Element	Definition	Element	Definition
a- ab- abdomin -able ac- acou- ad- af- alb- -algia ambi- angi- ante- anti- aque- arch- arthr- -asis aud- auto- bi- bio- blast- brachi- brachy- brady- bucc- cac- calc- capit- carcin- cardi- cata- caud- cephal- cerebro- chol- chondr- chrom- -cide circum- co- coel- -coele con- contra- corn- corp- crypt- cyan- cyst- cyto-	absent, deficient, lack of (atrophy) off, away from (absent) relating to the abdomen (abdominal) capable of (viable) toward, to (actin) hear (acoustic) toward, to (adduct) movement toward a central point white (corpus albicans) pain (neuralgia) both (ambidextrous) pertaining to vessels (angiology) before, in front of (antebrachium) against (anticoagulant) water (aqueous) beginning, origin (archenteron) joint (arthritis) condition or state of (homeostasis) hearing, sound (auditory) self (autolysis) two (bipedal) life (biopsy) generative or germ bud (blastocyst) arm (brachialis) short (brachydont) slow (bradycardia) cheek (buccal cavity) bad, ill (cachexia) stone (calculus) head (capitis) cancer (carcinogenic) heart (cardiac) lower, under, against (catabolism) tail (cauda equina) head (cephalic) brain (cerebrospinal fluid) bile (cholic) cartilage (chondrocyte) color (chromocyte) destroy (germicide) around (circumduct) together (copulation) hollow cavity (coelom) swelling, enlarged space or cavity with, together (cogenital) against, opposite (contraception) denoting hardness (cornified) body (corpus) hidden (cryptorchidism) blue (cyanosis) sac or bladder (cystoscope) cell (cytology)	de- derm- di- dipl- dis- duct- dur- dys- e- ec- -ectomy ede- -emia en- enter- epi- erythro- ex- exo- extra- fasci- febr- -ferent fiss- for- -form gastro- -gen -genic gloss- glyco- -gram gran- -graph gravi- gyn- haplo- hem(at)- hemi- hepat- hetero- histo- holo- homo- hydro- hyper- hypo- -ia -iatrics idio- ilio- infra-	down, from (descent) skin (dermatology) two (diarthrotic) double (diploid) apart, away from (disarticulate) lead, conduct (ductus deferens) hard (dura mater) bad, difficult, painful (dysentery) out, from (eccrine) outside, outer, external (ectoderm) surgical removal (tonsillectomy) swelling (edema) pertaining to a condition of the blood within (endoderm) intestine (enteritis) upon, over (epidermis) red (erythrocyte) out of (excise) outside (exocrine) outside of, in addition (extracellular) band (fascia) fever (febrile) bear, carry (efferent) split (fissure) opening (foramen) shape (fusiform) of the stomach (gastrointestinal) an agent that produces (pathogen) producing (carcinogenic) tongue (glossopharyngeal) sugar (glycosuria) a record(ing) (electroencephalogram) grain, particle (granulosa cells) recording instrument (telegraph) heavy (gravid) female sex (gynecology) simple or single (haploid) blood (hematology) half (hemiplagia) liver (hepatic portal) other, different (heterosexual) web, tissue (histology) whole, entire (holocrine) same, alike (homologous) water (hydrocoel) above, excessive (hypertension) under, below (hypoglycemia) abnormal state (hypoglycemia) medical specialties (pediatrics) self, separate (idiopathic) ilium (iliosacral) beneath (infraspinatus)

Element	Definition	Element	Definition
inter- intra- -ion -ism iso- -itis labi- lacri- later- leuk- lip- -logy -lysis macro- mal- medi- mega- meso- meta- micro- mito- mono- morph- multi- myo- narc- necro- neo- nephr- neuro- noto- ob- oc- -oid oligo- -oma oo- or- orchi- ortho- -ory -ose osteo- oto- ovo- par- para- path- -pathy ped- pen- -penia per- peri- phag- -phil phleb- -phobia -plasty	among, between (interosseus) inside, within (intracellular) process (acromion) condition or state (dimorphism) equal, like (isotonic) inflammation (meningitis) lip (labium majus) tears (lacrimal apparatus) side (lateral) white (leukocyte) fat (lipid) science of (morphology) solution, dissolve (hemolysis) large, great (macrophage) bad, abnormal, disorder (malignant) middle (medial) great, large (megakaryocyte) middle or moderate (mesoderm) after, beyond (metatarsal) small (microtome) thread (mitochondrion) alone, one, single (monocyte) form, shape (morphology) many, much (multinuclear) muscle (myology) numbess, stupor (narcotic) corpse, dead (necrosis) new, young (neonatal) kidney (nephritis) nerve (neurolemma) back (notochord) against, in front of (obturator) against (occlusion) resembling, likeness (sigmoid) few, small (oligodendrocyte) tumor (lymphoma) egg (oocyte) mouth (oral) testis (orchiectomy) straight, normal (orthopnea) pertaining to (sensory) full of (adipose) bone (osteoblast) ear (otolith) egg (ovum) give birth to, bear (parturition) near, beyond, beside (paranasal) disease (pathology) abnormality, disease (neuropathy) children (pediatrician) need, lack (penicillin) deficiency (thrombocytopenia) through (percutaneous) near, around (pericardium) to eat (phagocyte) have an affinity for (neutrophil) vein (phlebitis) abnormal fear, dread (hydrophobia) reconstruction of (rhinoplasty)	platy- -plegia -pnea pneumo(n)- pod- -poiesis poly- post- pre- pro- proct- pseudo- psycho- pyo- quad- re- rect- ren- rete- retro- rhin- -rrhagia -rrhea sanguin- sarc- -scope -sect semi- -sis steno- -stomy sub- super- supra- syn- (sym-) tachy- tele- tens- tetra- therm- thorac- thrombo- -tomy tox- tract- trans- tri- trich- -trophy -tropic ultra- uni- -uria uro- vas- viscer- vit- zoo- zygo-	flat, side (platysma) stroke, paralysis (paraplegia) to breathe (apnea) lung (pneumonia) foot (podiatry) formation of (hemopoiesis) many, much (polyploid) after, behind (postnatal) before in time or place (prenatal) before in time or place (prophase) anus (proctology) false (pseudostratified) mental (psychology) pus (pyorrhea) fourfold (quadriceps femoris) back, again (repolarization) straight (rectus abdominus) kidney (renal) network (rete testis) backward, behind (retroperitoneal) nose (rhinitis) excessive flow (menorrhagia) flow or discharge (diarrhea) blood (sanguineous) flesh (sarcoma) instrument (stethoscope) cut (dissect) half (semilunar) process or action (dialysis) arrow (stenosis) surgical opening (tracheostomy) under, below (subcutaneous) above, upper (superficial) above, over (suprarenal) together, joined, with (synapse) swift, rapid (tachycardia) far (telencephalon) stretch (tensor tympani) four (tetrad) heat (thermogram) chest (thoracic cavity) lump, clot (thrombocyte) cut (appendectomy) poison (toxemia) draw, drag (traction) across, over (transfuse) three (trigone) hair (trichology) nutritional state (hypertrophy) turning to, changing (gonadotropic) beyond, excess (ultrasonic) one (unicellular) urine (polyuria) urine, urinary organs/tract (uroscope) vessel (vasoconstriction) organ (visceral) life (vitamin) animal (zoology) union, join (zygote)