General terminology

cardi/o

heart

abdonim/o

abdomen

aden/o

gland

adren/o

adrenal gland

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

atri/o

atrium

branch/o

bronchus

cephel/o

head

cervic/o

cervical

chole

bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chondr/o

cartilage

col/o

colon

crani/o

head

cyst/o

bladder

cyt/o

cell

dactyl/o

digit/toe

dent/o

tooth

derm/o

skin

dueden/o

duodenum (part of the small intestine)

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

esophag/o

esaphagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

hem/o

blood

hepa/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyster/o

uterus

ile/o

ileum (part of the small intestine)

ili/o

ilium (part of the pelvis)

jejun/o

jejunum (part of the small intestine)

laryng/o

larynx

lip/o

fat

lymph/o

lymph nodes

mast/o or mamm/o

mammary glands

muscul/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

ocul/o

eye

orchi/o or orchid/o

testes

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ovari/o

ovary

phleb/o

vein

pneum/o

lung, air, breath

pulmon/o

lung

pyel/o

pelvis

ren/o

renal (kidney)

rhin/o

nose

splen/o

spleen

spondyl/o

vertebra, spinal column

steth/o

chest

stomat/o

mouth

thorac/o

thorax

thyr/o or thyroid

thyroid gland

trache/o

trachea

urethr/o

urethra

ur/o

urine

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

vertebre/o

vertebra

-centesis

to puncture

-ectomy

to excise or surgically remove

-ize

use, subject to

-pexy

fixation or suturing

-plasty

to shape

-rrhaphy

to surgically repair by by joining in a seam or suturing together

-stomy

to make a new artificial opening

-tomy

to incise or cut into

-algia

pain

-emesis

vomit

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

development, origin

-ism

state or condition

-itis

inflammation of

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition or process of degeneration

-pathy

disease

-penia

-deficiency or lack of

-phagy

eating

-plasia

forming, growing, changing

-pnea

breathing

-rrhea

-flow or discharge

a-, an-

without or not having

anti-

against

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

crypt-

hidden

dis-

apart from

dys-

difficult

ec-

out of, away from

hem-

blood

hemi-

half

hydro-

water, fluid

hyper-

high

hypo-

low

macro-

large