Intro to Medical Terminology Flashcards
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a-
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no, not without, away from, negative
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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abs-
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away from
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ad-
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toward, to, in the direction of
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af-
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toward, to
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all-, all/o
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other, different from normal, reversal
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-able
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capable of
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abort/o
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premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
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abrad/o, abras/o
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rub or scrape away
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abrupt/o
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broken away from
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abscess/o
A
going away, collection of pus
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absorpt/o
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suck up, suck in
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acanth/o
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spiny, thorny
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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acne/o
A
point or peak
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acous/o, acoust/o, acust/o, ot/o, -acusia
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ears, hearing or sound
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acquir/o
A
get, obtain
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acr/o
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top, extreme point, extremities
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acromi/o
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acromoin, point of shoulder
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o, acut/o, acuit/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adhes/o
stick to, cling to
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adip
fat
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adnex/o
bound to
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adren/o, adrenal/o
adrenals
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aer/o
air
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aesthet/o
sensation, sense of perception
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affect/o
exert influence on
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agglutin/o
clumping, stick together
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aggress/o
attack, step forward
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-ago
abnormal condition, disease
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agor/a
market place
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-agra
excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain
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-aise
comfort, ease
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alb/i, alb/o, albin/o
white
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albumin
albumin or protein
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alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o
relationship to pain
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-algesia, -algesic
painful, pain sense
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-algia
pain, painful condition
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align/o
bring into line or correct position
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aliment/o
to nourish
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alopec/o
baldness
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alveol/o
aveolus, air sac, small sac
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ambi-, amph-
both sides, around or about, double
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ambly/o
dim/dull
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ambul/o, ambulat/o
walk
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ametr/o
out of proportion
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-amine
nitrogen compound
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amni/o
amnion and fetal membrane
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amput/o, amputat/o
cut away
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amyl/o
starch
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an-
no, not, without
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an-, ana-
up, apart, backward, excessive
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an/o
anus
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andr/o
relationship to the male
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aneurysm/o
aneursym
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angi/o
vessel
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angin/o
angina, choking, strangling
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anis/o
unequal
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ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
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anomal/o
irregularity
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ante-
before, in front of
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anter/o
front or before
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anthrac/o
coal dust
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anti-
against
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anxi/o, anxiet/o
uneasy, anxious
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aort/o
aorta
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ap-
toward, to/separation, away from, opposed, detached
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-apheresis
removal
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aphth/o
ulcer
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apic/o
apex
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aplast/o
defective development
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ap-, apo-
seperation, away from, opposed, deteached
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aponeur/o
aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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apoplect/o
a stroke
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append/o, appendic/o
appendix
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aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o
water
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arachn/o
spider web, spider
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arc/o
bow, arc or arch
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-arche
beginning
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areat/o
occuring in circles
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areol/o
little open space
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-aria
connected with
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arrect/o
upright, lifted up
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arter/o, arteri/o
artery
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arthr/o, articul/o
joint
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as-
toward, to
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-ase
enzyme
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aspir/o, aspirat/o
to breathe in
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asthen-, -asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
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asthmat/o
gasping, choking
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astr/o
star, star-shaped
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at-
toward, to
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atel/o
incomplete
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ather/o
plaque or fatty substance
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athet/o
uncontrolled
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atop/o
strange, out of place
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atres/i
without an opening
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atri/o
atrium
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attenuat/o
diluted weakened
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aud-, audi/o, audit/o
ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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auri/i, aur/o
ear, hearing
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auscult/o
listen
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aut/o
self
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ax/o
axis, main stem
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axill/o
armpit
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azot/o
urea, nitrogen
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bacill/o
rod-shaped bacterium
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bacteri/o
bacteria
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balan/o
glans penis
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bar/o
pressure, weight
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bartholin/o
Bartholin's gland
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bas/o
base, opposite of acid
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bi-, bis-
twice, double, two
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bio-
life
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bifid/o
split
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bifurcat/o
divide or fork into two branches
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bil/i
bile, gall
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bilirubin/o
bilirubi
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bin-
two by two
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-blast
embryonic, immature, formative element
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blephar/o
eyelid
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borborygm/o
rumbling sound
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borborygm/o
rumbling sound
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brachi/o
arm
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brachy-
short
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brady-
slow
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brev/i, brev/o
short
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bronchi, bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole, bronchiolus
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brux/o
grind
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bucc/o
cheek
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burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near joint
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byssin/o
cotton dust
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cadaver/o
dead body, corpse
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calc/i
calcium, lime, the heel
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calci-, calc/o
calcium
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calcane/o
calcaneous, heel bone
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calcul/o
stone, little stone
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cali/o, calic/o
cup, calyx
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call/i, callos/o
hard, hardened and thickened
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calor/i
heat
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canalicul/o
little canal
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canth/o
corner of the eye
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capill/o
hair
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capit/o
head
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capn/o
carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky apearance
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capsul/o
little box
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carb/o
carbon
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carbuncl/o
carbuncle
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carcin/o
cancerous
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cardi/o, card/o
heart
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cari/o
rottenness, decay
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carot/o
stupor, sleep
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carp/o
wrist bones
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cartilag/o
cartilage, gristle
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caruncul/o
bit of flesh
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cat-, cata-, cath-
down, lower, under, downward
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catabol/o
a breaking down
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cathart/o
cleansing, purging
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cathet/o
insert/, send down
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caud/o
tail or lower part of the body
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caus/o, caust/o
burning, burn
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cauter/o, caut/o
heat, burn
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cav/i, cav/o
hollow, cave
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cavern/o
containing hollow spaces
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cec/o
cecum
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-cele
hernia, swelling
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celi/o, cel/o celi/o, cel/o
abdomen, belly
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cement/o
cementum, a rough stone
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cent-
hundred
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal/o, -ceps
head
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cera-
wax
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
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cerumin/o
cerumen, earwax
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cervic/o
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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cheil/o
lips of the mouth
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cheir/o
hand
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chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o
drug, chemical
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chir/o
hand
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chlor/o
green
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chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
bile, gall
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cholangi/o
bile duct
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chord/o
spinal cord, cord
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chore/o
dance
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion, membrane
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choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
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chrom/o, chromat/o
color
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chron/o
time
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chym/o
to pour, juice
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cib/o
meal
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cicatric/o
scar
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-cidal
pertaining to killing
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-cide
causing death
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cili/o
eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections
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cine-
relationship to movement
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circ/i
ring or circle
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circulat/o
circulate, go around in a circle
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circum-
around, about
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circumcis/o
cutting around
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circumscrib/o
confined, limited in space
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cirrh/o
orange-yellow, tawny
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cis/o
cut
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clasis, -clast
break down
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claudicat/o
limping
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claustr/o
barrier
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clav/i
key
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clavicul/o, cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
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climacter/o
crisis, rung of a ladder
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clitor/o
clitoris
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-clonus
shut or close
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clus/o
shout down or close
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-clysis
irrigation, washing
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co-
together, with
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coagul/o, coagulat/o
clotting, coagulation
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coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
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cocc/i, cocc/o, -coccus
spherical bacteria
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coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
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cochle/o
spiral, snail, snail shell
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coher/o, cohes/o
cling, stick together
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coit/o
a coming together
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col/o
colon, large intestines
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colp/o
vagina
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column/o
pillar
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com-
together, with
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comat/o
deep sleep
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comminut/o
break into pieces
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communic/o
share, to make common
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compatibil/o
sympathize with
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con-
together, with
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concanv/o
hollow
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concentr/o
condense, intensify, remove excess water
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concept/o
become pregnant
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conch/o
shell
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concuss/o
shaken together, violently agitated
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condyl/o
knuckle, knob
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confus/o
confusion, disorder
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coni/o
dust
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conjunctiv
conjuctiva
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consc/i
aware, awareness
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consolid/o
become firm or solid
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constipat/o
pressed together, crowded together
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constrict/o
drawn tightly together
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-constriction
narrowing
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contact/o
touched, infected
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contagi/o
infection, unclean, touching of something
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contaminat/o
render unclean by contact, pollute
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continue/o, continent/o
keep in, contain, hold back, restrain
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contra-
against, counter, opposite
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contracept/o
prevention of conception
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contus/o
bruise
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convalesc/o
recover, become strong
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convex/o
arched, vaulted
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convolut/o
coiled, twisted
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convuls/o
pull together
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copi/o
plentiful
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copulat/o
joining together, linking
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cor/o, core/o
pupil
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cord/o
cord, spinal cord
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cordi/o
heart
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cori/o
skin, leather
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corne/o
cornea
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coron/o
head/crown
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corp/u, corpor/o
body
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corpuscul/o
little body
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cort-
covering
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cortic/o
cortex, outer region
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cost/o
ribs
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cox/o
hip, hip joint
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crani/o
skull
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-crasia
mixture or blending
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creatin
creatinine
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crepit/o, crepitat/o
crackling, rattling
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crin/o, -crine
secrete
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cris/o, critic/o
turning point
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-crit
to separate
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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cubit/o
elbow
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cuboid/o
cubelike
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culd/o
cul-de-sac, blind pouch
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cult/o
cultivate
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-cusis
hearing
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cusp/i
point, pointed flap
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue
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cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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cyst-, -cyst
bladder, bag
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cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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cyto/o
cell
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-cytic
pertaining to a cel
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-cytosis
condition of cells
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dacry/o
tear, lacrimal duct
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dacryocyst
tear sac
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dactyl/o
fingers, toes
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de-
down, lack of, from, not, removal
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debrid/e
open a wound
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deca-, deci-
ten, tenth
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decidu/o
shedding, falling off
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decubit/o
lying down
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defec/o, defecat/o
free from waste, clear
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defer/o
carrying down or out
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degenerat/o
gradual impairment, break-down, diminished function
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deglutit/o
swallow
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dehisc/o
burst open, split
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deliri/o
wandering in the mind
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delt/o
triangular shape
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delus/o
delude, mock, cheak
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dem/o
people, population
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-dema
swelling
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demi-
half
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dendr/o
branching, resembling a tree
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dent/i, dent/o
tooth, teeth
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depilat/o
hair removal
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depress/o
press down lower, pressed or sunk down
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derma-, dermat/o, derm/o
skin
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desic/o
drying
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-desis
surgical fixation of bonne or joint, to bind, tie together
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deteriorat/o
worsening or gradual impairment
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dextr/o
right side
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di-
twice, twofold, double
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dia-
through, between, apart, complete
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diaphor/o
sweat
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diaphragmat/o
diaphragm, wall across
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diastol/o
standing apart, expansion
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didym/o
testes, twins, double
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diffus/o
pour out, spread out
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digest/o
divide, distribute
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digit/o
finger or toe
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dilat/o, dilatat/o
spread out, expand
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-dilation
widening, stretching, expanding
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dilut/o
dissolve, separate
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diphther/o
membrane
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dipl/o
double
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dips/o, -dipsia
thirst
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dis-
negative, apart, absence of
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dislocat/o
displacement
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dissect/o
cutting apart
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disseminat/o
widely scattered
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dist/o
far
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distend/o, distent/o
stretch apart, expand
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diur/o, diuret/o
tending to increase urine output
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divert/i
turning aside
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domin/o
controlling, ruling
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don/o
give
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dors/i, dors/o
back of the body
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-dote
what is given
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-drome
to run, running
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-duct
opening
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duct/o
to lead, carry
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duoden/i, duoden/o
duodenum
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dural
pertaining to dura mater
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-dynia
pain
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dys-
bad, difficult, painful
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e-
out of, from
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ec-
out, outside
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ecchym/o
pouring out of juice
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ech/o
sound
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eclamps/o, eclamplt/o
flashing or shining forth
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ectasia, -ectasis
stretching, dilation, enlargement
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ecto-
out, outside
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-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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-ectopy
displacement
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eczemat/o
eruption
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-edema
swelling
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edem-, edemat/o
swelling, fluid, tumor
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edentul/o
without teeth
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ef-
out
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effect/o
bring about a response, activate
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effus/o
pouring out
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ejaculat/o
throw or hurl out
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electr/o
electricity
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eliminat/o
expel from the body
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em-
in
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emaciat/o
wasted by disease
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embol/o
something inserted or thrown in
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embry/o
fertilized ovum, embryo
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-emesis
vomiting
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emet/o
vomit
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-emia
blood condition
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emmetr/o
in proper measure
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emolli/o
make soft, soften
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en-
in, within, into
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encephal/o
brain
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end-, endo-
in, within, indside
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endocrin/o
secrete within
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enem/o
end in, inject
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enter/o
small intestines
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ento-
within
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enzym/o
leaven
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eosin/o
red, rosy
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epi-
above, upon, on
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epidemi/o
among the people, an epidemic
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epididym/o
epididymis
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epiglott/o
epiglottis
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episi/o
vulva
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epithel/i, epitheli/o
epithelium
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equin/o
pertaing to a horse
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erect/o
upright
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erg/o, -ergy
work
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erot/o
sexual love
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eruct/o, eructat/o
belch forth
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erupt/o
break out, bust forth
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erythem/o, erythemat/o
flushed, redness
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erythem/o, erythemat/o
flushed, redness
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erythr/o
red
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es-
out of, outside, away from
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eso-
inward
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esophag/o
esophagus
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-esthesia, esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
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esthet/o
feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
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estr/o
female
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ethm/o
sieve
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eti
cause
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eu-
good, normal, well, easy
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-eurysm
widening
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evacu/o, evacuat/o
empty out
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ex-
out of, outside, away from
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exacerbat/o
aggravate, irritate
430
exanthemat/o
rash
431
excis/o
cutting out
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excori/o, excoriat/o
abrade or scratch
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excret/o
separate, discharge
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excruciat/o
intense pain, agony
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exhal/o, exhalat/o
breathe out
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exo-
out of, outside, away from
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exocrin/o
secrete out of
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expector/o
cough up
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expir/o, expirat/o
breathe out
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exstroph/o
turned or twisted out
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extern/o
outside, outer
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extra-
on the outside, beyond, outside
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extrem/o, extremit/o
extremity, outermost
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extrins/o
from the outside, contained outside
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exud/o, exudat/o
to sweat out
446
faci/o
face, form
446
-facient
making, producing
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fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
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fascicul/o
little bundle
449
fatal/o
pertaining to fate, death
450
fauc/i
narrow pass, throat
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febr/i
fever
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fec/i, fec/o
dregs, sediment, waste
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femor/o
femor, thigh bone
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fenestr/o
window
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fer/o
bear, carry
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-ferent
carrying
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-ferous
bearing, carrying, producing
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fertil/o
fertile, fruitful, productive
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fet/i, fet/o
fetus, unborn child
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fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
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fibrill/o
muscular twitching
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fibrin/o
fibrin, fibers, threads of a clots
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fibros/o
fibrous connective tissue
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fibul/o
fibula
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-fic, fic/o
making, producing, forming
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-fication
process of making
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-fida
split
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filtr/o, filtrat/o
filter, to strain through
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fimbri/o
fringe
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fiss/o, fissur/o
crack, split, cleft
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fistul/o
tube or pipe
472
flamme/o
flame colored
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flat/o
flatus, breaking wind, rectal
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flex/o
bend
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flu/o
flow
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fluor/o
luminous, glowing
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foc/o
focus, point
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foll/i
bag, sac
479
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
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foramin/o
opening, foramen
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fore-
before, in front of
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-form, form/o
resembling, in the shape of
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fornic/o
arch, vault, brothel
484
foss/o
ditch, shallow depression
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fove/o
pit
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fract/o
break, broken
487
fren/o
device that limits movement
488
frigid/o
cold
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front/o
forehead, brow
490
-fuge
to drive away
491
funct/o, function/o
perform, function
492
fund/o
bottom, base, ground
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fung/i
fungus
494
furc/o
forking, branching
495
furuncul/o
furunculus, a boil, an infection
496
-fusion
pour
497
galact/o
millk
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gamet/o
wife or husband, egg or sperm
499
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion
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gangren/o
eating sore, gangrene
501
gastr/o
stomach
502
gastrocnemi/o
gastrocnemicus, calf muscle
503
gemin/o
twin, double
504
gen-, gen/o, -gen
producing, forming
505
-gene
production, origin, formation
506
-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction
507
genit/o
produced by, birth, reproductive organs
508
-genous
producing
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ger/i
old age
510
germin/o
bud, sprout, germ
511
geront
old age
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gest/o, gestat/o
bear, carry young or offspring
513
gigant/o
giant, very large
514
gingiv
gingival tissue
515
glauc/o
gray
516
glen/o
socket or pit
517
gli/o
neurologic tissue, supportive tissue of nervous system
518
globin/o, -globin
protein
519
globul/o
little ball
520
glomerul/o
glomerulus
521
gloss/o
tongue
522
glott/i, glott/o
back of the tongue
523
glute/o
buttocks
523
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
524
glyc/o, glycos/o
sugar
525
glycer/o
sweet
526
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
527
gnath/o
jaw
528
-gnosia
knowledge, to know
529
-gog, -gogue
make flow
530
goitr/o
goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland
531
gon/e, gon/o
seed
532
gonad/o
gonads
533
goni/o
angle
534
gracil/o
slender
535
grad/i
move, go, step, walk
536
-grade
go
537
-gram
resulting record
538
granul/o
granular
539
-graph
resulting record
540
-graphy
process of recording
541
gravid/o
pregnancy
542
-gravida
pregnant
543
gynec/o
female
544
gyr/o
turning, folding
545
hal/o, halit/o
breathe out
546
halluc/o
great or large toe
547
hallucin/o
hallucination, to wander in the mind
548
hem/e
deep red iron containing pigment
549
hem/o, hemat/o
blood, relating to the blood
550
hemangi
blood vessel
551
hemi-
half
552
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
553
hepat/o
liver
554
hered/o, heredit/o
inherited, inheritance
555
herni/o
hernia
556
herpet/o
creeping
557
heter/o
other, different
558
-hexia
habit
559
hiat/o
opening
560
hidr/o
sweat glands
561
hil/o
hilum, notch or opening from a body part
562
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
563
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
564
holo-
all
565
hom/o
same, like, alike
566
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
567
hormon/o
hormone
568
humer/o
humerus
569
hydr/o, hydra-
relating to water
570
hygien/o
healthful
571
hymen/o
hymen, a membrane
572
hyper-
excessive
573
hyph-
under
574
hypn/o
sleep
575
hypo-
deficient
576
hyster/o, metr/o, metri/o, uter/o
uterus
577
iatr/o
physician, treatment
578
-iatrics
in medical practice of
579
-iatrist
specialist
580
-iatry
field of medicine
581
-iatry
field of medicine
582
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
583
icter/o
jaundice
584
idi/o
peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct
585
-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
586
-ific
making, producing
587
-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
588
-igo
attack, diseased condition
589
ile/o
ileum, small intestine
590
ili/o
ilium, hip bone
591
illusi/o
deception
592
im-
not
593
immun/o
protected, immune. safe
594
impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
595
impress/o
pressing into
596
impuls/o
pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on
597
in-
in, into, not, without
598
incis/o
cutting into
599
incubat/o
incubation, hatching
600
indurat/o
hardened
601
infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
602
infect/o
infected, tainted
603
infer/o
below, beneath
604
infest/o
attack, assail, molest
605
inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
606
infra-
below, beneath, inferior to
607
infundibul/o
funnel
608
ingest/o
carry or pour in
609
inguin/o
groin
610
inhal/o, inhalat/o
breathe in
611
inject/o
to force or throw in
612
innominat/o
unnamed, nameless
613
inocul/o
implant, introduce
614
insipid/o
tasteless
615
inspir/o, inspirat/o
breathe in
616
insul/o
island
617
insulin/o
insulin
618
intact/o
untouched, whole
619
inter-
between, among
620
intermitt/o
not continuous
621
intern/o
within, inner
622
interstiti/o
the space between things
623
intestin/o
intestine
624
intim/o
innermost
625
intoxic/o
put poison in
626
intra-
within
627
intrins/o
contained, within
628
intro-
within, into, inside
629
introit/o
entrance or passage
630
intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
631
intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
632
involut/o
rolled up, curled inward
633
iod/o
iodine
634
ion/o
ion, to wander
635
ipsi-
same
636
ir-
in
637
ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris, colored part of the eye
638
is/o
same, equal
639
isch/o
hold back
640
ischi/o
ischium
641
-itis
inflammation
642
-ium
tissue
643
-ize
to make, to treat
644
jejun/o
jejunum
645
jugul/o
throat
646
juxta-
beside, nearby, near
647
kal/i
potassium
648
kary/o
nucleus, nut
649
kata-, kath-
down
650
kel/o
growth or tumor
651
kera-
horn, hardness
652
kerat/o
hard or horny/cornea
653
ket/o, keton/o
ketones, acetones
654
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia
movement
655
-kinesis
motion
656
klept/o
steal
657
koil/o
hollow
658
kraur/o
dry
659
kyph/o
hump, bent
660
labi/o
lip
661
labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
662
lacer/o, lacerat/o
torn, mangled
663
lacrim/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
664
lact/i, lact/o
milk
665
lactat/o
secrete milk
666
lamin/o
lamina
667
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
668
laps/o
slip, fall, slide
669
laryng/o
larynx
670
lat/i, lat/o
broad
671
later/o
side
672
lav/o, lavat/o
wash, bathe
673
lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
674
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
675
lemm/o
husk, peel, bark
676
-lemma
sheath, covering
677
lent/i
the lens of the eye
678
lenticul/o
shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens
679
-lepsy
seizure
680
lept/o
thin, slender
681
-leptic
to seize, take a hold of
682
letharg/o
drowsiness, oblivion
683
leuk/o
white
684
lev/o, levat/o
raise, lift up
685
lex/o, -lexia
word, phrase
686
libid/o, libidin/o
sexual drive, desire, passion
687
ligament/o
ligament
688
ligat/o
binding or tying off
689
lingu/o
tongue
690
lipid/o, lip/o
fat, lipid
691
-listhesis
slipping
692
lith/o, -lith
stone, calculus
693
lithiasis
prescence of stones
694
lob/i, lob/o
lobe, well defined part of an organ
695
loc/o
place
696
loch/i
childbirth, confinement
697
-logy
study of
698
longev/o
long-lived, long life
699
lord/o
curve, swayback, bent
700
lumb/o
lower back, loin
701
lumin/o
light
702
lun/o, lunat/o
moon
703
lunul/o
crescent
704
lup/i, lup/o
wolf
705
lute/o
yellow
706
lux/o
to slide
707
lymph/o
lymph, lymph vessels, lymph nodes
708
lymphaden/o
lymph node
709
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
710
-lysis
loosening/breaking down/destruction
711
-lyst
agent that causes loosening
712
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
713
macro-
large
714
macul/o
spot
715
magn/o
great, large
716
major/o
larger
717
mal-
bad, poor, evil
718
-malacia
abnormal softening
719
malign/o
bad, evil
720
malle/o
malleus, hammer
721
malleol/o
malleolus, little hammer
722
mamm/o
breast
723
man/i
madness, rage
724
man/i, man/o
hand
725
mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw
726
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
727
manipul/o
use of hands
728
manubri/o
handle
729
masset/o
chew
730
mast/o
breast
731
mastic/o, masticat/o
chew
732
mastoid/o
mastoid process
733
matern/o
maternal, of a mother
734
matur/o
ripe
735
maxill/o
maxilla
736
maxim/o
largest, greatest
737
meat/o
opening or passageway
738
medi/o
middle
739
mediastin/o
mediastinum, middle
740
medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
741
medicat/o
medication, healing
742
medull/o
medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
743
mega-
large, great
744
-megaly
abnormal enlargement
745
mei/o
less, meiosis
746
melan/o
black
747
mellit/o
honey, honeyed
748
membran/o
membrane, thin tissue
749
men/o
menstruation
750
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
751
menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
752
mens/o
menstruate, menstruation, menses
753
menstru/o, menstruat/o
occurring monthly
754
ment/o
mind, chin
755
mes-, meso-
middle
756
mesenter/o
mesentery
757
mesi/o
middle,median plane
758
meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next
759
metabol/o
change
760
metacarp/o
metacarpals, bones of the hand
761
metatars/o
bones of the foot between the tarsus and the toes
762
-meter
to measure
763
metr/i, metr/o, metri/o
uterus
764
-metrist
one who measures
765
-metry
measure
766
mio-
smaller, less
767
micr/o, micro-
small
768
mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
769
mid-
middle
770
midsagitt/o
from the front to back, at the middle
771
milli-
one thousandth
772
-mimetic
mimic, copy
773
mineral/o
mineral
774
minim/o
smallest, least
775
minor/o
smaller, less
776
-mission
to send
777
mit/o
a thread
778
mitr/o
a miter having two points on top
779
mobil/o
capable of moving
780
mono-
one
781
monil/i
string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus
782
morbid/o
disease, sickness
783
moribund/o
dying
784
morph/o
shape, form
785
mort/i, mort/o, mort/u
death, dead
786
mortal/i
pertaining to death, subject to death
787
mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
788
mu/o
close, shut
789
muc/o, mucos/o
mucus
790
multi-
many, much
791
muscul/o
muscle
792
mut/a
genetic change
793
mut/o
unable to speak, inarticulate
794
mutagen/o
causing genetic change
795
my/o
muscle
796
myc/o, myc/e
fungus
797
mydri/o
wide
798
mydrias/i
dilation of the pupil
799
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
800
myocardi/o
myocardium, heart muscle
801
myocardi/o
myocardium, heart muscle
802
myom/o
muscle tumor
803
myos/o
muscle
804
myring/o / tympan/o
eardrum/tympanic membrane
805
myx/o, myxa-
mucus
806
nar/i
nostril
807
narc/o
stupor, numbness
808
nas/o, nas/i
nose
809
nat/i
birth
810
natr/o
sodium
811
nause/o
nausea, seasickness
812
neo-
new
813
necr/o
death
814
-necrosis
tissue death
815
nect/o
bind, tie, connect
816
nephr/o, ren/o
kidneys
817
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerves
818
neutr/o
neither, neutral
819
nev/o
birthmark, mole
820
nid/o
next
821
niter-, nitro-
nitrogen
822
noct/i
night
823
nod/o
knot, swelling
824
nod/o
knot, swelling
825
nodul/o
little knot
826
nom/o
control, law
827
non-
no
828
nor-
chemical compound
829
norm/o
normal or usual
830
nuch/o
the nape
831
nucle/o
nucleus
832
nucleol/o
little nucleus, nucleolus
833
nulli-
none
834
numer/o
number, count
835
nunci/o
messenger
836
nutri/o, nutrit/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
836
nutri/o, nutrit/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
837
nyct/o, nyctal/o
night
838
ob-
against
839
obes/o
obese, extremely fat
840
obliqu/o
slanted, sideways
841
oblongat/o
oblang, elongated
842
obstetr/i, obstetr/o
midwife, one who stands to recieve
843
occipit/o
back of the skull, occiput
844
occlud/o, occulus/o
shut, close up
845
occult/o
hidden, concealed
846
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
eyes
847
odont/o
tooth
848
-oid
like, resembling
849
-ole
little, small
850
olecran/o
elbow, olecranon
851
olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
852
olig/o
few/scanty
853
-oma
tumor
854
om/o
shoulder
855
oment/o
omentum, fat
856
omphal/o
umbilical cord, the navel
857
onc/o
tumor
858
-one
hormone
859
onych/o
finger nail/toe nail
860
o/o, oo/o
egg
861
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovaries
862
-opaque
obscure
863
opac/o, opacit/o
shaded, dark, impenetrable, to light
864
oper/o, operat/o
perform, operate, work
865
opercul/o
cover, lid
866
opthalm/o
eye, vision
867
-opia
vision condition
868
opisth/o
backward
869
-opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision, view of
870
opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
871
or/o
mouth, oral cavity
872
orbit/o
orbit, bony cavity, socket
873
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
874
-orexia
appetite
875
organ/o
organ
876
orgasm/o
swell, be excited
877
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
878
os-
mouth, bone
879
-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
880
osm/o
pushing, thrusting
881
-osmia
smell, odor
882
oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o
bone
883
ossicul/o
ossicle (small bone)
884
-ostomy
surgically create an artificial opening
885
-ostosis
condition of the bone
886
-otia
ear condition
887
-otomy
cutting into/surgical incision
888
ov/i, ov/o
egg, ovum
889
ovari/o
ovary
890
ovul/o
egg
891
-oxia
oxygen condition
892
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
oxygen
893
oxid/o
containing oxygen
894
oxy-
swift, sharp, acid
895
oxysm/o
sudden
896
pachy-
heavy, thick
897
palat/o
palate, roof of mouth
898
pall/o, pallid/o
pale, lack of or drained of color
899
palliat/o
cloaked, hidden
900
palm/o
palm of hand
901
palpat/o
touch, feel, stoke
902
palpebr/o
eyelid
903
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
904
pan-
all, entire, every
905
pancreat/o
pancreas
906
papill/i, papill/o
resembling a niple
907
papul/o
pimple
908
par-, para-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart form the opposite, along side of
909
par/o
to bear, bring forth, labor
910
-para
to give birth
911
paralys/o, paralyt/o
disable
912
parasit/o
parasite
913
parathyroid/o
parathyroids
914
pares/i
to disable
915
-paresi
to partially or completely paralyze
916
paret/o
to disable
917
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
918
pariet/o
wall
919
parotid/o
parotid gland
920
-parous
having borne one or more children
921
paroxysm/o
sudden attack
922
-partum, parturit/o
childbirth, labor
923
patell/a, patell/o
patella, kneecap
924
path/o, -pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
925
paus/o
cessation, stopping
926
-pause
stopping
927
pector/o
chest
928
ped /o
child, or foot
929
pedi/a
child
930
pedicul/o
lice
931
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity
932
pen/i
penis
933
pend/o
to hang
934
-penia
deficiency of
935
peps/i, pepsia, pept/o
digest, digestion
936
per-
excessive, through
937
percept/o
become aware, perceive
938
percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
939
peri-
sourrounding, around
940
perine/o
perineum
941
peristals/o, peritstalt/o
constrict around
942
peritone/o
peritoneum
943
perme/o
to pass or go through
944
pernici/o
destructive, harmful
945
perone/o
fibula
946
perspir/o
perspiration
947
pertuss/i
intensive cough
948
petechi/o
skin spot
949
-pexy
surgical fixation
950
phac/o
lens of eye
951
phag/o
eat or swallow
952
-phage
cell that eats
953
-phagia
swallowing
954
phalang/o
phalanges, finger and toe
954
phak/o
lens of eye
955
phall/o
penis
956
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drug
957
pharyng/o
pharynx
958
phas/o, -phasia
speech
959
phe/o
dusky
960
pher/o
to bear or carry
961
-pheresis
removal
962
phil/o, -phila, -philia
attraction to, like, love
963
phleb/o, ven/o
veins
964
phlegm/o
thick mucus
965
phob/o, -phobia
abnormal fear
966
phon/o, -phonia
sound, voice
967
phor/o
carry, bear, movement
968
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
969
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
970
phot/o
light
971
phren/o
diaphragm/mind
972
-phthisis
wasting away
973
-phylactic
protective, preventative
974
-phylaxis
protection
975
physi/o, physic/o
nature
976
-physis
to grow
977
phyt/o, -phyte
plant
978
pigment/o
pigment, color
979
pil/i, pil/o
hair
980
pineal/o
pineal
981
pinn/i
external ear, auricle
982
pituit/o, pituitar/o
pituitary
983
plac/o
flat area, patch
984
placent/o
placenta, round flat cake
985
plak/o, -plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
986
plan/o
flat area, patch
987
plant/i, plant/o
sole of foot
988
plas/i, plas/o
development, growth, formation
989
-plasm
formative material of cells
990
plasm/o
something molded or formed
991
plast/o
growth, development, mold
992
-plastic
pertaining to formation
993
-plasty
surgical repair
994
ple/o
many, more
995
-plegia
paralysis
996
-plegic
one affected with paralysis
997
pleur/o
pluera, side of the body
998
plex/o
plexus, network
999
plic/o
fold or ridge
1000
-pnea, pne/o
breathing
1001
-pneic
pertaining to breathing
1002
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
1003
pod/o
foot
1004
-poiesis
formation, to make
1005
poikil/o
varied, irregular
1006
pol/o
extreme
1007
poli/o
gray matter of the brain and spinal cord
1008
polic/o
thumb
1009
poly-
many
1010
polyp/o
polyp, small growth
1011
pont/o
pons (a part of the brain), bridge
1012
poplit/o
back of the knee
1013
por/o
pore, small opening
1014
-porosis
porous condition
1015
port/i
gate, door
1016
post-
after, behind
1017
poster/o
behind, toward the back
1018
potent/o
powerful
1019
pract/i, practic/o
practice, pursue an occupation
1020
prandi/o, -prandial
meal
1021
-praxia
action, condition concerning the performance of movements
1022
-praxis
act, activity, practice use
1023
pre-
before, in front of
1024
precoc/i
early, premature
1025
pregn/o
pregnant, full of
1026
prematur/o
too early
1027
preputi/o
foreskin, prepuce
1028
presby/o
old age
1029
press/o
press, draw
1030
priap/o
penis
1031
primi-
first
1032
pro-
before, in behalf of
1033
process/o
going forth
1034
procident/o
fall down or forward
1035
procreat/o
reproduce
1036
proct/o
rectum
1037
prodrom/o
running ahead, precursor
1038
product/o
lean forward, yield, produce
1039
prolaps/o
fall downward, slide forward
1040
prolifer/o
reproduce, bear offspring
1041
pron/o, pronat/o
bent forward
1042
pros-
before
1043
prostat/o
prostate gland
1044
prosth/o, prosthet/o
addition, appendage
1045
prot/o, prote/o
first
1046
protein/o
protein
1047
proxim/o
near
1048
prurit/o
itching
1049
pseudo
false
1050
psor/i, psor/o
itch, itching
1051
psych/o
mind
1052
ptomat/o
a fall
1053
-ptosis
drooping or sagging
1054
-ptyal/o
saliva
1055
-ptysis
spitting
1056
pub/o
pubis, part of the hip bone
1057
pubert/o
ripe age, adult
1058
pudend/o
pudendum
1059
puerper/i
childbearing, labor
1060
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lungs
1061
pulpos/o
fleshy, pulpy
1062
puls/o
beat, beating, striking
1063
punct/o
sting, prick, puncture
1064
pupill/o
pupil
1065
pur/o
pushing, thrusting
1066
purpur/o
purple
1067
purul/o
pus-filled
1068
pustul/o
infected pimple
1069
py/o
pus
1070
pyel/o
renal pelvis (part of the kidney)
1071
pylor/o
pylorous, pyloric sphincter
1072
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever/fire
1073
pyramid/o
pyramid shape
1074
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
1075
rabi/o
madness, rage
1076
rachi/o
spinal column, vertebrae
1077
radi/o
nerve root
1078
raph/o
seam, suture
1079
re-
back, again
1080
recept/o
receive, receiver
1081
recipi/o
receive, take to oneself
1082
rect/o
rectum, straight
1083
recticul/o
network
1084
recuperat/o
recover, regain health
1085
reduct/o
bring back together
1086
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
1087
regurgit/o
flood or gush back
1088
remiss/o
give up, let go, relax
1089
ren/o
kidney
1090
restor/o
rebuild, put back, restore
1091
resuscit/o
revive
1092
retent/o
hold back
1093
retin/o
retina
1094
retro-
behind, backward, back of
1095
retract/o
draw back or in
1096
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
1097
rheum/o, rheumat/o
watery flow, subject to flow
1098
rhin/o
nose
1099
rhiz/o
root
1100
rhonc/o
snore, snoring
1101
rhythm/o
rhythm
1102
rhytid/o
wrinkle
1103
rigid/o
stiff
1104
ris/o
laugh
1105
roentgen/o
x-ray
1106
rotat/o
rotate, revolve
1107
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bleeding
1108
-rrhaphy
to suture
1109
-rrhea
abnormal flow
1110
-rrhexis
to rupture
1111
rube-
red
1112
rug/o
wrinkle, fold
1113
sacc/i, sacc/o
sac
1114
sacchar/o
sugar
1115
sacr/o
sacrum
1116
saliv/o
saliva
1117
salping/o
fallopian or eustachian tubes
1118
-salpinx
fallopian tube
1119
san/o
sound, healthy, sane
1120
sangu/i, sanguin/o
blood
1121
sanit/o
soundness, health
1122
saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
1123
sapr/o
decaying, rotten
1124
sarc/o
flesh
1125
scalp/o
carve, scrape
1126
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
1127
schiz/o
division, split
1128
scintill/o
spark
1129
scirrh/o
hard
1130
scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
1131
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
1132
scoli/o
curved, bent
1133
-scope, -scopic, -scopy
instrument for visual examination, pertaining to visual examination, visual examination
1134
scot/o
darkness
1135
scrib/o, script/o
write
1136
scrot/o
bag or pouch
1137
seb/o
sebum
1138
secret/o
produce, separate out
1139
sect/o, secti/o
cut, cutting
1140
segment/o
pieces
1141
sell/o
saddle
1142
semi-
half
1143
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
1144
sen/i, senesc/o, senil/o
old, grow old, old age
1145
sens/i
feeling, sensation
1146
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
1147
seps/o
infection
1148
sept/o
infection, partition
1149
ser/o
serum
1150
seros/o
serous
1151
sial/o
saliva
1152
sialaden/o
salivary gland
1153
sider/o
iron
1154
sigm/o
Greek letter sigma
1155
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
1156
silic/o
glass
1157
sin/o, sin/u
hollow, sinus
1158
sinistr/o
left, left side
1159
sinus
sinus
1160
solut/o, solv/o
loosened, dissolved
1161
soma-, somat/o
body
1162
somn/I, somn/o, sopor/o
sleep
1163
son/o
sound
1164
spad/o
draw off, draw
1165
-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening or cramping
1166
spec/i
look at, a kind or sort
1167
specul/o
mirror
1168
sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
1169
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge
1170
spher/o
round, sphere, ball
1171
sphincter/o
tight band
1172
sphygm/o
pulse
1173
spin/o
spine, backbone
1174
spir/o
to breathe
1175
spirill/o
little coil
1176
spirochet/o
coiled microorganism
1177
splen/o
spleen
1178
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
1179
spontane/o
unexplained, of one's own accord
1180
spor/o
seed, spore
1181
sput/o
sputum, spit
1182
squam/o
scale
1183
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
1184
staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
1185
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
1186
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
1187
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
1188
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
1189
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
1190
ster/o
solid structure
1191
stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
1192
steril/i
sterile
1193
stern/o
sternum, the breast bone
1194
stert/o
snore, snoring
1195
steth/o
chest
1196
-sthenia
strength
1197
stigmat/o
point, spot
1198
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
1199
stol/o
send or place
1200
stomat/o
mouth
1201
-stomosis, -stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
1202
strab/i
squint, squint-eyed
1203
strat/i
layer
1204
strept/o
twisted chain
1205
striat/o
stripe, furrow, groove
1206
stric-
narrowing
1207
strict/o
draw tightly together, bind or tie
1208
strid/o
harsh sound
1209
stup/e
benumbed, stunned
1210
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument
1211
sub-
under, less, below
1212
subluxat/o
partial dislocation
1213
sucr/o
sugar
1214
sudor/i
sweat
1215
suffoc/o, suffocat/o
choke, strangle
1216
sulc/o
furrow, groove
1217
super-, super/o
above, excessive, higher than
1218
superflu/o
overflowing, excessive
1219
supin/o
lying on the back
1220
supinat/o
bend backward, place on the back
1221
suppress/o
press down
1222
suppur/o
to form pus
1223
supra-
above, upper, excessive
1224
supraren/o
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
1225
sutur/o
stitch, seam
1226
sym-
with, together, joined together
1227
symptomat/o
falling together, symptom
1228
syn-
together, with, union, association
1229
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact
1230
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off
1231
-syndesis
surgical fixation of vertebrae
1232
syndesm/o
ligament
1233
syndrom/o
running together
1234
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
1235
syphil/I, syphil/o
syphilis
1236
syring/o
tube
1237
system/o, systemat/o
body system
1238
systol/o
contraction
1239
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
1240
tachy-
rapid
1241
tact/i
touch
1242
talip/o
foot and ankle deformity
1243
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, eyelid
1244
tax/o
coordination
1245
techn/o, techni/o
skill
1246
tectori/o
covering, rooflike
1247
tele/o
distant, far
1248
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
1249
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o, tendin/o
tendons
1250
tenac/i
holding fast, sticky
1251
tens/o
stretch out, extend, strain
1252
terat/o
malformed fetus
1253
termin/o
end, limit
1254
test/i, test/o, testicul/o
testis, testicle
1255
tetan/o
rigid, tense
1256
tetra-
four
1257
thalam/o
thalamus
1258
thalass/o
sea
1259
thanas/o, thanat/o
death
1260
the/o
put, place
1261
thec/o
sheath
1262
thel/o
nipple
1263
therap/o, therapuet/o
treatment
1264
therm/o
heat
1265
thio-
sulfur
1266
thora/o, thorac/o
chest
1267
thromb/o
clot
1268
thym/o
thymus
1269
-thymia, -thymic
mind, pertaining to the mind
1270
thyroid/o, thyr/o
thyroid
1271
tibi/o
tibia
1272
tine/o
gnawing worm, ringworm
1273
tinnit/o
ringing, buzzing, tinkling
1274
toc/o, -tocia, -tocin
labor, birth
1275
tom/o, -tomy, -tomy
slice or cut, instrument to cut, process of cutting
1276
ton/o, tone/o
tension, tone, stretching/to stretch
1277
tonsill/o
tonsils
1278
top/o
place, position, location
1279
tors/o, tort/i
twist, rotate/twisted
1280
tox/o, toxic/o
poison
1281
trabecul/o
little beam marked with cross bars or beams
1282
trache/o, trache/i
trachea
1283
trachel-
neck
1284
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
1285
tranquil/o
quiet, calm
1286
trans-, transvers/o
through or across
1287
transfus/o
pour across
1288
transit/o
changing
1289
traumat/o
injury
1290
trem/o, fine tremor or shaking
shaking, trembling/fine tremor or shaking
1291
treponem/o
coiled, turning microbe
1292
-tresia
opening
1293
tri-
three
1294
trich/o
hair
1295
trigon/o
trigone
1296
-tripsy, -trite
to crush, instrument for crushing
1297
trochle/o
pulley
1298
trop/o, -tropia / -tropic
turn, change/turning
1299
troph/o, -trophy
development, nourishment
1300
-tropin
stimulating
1301
tub/i, tub/o
tube, pipe
1302
tubercul/o
little knot, swelling
1303
tunic/o
covering, cloak, sheath
1304
tuss/i
cough
1305
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
1306
-type
classification, picture
1307
-ula, -ule
small, little
1308
ulcer/o
sore, ulcer
1309
uln/o
ulna
1310
ultra-
beyong, excess
1311
umbilic/o
navel
1312
un-
not
1313
ungu/o
nail
1314
uni-
one
1315
ur/o, -uresis, -uria, urin/o
urine, urination, urinary organ
1316
ureter/o
ureter
1317
urethr/o
urethra
1318
urg/o
press, push
1319
urtic/o
rash
1320
uter/i, uter/o
uterus
1321
uve/o
uveal tract
1322
uvul/o
uvula, little grape
1323
vaccin/i, vaccin/o
vaccine
1324
vacu/o
empty
1325
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
1326
vagin/o
vagina
1327
valg/o
bent or twisted outward
1328
valv/o, valvul
valve
1329
var/o
bent or twisted inward
1330
varic/o
varicose vein
1331
vas/o
vas deferns
1332
vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
1333
vast/o
vast, great, extensive
1334
vect/o
carry, convey
1335
ven/o
vein
1336
vener/o
sexual intercourse
1337
venter-
abdomen
1338
ventilat/o
expose to air, fan
1339
ventr/o
bellyside
1340
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
1341
venul/o
venule, small vein
1342
verg/o
twist, incline
1343
verm/i
worm
1344
verruc/o
wart
1345
-verse, -version, vers/o, vert/o
turn
1346
vertebr/o
vertebra, back bone
1347
vertig/o, vertigin/o
whirling around
1348
vesic/o, vesicul/o
bladder/seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
1349
vestibul/o
entrance, vestibule
1350
vi/o
force
1351
vill/i
shaggy hair, tuft of hair
1352
vir/o
virus
1353
viril/o
masculine, manly
1354
vis/o
seeing, sight
1355
viscos/o, visc/o
sticky
1356
viser/o
visera, internal organs
1357
vit/a, vit/o
life
1358
viti/o
blemish, defect
1359
vitre/o
glassy, made of glass
1360
voc/i
voice
1361
vol/o
palm or sole
1362
volv/o
roll, turn
1363
vulgar/i
common
1364
vulv/o
vulva, covering
1365
xanth/o
yellow
1366
xen/o
strange, foreign
1367
xer/o
dry
1368
xiph/i, xiph/o
sword
1369
zo/o
life
1370
zygomat/o
cheek bone, yoke
1371
zygot/o
joined together
