| Medical Terminology |
Meanings |
| helio- | light |
| astr- | star |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| iso- | equal |
| tarso- | ankle region |
| -tope | place |
| pod- | foot |
| malign- | bac, harmful |
| adnexa- | ties, connections |
| ocul- | eye |
| lapar- | abdominal wall |
| dacry- | tear |
| ment- | mind |
| part- | bring forth, labor |
| scle(a)- | hard |
| somato- | body |
| trachel- | neck or neckline structure |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno- | sleep |
| sept- | fence, wall |
| scirr(h)- | hard |
| antr- | cavity or chamber |
| -crine | to secrete |
| dura- | hard |
| pneum- | lung,air |
| phage- | eat |
| phren- | mind |
| corne- | horn like |
| plak- | plate |
| iris | rainbow |
| kerat- | horny |
| pulmon- | lung |
| ptyal- | saliva |
| alveoli- | cavity or socket |
| oophor- | ovary |
| oment- | covering of internal organs |
| sedat- | quiet, calm |
| furca- | fork shaped |
| radic- | root |
| radi- | ray |
| fistul- | pipe, or narrow passageway |
| edema- | swelling (fluid) |
| dactyl- | finger, toe |
| metabol(e) | change |
| pariet- | wall |
| ependym- | wrapping or cover |
| gravid | pregnancy |
| aer- | air |
| glycol- | sweet,sugar |
| gluco- | sweet, sugar |
| tarso- | framework of the upper eyelid |
| cheir | hand |
| chir- | hand |
| calc- | stone, heel |
| cine- | movement |
| digit | finger , toe |
| dors- | back |
| gangli- | knotlike mass, swelling |
| gemin- | twin or double |
| grad- | walk, take steps |
| gran- | grain, or particle |
| labi- | lip |
| micr- | small |
| peps- | digest |
| pept- | digest |
| pleur- | pleura |
| mamm- | breast |
| colla- | glue |
| later- | side |
| rachi- | spinal column |
| phob- | fear |
| phot- | light |
| dys- | bad, out of order |
| cut- | skin |
| en- | in |
| peri- | around |
| pro- | before |
| mechano- | machine |
| dynamo- | power |
| osmo- | odor |
| traumat- | injury |
| trich- | hair |
| maxilla | upper jaw bone |
| an-, a- | without, not |
| phak- | lens |
| pre- | before |
| strict- | tighten, narrow |
| turbin- | shaped like a top |
| ameb- | change |
| semi- | half |
| neo- | new |
| hormone- | excite or set in motion |
| therm- | heat |
| syn- | together |
| sym- | together |
| vuls(e) | twitch or pull |
| post | after |
| metr- | uterus |
| tegument | covering or skin |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| ramus | branch |
| neuro- | nerve |
| thromb- | clot |
| ab- | away |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| ante- | before |
| thel- | nipple |
| ex- | out, away from |
| lien- | spleen |
| tumor | swelling |
| vestibule | entrance |
| puer- | child |
| sarc- | flesh |
| prolix- | offspring |
| macro- | large |
| lal- | language |
| intra- | within |
| inter- | between |
| cryo- | cold |
| mal- | bad |
| glom- | ball |
| tens- | stretch |
| spas- | pull.draw |
| somni- | sleep |
| pharmacy- | drug |
| lumbo- | loins |
| arter- | artery |
| appendic- | appendix |
| thyro- | thyroid |
| splen- | spleen |
| ovario- | ovary |
| adreno- | adrenal gland |
| basi- | base |
| pelvis | pelvis |
| vena- | vein |
| urethra | urethra |
| utero- | uterus |
| sacro- | sacrum |
| pharyng- | pharynx |
| duodeno- | duodenum |
| ureter | ureter |
| laryng- | larynx |
| bronch- | bronchus |
| col- | colon |
| esophag- | esophagus |
| bi- | two,double,both |
| tri- | htree |
| ile- | ileum |
| ili- | ilium |
| lig- | ligament |
| thrap- | therapy |
