Medical Terminology Prefix and Suffix Flashcards
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Types of word parts
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Word root: contains basic meaning of term. usu indicates involved body part
Combining form: word root with a vowel at end so that suffix beginning with a consonant can be added. When form appears alone, it is shown with a / between the word root and the combining vowel (gastr/o)
Suffix: usu indicates procedure, condition, disorder, or disease
Prefix: usu indicates location, time, number, or status
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a-
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no, not, without, away from, negative
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-a
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noun ending
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-able
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capable of, able to
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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 off
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abrupt/o
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broken away from
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abs-
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away from
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abscess/o
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collection of pus, going away
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absorpt/o
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suck up, suck in
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-ac
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pertaining to
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acanth/o
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spiny, thorny
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum
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-acious
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characterized by
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acne/o
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point or peak
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acous/o, acoust/o
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hearing, sound
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acquir/o
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get, obtain
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acr/o
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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point
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acromi/o
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acromion, point of shoulder blade
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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acuit/o, acut/o
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sharp, sharpness
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acust/o, -acusia, -acusis
hearing, sense of hearing
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ad-
toward, to, in the direction of
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aden/o
gland
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adenoid/o
adenoids
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adhes/o
stick to, cling to
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adip/o
fat
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adnex/o
bound to
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adren/o, adrenal/o
adrenal glands
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aer/o
air, gas
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aesthet/o
sensation, sense of perception
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af-
toward, to
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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
marketplace
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-agra
excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain
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-aise
comfort, ease
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-al
pertaining to
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alb/i, alb/o
white
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albumin/o
albumin, 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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all/o, all-
other, different from normal, reversal
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alopec/o
baldness, mangy
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alveol/o
alveolus, air sac, small sac
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ambi-
both sides, around or about, double
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ambly/o
dull, dim
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ambul/o, ambulat/o
walk
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amert/o
out of proportion
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-amine
nitrogen compound
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amni/o
amnion, fetal membrane
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amph-
around, on both sides, doubly
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amput/o, amputat/o
cut away, cut off a part of the body
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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, ring
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-an
characteristic of, pertaining to
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-ancy
state of
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andr/o
relationship to the male
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aneurysm/o
aneurysm
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angi/o
blood or lymph 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
before, front
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anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
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anti-
against
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anxi/o, anxiet/o
anxiety, anxious, uneasy
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aort/o
aorta
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ap-
toward, to
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-apheresis
removal
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aphth/o
ulcer
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apic/o
apex
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ap-, apo-
separation, away from, opposed, detached
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aplast/o
defective development, lack of development
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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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-ar
pertaining to
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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
occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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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, raised
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arter/o, arteri/o
artery
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arthr/o
joint
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articul/o
joint
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-ary
pertaining to
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as-
toward, to
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asbest/o
asbestos
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-ase
enzyme
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aspir/o, aspirat/o
to breathe in
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asten-, -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, imperfect
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ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
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athet/o
uncontrollable
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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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attenuate/o
diluted, weakened
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aud-, audi/o, audit/o
ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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aur/i, aur/o
ear, hearing
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auscult/a, auscult/o
listen
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aut/o
self
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-ax
noun ending
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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 (plural, bacteria)
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bacteri/o
bacteria (singular, bacterium)
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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-
twice, double, two
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bi/o
life
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bifid/o
split, divided into two parts
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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
bilirubin
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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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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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bronch/i, 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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calcane/o
calcaneus, heel bone
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calc/i
calcium, lime, the heel
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calci-, calc/o
calcium
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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 or duct
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canth/o
comer 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
| axill/o armpit appearance
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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
lower part of body, tail
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caus/o, caust/o
burning, bum
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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, tumor, swelling
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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
lip or lips
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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/i, 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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circum cis/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
violent action
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clus/o
shut 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, coarct/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 intestine
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coll/a
glue
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colon/o
colon, large intestine
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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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concav/o
hollow
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concentr/o
condense, intensity, 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/o
conjunctiva, joined together, connected
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consci/o
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
draw 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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contine/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
pupil
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cord/o
cord, spinal cord
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cordi/o
heart
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core/o
pupil
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cori/o
skin, leather
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corne/o
cornea
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coron/o
coronary, 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
rib
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cox/o
hip, hip joint
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crani/o
skull
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-crasia
a mixture or blending
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creatin/o
creatine
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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
cube-like
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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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cyt/o, -cyte
cell
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-cytic
pertaining to a cell
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-cytosis
condition of cells
