| Name | Country | Type |
| -ac | greek | "one afflicted with" |
| -alis | latin | "related to" or "pertaining to" |
| -ase | greek | "enzyme" |
| -ation | latin | "process" |
| -cide (-cīda) | latin | "killer" or "killing" |
| -dynia / odúnē (ὀδύνη) | greek | "pain" |
| -emia / haima (αἷμα) | greek | blood |
| -iatry / iatrós (ἰατρός) | greek | "healer" |
| -ism | ||
| -itis | greek | "inflammation" |
| -ium | latin | "tissue" or structure" |
| -olus | latin | "small" |
| -oma | greek | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| -opsy / opsis (ὄψῐς) | greek | "view" or "examination" |
| -ose | latin | "sugar" or "carbohydrate" |
| -osis | greek | "pathological" or "abnormal condition" |
| -rupt | latin | "erupt" or "break" or "burst" |
| -sy | greek | "pathological condition" |
| a- | greek | "deprive" or "without" or "from, away from, off" |
| ab- | latin | "from", "away from" |
| abdomin (abdōmen) | latin | "abdomen", "fat around the belly" |
| absorbēre | latin | "to absorb" |
| acanth / akantha (ἄκανθα) | greek | "thorn" or "spine" |
| acro / akron (ἄκρον) | greek | "extremity", "topmost" |
| acutus | latin | "sharp" |
| ad- | latin | "near" |
| aden (ἀδήν, ἀδέν-) | greek | "gland" |
| adips | latin | "fat" or "fatty tissue" |
| aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος) | greek | "air" or "gas" |
| aesthesis (αἴσθησις ) | greek | "sensation" |
| akoustikós (ἀκουστικός) | greek | "hearing" |
| albus | latin | "white" or "pale color" |
| algos (ἄλγος) | greek | "pain" |
| amine | ||
| amnion (ἄμνιο) | greek | pertaining to the amnion (membranous fetal sac) |
| amphi (ἀμφί) | latin | "on both sides" or "both of two" |
| amylon | greek | "starch" |
| an- | greek | "not" or "without" |
| ana (ἀνα) | greek | "up" or "widening" |
| andr (ἀνδρ, ἀνήρ) | greek | "male" |
| aneurysma | greek | "dilation" |
| angere | latin | "to choke" or "to strangle" |
| angi | greek | "blood vessel" |
| anisos (ἄνῑσος) | greek | "unequal" |
| ankulos (ἀγκύλος) | greek | "bent" or "crooked" or "curved" |
| anthropos (άνθρωπος) | greek | "human" |
| anti- | greek | "against" or "opposed" |
| aortikos | greek | "pertaining to the aorta" |
| appendere | latin | "to hang something on" |
| arteria (αρσενικός) | greek | "windpipe" or "air hose" or "artery" |
| arthro- (ἄρθρον) | greek | "joint" |
| askos | greek | "bag" or "sack" |
| astma | greek | "panting" or "shortness of breath" |
| ather (ἀθάρη) | "fatty deposit" or "soft gruel-like deposit" | |
| atopos (ἄτοπος) | greek | "out of place" |
| autos (αὐτός) | greek | "self" or "the same" |
| bacillus | latin | "rod-shaped" |
| bakterion (βακτήριον) | greek | "small staff" |
| basis (βάσις) | greek | "foundation" or "base" |
| bi | latin | "twice" or "double" |
| bios (βίος) | greek | "life" |
| blastos (βλαστός) | greek | "germinate" or "bud" |
| brachus (βραχύς) | greek | "short" or "little" or "shallow" |
| bradus (βραδύς) | greek | "slow" |
| bronkhos | greek | "windpipe" or "throat |
| bursa | greek | "purse" |
| candidus | latin | "white" |
| capillus | latin | "hair" |
| capit | latin | "the head" |
| cellula | latin | "small cell" |
| cephalo (kephalḗ - κεφαλή) | greek | "the head" |
| chir / kheir (χείρ) / kheiro (χειρο) | greek | "hand" |
| chlor- | greek | "green" |
| chole / khole (χολή) | greek | "bile" |
| chronos | greek | "time" |
| cingulum | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| cis | latin | "on this side" |
| clast / klastos (κλαστός) | greek | "broken" or "break" |
| co | latin | "with" or "together" or "in association" |
| coccus / kokkos (κόκκος) | greek | "round" or "spherical" |
| congenitus | latin | "born with" |
| conjunctiv | ||
| contra | latin | "against" |
| corona | latin | "crown" or "garland" |
| cortex | latin | "outer region" |
| crine / krino (κρίνω) | greek | "to secrete" or "separate" or "discern" or "divide" |
| croupe | old french | "rump" or "haunch" |
| cryo | greek | "cold" |
| cyan- | greek | "blue" |
| cystis | latin | "bladder" |
| dactyl / dáktulos (δάκτυλος) | greek | "finger" or "toe" |
| de- | latin | "deprive" or "from, away from, off" |
| dent / dens / dentis | latin | "teeth" |
| derma | greek | "skin" |
| dia (διά) | greek | "through" or "across" |
| diabainein | greek | "to pass through" |
| diplo | greek | "double" |
| dipsa (δίψα) | greek | "thirst" |
| dromos (δρόμος) | greek | "a running" or "a course" |
| dupli | latin | "double" |
| dura / durus | latin | "hard" |
| dys- | greek | "difficult" or "abnormal" |
| ecto / ektós (ἐκτός) | greek | "outer" or "outside" |
| ectomy / ektome (ἐκτομή) | greek | "excision" or "removal of body part" |
| eidos | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| emphysao | greek | "to blow" or "to inflate" |
| en- | latin | "in" |
| endo | greek | "inside" |
| enteron | latin | "intestine" |
| epi- (ἐπι-) | greek | "up" or "before" or "outside" |
| epilepsia (ἐπιληψία) | greek | "seizure" or "to seize" |
| equi | latin | "equal" |
| erythr- | greek | "red" |
| erythro /eruthrós (ἐρυθρός) | greek | "red" |
| esophageal | ||
| eurys | greek | "wide" or "broad" |
| exo (ἔξω) | greek | "external" or "outside of" |
| externa | latin | "external" |
| febris | latin | "fever" |
| filum | latin | "thread" or "hair-like" |
| folliculus | latin | "small bag" or "sack" |
| galaktos | greek | "milk" |
| gaster | greek | "stomach" |
| genos (γένος) | greek | "to produce" or "kind" |
| gland | ||
| glaucos (γλαυκός) | greek | "grey" or "bluish-grey color" |
| gnosis (γνῶσις) | greek | "knowledge" |
| gonos (γόνος) | greek | "seed", "semen", "reproductive" |
| gramma (γράμμα) | greek | "picture" |
| graphia (γραφία) | greek | "written" or "drawn" or "recording" |
| gutta | latin | "a drop" |
| gyno | greek | "woman" |
| hemi | greek | "half" |
| hepar | greek | "liver" |
| hernia | latin | "a rupture" |
| herpes | greek | "to creep" or "to crawl" |
| heteros (ἕτερος) | greek | "two" or "another" or "different" |
| histemi | greek | "to stand" |
| homeo / homoios (ὅμοιος) | greek | "similar" |
| hydro / hudor (ὕδωρ ) | greek | "water" |
| hyper | greek | "excessive" or "above normal" |
| hypo- | greek | "under" or "below normal" |
| iasis | greek | "disease" |
| immunis | latin | "exempt" or "free from" |
| infectio | latin | "pollution" or "contamination" |
| inflammare | latin | "to set on fire" |
| inter | latin | "between" |
| interstice | english | "narrow space" |
| interstitial | ||
| intrā | latin | "within" |
| ischaimos | greek | "to hold back" or "to restrain" |
| iso | greek | "equal" |
| ite / ites (ίτης) | greek | "resembling" |
| kalium | latin | "potassium" |
| kardia | greek | "heart" |
| karpos (καρπός) | greek | "wrist" |
| kata (κατά) | greek | "down" or "under" |
| kerato | greek | cornea |
| khalasis | greek | "relaxation" |
| kirrhos | greek | orange-yellow |
| kloster (κλωστήρ) | greek | "spindle" or "thread" |
| kolon | greek | "colon" |
| kranion | greek | "skull" |
| kuphós (κυφός) | greek | "humped" or "bent forward" or "stooping" |
| kustis (κυστις) | greek | "bladder" or "pouch" |
| labi / labia / labium | latin | "lip" |
| lac | latin | "milk" |
| lateralis | latin | "belonging to the side" |
| latus | latin | "side" |
| leuc- | greek | "white" |
| leuk- | greek | "white" |
| lipos (λίπος) | greek | "fat" |
| lithos (λῐ́θος) | greek | "stone" |
| lupus | latin | "wolf" |
| lympha | latin | "clear water" or "lymph" |
| lysis / lúsis (λῠ́σῐς) | greek | "destruction" or "separation" |
| macros (μᾰκρός) | greek | "large" or "long" |
| mal- | latin | "poorly, badly" |
| mamma | latin | "breast" |
| mammilla | latin | "nipple" |
| manus | latin | "hand" |
| mastos (μαστός) | greek | "breast" |
| melan- | greek | "black" |
| meninx | greek | "membrane" |
| mesenterium | latin | "middle intestine" |
| mesos (μέσος) | latin | "middle" |
| metr- / metra (μήτρᾱ) | greek | "uterus" |
| migraine | french | "severe headache" |
| monos (μονός) | greek | "single" |
| morphe (μορφή) | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| multi | latin | "many" |
| musculus | latin | "muscle" |
| muxa (μύξᾰ) | greek | "mucus" |
| myelos | greek | "marrow" or "spinal cord" |
| myo- | greek | "muscle" |
| natus | latin | "born" |
| nekros (νεκρός) | greek | "death" |
| neos (νέος) | greek | "new" |
| nephros | greek | "kidney" |
| neuron (νεῦρον) | greek | "nerve" |
| neutrophil | ||
| neutros | greek | "neutral" referencing "neutrophils" |
| oculus | latin | "eye" |
| oesophagus / oisophagos (οἰσοφάγος) | greek | "gullet" or "passage for food" |
| oisophagos | greek | "gullet" or "entrance to the stomach" |
| oisos | greek | "equal" |
| oligos (ὀλῐ́γος) | greek | "few" |
| onkos (ὄγκος) | greek | "tumor" |
| oo / oion (ᾠόν) / oio (ᾠο) | greek | "egg" or "ovum" |
| oral / oris | latin | "mouth" |
| oric | "pylorus" | |
| osteo | greek | "bone" |
| ous | greek | "ear" |
| pachy / pakhus (πᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "thick" or "large" or "stout" |
| paidos (παιδός ) / pais (παῖς) | greek | "child" |
| panniculus | greek | "a small rag" or "a small piece of cloth" |
| para- | greek | "beside" or "near" |
| pathia | latin | "feeling/suffering" or "disorder/disease" |
| pathos | greek | "disease" |
| pauci | latin | "few" |
| pectus | latin | "breast" or "chest" |
| ped / pes | latin | "foot" |
| penia (πενῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "deficiency" or "poverty" |
| pepsis / pepsia / peptos (πεπτός) / pesso (πέσσω) | greek | "digestion" |
| peri- | greek | "around" |
| phagia (φαγία) / phagos (φᾰ́γος) / phagein (φᾰγεῖν) | greek | "to eat" |
| phall / phallus / phallos (φαλλός) | greek | "penis" |
| pherien | greek | "to carry" |
| philo- / philia (φῐλῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "loving" |
| phobia / phóbos (φόβος) | greek | "fear" |
| phone (φωνή) | greek | "sound" |
| photo- (φωτω-) / phos (φῶς) / phaos (φᾰ́ος) | greek | light |
| pituita | latin | "phlegm" |
| plasis (πλᾰ́σῐς) / plastos (πλαστός) | greek | "formed" or "molded" or "growth" |
| pleio- / pleion (πλεῖον) | greek | "multiple" |
| pleura | greek | "rib" |
| pne-, pneuma (πνεῦμα), pnein (πνεῖν), pneumatos (πνεύματος) | greek | "air" or "breath" or "lung" |
| pod- (ποδ-) / -pous (πούς) | greek | "foot" |
| poly | greek | "many" |
| porosis / poros (πόρος) | greek | "porous" |
| post | latin | "after" or "behind" |
| pre / prae | middle english and latin | "before" |
| primus | latin | "first" or "most important" |
| pro- | latin | "before" |
| proct / proktos (πρωκτός) | greek | "anus" or "rectum" |
| prolactin | hormone | |
| prostates | greek | "one who stands before" |
| protos (πρωτος) | greek | "first" or "most important" |
| pseudo (ψεύδω) | greek | "lie" or "deceive" |
| psora (ψώρα) | greek | "itch" or "mange" |
| psych / psykhe (ψυχή) | greek | "breath" or "life" or "soul" |
| pulmo | latin | "lung" |
| pulos | greek | "gatekeeper" |
| Pyloros / puloros (πυλωρός) | greek | "gate keeper" |
| refluere | latin | to flow back" |
| renes / ren | latin | "kidneys" |
| retro | latin | "backward" or "behind" |
| rhea / rhoia (ῥοίᾱ) | greek | "flow" or "discharge" |
| rheuma | greek | "a swelling" or "a stream" |
| rhino (ῥίς) / rhis (ῥίς) | greek | "nose" |
| rhod- | greek | "red" |
| salping- (σαλπιγγ-) / salpinx (σᾰ́λπῐγξ) | greek | "trumpet" |
| sangui / sanguine | latin | "blood" |
| sapros (σαπρός) | greek | "rotten" or "putrid" |
| sarco- / sarx (σάρξ) | greek | "flesh" |
| scabere | latin | "to scratch" |
| schist / skhistos (σχῐστός) | greek | "divided" or "split" |
| schizo (σχῐ́ζω) / skhizein (σχῐ́ζειν) | greek | "split" or "double-sided" |
| semi | latin | "half" |
| sepsis | greek | "decay" or "putrefaction" |
| sinus | latin | "cavity" or "curve" |
| situs | latin | "place" |
| sklerosis (σκληρόςσῐς) / skleros (σκληρός) | greek | "hard" or "hardening" |
| skolios (σκολιός) | greek | "crooked" or "bent" |
| somnus | latin | "sleep" |
| stasis (στᾰ́σῐς) | greek | "set" or "place" or "standing still" |
| stenos (στενός) | greek | "narrow" |
| stethos (στῆθος) | greek | "Upper chest" |
| struma | latin | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| sub | latin | "beneath" or "under" |
| super | latin | "above" or "superior" |
| supra | latin | "above" |
| syn | greek | "together" |
| syndrome | ||
| syrinx | greek | "tube" or "pipe" |
| tachy / takhus (τᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "fast" or "rapid" |
| tetanos (τέτανος) | greek | "rigid" or "taut" |
| thrombos (θρόμβος) | greek | "clot" or "lump" |
| tonos | greek | "tension" |
| trismos | greek | to "a biting together" or "gnash the teeth" or "to grind" |
| trismus | greek | "lockjaw" |
| trophic | greek | "nourishment" |
| ulcus | latin | "sore" or "wound" |
| vagina | latin | "sheath" or "scabbard" |
| vasculum | latin | "small vessel" |
| vena | latin | "vein" |
| ventricular | latin | "pertaining to the ventricles" |
| vita | latin | "life" |
| xenos (ξένος) | greek | "foreign" |
| xiphos (ξῐ́φος) | greek | "sword" |
| ze- / zeo (ζέω) | greek | "boil" or "bubble" or "seethe" |
| zoo / zoion (ζῷον) | greek | "animal" or "animal life" |
| zoster | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| zym / zyme (ζύμη) | greek | "fermentation" or "leaven" |