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1
Q

macr/o

A

large

2
Q

mal-

A

bad

3
Q

malac/o

A

soft; softening

4
Q

-malacia

A

softening

5
Q

mamm/o

A

breast

6
Q

-mania

A

excessive preoccupation

7
Q

mast/o

A

breast

8
Q

medi/o

A

middle

9
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

10
Q

melan/o

A

black

11
Q

men/o

A

month

12
Q

mening/o

A

meninges

13
Q

ment/o

A

mind

14
Q

meta-

A

change; next in a series

15
Q

metr/o

A

measure; uterine tissue

16
Q

-meter

A

instrument used to measure

17
Q

-metry

A

process of measuring

18
Q

micro-

A

small

19
Q

morph/o

A

form; shape

20
Q

muc/o

A

mucus

21
Q

multi-

A

many

22
Q

muscul/o or my/o

A

muscle

23
Q

myc/o

A

fungus

24
Q

myel/o

A

bone marrow; spinal cord

25
Q

narc/o

A

sleep

26
Q

nas/o

A

nose

27
Q

nat/i

A

birth

28
Q

necr/o

A

death

29
Q

neo-

A

new

30
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

31
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

32
Q

norm/o

A

normal

33
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

34
Q

nulli-

A

none

35
Q

o/o

A

egg

36
Q

ocul/o

A

eye

37
Q

odont/o

A

teeth

38
Q

-oid

A

resembling

39
Q

-ole

A

small

40
Q

oligo-

A

few

41
Q

-oma

A

tumor

42
Q

omphal/o

A

umbilicus (navel)

43
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

44
Q

onych/o

A

nail

45
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

46
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye

47
Q

-opia or opt/o or optic/o

A

vision

48
Q

or/o

A

mouth

49
Q

orhi/o or orchid/o

A

testis

50
Q

orth/o

A

straight

51
Q

-ose

A

sugar

52
Q

-osis

A

condition; disease; increase

53
Q

oste/0

A

bone

54
Q

ot/o

A

ear

55
Q

ox/o

A

oxygen

56
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

57
Q

par- or para-

A

near; beside; abnormal

58
Q

-para

A

woman who has given birth

59
Q

par/o

A

to give birth

60
Q

patell/o

A

patella (kneecap)

61
Q

path/o or -pathy

A

disease

62
Q

ped/o

A

child; foot

63
Q

pelv/i

A

pelvis

64
Q

-penia

A

deficient; decreased

65
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

66
Q

peri-

A

around

67
Q

pex/o or -pexy

A

surgical fixation

68
Q

phag/o

A

eat; ingest

69
Q

phalang/o

A

phalanges (finger and toe bones)

70
Q

pharmac/o

A

drugs; medicine

71
Q

pharyng/o

A

throat; pharynx

72
Q

phas/o

A

speech

73
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

74
Q

-phobia

A

abnormal fear

75
Q

phon/o

A

voice

76
Q

phot/o

A

light

77
Q

phren/o

A

diaphragm; mind

78
Q

-phylaxis

A

protection

79
Q

physi/o

A

nature

80
Q

-physis

A

growth

81
Q

pituitari/o

A

pituitary

82
Q

plas/o or -plasis

A

formation; development

83
Q

plast/o

A

repair

84
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

85
Q

pleg/o or -plegia

A

paralysis

86
Q

pleur/o

A

pleura

87
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

88
Q

pneum/o

A

air; lung

89
Q

pneumon/o

A

lung

90
Q

pod/o

A

foot

91
Q

-poiesis

A

production

92
Q

poly-

A

many

93
Q

post-

A

after; behind

94
Q

poster/o

A

behind

95
Q

pre-

A

before

96
Q

primi-

A

first

97
Q

pro-

A

before; for

98
Q

proct/o

A

anus; rectum

99
Q

prostat/o

A

prostate gland

100
Q

proxim/o

A

near

101
Q

pseud/o

A

false

102
Q

psych/o

A

mind

103
Q

-ptosis

A

sag; prolapse

104
Q

-ptysis

A

spitting

105
Q

pub/o

A

pubis

106
Q

pulm/o or pulmon/o

A

lungs

107
Q

py/o

A

pus

108
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

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