Word Roots
abdomin/o
abdomen
a-
without
-algia
pain
fast heartbeat
tachycardia
-ic
pertaining to
orth/o
straight
anti-
against
-cele
protrussion
surgical repair of the nose
rhinoplasty
chem/o
chemical
nephr/o
kidney
dys-
painful; difficult; abnormal
-cyte
cell
chemical treatment
chemotherapy
cis/o
to cut
dist/o
away from
brady-
slow
-megaly
enlarged
study of the stomach and small intestine
gastroenterology
hemat/o
blood
glute/o
buttock
hypo-
below; insufficient
-logist
one who studies
that which produces cancer
carcinogen
de-
without
epitheli/o
epithelium
hyper-
excessive
-pathy
disease
excessive development
hypertrophy
-centesis
puncture to withdraw
laryng/o
larynx
retro-
backward; behind
-plegia
paralysis
the study of disease
pathology
auto-
self
sarc/o
flesh
hemi-
half
-oma
tumor, mass
tumor or mass of the nerves
neuroma
-ectomy
surgical removal
myc/o
fungus
poly-
many
-rrhea
discharge
stomach pain
gastralgia
neo-
new
xer/o
dry
mono-
one
-stenosis
narrowing
surgical fixation of a kidney
nephropexy
trans-
across