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| Element |
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|
| Meaning |
|
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| cost- |
rib |
| -gram |
record, write |
| acro- |
extremities |
| rhexis- |
break, burst |
| carcin- |
cancer |
| -penia |
decrease |
| gen- |
original, production |
| burso- |
sac |
| retr(o)- |
backwards |
| trip- |
rub, friction |
| strept- |
twist |
| -desis |
binding, fixation |
| mani- |
madness, mental disturbance |
| glosso- |
tongue |
| -trophy |
development, growth |
| supra- |
above, over |
| -ptosis |
falling, drooping |
| dyn- |
pain |
| mast- |
breast |
| -rrhaphy |
suture, suturing |
| dent- |
teeth |
| cephal- |
head |
| auto- |
self |
| epi- |
upon, in addition to |
| hydro- |
water |
| lobo- |
section |
| -emesis |
vomiting |
| contra- |
against, counter |
| -iasis |
condition, formation of, presence of |
| trans- |
through, across, beyond |
| brady- |
slow |
| -ectasis |
expansion |
| cyt- |
cell |
| odont- |
tooth |
| leuk- |
white |
| -esthesia |
sensation, feeling |
| cantho- |
angle at the end of the eyelid |
| steno- |
narrow, contracted |
| cheil- |
lip |
| -cele |
hernia, tumor or swelling |
| benign |
mild, not cancerous |
| semen |
seed |
| celio- |
abdomen |
| erythro- |
red |
| vaso- |
vessel |
| melan- |
black |
| cauda- |
tail |
| lingua- |
tongue |
| myring- |
eardrum |
| spondyl- |
spinal column or vertebra |
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