1
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
2
Q
Kary/o
A
nucleus
3
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
4
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh
5
Q
carbon/o
A
cancer
6
Q
onc/o
A
tumor, mass
7
Q
aden/o
A
gland
8
Q
near/o
A
nerve
9
Q
iatr/o
A
physician or treatment
10
Q
path/o
A
disease
11
Q
leuk/o
A
white
12
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
13
Q
lip/o
A
fat
14
Q
my/o
A
muscle
15
Q
organ/o
A
organ
16
Q
system/o
A
system
17
Q
eti/o
A
cause of disease
18
Q
gno/o
A
knowledge
19
Q
lei/o
A
smooth
20
Q
rhabd/o
A
rod-shaped, striated
21
Q
somat/o
A
body
22
Q
chlor/o
A
green
23
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
24
Q
melan/o
A
black
25
xanth/o
yellow
26
epitheli/o
epithelium
27
viscer/o
internal organs
28
dia-
complete, through
29
hyper-
above, excessive
30
hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient, under
31
pro-
before
32
meta-
after, beyond, change
33
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
34
-cyte
cell
35
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
36
-genic
producing, originating, causing
37
-logy
process of study
38
-oma
tumor, swelling
39
-osis
abnormal condition
40
-pathy
disease
41
-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
42
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
43
-sis
state of
44
-stasis
control, stop, standing
45
dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
46
neo-
new
47
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
48
-megaly
enlargement
49
-oid
resembling
50
-logist
one who studies and treats (physician)
51
anter/o
front
52
dist/o
away
53
dors/o
back
54
later/o
side
55
medi/o
middle
56
poster/o
back, behind
57
proxim/o
near
58
ventr/0
belly (front)
59
caud/o
tail (downward)
60
cephal/o
head (upward)
61
infer/o
below
62
super/o
above
63
bi-
two
64
uni-
one
65
-ior
pertaining to
66
-ad
toward
67
fowler's
semi-sitting position with slight elevation of the knees
68
lithotomy
Lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted
69
orthopnea
sitting upright in a chair or in bed supported by pillows
70
recumbent
lying down in any position
71
Sims'
Lying on side in semi-prone position with knee drawn up toward the chest and the arm drawn behind parallel to the back
72
trendelenburg
lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet
73
prone
lying on the abdomen, facing downward
74
supine
lying on the back facing upward
75
anteroposterior
pertaining to the front and to the back
76
bilateral
pertaining to two sides
77
caudad
toward the tail, downward
78
cephalad
toward the head, upward
79
mediolateral
pertaining to the middle and to the side
80
posteroanterior
pertaining to the back and to the front
81
unilateral
pertaining to one side only
82
frontal plane
divides body into anterior and posterior portions
83
sagittal plane
divides the body into right and left sides
84
transverse plane
divides into superior and inferior portions
85
midsagittal plane
divides body into halves
86
parasagittal plane
divides body into unequal left and right sides
87
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
skin
88
hidr/o
sweat
89
kerat/o
horny, cornified
90
myc/o
fungus
91
onych/o, ungu/o
nail
92
rhytid/o
wrinkle
93
seb/o
sebum
94
xer/o
dryness
95
aut/o
self
96
bi/o
life
97
coni/o
dust
98
crypt/o
hidden
99
heter/o
other
100
necr/o
death (cells, body)
101
pachy/o
thick
102
staphyl/o
grape like clusters
103
strept/o
twisted chains
104
epi-
on, upon, over
105
intra-
within
106
para-
beside, beyond, around, abnormal
107
per-
through
108
sub-
under, below
109
trans-
through, across, beyond
110
-a
noun suffix, no meaning
111
-cocuss
berry-shaped
112
-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
113
-ia
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
114
-itis
inflammation
115
-malacia
softening
116
-opsy
view of, viewing
117
-phagia
eating or swallowing
118
-plasty
surgical repair
119
-rrhea
flow, discharge
120
-tome
instrument used to cut
121
extension
moving a limb into a straight position
122
flexion
moving a limb into a bent position
123
pronation
movement that turns the palm down
124
inversion
turning inward
125
eversion
turning outward
126
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
127
arthr/o
joints, articulation
128
-asthenia
weakness
129
burs/o
cavity
130
carp/o
carpals, wrist
131
chondr/o
cartilage
132
clavic/o, clavicul/o
clavicle
133
cost/o
rib
134
crani/o
cranium
135
-desis
surgical fixation, fusion
136
femor/o
femur
137
fibul/o
fibula
138
humer/o
humerus
139
ili/o
ilium
140
ischi/o
ischium
141
kyph/o
hump
142
lamin/o
a thin flat layer or plate
143
lord/o
bent
144
lumb/o
loin, lumbar region of the spine
145
madibul/o
mandible
146
maxill/o
maxilla
147
myos/o
muscle
148
myel/o
bome marrow
149
patell/o
patella
150
pelv/i
pelvis, pelvic bone
151
phalang/o
phalanx
152
-physis
growth
153
pub/o
pubis
154
rachi/o, spondyl/o
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
155
radi/o
radius
156
scapul/o
scapula
157
scoli/o
crooked, curved
158
stern/o
sternum
159
tars/o
tarsals
160
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
161
tibi/o
tibia
162
uln/o
ulna
163
sacr/o
sacrum
164
aponeur/o
aponeurosis
165
disk/o
intervertebral disk
166
menisc/o
meniscus
167
synovi/o
synovia, synovial membrane
168
kinesi/o
movement, motion
169
petr/o
stone
170
inter-
between
171
supra-
above
172
sym-, syn-
together, joined
173
-clasia, -clasis
break
174
-schisis
split, flissure
175
adenoid/o
adenoids
176
alveol/o
alveolus
177
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchus
178
capn/o
carbon dioxide
179
epiglott/o
epiglottis
180
laryng/o
larynx
181
lob/o
lobe
182
nas/o, rhin/o
nose
183
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
184
ox/I, ox/o
oxygen
185
pharyng/o
pharynx
186
phon/o
sound, sound of voice
187
phren/o
diaphragm
188
pleur/o
pleura
189
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
190
pulmon/o
lung
191
sinus/o
sinus
192
spir/o
breathing, coil
193
thorac/o
thorax, chest, chest cavity
194
tonsill/o
tonsil
195
trache/o
trachea
196
-pnea
breathing
197
-thorax
chest, chest cavity
198
atel/o
imperfect, incomplete
199
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
200
muc/o
mucus
201
py/o
pus
202
radi/o
x-rays, ionizing radiation
203
somn/o
sleep
204
son/o
sound
205
tom/o
to cut, section or slice. example: tomography
206
a-, an-
absence of, without
207
endo-
within
208
eu-
normal, good
209
poly-
many, much
210
tacky-
fast, rapid
211
-algia
pain
212
-ar, -ary, -eal
pertaining to
213
-cele
hernia or protrusion
214
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid with a sterile needle
215
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
216
-emia
in the blood
217
-gram
the record, radiographic image
218
-graphy
process of recording, radiographic imaging
219
-meter
instrument used to measure
220
-metry
measurement
221
-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
222
-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood
223
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
224
-scopy
visual examination
225
-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
226
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
227
-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
228
-tomy
cut into, incision
229
angi/o
vessel
230
aort/o
aorta
231
arteri/o
artery
232
ather/o
yellowish, fatty plaque
233
atri/o
atrium
234
cardi/o
heart
235
ven/o
vein
236
thromb/o
clot
237
valvul/o, valv/o
valve
238
ventricul/o
ventricle
239
-sclerosis
hardening
240
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
241
lymph/o
lymph, lymph tissue
242
lymphaden/o
lymph node
243
splen/o
spleen
244
thym/o
thymus gland
245
therm/o
heat
246
ech/o
sound
247
electr/o
electricity, electrical activity
248
isch/o
deficiency, blockage
249
plasm/o
plasma
250
Brady-
slow
251
pan-
all total
252
-ac
pertaining to
253
-apheresis
removal
254
-penia
abnormal reduction in number
255
-poiesis
formation
256
cyst/o, vesic/o
bladder, sac
257
glomerul/o
glomerulus
258
meat/o
meatus (opening)
259
nephr/o, ren/o
kidney
260
pyel/o
renal pelvis
261
ureter/o
ureter
262
urethr/o
urethra
263
lith/o
stone, calculus
264
noct/i
night
265
Olig/o
scanty few
266
ur/o, urin/o
urine, urinary tract
267
-uria
urine, urination
268
-ptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse
269
albumin/o
albumin
270
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
271
blast/o
developing cell, germ cell
272
glyc/o, glycos/o
sugar
273
hydr/o
water
274
-iasis, -esis
condition
275
-lysis
loosening, dissolution, separating
276
-rrhaphy
suturing, repairing
277
-tripsy
surgical crushing
278
-trophy
nourishment, development
279
an/o
anus
280
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
281
cec/o
cecum
282
celi/o, lapar/o
belly abdomen
283
cheil/o
lip
284
choledoch/o
common bile duct
285
col/o, colon/o
colon
286
duoden/o
duodenum
287
enter/o
intestines, generally small intestine
288
esophag/o
esophagus
289
gastr/o
stomach
290
gingiv/o
gums
291
gloss/o, lingo/o
tongue
292
hepat/o
liver
293
ile/o
ileum
294
jejun/o
jejunum
295
or/o, stomat/o
mouth
296
palat/o
palate
297
pancreat/o
pancreas
298
peritone/o
peritoneum
299
proct/o
rectum
300
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
301
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
302
uvul/o
uvula
303
chol/e
gall, bile
304
sial/o
saliva, salivary
305
-pepsia
digestion
306
chalangi/o
bile vessel
307
antr/o
antrum
308
herni/o
protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall
309
polyp/o
polyp, small growth
310
steat/o
fat
311
diverticul/o
diverticulum, or pouch extending from a hollow organ
312
andr/o
male
313
balan/o
glans penis
314
epididym/o
epididymis
315
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o
testis, testicle
316
prostat/o
prostate gland
317
sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoon, sperm
318
vas/o
vessel, duct
319
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
320
-ism
state of
321
trachel/o
cervix
322
colp/o
vagina
323
episi/o
vulva
324
gynec/o, gyn/o
woman, female
325
hyster/o, metr/o
uterus
326
mast/o
breast
327
men/o
menses, menstruation
328
oophor/o
ovary
329
salping/o, -salpinx
uterine tube, fallopian tube
330
arche/o
first, beginning
331
hymen/o
hymen
332
perine/o
perineum
333
peri-
surrounding, outer
334
-cleisis
surgical closure
335
pelv/i
pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity
336
endometri/o
endometrium
337
adren/o, adrenal/o
adrenal glands
338
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
339
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
340
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
341
clac/i
calcium
342
cortic/o
cortex, outer layer of an organ
343
kal/i
potassium
344
natr/o
sodium
345
endocrin/o
endocrine
346
acr/o
extremities, heights
347
dips/o
thirst
348
blephar/o
eyelid
349
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
350
cor/o, core/o
pupil
351
kerat/o
cornea
352
dacry/o, lacrim/o
tear, tear duct
353
ir/o, irid/o
iris
354
ocul/o, ophathalm/o
eye
355
opt/o
eye, vision
356
phac/o, phak/o
lens
357
retin/o
retina
358
scler/o
sclera
359
phot/o
light
360
-opia
vision condition
361
cry/o
cold
362
dipl/o
two, double
363
is/o
equal
364
ton/o
tension, pressure
365
bi-, bin-
two
366
-phobia
abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things
367
-plegia
paralysis
368
audi/o
hearing
369
aur/i, ot/o
ear
370
cochle/o
cochlea
371
myring/o
tympanic membrane
372
vestibul/o
vestibule
373
labyrinth/o
labyrinth
374
mastoid/o
mastoid bone
375
staped/o
stapes
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