a-, an-
without
ana-
up
de-
from, away, down, not
-ac, -al, -eal, -ia, -iac, -ic
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
acoust/o
ear, hearing
brachi/o
arm
cardi/o
heart
cephal-
head
gastr/o
stomach
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
brady-
slow
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
tachy-
fast
-algia, -dynia
pain
-esis, -osis
condition
-gram
written record or picture
-logy
study or science of
-pnea
breathing, breathe
angi/o, vas/o
blood or lymph vessel
arthr/o
joint
bronch/o
bronchi, airway passage
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
heter-
different, other
homo-, ipsi-
same
-ase
enzyme
-sclerosis
hardness, dryness
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
fat
ather/o
fatty plaque
erythr/o, rhod/o
red
glu-, gluco-, gly-, glyc-, glyco-
sugar
hyper-
above or excessive
hypo-
below or deficient
pan-
all
-emia
abnormal blood condition
-globin
protein
-meter
measure
-penia
few, deficiency of
-poeisis
production or formation
cyt/o
cell
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
leuk/o
white
phleb/o, ven/o
vein
thromb/o
blood clotting
ec-, ex-, ecto-
out, away from
end-, endo-, ent-, intra-
within, inside
meta-
change or beyond, between
neo-
new
pedia-
child
-blast
immature, embryonic cell
-gen, -genesis, -genic
producing, produced by
-oma
cancer, tumor, neoplasm, mass
-opsy
process of viewing
-plasia, -trophy
growth, proliferation, nourishment
carcin/o
cancer of epithelial tissue
lei/o
smooth
my/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
onc/o
cancer, tumor, neoplasm, mass
ante-
before, in front of
anti-, contra-
against, opposite
circum-, peri-
around
inter-
between
-ectomy
to surgically excise or cut out
-pexy
to surgically fix into position
-plasty
to surgically repair
-tomy
incision, cutting
-tripsy
crushing
lapar/o
abdomen, flank
lith/o
stone
pneum/o, pulm/o
air, lung
rhin/o
nose
trache/o
windpipe
auto-
self
dia-, per-, trans-
through, complete, between
epi-
above, upon
infra-
below, under
para-
near, adjacent to
-centesis
surgically inserting needle to drain fluid
-esthesia
sensation
-pathy
disease
-stomy
new surgical opening
-uria
urine
hepat/o
liver
nephr/o, ren/o
kidney
olig/o
few, small
oste/o
bone
thorac/o
chest
iso-
equal
poly-
many, much
re-, retro-
back, again, behind
semi-, hemi-
half
-kinesis
movement
-lysis (or ly/o)
loose, destroy, breakdown, separate
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-praxia
activity