| -ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -ile, -ous | pertaining to |
| a-, an- | not, without, lack of |
| -ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis, -y | condition of |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| dia-,per, trans- | through |
| ecto-, ex/o-, extra- | out, outside |
| endo-, intra- | in, within |
| erythr/o | red, red blood cell |
| hyper- | over, excess, increased, abnormally high |
| hypo- | under, below, decreased, abnormally low |
| leuk/o | white, colorless, white blood cell |
| macro-, mega-, megal/o-, -magaly | large, abnormally large, enlargement |
| post- | after, behind |
| blast/o | immature cell, productive cell |
| -cyte, cyt/o | cell |
| gen, genesis | origin, formation |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| juxta-, para- | near, beside |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| thorac/o | chest |
| -aglia, -algesia, -odynia, algi/o, algesi/o | pain |
| brady- | slow |
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation |
| dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult |
| ectasia, ectasis | dilation, widening |
| -itis | inflammation |
| lysis | separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| malacia | softening |
| -oma, onc/o | tumor |
| path/o, -pathy | disease |
| ptosis | dropping, downward displacement |
| -rhage, -rhagia | bursting forth |
| -rhea | flow, discharge |
| -rhexis | rupture |
| scler/o | hard, sclera of eye |
| tachy- | rapid |
| chrom/o, chromat/o | color, stain |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -gram | record of data |
| -graph | act of recording data |
| -graphy | instrument for recording data |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | plastic repair |
| -rhaphy | surgical repair, suture |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision, cutting |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel, duct |
| cardia/o | heart |
| phleb/o, ven/i, ven/o | vein |
| -emia, -hemia, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| -penia | decrease in, deficiency of |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung, lungs |
| chol/e, chol/o | bile, gall |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| chorndr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| oste/o | bone |
| kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o | movement |
| my/o | muscle |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o, idr/o | sweat, perspiration |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| gyn/o, gynec/o | woman |
| hyster/o, metr/o | uterus |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer portion |
| medull/o | inner part, medulla oblongata |
| neur/o | nerve, nervous system |
| ocul/o, ophthalm/o, -opt/o, -opia, -opsia | eye, vision |
| arthr/o | joint |