1
Q
a-, an-
A
without, not
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
-algia
A
pain
4
Q
-angi/o
A
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
5
Q
anter/o
A
front, anterior
6
Q
ante-
A
before
7
Q
anti-
A
against
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthro/o
A
joint
10
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
11
Q
brady-
A
slow
12
Q
bronch/o; bronchi/o
A
bronchus (plural=bronchi)
13
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
14
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
15
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
16
Q
cephal/o
A
head
17
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum (brain)
18
Q
cervic/o
A
neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
19
Q
chlor-
A
green
20
Q
chol/e
A
bile/gall
21
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
22
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
23
Q
-cide
A
kill, destroy
24
Q
col/o, colon/o
A
colon (large intestine)
25
cost/o
ribs
26
crani/o
cranium (skull)
27
cutane/o
skin
28
cyan/o
blue
29
cyst/o
bladder
30
-cyte, cyt/o
cell
31
dent/o
teeth
32
-derma, derm/o, dermat/o
skin
33
dipl/o
double
34
-dipsia
thirst
35
-dynia
pain
36
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
37
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
38
-ectomy
excision, removal
39
-edema
swelling
40
electr/o
electric
41
-emesis
vomiting
42
-emia
blood
43
encephal/o
brain
44
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
45
epi-
above, upon
46
erythr/o
red
47
esophag/o
esophagus
48
eu-
good, normal
49
gastr/o
stomach
50
-gen, -genesis
producing, forming
51
gero-
aged
52
gingiv/o
gum
53
glauc-
gray
54
-gloss
tongue
55
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar, glucose
56
-gram
record
57
-graphy
process of recording
58
-gravida
pregnant woman
59
gynec/o
woman, female
60
hemangi/o
blood vessel
61
hemat/o
blood
62
hemi-
half, partly
63
hem/o
blood
64
hepat/o
liver
65
hydr/o
water
66
hyper-
excessive
67
hypo-
under, below
68
hyster/o
uterus
69
-ia
condition
70
-iasis
abnormal condition
71
-ic
pertaining to
72
in-
not
73
inter-
between
74
intra-
within
75
-ism
condition
76
iso-
equal
77
-itis
inflammation
78
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
79
leuk/o
white
80
lip/o
fat
81
lith/o
stone, calculus
82
-logist
specialist in the study of
83
-logy
the study of
84
lumb/o
lower back, loin
85
lymph/o
lymph
86
-lysis
separation, destruction, loosening
87
lyso-
dissolving
88
mast/o
breast
89
macro-
large
90
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
91
maxilla/o
jaw
92
megal/o
enlargement
93
melano/o
black
94
meningi/o; mening/o
meninges
95
men/o
menses, menstruation
96
-meter
measure, instrument for measuring
97
metr/o
uterus
98
micro-
small
99
muc/o
mucus
100
myc/o
fungus
101
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
102
my/o
muscle
103
nas/o
nose
104
necr/o
death
105
neo-
new
106
nephr/o
kidney
107
neur/o
nerve
108
noct/o
night
109
odont/o
teeth
110
-ole
small
111
-oma
tumor
112
onych/o
nail
113
oophor/o
ovary
114
ophthalm/o
eye
115
-opia
vision
116
orchid/o
testis
117
or/o
mouth
118
-osis
abnormal condition
119
oste/o
bone
120
ot/o
ear
121
-ous
pertaining to
122
para-
near, beside, around
123
patell/o
knee cap
124
-pathy
disease
125
-pedia
child
126
ped/o
foot
127
pelv/o
pelvis
128
-penia
decreased
129
-pepsia
digestion
130
-peri
around
131
-phagia
swallow, eat
132
phalang/o
phalanges (finger, toe)
133
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
134
-phasia
speech
135
phleb/o
vein
136
-phobia
fear
137
-plasia, -plasm
growth, formation
138
plasty
surgical repair
139
-plegia
paralysis
140
pleur/o
pleura
141
-pnea
breathing
142
pneum/o; pneumon/o
lung, air
143
poly-
many, much
144
post-
after, behind
145
poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
146
pre-
before
147
proct/o
anus, rectum
148
-ptosis
prolapse, falling, dropping
149
purpur-
purple
150
pyel/o
renal, pelvis
151
py/o
pus
152
quadri-
four
153
radi/o
x-rays, radiation
154
rect/o
rectum
155
ren/o
kidney
156
retin/o
retina
157
rhin/o
nose
158
-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
159
-rrhea
flow, discharge
160
sacro/o
sacrum
161
sclera/o
hardening, sclera (white of the eye)
162
-scopy
visual examination
163
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
164
spermat/o
sperm
165
spin/o
spine
166
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
167
-stasis
at a standstill
168
-stenosis
stricture, narrowing
169
stomat/o
mouth
170
-stomy
forming a new opening or mouth
171
sub-
under, below
172
supra-
above
173
tachy-
rapid
174
-therapy
treatment
175
therm/o
heat
176
thorac/o
chest
177
thromb/o
blood clot
178
thyr/o
thyroid gland
179
-tome
instrument to cut
180
-tomy
incision, cut into
181
tox/o
poison
182
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
183
tri-
three
184
trich/o
hair
185
-tripsy
crushing
186
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
187
-ule
small
188
-uria, ur/o
urine, urination
189
ureter/o
ureter
190
uter/o
uterus
191
vagin/o
vagina
192
vascul/o
blood vessel
193
ven/o
vein
194
ventricul/o
ventricle (of brain or heart)
195
vesic/o
bladder
196
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
197
vulvo
vulva
198
xanth/o
yellow
199
xer/o
dry
