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Question | Answer |
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ischi/o | ischium |
jejun/o | jejunum |
labi/o | lip |
lacrim/o | tear/crying |
lact/o | milk |
lapar/o | flank/abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx (voicebox) |
later/o | side |
leuc/o | white |
leuk/o | white |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
lob/o | lobe |
lumb/o | lower back |
lymph/o | lymph/lymphatics |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
medi/o | middle |
melan/o | black |
men/o | month |
mening/o | membrane |
metr/i | uterine tissue |
mon/o | one/only |
muc/o | mucus |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | marrow/spinal cord |
narc/o | sleep/numbness |
nas/o | nose |
ne/o | new |
necr/o | dead/corpse |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
odont/o | teeth |
odyn/o | pain/distress |
onc/o | bulk/tumor |
oophor/o | ovary |
ophthalm/o | eye |
or/o | mouth |
orchi/o | testicle |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
path/o | disease |
pelv/i | pelvis |
periton/o | peritoneum |
pharmac/o | drugs/medicine |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phleb/o | vein |
phon/o | sound/voice |
phot/o | light |
phren/o | mind/diaphragm |
pleur/o | pleura |
poster/o | posterior/toward the back |
pneum/o | air/breathing/lung |
proct/o | rectum/anus |
prostat/o | prostate |
proxim/o | nearest to the point of origin |
pseud/o | false |
psych/o | mind |
pub/o | pubis |
pulm/o | lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | trough/renal pelvis |
radi/o | radius/radiant energy |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidneys |
rhin/o | nose |
sacr/o | sacrum |
salping/o | tube |
scrot/o | scrotum |
semin/o | semen |
ser/o | serum |
somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
spermat/o | seed |
sphen/o | wedge/sphenoid bone |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
tars/o | ankle bone(tarsal) |
tempor/o | temple |
ten/o | tendon/tight band |
therm/o | heat |
thorac/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot/thrombus |
tibi/o | tibia |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
tox/o | poison |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
uln/o | ulna |
ur/o | urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
uter/o | uterus |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
vas/o | vessel/ductus deferens |
ven/o | vein |
ventr/o | ventral/belly side |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
vulv/o | vulva |
xanth/o | yellow |