aden/o
gland
amni/o
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
angi/o
vessel (usually blood vessel)
ateri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
ather/o
plaque (a yellow, fatty material)
axill/o
armpit (underarm)
bronch/o
bronchial tube
bronchi/o
bronchial tube
carcin/o
cancerous
cardi/o
heart
chem/o
drug; also chemical
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chron/o
time
col/o
colon (large intestine or bowl)
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
cyst/o
urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst
electro/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
erythr/o
red
esophag/o
esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hyster/o
uterus
inguin/o
groin (are in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen (abdominal wall)
laryng/o
voice box (larynx)
leuk/o
white
mamm/o
breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, and -plasty)
mast/o
breast (use with -ectomy and -itis)
men/o
menses (menstruation) ; month
mening/o
meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
necr/o
death (cells)
nephr/o
kidney (use with all suffixes, except -al and -gram)
neur/o
nerve
oophor/o
ovary
osteo/o
bone
ot/o
ear
pelv/o
hip area
peritone/o
peritoneum
phleb/o
vein
pneumon/o
lung
pulmon/o
lung
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney (use with -al and -gram)
rhin/o
nose
salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tubes
sarc/o
flesh
septic/o
pertaining to infection
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsil
trache/o
windpipe; trachea
ur/o
urine or urea (waste material); urinary tract
vascul/o
blood vessel