Cengage Appendix A (P-Z) Flashcards
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palat/o
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palate, roof of mouth
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palpat/o
A
touch, feel, stroke
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palpit/o
A
throbbing, quivering
3
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pan-
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all, entire, every
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pancreat/o
A
pancreas
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papill/o
A
nipple-like, optic disc
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par-
A
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
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para-
A
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
7
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par/o
A
birth
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-para
A
to give birth
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parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid glands
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-paresis
A
partial or incomplete paralysis
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-pareunia
A
sexual intercourse
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-parous
A
having borne one or more children
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paroxysm/o
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having borne one or more children
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-partum
A
childbirth, labor
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patell/o
A
patella, kneecap
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path/o
A
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-pathy
A
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-pause
A
stopping
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pector/o
A
chest
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ped/o
A
child, foot
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pedicul/o
A
louse (singular), lice (plural)
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pelv/i
A
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
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pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
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pen/i
penis
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peni/o
penis
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-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
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-pepsia
to digest, digestion
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pept/o
to digest, digestion
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per-
completely, through
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percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
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peri-
surrounding, around
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perine/o
perineum
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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perme/o
to pass or go through
20
perone/o
fibula
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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phac/o
lens of eye
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phak/o
lens of eye
22
phag/o
eat, swallow
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-phage
a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
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-phagia
eating, swallowing
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phalang/o
phalanges, finger, toe
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phall/i
penis
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pharmac/o
drug
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pharmaceut/o
drug
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pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
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phas/o
speech
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-phasia
to speak or speech
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phe/o
dusky, gray
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-pheresis
removal
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-philia
attraction to, like, love
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phil/o
attraction to, like, love
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phleb/o
vein
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-phobia
abnorma fear
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phon/o
sound, voice
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phor/o
carry, bear, movement
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
27
phot/o
light
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phren/o
diaphragm, mind
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-phylactic
protective, preventive
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-phylaxis
protection
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physi/o
nature, physical
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-physis
to grow
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pigment/o
pigment, color
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pil/i
hair
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pil/o
hair
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pineal/o
pineal gland
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pinn/i
external ear, auricle
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pituit/o
pituitary gland
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pituitar/o
pituitary gland
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placent/o
placenta
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plak/o
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
35
-plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
36
plant/i
sole of foot
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plant/o
sole of foot
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-plasm
formative material of cells
39
plasm/o
something molded or formed
40
-plastic
pertaining to formation
40
-plasty
surgical repair
41
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
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-plegic
one affected with paralysis
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pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
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pne/o
breath, breathing
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-pnea
breathing
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pneum/o
lung, air
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pneumon/o
lung, air
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pod/o
foot
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-poiesis
to make
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poli/o
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
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poly-
many
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polyp/o
polyp, small growth
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poplite/o
back of the knee
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por/o
pore, small opening
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-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
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port/o
gate, door
54
post-
after, behind
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poster/o
behind, toward the back
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potent/o
powerful, capable
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pract/o
practice, pursue an occupation
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pre-
before, in front of
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pregn/o
pregnant, full of
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presby/o
old age
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primi-
first
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pro-
before, on behalf of, supporting
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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product/o
lean forward, yield, produce
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pronat/o
bent forward, face down
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pros-
before, forward
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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prosthet/o
addition, appendage
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prot/o
first
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proxim/o
near
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prurit/o
itching
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pseud/o
false
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psor/o
itch, itching
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psych/o
mind
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-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
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-ptysis
spitting, coughing up
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pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone
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pulm/o
lung
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pulmon/o
lung
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pulsat/o
beat, beating, striking
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punct/o
hole, prick, puncture
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pupill/o
pupil (of the eye)
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purul/o
pus, pus-filled
70
py/o
pus
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pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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pyr/o
fever, fire
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pyret/o
fever, fire
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quadr/i
four
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quadr/o
four
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radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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radicul/o
nerve root
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re-
back, again
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recept/o
receive, receiver
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rect/o
rectum, straight
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reduct/o
bring back together
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refract/o
bend back, turn aside
77
remiss/o
give up, send back, relax
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ren/o
kidney
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resuscit/o
to revive
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retent/o
hold back
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reticul/o
network
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retinol/o
retina (of the eye), net
78
retro-
behind, backward, back of
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rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
79
rheumat/o
watery flow, subject to flow
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rhin/o
nose
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rhiz/o
root, spinal nerve root
81
rhythm/o
rhythm
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rhytid/o
wrinkle
81
-rrhage
abnormal excessive fluid discharge
82
-rrhagia
abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
83
-rrhea
flow, discharge
84
-rrhexis
rupture
84
rug/o
wrinkle, fold, ruga
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sacchar/o
sugar
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sacr/o
sacrum
85
saliv/o
saliva
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salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
87
-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) tube
87
saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
87
sarc/o
flesh connective tissue
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schiz/o
division, to split
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scler/o
sclera (white of the eye), hard
89
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
89
scoli/o
curved, bent
89
-scope
instrument for visual examination
89
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
90
-scopy
visual examination
91
script/o
write
91
scrot/o
bag or pouch, scrotum
91
seb/o
sebum
91
secret/o
produce, separate out
92
sect/o
cut, cutting
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semi-
half
92
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
93
sen/o
old age
94
sens/o
feeling, sensation
94
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
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sept/o
infection, partition
95
ser/o
serum
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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sin/o
hollow, sinus
96
sinistr/o
left, left side
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sinus/o
sinus
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-sis
abnormal condition, disease
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sit/u
place
97
social/o
companion, fellow being
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-sol
solution
98
somat/o
body
99
somn/o
sleep
100
son/o
sound
101
-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
102
spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
102
sperm/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
102
spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
103
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped
103
spher/o
round, sphere, ball
104
sphincter/o
tight band, sphincter
104
sphygm/o
pulse
104
spin/o
spine, backbone
104
spir/o
to breathe, coil
105
splen/o
spleen,
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
106
squam/o
scale, scale-like cell
106
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
106
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
106
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
107
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
107
-static
control, maintenance of a constant level
107
-stasis
control, maintenance of a constant level
107
-stenosis
abnormal narrowinf
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sten/o
narrowing, contracted
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stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
110
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
111
steth/o
chest
112
-sthenia
strength
112
stigmat/o
point, spot
113
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
113
-stomosis
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
113
strept/o
twisted chain, curved
113
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument, stake
113
stom/o
mouth, oral cavity
113
sucr/o
sugar
113
stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
113
-stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
113
super-
above, excessive, higher than
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sub-
under, less, below
114
sud/o
sweat
114
sudor/i
sweat
115
supinat/o
bent backward, lying on the back
115
suppress/o
press down
116
-surgery
operative procedure
116
symptomat/o
falling together, symptoms(s)
116
sym-
with, together, joined together
116
suppur/o
to form pus
116
supra-
above, upper, excessive
117
ten/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
117
tax/o
coordination, order
117
syn-
together, with, union, association
117
techn/o
skill
117
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), tarsal plate (on the edge of the eyelid)
117
system/o
body system, body as a whole
117
tele/o
distant, distance
117
synovi/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
117
tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
117
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple (on head)
117
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off, faint
117
systol/o
contraction, contracting
117
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
118
tachy-
fast, rapid
119
tens/o
stretch out, expand, tension
119
tendin/o
tendon
120
termin/o
end, limit
120
tetra-
four
120
test/i
testicle, testis
120
test/o
testicle, testis
120
thalam/o
thalamus
120
thanat/o
death
120
thec/o
sheath, case
121
therm/o
heat
121
therapeut/o
treatment
121
thym/o
thymus glamd
121
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
121
thorac/o
chest, thorax
121
thromb/o
clot, thrombus
122
thyr/o
thyroid gland
123
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
123
-tic
pertaining to
123
ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
124
-tomy
process of cutting
124
tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
124
tort/i
twisted
124
toxic/o
poison, poisonous, toxin
124
toc/o
labor, birth
124
tom/o
cut, section, slice
124
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
125
-tocin
labor, birth
125
-tion
process, state or quality of
125
tox/o
poison, poisonous, toxin
126
trabecul/o
little beam or cross bar, mesh
127
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
127
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
127
trop/o
to turn, change
127
tuss/o
cough
127
tremul/o
fine tremor, shaking
127
-tropin
to stimulate, act on
127
-tropia
to turn
128
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
128
trans-
across, through
128
traumat/o
injury
128
trich/o
hair
128
troph/o
development, nourishment
128
-trophy
development, nourishment
128
tri-
three
128
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
128
-thymia
a state of mind
128
tuberculosis/o
little knot, swelling, tuberculosis
128
-type
classification, picture
128
-ula
small, little
129
tub/o
tube, pipe
129
-tripsy
to crush
130
uni-
one
130
urin/o
urine or urinary organs
130
urethr/o
urethra
130
un-
not
130
ungu/o
nail
130
-um
singular noun ending
130
umbilic/o
navel
131
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
131
ultra-
beyond, excess
131
-ule
small one
131
uterer/o
uterer
131
uln/o
ulna (medical lower arm bone)
132
-uria
urination, urine
132
-uresis
urination
133
vert/o
turn, travel
133
-verse
to turn
133
ventr/o
in front, abdomen side of body
133
vaccin/o
vaccine
133
uve/o
iris, choroid, ciliary body (of the eye)
133
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
133
vagin/o
vagina
133
ventilat/o
expose to air, oxygenate
133
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
134
valv/o
valve
134
vas/o
VAS deferens, blood vessel
134
uter/o
uterus
134
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
134
ven/o
vein
134
valvul/o
valve
134
vers/o
turn, travel
134
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
134
-us
thing, singular noun ending
135
-version
to turn
136
vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
137
vertig/o
whirling around
138
vesic/o
urinary bladder
139
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
140
vestibule/o
entrance, vestibule (of the inner ear)
141
viril/o
masculine, manly
141
vir/o
virus, poison
142
vis/o
seeing, sight, vision
142
viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
143
viscos/o
sticky, thickness
143
vit/a
life
144
vitre/o
glassy, vitreous humor (of the eye)
145
vulv/o
vulva, covering
146
xanth/o
yellow
147
xen/o
strange, foreign
147
xer/o
dry
148
xiph/o
sword-shaped
149
-y
noun ending
150
zoo
(animal) life
151
zo/o
(animal) life
152
zygomat/o
cheek bone
