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Word/Mean Prt-ABCDE
Word Part and Meanin
Term | Definition |
---|---|
A-, AN- | NO, NOT |
AB- | AWAY FROM |
ABDOMIN/O | ABDOMEN SEE ALSO LAPAR/o |
-AC | PERTAINING TO |
AD- | TOWARD |
ADEN/O | GLAND |
ADENOID/O | ADENOIDS |
ADREN/O | ADRENAL GLAND |
-AL | PERTAINING TO |
-ALGIA | CONDITION OF PAIN SEE ALSO -DYNIA |
-AN | PERTAINING TO |
ANA- | UP, APART |
AN/O | ANUS |
ANGIO/O | VESSEL (BLOOD) |
ANTE- | BEFORE, FORWARD |
ANTER/O | FRONTT |
ANTI- | AGAINST |
AORT/O | AORTA |
APPEND/O, APPENDIC/O | APPENDIX |
-AR | PERTAINING TO |
ARTERI/O | ARTERY |
ARTERIOL/O | SMALL ARTERY |
ARTHR/O | JOINT |
-ARY | PERTAINING TO |
ATHER/O | FATTY PLAQUE |
-ATION | PROCESS, CONDITION |
AUR/O | SELF |
AXILL/O | ARMPIT |
BALAN/O | PENIS |
BARI/O | WEIGHT |
BI- | TWO |
BI/O | LIFE |
BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
BRADY | SLOW |
BRONCH/O | BRONCHIAL TUBE |
BRONCHIOL/O | SMALL BRONCHIAL TUBE |
CALCANE/O | CALCANEUS (HEEL BONE) |
CAPILLAR/O | CAPILLARY |
CARCIN/O | CANCER/CANCEROUS |
CARDI/O | HEART |
CARP/O | WRIST BONE (CARPALS) |
-CELE | HERNIA |
-CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
CEPHAL.O | HEAD |
CEREBELL/O | CEREBELLUM (POSTERIOR PART OF THE BRAIN) |
CEREBR/O | CEREBRUM OR BRAIN |
CERVIC/O | NECK |
CHEM/O | DRUG/CHEMICAL |
CHOLECYST/O | GALLBLADDER |
CHOLEDOCH/O | COMMON BILE DUCT |
CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
CHRON/O | TIME |
-CISION | PROCESS OF CUTTING |
CIS/O | TO CUT |
CLAVICUL/O | CLAVICLE (COLLARBONE) |
COCCYG/O | TAILBONE |
COL/O | COLON (LARGE INTESTINE) |
COLON/O | COLON |
COLP/O | VAGINIA |
COMI/O | TO CARE FOR |
CON- | WITH, TOGETHER |
CONTRA- | AGAINST |
CORON/O | HEART |
COST/O | RIB |
CRANI/O | SKULL |
CRIN/O | SECRETE |
-CRINE | SECRETION |
-CRIT | SEPERATION |
CRY/O | COLD |
CUTANE/O | SKIN |
CYAN/O | BLUE |
CYST/O | URINARY BLADDER |
CYTE | CELL |
CYT/O | CELL |
DACTYL/O | FINGERS OR TOES |
DE- | AWAY FROM, DOWN |
DENT/I | TOOTH |
DERMAT/O, DERM/O | SKIN |
DIA | COMPLETE, THROUGH |
-DIPSIA | THIRST |
DUODEN/O | DUODENUM |
-DYNIA | PAIN |
DYS- | ABNORMAL, BAD, DIFFICULT PAINFUL |
-EAL | PERTAINING TO |
-EC | OUT, OUTSIDE |
-ECTASIA, -ECTASIS | DILATION, STRETCHING, WIDENING |
ECTO- | OUT, OUTSIDE |
-ECTOMY | EXCISION, PROCESS OF CUTTING OUT |
ELECTRO/O | ELECTRICTIY |
-EMESIS | VOMITING |
-EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
EN- | IN, INNER, WITHIN |
ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
ENDO- | WITHIN, IN, INNER |
ENDOCRIN/O | ENDOCRINE GLANDS |
ENTER/O | INTESTING SMALL |
EPI- | ABOVE, UPON |
EPIGLOTT/O | EPIGLOTTIS |
EPITHELI/O | SKIN SURFACE |
ERYTHR/O | RED |
ESOPHAG/O | ESOPHAGUS |
ESTHESI.O | SENSATION |
EU- | GOOD NORMAL |
EX-, EXO-EXTRA- | OUT, OUTSIDE |