Word Parts Flashcards
Cyan/o
Blue
Erythro/o
Red
Leuk/o
White
Melan/o
Black
Poli/o
Gray
Xanth/o
Yellow
-algia
Pain, suffering
-Dynia
Pain
-dys
Bad painful difficult
Hyper-
Excessive increased
Hypo-
Deficent descreased
Pathy
Diease
Path/o
Disease emotion
-ology
Study of
-ologist
Specialist
Pre-
Before
Ante-
Before
Post
After, behind
Anter
Front, before
Poster/o
Behind
Caud/o
Lower part of the body tail
Cephal/o
Head
Macro-
Large
Micro-
Small
Myc/o
Fungus
My/o
Muscle
Myel/o
Bone marrow or spinal cord
Adip/o
Fat
Cyt/o
Cell
-cyte
Cell
Hist/o
Tissue
-plasia
Growth, development
-stasis
Control maintain at constant
Chondr/o
Cartilage
-lysis
Breakdown
Oste/o
Bone
Hepat/o
Liver
Gastr/o
Stomach
Ecto-
On the outside
-ac
Pertaining to
-al
Pertaining to
-ar
Pertaining to
-ary
Pertaining to
-tic
Pertaining to
-itis
Inflammation infection
-necrosis
Tissue death
Therm/o
Heat
Py/o
Pus
Pyr/o
Fever or fiver
Derm/o dermat/o
Skin
Hidr/o
Sweat
Lip/o
Fat
Onych/o
Fingernail
Pil/o
Hair
Rhytid/o
Wrinkles
Xer/o
Dry
Ped/o
Foot child
-ia
Abnormal condition
-iasis
Abnormal condition
-iasis
Abnormal condition
-osis
Abnormal condition
-grapy
Process of producing a picture or record
-gram
Picture or record
-scopy
Visual examination
super-, supra-
above, excessive
Sub
Below under less
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within
Arthr/o
Joint
Burs/o
Bursa
Cost/o
Rib
Crani/o
Skull
Radi/o
X rays
-poiesis
Making formation
Orth/o
Straight
-ectomy
Surgical removal
-plasty
Surgical repair
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
Bi
Two
Kinesi/o
Movement
Tend/o
Tendon
Tri
Three
-asthenia
Weakness
Tax/o
Coordination