Medical Word Elements Flashcards
Medical Terminology Systems (692 cards)
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a-
A
without, not
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-a
A
noun ending
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ab-
A
from, away from
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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abort/o
A
to miscarry
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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acid/o
A
acid
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acous/o
A
hearing
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acr/o
A
extremity
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acromi/o
A
acromion (projection of the scapula)
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-acusia
A
hearing
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-acusis
A
hearing
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-ad
A
toward
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ad-
A
toward
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aden/o
A
gland
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
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adip/o
A
fat
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adren/o
A
adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
A
adrenal glands
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are/o
A
air
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af-
A
toward
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agglutin/o
A
clumping, gluing
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agora-
A
marketplace
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-al
A
pertaining to
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albin/o
white
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albumin/o
albumin (protein)
27
-algesia
pain
28
-algia
pain
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allo-
other, differing from the normal
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alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
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ambly/o
dull, dim
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amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
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an-
without, not
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an/o
anus
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ana-
against; up; back
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andr/o
male
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aneurysm/o
aneurysm (widened blood vessel)
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angie/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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angin/o
choking pain
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aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
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ankyl/o
stiffness; bent; crooked
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ante-
before, in front of
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anter/o
anterior, front
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anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
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anti-
against
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aort/o
aorta
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append/o
appendix
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appendix/o
appendix
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aque/o
water
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-ar
pertaining to
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-arche
beginning
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arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole
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arthr/o
joint
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-ary
pertaining to
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asbest/o
asbestos
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-asthenia
weakness, debility
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astr/o
star
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-ate
having the form of, possessing
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atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
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ather/o
fatty plaque
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-ation
process (of)
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atri/o
atrium
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audi/o
hearing
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audit/o
hearing
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aur/o
ear
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auricul/o
ear
68
auto-
self, own
69
ax/o
axis, axon
70
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
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bacteri/o
bacteria (singular, bacterium)
72
balan/o
glans penis
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bas/o
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
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bi-
two
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bil/i
bile, gall
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bi/o
life
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-blast
embryonic cell
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blast/o
embryonic cell
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brachi/o
arm
81
brachy-
short
82
brady-
slow
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bronch/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
84
bronchi
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
85
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
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bucc/o
cheek
87
calc/o
calcium
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calcane/o
calcaneum (heel bone)
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-capnia
carbon dioxide (CO2)
90
carcin/o
cancer
91
cardi/o
heart
92
-cardia
heart condition
93
carp/o
carpus (wrist bones)
94
cata-
down
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caud/o
tail
96
cauter/o
heat, burn
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cec/o
cecum
98
-cele
hernia, swelling
99
-centesis
surgical puncture
100
cephal/o
head
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-ceps
head
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-ception
conceiving
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
106
chalic/o
limestone
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cheil/o
lip
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chem/o
chemical; drug
109
chlor/o
green
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chol/e
bile, gall
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cholangi/o
bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
bile duct
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chori/o
chorion
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choroid/o
choroid
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chrom/o
color
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chromat/o
color
119
-cide
killing
120
circum-
around
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cirrh/o
yellow
122
-cision
a cutting
123
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
124
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
125
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
126
clavicul/p
clavicle (collar bone)
127
-clysis
irrigation, washing
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
129
cochle/o
cochlea
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col/o
colon
131
colon/o
colon
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colp/o
vagina
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condyl/o
condyle
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coni/o
dust
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conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
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-continence
to hold back
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contra-
against, opposite
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cor/o
pupil
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core/o
pupil
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corne/o
cornea
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corno/o
heart
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corp/o
body
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corpor/o
body
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cortic/o
cortex
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cost/o
ribs
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crani/o
cranium (skull)
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crin/o
secrete
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-crine
secrete
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cruci/o
cross
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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culd/o
cul-de-sac
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-cusia
hearing
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-cusis
hearing
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue
158
cycl/o
ciliary body of the eye; circular, cycle
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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cyst/o
bladder
161
cyt/o
cell
162
-cyte
cell
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dacry/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
164
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
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dactyl/o
fingers; toes
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de-
cessation
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dendr/o
tree
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dent/o
teeth
169
derm/o
skin
170
-derma
skin
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dermat/o
skin
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-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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di
double
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dia-
through, across
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dipl-, dipl/o
double
176
dips/o
thirsty
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-dipsia
thirst
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dist/o
far, farthestd
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dors/o
back (of the body)
180
duct/o
to lead; carry
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-duction
act of leading, bringing, conducting
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douden/o
duodenum ( first part of the small intestine)
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dur/o
dura mater; hard
184
-dynia
pain
185
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
186
-eal
pertaining to
187
ec-
out, out from
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echo-
repeated sound
189
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
190
ecto-
outside, outward
191
-ectomy
excision, removal
192
-edema
swelling
193
ef-
away from
194
electr/o
electricity
195
-ema
state of; condition
196
embol/o
embolus (plug)
197
-emesis
vomitting
198
-emia
blood condition
199
emphys/o
to inflate
200
en-
in, within
201
encephal/o
brain
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end-
in, within
203
endo-
in, within
204
enter/o
intestine (usually small intestine)
205
eosin/o
dawn (rose colored)
206
epi-
above, upon
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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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erythem/o
red
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erythemat/o
red
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erythr/o
red
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eschar/o
scab
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-esis
condition
215
eso-
inward
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esophag/o
esophagus
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esthes/o
feeling
218
-esthesia
feeling
219
eti/o
cause
220
eu-
good; normal
221
ex-
out, out from
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exo-
outside, outward
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extra-
outside
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faci/o
face
225
fasci/o
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)
226
femor/o
femur
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-ferent
to carry
228
fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
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fibul/o
fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)
230
flour/o
luminous, fluorescence
231
galact/o
milk
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gangli/o
ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
233
gastr/o
stomach
234
-gen
forming, producing, origin
235
gen/o
forming, producing, origin
236
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
237
genit/o
genitalia
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gest/o
pregnancy
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gingiv/o
gum(s)
240
glauc/o
gray
241
gli/o
glue; neurological tissue
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-glia
glue; neurological tissue
243
-globin
protien
244
glomerul/o
glomerulus
245
gloss/o
tongue
246
glott/o
glottis
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gluc/o
sugar, sweetness
248
glyc/o
sugar, sweetness
249
glycos/o
sugar, sweetness
250
gnos/o
knowing
251
-gnosis
knowing
252
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
253
goni/o
angle
254
gon/o
seed (ovum or spermatozoon)
255
-grade
to go
256
-graft
transplantation
257
-gram
record, writing
258
granul/o
granule
259
-graph
instrument for recording
260
-graphy
process of recording
261
-gravida
pregnant woman
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gyn/o
woman, female
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gynec/o
women, female
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hallucin/o
hallucination
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hedon/o
pressure
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hem/o
blood
267
hemangi/o
blood vessel
268
hemat/o
blood
269
hemi-
one half
270
hapat/o
liver
271
hetero-
different
272
hidr/o
sweat
273
hist/o
tissue
274
histi/o
tissue
275
home/o
same, alike
276
homeo-
same, alike
277
homo-
same
278
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
279
hydr/o
water
280
hyp-
under, below, deficient
281
hyper-
excessive, above normal
282
hyp/o
under, below, deficient
283
hypn/o
sleep
284
hypo-
under, below, deficient
285
hyster/o
uterus (womb)
286
-ia
condition
287
-iac
pertaining to
288
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
289
iatr/o
physician; treatment
290
-iatry
physician; treatment
291
ic-
pertaining to
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-ical
pertaining to
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-ice
noun ending
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ichthy/o
dry, scaly
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-ician
specialist
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-icle
small, minute
297
-icterus
jaundice
298
idi/o
unknown, peculiar
299
-ile
pertaining to
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ile/o
ileum (third part of the small intestine)
301
ili/o
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)
302
im-
not
303
immun/o
immune, immunity, safe
304
in-
in, not
305
-ine
pertaining to
306
infer/o
lower, below
307
infra-
below, under
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inguin/o
groin
309
insulin/o
insulin
310
inter-
between
311
intra-
in, within
312
-ion
the act of
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-ior
pertaining to
314
irid/o
iris
315
-is
noun ending
316
isch/o
to hold back; block
317
ischi/o
ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)
318
-ism
condition
319
iso-
same, equal
320
-ist
specialist
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-isy
state of; condition
322
-itic
pertaining to
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-itis
inflammation
324
-ive
pertaining to
325
-ization
process (of)
326
jaund/o
yellow
327
jejun/o
jejunum (second part of the small intestine)
328
kal/i
potassium (an electrlyte)
329
kary/o
nucleus
330
kerat/o
horny tissy; hard; cornea
331
kern/o
kernel (nucleus)
332
ket/o
ketone bodies (acids and acetones)
333
keton/o
ketone bodies (acids and acetones)
334
-kinesia
movement
335
kinesi/o
movement
336
kinet/o
movement
337
klept/o
to steal
338
kyph/o
humpback
339
labi/o
lip
340
labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
341
lacrim/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
342
lact/o
milk
343
-lalia
speech, bubble
344
lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
345
lapar/o
abdomen
346
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
347
later/o
side, to one side
348
lei/o
smooth
349
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
350
-lepsy
seizure
351
lept/o
thin, slender
352
leuk/o
white
353
lex/o
word, phrase
354
lingu/o
tongue
355
lip/o
fat
356
lipid/o
fat
357
-listhesis
slipping
358
-lith
stone, calculus
359
lith/o
stone, calculus
360
lob/o
lobe
361
log/o
study of
362
-ologist
specialist in the study of
363
-ology
study of
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lord/o
curve, swayback
365
-lucent
to shine; clear
366
lumb/o
lions (lower back)
367
lymph/o
lymph
368
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
369
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
370
-lysis
seperation; destruction; loosening
371
macro-
large
372
mal-
bad
373
-malacia
softening
374
mamm/o
breast
375
-mania
state of mental disorder, frenzy
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mastoid/ o
mastoid process
377
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
378
meat/o
opening, meatus
379
medi-
middle
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medi/o
middle
381
mediastin/o
mediastinum
382
medull/o
medulla
383
mega-
enlargement
384
megal/o
enlargement
385
-megaly
enlargement
386
melan/o
black
387
men/o
menses, menstruation
388
mening/o
meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
389
menstr/o
monthly discharge of blood
390
ment/o
mind
391
meta-
change, beyond
392
meso-
middle
393
metacarp/o
metacarpus (hand bones)
394
metatars/o
metatarsus (foot bones)
395
-meter
instrument for measuring
396
metr/o
uterus (womb); measure
397
metri/o
uterus (womb)
398
-metry
act of measuring
399
micr/o
small
400
micro-
small
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mono-
one
402
morph/o
form, shape, structure
403
muc/o
mucus
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multi-
many, such
405
mono-
one
406
muscul/o
muscle
407
mut/a
genetic change
408
my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus (plural, fungi)
410
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
411
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
412
myso/o
muscle
413
ot/o
ear
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-ous
ear
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ovari/o
ovary
416
ox/i
oxygen
417
ox/o
oxygen
418
-oxia
oxygen
419
pachy-
thick
420
palat/o
palate (roof of the mouth)
421
pan-
all
422
pancreat/o
pancreas
423
-para
to bear (offspring)
424
para-
near, beside; beyond
425
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
426
-paresis
partial paralysis
427
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
428
path/o
disease
429
-pathy
disease
430
pector/o
chest
431
ped/i
foot; child
432
ped/o
foot; child
433
pedicul/o
lice
434
pelv/i
pelvis
435
pelv/o
pelvis
436
pen/o
penis
437
-penia
decrease, deficiency
438
-pepsia
digestion
439
per-
through
440
peri-
around
441
perine/o
perineum (area between the scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus)
442
peritone/o
peritoneum
443
-pexy
fixation (of an organ)
444
phac/o
lens
445
phag/o
swallowing, eating
446
-phage
swallowing, eating
447
-phagia
swallowing, eating
448
phalang/o
phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)
449
pharmaceutic/o
drug, medicine
450
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
451
-phasia
speech
452
phe/o
dusky, dark
453
-phil
attraction for
454
phil/o
attraction for
455
philia
attraction for
456
phim/o
muzzle
457
phleb/o
vein
458
-phobia
fear
459
-phonia
voice
460
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
461
-phoria
feeling (mental state)
462
phot/o
light
463
phren/o
diaphragm; mind
464
-phylaxis
protection
465
-physis
growth
466
pil/o
hair
467
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
468
-plakia
plague
469
plas/o
formation, growth
470
-plasia
formation, growth
471
-plasm
formation, growth
472
-plasty
surgical repair
473
-plegia
paralysis
474
pleur/o
pleura
475
-plexy
stroke
476
-pnea
breathing
477
pneum/o
air; lung
478
pneumon/o
air; lung
479
pod/o
foot
480
-poiesis
porous
481
poikil/o
varied, irregular
482
poli/o
gray, gray matter (of the brain or of spinal cord)
483
poly-
many, much
484
polyp/o
small growth
485
-porosis
porous
486
post-
after, behind
487
poster/o
back (of the body), behind, posterior
488
-potence
power
489
-prandial
meal
490
pre-
before, in front of
491
presby/o
old age
492
primi-
first
493
pro-
before, in front of
494
proct/o
anus, rectum
495
prostat/o
prostate gland
496
proxim/o
near, nearest
497
pseudo-
false
498
psych/o
mind
499
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
500
ptyal/o
saliva
501
-ptysis
spitting
502
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
503
pulmon/o
lung
504
pupill/o
pupil
505
py/o
pus
506
pyel/o
renal pelvis
507
pylor/o
pylorus
508
pyr/o
fire
509
quadri-
four
510
rachi/o
spine
511
radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)
512
radicul/o
nerve root
513
rect/o
rectum
514
ren/o
kidney
515
reticul/o
net, mesh
516
retin/o
retina
517
rhabd/onose
rod-shaped (striated)
518
rhytid/o
wrinkle
518
rhin/o
nose
518
roentgen/o
x-rays
519
rhabdomy/o
rod-shaped (striated) muscle
519
retro-
behind, backward
520
-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
521
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
521
-rrhaphy
suture
521
-rrhea
discharge, flow
522
-rrhythm
rhythm
522
-rrhexis
rupture
523
rube/o
red
524
sacr/o
sacrum
525
salping/o
tube (usually the fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)
526
-salpinx
tube (usually the fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)
527
sarc/o
flash (connective tissue)
528
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
529
scoli/o
crooked, bent
529
-scope
instrument for examining
529
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
529
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
529
shiz/o
split
529
-schisis
a splitting
530
scop/o
to view
531
-scopy
visual examination
532
scot/o
darkness
532
semi-
one-half
532
seb/o
sebum, sebaceous
532
semin/o
semen; seed
533
semin/i
semen; seed
534
sial/o
sliva, salivary gland
534
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
535
sider/o
iron
535
silic/o
flint
536
sequestr/o
seperation
536
ser/o
serum
536
sept/o
septum
537
-sis
state of; condition
537
somn/o
sleep
537
sin/o
sinus, cavity
537
-social
society
537
son/o
sound
538
sinus/o
sinus, cavity
538
somat/o
body
539
ias
slit, fissure
540
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
541
sperm/i
spermatozoa, sperm cells
542
spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
543
sphygm/o
pulse
543
sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
544
-sphyxia
pulse
545
spin/o
spine
546
spir/o
breathe
547
splen/o
spleen
548
spondyl/o
vertebrae (backbone)
549
squam/o
scale
550
staped/o
stapes
551
-stasis
standing still
552
steat/o
fat
553
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
554
sten/o
narrowing, stricture
555
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
556
steth/o
chest
557
sthen/o
strength
558
stigmat/o
point, mark
559
stomat/o
mouth
560
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
561
sub-
under, below
562
sudor/o
sweat
563
super-
upper, above
564
super/o
upper, above
565
supra-
above; excessive; superior
566
sym-
union, together, joined
567
syn-
union, together, joined
568
synapt/o
synapsis, point of contract
569
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
570
tachy-
rapid
571
tax/o
order, coordination
572
-taxia
order, coordination
573
tele/o
distant
574
ten/o
tendon
575
tend/o
tendon
576
tendin/o
tendon
577
-tension
to stretch
578
test/o
testis (plural, testes)
578
thalam/o
thalamus
579
thalass/o
sea
580
thec/o
sheath (usually referring to the meninges)
581
thel/o
nipple
581
therapeut/o
treatment
582
-therapy
treatment
583
therm/o
heat
584
thorac/o
chest
585
-thorax
chest
586
thromb/o
blood clot
587
thym/o
thymus gland
588
-thymia
mind; emotion
589
thyr/o
thyroid gland
590
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
591
tibi/o
tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)
592
-tic
pertaining to
593
-tocia
childbirth, labor
594
tom/o
to cut
595
-tome
instrument to cut
596
-tomy
incision
597
ton/o
tension
598
tonsill/o
tonsils
599
tox/o
poison
599
-toxic
pertaining to poison
600
toxic/o
poison
601
trabecul/o
trabecula (supporting bundles of fiber)
602
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
603
trans-
across, through
604
tri-
three
605
trich/o
hair
605
trigon/o
trigone (triangular region at the base of the bladder)
606
-tripsy
crushing
606
-trophy
development, nourishment
607
-tropia
turning
608
-tropin
stimulate
609
tubercul/o
a little swelling
610
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
611
-ula
small, minute
612
-ule
small, minute
613
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone on the opposite side of the thumb)
614
ultra-
excess, beyond
615
-um
structure, thing
616
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
617
ung/o
nail
618
uni-
one
619
ur/o
urine, urinary test
620
ureter/o
ureter
621
urethr/o
urethra
622
-uria
urine
623
urin/o
urine, urinary tract
624
-us
condition; structure
625
uter/o
uterus (womb)
626
uvul/o
uvula
627
-verse
to turn
628
vagin/o
vagina
629
valv/o
valve
630
valvul/o
valve
631
varic/o
dilated vein
632
vas/o
vessel; vas deferens; duct
633
vascul/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
634
ven/o
vein
635
-version
turning
635
ventr/o
belly, belly side
635
ventricul/o
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
635
vertebr/o
vertebrae (backbone)
635
vesic/o
bladder
635
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
635
vest/o
clothes
636
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
636
viscer/o
internal organs
636
vitre/o
glassy
636
vulv/o
vulva
636
vol/o
volume
637
voyeur/o
to see
637
xen/o
foreign, strange
638
xanth/o
yellow
639
xer/o
dry
640
xiph/o
sword
641
-y
condition; process
642
Bx
biopsy
643
CBC
complete blood count
644
CT
computed tomography
645
Dx
diagnosis
646
I&D
incision and drainage
647
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
647
PET
positron emission tomography
648
Sx
symptoms
649
Tx
treatment
650
US
ultrasound, ultrasonography
651
