Appendix V: Word Parts
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517 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin(o) | abdomen |
| -able | capable of, able to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acid(o) | acid |
| acr(o) | extremities (arms and legs) |
| ad- | toward |
| aden(o) | gland |
| adenoid(o) | adenoids |
| adip(o) | fat |
| adren(o), adrenal(o) | adrenal gland |
| aer(o) | air or gas |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alb(o), albin(o) | white |
| albumin(o) | albumin |
| algesi(o) | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| alkal(o) | alkaline, basic |
| alveol(o) | alveoli, air sac |
| amni(o) | amnion |
| amyl(o) | starch |
| an- | no, no, without |
| ana- | upward, excessive, again |
| an(o) | anus |
| andr(o) | male or masculine |
| aneurysm(o) | aneurysm |
| angi(o) | vessel |
| ankyl(o) | stiff |
| -ant | that which causes |
| ante- | before in time or in place |
| anter(o) | anterior or front |
| anthrac(o) | coal |
| anti- | against |
| aort(o) | aorta |
| append(o), appendic(o) | appendix |
| arachn(o) | spider or arachnoid membran |
| arter(o), arteri(o) | arteriole |
| arthr(o), articul(o) | joint; articulation |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ate | to cause an action or the result of an action |
| atel(o) | imperfect or incomplete |
| ather(o) | yellowish, fatty plaque |
| -ation | process |
| atri(o) | atrium |
| audi(o) | hearing |
| aut(o) | self |
| axill(o) | axilla (armpit) |
| bacter(i), bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| balan(o) | glans penis |
| bi- | two |
| bi(o) | life or living |
| bil(i) | bile or gall |
| blast(o), -blast | immature, embryonic form |
| blephar(o) | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch(o), bronci(o) | bronchi |
| bronchiol(o) | bronchioles |
| bucc(o) | cheek |
| burs(o) | bursa |
| calc(i) | calcium |
| calcane(o) | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| cancer(o) | cancer |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| cardi(o) | heart |
| carp(o) | carpus (wrist) |
| caud(o) | tail or toward the tail |
| cec(o) | cecum |
| -cele | hernia |
| cellul(o) | little cell or compartment |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| cent- | one hundred or on hundredth |
| cephal(o) | head |
| cerebell(o) | cerebellum |
| cerebr(o) | brain, cerebrum |
| cervic(o) | neck; cervix uteri |
| cheil(o) | lip |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| chir(o) | hand |
| chlor(o) | green |
| chol(e) | bile |
| cholecyst(o) | gallbladder |
| choledoch(o) | common bile duct |
| condr(o) | cartilage |
| chori(o) | chorion |
| chrom(o) | color |
| -cidal | killing |
| circum- | around |
| -clasia | break |
| clavicul(o) | clavicle (collarbone) |
| coagul(o) | coagulation |
| coccyg(o) | coccyx (tail bone) |
| col(o), colon(o) | colon or large intestine |
| colp(o) | vagina |
| coni(o) | dust |
| contra- | against |
| coron(o) | crown |
| cost(o) | cosae (ribs) |
| crani(o) | cranium (skull) |
| crin(o) | to secrete |
| -crine | secrete |
| cry(o) | cold |
| crypt(o) | hidden |
| cutane(o) | skin |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyst(o) | blader, cyst, fluid-filled sac |
| cyt(o), -cyte | cell |
| dacry(o), lacrim(o) | tear |
| dactyl(o) | finger or to (digit) |
| de- | down, from, or reversing |
| dendr(o) | tree |
| dent(i), dent(o) | tooth |
| derm(a), derm(o), dermat(o), -derm | skin |
| -desis | skin or germ layer |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through |
| -dipsia | double |
| dist(o) | distant, far |
| diverticul(o) | diverticula |
| dors(o) | dorsal, back |
| duoden(o) | duodenum |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ech(o) | sound |
| -ectasia, ectasis | dilatation (dilation, enlargement) or stretching of a structure or part |
| ecto- | out, without, away from |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -edema | swelling |
| electr(o) | electricity |
| embol(o) | embolus |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| en-, end-, endo- | inside |
| encephal(o) | brain |
| endocardi(o) | endocardium |
| enter(o) | small intestine; intestines |
| epi- | above, on |
| epididym(o) | epididymis |
| epiglott(o) | epiglottis |
| -er | one who |
| erythemat(o) | erythema or redness |
| erythr(o) | red |
| esophag(o) | esophagus |
| esthesi(o) | feeling or sensation |
| -esthesia | sensitivity to pain |
| eu- | good, normal |
| -eum | membran |
| ex-, exo-, extra- | out, without, away from |
| fasci(o) | fascia |
| femor(o) | femur |
| fet(o) | fetus |
| fibr(o) | fiber or fibrous |
| fibrin(o) | fibrin |
| fibul(o) | fibula |
| fluor(o) | emitting or reflecting light |
| follicul(o) | follicle |
| fung(i) | fungus |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gen(o) | beginning, origin |
| -genesis | producing or forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| genit(o) | organs of reproduction |
| ger(a), ger(o), geront(o) | elderly |
| gigant(o) | large |
| gingiv(o) | gums |
| gli(o) | neurglia or a sticky substance |
| glomerul(o) | glomerulus |
| gloss(o), lingu(o) | tongue |
| gluc(o) | glucose |
| glyc(o), glycos(o) | sugar |
| gon(o) | genitals or reproduction |
| gonad(o) | gonad |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant female |
| gynec(o) | female |
| heli(o) | sun |
| hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o) | blood |
| hemi- | half, patly |
| hemoglobin(o) | hemoglobin |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| herni(o) | hernia |
| hidr(o) | perspiration, sweat |
| hist(o) | tissue |
| home(o) | sameness, constant |
| humer(o) | humerous (upper arm bone) |
| hydr(o) | water |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| hypophys(o) | pituitary gland (hypophysis) |
| hyster(o) | uterus |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| iatr(o) | physician or treatment |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
| -ible | able to, capable of |
| ichthy(o) | fish |
| idi(o) | individual |
| ile(o) | ileum |
| ili(o) | ilium |
| immun(o) | immune |
| in- | not or inside (in) |
| infer(o) | lowermost or below |
| infra- | beneath, under |
| insulin(o) | insulin |
| inter- | between |
| intestin(o) | intestines |
| intra- | within |
| iod(o) | iodine |
| ipsi- | same |
| ir(o), irid(o) | iris |
| is(o) | equal |
| ischi(o) | ischium |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| jejun(o) | jejunum |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| kary(o) | nucleus |
| kerat(o) | cornea; hard, horny |
| ket(o), keton(o) | ketone bodies |
| kinesi(o) | movement |
| -kinesia, -kenesis | movement, motion |
| lacrim(o) | tear |
| lact(o) | milk |
| lapar(o) | abdominal wall |
| laryng(o) | larynx |
| later(o) | side |
| leps(o), -lepsy | seizure |
| leuk(o); occasionally leuc(o) | white |
| -lexia | words, phrases |
| lingu(o) | tongue |
| lip(o) | fat, lipid |
| lith(o), -lith | stone; calculus |
| lob(o) | love |
| log(o) | knowledge, words |
| -logic, -logical | pertaining to |
| -logist | one who studies; specialist |
| -logy | study or science of |
| lumb(o) | lower back |
| lymph(o) | lymph, lymphatics |
| lymphaden(o) | lymph node |
| lymphangi(o) | lymph vessel |
| lymphat(o) | lymphatics |
| lys(o) | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| macro- | large or great |
| mal- | bad |
| malac(o) | soft, softening |
| -malacia | soft; abnormal softening |
| mamm(o) | breast |
| mandibul(o) | mandble |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -maniac | one who shows excessive preoccupation |
| mast(o) | breast |
| maxill(o) | maxilla |
| mechan(o) | mechanical |
| medi(o), medio- | middle |
| mediastin(o) | mediastinum |
| mega-, megalo- | large, enlarged, or great |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| melan(o) | black |
| men(o) | month |
| mening(i), mening(o) | meninges |
| ment(o) | mind |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | change; next, as in a series |
| metr(o) | measure; uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| milli- | one thousandth |
| mono- | one |
| morph(o) | shape; form |
| muc(o) | mucus |
| multi- | many |
| muscul(o), my(o) | muscle |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| myel(o) | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| my(o) | muscle |
| myocardi(o) | myocardium |
| narc(o) | stupor |
| nas(o) | nose |
| nat(o) | birth |
| natr(o) | sodium |
| ne(o) | new |
| necr(o) | death |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| nerv(o), neur(o) | nerve |
| noc(i) | cause harm, injury, or pain |
| noct(i) | night |
| norm(o) | normal |
| nos(o) | disease |
| nucle(o) | nucleus |
| nulli- | none |
| nyct(o) | night |
| o(o) | ovum |
| obstetr(o) | midwife |
| ocul(o) | eye |
| odont(o) | teeth |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| olig(o) | few, scanty |
| -oma | tumor |
| omphal(o) | umbilicus (navel) |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| onych(o) | nail |
| oophor(o) | ovary |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| -opia, opt(o), optic(o) | vision |
| or(o) | mouth |
| orchi(o), orchid(o) | testis |
| -orexia | appetite |
| orth(o) | straight |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes; an increase), disease |
| oste(o) | bone |
| ot(o) | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| ovari(o) | ovary |
| ox(i) | oxygen |
| palat(o) | palate |
| pan- | all |
| pacreat(o) | pancreas |
| para- | near, beside, or abnormal |
| par(o) | bearing offspring |
| -para | woman who has given birth |
| parathyroid(o) | parathyroid gland |
| patell(o) | patella |
| path(o), -pathy | disease |
| ped(o) | child (sometimes foot) |
| pelv(i) | pelvis |
| pen(o) | penis |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through or by |
| peri- | around |
| pericardi(o) | pericardium |
| perine(o) | perineum |
| peritone(o) | peritoneum |
| pex(o), -pexy | surgical fixation |
| phag(o) | eat, ingest |
| -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| phalang(o) | phalanx (bones of fingers or toes) |
| pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i) | drugs or medicine |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx |
| phas(o), -phasia | speech |
| phil(o) | attraction |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| phon(o) | voice |
| -phoresis | transmission |
| phot(o) | light |
| phren(o) | mind or diaphragm |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth |
| pil(o) | hair |
| pituitar(o) | pituitary gland |
| plas(o), -plasia | formation, development |
| plast(o) | repair |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pleg(o), -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur(o) | pleura |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum(o) | lungs or air |
| pneumon(o) | lungs |
| pod(o) | foot |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | that which causes production |
| poikil(o) | irregular |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster(o) | back, behind |
| pre- | before in time or in place |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | for, favoring, supporting |
| proct(o) | anus, rectum |
| prostat(o) | prostate |
| prote(o), protein(o) | protein |
| proxim(o) | near |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych(o) | mind |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging or drooping) |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pub(o) | pubis |
| pulm(o), pulmon(o) | lung |
| py(o) | pus |
| pyel(o) | renal pelvis |
| pylor(o) | pylorus |
| pyr(o) | fire |
| quad-, quadri- | four |
| rach(i), rachi(o) | vertebral or spinal column, spine (backbone) |
| radi(o) | radiant energy (sometimes radius) |
| rect(o) | rectum |
| ren(o) | kidney |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| rheumat(o) | rheumatism |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| rhythm(o), rrhythm(o) | rhythm |
| rhytid(o) | wrinkle |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a would by stitches) |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| sacr(o) | sacrum |
| salping(o) | fallopian or uterine tube or auditory tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor from connective tissue |
| scapul(o) | scapula |
| schis(o), schiz(o), schist(o), -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler(o) | hard |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| scop(o) | to examine, to view |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument |
| scrot(o) | scrotum |
| seb(o) | sebum |
| semi- | half, partly |
| semin(o) | semen |
| seps(o) | infection |
| sept(i), sept(o) | infection; septum |
| sial(o) | saliva; salivary glands |
| sialaden(o) | salivary glands |
| sigmoid(o) | sigmoid colon |
| sin(o), sinus(o) | sinus |
| som(a), somat(o) | body |
| son(o) | sound |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| sperm(o), spermat(o) | spermatozoa |
| spher(o) | round |
| spin(o) | spine |
| spir(o) | to breath (sometimes, spiral) |
| splen(o) | spleen |
| spondyl(o) | vertebrae |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike cluster; uvula |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
| stern(o) | sternum |
| steth(o) | chest |
| stomat(o) | mouth |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| strept(o) | twisted |
| sub- | beneath, under |
| super- | above, beyond, excessive |
| super(o), supra- | above, beyond |
| sym-, syn- | joined, together |
| synov(o), synovi(o) | synovial membrane |
| tachy- | fast |
| tars(o) | ankle (sometimes, edge of eyelid) |
| tel(e) | distant, far |
| ten(o), tend(o), tendin(o) | tendon |
| test(o), testicul(o) | testicle |
| tetra- | four |
| therapeut(o), -therapy | treatment |
| therm(o) | heat |
| thorac(o) | thorax |
| thromb(o) | thrombus; clot |
| thym(o) | thymus |
| thyr(o), thyroid(o) | thyroud gland |
| tibi(o) | tibia |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| tom(o) | to cut |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| tonsill(o) | tonsil |
| top(o) | place or position |
| tox(o), toxic(o) | poision |
| trache(o) | trachea |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| trich(o) | hair |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trop(o) | to stimulate |
| -tropic | stimulating |
| -tropin | that which stimulates |
| troph(o), -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
| uln(o) | ulna |
| ultra- | excessive |
| umbilic(o) | umbilicus |
| ungu(o) | nail |
| uni- | one |
| ur(o) | urinary tract, urine |
| ureter(o) | ureter |
| urethr(o) | urethr(o) |
| -uria | urine or urination |
| urin(o) | urine |
| uter(o) | uterus |
| vag(o) | vagus nerve |
| vagin(o) | vagina |
| valv(o), valvul(o) | valve |
| varic(o) | twisted and swollen |
| vas(o) | vessel; ductus deferns |
| vascul(o) | vessel |
| ven(i), ven(o) | vein |
| ventr(o) | belly |
| ventricul(o) | ventricle |
| venul(o) | venule |
| vertebr(o) | vertebra |
| vesic(o) | bladder or blister |
| vir(o), virus(o) | virus |
| viscer(o) | viscera |
| vulv(o) | vulva |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| xer(o) | dry |
| -y | state or condition |
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