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Question | Answer |
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Acr/o | extremities |
Aden/o | gland |
Adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
Andr/o | male |
Angi/o | vessel (blood) |
Ankyl/o | crooked; bent |
Arteri/o | artery |
Arthr/o | joint |
Balan/o | glans penis |
Blast/o | immature |
Blephar/o | eyelid |
Bronch/o | bronchial tube |
Cancer/o | cancerous |
Cardi/o | heart |
Cephal/o | head |
Cheil/o | lip |
Chol/e | bile; gall |
Cholangi/o | bile vessel |
Chondr/o | cartilage |
Col/o | colon (large) |
Colp/o | vagina |
Cor/o | pupil |
Cost/o | rib |
Crin/o | secrete |
Crypt/o | hidden |
Cyan/o | blue |
Cyst/o | urinary bladder |
Cyt/o | cell |
Dacry/o | tear |
Derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
Dextr/o | both; sugar |
Dips/o | thirst |
Dors/o | back (of body) |
Ech/o | reflected sound |
Enter/o | intestines (small) |
Erythr/o | red |
Esophag/o | esophagus |
Esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
Galact/o | milk |
Gloss/o | tongue |
Hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
Hepat/o | liver |
Hidr/o | sweat |
Hydr/o | water |
Hyster/o | uterus |
Gangli/o | ganglion |
Gastr/o | stomach |
Glauc/o | gray |
Glyc/o | glucose; sugar |
Irid/o | iris |
Kary/o | nucleus |
Kinesi/o | movement |
Laryng/o | larynx |
Later/o | side |
Lept/o | thin, slender |
Leuk/o | white |
Lith/o | stone |
Lymph/o | lymph |
Mast/o | breast |
Melan/o | black |
Men/o | menses |
Metr/o | uterus |
Myc/o | fungus |
My/o | muscle |
Myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
Myring/o | tympanic membrane |
Nephr/o | kidney |
Neur/o | nerve |
Onych/o | nail |
Oophor/o | ovary |
Opthalm/o | eye |
Orchid/o | testis |
Oste/o | bone |
Ot/o | ear |
Pharyng/o | throat |
Phleb/o | vein |
Phon/o | voice; sound |
Pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
Presby/o | old age |
Proct/o | anus and rectum |
Prostat/o | prostate gland |
Rachi/o | spinal column |
Retin/o | retina |
Rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
Rhin/o | nose |
Salping/o | fallopian tube |
Sacr/o | flesh |
Scler/o | sclera |
Seb/o | sebum |
Sider/o | iron |
Sinister/o | left |
Somat/o | body |
Splen/o | spleen |
Stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
Stomat/o | mouth |
Tax/o | order |
Tend/o | tendon |
Thromb/o | clot |
Thry/o | thyroid gland |
Tox/o | poison |
Trache/o | trachear (wind pipe) |
Trich/o | hair |
Tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
Urther/o | urethra |
Ven/o | vein |
Xanth/o | yellow |