Root Words
Refers to the lungs
Pulmon/o
Pain
-Algia
Lack of or without
A-, an-
Related to the nose
Rhin/o
Surgical repair
plasty
Related to the stomach
Gastr/o
Cell
Cyte
Abnormal, difficult, or painful
Dys
Indicates heat
Therm/o
Disease or disease process
pathy
Related to muscle
My/o
Cide
Kill
Black or dark in color
Melan/o-
Related to bone
Oste/o
To cut into
-otomy
Related to the brain
Encephal
Break
Clasis
Many
Poly-
Relating to the skin
Derm/a/o, dermat/o
Indicates something that is abnormal
-osis
Hard or hardening
Sclerosis
ectomy
Surgical removal of something.
False or deceptive, usually in regard to appearance
Pseudo
Slowing or stopping the flow of a bodily fluid
Stasis
Indicates a spasm or contraction
-ismus