arthr/o
joint
gastr/o
stomach
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
oste/o
bone
splen/o
spleen
hyster/o
uterus
enter/o
intestine
ot/o
ear
derm/o,dermat/o
skin
hepat/o
liver
cholangi/o
bile vessel
col/o,colon/o
colon
chondr/o
cartilage
append/o
appendix
-centesis
surgical puncture
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone of joint)
-ectomy
excision, removal
-lysis
separation, destruction, loosening
-pexy
fixation (of an organ)
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
incision
-tripsy
crushing
-gram
record, writing
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
act of measuring
-scope
instrument for examining
-scopy
visual examination
-algia, dynia
pain
-cele
hernia, swelling
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone, calculus
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting (of)
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
-toxic
poison
-trophy
nourishment, development
-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
-ia, -ism
condition
-iatry
medicine, treatment
-ist
specialist
-y
condition, process
a-, an-
without, not
circum-, peri-
around
dia-, trans-
through, across
dipl-, diplo-
double
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
endo-, intra-
in, within
homo-, homeo-
same
hypo-
under, below, deficient
macro-
large
micro-
small
mono-, uni-
one
pre-
before, in front of
primi-
first
post-
after, behind
retro-
backward, behind
super-
upper, above