2
Q
A-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
3
Q
ab-
A
away from
4
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
5
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
6
Q
acous, acus
A
sound, hearing
7
Q
acro-
A
extremity, end
8
Q
ad-
A
toward, near
9
Q
aden/o
A
gland
10
Q
adip/o
A
fat
11
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland, epinephrine
12
Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
13
Q
adrenocortic/o
A
adrenal cortex
14
Q
aer/o
A
air, gas
15
Q
-agogue
A
promotor, stimulator
16
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
17
Q
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
A
pain
18
Q
-algesia
A
pain
19
Q
-algia
A
pain
20
Q
ambly-
A
dim
21
Q
amnio
A
amnion
22
Q
amyl/o
A
starch
23
Q
an-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
24
Q
andr/o
A
male
25
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
26
an/o
anus
27
ante-
before
28
anti-
against
29
aort/o
aorta
30
-ar
pertaining to
31
arter/o, arteri/o
artery
32
arteriol/o
arteriole
33
arthr/o
joint
34
-ary
pertaining to
35
-ase
enzyme
36
atel/o
imperfect
37
atlant/o
atlas
38
atri/o
atrium
39
audi/o
hearing
40
auto-
self
41
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
42
bacill/i, bacill/o
bacillus
43
bacteri/o
bacterium
44
balan/o
glans penis
45
bar/o
pressure
46
bi-
two, twice
47
bili
bile
48
blast/o, -blast
immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
49
blephar/o
eyelid
50
brachi/o
arm
51
brachy-
short
52
brady-
slow
53
bronch/o, bronch/i
bronchus
54
bronchiol
bronchiole
55
bucc/o
cheek
56
burs/o
bursa
57
calc/i
calcium
58
cali/o, calic/o
calyx
59
-capnia
carbon dioxide (level of)
60
carcin/o
cancer, carcinoma
61
cardi/o
heart
62
cec/o
cecum
63
-cele
hernia, localized dilation
64
celi/o
abdomen
65
centesis
puncture, tap
66
cephal/o
head
67
cerebell/o
cerebellum
68
cerebr/o
cerebrum
69
cervic/o
neck, cervix
70
chem/o
chemical
71
cheil/o
lip
72
chir/o
hand
73
cholangi/o
bile duct
74
chol/e, chol/o
bile, gall
75
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
76
choledoch/o
common bile duct
77
chondr/o
cartilage
78
chori/o, choroid/o
choroid
79
chrom/o, chromat/o
color, stain
80
chron/o
time
81
circum-
around
82
clasis, -clasia
breaking
83
clitor/o, clitorid/o
clitoris
84
coccy, coccyg/o
coccyx
85
cochle/o
cochlea (of inner ear)
86
col/o, colon/o
colon
87
colp/o
vagina
88
contra-
against, opposite
89
copro
feces
90
cor/o, cor/e
pupil
91
corne/o
cornea
92
cortic/o
outer portion, cerebral cortex
93
cost/o
rib
94
counter-
opposite, against
95
crani/o
skull, cranium
96
cry/o
cold
97
crypt/o
hidden
98
cus
sound, hearing
99
cyan/o
blue
100
cycl/o
ciliary body, ciliary muscle (of eye)
101
cyst/o
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder, urinary bladder
102
-cyte, cyt/o
cell
103
dacry/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
104
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
105
dactyl/o
finger, toe
106
de-
down, without, removal, loss
107
dent/o, dent/i
tooth, teeth
108
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
109
-desis
binding fusion
110
dextr/o-
right
111
di-
two, twice
112
dia-
through
113
dilation, dilatation
expansion, widening
114
dipl/o
double
115
dis-
absence, removal, separation
116
ec-
out, outside
117
ectasia, ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
118
ecto-
out, outside
119
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
120
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
121
electr/o
electricity
122
embry/o
embryo
123
emesis
vomiting
124
-emia
condition of blood
125
encephal/o
brain
126
end/o-
in, within
127
endocrin/o
endocrine
128
enter/o
intestine
129
epi-
on, over
130
epididym/o
epididymis
131
episi/o
vulva
132
equi-
equal, same
133
erg/o
work
134
erythr/o-
red, red blood cell
135
erythrocyt/o
red blood cell
136
esophag/o
esophagus
137
-esthesia, -esthesi/o
sensation
138
eu-
true, good, easy, normal
139
ex/o-
away from, outside
140
extra-
outside
141
fasci/o
fascia
142
fer
to carry
143
ferr/i, ferr/o
iron
144
fet/o
fetus
145
fibr/o
fiber
146
-form
like, resembling
147
galact/o
milk
148
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion
149
gastr/o
stomach
150
gen, genesis
origin, formation
151
ger/e, ger/o
old age
152
-geusia
sense of taste
153
gingiv/o
gum, gingiva
154
gli/o
neuroglia
155
glomerul/o
glomerulus
156
gloss/o
tongue
157
gluc/o
glucose
158
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
159
gnath/o
jaw
160
goni/o
angle
161
-gram
record of data
162
-graph
instrument for recording data
163
-graphy
act of recording data
164
gravida
pregnant woman
165
gyn/o, gynec/o
woman
166
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
167
hemi-
half, one side
168
-hemia
condition of blood
169
hepat/o
liver
170
hetero-
other, different, unequal
171
hidr/o
sweat, perspiration
172
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
173
homo-, homeo-
same, unchanging
174
hydr/o
water, fluid
175
hyper-
over, excess, increased, abnormally high
176
hypn/o
sleep
177
hypo-
under, below, decreased, abnormally low
178
hypophys
pituitary, hypophysis
179
hyster/o
uterus
180
-ian
specialist
181
-ia/sis
condition of
182
-iatrics
medical specialty
183
-iatr/o
physician
184
-iatry
medical specialty
185
-ic, ical
pertaining to
186
-ics
medical specialty
187
-ile
pertaining to
188
ile/o
ileum
189
ili/o
ilium
190
im-
not
191
immun/o
immunity, immune system
192
in-
not
193
infra-
below
194
in/o
fiber, muscle fiber
195
insul/o
pancreatic islets
196
inter-
between
197
intra-
in, within
198
ir, irit/o, irid/o
iris
199
-ism
condition of
200
iso-
equal, same
201
-ist
specialist
202
-itis
inflammation
203
jejun/o
jejunum
204
juxta-
near, beside
205
kali
potassium
206
kary/o
nucleus
207
kerat/o
cornea, keratin, horny layer of skin
208
kin/o, kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o
movement
209
labi/o
lip
210
labrynth/o
labrynth (inner ear)
211
lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
212
lact/o
milk
213
-lalia
speech, babble
214
lapar/o
abdominal wall
215
laryng/o
larynx
216
lent/i
lens
217
-lepsy
seizure
218
leuk/o-
white, colorless, white blood cell
219
leukocyt/o
white blood cell
220
-lexia
reading
221
lingu/o
tongue
222
lip/o
fat, lipid
223
-listhesis
slipping
224
lith
calculus, stone
225
-logy
study of
226
lumb/o
lumbar region, lower back
227
lymphaden/o
lymph node
228
lymphangi/o
lymphatic vessel
229
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic system, lymphocyte
230
lymphocyt/o
lymphocyte
231
-lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
232
-lytic
dissolving, reducing, loosening
233
macro-
large, abnormally large
234
mal-
bad, poor
235
malacia
softening
236
mamm/o
breast, mammary gland
237
-mania
excited state, obsession
238
mast/o
breast, mammary gland
239
medull/o
inner part, medulla oblongata, spinal cord
240
mega-, megalo-
large, abnormally large
241
-megaly
enlargement
242
melan/o
dark, black, melanin
243
mening/o, meninge/o
meninges
244
men/o, mens
month, menstruation
245
mes/o-
middle
246
-meter
instrument for measuring
247
metr/o
measure
248
metr/o, metr/i
uterus
249
-metry
measurement of
250
micro-
small, one millionth
251
-mimetic
mimicking, simulating
252
mon/o-
one
253
morph/o
form, structure
254
muc/o
mucus, mucous membrane
255
multi-
many
256
muscul/o
muscle
257
myc/o
fungus, mold
258
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
259
my/o
muscle
260
myring/o
tympanic membrane
261
myx/o
mucus
262
narc/o
stupor, unconsciousness
263
nas/o
nose
264
nat/i
birth
265
natri
sodium
266
necrosis
death of tissue
267
neo-
new
268
nephr/o
kidney
269
neur/o, neur/i
nervous system, nerve
270
noct/i
night
271
non-
not
272
normo-
normal
273
nucle/o
nucleus
274
nulli-
never
275
nyct/o
night, darkness
276
ocul/o
eye
277
odont/o
tooth, teeth
278
-odynia
pain
279
-oid
like, resembling
280
olig/o-
few, scanty, deficiency of
281
-oma
tumor
282
onc/o
tumor
283
onych/o
nail
284
oo
ovum
285
oophor/o
ovary
286
ophthalm/o
eye
287
-opia
eye, vision
288
-opsia
vision
289
opt/o
eye, vision
290
orchid/o, orchi/o
testis
291
or/o
mouth
292
ortho-
straight, correct, upright
293
-ory
pertaining to
294
osche/o
scrotum
295
-ose
sugar
296
-o/sis
condition of
297
osm/o
smell
298
-osmia
sense of smell
299
oste/o
bone
300
ot/o
ear
301
-ous
pertaining to
302
ovari/o
ovary
303
ov/o, ovul/o
ovum
304
-oxia
oxygen (level of)
305
ox/y
oxygen, sharp, acute
306
pachy-
thick
307
palat/o
palate
308
palpebr/o
eyelid
309
pan-
all
310
pancreat/o
pancreas
311
papill/o
nipple
312
para-
near, beside, abnormal
313
para
woman who has given birth
314
parathyr/o, parathyroid/o
parathyroid
315
-paresis
partial paralysis, weakness
316
path/o, pathy
disease, any disease of
317
ped/o
foot, child
318
pelvi/o
pelvis
319
-penia
decrease in, deficiency of
320
per-
through
321
peri-
around
322
perine/o
perineum
323
periton, peritone/o
peritoneum
324
-pexy
surgical fixation
325
phac/o, phak/o
lens
326
phag/o
eat, ingest
327
pharm, pharmac/o
drug, medicine
328
pharyng/o
pharynx
329
-phasia
speech
330
phil, -philic
attracting, absorbing
331
phleb/o
vein
332
-phobia
fear
333
phon/o
sound, voice
334
-phonia
voice
335
phot/o
light
336
phren/o
diaphragm
337
phrenic/o
phrenic nerve
338
phyt/o
plant
339
pituitar
pituitary, hypophysis
340
plas, -plasia
formation, molding, development
341
-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
342
-plegia
paralysis
343
pleur/o
pleura
344
-pnea
breathing
345
pneum/o, pneumat/o
air, gas, lung, respiration
346
pneumon/o
lung
347
pod/o
foot
348
-poiesis
formation, production
349
poikilo-
varied, irregular
350
poly-
many, much
351
post-
after, behind
352
pre-
before, in front of
353
presby-
old
354
prim/i-
first
355
pro-
before, in front of
356
proct/o
rectum
357
prostat/o
prostate
358
prote/o
protein
359
pseudo-
false
360
psych/o
mind
361
ptosis
dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse
362
ptysis
spitting
363
puer
child
364
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
365
pupill/o
pupil
366
pyel/o
renal pelvis
367
pylor/o
pylorus
368
py/o
pus
369
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
370
quadr/i-
four
371
rachi/o
spine
372
radicul/o
root of spinal nerve
373
radi/o
radiation, x-ray
374
re-
again, back
375
rect/o
rectum
376
ren/o
kidney
377
reticul/o
network
378
retin/o
retina
379
retro-
behind, backwards
380
rhabd/o
rod, muscle cell
381
-rhage, -rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
382
-rhaphy
surgical repair, suture
383
-rhea
flow, discharge
384
-rhexis
rupture
385
rhin/o
nose
386
sacchar/o
sugar
387
sacr/o
sacrum
388
salping/o
tube, oviduct, eustachian (auditory) tube
389
-schisis
fissure, splitting
390
scler/o
hard, sclera (of eye)
391
sclerosis
hardening
392
-scope
instrument for viewing
393
-scopy
examination of
394
seb/o
sebum, sebaceous gland
395
semi-
half, partial
396
semin
semen
397
sept/o
septum, dividing wall, partition
398
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct
399
sider/o
iron
400
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
401
sinistr/o
left
402
-sis
condition of
403
somat/o
body
404
-some
body, small body
405
somn/i, somn/o
sleep
406
son/o
sound, ultrasound
407
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
408
sperm/i, spermat/o
semen, spermatoza
409
-spermia
condition of semen
410
sphygm/o
pulse
411
spir/o
breathing
412
splen/o
spleen
413
spondyl/o
vertebra
414
staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes
415
staphyl/o
grapelike cluster, staphylococcus
416
stasis
supression, stoppage
417
steat/o
fatty
418
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
419
steth/o
chest
420
sthen/o
strength
421
stoma, stomat/o
mouth
422
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
423
strept/o-
twisted chain, streptococcus
424
sub-
below, under
425
super-
above, excess
426
supra-
above
427
syn-, sym-
together
428
synov/i
synovial joint, synovial membrane
429
tachy-
rapid
430
tax/o
order, arrangement
431
tel/e-, tel/o-
end
432
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
433
terat/o
malformed fetus
434
test/o
testis, testicle
435
tetra-
four
436
thalam/o
thalamus
437
therm/o
heat, temperature
438
thorac/o
chest, thorax
439
thromb/o
blood clot
440
thrombocyt/o
platelet, thrombocyte
441
thym/o
thymus gland
442
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid
443
toc/o
labor
444
-tome
instrument for incising (cutting)
445
-tomy
incision, cutting
446
ton/o
tone
447
tonsill/o
tonsil
448
tox/o, toxic/o
poison, toxin
449
toxin
poison
450
trache/o
trachea
451
trans-
through
452
tri-
three
453
trich/o
hair
454
-tripsy
crushing
455
trop/o
turning
456
trop, -tropic
act(ing) on, affect(ing)
457
troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
feeding, growth, nourishment
458
tympan/o
tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane
459
un-
not
460
uni-
one
461
-uresis
urination
462
ureter/o
ureter
463
urethr/o
urethra
464
-uria
condition of urine, urination
465
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
466
urin/o
urine
467
uter/o
uterus
468
uve/o
uvea (of eye)
469
uvul/o
uvula
470
vagin/o
sheath, vagina
471
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
472
varic/o
twisted and swollen vein, varix
473
vascul/o
vessel
474
vas/o
vessel, duct, vas deferens
475
ven/o, ven/i
vein
476
ventricul/o
cavity, ventricle
477
vertebr/o
vertebra, spinal column
478
vesic/o
urinary bladder
479
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
480
vestibul/o
vestibule, vestibular apparatus of ear
481
vir/o
virus
482
vulv/o
vulva
483
xanth/o
yellow
484
xen/o
foreign, strange
485
xero-
dry
486
-y
condition of
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