The Language of Medicine Chapter 3

amni/o

amnion

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

arm pit

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchial tubes

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

drug

chondr/o

cartilage

chron/o

time

col/o

colon

cyst/o

urinary bladder

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

neutr/o

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

nucle/o

nucleus

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

peritone/o, periton/o

peritoneum; membrane covering abdominal organs

phag/o

eat, swallow

phleb/o

vein

plas/o

formation

pleur/o

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

pneumon/o

pulmon/o

radi/o

x-rays

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

splen/o

spleen

staphyl/o

clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea

ven/o

vein

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-coccus and -cocci

berry-shaped bacterium

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

condition of producing

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-opsy

to view

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease condition

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooping

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stasis

stopping

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

process of cutting into

-trophy

nourishment

-er

one who

-ia

condition

-ist

specialist

-ole

little

-ule

little

-um

-ium