MT Key Parts

aden/o: gland

adip/o: fat

anter/o: before, front

caud/o: lower part of body, tall

cephal/o: head

cyt/o: cell

-cyte: cell

end-: in, within, inside

endo-: in, within, inside

exo-: out of, outside, away from

hist/o: tissue

-ologist: specialist

-ology: the science/study of

path/o: disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

-pathy: disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

plas/i: 

plas/o: 

-plasia: development, growth formation

poster/o: behind, toward the back

-stasis: control, maintenance of a constant level

-static: control, maintenance of a constant level

ankyl/o: crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o: joint

burs/o: bursa

chondr/i, chondr/o: cartilage

cost/o: rib

crani/o: skull

-desis: to bind or tie together

kyph/o: bent, hump

lord/o: curve, swayback, bent

Lumb/o: lumbar/lower back

myel/o: spinal cord, bone marrow

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o: bone

scoli/o: bent

spondyl/o: vertebrae, vertebral columb, backbone

synovi/o, synov/o: synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Bi-: twice,double, two

clon/o: violent action

dys-: bad,difficult, painful

fasci/o: fascia, fibrous band

fibr/o: fibrous tissue, fiber

kines/o, kinesi/o: movement

-lysis: to set free, break down

my/o: muscle

-plegia: paralysis, stroke

tax/o: coordination, order

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o: tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

ton/o: tone, stretching tension

tri-: three

angi/o: blood or lymph vessel

aort/o: aorta

arteri/o: artery

ather/o: plaque, fatty substance

brady-: slow

cardi/o: heart

-crasia: a mixture or blending

-emia: blood, blood condition

erythr/o: red

hem/o, hemat/o: blood, relating to the blood 

leuk/o: white

phleb/o: vein

tachy-: fast, rapid

thromb/o: clot

ven/o: vein

Anti-: against

carcin/o: cancerous

immun/o: immune, protection, safe

lymph/o: lymph, lymphatic tissue

lymphaden/o: lymph node or gland

lymphangi/o: lymph vessel

neo-: new, strange

ne/o: new, strange

-oma: tumor, neoplasm

onc/o: tumor

phag/o: eat, swallow

-plasm: formative material of cells

sarc/o: flesh, connective tissue

splen/o: spleen

-tic: pertaining to

tox/o: poison, poisonous

bronch/o, bronchi/o: bronchial tube, bronchus

laryng/o: larynx, throat

nas/o: nose

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y: oxygen

pharyng/o: throat, pharynx

phon/o: sound, voice

pleur/o: pleura, side of body

-pnea: breathing

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu-: lung, air

pulm/o, pulmon/o: lung

sinus/o: sunus

somn/o: sleep

spir/o: to breathe

thorac/o, -thorax: chest, pleural cavity

trache/o, trachea: windpipe trachea

an/o: anus, ring

chol/e: bile, gall

cholecyst/o: gallbladder;

col/o: colon, large intestine

colon/o: colon, large intestine

-emesis: vomiting

enter/o: small intestine

esophag/o: esophagus

gastr/o: stomach, belly

hepat/o: liver

-lithiasis: presence of stones

-pepsia: digest, digestion

-phagia: eating, swallowing

proct/o: anus and rectum

rect/o: rectrum straight

sigmoid/o: sigmoid colon

-cele: hernia, tumor, swelling

cyst/o: urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

Dia-: through, between, apart, complete

glomerul/o: glomerulus

hydr/o: water

lith/o: stone, calculus

-lysis: breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, looseing

nephr/o: kidney

pyel/o: renal pelvic, bowl of kidney

-tripsy: to crush

ur/o: urine, urinary tract

ureter/o: ureter

urethr/o: urethra

-uria: urination, urine

vesic/o: urinary bladder

caus/o: burning, burn

cerebr/o: cerebrum, brain

concuss/o: shaken together, violently agitated

contus/o: bruise

encephal/o: brain

-esthesia: sensation, feeling

esthet/o: feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

-mania: madness

mening/o: membranes, meninges

neur/i, neur/o: nerve, nerve tissue

-phasia: speak or speech

phobia: abnormal fear

psych/o: mind

radicul/o: root or nerve root

-tropic: having an affinity for

blephar/o: eyelid

-cusis: hearing

irid/o: iris, colored part of eye

kerat/o: hrny, hard, cornea

myring/o: tympanic membrane, eardrum

ophthalm/o: eye, vision

-opia: vision condition

opt/o: eye, vision

ot/o: ear, hearing

phak/o: lens of eye

presby/o: old age

retin/o: retina, net

scler/o: sclera, white of eye, hard

trop/o: turn, change

tympan/o: tympanic membrane, eardrum

cry/o: cold

cutane/o: skin

derm/o, dermat/o: skin

hidr/o: sweat

hirsut/o: hairy rough

lip/o: fat, lipid

melan/o: black, dark

myc/o: fungus

onych/o: fingernail or toenail

pil/i, pil/o: hair

py/o: pus

rhytid/o: wrinkle

seb/o: sebum

urtic/o: rash, hives

Acr/o: extremities (hands/feet)

Adren/o: adrenal glands

Crin/o: secrete

-Dipsia: thirst

Glyc/o: glucose, sugar

Gonad/o: gonad, sex glands

-Ism: condition, state of

Pancreat/o: pancreas

Parathyroid/o: parathyroid glands

Pineal/o: pineal gland

Pituitar/o: pituitary gland

Poly-: many

Somat/o: body

Thym/o: thymus gland

Thyr/o, Thyroid/o: thyroid gland

Cervic/o: cervix (neck of uterus)

Colp/o: vagina

-Gravida: pregnant

Gynec/o: woman, female

Hyster/o: uterus

Mast/o: breast

Men/o: menstruation, menses

Orchid/o: testicles

Ov/o: egg, ovum

Ovari/o: ovary

-Para: to give birth

-Pexy: surgical fixation

Salping/o: fallopian tube

Test/i: testicles, testis

Vagin/o: vagina

albumin/o: albumin, protein

calc/i: calcium, lime, the heel

-centesis: surgical puncture to remove fluid

creatin/o: creatinine

fluor/o: glowing

glycos/o: glucose, sugar

lapar/o: abdomen,abdominal wall

lingu/o: tongue

-otomy: cutting, surgical incision

pyret/o: fever

radi/o: radiation,x-rays

-scope: instrument for visual examination

-scopy: visual examination

son/o: sound

ultra-: beyond