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Ed's MedTerm
Stems 1
Stem | Meaning |
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acanth | spine, prickle |
aceto | vinegar |
acou | hear |
acro | extremity, tip, sharp |
actin | ray, beam |
acu | sharp, abrubt, sudden |
adeno | gland |
adipo | fat |
aero | air |
a(esth) | perception |
agogue | leader |
agon | contest, struggle |
ala | wing |
alb | white |
algo | pain |
alien | stranger, strange |
allelo | one another, mutual |
amauros | blind |
am(o)eb | constantly changing |
ambi/amph | both sides |
ambly | dim, faint |
amnio | amnion, "bowl" |
amylo | starch |
andro | male |
angio | vessel (blood, bile) |
ankyl | bent, crooked; a joint locked in one position |
annulus | little ring |
anser | goose |
anthem | flower |
anthrac | black |
anthro | man/human |
aort | aorta |
aphro | froth, sexual love |
aqu | water |
arachn | spider, spider web |
archo | ancient, beginning |
argy | silver, shining |
artero | artery (as opposed to vein) |
arthro | joint |
artic | little joint |
asthm | panting, short breaths |
athero | gruel |
atri | entry chamber |
axilla | armpit |
axo | center, axis |
aud | hear |
aur | hear |
aus | hear |
auto | self |
aux | make grow |
azo | nitrogen |
bac(t) | rod |
ball | throw |
balano | acorn, glans |
blast | sprout |
blenno | snot |
bleph | eyelid |
bol | throw |
brachi | arm |
brady | slow |
branch | gill |
bronch | bronchus |
bucc | cheek (inside) |
burs | bursa, purse |
caes | cut deep |
c(h)ord | notochord |
c(o)ele | rupture |
carpo | wrist |
calci | limestone |
calco | heel, spur |
calyc | cup |
campy | bend |
canc | crab |
capo | head, expanded part |
centr | center |
carbo | charcoal, carbon |
carcin | crab |
carcinoma | cancer from epithelium |
card | heart, heart-shape |
carot | great neck arteries |
carpo | wrist |
caus | burn |
centesis | puncture |
centr | center |
cep(h) | head, expanded part |
cephal | head |
cept | seize, take |
cereb(r) | brain |
cervic | neck |
ch(e)ir | hand |
chemo | chemistry |
chlor | light green |
chol(e) | bile |
chondr | cartilage; grain |
chorea | dance |
chori | chorionic membrane |
chrom | color |
chron | time, long time |
chyle | digested food juice |
cide | killing, "falling" |
cise | cut deep |