Ch 02: Word Parts

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before / 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

the science or study of

path/o

disease / suffering / feeling / emotion

-pathy

disease / suffering / feeling / emotion

plas/i

development / growth / formation

plas/o

development / growth / formation

-plasia

development / growth / formation

poster/o

behind / toward the back

-stasis

control / maintenance of a constant level

-static

control / maintenance of a constant level

physi/o

nature / physical

ventr/o

belly side of the body

dors/o

back of the body

abdomin/o

abdomen

pelv/i

pelvis

chondr/i

cartilage

epi-

above

lumb/o

lower back

ili/o

hip bone

retro-

behind

periton/o

peritoneum

-plasm

formative material of cells

embry/o

fertilized ovum

gene

producing

ana-

backwards

-trophy

development

-crine

to secrete

carcin/o

cancerous

eti-

cause

dem/i

population

pan-

entire

idi/o

peculiar to the individual

ped/i

child

-iatrics

field of medicine

ger/i

old age

tele

distant

-metry

to measure