Medical term 2 & 3

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, in front

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o

cell

-cyte-

cell

End

in,within, inside

Endo

in,within, inside

Exo-

out of, outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

-ologist

specialist

-ology

study of

path/o

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

-pathy-

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

plas/i-

development, growth, formation

plas/o

formation, development

-plasia

development, formation, growth

poster/o

behind, toward the back

-stasis

control, maintenance of a constant level

-static

control, maintenance of a constant level

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o-

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/i, chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

-desis

to bind, tie together

kyph/o

bent, hump

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

Lumb/o

lumbar, lower back

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

bone

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spondyl/o-

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

synovi/o, synov/o-

synovial membrane, synovial fluid