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Question | Answer |
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acanth/o | spiny; thorny |
acetabul/o | acetabulum |
acous/o | hearing |
acromi/o | acromion (extension of shoulder bone |
actin/o | light |
acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
all/o | other |
alveol/o | alvelus; air sac; small sac |
ambly/o | dim; dull |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessels) |
anis/o | unequal |
anthr/o | antrum of the stomach |
anxi/o | uneasy; anxious |
aort/o | aorta (largest artery) |
aphth/o | ulcer |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
aque/o | water |
articul/o | joint |
asbest/o | asbestos |
atel/o | incomplete |
atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
azot/o | urea; nitrogen |
bacill/o | bacilli (bacteria) |
balan/o | glans penis |
bar/ | pressure; weight |
bartholin/o | Bartholin glands |
bas/o | base; opposite of acid |
bil/i | bile; gall |
bol/o | cast; throw |
brachi/o | arm |
bucc/o | cheek |
bunion/o | bunion |
byssin/o | cotton dust |
cac/o | bad |
cali/o | calyx |
calic/o | calyx |
capillar/o | capillary (tiniest blood vessel) |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
caus/o | burn; burning |
cauter/o | heat; burn |
celi/o | belly; abdomen |
cerumin/o | cerumen |
chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
chore/o | dance |
chori/o | chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus) |
choroid/o | choroid layer of eye |
chron/o | time |
chym/o | to pour |
cib/o | meal |
cine/o | movement |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
cis/o | to cut |
claustr/o | enclosed space |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
cochle/o | cochlea (inner part of ear) |
coll/a | glue |
colp/o | vagina |
comat/o | deep sleep |
comi/o | to care for |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (lines the eyelids) |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
coron/o | heart |
corpor/o | body |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
cras/o | mixture; temperament |
culd/o | cul-de-sac |
cycl/o | ciliary body for eye; cycle; circle |
dacry/o | tear |
dacryoaden/o | tear gland |
dacryocyst/o | tear sac; lacrimal sac |
dem/o | people |
desicc/o | drying |
diaphor/o | sweat |
duct/o | to lead, carry |
dur/o | dura mater |