| A | |
| a- | lacking, without, negation; absence; absence of; not |
| ab- | not |
| ab/s- | away from |
| -able | describes a capacity; what can be done or accomplished |
| aborto | to miscarry |
| ad- | toward, near |
| adeno | pertaining to the adrenal glands |
| adren/o | pertaining to the adrenal glands |
| adreno | of or pertaining to the endocrine system |
| adrenal/o | pertaining to the adrenal glands |
| -ae | plural form |
| aer/i/o | air |
| -age | suffix that changes a verb to a noun |
| -al | refers to a characteristic; related to |
| albu- | white |
| algesi | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -algesia | pain or sensitivity |
| ambul- | to move about |
| amni/o | the thin, transparent sac holding a fetus in utero |
| ampl- | breadth or width |
| an- | lacking, without, negation; absence; absence of; not |
| ana- | upward, backward |
| andr/o/os | male |
| angio- | vessel |
| ante- | before, prior |
| anter/o | front, anterior, ahead of, before, or in front of |
| anti- | against |
| antr | cavity |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append | appendix |
| -ar | referring to |
| arch/e/i- | original, first, beginning |
| -aris | pertaining to |
| arteri/a/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole; small artery |
| arthr | of or pertaining to the skeletal system |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | loss of strength |
| -ate | action, use, possession, having the form of, undergo a process |
| ather/o | fatty plaque or patch |
| -ation | indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result |
| aud/i | hear |
| audi/it | hearing |
| auto- | self |
| azo/t- | nitrogenous waste or compounds |
| B | |
| balan/o | penis |
| baro- | weight or pressure (atmospheric) |
| bas | step |
| bi- | two, twice, or double |
| bio | life |
| -blast | newly created cell, immature cell, embryonic cell, germ cell |
| botul | botulinum, a neotoxin |
| brach- | short, small, or brief |
| brady- | slow rate of |
| brevis- | short, small, or brief |
| brochiol/o/io | air passage |
| bronch/i/io/o | windpipe |
| bucco/o | check |
| C | |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/io/iolog | heart; of or pertaining to the circulatory system |
| caud/o | lower; below other structures or parts; pertaining to the tail of the tail end |
| cent/i | one hundredth |
| -centesis | puncture or aspirate |
| cephalo- | cranium |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cerebro | of or pertaining to the nervous system |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chemo | drug |
| chlor/chloro- | green |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| chron/o | over a long period of time |
| circ | to go around as in a circuit |
| circum | surrounding, around |
| cirrho- | orange-yellow; reddish-yellow |
| -clasia | break, breaking or crushing |
| -clast | to break |
| clastic | broken or divided into pieces |
| calvicul/o | related to the clavicle |
| clini | medical practice |
| clit- | clitoris |
| co- | with |
| co/n- | together |
| coagul | congealing or solidifying |
| cocc | berry |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| colon/o | colon |
| concha | shell or shell-shaped |
| consc | aware |
| contra- | opposite or against |
| cortico | cortex; outer surface of an organ or structure |
| cran | head |
| crin- | to secrete |
| cutane/o | both the epidermis and dermis layers of the skin tissue |
| cyano- | blue |
| cycl/e/o | circle, cycle |
| cyst/o/i | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell, of or pertaining to the integumentary system |
| D | |
| de- | down, away, or from |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | one tenth |
| demi- | one half |
| dent/o/i | teeth |
| -desis | binding |
| derm/a/o | skin, of or pertaining to the integumentary system |
| dext- | right |
| di- | two, twice, or double |
| dia- | across, through |
| digest/i/o | to break down or chemically alter |
| dis- | not, ... |