Glossary of Word Parts - University of California, Berkeley

Glossary of Word Parts

Word Part a-

Type prefix

ab-

prefix

abdomin(o)- combining form

-ac acanth(o)acar(o)acoust(o)-ad adaden(o)adip(o)adren(o)afagon(o)-

suffix combining form combining form combining form suffix prefix combining form combining form combining form prefix combining form

-al -algia alg(o)alges(o)aliment(o)alveol(o)amyl(o)anan(o)anaang(o)angi(o)anis(o)-ant antanteanter(o)antiaort(o)-ar arct(o)arter(o)arthr(o)-ary -ase

suffix suffix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix combining form prefix combining form combining form prefix suffix prefix prefix combining form prefix combining form suffix combining form combining form combining form suffix suffix

Meaning without, absence

of, not away belly or

abdomen pertaining to "thorn" mite sound toward toward gland fat adrenal toward to compete,

competitor pertaining to pain pain pain food alveolus starch without or not anus up, back, again vessel vessel unequal one that against before front or before against aorta pertaining to constriction artery joint pertaining to enzyme

Word Part -asia

Type suffix

astr(o)-ate atel(o)atri(o)attoaudi(o)aur(o)autoaxi(o)azotbacteri(o)basobibili(o)bio-blast

blephar(o)bol(o)brachi(o)brachybradybronch(o)bucc(o)-cal calc(o)canth(o)capn(o)carcin(o)cardi(o)carp(o)cata-

caud(o)cec(o)-cele

cellul(o)-centesis centi-

combining form suffix combining form combining form prefix combining form combining form prefix combining form root combining form prefix prefix combining form root suffix

combining form combining form combining form prefix prefix combining form combining form suffix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix

combining form combining form suffix

combining form suffix prefix

Meaning condition of,

process of, state of star having, resembling incomplete atrium one quintillionth hearing ear self axis nitrogen bacteria blue two bile life bud, germinal, "seed" eyelid to throw arm short slow bronchus cheek pertaining to calcium angle carbon dioxide cancer heart carpus down, under, against tail cecum protrusion, herniation cell to puncture one hundredth

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Word Part centr(o)cephal(o)cerebell(o)cerebr(o)cerumin(o)cervic(o)chez(o)chole(o)cholin(o)chondr(o)chrom(o)chromat(o)cid(o)circum-clast -cle cocoagul(o)coccyg(o)cochle(o)col(o)colon(o)column(o)conjunctiv(o)contra-

Type combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form root combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix suffix suffix prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix

copr(o)cor(o)corne(o)cornu(o)cortic(o)cost(o)cox(o)crani(o)crin(o)crypt(o)cub(o)-cule cyan(o)-cyesis cyst(o)cyt(o)-cyte dactyl(o)dedecadecidect(o)degluti(o)-

combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form suffix combining form root combining form combining form suffix combining form prefix prefix prefix combining form combining form

Meaning center or central head cerebellum cerebrum wax neck feces, defecation bile acetylcholine cartilage color color to kill around to break small, diminutive together or with clotting tail cochlea colon colon column conjunctiva against or opposed,

opposite feces pupil cornea horn cortex rib hip head to secrete hidden cube small, diminutive blue pregnancy bladder cell a cell fingers/toes reverse, remove ten one tenth to bite swallowing

Word Part dekadendr(o)dent(o)derm(o)dermat(o)didiadiastol(o)dips(o)distichi(o)dolich(o)dont(o)dors(o)duoden(o)dur(o)dynam(o)dysecechin(o)echo-

Type prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix prefix combining form root

-ectasis

suffix

ecto-ectomy efelectr(o)-elle -em ememet(o)-/

emes(o)-emia enencephal(o)endoendotheli(o)-ent enter(o)eosin(o)epiepisiepitheli(o)-er erg(o)erythemat(o)erythr(o)-esis

prefix suffix prefix combining form suffix root prefix combining form

suffix prefix combining form prefix combining form suffix combining form combining form prefix root combining form suffix combining form combining form combining form suffix

Meaning ten tree, dendrite teeth skin skin two through expansion thirst double line long tooth the back duodenum dura mater power difficult or bad out "hedgehog" echo (a returned

sound; i.e., ultrasound) expansion or dilation outer, outside to cut out away electricity a small blood in, into vomiting

a blood condition in, into brain within endothelium one that intestine red upon vulva epithelium one that to work red, redness red condition of,

process of, state of

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Word Part esophag(o)esthes(o)estr(o)ethm(o)exexoextrafemor(o)femtofibr(o)fibrin(o)fibul(o)gastr(o)gen(o)-genesis gestagigagingiv(o)gli(o)glomerul(o)gloss(o)gluc(o)glyc(o)gnath(o)gonad(o)-grade -gram granul(o)-graph

Type combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix prefix prefix combining form prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form suffix root prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form suffix suffix combining form suffix

-graphy

suffix

haustrahectohelmin(o)hem(o)hemat(o)hemihepat(o)heter(o)hist(o)home(o)-

root prefix combining form combining form combining form prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form

humer(o)humor(o)hydr(o)hyper-

combining form combining form combining form prefix

Meaning esophagus sensation estrus sieve out out, outside outside femur one quadrillionth fiber fiber or fibrin fibula stomach to produce production of to bear billion gingiva ("gums") glue glomerulus tongue glucose, sugar glucose, sugar jaw "seed," gonads to step a recording granule to record,

recording of to record,

recording of pouch or sac hundred worm blood blood half liver other tissue like, resembling,

sameness, unchanging humerus liquid water excessive, above normal

Word Part hypo-

hyster(o)-i

-ia

Type prefix

combining form suffix

suffix

-iasis

suffix

iatr(o)-ic -ical icter(o)-ile ile(o)ili(o)imimmun(o)-in

ininfarc(o)inointerintra-ion

ipsiirid(o)isch(o)-ism

combining form suffix suffix combining form suffix combining form combining form prefix combining form suffix

prefix combining form root prefix prefix suffix

prefix combining form combining form suffix

is(o)-ist

-itis -ity -ive -ize jejun(o)kary(o)kerat(o)-

kilokine(o)-kinesis labi(o)-

combining form suffix

suffix suffix suffix suffix combining form combining form combining form

prefix combining form suffix combining form

Meaning

below, under, deficient

uterus

indicates plural of the root

condition of, process of, state of

condition of, process of, state of

"physician"

pertaining to

pertaining to

icterus, jaundice

capable, able

ileum

ilium

in, into

exempt (immunity)

one that, presence of ("a," "an") n.

in, into

to stuff in

fiber

between

within

act of, state of, process of

same

iris

to suppress

condition of, process of, state of

equal

one who or one that, specialist

inflammation of

a state of

pertaining to

to cause to be (v.)

jejunum

nucleus

"horn" or cornea (ophthalmology)

thousand

to move

movement

lips

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Word Part lacrim(o)lact(o)lamin(o)lapar(o)laryng(o)later(o)leuk(o)lingu(o)lip(o)lith(o)lob(o)log(o)-

-logy lumb(o)lymph(o)lys(o)-

Type combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form

suffix combining form combining form combining form

-lysis -lytic

suffix suffix

macromalmalac(o)mast(o)medi(o)medull(o)mega-megaly melan(o)melen(o)mening(o)-mere mes(o)meta-

metr(o)-

prefix prefix combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix suffix combining form combining form combining form suffix combining form prefix

combining form

-metry micromicromillimimet(o)mit(o)monomorph(o)-

suffix prefix prefix prefix combining form combining form prefix combining form

Meaning tears milk lamina flank, abdomen larynx side white tongue fat stone lobe to study or

knowledge study of lumbus or lumbar lymph destruction,

dissolution, dissolving destruction of pertaining to destruction or breakage large bad softening breast middle marrow large enlargement of black black meninges a part middle after, beyond, changed measure or gait or uterus (reproduction) to measure small

one millionth one thousandth mimic thread one form

Word Part muc(o)multimuscul(o)mutamy(o)myc(o)myel(o)-

Type combining form prefix combining form root combining form combining form combining form

nanonas(o)natri(o)necr(o)neonephr(o)neur(o)neutr(o)nocinoct(o)nom(o)nos(o)nucle(o)ocul(o)odont(o)-oid -ole olfact(o)olig(o)-olus -oma

prefix combining form combining form combining form prefix combining form combining form combining form root combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form suffix suffix combining form prefix suffix suffix

oment(o)-on

combining form suffix

onych(o)ophthalm(o)opt(o)-or

combining form combining form combining form suffix

or(o)orchi(o)orchid(o)orex(o)organ(o)orth(o)-ory os

combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form suffix root

Meaning mucus many muscle change muscle fungus marrow

(hematology), spinal cord (neurology)

one billionth nose sodium death new kidney nerve neutral, neutrophil injury, to injure night law, control disease nucleus [Gr. "nut"] eye tooth, teeth resembling a small smell small a small tumor or "a

swelling" omentum pertaining to (adj.),

one that (n.) nail eye vision pertaining to (adj.),

one that (n.) mouth testicle testicle appetite organ straight pertaining to bone

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Word Part -osis

Type suffix

osse(o)oste(o)ot(o)-ous ovari(o)ox(o)oxypalat(o)palm(o)-

combining form combining form combining form suffix combining form combining form prefix combining form combining form

palmar(o)-

combining form

palpebr(o)panpancreat(o)papill(o)para-paresis parturi(o)path(o)-pathy -penia perperiperitone(o)-pexy

combining form prefix combining form combining form prefix suffix combining form combining form suffix suffix prefix prefix combining form suffix

-phage phag(o)-phagy phalang(o)pharm-

aceut(o)pharmac(o)pharyng(o)phil(o)-

suffix combining form suffix combining form combining form

combining form combining form combining form

phleb(o)phob(o)-

combining form combining form

phot(o)phren(o)-

combining form combining form

Meaning condition of,

process of, state of bone bone ear pertaining to ovary oxygen quick palate palm (sole of forefeet of domestic animals) palm (sole of forefeet of domestic animals) eyelid all pancreas nipple near or beyond weakness birth disease a disease of deficiency of through around peritoneum fixation (i.e., surgically; to suture/tack down) eating, an eater to eat eating phalanx drug

medicine, drug throat to love, attraction,

affinity for vein fear, aversion,

intolerance light diaphragm

Word Part physi(o)-physis phyt(o)picopil(o)pin(o)plant(o)-

Type combining form root combining form prefix combining form combining form combining form

plantar(o)- combining form

plas(o)-plasia plasm(o)-plasty

combining form suffix combining form suffix

-plegia pleur(o)-pnea pneum(o)pneumon(o)pod(o)poie(o)-

suffix combining form root combining form combining form combining form combining form

-poiesis

suffix

poikil(o)pol(o)poli(o)pollakpolypostposter(o)prandi(o)preproproct(o)prote(o)prurit(o)pseudo-ptysis pulm(o)pulmon(o)py(o)pyel(o)pylor(o)pyr(o)quadri-

combining form combining form combining form prefix prefix prefix combining form combining form prefix prefix combining form combining form combining form prefix suffix combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form combining form prefix

Meaning nature growth plant or fungus

one trillionth hair to drink sole (sole of

hindfeet of domestic animals) sole (sole of hindfeet of domestic animals) formation formation, growth matter to form (reconstructive, "plastic" surgery) paralysis pleura breathing air lung foot to make or to produce producing, production of varied or irregular pole gray

frequent many or much after or behind after or behind meal before before rectum protein itch false to cough lung lung pus pelvis pylorus fire, fever four

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