morph/o
form
cyt/o cyte
cell
nucle/o
nucleus
kary/o
nucleus
hist/o histi/o
tissue
fibr/o
fiber
reticul/o
network
aden/o
gland
papill/o
nipple
myx/o
mucus
muc/o
mucus, mucous membrane
somat/o, some
body, small body
blast/o, blast
immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
gen
origin, formation
phag/o
eat, ingest
phil
attract, absorb
plas
formation, molding, development
trop
act on, affect
troph/o
feeding, growth, nourishment
Suffix ‘ase’
enzyme
Suffix ‘ose’
sugar
hydr/o
water, fluid
gluc/o
glucose
glyc/o
sugar, glucose