| roots | meaning |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| cele | tumor, hernia, swelling |
| centesis | puncture, tap |
| cide | killing |
| ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| ectomy | excision |
| emia | blood |
| esthesia | pertaining to sensation |
| form | shaped like |
| gen, genic | formation, origin |
| gram | record |
| graph | recording instrument |
| graphy | recording of data |
| iasis | condition |
| ism | condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study |
| lysis | seperation, disentegration |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| metry | measurement |
| odynia | pain |
| oid | like, resembeling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | lack of |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| phagia | eating |
| phil, philic | attracting |
| plasia | formation, molding |
| plasy | plastic repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| pioesis | formation, production |
| ptosis | dropping |
| rhage, rhagia | bursting forth |
| rhaphy | surgical repair |
| rhea | discharge |
| rhexis | rupture |
| scope` | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stasis | stoppage of flow |
| stomy | surgical formation of an opening |
| tomy | incision into |
| trophy | nourishing |
| tropic | acting on |
| trispy | crushing |
| uresis | unrination |
| uria | urine |