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Meanings

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Terminology
Meaning
or/o   mouth  
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stomat/o   mouth of stomach or organ  
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gloss/o   tongue  
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bucc/o   cheek  
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cheil/o   lip  
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dent/o   teeth (odont/o)  
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gingv/o   gums  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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sial/o   saliva, saliva glands  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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pharyng/o   pharynx (throat)  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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pylor/o   pylorus  
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duoden/o   duodenum (1st part sm. intestine)  
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jejun/o   jejunum (2nd part sm. intestine)  
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ile/o   ileum (3rd part sm. intestine)  
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enter/o   intestine (usually sm. intestine)  
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append/o   appendix (appendic/o)  
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col/o   colon (colon/o)  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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rect/o   rectum  
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proct/o   anus, rectum  
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an/o   anus  
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hepat/o   liver  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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cholangi/o   bile vessel  
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chol/e   bile, gall  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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choledoch/o   bile duct  
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-emesis   vomit  
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-iasis   abnormal condition  
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lith/o   stone, calculus  
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-orexia   appetite  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-prandial   meal  
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dia-   through, across  
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peri-   around  
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sub-   under, below  
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ankyl/o   stiffness, crooked, bent  
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arthr/o   joint  
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brachi/o   arm  
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carp/o   carpus (wristbone)  
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cephal/o   head  
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cost/o   ribs  
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cervic/o   neck, cervix, uteri, (neck of uterus)  
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condyl/o   condyle  
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dactyl/o   diget, fingers & toes  
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tal/o   ankle  
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femor/o   femur (thigh bone)  
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fibul/o   fibula (sm. bone / lower leg)  
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humer/o   humerus (upper arm bone)  
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ili/o   ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip)  
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ischi/o   ischium (lower hip bone)  
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ile/o   ileum (3rd part sm. intestine)  
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lumb/o   loins (low back)  
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thorac/o   chest  
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tendin/o   tendon  
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vertebr/o   vertebrae (backbone) describes structure of anatomy  
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lamin/o   lamina (thin flat surface or membrance)  
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stern/o   sternum (breast bone)  
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tibi/o   tibia (lg. bone - lower leg)  
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metcarp/o   metcarpus (hand bone)  
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orth/o   straight  
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oste/o   bone  
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phalang/o   phalanges (bones of fingers & toes)  
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patell/o   patella (kneecap)  
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ped/i   childs foot  
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pod/o   foot  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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pub/o   pubic (pelvis bone ->anterior part of pelvic bone)  
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rhabdomy/o   rod-shaped muscle  
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rachi/o   spine  
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spondyl/o   vertebrae (back bone - conditions of structure)  
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-per   through  
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dia-   across, through  
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-ultra   excess, beyond  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-poresis   porous  
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-blast   embryonic cell  
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-clasis   break, fracture, refracture  
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-desis   binding, fixation (of bones / joints), fushion  
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-malacia   softening  
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sub-   below, under  
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syn-   joined, together, union  
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-rrhea   discharge, flow  
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-rrhagia   bursting forth  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-physis   growth  
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-schisis   a splitting, cleft, fissure  
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-scopy   process of visual examination  
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-scope   instrument for examining  
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-atomy   process of cutting  
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-ostomy   creating artifical opening  
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stomat/o   mouth of stomach or organ  
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inter-   between  
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-metry   act of measuring  
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-algia   pain  
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-dynia   pain  
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aer/o   air  
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acr/o   extremities  
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duoden/o   duodenum (1st part of sm intestine)  
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jejun/o   jejunum (2nd part of sm intestine)  
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ile/o   ileum (3rd part of sm intestine)  
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enter-   intestines (usually sm intestines)  
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orth/o   straight  
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metcar/o   metacarpus (hand bone)  
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patell/o   patella (kneecap)  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle (visceral)  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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fasci/o   band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles)  
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synov/o   synovial membrane, synovial fluid  
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faci/o   face  
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tresia-   opening  
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tend/o   tendon (ten/o)  
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tresia-   opening  
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fasci/o   band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles)  
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faci/o   face  
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tend/o   tendon (ten/o)  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle  
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muscul/o   muscle (my/o, myos/o)  
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syn-   joined, together, union  
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supra-   above, excessive, superior  
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-desis   binding, fixation, fushion  
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-clast   break, fracture, refracture (-clasis)  
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-asthenia   weakness, debility  
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fibr/o   fiber, fibrous tissue  
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fasci/o   band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle  
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muscul/o   muscle (my/o, myos/o)  
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acromi/o   acromion (projection of scapula)  
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clavicul/o   clavicule (collar bone)  
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scoli/o   crooked, bent  
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orth/o   straight  
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kypl/o   hill, mountain  
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ankly/o   stiffness, crooked, bent  
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lamin/o   lamina (part of vertebral arch)  
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coccyg/o   coccyx (tail bone)  
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metatars/o   metatarsus (foot bone)  
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metacarp/o   metacarpus (hand bone)  
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vertebr/o   vertebrae (describes structure of anatomy) backbone  
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spondly/o   vertebrae (conditions of structure) backbone  
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patell/o   patella (kneecap)  
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