Basics of the Body - Word Parts

anter/o

front

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail end

cephal/o

head end

cervic/o

neck

col/o, colon/o

colon, large intestine

cost/o

rib

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

far, distant

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

glucose, glycogen, sugar

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue (histology)

infer/o

below, lower

later/o

side (lateral)

lip/o

fat, lipid

log/o

study of

medi/o

toward the middle; midline

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

path/o

disease

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near; close to the origin

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

super/o

upper, above

thorac/o

thorax, chest

ventr/o

belly, belly side

viscer/o

internal organs

a-, an-

not, without

ante-

before

anti-

against, opposite

bi-

two, twice, double

brady-

slow

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

inter-

between

intra

within; into

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

under, below

supra\=

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

pertaining to

-algia

pain, painful condition

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition of

-ine

a substance (noun), pertaining to (adjective)

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease condition

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

surgical opening

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

-um

structure, tissue, thing