Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure

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

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman; female

hemat/o

blood

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment; physician

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; feelings

ped/o

child; foot

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot; clotting

ur/o

urinary tract; urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision; removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

pertaining to; producing; produced by; produced in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study

-oma

tumor; mass; swelling

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

state of; condition

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-y

process; condition

a-

no; not; without

an-

no; not; without

aut-

self; own

auto-

self; own

dia-

complete; through

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-

out; outside of; outward

exo-

out; outside of; outward

hyper-

excessive; above; more than normal

hypo-

deficient; below; under; less than normal

in-

into; in

peri-

surrounding; around

pro-

before; forward

re-

back; backward; again

retro-

behind

sub-

below; under

trans-

across; through