Combining vowels are denoted after a forward slash (/).
Combining Vowels
Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes
Appendix
A
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- abrad/o, abras/o
- rub or scrape off
- abrupt/o
- broken away from
- abscess/o
- collection of pus
- acous/o, acoust/o
- hearing, sound
- acr/o
- extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point
- actin/o
- light
- acu/o
- sharp, severe, sudden
- aden/o
- gland
- adenoid/o
- adenoids
- adhes/o
- stick to, cling to
- adip/o
- fat
- adnex/o
- bound to
- adren/o, adrenal/o
- adrenal glands
- aer/o
- air, gas
- affect/o
- exert influence on
- agor/a
- marketplace
- alb/o, albin/o
- white
- albumin/o
- albumin, protein
- alg/o, alges/o
- pain, relationship to pain
- align/o
- bring into line or correct position
- aliment/o
- to nourish
- all/o, all-
- other, different from normal, reversal
- alopec/o
- baldness
- alveol/o
- alveolus, air sac, small sac
- ambly/o
- dull, dim
- ambulat/o
- walking
- amni/o
- amnion, fetal membrane
- amput/o
- cut away, cut off a part of the body
- amyl/o
- starch, carbohydrate
- an/o
- anus, ring
- andr/o
- male, masculine
- aneurysm/o
- aneurysm
- angi/o
- blood or lymph vessel
- anis/o
- unequal
- ankyl/o
- crooked, bent, stiff
- anomal/o
- irregularity
- anter/o
- before, front
- anxi/o
- anxiety, anxious, uneasy
- aort/o
- aorta
- aphth/o
- ulcer
- apic/o
- apex, tip
- ap-, apo-
- separation, away from, opposed, detached
- append/o, appendic/o
- appendix
- aque/o
- water
- areat/o
- occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
- areol/o
- little open space, space around the nipple
- arter/o, arteri/o
- artery
- arthr/o
- joint
- articul/o
- joint
- aspir/o, aspirat/o
- to breathe in
- asthm/o
- asthma
- astr/o
- star, star-shaped
- atel/o
- incomplete, imperfect
- ather/o
- plaque, fatty substance
- atri/o
- atrium (of the heart)
- attenu/o
- diluted, weakened
- audi/o, audit/o
- ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
- aur/i
- ear, hearing
- auscult/a, auscult/o
- listen
- aut/o
- self
- axill/o
- armpit
B
- bacteri/o
- bacteria (singular, bacterium)
- balan/o
- glans penis
- bar/o
- pressure, weight
- bas/o
- base, opposite of acid (alkaline)
- bi/o
- life
- bifid/o
- split, divided into two parts
- bil/i
- bile, gall
- bilirubin/o
- bilirubin
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- brachi/o
- arm
- bronchi/o, bronch/o
- bronchial tube, bronchus
- bronchiol/o
- bronchiole, bronchiolus
- brux/o
- grind
- bucc/o
- cheek
- burs/o
- bursa, sac of fluid near joint
C
- calcane/o
- calcaneus, heel bone
- calc/i
- calcium, lime, the heel
- calci-, calc/o
- calcium
- calcul/o
- stone, little stone
- cali/o, calic/o
- cup-like structure, calyx
- calor/i
- heat
- canth/o
- corner of the eye
- capill/o
- hair
- capit/o
- head
- capn/o
- carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
- capsul/o
- little box
- carb/o
- carbon
- carcin/o
- cancerous
- cardi/o, card/o
- heart
- cari/o
- caries, tooth decay
- carp/o
- wrist bones
- catabol/o
- a breaking down
- caud/o
- lower part of body, tail
- caus/o
- burning, burn
- cav/o
- hollow, cave
- cec/o
- cecum
- cephal/o
- head
- cerebell/o
- cerebellum
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum, brain
- cervic/o
- neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
- cheil/o
- lip or lips
- chem/o
- drug, chemical
- chir/o
- hand
- chol/e
- bile, gall
- cholangi/o
- bile duct
- cholecyst/o
- gallbladder
- choledoch/o
- common bile duct
- cholesterol/o
- cholesterol
- chondr/i, chondr/o
- cartilage
- chori/o, chorion/o
- chorion, membrane
- choroid/o
- choroid layer of eye
- chrom/o
- color
- chron/o
- time
- cili/o
- eyelashes
- circulat/o
- circulate, go around in a circle
- cirrh/o
- orange-yellow, tawny
- cis/o
- to cut
- claudicat/o
- to limp
- claustr/o
- barrier, enclosed space
- clavicul/o
- clavicle, collar bone
- cleid/o
- clavicle, collar bone
- clon/o
- violent action
- coagul/o
- clotting, coagulation
- coarct/o, coarctat/o
- press together, narrow
- cocc/o
- spherical bacteria
- coccyg/o
- coccyx, tailbone
- cochle/o
- spiral, snail, snail shell
- coit/o
- a coming together
- col/o
- colon, large intestine
- coll/a
- glue
- colon/o
- colon, large intestine
- colp/o
- vagina
- comat/o
- deep sleep
- comminut/o
- break into pieces
- communic/o
- share, to make common
- concav/o
- together, with
- concept/o
- hollow
- concuss/o
- become pregnant
- coni/o
- shaken together, violently agitate
- constrict/o
- dust
- contin/o
- draw tightly together
- contus/o
- against, counter, opposite
- convex/o
- bruise
- convuls/o
- arched, vaulted
- cor/o
- pull together
- cord/o
- pupil
- cordi/o
- heart
- coron/o
- coronary, crown
- corpor/o
- body
- cortic/o
- cortex, outer region
- cost/o
- rib
- crani/o
- skull
- creatin/o
- creatinine
- crin/o, -crine
- to secrete
- cry/o
- cold
- crypt/o
- hidden
- cubit/o
- elbow
- culd/o
- cul-de-sac, blind pouch
- cusp/o
- point
- cutane/o
- skin
- cyan/o
- blue
- cycl/o
- ciliary body of eye, cycle
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
- cyt/o, -cyte
- cell
D
- dacry/o
- tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct)
- dacryocyst/o
- lacrimal sac (tear sac)
- dactyl/o
- finger, toe
- decidu/o
- shedding, falling off
- delt/o
- Greek letter delta, a triangular shape
- delus/o
- delude, cheat
- dem/o
- people, population
- dendr/o
- branching, resembling a tree
- dent/i, dent/o
- tooth, teeth
- depress/o
- press down, lower, pressed or sunk down
- -derma, dermat/o, derm/o
- skin
- desicc/o
- drying, to dry
- dextr/o
- right side
- dia-, di-
- through, between, apart, complete
- diaphor/o
- sweat
- diaphragmat/o
- diaphragm
- didym/o
- testes, twins
- digest/o
- digest, break down (food)
- digit/o
- digit, finger or toe
- dilat/o
- spread out, widen
- dipl/o
- double
- dips/o, -dipsia
- thirst
- dissect/o
- cutting apart
- dist/o
- far, away from the point of origin
- distend/o
- stretch apart, expand
- dors/o
- back of body
- duct/o
- to lead, carry
- duoden/o
- duodenum, first part of small intestine
- dur/o
- dura mater
- dys-
- bad, difficult, painful
E
- ecchym/o
- pouring out of juice or blood
- ech/o
- sound wave, echo
- edentul/o
- without teeth
- effus/o
- pouring out
- ejaculat/o
- throw or hurl out
- electr/o
- electricity, electric
- embol/o
- something inserted or thrown
- embry/o
- fertilized ovum, embryo
- emet/o
- vomit
- encephal/o
- brain
- end-, endo-
- in, within, inside
- enter/o
- intestine, usually small intestine
- epiglott/o
- epiglottis
- episi/o
- vulva
- erect/o
- upright
- erg/o
- work
- erupt/o
- break out, burst forth
- erythemat/o
- flushed, redness
- erythr/o
- red
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- esthet/o
- feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
- estr/o
- female
- ethm/o
- sieve, ethmoid bone
- eti/o
- cause of disease
- exacerb/o
- aggravate, irritate
- excori/o
- abrade or scratch
- excret/o
- separate, discharge
- extern/o
- outside, outer
- extrins/o
- from the outside, contained outside
- exud/o
- to sweat, exude fluid
F
- faci/o
- face, form
- fasci/o
- fascia, fibrous band
- fec/a, fec/o
- dregs, sediment, waste
- femor/o
- femur, thigh bone
- fenestr/a
- window, small opening
- fer/o
- to bear, carry
- fertil/o
- fertile, able to conceive
- fet/o
- fetus, unborn child
- fibr/o
- fibrous tissue, fiber
- fibrin/o
- fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot
- fibul/o
- fibula
- filtr/o, filtrat/o
- filter, to strain through
- fiss/o
- crack, split, cleft
- flatul/o
- flatus, rectal gas
- flex/o
- bend
- fluor/o
- glowing, luminous
- foc/o
- focus, point
- follicul/o
- follicle, small sac
- foramin/o
- opening, foramen
- -form, form/o
- resembling, in the shape of
- fove/o
- small pit, depressed area
- fract/o
- break
- front/o
- front, forehead
- fund/o
- bottom, base, fundus
- fung/o
- fungus
- -fusion
- to come together
G
- galact/o
- milk
- ganglion/o
- ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies
- gangren/o
- tissue death, gangrene
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gemin/o
- twin, double, group
- gen-, gen/o, -gen
- producing, forming
- -genic, -genesis
- creation, reproduction
- ger/i
- old age
- germin/o
- bud, sprout, embryonic tissue
- geront/o
- old age
- gest/o, gestat/o
- pregnancy, gestation to birth
- gigant/o
- giant, very large
- gingiv/o
- gingival tissue, gums
- glauc/o
- gray
- glen/o
- socket of a joint
- gli/o
- neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous system
- globul/o
- shaped like a ball
- glomerul/o
- glomerulus
- glott/o
- pertaining to the tongue
- gluc/o
- glucose, sugar
- glyc/o, glycos/o
- glucose, sugar
- glycer/o
- sweet
- gon/o
- seed
- gonad/o
- gonad, sex glands
- goni/o
- angle
- granul/o
- granule(s)
- gynec/o
- woman, female
H
- hal/o, halit/o
- breath
- hallucin/o
- hallucination
- hem/o, hemat/o
- blood, relating to the blood
- hemoglobin/o
- hemoglobin
- hepat/o
- liver
- hered/o, heredit/o
- inherited, hereditary
- herni/o
- hernia
- hiat/o
- opening, gap
- hidr/o
- sweat
- hirsut/o
- hairy, rough
- hist/o
- tissue
- hom/o
- same, like, alike
- home/o
- sameness, unchanging, constant
- hormon/o
- hormone
- humer/o
- humerus (upper arm bone)
- hydr/o
- relating to water
- hygien/o
- health
- hypn/o
- sleep
- hyster/o
- uterus
I
- icter/o
- jaundice
- idi/o
- peculiar to one individual or organ, also unknown
- ile/o
- ileum, small intestine
- ili/o
- ilium, hip bone
- immun/o
- immune, protection, safe
- impact/o
- pushed against, wedged against, packed
- incis/o
- cutting into
- infarct/o
- filled in, stuffed
- infect/o
- infected, tainted
- infer/o
- below, beneath
- inflammat/o
- flame within, set on fire
- inguin/o
- groin
- inject/o
- to force or put in, insert
- insul/o
- island
- insulin/o
- insulin
- intern/o
- within, inside
- intestin/o
- intestine
- intrins/o
- contained within, on the inside
- intussuscept/o
- take up or receive within
- iod/o
- iodine
- ion/o
- ion, to wander
- ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
- iris, colored part of eye
- ischi/o
- ischium (hip bone)
- -ize
- to make, to treat
J
- jejun/o
- jejunum
- jugul/o
- throat
- juxta-
- beside, near, nearby
K
- kary/o
- nucleus, nut
- kel/o
- growth, tumor
- kerat/o
- horny, hard, cornea
- ket/o, keton/o
- ketones, acetones
- kines/o, kinesi/o
- movement
- klept/o
- to steal
- kyph/o
- bent, hump
L
- labi/o
- lip, labium
- labyrinth/o
- maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
- lacer/o
- torn, mangled
- lacrim/o
- tears, tear duct
- lact/i, lact/o
- milk
- lamin/o
- lamina, posterior portion of a vertebra
- lapar/o
- abdomen, abdominal wall
- laryng/o
- larynx, throat
- later/o
- side
- lei/o
- smooth
- lent/o
- the lens of the eye
- lenticul/o
- lens, shaped like a lens
- leuk/o
- white
- lev/o
- raise, lift
- lex/o, -lexia
- word, phrase
- ligament/o
- ligament
- ligat/o
- binding or tying off
- lingu/o
- tongue
- lipid/o, lip/o
- fat, lipid
- lith/o, -lith
- stone, calculus
- lob/o
- lobe, well-defined part of an organ
- loc/o
- place
- -logy, -log
- study of
- lord/o
- curve, swayback, bent
- lumb/o
- lumbar, lower back, loin
- lumin/o
- light, lumen
- lun/o
- moon
- lymph/o
- lymph, lymphatic tissue
- lymphaden/o
- lymph node or gland
- lymphangi/o
- lymph vessel
- -lytic
- to reduce, destroy
M
- macul/o
- spot
- malign/o
- bad, harmful
- malle/o
- malleus, hammer
- malleol/o
- malleolus, little hammer
- mamm/o
- breast
- manu/o
- hand
- mandibul/o
- mandible, lower jaw
- mast/o
- breast, mastoid process
- mastic/o
- chew
- mastoid/o
- mastoid process
- matur/o
- ripe, mature
- maxill/o
- maxilla (upper jaw)
- medi/o
- middle
- mediastin/o
- mediastinum, middle
- medic/o
- medicine, physician, healing
- medull/o
- medulla (inner section), middle, marrow
- mega-, megal/o
- large, great
- melan/o
- black, dark
- men/o
- menstruation, month
- mening/o, meningi/o
- membranes, meninges
- menisc/o
- meniscus, crescent-shaped
- menstru/o
- menstruation
- ment/o
- mind, chin
- mesenter/o
- mesentery
- mesi/o
- middle, median plane
- metabol/o
- change
- metr/o, metri/o
- uterus
- micr/o, micro-
- small
- mictur/o
- urinate
- mineral/o
- mineral
- mit/o
- thread, thread-like
- mitr/o
- like a miter, i.e. having two points on top
- mobil/o
- capable of moving, movement
- morbid/o
- disease, sickness
- morph/o
- shape, form
- mort/o
- death, dead
- mot/o, motil/o
- motion, movement
- muc/o, mucos/o
- mucus
- muscul/o
- muscle
- mutat/o
- to change
- my/o
- muscle
- myc/o
- fungus
- mydr/o
- widening
- myel/o
- spinal cord, bone marrow
- myos/o
- muscle
- myring/o
- tympanic membrane, eardrum
- myx/o
- mucus
N
- narc/o
- numbness, stupor, sleep
- nas/o
- nose
- nat/o
- birth
- necr/o
- death
- neo-, ne/o
- new, strange
- nephr/o
- kidney
- nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
- nerve, nerve tissue
- neutr/o
- neither, neutral
- noct/o
- night
- nod/o
- knot, swelling, node
- nodul/o
- little knot or node
- norm/o
- normal or usual
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- nucleol/o
- little nucleus, nucleolus
- nutri/o
- nourishment, food, nourish, feed
O
- obes/o
- obese, extremely fat
- obstetr/o
- pregnancy, birth
- occipit/o
- back of the skull, occiput
- ocul/o
- eye
- odont/o
- tooth
- olfact/o
- smell, sense of smell
- olig/o
- scanty, few
- omphal/o
- umbilicus, the navel
- onc/o
- tumor
- onych/o
- fingernail or toenail
- o/o
- egg
- oophor/o
- ovary
- operat/o
- perform, operate
- ophthalm/o
- eye, vision
- -opsy, opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
- eye, vision
- or/o
- mouth, oral cavity
- orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
- testicles, testis, testes
- organ/o
- organ
- orth/o
- straight, normal, correct
- oss/e, oss/i
- bone
- ossicul/o
- ossicle (small bone)
- oste/o, ost/o
- bone
- ot/o
- ear, hearing
- ov/i, ov/o
- egg, ovum
- ovari/o
- ovary
- ovul/o
- egg, ovum
- ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
- oxygen
P
- palat/o
- palate, roof of mouth
- palpat/o
- touch, feel, stroke
- palpit/o
- throbbing, quivering
- pancreat/o
- pancreas
- papill/o
- nipple-like, optic disc
- par-, para-
- beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
- par/o
- birth
- parathyroid/o
- parathyroid glands
- paroxysm/o
- sudden attack
- patell/o
- patella, kneecap
- path/o, -pathy
- disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
- pector/o
- chest
- ped/o
- child, foot
- pedicul/o
- louse (singular), lice (plural)
- pelv/i, pelv/o
- pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
- pen/i, pen/o
- penis
- pepsia, pept/o
- to digest, digestion
- percuss/o
- strike, tap, beat
- perine/o
- perineum
- peritone/o
- peritoneum
- perm/e/o
- to pass or go through
- perone/o
- fibula
- phac/o, phak/o
- lens of eye
- phag/o
- eat, swallow
- phalang/o
- phalanges, finger, toe
- phall/i
- penis
- pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
- drug
- pharyng/o
- throat, pharynx
- phas/o
- speech
- phe/o
- dusky, gray
- -philia, phil/o
- attraction to, like, love
- phleb/o
- vein
- phon/o
- sound, voice
- phor/o
- carry, bear, movement
- phot/o
- light
- phren/o
- diaphragm, mind
- physi/o
- nature, physical
- pigment/o
- pigment, color
- pil/i, pil/o
- hair
- pineal/o
- pineal gland
- pinn/i
- external ear, auricle
- pituit/o, pituitar/o
- pituitary gland
- placent/o
- placenta
- plak/o, -plakia
- plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
- plant/i, plant/o
- sole of foot
- plas/i, plas/o
- development, growth, formation
- plasm/o
- something molded or formed
- pleur/o
- pleura, side of the body
- pne/o
- breath, breathing
- pneum/o, pneumon/o
- lung, air
- pod/o
- foot
- poli/o
- gray matter of brain and spinal cord
- polyp/o
- polyp, small growth
- poplite/o
- back of the knee
- por/o
- pore, small opening
- port/o
- gate, door
- poster/o
- behind, toward the back
- potent/o
- powerful, capable
- pract/o
- practice, pursue an occupation
- pregn/o
- pregnant, full of
- presby/o
- old age
- proct/o
- anus and rectum
- product/o
- lead forward, yield, produce
- pronat/o
- bent forward, face down
- prostat/o
- prostate gland
- prosthet/o
- addition, appendage
- prot/o
- first
- protein/o
- protein
- proxim/o
- near
- prurit/o
- itching
- pseud/o
- false
- psor/o
- itch, itching
- psych/o
- mind
- pub/o
- pubis, part of hip bone
- pulm/o, pulmon/o
- lung
- pulsat/o
- beat, beating, striking
- punct/o
- hole, prick, puncture
- pupill/o
- pupil (of the eye)
- purul/o
- pus, pus-filled
- py/o
- pus
- pyel/o
- renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
- pyr/o, pyret/o
- fever, fire
- quadr/i, quadr/o
- four
R
- radi/o
- radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
- radicul/o
- nerve root
- recept/o
- receive, receiver
- rect/o
- rectum, straight
- reduct/o
- bring back together
- refract/o
- bend back, turn aside
- remiss/o
- give up, send back, relax
- ren/o
- kidney
- resuscit/o
- to revive
- retent/o
- hold back
- reticul/o
- network
- retin/o
- retina (of the eye), net
- rhabdomy/o
- striated (skeletal) muscle
- rheumat/o
- watery flow, subject to flow
- rhin/o
- nose
- rhiz/o
- root, spinal nerve root
- rhythm/o
- rhythm
- rhytid/o
- wrinkle
- -rrhage, -rrhagia
- abnormal excessive fluid discharge
- rug/o
- wrinkle, fold, ruga
S
- sacchar/o
- sugar
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- saliv/o
- saliva
- salping/o
- fallopian (uterine) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
- sapr/en/o
- clear, apparent, manifest
- sarc/o
- flesh, connective tissue
- schiz/o
- division, to split
- scler/o
- sclera (white of the eye), hard
- scoli/o
- curved, bent
- script/o
- write
- scrot/o
- bag or pouch, scrotum
- seb/o
- sebum
- secret/o
- produce, separate out
- sect/o
- cut, cutting
- semin/i
- semen, seed, sperm
- sen/o
- old age
- sens/o
- feeling, sensation
- sensitiv/o
- sensitive to, affected by
- sept/o
- infection, partition
- ser/o
- serum
- sigmoid/o
- sigmoid colon
- sin/o
- hollow, sinus
- sinistr/o
- left, left side
- sinus/o
- sinus
- sit/u
- place
- soci/o
- companion, fellow being
- somat/o
- body
- somn/o
- sleep
- son/o
- sound
- spasmod/o
- tightening, cramping
- sperm/o, spermat/o
- sperm, spermatozoa, seed
- sphen/o
- sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped
- spher/o
- round, sphere, ball
- sphincter/o
- tight band, sphincter
- sphygm/o
- pulse
- spin/o
- spine, backbone
- spir/o
- to breathe, coil
- splen/o
- spleen
- spondyl/o
- vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
- squam/o
- scale, scale-like cell
- staped/o
- stapes (middle ear bone)
- staphyl/o
- clusters, bunch of grapes
- -stasis, -static
- control, maintenance of a constant level
- steat/o
- fat, lipid, sebum
- sten/o
- narrowing, contracted
- stere/o
- solid, three-dimensional
- stern/o
- sternum (breast bone)
- steth/o
- chest
- stigmat/o
- point, spot
- stimul/o
- goad, prick, incite
- stom/o, stomat/o
- mouth, oral cavity
- -stomosis, -stomy
- furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
- strept/o
- twisted chain, curved
- styl/o
- pen, pointed instrument, stake
- sucr/o
- sugar
- sud/o, sudor/i
- sweat
- supinat/o
- bent backward, lying on the back
- suppress/o
- press down
- suppur/o
- to form pus
- symptomat/o
- falling together, symptom(s)
- syncop/o
- to cut short, cut off, faint
- synovi/o, synov/o
- synovial membrane, synovial fluid
- system/o
- body system, body as a whole
- systol/o
- contraction, contracting
T
- tars/o
- tarsus (ankle bone), tarsal plate (on the edge of the eyelid)
- tax/o
- coordination, order
- techn/o
- skill
- tele/o
- distant, distance
- tempor/o
- temporal bone, temple (on head)
- ten/o, tend/o
- tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
- tendin/o
- tendon
- tens/o
- stretch out, extend, tension
- termin/o
- end, limit
- test/i, test/o
- testicle, testis
- thalam/o
- thalamus
- thanat/o
- death
- thec/o
- sheath, case
- therapeut/o
- treatment
- therm/o
- heat
- thorac/o
- chest, thorax
- thromb/o
- clot, thrombus
- thym/o
- thymus gland
- thyr/o, thyroid/o
- thyroid gland
- tibi/o
- tibia (shin bone)
- toc/o, -tocin
- labor, birth
- tom/o
- cut, section, slice
- ton/o
- tension, tone, stretching
- tonsill/o
- tonsil, throat
- tort/i
- twisted
- tox/o, toxic/o
- poison, poisonous, toxin
- trabecul/o
- little beam or cross bar, mesh
- trache/o
- trachea, windpipe
- tract/o
- draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
- tranquill/o
- quiet, calm, tranquil
- traumat/o
- injury
- tremul/o
- fine tremor, shaking
- trich/o
- hair
- trop/o
- to turn, change
- troph/o, -trophy
- development, nourishment
- tub/o
- tube, pipe
- tubercul/o
- little knot, swelling, tuberculosis
- tuss/o
- cough
- tympan/o
- tympanic membrane, eardrum
- -type
- classification, picture
U
- uln/o
- ulna (medial lower arm bone)
- umbilic/o
- navel
- ungu/o
- nail
- ur/o
- urine, urinary tract
- ureter/o
- ureter
- urethr/o
- urethra
- urin/o
- urine or urinary organ
- urtic/o
- nettle, rash, hives
- uter/o
- uterus
- uve/o
- iris, choroid, ciliary body (of the eye)
V
- vaccin/o
- vaccine
- vag/o
- vagus nerve, wandering
- vagin/o
- vagina
- valv/o, valvul/o
- valve
- varic/o
- varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
- vas/o
- vas deferens, blood vessel
- vascul/o
- blood vessel, little vessel
- ven/o
- vein
- ventilat/o
- expose to air, oxygenate
- ventr/o
- in front, abdomen side of body
- ventricul/o
- ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
- -verse, -version
- to turn
- vers/o, vert/o
- turn, travel
- vertebr/o
- vertebra, backbone
- vertig/o
- whirling round
- vesic/o
- urinary bladder
- vesicul/o
- seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
- vestibul/o
- entrance, vestibule (of the inner ear)
- vir/o
- virus, poison
- viril/o
- masculine, manly
- vis/o
- seeing, sight, vision
- viscer/o
- viscera, internal organ
- viscos/o
- sticky, thickness
- vit/a
- life
- vitre/o
- glassy, vitreous humor (of the eye)
- vulv/o
- vulva, covering
X
- xanth/o
- yellow
- xen/o
- strange, foreign
- xer/o
- dry
- xiph/o
- sword-shaped
Y
- -y
- noun ending
Z
- zoo, zo/o
- (animal) life
- zygomat/o
- cheek bone