anter/o
front
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
Cardi/o
heart
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
col/o, colon/o
Large intestine; colon
cost/o
rib
cty/o
cell
dist/o
away from the point of origin; far; distant
dors/o
back of the body
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar; glucose
hepat/o
liver
hist/o
tissue
infer/o
below
later/o
side
lip/o
fat
log/o
study
medi/o
middle
my/o
Muscle
neur/o
nerve
path/o
disease
poster/o
back (of body); behind
proxim/o
near the point of origin; near; close
sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
super/o
above
thorac/o
chest
ventr/o
belly side of body; ventral aspect
viscer/o
internal organs
a-, an-
not; without
ante-
before
anti-
against
bi-
two; both
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-
below; under
supra-
above
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-emia
blood condition
-gen
substance that produces
-ia
condtition
-ine
a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist (one who studies)
-logy
study of
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor; mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-stomy
surgical opening
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
-um
structure; tissue; thing