Davi-Ellen Chabner, The Language of Medicine, 12th Edition
1. abdomin/o: abdomen
2. acr/o: extremities, top, extreme point
3. acu/o: sharp, severe, sudden
4. aden/o: gland
5. adip/o: fat
6. amni/o: amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7. angi/o: vessel
8. arteri/o: artery
9. arthr/o: joint
10. axill/o: armpit
11. bi/o: life
12. blephar/o: eyelid
13. bronch/o: bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from
the trachea to enter the lungs) 14. carcin/o: cancerous, cancer
15. cardi/o: heart
16. chem/o: drug, chemical
17. chondr/o: cartilage (type of connective tissue)
18. chron/o: time
19. col/o: colon, large intestine
20. cyst/o: urinary bladder
21. encephal/o: brain
22. erythr/o: red
23. hem/o: blood
24. hepat/o: liver
25. hydr/o: water, fluid
26. inguin/o: groin
27. isch/o: to hold back
28. lapar/o: abdomen, abdominal wall
29. laryng/o: larynx
30. leuk/o: white
31. lymph/o: lymph
32. mamm/o: breast
33. mast/o: breast
34. morph/o: shape, form
35. muc/o: mucus
36. my/o: muscle
1. abdomin/o: abdomen
2. acr/o: extremities, top, extreme point
3. acu/o: sharp, severe, sudden
4. aden/o: gland
5. adip/o: fat
6. amni/o: amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7. angi/o: vessel
8. arteri/o: artery
9. arthr/o: joint
10. axill/o: armpit
11. bi/o: life
12. blephar/o: eyelid
13. bronch/o: bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from
the trachea to enter the lungs) 14. carcin/o: cancerous, cancer
15. cardi/o: heart
16. chem/o: drug, chemical
17. chondr/o: cartilage (type of connective tissue)
18. chron/o: time
19. col/o: colon, large intestine
20. cyst/o: urinary bladder
21. encephal/o: brain
22. erythr/o: red
23. hem/o: blood
24. hepat/o: liver
25. hydr/o: water, fluid
26. inguin/o: groin
27. isch/o: to hold back
28. lapar/o: abdomen, abdominal wall
29. laryng/o: larynx
30. leuk/o: white
31. lymph/o: lymph
32. mamm/o: breast
33. mast/o: breast
34. morph/o: shape, form
35. muc/o: mucus
36. my/o: muscle
