| Question |
Answer |
| de- |
away; deglutition- swallowing away from |
| deci- |
one-tenth (1/10) |
| deep |
most inward |
| deka- |
ten; dekagrams- ten grams |
| delta |
fan shaped or triangular; delta symbol |
| dem/o- |
people; demography- group of people |
| demi- |
half; demigod- half divine |
| dendr/o- |
tree shaped |
| dent/o- |
tooth or teeth; dental |
| depress/o- |
lower; depressor- one who lowers the mood |
| derm/o- |
skin; pachyderm- thick skin think of elephents |
| dermat/o- |
skin; dermatologist |
| -desis |
binding or to bind; ligodesis- to bind ligaments back to the bone |
| dextr/o- |
right; dextracardia- referst to the tilting of the heart to the right |
| dia- |
across, through, total, between; diaphragm- wall between sections of the body |
| -didymus |
testis or teste; epididymos- coiled structure on top of test 'seed producer' |
| different- |
to separate |
| digit- |
finger or toe |
| diplo- |
double or two; diploidy |
| dips/o- |
thirst or thirsty; polydispsia- being excessively thirsty |
| dipther/i- |
membrane; diptheria- refers to the membrane that they test for in this disease |
| dis- |
away from or reversed; disease- away from comfort or ease |
| dist/o- |
farther from; distal- being further away |
| diverticulo- |
outpouching; diverticulitis- inflamation of the fold (outpouching) of the large intestine |
| doch/o- |
duct or canal; choledochitis- inflamation of the bile duct |
| doct/o- |
to teach or teacher; doctor- one who teaches |
| dol/o- |
pain; dolor- one who is in pain |
| dors/o- |
back; dorsal fin |
| dromo- |
runnning; dromomania- madness of running |
| duct/o- |
to draw or to lead away; abduction- to draw away and steal |
| duoden/o- |
twelve; duodenitis- inflamation in part of small intestine with twelve parts |
| dura- |
hard; dura mater- hard layer of membrane covering the brain and spinal cord |
| dy/o- |
two or a pair; dyad- referring to a pair |
| dynamo- |
work or strength; dynamite- explosive strength |
| -dynia |
pain; coccygodynia- pain in the tailbone |
| dys- |
difficult, faulty, painful; dystocia- difficult birth |
| -e |
instrument |
| e- |
out or remove; eviscerate- to remove internal organs |
| ec- |
outside, outward, outer, out, ectopic pregnacy- pregnacy outside of the uterus |
| eccrine- |
secreting or to secrete; eccritic- promoting secretion from body structure |
| echo- |
sound |
| -ectasis |
enlargement or dilation; bronchiectasis- enlargement of the windpipe |
| -ectomy |
excision or removal; tonsillectomy- taking out the tonsils |
| eczema |
to boil out; eczema- to boil out skin lessions |
| edema- |
swelling; lymphedema- swelling of the lymphnodes |
| ef- |
away or out; efferent- to carry away |
| electr/o- |
electrical |
| -ellum |
lesser or smaller; cerebellum- smaller part of the brain |
| em- |
in |
| embryo- |
early; embryonic- early in the pregnancy |
| -emesis |
vomit; hememesis- vomiting blood |
| -emia |
blood; lukemia- white blood |
| emphysema |
puffed up |
| en- |
in |
| enamel |
hard; enamel- hard covering of the tooth |
| encephalo- |
within head (referring to the brain); encephalogram- recording wihtin the brain |
| endo- |
within or inside; endoderm- within or inside the skin |
| enema- |
injection; enema- injection of water in the colon |
| entero- |
intestine (usually referring to the small intestine); enteritis- inflamation of the small intestine |
| enuresis |
to void or expel urine |
| eosin/o- |
rose red color; eosinophil- staining of white blood cells red |
| epi- |
upon; epididymis- upon the testes |
| episi/o- |
pubic region |
| ergo- |
work or labor; ergometer- to measure the amount of work something takes |
| erythermat/o- |
red or flushed; erthermatic- referring to red or flushed |
| erythr/o- |
red; erythrocyte- red cell that carries oxygen to the body's cells |
| eschar |
scab |
| eso- |
toward |
| esthes/i- |
physical feeling; anesthesia- without physical feeling |
| estr/o- |
female; estrogen- begining of the female cycle |
| eti/o- |
cause; etiology- origin of a disease |
| eu- |
good or normal; eutocia- normal birth |
| ex- |
out, outside, outward |
| facet/o- |
face; facet- little face |
| fasc/i- |
band; fascia- covering around and between muscles |
| febr/o- |
fever; febrile- state of having a fever |
| fec/o- |
stool or fecal matter; fecolith- stool like stone |
| femor/o- |
thigh; femoral- refering to the thigh |
| -ference |
to carry; vas deference- to carry away from |
| ferro- |
iron; ferrous- state of iron |
| fet/o- |
young; fetus |
| fibrill/o- |
to quiver; fibrillation- process of muscle fiber contraction (quivering) |
| fibro- |
fiber; fibroma- tumor with thread fibrous like structures |
| fibul/o- |
to clasp; fibula- smaller out long bone of the lower leg |
| fil- |
thread; filament- state of thread |
| fiss- |
to split or splitting; fission- refering to splitting |
| fistul/o- |
pipe or pipe stem; pyofistula- pus found within a pipe or tube that opens to the body surface |
| flex- |
to bend |
| flu- |
flowing; influenza- condition of mucus flowing |
| -flux |
to flow; reflux- the flow of a substance backward or upward |
| foramen/o- |
opening; Foramenal- refering to an opening |
| fore- |
before; forearm- before the arm, between the elbow or the wrist |
| fract/o- |
to break; fracture- refering to a break |
| front/o- |
forehead or before; frontal- pertaining to the forehead |
| fungi- |
mushroom |
| furun/o- |
boil; furuncle- small boil |
| galact/o- |
milk; galactopoiesis- production of milk |
| gangli/o- |
knot, swelling, or collection; ganglian- knot of nervous tissue in the brain |
| gangren/o- |
eating sore; grangrenous- refering to necrotic tissue |
| gastr/o- |
stomach |
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