Med Term Word Parts

bronch/o

bronchial tube

laryng/o

larynx, throat

nas/o

nose

ox/o

oxygen

pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

phon/o

sound

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

-pnea

breathing

pneum/o

lung, air

pulm/o

lung

sinus/o

sinus

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

to breathe

thorac/o

chest, pleural cavity

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, front

caud/o

lower part of the body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o

cell

end/o

in, within, inside

ex/o

out of, outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

-ologist

specialist

-ology

study of

path/o

disease

-plasia

development, growth, formation

poster/o

behind, toward the back

-stasis

control, maintenance at a constant level

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

-desis

surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind

kyph/o

bent, hump

lord/o

curve, swayback bent

-lysis

destruction, loosening

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

oste/o

bone

scoli/o

curved, bent

spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral column

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

bi-

twice, double, two

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

dys-

bad, difficult, or painful

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

fibr/o

fibrous tissue, fiber

-ia

abnormal condition, disease

-ic

pertaining to

kines/o

movement

my/o

muscle

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhexis

rupture

tax/o

coordination, order

ten/o

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

ton/o

tone, stretching, tension

tri-

three

angi/o

blood or lymph vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

brady-

slow

cardi/o

heart

-crasia

a mixture or blending

-emia

blood, blood condition

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood, relating to the blood

leuk/o

white

phleb/o

vein

tachy-

fast, rapid

thromb/o

clot

ven/o

veins

anti

against

carcin/o

cancerous

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

lymph/o

lymph, lymphatic tissue

lymphaden/o

lymph gland

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

neo-

new, strange

-oma

tumor, neoplasm

onc/o

tumor

phag/o

eat, swallow

-plasm

formative material of cells

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

splen/o

spleen

-tic

pertaining to

tox/o

poison, poisonous

-algia

pain and suffering

dys-

bad, difficult, or painful

-ectomy

surgical removal

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficient, decreased

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

surgical creation of an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-plasty

surgical repair