Chapter 2 Word Parts

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, front

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o, -cyte

cell

end-, endo-

in, within, inside

exo-

out of, outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

-ologist

specialist

-ology

the science or study of

path/o, -pathy

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

poster/o

behind, toward the back

-stasis, -static

control, maintenance of a constant level