end-, endo-
in; within
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestine)
eosin/o
red; rosy; dawn-colored
epi-
above; upon; on
epididym/o
epididymis
epiglott/o
epiglottis
episi/o
vulva (external female genetalia)
epitheli/o
skin; epithelium
equin/o
horse
-er
one who
erg/o
work
erythem/o
redness; flushed
erythr/o
red
-esis
action; condition; state of
eso-
inward
esophag/o
esophagus
esthes/o, esthesi/o, -esthesia
feeling (nervous sensation)
estr/o
female
ethm/o
sieve
eit/o
cause
eu-
good; normal; true
-eurysm
widening
ex-, exo-
out; away from
exanthemat/o
rash
extra-
outside
faci/o
face
fasci/o
fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
-ferent
to carry
fibrin/o, fibr/o, fibromat/o
fiber
fibros/o
fibrous connective tissue
fibul/o
fibula
-fication
process of making
-fida
split
flex/o
bend
fluor/o
luminous
follicul/o
follicle; small sac
-form
resembling; in the shape of
fung/i
fungus; mushroom (lower organism lacking chlorophyll)
furc/o
forking; branching
-fusion
to pour; to come together
galact/o
milk
ganglion/o
ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies
gastr/o
stomach
-gen
substance that produces
-genesis
producing; forming
-genic
produced by or in
ger/o, geront/o
old age
gest/o, gester/o
pregnancy
gingiv/o
gum
glauc/o
gray
gli/o
glial cells; neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous system)
-globin, -globulin
protein
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o
glucose; sugar
glycogen/o
glycogen; animal starch
gnos/o
knowledge
gon/o
seed
gonad/o
sex glands
goni/o
angle
-grade
to go
-gram
record
granul/o
granule(s)
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
gravid/o
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant woman
gynec/o
women; female
hallucin/o
hallucination
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia