Appendix 3: Word Parts And their Meanings Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
Not, without , lack of, absence
2
Q
ab-
A
Away from
3
Q
Abdomin/o
A
Abdomen
4
Q
-ac
A
Pertaining to
5
Q
Acous, acus
A
Sound, hearing
6
Q
Acro-
A
Extremity, end
7
Q
Ad-
A
Toward, near
8
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
9
Q
Adip/o
A
Fat
10
Q
Adren/o
A
Adrenal gland, epinephrine
11
Q
adrenal/o
A
Adrenal gland
12
Q
adrenocortico/o
A
Adrenal cortex
13
Q
aer/o
A
Air, gas
14
Q
-agogue
A
Promoter, stimulator
15
Q
-al
A
Pertaining to
16
Q
alg/o,algi/o,algesi/o
A
Pain
17
Q
-algesia
A
pain
18
Q
-algia
A
pain
19
Q
ambly-
A
dim
20
Q
amnio
A
amnion
21
Q
amyl/o
A
starch
22
Q
an-
A
not,without,lack of, absence
23
Q
andr/o
A
male
24
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
25
an/o
anus
26
ante-
before
27
anti-
against
28
aort/o
aorta
29
-ar
pertaining to
30
arter/o,arteri/o
artery
31
arteriol/o
arteriole
32
arthr/o
joint
33
-ary
pertaining to
34
-ase
enzyme
35
atel/o
imperfect
36
atlant/o
atlas
37
atri/o
atrium
38
audi/o
hearing
39
auto-
self
40
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
41
bacill/i,bacill/o
bacillus
42
bacteri/o
bacterium
43
balan/o
glans penis
44
bar/o
pressure
45
bi-
two,twice,double
46
bili
bile
47
bio
life
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
carin/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
cerebr/o
cerebrum
68
cerebell/o
cerebellum
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 the inner ear)
86
col/o,colon/o
colon
87
colp/o
vagina
88
contra-
against,opposite, opposed
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-
against,opposite,opposed
95
crani/o
cranium (skull)
96
cry/o
cold
97
cus
sound,hearing
98
cyan/o
blue
99
crypt/o
hidden
100
cycl/o
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
101
cyst/o
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder, urinary bladder
102
-cyte,cyt/o
cell
103
dacry/o
tear;lacrimal apparatus (duct,sac,or gland)
104
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
105
de-
down,without,removal,loss
106
dent/o,dent/i
tooth,teeth
107
derm/o,dermat/o
skin
108
dactyl/o
finger, toe
109
-desis
binding,fusion
110
di-
two,double
111
dia-
through
112
dilation,dilatation
expansion,widening
113
dis-
absence, removal,separation
114
dextr/o
right
115
duoden/o
duodenum
116
dynam/o
force, energy
117
dys-
abnormal,difficult,painful
118
ec-
out,outside
119
dipl/o
double
120
-ectasia,-ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
121
ecto-
out,outside
122
-ectomy
excision,surgical removal
123
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
124
electr/o
electricity
125
-emesis
vomiting
126
-emia
condition of blood
127
end/o
within, inside
128
enter/o
intestine
129
epi-
on,over
130
epididym/o
epididymis
131
embry/o
embryo
132
episi/o
vulva
133
equi
equal,same
134
erg/o
work
135
encephal/o
brain
136
erythr/o
red,red blood cell
137
erythrocty/o
red blood cell
138
endocrin/o
endocrine
139
esophag/o
esophagus
140
-esthesia, -esthesi/o
sensation
141
eu-
true,good,easy, normal
142
ex/o
away from,outside
143
extra-
outside
144
fer
carry
145
fet/o
fetus
146
-form
like,resembling
147
galact/o
milk
148
gastr/o
stomach
149
-gen,-genesis
origin,cause,formation
150
ger/e,ger/o
old age
151
-geusia
sense of taste
152
gingiv/o
gums,gingiva
153
fasci/o
fascia
154
gli/o
neuroglia
155
gloss/o
tongue
156
ferr/i, ferr/o
iron
157
gluc/o
glucose
158
glyc/o
glucose, sugar
159
fibr/o
fiber
160
gnath/o
jaw
161
goni/o
angle
162
-gram
a record of data
163
gangli/o,ganglion/o
ganglion
164
-graph
instrument for recording
165
-graphy
act of recording data
166
-gravida
pregnant woman
167
gyn/o,gynec/o
woman
168
hem/o,hemat/o
blood
169
hemi-
half,one side
170
-hemia
condition of blood
171
glomerul/o
glomerulus
172
hepat/o
liver
173
hetero-
different,other,unequal
174
hidr/o
sweat,perspiration
175
hist/o,histi/o
tissue
176
homo-,homeo-
same,unchanging
177
hydr/o
water, fluid
178
hyper-
over, excess, increased, abnormally high
179
hypn/o
To sleep
180
Hypo-
Under, below, decreased, abnormally low
181
Hypophysi/o
Pituitary, hypophysis
182
hyster/o
Uterus
183
-ia
Condition of
184
-ian
Specialist
185
-ia/sis
Condition of
186
-iatrics
Medical speciality
187
iatr/o
Physician
188
-iatry
Medical speciality
189
-ic
Pertaining to
190
-ics
Medical speciality
191
-ical
Pertaining to
192
-ile
Pertaining to
193
ile/o
ileum
194
ili/o
ilium
195
infra-
Below
196
in/o
Fiber, muscle fiber
197
im-
Not
198
insul/o
Pancreatic islets
199
intra-
Within, in
200
ir,irit/o,irid/o
Iris
201
-ism
Condition of
202
inter-
Between
203
iso-
Equal, same
204
-itis
Inflammation
205
jejun/o
Jejunum
206
juxta-
Near, beside
207
kali
Potassium(hypokalemia)
208
-ist
Specialist
209
kary/o
Nucleus
210
kerat/o
Cornea, keratin, horny layer of skin
211
kin/o,kine,kinesi/o,kinet/o
movement
212
labi/o
Lip
213
labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
214
lacrim/o
tear,lacrimal apparatus
215
lact/o
milk
216
-lalia
speech,babble
217
lapar/o
abdominal wall
218
lent/i
lens
219
-lepsy
seizure
220
leuk/o
white,colorless,white blood cell
221
-lexia
reading
222
lingu/o
tongue
223
laryng/o
larynx
224
lip/o
fat,lipid
225
-listhesis
slipping
226
lith
stone,calculus
227
-logy
study of
228
leukocyt/o
white blood cell
229
lumb/o
lumbar region, lower back
230
lymphaden/o
lymph node
231
lymphangi/o
lymphatic vessel
232
lymph/o
lymph,lymphatic system,lymphocyte
233
lymphocty/o
lymphocyte
234
-lysis
Separation; destruction; loosening, dissolving
235
-lytic
dissolving, reducing, loosening
236
macro-
large,abnormally large
237
mal-
bad,poor
238
mamm/o
breast,mammary glands
239
-mania
excited state, obsession
240
mast/o
breast, mammary gland
241
medull/o
inner part, medulla oblongata, spinal cord
242
mega-,megal/o
large, abnormally large
243
-megaly
enlargement
244
melan/o
black,dark,melanin
245
-malacia
softening
246
mening/o, meninge/o
meninges
247
men/o, mens
month,menstruation
248
mes/o
middle
249
met/a
change,after,beyond
250
metr/o
measure
251
metr/o,metri/o
uterus
252
-metry
measurement of
253
micro
small,one millionth
254
-mimetic
mimicking,stimulating
255
mon/o-
one
256
morph/o
form,structure,shape
257
muc/o
mucus,mucous membrane
258
-meter
instrument for measuring
259
multi-
many
260
muscul/o
muscle
261
myel/o
bone marrow,spinal cord
262
my/o
muscle
263
myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
264
myx/o
mucus
265
narc/o
stupor,unconsciousness
266
nat/i
birth
267
natri
Sodium
268
necrosis
death of tissue
269
neo-
new
270
myc/o
mold,fungus
271
nephr/o
kidney
272
neur/o,neur/i
nervous system,nervous tissue,nerve
273
noct/i
night
274
normo-
normal
275
nucle/o
nucleus
276
nulli-
never
277
nas/o
nose
278
nyct/o
night,darkness
279
ocul/o
eye
280
odont/o
tooth,teeth
281
-odynia
pain
282
-oid
like,resembling
283
olig/o
few, scarcity,deficiency of
284
onc/o
tumor
285
onych/o
nail
286
non-
not
287
oo
ovum
288
oophor/o
ovary
289
ophthalm/o
eye
290
-opia
condition of the eye,vision
291
-opsia
vision condition
292
opt/o
eye,vision
293
orchid/o, orchi/o,orch/o
testis
294
ortho-
straight, correct, upright
295
-ory
pertaining to
296
osche/o
scrotum
297
-o/sis
condition of
298
osm/o
smell
299
-oma
tumor
300
-osmia
sense of smell
301
oste/o
bone
302
ot/o
ear
303
-ous
pertaining to
304
ovari/o
ovary
305
ov/o, ovul/o
ovum (egg)
306
-oxia
oxygen (level of)
307
ox/y-
oxygen,sharp,acute
308
pachy-
thick
309
palat/o
palate
310
or/o
mouth
311
papill/o
nipple-like
312
-ose
sugar
313
para-
beside,near, abnormal
314
para
woman who has given birth
315
parathyr/o/ parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
316
-paresis
partial paralysis, weakness
317
path/o, -pathy
disease, any disease of
318
ped/o
child,foot
319
pelvi/o
pelvis
320
-penia
decrease of, deficiency of
321
per-
through
322
peri-
around
323
perine/o
perineum
324
palpebr/o
eyelid
325
periton,peritone/o
peritoneum
326
pan-
all
327
-pexy
surgical fixation
328
pancreat/o
pancreas
329
phac/o, phak/o
lens
330
phag/o
eat,ingest
331
pharm,pharmac/o
drug,medicine
332
pharyng/o
pharynx
333
-phasia
speech
334
phil, -phillic
attracting, absorbing
335
phleb/o
vein
336
-phobia
fear
337
phon/o
sound,voice
338
-phonia
voice
339
phot/o
light
340
phren/o
diaphragm
341
phrenic/o
phrenic nerve
342
phyt/o
plant
343
pituitar/i
pituitary, hypophysis
344
plas,-plasia
formation,molding,development
345
-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
346
-plegia
paralysis
347
-pnea
breathing
348
pleur/o
pleura
349
pneum/o,pneumat/o
air, gas,respiration, lung
350
pneumon/o
lung
351
pod/o
foot
352
-poiesis
formation,production
353
poikilo-
varied, irregular
354
poly-
many, much
355
pre-
before, in front of
356
presby-
old
357
post-
after,behind
358
pro-
before, in front of
359
proct/o
rectum
360
prostat/o
prostate
361
prim/i
first
362
prote/o
protein
363
pseudo-
false
364
psych/o
mind
365
ptosis
prolapse,downward displacement, dropping
366
-ptysis
spitting
367
puer
child
368
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
369
pupill/o
pupil
370
pyel/o
renal pelvis
371
pylor/o
pylorus
372
py/o
pus
373
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever,fire
374
quadr/i
four
375
rachi/o
spine
376
radicul/o
root of spinal nerve
377
radi/o
radiation,x-rays
378
rect/o
rectum
379
ren/o
kidney
380
retin/o
retina
381
retro-
backward,behind
382
rhabd/o
rod,muscle cell
383
-rhage,rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow,hemorrhage
384
-rhea
flow, discharge
385
-rhexis
rupture
386
rhin/o
nose
387
sacr/o
sacrum
388
salping/o
tube,uterine tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
389
-schisis
split,fissure
390
scler/o
hard, sclera (white of the eye)
391
sclerosis
hardening
392
-scope
instrument for viewing or examining
393
re-
again, back
394
-scopy
examination of
395
seb/o
sebum,sebaceous gland
396
semi-
half,partial
397
reticul/o
network
398
semin
semen
399
sept/o
septum,dividing wall, partition
400
sial/o
saliva,salivary gland, salivary duct
401
sider/o
iron
402
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
403
-rhaphy
surgical repair,suture
404
sinstr/o
left
405
-sis
condition of
406
somat/o
body
407
-some
body, small body
408
sacchar/o
sugar
409
somn/I, somn/o, -somnia
to sleep
410
son/o
sound,ultrasound
411
spasm
sudden contraction of muscles,cramp
412
sperm/i
semen, spermatozoa
413
spermat/o
semen, spermatozoa
414
-spermia
condition of semen
415
sphygm/o
pulse
416
splen/o
spleen
417
spondyl/o
vertebra
418
staped/o,stapedi/o
stapes
419
staphyl/o
grape-like clusters, staphylococcus
420
stasis
suppression, stoppage
421
spir/o
breathing
422
steat/o
fatty
423
stenosis
narrowing,construction
424
steth/o
chest
425
sthen/o
strength
426
skelet/o
skeleton
427
stoma,stomat/o
mouth
428
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
429
strept/o
twisted chain, streptococcus
430
sub-
under,below
431
super-
above,excess
432
supra
above
433
syn,sym
together
434
tachy-
rapid
435
tax/o
order, arrangement
436
tel/e,tel/o
end,far,at a distance
437
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
438
terat/o
malformed fetus
439
synov/i
synovial joint, synovial membrane
440
test/o
testis,testicle
441
tetra
four
442
thalam/o
thalamus
443
thorac/o
chest,thorax
444
thromb/o
blood clot
445
thrombocyt/o
platelet,thrombocyte
446
thym/o
thymus gland
447
toc/o
labor
448
-tome
instrument used to cut
449
ton/o
tone
450
tonsil/o
tonsils
451
tox/o, toxic/o
poison,toxin
452
trache/o
trachea
453
trans
through
454
tri
three
455
trcih/o
hair
456
-tripsy
crushing
457
trop/o
turning
458
trop,-tropic
act(ing) on,affect(ing)
459
troph/o,-trophy,-trophia
feeding,growth,nourishment
460
tympan/o
tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane
461
un-
not
462
uni-
one
463
therm/o
heat, temperature
464
-uresis
urination
465
ureter/o
ureter
466
urethr/o
urethra
467
-uria
condition of urine, urination
468
ur/o
urine,urinary tract
469
thyr/o,thyroid/o
thyroid
470
uter/o
uterus
471
uve/o
uvea (of eye)
472
uvul/o
uvula
473
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
474
vagin/o
sheath,vagina
475
valv/o,vavul/o
valve
476
varic/o
twisted and swollen vein, varix
477
vascul/o
vessel
478
toxin
poison
479
vas/o
vessel,duct; vas deferns
480
ven/o, ven/i
vein
481
ventricul/o
cavity, ventricular
482
vetebr/o
vertebra, spinal column
483
vesic/o
urinary bladder
484
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
485
vestibul/o
vestibule, vestibular apparatus (of ear)
486
vir/o
virus
487
vulv/o
vulva
488
xanth/o
yellow
489
xen/o
foreign,strange
490
xer/o
dry
491
-y
condition or process of
492
urin/o
urine
