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| a-, an- |
no, not, without, lack of, apart |
| ad- |
toward, near, to |
| bi- |
two, double |
| de- |
down, away from; take away, remove |
| di- |
two, double |
| dia- |
through, between |
| dif-, dis- |
apart, free from, separate |
| ec-, ecto- |
out, outside, outer |
| end-, endo- |
within, inner |
| ep-, epi- |
upon, over, beyond |
| eu- |
good, normal |
| ex-, exo- |
out, away from |
| extra- |
outside, beyond |
| hyper- |
above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo- |
below, under, deficient |
| in- |
in, into, not |
| mega- |
large, great |
| meta- |
beyond, over, between, change |
| para- |
beside, alongside, abnormal |
| poly- |
many, much, excessive |
| post- |
after, behind |
| pre- |
before, in front of |
| pro- |
before, in front of |
| super- |
above, beyond |
| supra- |
above, beyond |
| acro- |
extremities; top or extreme point |
| aero- |
air |
| aniso- |
unequal |
| brady- |
slow |
| dys- |
bad, painful, difficult |
| hemi- |
one side, half |
| hemo- |
blood |
| hetero- |
different |
| homo- |
same |
| hydro- |
water |
| iso- |
equal, same |
| lip- |
fat |
| mal- |
bad, poor |
| megalo- |
large (enlarged) |
| noct- |
night |
| nyct- |
night |
| pan- |
all, every |
| per- |
through |
| peri- |
around, surrounding |
| pyo- |
pus |
| re- |
put back |
| syn- |
going together, unites |
| tachy- |
fast |
| tri- |
three |
| quadri- |
four |
| deca- |
ten |
| multi- |
many (more than one) |
| primi- |
first |
| semi- |
half (partially) |
| ambi- |
both or both sides |
| ab- |
away from |
| circum- |
around |
| contra- |
opposition, against |
| infra- |
below, under |
| intra- |
inside |
| meso- |
middle |
| retro- |
behind, backward |
| sub- |
under, near |
| acu- |
needle |
| bio- |
life |
| equi- |
equality, equal |
| abdomin/o |
abdomen |
| aden/o |
gland |
| andr/o |
men |
| angi/o |
vessel |
| appendage |
attached or outgrowth |
| appendic/o |
appendix |
| ateri/o |
artery |
| arthr/o |
joint |
| encephal/o |
brain |
| esophag/o |
esophagus |
| gastr/o |
stomach |
| gloss/o |
tongue |
| gyne |
woman |
| hepat/o |
liver |
| hyster/o |
uterus |
| irid/o |
iris (eye) |
| lamina, lamin/o |
thin, flat part of vertebra |
| lingua |
tongue |
| lob/o |
lobe, as of lung or brain |
| mamm/o |
breast |
| mast/o |
breast |
| myel/o |
bone marrow, spinal cord |
| my/o |
muscle |
| nephr/o |
kidney |
| neur/o |
nerve |
| oophor/o |
ovary |
| opthalm/o |
eye |
| oste/o |
bone |
| ot/o |
ear |
| pancreat/o |
pancreas |
| pharyng/o |
pharynx |
| phleb/o |
vein |
| pneum/o |
lungs (air or gas) |
| ren/i |
kidney |
| rhin/o |
nose |
| sacr/0 |
sacrum |
| spleen/o |
spleen |
| spondyl/o |
vertebra |
| steth/o |
chest |
| stomat/o |
mouth |
| ten/o |
tendon |
| thorac/o |
thorax |
| thyr/o |
thyroid gland |
| trache/o |
trachea |
| tympan/o |
eardrum |
| vas/o |
vessel |
| ven/i |
vein |
| dipl/o |
pairs |
| staphyl/o |
bunches, like grapes |
| strept/o |
twisted |
| alb |
white |
| chlor/o |
green |
| chrom/o |
color |
| cirrh/o |
orange-yellow |
| cyan/o |
blue |
| erythr/o |
red |
| leuk/o |
white |
| melan/o |
black |
| poli/o |
gray |
| rhod/o |
red |
| rubi/o |
reddish, redness |
| xanth/o |
yellowish |
| adip/o |
fat |
| blast/o |
early embryonic stage, immature |
| calor/i |
heat |
| carcin/o |
cancer |
| caud/o |
tail |
| cavit/o, cav/o |
hollow cavity |
| chron/o |
time, timing |
| consci/o |
awareness, aware |
| constrict/o |
narrowing |
| corpor/o |
body |
| cry/o |
cold |
| dolor/o |
pain |
| dynam/o |
power, strength |
| eti/o |
etiology |
| febr/i |
fever |
| funct/o |
performance |
| gel/o |
to freeze, congeal |
| ger/o |
aged, old age |
| hapl/o |
simple, single |
| hist/o |
tissue |
| kel/o |
tumor, fibrous growth |
| medic/o |
heal, healing |
| morph/o |
shape, form |
| nos/o |
disease |
| pharmac/o |
drugs |
| physic/o |
physical, natural |
| plex/o |
network (nerves or vessels) |
| puls/o, pulsat/o |
to beat, beating |
| purul/o |
pus formation |
| pyr/o |
fire, fever, heat |
| scirrh/o |
hard |
| systol/o |
contration |
| therm/o |
heat |
| tors/o |
twisting, twisted |
| tri/o |
to sort out, sorting |
| vir/o |
virus |
| viscer/o |
internal organs |
| vit/o |
life |
| zyg/o |
union, junction |
| -ectomy |
excision or removal |
| -centesis |
surgical puncture |
| -os/tomy |
mouth, forming an opening |
| -tomy |
incision, to cut into |
| -desis |
binding, stabilization |
| -rrhaphy |
suture |
| -plasty |
molding or shaping |
| -clasis |
to break down, refracture |
| -lysis |
loosen, free from adhesions, destruction |
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