Word Parts Associated with General Body Structure

log/o & -logy

To study, or to have knowledge of

path/o & -pathy

Disease

-ist/-or/-ant

A person or a thing that does something specified

eti/o

Cause

dia-

through, between, apart, across, complete

-gnosis

knowledge

pro-

Before

gen/o

Formation or beginning

neo-

New

-oid

Resembling

-ole/-ule

Indicating something small

-osis

Condition, process, or action; disease or abnormal condition

-oma

A tumor or abnormal new growth, a swelling

-sarcoma

A malignant new growth arising in bone, cartilage, or muscle that spreads into neighboring tissue or by way of the bloodstream

-phyte

Abnormal pathological growth

plas/o

Growth, development, or formation

-plasm

Formed material (as of a cell or tissue)

dys-

Bad, defective, painful, or difficult

Somat/o

Body

-stasis

Stopping, slowing or a stable state