coron

crown

corpus

body

cuti

skin

cyt

cell

de

to remove

demo

people

dent, dont

teeth

derma

skin

di

two

dorm

sleep

dys

bad or difficult

e, ex, ec

out

eco

house

ecto

outside

-emia

blood

endo

inside, internal

epi

above

eu

true

erythro

red

gastro

stomach

ge, geo

earth

gen

to produce, to begin

glott

tongue

glyc

sweet

gno

to know

-gram

something written

grapho

write

gymno

naked, uncovered

gyn

women

hemi

half

hemo

blood

hepa

liver

herba

grass, green crops

hetero

different

hiat

opening

hist

web, tissue

homeo

equal

homo

human

hom

same

hydro

water

hyper

more than

hypo

under

ichthys

fish

in

not

im

not

inter

between

intra

within

iso

equal

-itis

inflamed, swollen

kines/kinesi

movement

lachry

tear, to cry

lact

milk

lat

side

leukos

white

lip-

fat

-logy

study of

luna

moon

lyso, lysis

dissolve

macro

large

mal

bad

man

hands

melano

black, dark-colored

mens

month/ to measure

meso

middle

meta

after, beyond, change

micro

very small