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Ab-
Away from, negative, absent
Abdomen/o
Abdomen
-ac
Pertaining to
Ad-
Toward, to, in the direction of
-ago
Abnormal condition
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain, suffering
-an
Pertaining to
Angi/o
Blood vessel
Appendic
Appendix
-ar
Pertaining to
Arteri/o
Artery
Arthr/o
Joint
-ary
Pertaining to
Arther/o
Plaque or fatty substance
Cardi
Heart
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes, or to remove excess fluid
Col
Colon
Crain
Skull
Cyan/o
Blue
-cyte
Cell
-derma
Skin
Dermat
Specialist
Dextr/o
Right side
Dia-
Through
-dynia
Pain
Dys-
Bad, difficult, or painful
-eal
Pertaining to
-ectomy
Surgical removal, cut out
End-
Within
Enter
Small intestine
Erythr/o
Red
-esis
Abnormal condition
Ex-
Out of, outside, away from
Eu-
Good, normal, well, or easy
Gastr-
Stomach
-gram
Picture or record
-graphy
Process of producing a picture or recording
Hem/o
Blood
Hepat/o
Liver
Hyper-
Excessive, increased
Hypo-
Deficient, decreased
-ia
Abnormal condition
-ial
Pertaining to
-iasis
Abnormal condition
-ic
Pertaining to
-ical
Pertaining to
In-
In, into, not, without
-ine
Pertaining to
Inter-
Between, among
Intra-
Within or inside
-ion
Abnormal condition
-ior
Pertaining to
-ism
Abnormal condition
-itis
Inflammation
Larying
Larynx or throat
Leuk/o
White
Lith
Stone
Macro-
Large, abnormal size, long
Micr/o, micro
Small
-megaly
Enlargement
-malacia
Abnormal softening
Mega-, megal/o
Large, great
Melan/o
Black
Meaning
Meninges
My/o
Muscle
Myc/o
Fungus
Myel
Spinal cord
Myel/o
Bone marrow, or spinal cord
Nat
Birth
-necrosis
Tissue death
Neo-
New
Neur/o
Nerve
Olig/o
Scanty, few
-ologist
Specialist
-ology
Study of
-oma
Tumor
-ory
Pertaining to
-osis
Abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy
The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
Ot/o
Ear
-otomy
Cutting, surgical incision
-ous
Pertaining to
Path
Disease
-pathy
Disease
Peri-
Surrounding
Poil/o
Gray
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before
Py/o
Pus
Pyel/o
Renal pelvis
Pyr/o
Fire or fever
Rhin/o
Nose
-rrhage
Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
-rrhea
Flow or discharge
-rrhexis
Rapture
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
-scopy
Visual examination
Sinistr/o
Left side
-stenosis
Abnormal narrowing
Sub-
Under, less, or below
Super-, Supra-
Above, excessive
Tendin
Tendon
-tic
Pertaining to
Tonsil
Tonsils
Vir
Virus or poison