| A | B |
|---|
| -algia | Pain |
| - itis | inflammation |
| - osis | condition of |
| - ostomy | create on opening |
| - otomy | create an incision (cut) |
| osteotomy | a cut into a bone |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| cephalgia | pain in the head (headache) |
| gastrostomy | surgical opening into the stomach |
| cyanosis | condition of blueness |
| - centesis | surgical puncture to collect fluid |
| - emesis | vomiting |
| - emia | in the blood |
| - esthesia | sensation; feeling |
| - malacia | softening |
| - megaly | enlarged |
| - oma | tumor |
| thoracentesis | puncture to remove fluid from the thorax |
| anesthesia | loss of feeling or sensation |
| hyperemesis | excessive vomiting |
| pharyngitis | inflammation of the throat |
| neuritis | inflammation of a nerve |
| chondromalacia | softening of cartilage |
| neuroma | tumor on a nerve |
| - penia | decreased; lack of; deficiency |
| - phagia | swallowing |
| - plasty | surgical repair |
| - plegia | paralysis |
| - ptosis | drooping |
| - rrhea | flow; discharge |
| - sclerosis | hardening |
| - scopy | visual observation (to see) |
| - stenosis | narrowing |
| tracheotomy | making an incision into the trachea (neck) |
| Thrombocytopenia | decreased number of clotting cells (thrombocytes) |
| Dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| Dys - | difficulty |
| cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four extremities |
| blepharoptosis | drooping of the eyelids |
| rhinorrhea | excessive flow from the nose (runny nose) |
| Arteriostenosis | narrowing of the arteries |
| arthroscopy | visually inspecting a joint |
| tracheostomy | creating an opening into the trachea (throat) |
| axill/o | armpit |
| axillary | pertaining to the armpit |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoma | tumor of a gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| angiorraphy | to suture a vessel |
| andr/o | male |
| android | resembling a male |
| arthr/o | joint |
| arthralgia | pain in a joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cerebral | pertaining to the brain |
| cephal/o | head |
| cephalgia | pain in the head (headache) |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cervical | pertaining to a neck |
| crani/o | skull |
| cranial | pertaining to the skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cutaneous | pertaining to the skin |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chondromalacia | softening of the cartilage |
| cost/o | ribs |
| costal | pertaining to the ribs |
| cyst/o | fluid filled sac (bladder) |
| cystoplegia | paralysis of the bladder |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| dacry/o | tears |
| dacryoadenitis | inflammation of the tear gland |
| dactyl/o | fingers and toes |
| dactylectomy | removal of finger or toe |
| encephal/o | brain |
| encephalopathy | inflammation of the brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glossalgia | pain in the tongue |
| hem/o; hemat/o | blood |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| hist/o | tissue |
| histohydria | condition of water in the tissues |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| myeloblast | development of the bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| myosclerosis | hardening of the muscle |
| mast/o; mamm/o | breast |
| mammoplasty | surgical repair of the breat |
| nas/o; rhin/o | nose |
| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| nephroptosis | drooping of the kidney |
