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USF MT 6-8
Question | Answer |
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ANDR- | man, male |
ANKYL-, ANCYL- | fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked |
APHRODIS(I)- | sexual desire; pertaining to Aphrodite |
BRACHY- | short |
CRYPT- | hidden, latent |
DEM- | people, population |
DOLICH- | long, narrow, slender |
DROM- | a running |
ER-, EROT- | sexual desire |
GYN(EC)- | woman, female |
HELMINT(H)- | (intestinal) worm |
NEMAT- | thread (worm) |
NOS- | disease, illness |
ODONT- | tooth |
PALI(N)- | back, again |
PAN(T)- | all, entire, every |
PHOR- | bearing, carrying |
PHOS-, PHOT- | light, daylight |
PLEC-, PLEG- | strike, paralyze |
R(H)ACHI- | spine |
SCHIZ-, SCHIST-, -SCHISIS | split, cleft, fissure |
SPONDYL- | vertebra |
-STAXIS, -STAXIA | dripping, oozing (of blood) |
THAN(AT)- | death |
THE- | place, put |
TRICH- | hair |
TROPH- | nourishment |
ADEN- | gland |
AER- | air, gas |
BLENN- | mucus |
CEL(I)- | abdomen |
CH(E)IL- | lip |
CHRON- | time, timing |
CLA(S)-, -CLAST | break (up), destroy |
-DESIS | binding |
DESM- | [binding] ligament, connective tissue |
DYNAM- | force, power, energy |
GER- | old age |
GNATH- | (lower) jaw |
ISCH-, -SCHE- | suppress, check |
KLEPT- | steal |
LEI- | smooth |
LEP- | attack, seizure |
MAN- | be mad |
MEL- | limb |
MORPH- | form, shape |
NOM- | law |
OMPHAL- | naval, umbilicus |
PED- | child |
PEN- | decrease, deficiency |
-PEX- | fixing, (surgical) attachment |
PLAS(T)- | form, develop |
PRESBY- | old, old age |
PROSTAT- | prostate gland [one who stands before] |
PTY- | spit |
PYTAL- | saliva |
-RRHAPH- | suture |
SIT- | food |
STA(T)- | stand, stop |
TAX- | (muscular) coordination |
THERM- | heat, (body) temperature |
TROP- | turning |
ab-, abs-, a | away from |
ad-, ac-, etc. | to, towards |
ambi- | both |
ante- | before, forward |
bi-, bin-, bis- | twice |
circum- | around |
con-, co-, col-, etc. | together, with, thoroughly, very |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, away from, absent |
dis-, di-, dif- | apart, away |
ex-, e-, ef- | out of, away from |
extra-, extro- | on the outside, beyond |
in- | (adverbial) in, into |
in- | (negative) not |
in- | (intensive) very, thoroughly |
infra- | beneath, below |
inter- | between |
intra-, intro- | within |
non- | not |
mult-, multi- | many, much, affecting many parts |
ob-, oc-, op- | against, towards; very, thoroughly |
per-, pel- | through; very, thoroughly |
post- | after, following, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | forward, in front |
re- | back, again |
retro- | backward, in back, behind |
se- | apart, away from |
semi- | half- |
sub-, suf-, sup- | under |
super-, supra- | over, above, excess |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
ABDOMIN- | belly, abdomen |
ADIP- | fat |
AUR- | ear |
BACILL- | bacillus (rod, staff) |
BURS- | bursa (leather sac) |
CALC- | stone, calcium, lime (salts) |
CALOR- | heat, energy |
CAPIT- | head |
CEREBR- | brain |
COST- | rib |
DENT- | tooth |
DORS- | back (of the body) |
EXTERN- | outer |
FIBR- | fiber, filament |
FISTUL- fistula, | abnormal tubelike body passage |
FRIG-, FRIGOR- | cold |
INSUL- | island |
INTERN- | inner |
MEAT- | passage, opening, meatus |
NAS- | nose |
PUR- | pus |
RADIC-, RAD-, RADIX- | root |
REN- | kidney |
SANGUI(N)- | blood |
SON- | sound |
SYNOV- | synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac |
TUB- | tube (trumpet) |
TUSS- | cough |
VACC- | cow |
VIR-, VIRUS- | virus [poison, venom] |
VISCER- | internal organ(s) |
-an | pertaining to, located in |
-ar | pertaining to, located in |
-arium | place for something |
-ary | a place for something |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ate | having the form of, possessing |
-ia | forms abstract nouns |
-ian | expert in a certain field |
-ic | pertaining to |
-id | pertaining to |
-ile | pertaining to, capable of |
-ine | pertaining to, located in |
-ive | pertaining to |
-lent | full of |
-ose | full of |
-ous | full of |
-ty | forms abstract nouns |
-y | forms abstract nouns |
-cle, -culus | indicates smallness |
-ella-, -ellum | indicates smallness |
-il, -illa | indicates smallness |
-ola, -olus | indicates smallness |
-ule, -ulus | indicates smallne |