Word parts Flashcards
mamm/o, mast/o
breast, mammary gland
neur/o, neur/i
nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve
insul/o
pancreatic islets
vagin/o, colp/o
vagina
salping/o
tube, oviduct, eustachian (auditory) tube
medull/o
medulla oblongata, spinal cord, inner part
psych/o
mind
-penia
decrease in, deficiency of
-poiesis
formation, production
gastr/o
stomach
enter/o
intestine
-pnea
breathing
thromb/o
blood clot
pneumon/o, pneum/o, pneumat/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
-oxia
level of oxygen
rect/o, proct/o
rectum
bili, chol/e, chol/o
bile, gall
col/o, colon/o
colon
hepat/o
liver
ren/o, nephr/o
kidney
test/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
testis, testicle
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
ot/o
ear
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
eye
lent/i, phak/o, phac/o
lens
oste/o
bone
myring/o, tympan/o
tympanic membrane
corne/o, kerat/o
cornea
ir, irit/o, irid/o
iris
chondr/o
cartilage
-mania
excited state, obsession
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra
my/o, muscul/o
muscle
hidr/o
sweat, perspiration
melan/o
dark, black, melanin
kin/o, kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o
movement
cost/o
rib
arthr/o
joint
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
-plegia
paralysis
cortic/o
cerebral cortex, outer portion
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
thorac/o
chest, thorax
cervic/o
neck, cervix
intra-
in, within
supra-
above
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o, -algia, -algesia, -odynia
pain
carcin/o
cancer, carcinoma
infra-
below
inter-
between
-emia, -hemia, hem/o, hemat/o
condition of blood, blood
vas/o, vascul/o
vessel, duct
angi/o
vessel
ven/o, ven/i, phleb/o
vein
-lytic
dissolving, reducing, loosening
-tomy
incision, cutting
anti-, contra-, counter-
against, opposite
-ia, -ism, -sis, -y
condition of
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -oid, -ory, -ous
pertaining to
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white, colorless
-logy
study of
cyan/o
blue
in-, -im-, non-, un-
not
a-, an-
not, without, lack of, abscence
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
ectasia, ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
-oma
tumor
path/o, -pathy
disease, any disease of
-pexy
surgical fixation
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
dia-, per-, trans-
through
acous, acus, cus
sound, hearing
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
aden/o
gland
phag/o
eat, ingest
morph/o
form
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
gen, genesis
origin, formation
-ase
enzyme
post-
after, behind
ante-, pre-, pro-
before, in front of
end/o-
in, within
ec-, ecto-, ex/o
out, outside
mega-, megal/o, -megaly
large, abnormally large, enlargement
-cele
hernia, localized dilatation
onc/o
tumor
tox/o, toxic/o
poison, toxin
mal
bad, poor
dys-
abnormal, painful, difficult
cyst/o
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder, urinary bladder
py/o
pus
gyn/o, gynec/o
woman
ovari/o, oophor/o
ovary
uter/o, metr/o, metr/i, hyster/o
uterus
cardi/o
heart
therm/o
heat, temperature
hyper-
over, excess, abnormally high, increased
eu-
good, true, easy
hypo-
under, below, abnormally low, decreased
-phobia
persistent, irrational fear
hydr/o
water, fluid
