Endo Euro Terminology
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| aden/o | gland
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| goiter | enlargement of thyroid gland
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| polydipsia | excessive thirst
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| alges/o | sensitivity to pain
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| andr/o | male
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| angi/o | vessel
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| calc/o | calcium
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| caus/o | burn, burning
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| comat/o | deep sleep
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| cortic/o | cortex, outer region
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| cry/o | cold
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| dips/o | thirst
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| dur/o | dura matter
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| encephal/o | brain
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| esthesi/o | nervous sensation
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| estr/o | female
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| gli/o | neuroglia (glue)
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| gluc/o; glyc/o | sugar, glucose
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| gonad/o | sex glands
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| home/o | sameness, unchanging, constant
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| hormon/o | hormone
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| hydr/o | water, fluid
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| insulin/o | insulin
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| kal/i | potassium
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| kines/o | movement
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| lact/o | milk
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| lept/o | thin, slender
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| lex/o | word, phrase
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| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering SC and brain)
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| meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering SC and brain)
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| myx/o | mucos
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| narc/o | numbness, stupor, sleep
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| natr/o | sodium
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| neur/o | nerve
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands
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| phys/o | (blank)
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| pituitar/o | pituitary gland
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| pont/o | pons (part of the brain)
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| radicul/o | nerve root
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| somat/o | body
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| spin/o | spine, backbone
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| ster/o | solid structore, steroid
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| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short, faint
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| tax/o | order, coordination
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| thalam/o | thalamus
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| thec/o | sheath (of brain and spinal cord)
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| thyr/o | thyroid gland, shield
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| thyroid/o | thyroid gland, shields
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| toc/o | labor, birth
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| toxic/o | poison
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| troph/o | nourishment, development
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| ur/o | urinary tract, urine
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| vag/o | vagus nerve
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| eu- | good, normal
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| hemi- | half
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| hyper- | excessive, above
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| hypo- | deficient, under
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| intra- | within, into
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| micro- | small
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| oxy- | swift, sharp, acid
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| pan- | all
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| para- | to bear, bring forth
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| polio- | gray matter
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| poly- | many, much
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| quadri- | four
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| sub- | under, beneath
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| tetra- | four
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| tri- | three
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| a-, an- | no, not without
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| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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| epi- | upon, on or above
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| agon | to assemble, gather
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| algesia | sensitivity to pain
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| -cele | hernia;herniation
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| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection
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| -emia | blood condition
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| esthesia | nervous sensation
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| genic | produced by or in
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| -gram | record
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| in, ine | a substance
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| -itis | inflammation
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| kinesia, kinesis | movement
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| kinetic | (blank)
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| lepsy | seizure
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oid | resembling;like
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| -oma | tumor, mass
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| ose | full of , pertaining to, sugar
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -paresis | slight paralysis
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| -pathy | disease, emotion
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| phagia | eating, swallowing
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| physis | to grow
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| praxia | action
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| -ptosis | drooping;sagging;prolapse
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| stasis | to stop, control, place
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| sthenia | strength
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| tocin | labor, birth
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| tomy | process of cutting
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| trohpy | nourishment, development
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| tropin | stimulate, act on
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| uria | urination, condition of urine
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