Anatomy Word Parts

a-, an, non

Without, Not

ab-, ef-

Away

ad-, af-

Toward

adi-, lip(o)-

Fat

-alg

Pain

ana-

Up

ang(i)-

Vessel

ante-, pre-, pro-

Before

anti-, contra-

Against, Resisting

aqua(e)-, hydr

Water

arth(o), artic-

Joint

-ase

Enzyme

audi-

Hear

aut(o)-

Self

bi-, di-, diplo-

Two

brachy-, brev(i)-

Short

brady-

Slow

bronch-

Airway

card-

Heart

cat-

Down

cent-

100, 100th

-centesis

Puncture

cephal-, -ceps

Head

chol-, cystic

Gallbladder

chondr-

Cartilage

-cide

Kill

circ-, peri-

Around

-clast

Break, Destroy

co-, con-, sym-, syn-, sys-

Together, With

coel-, sinu-

Cavity, Space

corp-, soma-

Body

-crine

Secrete, Release

cut, derm

Skin

cyan-

Blue

-cyte

Cell

dactyl, digit

Finger or Toe

dec(k)

10, 1/10th

dent, dont

Tooth/Teeth

dia-, per-, trans-

Through, Separate, Across

dys-, mal-

Bad, Painful, Difficult

-ectomy, -tom, -sect

Cut, Cut out

ectop-

Displaced

edem-

Swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

en, endo-, intra-

Inside, Within

epi-

Upon, Over, Above

equi-, homo-, iso-

Same, Equal, Balanced

erythr-

Red

-esthe

Sensation

ex-, ecto-

Outside

fasci-

Bundle

foram-

Opening

gastr-

Stomach

-gen, poie-, blast

Create, Form

ger (o, i)-

Aging, Old

glom-

Ball

gloss/tt, lingu

Tongue

gluc- gly, -ose

Sugar

gyn

Woman

-gram

Something written

-graph

Writing apparatus

-graphy

Use of writing apparatus

hem-

Blood

hemi-, semi-

Half

hepat-

Liver

hex-

Six

hist-

Tissue

hyper-

Over, Excessive

hypo-, infra-, infer-, sub-

Under, Below, Less

hyster-, metr-

Uterus

-iasis, osis-

Condition of

-itis

Inflammation of

inter-

Between

kilo-, milli-

1000, 1000th

kin-

To move, Divide

lact-

Milk

lapar-

Abdomen

leuk(c)-

White

lig-

Connect, Bind

-logy, -ist, -ician

Study of, Specialist

lys, lyze

Break apart, Dissolve

macr-, mega, magn-

Large

mamm-, mass-, pect-

Breast, Chest

-mania

Obsession, Compulsion

med-, meso-, meta-

Middle

-megaly

Enlargement

melano-

Black

mens-

Month

-metric, -meter

Measurement, Length

micro-, -ole, -ule

Small

mnem-

memory

mono-, uni-

One

morph, -plasty

Shape

mort, necr-

Death

multi-, poly-

Many

mut-

Change

myo-

Muscle

nas-, rhin

Nose

nat-

Birth