Med Term Tina

Latin: corpor/o

body; ex. bicorporate, extracoporeal 

Latin: part/o

part; ex. partial, particle 

Latin: cavit/o

cavity; ex. caviatation, cavitary

Latin: organ/o

organ; ex. organomeagaly, organopathy

Latin: encephal/o

brain; ex. encephalomeningitis, telecephalon

Latin: cord/o

heart; ex. cordate, intracordal 

Latin: pulm/o

lung; ex. pulmoaortic, pulmonologist 

Latin: hepat/o

liver; ex. hepatitis, herpain, hepatalgia 

Latin: gastr/o

stomach, belly; ex. gastrectasis

Latin: intestin/o

intestine; ex. gastroinestinal, inestiniform

Latin: vesic/o

bladder, sac, vesicle; ex. cervicovesical, vesicoclysis 

Latin: ren/o 

kidney; ex. renogastric, adrenal, suprarenal 

Latin: cut/o

skin; ex. cuticle, transcutaneous 

Latin: glandul/o

glandule, gland; ex/ glandulose, glandular 

Latin: arteri/o

artery; ex. ateriotomy, intrarterial 

Latin: ven/o

vein; ex. venectomy, intravenous 

Latin: vas/o

vessel; vasomotor, extravasate, vascular 

Latin: oss/o

bone; ex. ossific, osseous

Latin: muscul/o

muscle, mouse; ex. musculophrenic, intramuscular 

Latin: nerv/o

nerve; ex. nervous, nervimotor 

Latin: capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps

head; ex. capitate, bicipital, sinciput, biceps 

Latin: crani/o

cranium, skull; ex. craniocele, intracranial 

Latin: faci/o

face, surface; ex. facioplasty, facial 

Latin: ocul/o

eye; ex. binocular, intraocular 

Latin: aur/o

ear; ex. auriform, aural 

Latin: nas/o

nose; ex. nasion, nasal 

Latin: or/o

mouth; ex. aboard, oral

Latin: bucc/o

cheek; ex. buccinator, retrobuccal 

Latin: ment/o

chin; ex. submental, mentoplasty 

Latin: occipit/o

back of cranium, occiput; ex. suboccipital, occipitofacial 

Latin: sincipit/o

front of cranium, sinciput; ex. sincipital 

Latin: vertic/o

crown of the cranium; summit; ex. vertical, verticomental

Latin: front/o

forehead, front; ex. frontomalar, nasofrontal 

Latin: coll/o

neck; ex. collar, colliform 

Latin: cervic/o 

neck; ex. cervicitis, endocervix 

Latin: trunc/o 

trunk, cut off; ex. truncal, truncate 

Latin: thorac/o

thorax; ex. thoracocentesis; thoracic 

Latin: pector/o

chest; ex. expectorant, mediopectoral 

Latin: dors/o

back; ex. dorsad, dorsal 

Latin: abdomin/o

abdomen; ex. subabdominal, intraabdominal 

Latin: inguin/o

groin; ex. inhuinal, exinguinal 

Latin: pelv/o

pelvis; ex. intrapelvic, pelvirectal 

Latin: cingul/o

girdle, belt, sash; ex. cingulotomy, cingulate 

Latin: membr/o

limb; ex. loan word: membrum

Latin: axill/o

armpit, axilla; ex. subaxxilary, axillar 

Latin: brachi/o

upper arm, brachium, arm-like process; ex. brachioplasty, bachicephalic 

Latin: cubit/o

elbow; ex. subcubital, cubitocarpal

Latin: antebrachi/o

forearm; ex. antebrachial

Latin: man/o

hand; ex. bimanual, dextromanual 

Latin: carp/o

wrist; ex. carpoptosis, carpometacarpal 

Latin: metacarp/o

metacarpus; ex. metecarpectomy 

Latin: palm/o

palm of the hand; palmoplantar; palmar 

Latin: vol/o

palm of the hand; ex. volar

Latin: digit/o

finger, toe; ex. digitiform, digital 

Latin: pollic/o

ex. thumb; ex. pollicization, pollical 

Latin: nat/o

buttocks, nates; ex. natal

Latin: clun/o

buttocks, clunes; ex. cluneal 

Latin: cox/o

hip; ex. coxodynia coxofemoral 

Latin: femor/o

thigh, femur bone; ex. femorotibial, interfemoral 

Latin: gen/o 

knee; ex. genucubital, supergenual 

Latin: poplit/o

hollow of the knee, poples; ex. popliteus, popliteal 

Latin: crur/o

leg, leg-like part; ex. crural, inguinocrural

Latin: sur/o

calf; ex. sural

Latin: ped/o

foot; ex. pedicle, carpopedal 

Latin: tars/o

ankle, flat of the foot, edge of the eyelid; ex. tarsalgia, tarsomegaly 

Latin: calc/o

heel; ex. calcaneous 

Latin: metatars/o

metatarsus; metatarsalgia, metatarsal 

Latin: hallic/o

big toe; ex. hallical, hallucal

Latin: plant/o

sole (of foot), sprout of cutting, plant; ex. plantar, plantigrade 

Greek: somat/o; som/o; -some

body; ex. somatogenic, disomus, chromosome

Greek: mer/o; -mer; -mere

part, partial; ex. merotomy, isomer, sacromere 

Greek: coel/o; cel/o; celi/o; -coele; -cele

cavity, abdomen; ex. coelenterate, celoschisis, celiac, syringocoele, syringocele

Greek: cardi/o

heart; ex. cardiology, endocarditis 

Greek: pneum/o; pneumon/o

lung; ex. pneumocentesis; pneumonectasis 

Greek: enter/o

intestine (usually the small intestine); ex. gastroenteritis; myenteron, enterolith

Greek: nephr/o

kidney; ex. nephritis, pehroabdominal, nephroblastoma 

Greek: cyst/o

bladder, sac, cyst; ex. cystocele. cystocentesis, cystalgia 

Greek: aden/o

gland; ex. thyroadenitis, adenopathy, lymphadenitis 

Greek: derm/o; dermat/o; -derm

skin; ex. ectoderm, dermatocele

Greek: my/o; myos/o; mys/o

muscle, mouse; ex. myomere, endomysium 

Greek: oste/o

bone; ex. osteoclast, osteosis 

Greek: neur/o

nerve; ex. neuralgia, neural 

Greek: phleb/o

vein; ex. phlebotomy, phlebitis 

Greek: angi/o

vessel; ex. angioma, euangiotic 

Greek: cephal/o

head; ex. clinocephalgy, cephalad 

Greek: metop/o

forehead; ex. metopic, metopism 

Greek: prospo/o

face; ex. macroprosopia, prospoalgia 

Greek: rhin/o; -rhine

nose; ex. rhinorrhea, leptorhine 

Greek: ophthalm/o; -ophthalmus 

eye; ex. xerophthalmia, cryptophtalmus 

Greek: ot/o

ear; ex. anotia, otic 

Greek: stomat/o; stom/o

mouth, outlet, opening; ex. stomatocyte, macrostomia 

Greek: mel/o

cheek; meltits; meloncus

Greek: geni/o

chin; ex. genioplasty, microgenia 

Greek: trachel/o

neck, cervix; ex. trachelodynia, trachelitis 

Greek: mel/o*

limb; ex. amelus, macromelia

Greek: maschal/o

armpit; ex. tragomaschalia, maschaloncus 

Greek: olecran/o

elbow; ex. olecranoid, olecranarthritis 

Greek: ancon/o

elbow; ex. anconad, anconitis 

Greek: cheir/o; chir/o

hand; ex. acheiria. chiropractic

Greek: dactyl/o; -dactyl

finger or toe; ex. syndactylism; isodactylism