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Q

C

abdomin/o-

A

abdomen

2
Q

C

acous/o-

A

hearing, sound

3
Q

C

acr/o-

A

extremity, highest part

4
Q

C

aden/o-

A

gland

5
Q

C

adip/o-

A

fat

6
Q

C

albin/o-

A

white

7
Q

C

alg/o-

A

pain

8
Q

C

all/o-

A

other, strange

9
Q

C

andr/o-

A

male

10
Q

C

angi/o-

A

blood vessel

11
Q

C

aort/o-

A

aorta

12
Q

C

arter/o-

A

artery

13
Q

C

arthr/o-

A

joint

14
Q

C

articul/o-

A

joint

15
Q

C

audi/o-

A

hearing

16
Q

C

aur/i

A

ear

17
Q

C

auscult/o-

A

listen

18
Q

C

bi/o-

A

life

19
Q

C

blephar/o-

A

eyelid

20
Q

C

brachi/o-

A

arm

21
Q

C

bronch/o-

A

bronchus

22
Q

C

bucc/o-

A

cheek

23
Q

C

burs/o-

A

pouch or sac, bursa

24
Q

C

calcane/o-

A

heel

25
Q

C

carcin/o-

A

cancer

26
Q

C

cardi/o-

A

heart

27
Q

C

carp/o-

A

wrist

28
Q

C

caus/o-

A

burn

29
Q

C

cephal/o-

A

head

30
Q

C

cervic/o-

A

neck, cervix

31
Q

C

chol/e-

A

bile

32
Q

C

chondr/o-

A

cartilage

33
Q

C

chrom/o-

A

color

34
Q

C

cili/o-

A

hairlike structure

35
Q

C

cis/o-

A

cut

36
Q

C

cleid/o-

A

collarbone (clavicle)

37
Q

C

cochle/o-

A

cochlea of the inner ear

38
Q

C

cor/o-

A

pupil

39
Q

C

coron/o-

A

encircling structure (like the vessels that encircle and supply the heart)

40
Q

C

corpor/o-

A

body

41
Q

C

cost/o-

A

rib

42
Q

C

cry/o-

A

cold

43
Q

C

cubit/o-

A

elbow

44
Q

C

cyan/o-

A

blue

45
Q

C

cyst/o-

A

bladder, cyst

46
Q

C

dent/i-

A

tooth

47
Q

C

derm/a-

A

skin

48
Q

C

digit/o-

A

finger or toe

49
Q

C

edem/o-

A

swelling

50
Q

C

embryon/o-

A

fetus

51
Q

C

enter/o-

A

intestines

52
Q

C

erythr/o-

A

red

53
Q

C

esthes/o-

A

sensation

54
Q

C

eti/o-

A

cause

55
Q

C

febr/o-

A

fever

56
Q

C

fibr/o-

A

fiber

57
Q

C

flex/o-

A

bend

58
Q

C

fract/o-

A

break up

59
Q

C

gastr/o-

A

stomach

60
Q

C

gnos/o-

A

knowledge

61
Q

C

gynec/o-

A

blood

62
Q

C

hem/o-

A

blood

63
Q

C

hepat/o-

A

liver

64
Q

C

heter/o-

A

other, different

65
Q

C

home/o-

A

same

66
Q

C

humer/o-

A

upper arm

67
Q

C

hydr/o-

A

water

68
Q

C

hyster/o-

A

womb, uterus

69
Q

C

idi/o-

A

unknown, individual

70
Q

C

inguin/o-

A

groin

71
Q

C

lact/i

A

milk

72
Q

C

later/o-

A

side

73
Q

C

leuk/o-

A

white

74
Q

C

ligat/o-

A

tie, bend

75
Q

C

lith/o-

A

stone

76
Q

C

medi/o-

A

middle

77
Q

C

meg/a-

A

large

78
Q

C

melan/o-, melen/o-

A

black

79
Q

C

men/o-

A

monthly

80
Q

C

morb/o-

A

disease

81
Q

C

mort/o-

A

death

82
Q

C

myel/o-

A

bone marrow, spinal cord

83
Q

C

my/o-

A

muscle

84
Q

C

nephr/o-

A

kidney

85
Q

C

neur/o-

A

nerve

86
Q

C

noct/o-

A

night

87
Q

C

ocul/o-

A

eye

88
Q

C

odont/o-

A

tooth

89
Q

C

o/o-, ov/i-

A

egg

90
Q

C

ophtalm/o-

A

eye

91
Q

C

orch/o-

A

testis

92
Q

C

osse/o-, oste/o-

A

bone

93
Q

C

ot/o-

A

ear

94
Q

C

palpat/o-

A

touch, feel

95
Q

C

par/o-

A

birth

96
Q

C

pariet/o-

A

wall of a cavity

97
Q

C

path/o-

A

disease

98
Q

C

ped/o-

A

child

99
Q

C

percuss/o-

A

strike, tap

100
Q

C

phag/o-

A

eat, swallow

101
Q

C

phot/o-

A

light

102
Q

C

placent/o-

A

placenta

103
Q

C

pleur/o-

A

pleura (lung membrane)

104
Q

C

pne/o-

A

breathe

105
Q

C

pneum/o-

A

lung, air

106
Q

C

pod/o-

A

foot

107
Q

C

psych/o-

A

mind

108
Q

C

purul/o-, pyl/o-

A

pus

109
Q

C

pyret/o-

A

fever

110
Q

C

ren/o-

A

kidney

111
Q

C

reticul/o-

A

network

112
Q

C

retin/o-

A

retina of the eye

113
Q

C

rhin/o-

A

nose

114
Q

C

rub/o-

A

red

115
Q

C

salping/o-

A

fallopian tube

116
Q

C

sang/o-

A

blood

117
Q

C

scler/o-

A

hard

118
Q

C

seb/o-

A

sebum (oil)

119
Q

C

sect/o-

A

cut

120
Q

C

sept/o-

A

wall

121
Q

C

sinus/o-

A

cavity or hollow, sinus

122
Q

C

somat/o-

A

body

123
Q

C

ser/o-

A

serum

124
Q

C

sphincter/o-

A

sphincter muscle

125
Q

C

spir/o-

A

coil, breathe

126
Q

C

stern/o-

A

sternum

127
Q

C

steth/o-

A

chest

128
Q

C

sthen/o-

A

strength

129
Q

C

stom/o-

A

opening, mouth

130
Q

C

tact/o-

A

touch

131
Q

C

tars/o-

A

ankle

132
Q

C

tele/o-

A

distance

133
Q

C

tempor/o-

A

time, temple of the head

134
Q

C

tendon/o-

A

tendon

135
Q

C

tetr/a-

A

four

136
Q

C

tom/o-

A

cut

137
Q

C

toxic/o-

A

poison

138
Q

C

trache/o-

A

trachea

139
Q

C

trich/o-

A

hair

140
Q

C

urin/o-

A

urine

141
Q

C

vagin/o-

A

female genital canal

142
Q

C

vertebr/o-

A

vertebra

143
Q

C

viscer/o-

A

viscera (internal organs)

144
Q

C

vol/o-

A

volume

145
Q

C

viscos/o-

A

thick

146
Q

C

xen/o-

A

foreign

147
Q

C

xer/o-

A

dry

148
Q

P

a-,an-

A

without, lack of

149
Q

P

ab-

A

away from

150
Q

P

acr-

A

pertaining to extremity

151
Q

P

ad-

A

to, toward

152
Q

P

ante-

A

before, forward

153
Q

P

anti-

A

against, opposed to

154
Q

P

auto-

A

self

155
Q

P

bi-

A

two

156
Q

P

brady-

A

slow

157
Q

P

circum-

A

around, about

158
Q

P

contra-

A

against, opposite

159
Q

P

di-

A

twice, double

160
Q

P

dia-

A

through, completely

161
Q

P

dys-

A

with pain or difficulty

162
Q

P

e-,ex-

A

from, out of

163
Q

P

ecto-

A

out from

164
Q

P

em-

A

in

165
Q

P

endo-

A

within

166
Q

P

epi-

A

upon, on

167
Q

P

eu-

A

normal, good

168
Q

P

exo-

A

outside

169
Q

P

extra-

A

outside, in addition

170
Q

P

hemi-

A

half

171
Q

P

hyper-

A

excessive, above normal

172
Q

P

hypo-

A

deficient, below normal

173
Q

P

in-

A

not

174
Q

P

infra-

A

below

175
Q

P

inter-

A

between

176
Q

P

iso-

A

equal

177
Q

P

para-

A

by the side of

178
Q

P

per-

A

through

179
Q

P

peri-

A

around

180
Q

P

poly-

A

many

181
Q

P

post-

A

after, behind

182
Q

P

pro-

A

before

183
Q

P

quadri-

A

four

184
Q

P

retro-

A

backward

185
Q

P

semi-

A

half

186
Q

P

sub-

A

below, less than

187
Q

P

supra-

A

above

188
Q

P

sym-

A

with, together

189
Q

P

tachy-

A

fast

190
Q

P

trans-

A

across

191
Q

P

tri-

A

three

192
Q

P

uni-

A

one

193
Q

S

-a

A

condition of

194
Q

S

-ac

A

pertaining to

195
Q

S

-al

A

pertaining to

196
Q

S

-algia

A

pertaining to pain

197
Q

S

-ary

A

pertaining to

198
Q

S

-blast

A

germ of immature cell

199
Q

S

-cele

A

tumor, hernia

200
Q

S

-centesis

A

puncturing

201
Q

S

-cyte

A

cell

202
Q

S

-eal

A

pertaining to

203
Q

S

-ectomy

A

a cutting out

204
Q

S

-emia

A

condition of the blood

205
Q

S

-emic

A

pertaining to the blood

206
Q

S

-gram

A

record or picture

207
Q

S

-ic

A

pertaining to

208
Q

S

-itis

A

inflammation

209
Q

S

-logy

A

study of

210
Q

S

-lysis

A

deconstruction or loosening

211
Q

S

-meter

A

measuring instrument

212
Q

S

-oma

A

tumor, sweliing

213
Q

S

-osis

A

condition of

214
Q

S

-ostomy

A

creation of an opening

215
Q

S

-ous

A

pertaining to

216
Q

S

-pathy

A

disease

217
Q

S

-plasty

A

surgical repair of, tying of

218
Q

S

-ptosis

A

falling or dropping

219
Q

S

-rrhagia

A

excessive flow, bursting forth

220
Q

S

-rrhea

A

flowing or discharge

221
Q

S

-scope

A

instrument for examination

222
Q

S

-scopy

A

examination with an instrument

223
Q

S

-stasis

A

standing still

224
Q

S

-taxia

A

order, coordination

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