Glossary of Word Parts (Medical Terminology to English) Flashcards
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ab-
A
away from
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a-, an-
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no, not
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abdomin/o
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abdomen; see also lapar/o
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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ad-
A
toward
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aden/o
A
gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adren/o
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adrenal gland
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-algia
A
pain; see also -dynia
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alveol/o
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alveolus (air sac within the lung)
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo)
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-an
A
pertaining to
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ana-
A
up, apart
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an/o
A
anus
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angi/o
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vessel (blood)
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ante-
A
before, forward
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anter/o
A
front
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anti-
A
against
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aort/o
A
aorta
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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arteri/o
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artery
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arteriol/o
A
small artery
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arthr/o
joint
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-ary
pertaining to
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ather/o
fatty plaque
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-ation
process, condition
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aur/o
ear; see also ot/o
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aut-
self
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axill/o
armpit
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balan/o
penis
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bari/o
weight
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bi-
two
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bi/o
life
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brady-
slow
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bronch/o
bronchial tube
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bronchiol/o
small bronchial tube
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calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
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capillar/o
capillary
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carcin/o
cancer, cancerous
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cardi/o
heart
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carp/o
wrist bones (carpals)
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-cele
hernia
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cervic/o
neck
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chem/o
drug, chemical
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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chrondr/o
cartilage
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chron/o
time
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-cision
process of cutting
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cis/o
to cut
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clavicul/o
clavicle (collarbone)
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-coccus
bacterium (berry-shaped); plural: -cocci
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coccyg/o
tailbone
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col/o
colon (large intestine)
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colon/o
colon
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colp/o
vagina
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comi/o
to care fore
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con-
with, together
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coni/o
dust
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-coniosis
abnormal condition of dust
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coron/o
heart
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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crin/o
secrete
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-crine
secretion
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-crit
separation
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cry/o
cold
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue
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cyst/o
urinary bladder
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-cyte
cell
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cyt/o
cell
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dactyl/o
fingers or toes
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dent/i
tooth
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dermato/o, derm/o
skin
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dia-
thorough, complete
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-dipsia
thirst
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duoden/o
duodenum
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dur/o
dura mater (outermost meningeal layer)
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-dynia
pain
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dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
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-eal
pertaining to
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ec-
out, outside
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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation, stretching, widening
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ecto-
out, outside
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-ectomy
excision (resection, removal); process of cutting out
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electr/o
electricity
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-emesis
vomitting
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-emia
blood condition
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en-
in, inner, within
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encephal/o
brain
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endo-
within, in, inner
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endocrin/o
endocrine glands
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endometr/o, endometri/o
endometrium (inner lining of the uterus)
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enter/o
intestines (usually small intestine)
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epi-
above, upon
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epiglott/o
epiglottis
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epitheli/o
skin (surface tissue)
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erythr/o
red
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esophag/o
esophagus
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esthesi/o
sensation
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ex-, exo-, extra-
out, outside
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femor/o
femur, thigh bone
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fibr/o
fibrous tissue
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fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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gastr/o
stomach
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gen/o
to produce
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-gen
production, formation
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-genesis
producing, formation
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by
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ger/o
old age
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-globin
protein
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glyc/o
sugar
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gnos/o
knowledge
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument to record
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-graphy
process of recording, to record
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gynec/o
woman, female
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hemat/o, hem/o
blood
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hepat/o
liver
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humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
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hydr/o
water
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hyper-
above, excessive, more than normal, too much
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hypo-
below, deficient, less than normal, too little
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hypophys/o
pituitary gland
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hyster/o
uterus
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-ia
condition
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-ian
practitioner
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iatr/o
treatment
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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ile/o
ileum (third part of small intestine)
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ili/o
ilium (upper part of hip bone)
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in-
in, into
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-ine
pertaining to
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infra-
below
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inguin/o
groin
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inter-
between
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intra-
within
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-ior
pertaining to
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isch/o
to hold back
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-ism
condition, process
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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jejun/o
jejunum
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lapar/o
abdomen
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-lapse
slide
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laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
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later/o
side
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ligament/o
ligament
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leiomy/o
smooth muscle
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leuk/o
white
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lip/o
fat
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-listhesis
sliding
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lith/o
stone
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-lith
stone
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-logist
one who specializes in study of
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-logy
process of study, study of
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lumb/o
loin, waist region
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lymph/o
lymph
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lymphaden/o
lymph nodes
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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
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lys/o
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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mal-
bad
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-malacia
softening
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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mediastin/o
mediastinum
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medull/o
medulla oblongata (lower part of the brain)
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-megaly
enlargement
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men/o
menstruation
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mening/o
meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
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meta-
beyond, change
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metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
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-meter
measure
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metr/o, metri/o
uterus; to measure
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-metry
measurement
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-mortem
death
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-motor
movement
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muscul/o
muscle
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o (with -blast, -cyte, -genous, -oma)
bone marrow (with -blast, -cyte, -genous, -oma)
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myel/o (with -cele, -gram, it is)
spinal cord (with -cele, -gram, it is)
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myos/o
muscle
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myring/o
eardrum
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nas/o
nose
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nat/i
birth
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necr/o
death
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neo-
new
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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norm/o
rule, order
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nos/o
disease
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obstetr/o
midwife
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ocul/o
eye
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odont/o
tooth
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-oid
pertaining to, resembling
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-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
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onc/o
tumor
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onycho/o
nail
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o/o
egg
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oophor/o
ovary
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ophthalm/o
eye
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-opsy
process of viewing
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opt/o, optic/o
eye
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or/o
mouth
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orch/o
testicle, testis
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orchi/o
testicle, testis
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orchid/o
testicle, testis
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orth/o
straight
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-osis
abnormal condition
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osm/o
smell
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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-ous
pertaining to
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ovari/o
ovary
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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para-
along the side of, beside, near
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parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
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-partum
birth
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path/o
disease
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-pathy
disease condition
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ped/o
child
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pelv/o
hip bone
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-penia
deficiency
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding
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peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane around abdominal organs)
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perone/o
fibula
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-pexy
fixation (surgical)
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phak/o
lens of the eye
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phalang/o
phalanges (finger and toe bones)
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pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
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-phasia
speech
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-philia
attraction to
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phleb/o
vein
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phren/o
diaphragm
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phren/o
mind
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pituitar/o
pituitary gland
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plas/o
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
development, formation, growth
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-plasia
formation, growth
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-plegia
paralysis
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pleur/o
pleura (membranes surrounding the lungs)
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-pnea
breathing
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pneum/o
air, lung
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pneumon/o
lung
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-poiesis
formation
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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poster/o
back, behind
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pre-
before
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pro-, pros-
before, forward
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prosth/o
artificial replacement
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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psych/o
mind
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-ptosis
prolapse, sagging
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-ptysis
spitting
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pulmon/o
lung
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pyel/o
renal pelvis (central section of kidney)
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radi/o
x-ray; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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re-, retro-
behind, back
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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retin/o
retina of the eye
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rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
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rheumat/o
flow, fluid
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rhin/o
nose
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-rrhage
excess flow of blood
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-rrhagia
excess flow of blood
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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sacr/o
sacrum
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salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube; eustachian tube
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-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) tube; eustachian tube
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sarc/o
flesh
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scapul/o
shoulder blade (bone)
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument to view or visually examine
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-scopy
process of visual examination
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scrot/o
scrotal sac, scrotum
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-section
process of cutting into
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sept/o
infection
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septic/o
infection
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-sis
condition
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-somatic
pertaining to the body
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son/o
sound
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-spasm
constriction
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spin/o
backbone, spine, vertebra
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
backbone, vertebra
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-stasis
control, stop; place, to stand
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-stat
stop, control
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-stenosis
narrowing
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stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
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stomat/o
mouth
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-stomy
opening
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sub-
below, under
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supra-
above
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sym-
with, together (use before b, p, and m)
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syn-
with, together
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tachy-
fast
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tendin/o, ten/o
tendon
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-tension
pressure
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theli/o, thel/o
nipple
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-therapy
treatment
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-thesis
put, place
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
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thym/o
thymus gland
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thyr/o, thyroid/o, thyroaden/o
thyroid gland
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tibi/o
tibia or shin bone (larger lower leg bone)
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tomy
incision, process of cutting into
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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top/o
to put, place
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trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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trans-
across, through
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tri-
three
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troph/o
development, nourishment
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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tympan/o
eardrum
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uln/o
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
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ultra-
beyond
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-um
structure
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ungu/o
nail
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uni-
one
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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ur/o
urine, urinary tract
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-uria
urine condition
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uter/o
uterus
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vagin/o
vagina
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vas/o
vas deferens, vessel
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vascul/o
blood vessel
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ven/o
vein
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venul/o
venule
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vertebr/o
backbone, vertebra
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vesic/o
urinary bladder
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-y
condition, process
