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Mterm3
Term | Definition |
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con- | together |
con/o | cone |
condyl/o | condyle, knob |
coni/o | dust |
conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva |
contra- | opposite, against |
cor/o | pupil |
cord/o | cord, spinal cord |
cordi/o | heart |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
coron/o | crown, heart |
corpor/o | body |
cortic/o | cortex (outer portion) |
cost/o | costa (rib) |
cox/o | coxa (hip) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
crin/o | to secrete, secreting |
-crine | to secrete, secreting |
-crit | to separate, separating |
crur/o | leg |
cry/o | extreme cold |
crypt- | hidden |
cubit/o | elbow, forearm |
culd/o | cul-de-sac (retrouterine pouch) |
-cusis | hearing |
cut/o | skin |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cycl/o | ciliary body, recurring, round |
-cyesis | pregnancy, gestation |
cyst/o | bladder, sac |
cyt/o | cell |
-cytosis | abnormal increase in cells |
dacry/o | tear |
dacryoaden/o | lacrimal gland |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dactyl/o | digitus (finger or toe) |
de- | down, lack of |
dendr/o | dendrite, tree |
dent/i | teeth |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
-desis | binding |
dextr/o | right |
di- | two, both |
dia- | through, complete |
diaphragm/o | diaphragm |
diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
digit/o | finger or toe |
dipl/o | double |
dips/o | thirst |
-dipsia | condition of thirst |
dis- | bad, abnormal, apart |
dist/o | far |
diverticul/o | diverticulum, pouch |
dors/o | back |
-drome | to run, running |
duct-o | to carry, carrying |
duoden/o | duodenum |
dur/o | dura mater, hard |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
-e | noun ending |
e- | outward, out |
-eal | pertaining to |
ec- | out, outward |
echo- | sound, reverberation |
-ectasia | condition of expansion, dilation |
-ectasis | expansion, dilation |
ecto- | outward, outer |
-ectomy | removal, excision |
-edema | swelling |
ef- | away from |
electr/o | electricity |
-emesis | vomiting, vomit |
-emia | blood condition |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
em- | in |
encephal/o | brain |
end- | within |
endo- | within |
endocardi/o | inner lining of the heart |
endometri/o | endometrium |
enter/o | small intestines, intestines |
eosin/o | rosy-colored |
epi- | above, upon |
epicardi/o | epicardium |
epidcondyl/o | epicondyle |
epididym/o | epididymis |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
erg/o | work |
erythr/o | red |
erythrocyt/o | red blood cell |
eschar/o | scab |
-esis | state of |
eso- | inward |
esophag/o | esophagus |
esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
ethmoid/o | ethmoid bone |
eu- | healthy, normal |
ex- | out |
exanthemat/o | rash |
-exia | condition |
exo- | outside |
extra- | outside |
faci/o | face |
fallopi/o | fallopian tube |
fasci/o | fascia |
fec/a | feces, stool |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fer/o | to bear, carry |
-ferous | to bear, carry |
ferr/o | iron |
fet/o | fetus |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibrin/o | fibrous substance |
fibul/o | fibula (lower lateral leg bone) |
-fida | to split, splitting |
flex/o | to bend, bending |
fluro/o | to flow, flowing |
-flux | to flow, flowing |
follicul/o | follicle, small sac |
foramin/o | hole, foramen |
fornic/o | arched structure, fornix |
front/o | front, forehead |
foss/o | hollow, depression |
fund/o | fundus (base, bottom) |
fung/i | fungus |
-fusion | process of pouring |
galact/o | milk |
gastr/o | stomach |
-gen | producing, produced by |
gen/o | origin, originate |
ger/o | old age |
geus/o | taste |
gingiv/o | gums |
glauc/o | gray, bluish green |
-glia | glia cell, glue |
-globin | protein substance |
-globulin | protein substance |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gloss/o | tongue |
gluc/ | glucose, sugar |
glute/o | gluteus (buttocks) |
glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
gnath/o | jaw, entire |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gon/o | seed |
gonad/o | gonad, sex organ |
goni/o | angle |
-gram | record, recording |
granul/o | little grain |
-graph | instrument to record |
graph/o | to write, writing |
-graphy | process of recording |
gravid/o | pregnancy, gestation |
-gravida | pregnancy, gestation |
gynec/o | female, woman |
halit/o | breath |
hal/o | to breath, breathing |
-cyte | cell |
-genesis | production, origin |
-genic | pertaining to producted by |
-genous | pertaining to originating from |