Appendix 4: Meanings & Their Corresponding Word Parts Flashcards
abdomen
abdomin/o, celi/o
abdominal wall
lapar/o
abnormal
dys-, para-
abnormally high
hyper-
abnormally large
macro-, mega-, megal/o-
abnormally low
hypo-
above
super-, supra-
absence
a-, an-, dis-
absorb(ing)
phil, -philic
accumulation of fluid
edema
act of recording data
-graphy
act(ing) on
trop, -tropic
acute
ox/y
adrenal gland
adren/o, adrenal/o
adrenaline
adren/o
adrenal
adren/o
adrenal cortex
adrenocortic/o
affect(ing)
trop, -tropic
after
post-, met/a
again
re-
against
anti-, contra-, counter-
air
aer/o, pneumat/o
all
pan-
amnion, amniotic sac
amnio
angle
goni/o
anus
an/o
any disease of
-pathy
aorta
aort/o
arm
brachi/o
around
circum-, peri-
arrangement
tax/o
arteriole
arteriol/o
artery
arter/o, arteri/o
at a distance
tel/e, tel/o
atlas
atlant/o
atrium
atri/o
attract(ing)
phil, -philic
auditory (eustachian) tube
salping/o
away from
ab-, ex/o-
babble
-lalia
bacillus
bacill/i, bacill/o
back
re-
backward
retro-
bacterium
bacteri/o
bad
mal-
before
ante-, pre-, pro-
behind
post-, retro-
below
hypo-, infra-, sub-
beside
para-, juxta-
between
inter-
beyond
met/a
bile
bili, chol/e, chol/o
bile duct
cholangi/o
binding
-desis
birth
nat/i
black
melan/o-
bladder
cyst/o, vesic/o
blood
hem/o, hemat/o
condition of blood
-emia, -hemia
blood clot
thromb/o
blue
cyan/o-
body
somat/o, -some
bone
oste/o
bone marrow
myel/o
brain
encephal/o
breaking
-clasis, -clasia
breast
mamm/o, mast/o
breathing
-pnea, spir/o
bronchiole
bronchiol
bronchus
bronch/i, bronch/o
bursa
burs/o
bursting forth
-rhage, -rhagia
calcium
calc/i
calculus
lith
calyx
cali/o, calic/o
cancer
carcin/o
carbon dioxide
-capnia
caricinoma
carcin/o
carry
fer
cartilage
chondr/o
cavity
ventricul/o
cecum
cec/o
cell
-cyte, cyt/o
cerebellum
cerebell/o
cerebral cortex
cortic/o
cerebrum
cerebr/o
cervix
cervic/o
chain (twisted)
strept/o
change
met/a
cheek
bucc/o
chemical
chem/o
chest
thorac/o, steth/o
child
ped/o, puer
choroid
chori/o, choroid/o
ciliary body/muscle
cycl/o
clitoris
clitor/o, clitorid/o
clot
thromb/o
coccyx
coccy, coccyg/o
cochlea
cochle/o
cold
cry/o
colon
col/o, colon/o
color
chrom/o, chromat/o
colorless
leuk/o-
common bile duct
choledoch/o
condition of
-ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis, -y
condition of the eye
-opia
condition of urine, urination
-uria
condition of vision
-opia, -opsia
condition of semen
-spermia
constriction
stenosis
contraction (sudden), cramp
spasm
cornea
corne/o, kerat/o
correct
ortho-
cranium
crani/o
crushing
-tripsy
cutting
-tomy
cutting instrument
-tome
cyst
cyst/o
dark
melan/o-
darkness
nyct/o
data
-gram
death of tissue
necrosis
decreased, decrease in
hypo-, -penia
deficiency of
oligo-, -penia
destruction
lysis
development
plas, -plasia
diaphragm
phren/o
different
hetero-
difficult
dys-
dilatation, dilation
ectasia, ectasis
dim
ambly-
discharge
-rhea
disease
path/o, -pathy
dissolving
lysis, -lytic
distance (at a)
tel/e, tel/o
distention
ectasia, ectasis
double
dipl/o-
down
de-
dropping, downward displacement
ptosis
drug, medicine
pharm, pharmac/o
dry
xer/o-
duct, ductus deferens
vas/o
duodenum
duoden/o
ear
ot/o
easy
eu-
eat
phag/o
egg cell
oo, ov/o, ovul/o
electricity
electr/o
embryo
embry/o
embryonic cell
-blast, blast/o
end
tel/e, tel/o, acro
endocrine
endocrin/o
energy
dynam/o
enlargement
-megaly, megal/o
enzyme
-ase
epididymis
epididym/o
epinephrine
adren/o
equal
iso-, equi-
erythrocyte
erythr/o, erythrocyt/o
esophagus
esophag/o
examination of
-scopy
excess
hyper-, super-
excision
-ectomy
excited state
mania
expansion
dilation, dilatation, ectasia, ectasis
extremity
acro
eye
ocul/o, opthalm/o, opt/o, -opia
eyelid
blephar/o, palpebr/o
fallopian tube
salping/o
false
pseudo-
far
tel/e, tel/o
fascia
fasci/o
fat
adip/o, lip/o
fatty
steat/o
fear
-phobia
feces
copro
feeding
throph/o, -trophy, -trophia
fetus
fet/o
fetus (malformed)
terat/o
fever
pyr/o, pyret/o
few
oligo-
fiber
fibr/o, in/o
filled sac or pouch
cyst/o
finger
dactyl/o
fire
pyr/o, pyret/o
first
prim/i-
fissure
-schisis
fixation (surgical)
-pexy
flow
-rhea
fluid
hydr/o
foot
ped/o, pod/o
foreign
xen/o
form
morph/o
formation
gen, genesis, plas, -plasia, -poiesis
force
dynam/o
four
quadr/i, tetra-
fungus
myc/o
fusion
-desis
gall
chol/e, chol/o
gallbladder
cholecyst/o
ganglion
gangli/o, ganglion/o
gas
aer/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o
gingiva (gum)
gingiv/o
gland
aden/o
glans penis
balan/o
glomerulus
glomerul/o
glucose
gluc/o, glyc/o
good
eu-
grape-like cluster
staphyl/o
growth
troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
gum, gingiva
gingiv/o
hair
trich/o
half
hemi-, semi-
hand
chir/o
hard
scler/o
hardening
sclerosis
head
cephal/o
hearing
acous, acus, audi/o, cus
heart
cardi/o
heat
therm/o
hemorrhage
-rhage, -rhagia