| Element | Meaning |
| helio- | sun, light |
| astr- | star-shaped |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| fascia | sheet, band |
| iso- | equal |
| tarso- | ankle region-also framework of the eyelid |
| -tope | place |
| pod- | foot |
| malign- | bad, harmful |
| adnexa | ties, connections |
| ocul- | eye |
| lapar- | abdominal wall |
| dacry- | tear |
| ment- | mind |
| part- | labor, bring forth |
| scler(a) | hard |
| somato- | body |
| trachek- | neck, necklike |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno- | sleep |
| sept- | wall, fence |
| scirr(h)- | hard |
| antr- | cavity or chamber |
| -crine | to secrete |
| dura | hard |
| pneum- | lung, air |
| phage | to eat |
| phren- | mind |
| corne- | horny, hornlike |
| plak- | plate |
| iris | rainbow (eye membrane) |
| kerat- | horny, horny tissue |
| pulmon- | lung |
| ptyal- | saliva |
| alveol- | cavitity, socket |
| oophor- | ovary(female reproductive gland) |
| oment- | covering (of internal abdominal organs) |
| sedat- | quiet, calm |
| furca- | fork-shaped |
| radic- | root |
| radi- | ray |
| fistul- | pipe, a narrow passage |
| edema- | swelling (by fluid) |
| dactyl- | finger, toe |
| metabol(e) | change |
| pariet- | wall |
| ependym- | wrapping, a covering |
| gravid | pregnant |
| aer- | air |
| glyco- | sweet, sugar |
