Medical Terminology - Roots/Combining Forms Flashcards
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abdomin
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abdomen
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abort, abort/o
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to miscarry
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absorpt, absorpt/o
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to suck in
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acanth
A
thorn
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acetabul, acetabul/o
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acetabulum, hip socket
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acid, acid/o
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acid
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acoust
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hearing
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acr, acr/o
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extremity, point
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act, act/o
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acting, act
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actin
A
ray
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acute
A
sharp
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aden, aden/o
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gland
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adhes
A
stuck to
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adip, adip/o
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fat
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adren, adren/o
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adrenal gland
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agglutinat
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clumping
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agglutin/o
A
clumping
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agon, agon/o
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agony
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agor/a
A
marketplace
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albin, albin/o
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white
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albumin, albumin/o
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protein
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aliment, aliment/o
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nourishment
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all, all/o
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other
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alveol, alveol/o
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small, hollow, air sac
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aud/i, audi/o
to hear
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aur, aur/i
ear
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chol/e
gall or bile
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cochle/o
land snail
29
electr/o
electricity
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labyrinth/o
maze, inner ear
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laryng/o
larynx, voice box
32
mast/o
mastoid process, breast-shaped
33
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
34
neur/o
nerve
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ot/o
ear
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pharyng/e
pharynx
37
presby/o
old
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py/o
pus
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scler/o
hardening
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staped/o
stapes, stirrup
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steat/o
fat
42
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
43
blephar, blephar/o
eyelid
44
anis/o
unequal
45
conjunctiv, conjunctiv/o
to join together, conjunctiva
46
cor/o
pupil
47
corne/o
cornea
48
cry/o
cold
49
cycl/o
ciliary body
50
dacry/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
51
fibr/o
fiber
52
goni/o
angle
53
irid/o
iris
54
kerat/o
cornea
55
lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
56
lent/o
lens
57
metr/o
measure
58
mi/o
less, small
59
my/o
muscle
60
ocul/o
eye
61
ophthalm/o
eye
62
opt/o
eye
63
phac/o
lens
64
phak/o
lentil, lens
65
photo/o
light
66
presby/o
old
67
pupill/o
pupil
68
rad/i
radiating out from a centre
69
retin/o
retina
70
scler/o
sclera, hardening
71
stigmat/o
point
72
ton/o
tone, tension
73
trich/o
hair
74
trop/o
turn
75
uve/o
uvea
76
xen/o
foreign material
77
xer/o
dry
78
ambly, ambly/o
dull
79
ambul
to walk
80
amni/o
amniotic fluid
81
ampere
ampere
82
amputat, amputat/o
to cut through
83
amyl, amyl/o
starch
84
anabol, anabol/o
building up
85
anastom
opening
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andr, andr/o
man
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ang, ang/i
vessel
88
ankyl, ankyl/o
crooked
89
an/o
anus
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anter, anter/o
front
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anthrac, anthrac/o
coal
92
aort, aort/o
aorta
93
append, append/o
appendix
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appendic, appendic/o
appendix
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arachn
spider
96
arche
beginning
97
arous
alertness, to rise
98
arter, arter/i, arteri/o
artery
99
arthr, arthr/o
joint
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artific/i
not natural
101
aspirat, aspirat/o
to draw in
102
atel, atel/o
imperfect
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ather, ather/o
fatty substance, porridge
104
atri, atri/o
atrium
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auditor
hearing
106
auscultat, auscultat/o
listen to
107
aut
self
108
axill
armpit
109
bacter/i
bacteria
110
balan, balan/o
glans penis
111
bartholin
Bartholin's glands
112
bas/o
base
113
bil, bil/i
bile, gall
114
bi/o
life
115
blast/o
germ cell
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brach/i
arm
117
bronch, bronch/i, bronch/o
bronchi
118
bronchiol, bronchiol/o
bronchiole
119
bucc, bucc/o
cheek
120
burs, burs/o
pouch
121
calc, calc/i, calc/o
lime, calcium
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calcan/e
heel bone
123
cancer, cancer/o
crab, cancer
124
capn
smoke
125
capsul, capsul/o
little box
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carcin, carcin/o
cancer
127
card, card/i, cardi/o
heart
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carp, carp/o
wrist
129
cartil
gristle
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cartilagin/o
cartilage
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castr
to prune
132
catabol, catabol/o
casting down
133
caud, caud/o
tail
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caus, caus/o
heat
135
cavit
cavity
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celi, celi/o
abdomen, belly
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cellul, cellul/o
little cell
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centr, centr/i, centr/o
center
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centrat
center
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cephal/o
head
141
cept
receive
142
cerebell, cerebell/o
little brain
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cervic, cervic/o
cervix, neck
145
cheil/o
lip
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chem/o
chemical
147
chir/o
hand
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chlor/o
green
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chol, chole, chol/e
gall, bile
150
choledoch/o
common bile duct
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chondr, chondr/o
cartilage
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chord
cord
153
chori/o
chorion
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choroid, choroid/o
choroid
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chromat, chromat/o
color
156
chrom/o
color
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chym
juice
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cine
motion
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cinemat/o
motion
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circulat, circulat/o
circular
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cirrh, cirrh/o
orange-yellow
162
cis, cis/o
to cut
163
claudicat, claudicat/o
to limp
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clavicul, clavicul/o
collar bone
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cleid/o
clavicle
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clon/o
turmoil
167
coagul/o
to clot
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coccyg/e, coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
169
coit, coit/o
coming together
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col, col/o
colon
171
coll/a
glue
172
collis
neck
173
colon, colon/o
colon
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colp/o
vagina
175
comat
a deep sleep
176
compensat
to make good
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concuss
shaken violently
178
condyle
knuckle
179
con/i
dust
180
connect
to bind together
181
consci
aware
182
constipat
to press together
183
continence
to hold
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cor, cor/o
pupil
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cord/o
cord
186
coriat
corium
187
corne, corne/o
cornea
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corpor, corpor/e
body
189
cortic, cortic/o
cortex
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cortis
cortex
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cost, cost/o
rib
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cox
hip
193
crani, cran/i, crani/o
skull
194
creat
flesh
195
creatin
flesh, creatine
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crine, crin/o
to secrete
197
crur
leg
198
cry/o
cold
199
crypt, crypt/o
hidden
200
cubit
elbow, to lie
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culd/o
cul-de-sac
202
curie
curie
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cutane, cutan/e, cutane/o
skin
204
cyan, cyan/o
dark blue
205
cycl, cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, circle, cycle
206
cyst, cyst/o
bladder, sac
207
cyt, cyt/o
cell
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cyth
cell
209
dacry, dacry/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
210
dactyl, dactyl/o
finger or toe
211
defecat
to remove dregs
212
delus, delus/o
to cheat
213
dem
people
214
dendr/o
tree
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dent, dent/i, dent/o
tooth
216
derm, derm/a, derm/o
skin
217
dermat, dermat/o
skin
218
dextr/o
to the right
219
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm, partition
220
didym, didym/o
testis
221
digit, digit/o
finger or toe
222
dilat, dilat/o
to widen
223
dipl/o
double
224
disk, disk/o
disk
225
dist, dist/o
away from the point of origin
226
diverticul, diverticul/o
diverticula
227
dors, dors/i, dors/o
backward
228
duct, duct/o
to lead
229
duoden, duoden/o
duodenum
230
dur, dur/o
dura, hard
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dwarf
small
232
dynam, dynam/o
power
233
ech/o
echo, reflected sound
234
ectop
displaced
235
eg/o
I, self
236
ejaculat, ejaculat/o
to throw out
237
electr/o
electricity
238
embol, embol/o
throw
239
eme
to vomit
240
emulsificat
disintegrate
241
encephal, encephal/o
brain
242
enchyma
to pour
243
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestine)
244
enucleat
to remove the kernel of
245
eosin/o
rose-coloured
246
episi/o
vulva, pudenda
247
erget
work
248
erg/o
work
249
eructat
breaking out
250
erysi
red
251
erythr/o
red
252
esophag/e
esophagus
253
esophage/o
esophagus
254
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
255
esthet
feeling, sensation
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estr/o
mad desire
257
eti/o
cause
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excret/o, excretor
sifted out
259
fasc, fasci/o
band (fascia)
260
febr
fever
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femor, femor/o
femur, thigh bone
262
fenestrat
window
263
fibr, fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
264
fibrillar
fibrils (small fibers)
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fibrin/o
fiber
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fibul, fibul/o
fibula
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filtrat, filtrat/o
to strain through
268
fixat, fixat/o
fastened
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flex
to bend
270
fluor/o
fluorescence, luminous
271
foc, foc/o
focus
272
follicul, follicul/o
little bag
273
format
shaping
274
fungat
mushroom, fungus
275
furc
fork
276
fus, fus/o
to pour
277
galact/o
milk
278
ganglion
knot
279
gastr, gastr/o
stomach
280
gen, gene
formation
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genet
produce
282
genital
belonging to birth
283
gen//o
kind
284
ger, ger/o
old age
285
gester
to bear
286
gigant, gigant/o
giant
287
gingiv, gingiv/o
gums
288
glandul
little acorn
289
gli, gli/o
glue
290
globin
globule
291
glob, globul, globul/o
globe
292
glomerul, glomerul/o
glomerulus, little ball
293
gloss/o
tongue
294
gluc/o
sweet, sugar
295
glyc, glyc/, glycos, glycos/o
glucose, sweet, sugar
296
gnost
knowledge
297
gonad, gonad/o
seed
298
goni/o
angle
299
gon/o
genitals
300
grand/i
great
301
granul/o
little grain, granular
302
gravida, gravidar
pregnancy
303
gryp
curve
304
gurgitat
to flood
305
gynec/o
female
306
halat, halat/o
breathe
307
halit/o
breath
308
hallucinat
to wander in mind
309
hallux
great (big) toe
310
hem, hem/o
blood
311
hemat, hemat/o
blood
312
hemorrh, hemorrh/o
vein liable to bleed
313
hepat, hepat/o
liver
314
herni/o
hernia
315
hidr, hidr/o
sweat
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hirsut, hirsut/o
hairy
317
hist/o
tissue
318
hol/o
whole
319
horizont
horizon
320
humer, humer/o
humerus
321
hydr, hydr/o
water
322
hymen
hymen
323
hypn, hypn/o
sleep
324
hyster, hyster/o
womb, uterus
325
iatr
treatment
326
icter, icter/o
jaundice
327
ile, ile/o
ileum
328
ili, ili/o
ilium
329
illus
foot
330
immun/o
safe, immunity
331
infarc, infarct/o
infarct (necrosis of an area)
332
infect
to infect
333
infer, infer/o
below
334
inguin, inguin/o
groin
335
insul, insul/o
insulin
336
insulin/o
insulin
337
inteument, integument/o
covering
338
intern
within
339
ionizat
ion (going)
340
ion/o
ion
341
iont/o
ion
342
irid, irid/o
iris
343
isch, isch/o
to hold back
344
ischi
ischium
345
is/o
equal
346
jaund
yellow
347
kal, kal/i
potassium
348
kary/o
cell's nucleus
349
kel, kel/o
tumor
350
kerat, kerat/o
horn, cornea
351
keton, keton/o
ketone
352
kil/o
one thousand
353
kinet
motion
354
kyph, kyph/o
hump
355
labi, labi/o
lip
356
labyrinth, labyrinth/o
maze
357
lacrim, lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
358
lamin, lamin/o
thin plate
359
lamp(s)
to shine
360
lapar/o
abdomen
361
laryng, laryng/e, laryng/o
larynx, voice box
362
later, later/o
side
363
laxat
to loosen
364
lei/o
smooth
365
lemma
rind, sheath, husk
366
lent, lent/o
lens
367
lept
seizure
368
letharg
drowsiness
369
leuk, leuk/a, leuk/o
white
370
levat
lifter
371
lingu, lingu/o
tongue
372
lip, lip/o
fat
373
lipid, lipid/o
fat
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lith, lith/o
stone
375
lob, lob/o
lobe
376
lobul
small lobe
377
locat
to place
378
log
study
379
log/o
word
380
lopec
fox mange
381
lord, lord/o
bending, curve, swayback
382
lucent
to shine
383
lumb, lumb/o
loin, lower back
384
lump
lump
385
lun, lun/o
moon
386
lymph, lymph/o
lymph, clear fluid
387
macr/o
large
388
malign, malign/o
bad kind
389
mamm/o
breast
390
mandibul, mandibul/o
lower jawbone
391
man/o
thin
392
mast, mast/o
process, breast-shaped, breast
393
masticat
to chew
394
mat
to ripen
395
maxill, maxill/o
jawbone
396
maxilla
jaw
397
maxim
greatest
398
meat, meat/o
passage
399
med
middle
400
medi, medi/o
toward the middle
401
medull, medull/o
marrow
402
melan, melan/o
black
403
men, men/o
month, menses, menstruation
404
mening, mening/i, mening/o
membrane, meninges
405
menisc, menisc/i, menisc/o
crescent shaped
406
men/o
month, menses, menstruation
407
menstru
to discharge the menses
408
ment, ment/o
mind
409
mes, mes/o
middle
410
mester
month
411
metr, metr/i, metr/o
to measure, womb, uterus
412
micturit, micturit/o
to urinate
413
miliar
millet (tiny)
414
minim
least
415
mi/o
less, smaller
416
mit, mit/o
thread
417
mitr, mitr/o
mitral valve
418
mnes
memory
419
mucos, mucos/o, mucus
mucus
420
muscul, muscul/o
muscle
421
muta, mutat, mutat/o
to change
422
my, my/o
muscle
423
myc, myc/o
fungus
424
mydriat
dilation, widen
425
myel, myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
426
my/o, my/o(s)
muscle
427
myx, myx/o
mucus
428
narc/o
numbness, sleep, stupor
429
nas/o
nose
430
nat, nat/o
birth
431
necr, necr/o
death
432
nephr, nephr/o
kidney
433
neur, neur/i, neur/o
nerve
434
neutr/o
neither
435
nid
nest
436
noct, noct/o
night
437
nom
law
438
norm
rule
439
nucl
nucleus
440
nucle
kernel, nucleus
441
nyctal
night
442
occlus, occlus/o
to close up
443
ocul, ocul/o
eye
444
odont, odont/o
tooth
445
olecran, olecran/o
elbow
446
olfact/o
smell
447
omphal/o
navel, umbilicus
448
onc/o
tumor
449
onych, onych/o
nail
450
o/o
ovum, egg
451
oophor, oophor/o
ovary
452
ophthalm, ophthalm/o
eye
453
opt, opt/o
eye
454
or, or/o
mouth
455
orch, orch/o
testicle
456
orchid, orchid/o
testicle
457
organ, organ/o
organ
458
orth, orth/o
straight
459
oscill, oscill/o
to swing
460
oste, oste/o
bone
461
ot, ot/o
ear
462
ovar
ovary
463
ovul, ovulat
ovary
464
ox, ox/i, ox/o
oxygen
465
oxy
sour, sharp, acid
466
pachy, pachy/o
thick
467
palat/o
palate
468
palliat, palliat/o
cloaked
469
pallid/o
globus pallidus
470
palm
palm
471
palp
touch
472
palpitat, palpit/o
throbbing
473
pancreat/o
pancreas
474
papill, papill/o
papilla
475
paque
dark
476
para
to bear, bring forth
477
paralyt
to disable, paralysis
478
pareun, pareun/o
lying beside, sexual intercourse
479
partum
labor
480
parturit
in labor
481
patell, patell/o
kneecap, patella
482
path, path/o
disease
483
pause
cessation
484
pector, pector/o
chest
485
pector(at)
breast, chest
486
ped, ped/o, ped/i
foot, child
487
pedicul, pedicul/o
louse
488
pelv/i
pelvis
489
penile
penis
490
pept, pept/o
to digest
491
perine, perine/o
perineum
492
periton/e
peritoneum
493
phac, phac/o
lens
494
phag, phag/o
to eat, engulf
495
phak, phak/o
lentil, lens
496
phalang/e
phalanges, finger/toe bones
497
pharyng, pharyng/e, pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
498
phas
speech
499
phen/o
to show
500
phe/o
dusky
501
phim
muzzle
502
phleb, phleb/o
vein
503
phon, phone
voice
504
phon/o
sound
505
phor
carrying
506
phos
light
507
phot/o
light
508
phragm
partition
509
phras
speech
510
phren, phren/o
mind
511
physic, physic/o
nature
512
pil/o
hair
513
pine
pine cone
514
pineal
pineal body
515
pin/o
to drink
516
pituitar
pituitary gland
517
plak, plak/o
plate
518
plasma, plasm/o
plasma
519
plast
developing
520
pleur, pleura, pleur/o
pleura
521
plicat
to fold
522
pneum/o
lung, air
523
pneumon, pneumon/o
lung
524
pod/o
foot
525
poiet
formation
526
poli/o
gray
527
pollex
thumb
528
por
passage
529
porphyr
purple
530
poster, poster/o
behind, toward the back, back
531
prand/i
meal
532
presby, presby/o
old
533
press
to press
534
proct, proct/o
rectum
535
prophylact
guarding
536
prostat, prostat/o
prostate
537
prosth/e
an addition
538
proxim, proxim/o
near the point of origin
539
prurit, prurit/o
itching
540
psych, psych/o
mind
541
pudend
external genitals
542
pulm/o
lung
543
pulmon, pulmon/o
lung
544
pulmonar, pulmonar/o
lung
545
pupill, pupill/o
pupil
546
purpur
purple
547
py, py/o
pus
548
pyel, pyel/o
renal pelvis
549
pylor, pylor/o
pylorus, gatekeeper
550
pyret
fever
551
pyr/o
heat, fire
552
rach, rach/i
spine
553
radi/o
ray, x-ray
554
radiat
radiant
555
radiat
radiant
556
radic/o
spinal nerve root
557
radicul
spinal nerve root
558
ras
to scrape off
559
rect/o
rectum
560
regul
rule
561
relaxat
to loosen
562
remiss, remiss/o
remit
563
ren, ren/o
kidney
564
respirat, respirat/o
breathing
565
reticul/o
net
566
retin, retin/o
retina
567
rhabd/o
rod
568
rheumat, rheumat/o
discharge
569
rhin/o
nose
570
rhonch, rhonch/o
snore
571
rhytid/o
wrinkle
572
roent
roentgen
573
rotat, rotat/o
to turn
574
rrhyth, rrhythm, rrhythm/o
rhythm
575
rube/o
red
576
sacr, sacr/o
sacrum
577
salping, salping/o, saplinx
tube, fallopian tube
578
sarc, sarc/o
flesh
579
scapul, scapul/o
shoulder blade
580
schiz/o
to divide
581
scler, scler/o
hard, hardening, sclera
582
scoli, scoli/o
curvature
583
scop
to examine
584
seb/o
oil
585
secund
second
586
semin, semin/i
seed, semen
587
seminat
seed, semen
588
senil, senile
old
589
sept
putrefying
590
sept/o
a partition
591
ser(a), ser/o
whey, serum
592
sert
to gain
593
sexu
sex
594
sial, sial/o
saliva, salivary
595
sider/o
iron
596
sigmoid, sigmoid/o
sigmoid
597
sin/o
curve
598
sinus
a hollow curve
599
situ
place
600
som, somat, somat/o
body
601
somn, somn/o
sleep
602
son, son/o
sound
603
spadias
rent, opening
604
spastic
convulsive
605
sperm, sperm/i, sperm/o
seed (sperm)
606
spermat, spermat/o
seed (sperm)
607
sphygm/o
pulse
608
spin, spin/o
spine, thorn
609
spir/o
breath
610
splen/o
spleen
611
spondyl, spondyl/o
vertebra
612
staped, staped/o
stapes, stirrup
613
steat, steat/o
fat
614
sten, sten/o
narrowing
615
ster
solid
616
stern, stern/o
sternum, breast bone
617
sterol
solid (fat)
618
steth, steth/o
chest
619
stigmat, stigmat/o
point
620
stom, stom/o
mouth
621
stomat, stomat/o
mouth
622
stabism
squinting
623
strict
to tighten, contraction
624
suppress, suppress/o
suppress
625
surrog
substitute
626
symmetric
summetry
627
sympath
sympathy
628
synov, synov/o
synovial membrane
629
system
composite whole
630
systol
contraction
631
systole
contraction
632
tars/o
ankle, tarsus
633
tel
end, distant
634
tele
distant
635
tempor
temples
636
tendin
tendon
637
tend/o
tendon
638
tendon, tendon/o
tendon
639
ten/o
tendon
640
tenos
tendon
641
tens
tension
642
tentori
tentorium, tent
643
terat, terat/o
monster
644
testicul, testicul/o
testicle
645
test/o
testicle
646
thalass
sea
647
thel/i
nipple
648
therm, therm/o
hot, heat
649
thorac, thorac/o
chest
650
thorax
chest
651
thromb, thromb/o
clot
652
thym, thym/o
thymus, mind, emotion
653
thyr, thyr/o
thyroid, shield
654
thyrox
thyroid, shield
655
tibi, tibi/o
tibia
656
toc
birth
657
tom/o
to cut
658
ton, ton/o
tone, tension
659
tonsill, tonsill/o
tonsil, almond
660
topic, top/p
place
661
tors, tors/o
twisted
662
tort/i
twisted
663
tox, tox/o
poison
664
toxic, toxic/o
poison
665
trach/e, trache/o
trachea
666
tract, tract/o
to draw
667
trephinat
bore
668
trich, trich/o
hair
669
trigone
trigone
670
trism
grating
671
trop, trop/o
turning
672
troph, troph/o
a turning
673
tuber
bulge
674
tubercul, tubercul/o
little swelling
675
turg
swelling
676
tuss
cough
677
tympan, tympan/o
eardrum, drum
678
uln, uln/o
ulna, elbow
679
umbilic
navel
680
ungu
nail
681
ur, ur/o
urinate, urination
682
urea
urea
683
uret
urine
684
ureter, ureter/o
ureter
685
urethr, urethr/o
urethra
686
urin, urin/o
urine
687
urinat
urine
688
uter, uter/o
uterus
689
uve, uve/o
uvea
690
vagin, vagin/o
vagina
691
vag/o
vagus, wandering
692
valvul/o
valve
693
varic/o
twisted vein
694
vas, vas/o
vessel
695
vascul, vascul/o
small vessel
696
vector
carrier
697
ven, ven/i, ven/o
vein
698
venere, venere/o
sexual intercourse
699
ventilat, ventilat/o
to air
700
ventr, ventr/o
near or on the belly side of the body
701
ventricul, ventricul/o
ventricle, little belly
702
vermin, verm/i
worm
703
vers, vers/o
turning
704
vertebr, vertebr/o
vertebra
705
vesic
bladder
706
vesicul, vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
707
vir, vir/o
virus (poison)
708
viril, viril/o
masculine
709
viscer, viscer/o
body organs
710
volt
volt
711
volunt, volunt/o
will
712
volvul
to roll
713
vuls, vuls/o
to pull
714
watt
watt
715
xanth/o
yellow
716
xen, xen/o
foreign material
717
xer, xer/o
dry
718
xiph, xiph/o
sword
719
zo/o
animal
720
zoon
life
