1.1 - Latin Basics

a-, an-

means “none/ no”

Aem, haeme + sanguine

means “blood”

-Alg-

means “pain”

cardio

means “heart”

cele

means “sac”

Ceph, enceph

means “head”

Chole

means “gall”

col, colo

means “related to colon”

cyst

means “bladder”

derm

means “skin”

dila

means “to open”

dys

means “abnormal”

-Ect-

means “to come out”

entero

means “digestive system”

epi

means “outer”

ery

means “red”

gastro

means “stomach”

gram

means “a test that measures”

Graph

means “the report of a test”

hep

means “liver”

hyper

means “above, high”

Hypo

means “below, under”

-ia

means “process”

ist

means “one who…”

Itis

means “inflammation, infection”

Jaun

means “yello”

Lith

means “stone”

Meno

means “a woman’s period”

meso

means “middle”

My-

means “muscle”

-my

means “procedure”

ology

means “science of”

-ot-

means “into”

-oto

means “ear”

ous

means “full of”

par

means “along side, the side”

path

means “disease”

Pexy

means “repair or fixation”

phleb

means “blood vessel”

Plast

means “creation or recreation”

rhino

means “nose”

ros/e, rub/e

means “red”

rrhea

means “discharge”

Sclero

means “hardening”

scope

means “to look into”

sero

means “serum of the blood”

Sis, ice, ese

means “disease or illness”

stoma, ostom-

means “mouth, opening”

them, thaem

means “blood”

thromb

means “clot”

ur, ure-, uri-, uro-

means “urinary system, related to”

vaso

means “vessel”