Word Parts Flashcards
-algia
Pain, painful condition
dys-
Bad, difficult, painful
-ectomy
Surgical removal, excision
hyper-
Excessive, more than normal, increased
hypo-
Under, deficient, decreased
-itis
Inflammation
-osis
Abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy
Surgically created opening
-otomy
Cut into, incision
-plasty
Surgical repair, plastic repair
-rrhage, rrhagia
Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
To suture
-rrhea
To flow, abnormal discharge
-rrhexis
Rupture, burst
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
cyan/o
Blue
erythr/o
Red
Leuk/o
White
Melan/o
Black
Poli/o
Gray
-ac
Pertaining to
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove excess fluid
-graphy
Process of producing a picture/record
-gram
A picture/record
-scopy
Visual examination
-megaly
Enlargement
-malacia
Abnormal softening
-necrosis
Tissue death
-stenosis
Abnormal narrowing
ab-
Away from, negative
dextr/o
Right side
ex-
Out of, outside
macro-
Large, abnormal size, long
mega-, megal/o
Large, great
pre-
Before
ad-
Toward, in the direction of
sinistr/o
Left side
in-
In, into, not, without
micr/o, micro-
Small
olig/o
Scanty, few
post-
After, behind
inter-
Between, among
sub-
Under, below
eu-
Good, well, easy
intra-
Inside, within
super-, supra-
Above, excessive
arteri/o
Artery
ather/o
Plaque, fatty substance
arthr/o
Joint
myc/o
Fungus
myel/o
Bone marrow/spinal cord
my/o
Muscle
-ologist
Specialist
-ology
Study of
pyel/o
Renal pelvis
py/o
Pus
pyr/o
Fever or fire
aden/o
Gland
adip/o
Fat
anter/o
Before, front
caud/o
lower part of the body, tail
cephal/o
head
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
end-, endo-
in, within, inside
exo-
outside, out of, away
hist/o
tissue
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
developmemt, growth, formation
poster/o
behind, toward the back
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
chondr/o
cartilage
colo/o
colon
corno/o
crown
dem/o
people, population
hepat
liver
hyster/o
uterus
lapar/o
abdominal wall
nephr/o
kidney
orchi/o
testicles
ost/e
bone
phleb/o
vein
retr/o
backwards, behind
chondr/i, chondr/o
cartilage
epi-
above
gastr
stomach
abdomin/o
abdomen
pelv
pelvis
oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o
bones
ligament/o
ligaments
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
burs/o
sac
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
-desis
surgical fixation, fusing
kyph/o
bent, hump
hallux
big toe
hemat, hem-, -emia
blood
lord/o
curved, swaybacked
-lysis
destruction, loosen, set free
lumb/o
lower back, loins
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
pariet/o
wall to a cavity
peri-
around, about
-poietic
formation
spondyl/o
spinal column
-um
singlular noun ending
bi-
two, twin, double
-cele
hernia
-desis
to bind, fixation used to describe skeletal system procedures
fascia-
fascia, fibrous band
-ia
abnormal
-ic
pertaining to
kinesi/o
move, movement
-lysis
loosen, set free, destroy
my/o
muscle
-plegia
paralysis
tax/o
coordination, order
ton/o
tension, stretching
tri-
three
alveol/o
concave vessel, bowl, basin
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tubes
-ectasis, ectasia
stretch, dilation, enlargement
laryng/o
larynx, throat
nas/o, rhin/o
nose
or, oro, oral
mouth
oto
ear
ox-
oxygen
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
phon/o
sound, voice
phren-
mind, diaphragm
-plegia
paralysis
pleur/o
side of the body, pleura
-pnea
breathing
-pneum/o, pneumono, pneu
lung, air
ptysis-
spitting, saliva
pulmo, pulmono
lung
sinus
hollow space, cavity
-spasm
involuntary contraction, spasm
tachy-
fast, rapid
thorac/o, thorax
chest, rib cage
trache/o, trachi
trachea, wind pipe
aliment-
to nourish
an/o
anus
bili
bile
cec/o
cecum, lowest portion of small intestine
cheil/o
lips
chol/e
bile, gall
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
col, colon/o
colon
dent
teeth
dia
to flow
emesis
vomit
enter/o
small intestine
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv
gums of the mouth
glossa
tongue
gluco, glyco
sweet, sugar
halit
breath
lab/i
lips
lingual
tongue
-lithiasis
presence of stones
matebole
to change
odont/o
tooth
orth/o
straight
palat/o
palate, roof of mouth
pancreat/o
pancreas
-pepsia
digestion
peri-
surrounding, about
-pexy
surgical fixation
proct/o
rectum, anus
pylori, pyloro
sphincter, gate
rect/o
rectum, straight
rug
wrinkle, fold, crease
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
volv
turn, twist