Allied Health Word Parts (all)

Every word part we've learned in Allied so far!

a-/an-

Not, without, lacking

epi-

above, on, over

hyper-

high, above normal

hypo-

low, below normal

peri-

around

sub-

below, under

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain, painful condition

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

(surgical) removal

-gram

image, record

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

(abnormal) condition

-pathy

disease

-scope

visual examination instrument

-scopy

visual examination

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cyt/o

cell

dactyl/o

finger or toe

derm/o

skin

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

(small) intestine

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

tongue

my/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ped/o

child, foot

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

glyc/o

glucose, sugar

home/o

same, similar

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat, lipid

lith/o

stone, calculus

psych/o

mind

py/o

pus

radi/o

(x-ray) radiation

therm/o

heat