Combining Forms: M - Z COPIED Flashcards
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macul/o
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spot
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magn/o
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great, large
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major/o
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larger
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malign/o
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bad, evil,
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malle/o
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malleus, hammer
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malleol/o
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malleolus, little hammer
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mamm/o
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breast
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man/i
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madness, rage
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man/i, man/o
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hand
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mandibul/o
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mandible, lower jaw
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manipul/o
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use of hands
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manubri/o
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handle
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masset/o
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chew
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mast/o
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breast
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mastic/o, masticat/o
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chew
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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matern/o
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maternal, of a mother
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matur/o
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ripe
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jaw)
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maxim/o
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largest, greatest
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meat/o
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opening or passageway
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medi/o
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middle
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mediastin/o
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mediastinum, middle
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medic/o
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medicine, physician, healing
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medicat/o
medication, healing
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medull/o
medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
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megal/o
large, great
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mei/o
less, meiosis
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melan/o
black, dark
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mellit/o
honey, honeyed
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membran/o
membrane, thin skin
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men/o
menstruation, menses
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mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
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menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
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mens/o
menstuate, menstruation, menses
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menstr/o, menstruat/o
occuring monthly
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ment/o
mind, chin
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mesenter/o
mesentery
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mesi/o
middle, median plane
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metabol/o
change
41
metacarp/o
metacarpals, bones of the hand
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metatars/o
bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes
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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o
uterus
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micr/o
small
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mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
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midsagitt/o
from front to back, at the middle
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mineral/o
mineral
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minim/o
smallest, least
49
minor/o
smaller
50
mit/o
a thread
51
mitr/o
a miter, having two points on top
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mobil/o
capable of moving
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monil/i
string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus
54
morbid/o
disease, sickness
55
moribund/o
dying
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morph/o
shape, form
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mort/i, mort/o, mort/u
death, dead
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mortal/i
pertaining to death, subject to death
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mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
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mu/o
close, shut
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muc/o, mucus/o
mucus
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muscul/o
muscle
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mut/a
genetic change
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mut/o
unable to speak, inarticulate
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mutagen/o
causing genetic change
66
my/o
muscle
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myc/e, myc/o
fungus
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mydria/o
wide
69
mydrias/i
dilation of the pupil
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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myocardi/o
myocardium, heart muscle
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myom/o
muscle tumor
73
myos/o
muscle
74
myring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
75
myx/o
mucus
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nar/i
nostril
77
narc/o
numbness, stupor
78
nas/i, nas/o
nose
79
nat/i
birth
80
natr/o
sodium
81
nause/o
nasuea, seasickness
82
necr/o
death
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ne/o
new, strange
84
nephr/o
kidney
85
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
86
neutr/o
neither, neutral
87
nev/o
birthmark, mole
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nid/o
next
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noct/i
night
90
nod/o
knot, swelling
91
nodul/o
little knot
92
nom/o
law, control
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norm/o
normal or usual
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nuch/o
the nape
95
nucle/o
nucleus
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nucleol/o
little nucleus, nucleolus
97
numer/o
number, count
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nunc/o
messenger
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nutri/o, nutrit/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
100
nyct/o, nyctal/o
night
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obes/o
obese, extremely fat
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obliqu/o
slanted, sideways
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oblongat/o
oblong, elongated
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obstetr/i, obstetr/o
midwife, one who stands to receive
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occipit/o
back of the skull, occiput
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occlud/o, occlus/o
shut, close up
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occult/o
hidden, concealed
108
ocul/o
eye
109
odont/o
tooth
110
olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
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olig/o
santy, few
112
om/o
shoulder
113
oment/o
omentum, fat
114
omphal/o
umbilical cord, the navel
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onc/o
tumor
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onych/o
fingernail or toenail
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o/o, oo/o
egg
118
oophor/o
ovary
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opac/o, opacit/o
shaded, dark, impenetrable to light
120
oper/o, operat/o
perform, operate, work
121
opercul/o
cover or lid
122
ophthalm/o
eye, vision
123
opisth/o
backward, dorsal
124
opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
125
or/o
mouth, oral cavity
126
orbit/o
orbit, bony cavity or socket
127
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
128
organ/o
organ
129
orgasm/o
swell, be excited
130
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
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osm/o
pushing, thrusting
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oss/e, oss/i
bone
133
ossicul/o
ossicle (small bone)
134
oste/o, ost/o
bone
135
ot/o
ear, hearing
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ov/i, ov/o
egg, ovum
137
ovari/o
ovary
138
ovul/o
egg
139
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
oxygen
140
oxid/o
containing oxygen
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oxy/o
the presence of oxygen in a compound
142
palat/o
plate, roof of mouth
143
pall/o, pallid/o
pale, lacking or drained of color
144
palliat/o
cloaked, hidden
145
palpat/o
touch, feel, stroke
146
palpebr/o
eyelid
147
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
148
pancreat/o
pancreas
149
papill/i, papill/o
nipple-like
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papul/o
pimple
151
par/o
to bear, bring forth, labor
152
paralys/o, paralyt/o
disable
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parasit/o
parasite
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parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
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pares/i
to disable
156
paret/o
to disable
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pariet/o
wall
158
parotid/o
parotid gland
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paroxysm/o
sudden attack
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parturit/o
childbirth, labor
161
patell/a, patell/o
patella, kneecap
162
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
163
paus/o
stopping
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pector/o
chest
165
ped/o
child, foot
166
pedi/a
child
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pedicul/o
louse (singular), lice (plural)
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pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
169
pen/i
penis
170
pend/o
to hang
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peps/i, pept/o
digest, digestion
172
percept/o
become aware, perceive
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percuss/o
strike tap, beat
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perine/o
perineum
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peristals/o, peristalt/o
constrict around
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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perme/o
to pass or go through
178
pernici/o
destructive, harmful
179
perone/o
fibula
180
perspirat/o
perspiration
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pertuss/i
intensive cough
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petechi/o
skin spot
183
phac/o
lens of eye
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phag/o
eat, swallow
185
phak/o
lens of eye
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phalang/o
phalanges, finger and toe
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phall/i, phill/o
penis
188
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drug
189
pharyng/o
thorat, pharynx
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phas/o
speech
191
phe/o
dusky
192
pher/o
to bear or carry
193
phil/o
attraction to, like love
194
phleb/o
vein
195
phlegm/o
thick mucus
196
phob/o
abnormal fear
197
phon/o
sound, voice
198
phor/o
carry, bear, movement
199
phot/o
light
200
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
201
physi/o, physic/o
nature, physical
202
phyt/o
plant
203
pigment/o
pigment, color
204
pil/i, pil/o
hair
205
pineal/o
pineal gland
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pinn/i
external ear, auricle
207
pituit/o, pituitar/o
pituitary gland
208
plac/o
flat plate or patch
209
placent/o
placenta, round flat cake
210
plak/o
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
211
plan/o
flat
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plant/i, plant/o
sole of foot
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plas/i, plas/o
development, growth, formation
214
plasm/o
something molded or formed
215
ple/o
more, many
216
pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
217
plex/o
plexus, network
218
plic/o
fold or ridge
219
pne/o
breath, breathing
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
221
pod/o
foot
222
pol/o
extreme
223
poli/o
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
224
pollic/o
thumb
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polyp/o
polyp, small growth
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pont/o
pons (a part of the brain), bridge
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poplit/o
back of the knee
228
por/o
pore, small opening
229
port/i
gate, door
230
poster/o
behind, toward the back
231
potent/o
powerful
232
pract/i, practic/o
practice, pursue an occupation
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prandi/o
meal
234
precoc/i
early, premature
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pegn/o
pregnant, full of
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prematur/o
too early, untimely
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preputi/o
foreskin, prepuce
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presby/o
old age
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press/o
press, draw
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priap/o
penis
241
process/o
going forth
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procreat/o
reproduce
243
proct/o
anus and rectum
244
prodrom/o
running a head, precursor
245
product/o
lead forward, produce
246
prolaps/o
fall downward, slide forward
247
prolifer/o
reproduce, bear offspring
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pron/o, pronat/o
bent forward
249
prostat/o
prostate gland
250
prosth/o, prosthet/o
addition, appendance
251
prot/o, prote/o
first
252
protein/o
protein
253
proxim/o
near
254
prurit/o
itching
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pseud/o
false
256
psor/i, psor/o
itch, itching
257
psych/o
mind
258
pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone
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pubert/o
ripe age, adult
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pudend/o
pudendum
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puerper/i
childbearing, labor
262
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
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pulpos/o
fleshy, pulpy
264
puls/o
beat, beating, striking
265
punct/o
sting, prick, puncture
266
pupill/o
pupil
267
pur/o
pus
268
purpur/o
purple
269
purul/o
pus-filled
270
pustul/o
infected pimple
271
py/o
pus
272
pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
273
pylor/o
pylorus, pyloric sphincter
274
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
275
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
276
rabi/o
madness, rage
277
rachi/o
spinal column, vertebrae
278
radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
279
radiat/o
giving off rays or radiant energy
280
radicul/o
nerve root
281
raph/o
seam, suture
282
recept/o
receive, receiver
283
recipi/o
receive, take to oneself
284
rect/o
rectum, straight
285
recticul/o
network
286
recuperat/o
recover, regain health
287
reduct/o
bring back together
288
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
289
regurgit/o
flood or gush back
290
remiss/o
give up. let go, relax
291
ren/o
kidney
292
restor/o
rebuild, put back, restore
293
resuscit/o
revive
294
retent/o
hold back
295
reticul/o
network
296
retin/o
retina, net
297
retract/o
draw back or in
298
rhabd/o
rod, rod-shaped
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rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
300
rheum/o, rheumat/o
water flow, subect to flow
301
rhin/o
nose
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rhiz/o
root
303
rhonc/o
snore, snoring
304
rhythm/o
rhythm
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rhytid/o
wrinkle
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rigid/o
stiff
307
ris/o
laugh
308
rotat/o
rotate, revolve
309
rug/o
wrinkle, fold
310
sacc/i, sacc/o
sac
311
sacchar/o
sugar
312
sacr/o
sacrum
313
saliv/o
saliva
314
salping/o
uterine (Fallopian) tube, auditory (Eustachian) tube
315
san/o
sound, healthy, sane
316
sangu/i, sanguin/o
blood
317
sanit/o
soundness, health
318
saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
319
sapr/o
decaying, rottein
320
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
321
scalp/o
carve, scrape
322
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
323
schiz/o
division, split
324
scirrh/o
hard
325
scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
326
scoli/o
curved bent
327
scot/o
darkness
328
scrib/o, script/o
write
329
scrot/o
bag or pouch
330
seb/o
sebum
331
secret/o
produce, separate out
332
sect/o, secti/o
cut, cutting
333
segment/o
pieces
334
sell/o
saddle
335
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
336
sen/i
old
337
senesc/o
grow old
338
senil/o
old age
339
sens/i
feeling, sensation
340
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
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seps/o
infection
342
sept/o
infection, partition
343
ser/o
serum
344
seros/o
serous
345
sial/o
saliva
346
sialaden/o
salivary gland
347
sigm/o
Greek letter sigma
348
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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silic/o
glass
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sin/o, sin/u
hollow, sinus
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sinistr/o
left, left side
352
sinus/o
sinus
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sit/u
place
354
skelet/o
skeleton
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soci/o
companion, fellow being
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solut/o, solv/o
loosened, dissolved
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somat/o
body
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somn/i, somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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sopor/o
sleep
361
spad/o
draw off, draw
362
spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tigtening, cramping
363
spec/i
look at, a kind or sort
364
specul/o
mirror
365
sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
366
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge
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spher/o
round, sphere, ball
368
sphincter/o
tight band
369
sphygm/o
pulse
370
spin/o
spine, backbone
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spir/o
to breathe
372
spirill/o
little coil
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spirochet/o
coiled microorganism
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral colmn, backbone
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spontane/o
unexplained, of one's own accord
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spor/o
seed, spore
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sput/o
sputum, spit
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squam/o
scale
380
stapedi/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
381
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
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steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
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sten/o
narrowing, contracted
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ster/o
solid structure
385
stere/o
solid, three-dimensional structure
386
steril/i
sterile
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stern/o
sternum, the breast bone
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steth/o
chest
389
stigmat/o
point, spot
390
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
391
stol/o
send or place
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stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
393
strab/i
sqint, squint-eyed
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strat/i
layer
395
strept/o
twisted chain
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striat/o
stripe, furrgroove
397
strict/o
draw tightly together, bind or tie
398
strid/o
harsh sound
399
stup/e
benumbed, stunned
400
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument
401
subluxat/o
partial dislocation
402
sucr/o
sugar
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sudor/i
sweat
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suffoc/o, suffocat/o
choke, strangle
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sulc/o
furrow, groove
406
super/o
above, excessive, higher than
407
superflu/o
overflowing, excessive
408
supin/o
lying on the back
409
supinat/o
bend backward, place on the back
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suppress/o
press down
411
suppur/o, supporate/o
to form pus
412
supraren/o
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
413
sutur/o
stitch, seam
414
symptomat/o
falling together, symptom
415
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact
416
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off
417
syndrom/o
running together
418
synovi/o, synv/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
419
syphil/i, syphil/o
syphilis
420
syring/o
tube
421
system/o, systemat/o
body system
422
systol/o
contraction
423
tact/i
touch
424
talip/o
foot and ankle deformity
425
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid
426
tax/o
coordination, order
427
techn/o, techni/o
skill
428
tectori/o
covering, rooflike
429
tele/o
distant, far
430
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
431
ten/o, tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
432
tenac/i
holding fast, sticky
433
tendin/o
tendon
434
tens/o
stretch ot, extend, strain
435
termin/o
end, limit
436
test/i, test/o
testicle, testis
437
tetan/o
rigid, tense
438
thalam/o
thalamus, inner room
439
thanas/o, thanat/o
death
440
the/o
put, place
441
thec/o
sheath
442
thel/o
nipple
443
therap/o, therapeut/o
treatment
444
therm/o
heat
445
thora/o, thorac/o
chest
446
thromb/o
clot
447
thym/o
thymus gland
448
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
449
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
450
tine/o
gnawing worm, ringworm
451
tinnit/o
ringing, buzzing, tinkling
452
toc/o
labor, birth
453
tom/o
cut, section, slice
454
ton/o
tension, tone stretching
455
tone/o
to stretch
456
tonsill/o
tonsil, thorat
457
top/o
place, position, location
458
tors/o
twist, rotate
459
tort/i
twisted
460
tox/o, toxic/o
poison, poisonous
461
trabecul/o
little beam marked with cross bars or beams
462
trache/i, trache/o
trachea, windpipe
463
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
464
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
465
transfus/o
pour across, transfer
466
transit/o
changing
467
transvers/o
crosswise
468
traumat/o
injury
469
trem/o
shaking, trembling
470
tremul/o
fine tremor or shaking
471
treponem/o
coiled, turning microbe
472
trich/o
hair
473
trigon/o
trigone (usually of the bladder)
474
trop/o
turn, change
475
troph/o
development, nourishment
476
tub/i, tub/o
tube, pipe
477
tubercul/o
little knot, swelling
478
tunic/o
covering, cloak, sheath
479
turbinat/o
coiled, spiral shaped
480
tuss/i
cough
481
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
482
ulcer/o
sore, ulcer
483
uln/o
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
484
umbilic/o
navel
485
ungu/o
nail
486
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
487
ureter/o
ureter
488
urethr/o
urethra
489
urg/o
press, push
490
urin/o
urine or urinary organs
491
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
492
uter/i, uter/o
uterus
493
uve/o
iris, chorioid, ciliary body, uveal tract
494
uvul/o
uvula, little grape
495
vaccin/i, vaccin/o
vaccine
496
vacu/o
empty
497
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
498
vagin/o
vagina
499
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
500
var/o
bent or twisted inward
501
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
502
vas/o
vas deferens, vessel
503
vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
504
vast/o
vast, great , extensive
505
vect/o
carry, convey
506
ven/o
vein
507
vener/o
sexual intercourse
508
ventilat/o
expose to air, fan
509
ventr/o
infront, belly side of body
510
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
511
venul/o
venule, small vein
512
verg/o
twist, incline
513
verm/i
worm
514
verruc/o
wart
515
vers/o, vert/o
turn
516
vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
517
vertig/o, vertigin/o
whirling round
518
vesic/o
urinary bladder
519
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
520
vestibul/o
entrance, vestibule
521
vi/o
force
522
vill/i
shaggy hair, tuft of hair
523
vir/o
poison, virus
524
viril/o
masculine, manly
525
vis/o
seeing, sight
526
visc/o
sticky
527
viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
528
viscos/o
sticky
529
vit/a, vit/o
life
530
viti/o
blemish, defect
531
vitre/o
glassy, made of glass
532
voc/i
voice
533
vol/o
palm or sole
534
volv/o
roll, turn
535
vulgar/i
common
536
vulv/o
vulva, covering
537
xanth/o
yellow
538
xen/o
strange, foreign
539
xer/o
dry
540
xiph/i, xiph/o
sword
541
zo/o
animal life
542
zygomat/o
cheek bone, yoke
543
zygot/o
joined together
