| ac |
pertaining to |
al |
pertaining to |
| ar |
pertaining to |
ary |
pertaining to |
| eal |
pertaining to |
ial |
pertaining to |
| ic |
pertaining to |
ous |
pertaining to |
| agra |
excessive pain |
algia |
pain |
| apheresis |
removal |
ase |
enzyme |
| asthenia |
weakness |
atresia |
absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure |
| capnia |
carbon dioxide |
cele |
hernia; protrusion |
| centesis |
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
cidal |
killing |
| clasia |
break |
clasis |
break |
| clast |
break |
clysis |
irrigating; washing |
| coccus (pl. cocci) |
berryshaped ( a form of bacterium) |
crine |
separate; secrete |
| crit |
to separate |
cyte |
cell |
| desis |
surgical fixation; fusion |
drome |
run; running |
| ectasis |
stretching out; dilatation; expansion |
ectomy |
excision or surgical removal |
| ectopia |
displacement |
emesis |
vomiting |
| emia |
blood condition |
er |
one who |
| esis |
condition |
iasis |
condition |
| gen |
substance or agent that produces or causes |
genesis |
origin; cause |
| genic |
producing; originating; causing |
gram |
record; x-ray film |
| graph |
instrument used to record |
graphy |
process of recording; xray filming |
| ia |
condition of diseased or abnormal state |
iatry |
physician; treatment |
| ician |
one who |
ictal |
seizure; attack |
| ism |
state of |
itis |
inflammation |
| lepsy |
seizure |
lysis |
loosening; dissolution; separating |
| lytic |
destroy; reduce |
malacia |
softening |
| mania |
madness; insane desire |
megaly |
enlargement |
| meter |
instrument used to measure |
metry |
measurement |
| morph |
form; shape |
odia |
smell |
| odynia |
pain |
oid |
resembling |
| ologist |
one who studies and practices (specialist) |
ology |
study of |
| oma |
tumor; swelling |
opia |
vision (condition) |
| opsy |
to view |
oorhagia |
rapid flow of blood |
| orrhaphy |
suturing; repairing |
orrhea |
flow; excessive discharge |
| orrhexis |
rupture |
osis |
abnormal condition
(means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
| ostomy |
creation of an artificial opening |
otomy |
cut into or incision |
| oxia |
oxygen |
paresis |
slight paralysis |
| pathy |
disease |
penia |
abnormal reduction in number |
| pepsia |
digestion |
pexy |
surgical fixation; suspension |
| phagia |
eating; swallowing |
philia |
love |
| phily |
love |
phobia |
abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things |
| phonia |
sound or voice |
phoria |
feeling |
| physis |
growth |
plasia |
formation; development; a growth |
| plasm |
growth; substance; formation |
plasty |
plastic or surgical repair |
| plegia |
paralysis |
pnea |
breathing |
| poiesis |
formation |
porosis |
passage |
| prandial |
meal |
praxia |
in front of; before |
| ptosis |
dropping; sagging; prolapse |
ptysis |
spitting |
| salpinx |
fallopian tube |
sarcoma |
malignant tumor |
| schisis |
split; fissure |
sclerosis |
hardening |
| scope |
instrument used for visual examination |
scopy |
visual examination |
| scopic |
visual examination |
sepsis |
infection |
| sis |
state of |
spasm |
sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
| stasis |
control; stop |
stalsis |
contraction |
| stenosis |
constriction; narrowing |
thorax |
chest |
| tocia |
birth; labor |
tome |
instrument used to cut |
| tripsy |
surgical crushing |
trophy |
nourishment |
| ule |
little |
uria |
urine; urination |
