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1
Q

a-

A

no; not; without

2
Q

-ac

A

pertaining to

3
Q

alb/o

A

white

4
Q

albin/o

A

white

5
Q

algesi/o

A

sensitivity to pain

6
Q

-algia

A

pain

7
Q

ante-

A

before

8
Q

anti-

A

against

9
Q

arthr/o

A

joint

10
Q

aut/o

A

self

11
Q

audi/o

A

hearing

12
Q

bi-

A

two

13
Q

bi/o

A

life; living

14
Q

brady-

A

slow

15
Q

bronch/o or bronchi/o

A

bronchi

16
Q

cardi/o

A

heart

17
Q

-centesis

A

surgical puncture

18
Q

contra-

A

against

19
Q

-crine

A

secrete

20
Q

cyan/o

A

blue

21
Q

-cyte

A

cell

22
Q

di-

A

twice; two

23
Q

dys-

A

bad; difficult

24
Q

-edema

A

swelling

25
Q

electr/o

A

electric

26
Q

-emesis

A

vomiting

27
Q

-emia

A

blood

28
Q

endo-

A

inside

29
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

30
Q

ger/a or ger/o or geront/o

A

old; elderly

31
Q

gingiv/o

A

gums

32
Q

glyc/o

A

sugar

33
Q

-graph

A

instrument for recording

34
Q

gynec/o

A

female

35
Q

hem/a or hem/o or hemat/o

A

blood

36
Q

hemi-

A

half

37
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

38
Q

hist/o

A

tissue

39
Q

hyper-

A

excessive; above normal

40
Q

hypo-

A

beneath; below normal

41
Q

-ia or -iasis

A

condition

42
Q

idio-

A

individual

43
Q

infra-

A

below

44
Q

inter-

A

between

45
Q

intra-

A

within

46
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

47
Q

lacrim/o

A

tear

48
Q

lact/o

A

milk

49
Q

lapar/o

A

abdominal wall

50
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx

51
Q

later/o

A

side

52
Q

-logist

A

one who studies

53
Q

-logy

A

study or science of

54
Q

-lysin

A

that which destroys

55
Q

-lysis

A

process of destroying

56
Q

macr/o

A

large

57
Q

mamm/o

A

breast

58
Q

mast/o

A

breast

59
Q

melan/o

A

black

60
Q

ment/o

A

mind

61
Q

micro-

A

small

62
Q

muscul/o or my/o

A

muscle

63
Q

narc/o

A

sleep

64
Q

nas/o

A

nose

65
Q

necr/o

A

death

66
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

67
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

68
Q

nulli-

A

none

69
Q

oligo-

A

few

70
Q

-oma

A

tumor

71
Q

omphal/o

A

umbilicus (navel)

72
Q

-osis

A

condition; disease; increase

73
Q

oste/0

A

bone

74
Q

-para

A

woman who has given birth

75
Q

par/o

A

to give birth

76
Q

path/o or -pathy

A

disease

77
Q

-penia

A

deficient; decreased

78
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

79
Q

peri-

A

around

80
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

81
Q

-phobia

A

abnormal fear

82
Q

-phylaxis

A

protection

83
Q

pleg/o or -plegia

A

paralysis

84
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

85
Q

-poeisis

A

production

86
Q

primi-

A

first

87
Q

pseud/o

A

FALSE

88
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

89
Q

retro-

A

behind; backward

90
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

91
Q

-rrhagia

A

hemorrhage

92
Q

-rrhea

A

flow; discharge

93
Q

salping/o

A

uterine tubes; auditory tubes

94
Q

-scopy

A

process of visually examining

95
Q

seps/o

A

infection

96
Q

-spasm

A

cramp; twitching

97
Q

-stasis

A

stopping; controlling

98
Q

-stomy

A

formation of an opening

99
Q

supra-

A

above; beyond

100
Q

tachy-

A

fast

101
Q

tetra-

A

four

102
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

103
Q

trans-

A

through; across

104
Q

tri-

A

three

105
Q

uni-

A

one

106
Q

-uria

A

urine or urination

107
Q

ven/o

A

vein

108
Q

ventr/o

A

ventral; belly side

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