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A- | without or lack of
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a/men/orrhea | without or lack of/monthly/flow
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Ab- | away (away from)
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ab/norm/al | away (away from)/normal or regular/ refers to
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ab/ducens | away/draw or lead
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-able | capability of or ability to
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erg/able | work/capable of
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abort/io | to miscarry (natural or induced)
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abort/ion | to miscarry (natural or induced)/procedure of or process of
(discharge of the embry/o "early" or fet/us "young" deliberate or not)
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abrupt/io- | to tear away from
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abruptus placentae | to tear away from (seperate quickly)/ cake
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abscess | a going away
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acne | pointed
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acoust/i | hearing
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acoust/ic | hearing/refers to
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acr/o | extremities, height, and pointed
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acro/phob/ia | height/fear/refers to
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acro/megal/y | extremities/enlarged/refers to
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acr/om/ial | extremity/shoulder/refer to
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actin/o | sun, ray, radium
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actino/myco/sis | ray, sun, radium/fungus/condition (growth)
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acu- | sharp
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acu/ity | sharp/process of
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acute | quick, sharply, sudden
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-ac | refers to, state of, pertains to
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cardi/ac | heart/refers to, pertains to, state of
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ad- | near or beside
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ad/ren/al | near or beside/kidney/refers to
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aden/o | gland
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aden/ectomy | gland/removal
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adip/o | fat
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adip/oma | fat/tumor
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aer/o | air or gas
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aero/cele | air or gas/distension of cavity
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af- | toward
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af/ferent | toward/to carry
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alb/o | white
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albin/ism | white/state of
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alges/i- | pain
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an/alges/ic | without/pain/refers to
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-algia | pain
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neur/algia | nerve/pain
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alopec/i | fox mange or baldness
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alopec/ia | fox mange or baldness/refers to
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alveol/i | cavity
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alveol/us | small hollow or cavity/refers to
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ambi- | both
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ambi/later/al | both/sides/refers to
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ambi/dextr/ous | both/right (dominant hand)/refers to or state of
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dextero | right
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sinistro | left
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ambul/o | to walk
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ambul/atory | to walk or walking/ process of
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amphi- | both
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amphi/arthr/osis | both sides/joint/condition of
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amylo- | starch
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amyl/uria | starch/in urine
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amyl/ase | starch/enzyme
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an- | lack of or without
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an/orex/ia | lack of or without/appetite/refers to
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an/o- | ring
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an/al | ring (sphincter of anus)/refers to
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ana- | apart or up
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ana/tom/y | apart or up/cut/procedure of or process of
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ana/phase | up/stage
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anaphase | mitosis stage when chromosomes move up or apart
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angi/o- | vessel
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angi/oma | vessel/swelling or tumor
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angin/o- | vessel
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angin/a | refers to a vessel condition of choking or blocking of blood flow to the heart muscle (results in chest pain or discomfort)
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ankyl/o- | fuse or bind
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ankylo/spondylo/itis | fuse or bind/stiff/crooked,spine, inflammation
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ante- | before
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ante/nat/al | before/birth/pertain to
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ante/pyrect/ic | before/fever/refers to
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anter/o- | before or foremost
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anter/ior | before or foremost (in front)/refers to
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anthrax | coal or carbuncle
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anthr/ax | coal or carbuncle/ a lesion
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anti- | against
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anti/sept/ic | against/infection/refers to
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anti/bio/tic | against/life/refers to
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anuerysm- | dilation or ballooning
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anuerysm/oplasty | dilation or ballooning/surgical repair
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-apheresis | to remove or separate (blood into parts)
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leuko/aphere/sis | WBC/to remove or separate/condition of (separate blood into component parts or remove toxins)
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apo- | above or upon
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apo/plex/y | above or upon/paralyzed/process of
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aqua- | water
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aqua/therap/y | water/treat/process or procedure
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arachino- | spider
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arach/noid | spider/resembles
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arche/o- | first
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arche/type | first or original/form or shape (it produces other forms)
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-aria | air
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mal/aria | bad/air
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arteri/o- | artery
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arterio/gram | artery/recording
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arterio/scler/osis | artery/hard/condition
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arter/iol/oma | artery/small/swelling
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arthro- | joint
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arthro/scop/ic | joint/viewing or examining/pertains to
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articul/o- | jointed
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articul/ation | jointed/process of
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-ar | refers to or pertains to
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patell/ar | little dish (knee cap)/refers to
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ascar/i- | worm
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ascari/asis | worm/condition of
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helminthiasis | worm condition
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vermiform | worm/shape
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-ase | enzyme
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lip/ase | fat/enzyme
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-asthenia | weakness
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my/asthenia | muscle/without strength; or having weakness
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neur/asthenia | nerve/weakness
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asthma- | panting
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asthama/tic | panting/refers to
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ATELO- | incomplete, without end, imperfect ending
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atelo/spir/osis | incomplete, without end, imperfect ending/breathing/condition of
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ATHERO- | porridge or yellow fat
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athero/scler/osis | porridge or yellow fat/harden (in lumen of blood vessels)/condition or disease
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-ATION | process of or procedure of
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circul/ation | circle/process of
(blood moving from heart and returning)
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cardio/graph/y | heart/instrument to record/procedure of
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-ATRESIA | closure
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ven/atresia | vein/closure
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ATRI/O- | chamber
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atri/um | chamber/refers to
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ATTRIT/I- | wearing out
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attrit/ion | wearing out/process of
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AUDI- | hearing
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audi/olog/y | hearing/science of or study of/ procedure or process of
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audio/meter | hear/measurement
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AUR/I- | ear
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aur/al | ear/pertains to
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aur/icle | ear/small or little
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AUSCULT/O- | to listen
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auscult/ation | to listen (physical diagnosis)/process of
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AUTO- | self
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auto/hypn/osis | self/sleep/condition of (simulated sleep in alpha brain state of consciousness)
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aut/ism | self/state of
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burs/a | sac, wine sac, pouch/refers to(protective pad-like structure in joints)
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blister or bulla 'bubble'/refers to(bleb/ic is a bulb or blister that often is filled with blood)
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BLENNO- | mucus
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blen/oma | mucus/tumor or swelling
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BLEPHARO- | eyelid
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blephar/oma | eyelid/swelling or tumor
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BOL/O- | lump or ball
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bol/us | lump or ball, choice bit of food (in stomach), to throw up /refers to
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BRACH/I- | arm
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brachi/al | arm/refers to(humerus is the bone of upper arm)
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BRACHY- | short
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brachy/dactyl/ia | short/fingers (and toes)/refers to
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BRADY- | slow
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brady/pnea | slow/breathing
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BREVI- | short
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brev/ity | short/state of
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BRONCH/I- | windpipe or trachea like
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bronchi/al | windpipe or trachea like (large lung tubes)/refers to
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BRUX- | grinding
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brux/ism | grinding (teeth)/state of
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BUCCA- | cheek
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bucc/al | cheek/pertains to
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BULBA | blister or vesicle
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Bulb/us | blister or vesicle (little sac)/refers to
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BULIMO- | hunger
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bulim/ic | hunger or appetite (excessive)/refers to or condition of(eating and purging syndrome)
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BURS/O- | sac, wine sac, pouch
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burs/a | sac, wine sac, pouch/refers to(protective pad-like structure in joints)
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CAL/O- | heat, heated or hot
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cal/or | heat, heated or hot/one who is(1 of 4 characteristics of inflammation: calor-heat; rubor-red; tumor-swelling; and dolor-pain)
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CALCIN/O- | calcium
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calcin/osis | calcium/condition of(excessive calcium buildup on bones)
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CALCO- | pebbles or granules of calcium mineral
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calc/ium | pebbles or granules of calcium mineral/pertains to
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calc/urea | pebbles or granules of calcium mineral in urine
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CALX- | heel or lime
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calx/ectom/y | heel (foot bone)/removal/procedure of
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CANDID/I- | glowing white
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candidi/asis | glowing white (fungus infection)/condition of
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CANTH/O- | corner of eye
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cantho/plast/y | corner of eye (eyelid)/cosmetic or plastic surgery/procedure of
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CAPILL/O- | hair-like
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capill/ary | hair-like/pertains to or refers to
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CAPIT/O- | head
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capit/al | head/refers to
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CAPN/O- | carbon dioxide
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capno/graph | carbon dioxide (or smoke)/instrument(instrument used in exercise physiology to measure CO2)
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CAPUT | head
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caput femoris | head or head of (chief part of structure or organ)/thigh bone
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CARBUN/O- | glowing ember
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carbun/cle | glowing ember/small(numerous boils)
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CARCIN/O- | crab-like
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carcino/gen/ic | crab-like/producing/refer to(cancer causing)
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CARDI/O- | heart
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peri/card/itis | around/heart/inflammation(inflamed 2 layered membrane of heart: causing pain)
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CARP/O- | wrist
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meta/carp/al | beyond/wrist/refers to
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CATA- | breakdown or down
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cata/bol/ism | breakdown or down/choice bit of food or lump/state of
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CATARACT | waterfall or cloudiness
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cataract | waterfall or cloudiness(eyes lens under the cornea that is impervious to light)
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CATARRH- | to flow down
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Catarrh/al | to flow down/refers to(any drainage from mucus membrane: especially in the nose, sinuses, and throat)
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CATHETER/O- | to let down into
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catheter/iz/ation | to let down into/act of/procedure of
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CAUD/O- | tail or toward tail
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caud/al | tail or toward tail/refer to
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CAUST/O- | burn or heat
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caus/tic | burn or heat/refers to
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CAUTER/O- | to burn or to heat
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cauter/iz/ation | to burn or to heat/act of/procedure of
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CAV- | hollow
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cav/ity | hollow/state of or refers to
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CEBO- | meal or food
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ceb/um | meal or food/pertain to(cena- and dino- also means dinner)
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CEC/O- | blind pouch
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Ceco/pexy | blind pouch/surgically attached to abdominal wall(dead end pouch or 1st part of colon -right side)
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-CELE | swelling or tumor
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laparo/cele | abdominal/swelling or tumor
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CELI/O- | abdomen or belly
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celi/oma | abdomen or belly/tumor
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CELLUL/O- | chambers
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cellul/itis | chambers or body cells (tissues are cell groups)/infection
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CEMENT/O- | hard
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cement/um | hard/refers to (tooth root covering)
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-CENTESIS | surgical puncture to drain fluid
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thoraco/centesis | chest/surgical puncture to drain fluid (procedure)
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CENTI- | one-hundredth part (100)
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centi/meter | one-hundredth part (100)/of meter(metre- or -meter means to measure & a meter is 39.37 inches)
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CENTR/I- | center
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Centri/fug/al | Center (middle of circle)/to flee/refers to(heavy particles move to bottom or outside from the center)
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CEPHAL/O- | head
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en/cephal/itis | within/head/inflamed(refers to brain within the head)
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-CEPT- | receiver
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chemo/cept/or | chemical or drug/receiver or to recieve/one who
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CEREB/O- | brain
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cerebr/al | brain/refers to or pertains to
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CERU- | wax
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cerumen/ous | wax (in ear)/refer to or state of
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CERV/I- | neck
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cerv/ical | neck (seven upper vertebrae of spine)/refers to
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cerv/ix | neck/pertains to
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CHALAZ/IO- | hailstone
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Chalaz/ion | hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst)/process of(tumor that is small and hard on the eyelid)
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CHANCR/O- | ulcer (sore)
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chancr/oid | ulcer (sore)/resembles(this V.D. has granular lesions that form ulcers or sores like syphilis)
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CHEIL/O- | lip
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cheil/oma | lip/tumor
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CHIRO- | hand
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chiro/pract/or | hand/practice/one who(mano also means hand)
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CHLOR/O- | green
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chlor/emia | green (chlorides)/in blood
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CHOLANGIO- | bile duct
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cholang/itis | bile duct/inflamed
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CHOLE- | bile or gall
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chole/sterol | bile or gall (ingredient of)/ solid(Chole 'bile' is used to refer to anything
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CHOLECYST/O- | gallbladder
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cholecyst/ectomy | gallbladder/removal
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CHOLEDOCH/O- | gallbladder duct (canal)
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choledoch/ectomy | common bile duct/removal or excision
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CHOLERA | biliary acute diarrhea
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cholera | biliary acute dia/rrhea(bowel or intestinal diarrhea 'flow'. The bacteria causes de/hydra/tion and death)
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CHONDR/O- | cartilage
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chondr/oma | cartilage/tumor
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dys/chondro/plas/ia | faulty/cartilage/formation or development/refers to
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CHROM/O- | colored
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chromo/some | colored/body
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CHYME- | juice
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a/chym/ia | lack of/juice/condition
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-CICATRIX | scar
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brachio/cicatrix | arm/scar
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-CID | to kill
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sui/cid/al | oneself/to kill/refers to
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CIL/I- | eyelash-like
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cil/ia | eyelash-like (structures lining lungs)/refers to
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CINE/O- | movement filming
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cine/angio/cardio/graph/y | movement/vessel/heart/filming instrument/procedure
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CIRCUM- | around
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circum/flex | around/bend
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circum/cis/ion | around/cut/process of
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circum/duct/ion | around/movement/state of
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CIRRH/O- | yellow-orange
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cirrh/o/sis | yellow-orange (jaundiced) or yellow/condition of
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-CIS | cut or to cut
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in/cis/ion | into/cut/procedure of
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-CLAST | breakdown
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osteo/clast | bone/breakdown of cells
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cyto/clas/is | cell/breaking/refers to
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CLAVICUL/O- | collarbone
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infra/clavicul/ar | beneath/collarbone or clavicle (little key shape)/refer to
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CLEIDO- | clavicle or collar bone
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sterno/cleido/mast/oid | sternum/clavicle, collar bone/breast/resemble
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CLINO- | bent
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clino/dactylia | bent/finger or toe
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-CLYSIS | irrigation or injection
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hydro/clysis | water/irrigation or injection
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CO- | two
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co/llater/al liga/ment | two (2 outer knee ligaments)/sides/refers: binding/act of
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co-operat/ive | two/working/state of
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COAGUL/O- | clotting or to clot
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coagul/ation | clotting or to clot/process of
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-COCCUS | berry
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staphylo/coccus | grapelike/ berry (shape of bacteria)
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COCCYG/O- | tailbone
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coccyg/eal | tailbone/refers to or small
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COCHLE/O- | snail-like
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cochle/ar | snail-like/pertain to
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COL/O- | colon (big or large intestine)
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col/os/tom/y | colon /mouth or opening/cut/procedure of
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COLPO- | vagina
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colp/itis | vagina/inflamed
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COM- | together
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com/press/ion | together/contract/process of
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com/minuted fracture | together/small: break
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COMATO- | deep sleep
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comat/ose | deep sleep/condition or state
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CONCUSS/I- | violent shaking
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concuss/ion | violent shaking/process of
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CONDYLO- | knuckle
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condyl/oma | knuckle (nob)/tumor or swellings
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CONI/O- | dust
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pneumo/coni/osis | lung/dust/condition
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-CONIS | cone-shaped
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kerato/conis | cornea/cone-shaped
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CONJUNCTIV/O- | joined together
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conjunctiv/itis | joined together (united)/inflammation
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CONTRA- | against
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contra/cept/ion | against/heads (coming together)/process of
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CONTUS/I- | bruise
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contus/ion | bruise/process of
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CONVOLO- | to roll together
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convol/ution | to roll together/pertains to
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CORD- | vocal chords or cord
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cord/itis | vocal chords/inflamed
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CORI/O- | skin
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cori/um | skin/refers to
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CORNE/O- | cornea or horn shape
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corne/itis | cornea or horn/inflamed
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CORNU- | horn or horny
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stratum cornu (corneum) | layer/horn or horny (upper epidermis skin layer)
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CORON/O- | crowning
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coron/ary | crowning (heart blood vessels)/refer to
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CORONAL PLANE | crowning or frontal body cut
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coron/al | crowning or frontal body cut/refers to
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CORP/O- | body
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corp/us | body/refers to
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CORTIC/O- | bark, outer bark, rind, cortex
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cortico/ster/oid | bark, outer bark, rind, cortex/solid/resemble
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COST/O- | rib
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cost/al | rib/refer to
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CRANI/O- | skull
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crani/otom/y | skull (cranium)/cut into/procedure of
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crani/al | skull/refer to
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-CREAS | fleshy or flesh
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pan/creas | all/fleshy or flesh
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CRENAT/O- | notched
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crenat/ion | notched/process of
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-CRINE | secrete
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endo/crine | within/secrete (into blood)
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exo/crine | outside/secrete (into duct or canal)
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-CRIT | separate
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hemato/crit | blood/separate
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CRUC/I- | cross or cross-like
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cruci/ate | cross (shape)/state of or condition of
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CRYO- | cold
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cryo/therap/y | cold/treat or cure (killing cells)/procedure of
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CRYPTO- | hidden
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crypt/orchid/ism | hidden/testis/state of or condition of
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CUB/O- | cube or cube-shaped
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cub/oid | cube or cube-shaped/resemble
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CUBIT/O- | elbow
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cubit/al | elbow, forearm region/refer to elbow region
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CULD/O- | blind pouch
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culdo/scop/y | blind pouch/viewing/procedure of
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-CULE | little
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mole/cule | mass/little
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CURRETT/O- | scooping or scraping
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curett/age | scooping or scraping/refers to
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|
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-CUSIS | hearing
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an/cusis | without/hearing
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CUSP/I- | pointed
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cusp/id | pointed (end)/refers to
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CUTI/O-, CUT-, CUTI- | skin
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cut/icle | skin/little
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sub/cut/aneous | under/skin/refers to
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CYAN/O- | blue
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cyan/osis | blue/condition of
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CYCL/O- | circle
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|
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cycl/itis | circle/inflamed
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-CYESIS | pregnancy
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multi/cyesis | many/pregnancy
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|
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CYST/O- | bladder or sac
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|
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cyst/itis | bladder or sac/inflamed
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|
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CYTE- | cell or chamber
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|
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cyt/olog/y | cell or chamber/study of or science of/process of
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|
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–CYTOSIS | increase in numbers
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|
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leuco/cytosis | white(WBC)/ increase in numbers
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|
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DACRYO- | tear
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dacry/doct/itis | tear/duct/inflamed
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|
||||
DACTYLO- | digits (fingers and toes)
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|
||||
lipo/dactyl/ia | fat/digits (finger or toes)/refers to
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DE- | away
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|
||||
de/gluti/tion | away/swallowing/process of
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|
||||
de/form | away/shape
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|
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DECI- | one-tenth (1/10)
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|
||||
deci/liter | one-tenth(1/10) / liter(Deca- means 10)
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|
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DEEP | most inward
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deep | most inward(structure more internal than another)
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|
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DEKA- | ten
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||||
deka/gram | ten/grams(15.432 grains = 1 gram; 28.35 grams = 1 ounce)
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DELTA | fan shaped or triangular
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||||
delt/oid (shoulder muscle) | fan shaped or triangular/resembles
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|
||||
DEM/O- | people
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|
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Dem/o/graphy | people/procedure of recording with an instrument
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DEMI- | Half
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demi/facet | half/little face(superior and inferior projections of the vertebral arch)
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||||
DENDR/O- | tree shaped
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|
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dendr/ite | tree-shaped/state of
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DENT/O- | tooth or teeth
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|
||||
dent/al | tooth or teeth/pertains to
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|
||||
DEPRESS/O- | Lower
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|
||||
depress/or | lower/one who
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|
||||
DERM/O- | skin
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|
||||
pachy/derm/al | thick/skin/pertains to
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|
||||
DERMAT/O- | skin
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|
||||
dermato/phyte | skin/plant(fungus or other plant that causes parasitic skin diseases)
🗑
|
||||
dermat/itis | skin/inflamed
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|
||||
–DESIS | binding or to bind
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|
||||
ligo/desis | to bind/binding(surgical procedure to reattach ligaments to bone)
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|
||||
DEXTR/O- |
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|
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right |
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|
||||
dextro/card/ia | right/heart/refers to(tilting of heart to the right)
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|
||||
DIA- | across, through, total, between
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|
||||
dia/phragm | across, through, total, complete, between/petition or wall
🗑
|
||||
dia/meter | across/measure
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|
||||
dia/gnosis | total/ knowledge
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|
||||
dia/stole | between/contractions
🗑
|
||||
–DIDYMUS | testis or testee
🗑
|
||||
pi/didymus | upon/testis or teste(coiled structure on top of teste 'seed producer')
🗑
|
||||
DIFFERENT- | to separate
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|
||||
different/ial dia/gnosis | to separate or apart/refers to: total/knowledge
🗑
|
||||
DIGIT- | finger or toe
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|
||||
Digit/al | finger or toe/refer to
🗑
|
||||
digit/ate | finger or toe/action of or refers to
🗑
|
||||
DIPLO- | double or two
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|
||||
dipl/op/ia | double or two/sight or vision/refers to(person experiencing double vision)
🗑
|
||||
DIPS/O- | thirst or thirsty
🗑
|
||||
poly/dips/ia | many/thirst or thirsty/refer to
🗑
|
||||
multi/dips/ia | many/thirst or thirsty/pertain to
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|
||||
DIPHTHER/I- | membrane
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|
||||
diphther/ia | membrane/refer to
🗑
|
||||
DIS- | away from or reversed
🗑
|
||||
dis/ease | away from or reverse/comfort or ease
🗑
|
||||
DIST/O- | farther from
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|
||||
dist/al | farther from/refer to
🗑
|
||||
DIVERTICUL/O- | outpouching
🗑
|
||||
diverticul/itis | outpouching/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
DOCH/O- | duct or canal
🗑
|
||||
chole/doch/itis | bile or gall/duct or canal/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
DOCT/O- | to teach or teacher
🗑
|
||||
doct/or (Latin docere) | to teach or teacher/one who
🗑
|
||||
DOL/O- | Pain
🗑
|
||||
dol/or | pain/one who (causes)
🗑
|
||||
DORS/O- | Back
🗑
|
||||
dors/al | back (posterior)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
DROMO- | running
🗑
|
||||
dromo/mania | running/madness
🗑
|
||||
pro/drom/al | before/running/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
DUCT/O- | to draw or to lead away
🗑
|
||||
ab/duct/ion | away/to draw or to lead away (motion)/process of
🗑
|
||||
DUODEN/O- | twelve
🗑
|
||||
duoden/itis | twelve/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
DURA- | Hard
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|
||||
Dura/mater | hard: mother
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|
||||
DY/O- | two or a pair
🗑
|
||||
dy/ad | two or a pair/refers to (pair of chromosomes formed during meiosis 'reduction division of gametes')
🗑
|
||||
DYNAM/O- | work or strength
🗑
|
||||
dynam/ics | work or strength/refers to
🗑
|
||||
dynamo/meter | strength/measurement (measure the strength of muscles)
🗑
|
||||
–DYNIA | Pain
🗑
|
||||
coccygo/dynia | tailbone (coccyx)/pain
🗑
|
||||
DYS- | difficult, faulty, painful
🗑
|
||||
dys/toc/ia | difficult or painful/birth/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
dys/chondro/plas/ia | faulty/cartilage/development/refers to
🗑
|
||||
dys/meno/rrhea | painful/monthly/flow
🗑
|
||||
-E (suffix) | Instrument
🗑
|
||||
rhino/scop/e | nose/view or examine/instrument
🗑
|
||||
E- (prefix) | out or remove
🗑
|
||||
e/viscer/ate | out or remove/organs/act of or state of
🗑
|
||||
EC- | outside, outward, outer, out
🗑
|
||||
ec/top/ic | outside/location/pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
ECCRINE- | secreting or to secrete
🗑
|
||||
eccri/tic | secreting or to secrete/state of or quality of
🗑
|
||||
ECHO- | Sound
🗑
|
||||
echo/gram | sound/writing or recording
🗑
|
||||
–ECTASIS | enlargement or dilation
🗑
|
||||
bronchi/ectasis | windpipe like tube/enlargement, dilation
🗑
|
||||
cardio/ectasis | heart/enlargement condition
🗑
|
||||
–ECTOMY | excision or removal
🗑
|
||||
tonsill/ectomy | almond or small mass/excision or removal
🗑
|
||||
ECZEMA | to boil out
🗑
|
||||
EDEMA- | swelling
🗑
|
||||
lymph/edema | lymph/swelling
🗑
|
||||
EF- | away or out
🗑
|
||||
ef/ferent | away or out/to carry (nerve or blood flow away from a structure)
🗑
|
||||
ef/fus/ion | out/attached/process
🗑
|
||||
ELECTR/O- | electrical
🗑
|
||||
electro/encephalo/gram | electrical/in head (brain)/recording
🗑
|
||||
–ELLUM | lesser or smaller
🗑
|
||||
cereb/ellum | brain/lesser or smaller
🗑
|
||||
EM- | In
🗑
|
||||
em/py/e | main/pus/refers to (collection of pus in body cavity)
🗑
|
||||
em/bol/ism | within/lump/state
🗑
|
||||
EMBRYO- | Early
🗑
|
||||
embryon/ic | early (2nd through 8th to 10th week of pregnancy)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
-EMESIS | vomit
🗑
|
||||
hem/emesis | blood/vomit
🗑
|
||||
-EMIA | blood
🗑
|
||||
leuc/emia (leukemia) | white/blood(abnormal increase in WBC's)
🗑
|
||||
EMPHYSEMA | puffed up
🗑
|
||||
emphysemat/ous | puffed up/state of or refers to
🗑
|
||||
EN- | in
🗑
|
||||
en/cephal/itis | in/head (refers to brain)/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
ENAMEL | hard
🗑
|
||||
EN/CEPHAL/O- | within head (referring to the brain)
🗑
|
||||
encephalo/gram | within head/recording
🗑
|
||||
ENDO- | within or inside
🗑
|
||||
endo/derm | within or inside/skin
🗑
|
||||
ENEMA | injection
🗑
|
||||
ENTERO- | intestine (usually refers to small intestine)
🗑
|
||||
enter/itis | intestine/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
ENURESIS | to void or expel urine
🗑
|
||||
enuresis | to void (expel) urine
🗑
|
||||
EOSIN/O- | rose red color
🗑
|
||||
eosino/phil | rose red (color)/love of
🗑
|
||||
EPI- | upon
🗑
|
||||
epi/didymis | upon/teste
🗑
|
||||
epi/gastr/ic | upon/stomach/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
epi/glott/itis | upon/tongue/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
EPISI/O- | pubic region
🗑
|
||||
episi/orrhaphy | pubic region/to stitch
🗑
|
||||
episi/o/tom/y | pubic region (vulva)/cut/process of
🗑
|
||||
ERGO- | work or labor
🗑
|
||||
ergo/meter | work/to measure
🗑
|
||||
ergot | work or labor (birthing drug)
🗑
|
||||
ERYTHERMAT/O- | red or flushed
🗑
|
||||
erythermat/ic | red or flushed/refer to
🗑
|
||||
ERYTHR/O- | red
🗑
|
||||
erythro/cyte | red/cell (chamber)
🗑
|
||||
ESCHAR | scab
🗑
|
||||
eschar/ification | snail like (scab)/process of (development)
🗑
|
||||
ESO- | toward
🗑
|
||||
eso/phag/us | toward/eater/refers to (tube from stomach to mouth)
🗑
|
||||
ESTHES/I- | physical feeling
🗑
|
||||
an/esthes/ia | without/physical feeling
🗑
|
||||
ESTR/O- | female
🗑
|
||||
estro/gen | female/beginning (phase of cycle)
🗑
|
||||
ETI/O- | cause
🗑
|
||||
eti/olog/y | cause/study or science of diseases/process
🗑
|
||||
EU- | good or normal
🗑
|
||||
eu/toc/ia | good or normal/birth/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
eu/gene/tics | good, new or normal/ to produce or form/ state of
🗑
|
||||
eu/phor/ia | good or normal/feeling (mental)/pertain to
🗑
|
||||
EX- | out, outside, outward
🗑
|
||||
ex/tens/ion | outward/to stretch/process of
🗑
|
||||
FACET/O- | face
🗑
|
||||
FASC/I- | band
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|
||||
fasc/ia | band (covering around and between muscles 'membranous')/refers to
🗑
|
||||
FEBR/O- | fever
🗑
|
||||
febr/ile | fever/state of or refers to
🗑
|
||||
FEC/O- | stool or fecal matter
🗑
|
||||
fec/o/lith | stool (feces waste)/like stone
🗑
|
||||
FEMOR/O- | thigh
🗑
|
||||
femor/al | thigh/refer to
🗑
|
||||
-FERENCE | to carry
🗑
|
||||
vas de/ference | vessel: away/to carry
🗑
|
||||
FERRO- | iron
🗑
|
||||
ferr/ous | iron/state of
🗑
|
||||
FET/O- | young
🗑
|
||||
feto/graph/y | young/instrument/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
fet/us | young (last 6 & 1/2 months of development in uterus)/refer to
🗑
|
||||
FIBRILL/O- | to quiver
🗑
|
||||
fibrill/ation | to quiver (muscle fiber contraction)/process of
🗑
|
||||
FIBRO- | fiber
🗑
|
||||
fibr/oma | fiber (thread like structures)/tumor
🗑
|
||||
FIBUL/O- | to clasp
🗑
|
||||
fibul/a | to clasp/refers to (noun)
🗑
|
||||
FIL- | thread
🗑
|
||||
fila/ment | thread/state of or refers to
🗑
|
||||
FISS- | to split or splitting
🗑
|
||||
fiss/ion | splitting/refers to
🗑
|
||||
fiss/ure | cleft or split/state of
🗑
|
||||
FISTUL/O- | pipe or pipe stem
🗑
|
||||
pyo/fistula | pus/pipe or pipe-stem
🗑
|
||||
FLEX- | to bend
🗑
|
||||
ante/flex/ion | before/to bend or divert/process of
🗑
|
||||
FLU- | flowing
🗑
|
||||
in/fluenza | inward/condition of flowing
🗑
|
||||
-FLUX | to flow
🗑
|
||||
re/flux | again/flow
🗑
|
||||
FORAMEN/O- | opening
🗑
|
||||
Foramen/al | opening/refers to
🗑
|
||||
FORE- | before
🗑
|
||||
fore/arm | before/brachium or arm
🗑
|
||||
FRACT/O- | to break
🗑
|
||||
fract/ure | to break/refers to
🗑
|
||||
FRONT/O- | forehead or before
🗑
|
||||
front/al | forehead or before (front brow)/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
FUNGI- | mushroom
🗑
|
||||
fungi/form | mushroom or plant/shape
🗑
|
||||
FURUN/O- | boil
🗑
|
||||
furun/cle | boil/small
🗑
|
||||
GALACT/O- | milk
🗑
|
||||
galacto/poiesis | milk/production
🗑
|
||||
GANGLI/O- | knot, swelling, or collection
🗑
|
||||
gangli/ectomy | knot, swelling, or collection/excision
🗑
|
||||
GANGREN/O- | eating sore
🗑
|
||||
gangren/ous | eating sore/refers to
🗑
|
||||
GASTR/O- | stomach
🗑
|
||||
gastr/itis | stomach/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
gastrocnemi/us | calf of leg or stomach shape muscle in back of lower leg
🗑
|
||||
GEN/O- | race
🗑
|
||||
geno/type | race/classification (gene)
🗑
|
||||
GENI/O- | chin
🗑
|
||||
geni/ec/tom/y | chin/out/cutting/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
GENIT/O- | reproductive or birth
🗑
|
||||
genit/al | reproductive or birth/refers to
🗑
|
||||
GENU- | knee
🗑
|
||||
genu/clast | knee/breaking
🗑
|
||||
-GEN | origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make
🗑
|
||||
carcino/gen | crab-like/ to produce, to form, to make, origin, develop
🗑
|
||||
carcino/gen/esis | crab-like/origin or beginning/process of
🗑
|
||||
GER/O- | old or old age
🗑
|
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ger/iatr/ic | old or old age/treat or cure/study of or science of
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GEST- | to bear or separate
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gest/ation | to bear or separate/process of
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GINGIV/O- | gum
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gingiv/itis | gum/inflamed
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GLANDUL/O- | little acorn or gland
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glandul/ar | little acorn or gland/refers to
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GLAUC/O- | waterfall or gray
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glauc/oma | waterfall or gray/swelling
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GLI/O- | glue or glue-like
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gli/oma | glue or glue-like/tumor
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GLOMERUL/O- | small round mass or tiny ball
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glomerul/itis | small round mass or tiny ball/inflamed
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GLOSS/O- | tongue
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gloss/itis | tongue/inflamed
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glosso/pharyng/eal | tongue/pharynx or throat/refers to
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GLOTT/O- | back of tongue
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epi/glott/itis | upon/back of tongue/inflamed
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GLUT- | buttocks
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glut/itis | buttocks (rear-end)/refer to
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GLYCO- | sugar
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glyco/pen/ia | sugar/decrease or lower/refers to
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-GNOSIS | knowledge
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dia/gnosis | total or complete/knowledge
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GOITER | swelling (throat)
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goiter/ectomy | swelling (throat)/removal of thyroid goiter
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GON/O- | seed or seed producer
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gono/rrhea | seed or seed producer/flowing from
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GOUT | a drop
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-GRADE | a step, stage, or degree in a process
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retro/grade | backward or behind/a step, stage, or degree in a process
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-GRAFT | to probe or cut with a knife
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dermo/graft | skin/to probe with knife (pole; probe; or steak)
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-GRAM | to record
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myo/gram | muscle/to record (write or take down)
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-GRAPHY | procedure of using an instrument to do recording
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myo/graphy | muscle/procedure of using an instrument to do recording
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|
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-GRAPH | instrument
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myo/graph | muscle/instrument
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GRAVID/O- | heavy or pregnant
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gravid/ium | heavy or pregnant/refers to
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GROIN | inguinal region
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GUMM/O- | gum or gum like
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Gumma | gum or gum like
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GUST/O- | tasting or to taste
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gust/ation | tasting or to taste/process of
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GYNEC/O- | woman
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gynec/olog/ist | woman/science and study of/specialist
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HALLUX | great or big toe
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hallux/ectomy | great or big toe/removal
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HAPLO- | half (single)
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hapl/oid | half or single/resembling
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HEALTH | wholeness
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HELICO- | spiral
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helico/bacter pylori | spiral (shaped)/bacteria: gatekeeper (lower end of stomach)
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HELIO- | sun
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helio/pathy | sun/injury (caused by)
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HELMINTH/O- | worms or worm
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helminth/iasis | worms or worm/disease of or condition of
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HEM/O- | blood
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hem/o/rrhage | blood/bursting forth
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|
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hemo/kinesis | blood/movement or flow
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|
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HEME- | iron
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hem/atin | iron/small part
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HEMI- | half or one half
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hemi/plegia | half (right or left side of body)/paralyzed
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HEPAT/O- | liver
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|
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hepat/itis | liver (cells)/inflamed
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|
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HEPT/A- | seven
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hepta/dactyl/ia | seven/fingers or toes/refers to
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|
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HERNI/O- | rupture or protrusion
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|
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hern/ia | rupture or protrusion/condition of
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|
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HERPES | to creep
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HETER/O- | other or opposite
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|
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hetero/gen/ous | other or opposite/form/state of
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|
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HIAT- | an opening
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|
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hiat/al | an opening/refers to
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|
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HIDR/O- | sweat
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|
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hidr/osis | sweat (watery)/condition of
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|
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HIRSUT- | hairy or profound hair
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|
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hirsut/ism | hairy or profound hair/state of
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|
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-HISCENCE | to gape open
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|
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de/hiscence | away/to gape (open)
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|
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HISTO- | web-like or tissue
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|
||||
hist/olog/y | web-like or tissue/science or study of/process of
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|
||||
HOLIST/O- | whole
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|
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holist/ic medicine | whole/state of remedy or drug
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|
||||
HOMEO- | same, constant, or unchanged
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|
||||
homeo/path/y | same, constant, or unchanged/disease/process of
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|
||||
HORMON/O- | to urge on
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|
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hormon/al | to urge on/refers to
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|
||||
HUMER/O- | arm (upper)
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|
||||
humer/al | arm (upper)/refers to
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|
||||
HYAL/O- | glassy or glass like
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|
||||
hyal/ase | glassy or glass-like/enzyme
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|
||||
HYDRO- | water
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|
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hydro/pneumo/thorax | water/lung(within)/chest
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|
||||
hydro/cephalis | water (cerebral spinal fluid)/head (within)
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|
||||
HYPER- | increase or above
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|
||||
hyper/tens/ion | above or excess/pressure (above 140 systolic/90 diastolic -BP)/process of
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|
||||
hyper/troph/y | increase/development/process of
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|
||||
HYPN/O- | sleep
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|
||||
Hypn/osis | sleep/condition
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|
||||
HYPO- | under or below
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|
||||
hypo/tens/ion | under or below (pressure in vessels)/contraction/process of
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|
||||
hypo/derm/ic | below/skin/pertaining to
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|
||||
HYSTER/O- | uterus
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|
||||
hyster/ectomy | uterus /removal
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|
||||
hyster/ia | nervous reaction/refers to
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|
||||
IATR/O- | treat or cure, procedure of treating
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|
||||
ger/iatr/ic | old age/treat or cure/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
-IA | refers to, condition, state of
🗑
|
||||
esthes/ia | feeling (physical)/refers to, condition, state of
🗑
|
||||
dys/phag/ia | difficult/eating or swallowing/refers to
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|
||||
ICHTHY- | fish or fish like
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|
||||
ichthy/osis | fish or fish-like
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|
||||
-ICIAN | one who
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|
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diet/ician | food/one who
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|
||||
-ICLE | small or tiny
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|
||||
oss/icle | bone/small or tiny
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|
||||
-ISY | inflamed
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|
||||
pleur/isy | side or rib/inflamed
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|
||||
IDE/O- | idea, thoughts, emotions, image
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|
||||
ideo/motor | idea, thoughts, emotions, image/movement
🗑
|
||||
ideo/vascul/ar | emotions/vessels/refers to
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|
||||
IDIO- | unique to or unknown cause
🗑
|
||||
idio/path/ic | unique to or unknown cause/disease/refer to
🗑
|
||||
-ID | state of
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|
||||
morb/id | disease/state of
🗑
|
||||
ILE/O- | twisted
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|
||||
ile/um | twisted/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
ile/itis | twisted/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
ILIO- | flank
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|
||||
ili/um | flank (area)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
IM- | into or not
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|
||||
im/plant | into/place or locate
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|
||||
im/potent | not/powerful or strong
🗑
|
||||
IMMUN/O- | safe, protect, immune
🗑
|
||||
immun/o/log/y | safe, protect, immune/science of/process of
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|
||||
IN SITU | in position or location
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|
||||
IN- | into or not
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|
||||
in/di/gest/ion | not/two/separations/process of
🗑
|
||||
in/cis/or | into/cut/pertain to
🗑
|
||||
INCUS | anvil
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|
||||
mallus/incus/stapes | hammer/anvil/stirrup (shapes)
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|
||||
INFARCT- | to stuff into
🗑
|
||||
infarct/ion | to stuff into/refers to
🗑
|
||||
INFECT/O- | to invade
🗑
|
||||
infect/ion | to invade/process of
🗑
|
||||
INFLAM/O- | flame within
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|
||||
inflamm/ation | flame within/process of
🗑
|
||||
INFRA- | under or below
🗑
|
||||
infra/clavicul/ar | under or below/collar bone/refers to
🗑
|
||||
infra/mur/al | below/wall/pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
INGUIN/O- | groin
🗑
|
||||
inguin/al | groin/refers to
🗑
|
||||
-ING | procedure of or process of
🗑
|
||||
operat/ing | working/procedure of or process of
🗑
|
||||
INTEGU- | covering
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|
||||
integu/ment | covering/refers to or state of
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|
||||
INTER- | between
🗑
|
||||
inter/cellul/ar | between/cell or chamber/refers to
🗑
|
||||
INTRA- | within
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|
||||
intra/nuclear | within/refers to nut
🗑
|
||||
INTRO- | within
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|
||||
intro/spect | within/to view
🗑
|
||||
INTUS- | within
🗑
|
||||
intus/suscept/ion | within/to receive/process of
🗑
|
||||
-IN | substance or chemical
🗑
|
||||
gastr/in | stomach/substance or chemical
🗑
|
||||
holo/crine (gland) | all or whole/secretes substance or chemical
🗑
|
||||
-IOLE | smaller, lesser, diminutive
🗑
|
||||
bronch/iole | trachea-like (tubes of lungs)/smaller, lesser, diminutive
🗑
|
||||
ION/O- | going, ion movement
🗑
|
||||
iono/therap/y | going (of ions)/treat or cure/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
-IOR | one who is
🗑
|
||||
infer/ior | under or below/ one who (is)
🗑
|
||||
-IOUS | state of
🗑
|
||||
delir/ious | mental confusion or excitement/state of
🗑
|
||||
IPSI- | equal
🗑
|
||||
ipsi/later/al | equal/side or sides/process of
🗑
|
||||
IR- | not or lack of
🗑
|
||||
ir/regul/ar | not or lack of/consistent or regular/refers to
🗑
|
||||
IR/O- | rainbow
🗑
|
||||
ir/is (noun) | rainbow/refers to
🗑
|
||||
ir/idescent | rainbow/having or exhibiting
🗑
|
||||
ISCH/O- | deficiency, blockage, to hold back
🗑
|
||||
isch/emic | deficiency or blockage/refers to blood
🗑
|
||||
isch/emia | hold back/pertains to blood
🗑
|
||||
ISCHI/O- | hip joint or hip
🗑
|
||||
Ischio/dynia | hip joint or hip/pain
🗑
|
||||
-ISH | resembling or related to
🗑
|
||||
lap/ish | stone/resembling or related to
🗑
|
||||
-ISM | state of or condition of
🗑
|
||||
giant/ism | large/state of
🗑
|
||||
albin/ism | white/state of or condition of
🗑
|
||||
ISO- | equal or same
🗑
|
||||
iso/ton/ic | equal or same/tone/refers to
🗑
|
||||
iso/cell/ar | equal/cells/refers to
🗑
|
||||
-IST | specialist
🗑
|
||||
endo/crin/olog/ist | within/secrete/science or study of/specialist
🗑
|
||||
-ITES | dropsy or drooping
🗑
|
||||
tympan/ites | drum/dropsy or drooping
🗑
|
||||
-ITIS | inflamed or inflammation
🗑
|
||||
gloss/itis | tongue/inflamed or inflammation
🗑
|
||||
-ITY | state of
🗑
|
||||
steril/ity | barren (not capable of fertility)/state of
🗑
|
||||
-IZE | state of or acts like
🗑
|
||||
cauter/ize | burn/state of
🗑
|
||||
hypnot/ize | sleep/state of or acts like
🗑
|
||||
JEJUNO- | to empty (2nd part of small intestine)
🗑
|
||||
jejun/um | to empty (the second part of the small intestine/refers to
🗑
|
||||
JUNCTIV/O- | joining or to join
🗑
|
||||
con/junctiv/itis | together/joining or to join/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
KALI- | potassium
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|
||||
kali/penia | potassium/decrease of
🗑
|
||||
KARY/O- | nucleus
🗑
|
||||
karyo/kinesis | nucleus/movement or motion
🗑
|
||||
KEL/O- | scar
🗑
|
||||
kel/oid | scar/resembling
🗑
|
||||
KERAT/O- | cornea or horny
🗑
|
||||
kerato/malac/ia | cornea (eye)/softening/refers to
🗑
|
||||
KET/O- | sour or acid
🗑
|
||||
keto/sis | sour or acid/condition
🗑
|
||||
KIL/O- | one thousand
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|
||||
kilo/gram | one thousand/grams
🗑
|
||||
KINE- | movement or motion
🗑
|
||||
kine/tic | movement/state of or condition of
🗑
|
||||
KRAUR/O- | dryness
🗑
|
||||
Kraur/o/sis | dryness/condition
🗑
|
||||
KYPH/O- | hunchback
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|
||||
kyph/osis | hunchback/condition
🗑
|
||||
LABIO- | lip
🗑
|
||||
labi/oma | lip/tumor
🗑
|
||||
LABRYNITHO- | maze
🗑
|
||||
labrynith/itis | maze/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
LACER/O- | to tear
🗑
|
||||
lacer/ate | to tear/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LACRIM/O- | tearing or tear
🗑
|
||||
lacrim/al | tearing or tear/refer to
🗑
|
||||
LACT/O- | milk
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|
||||
lact/ose | milk/sugar
🗑
|
||||
LAMIN/O- | thin flat plate or layer
🗑
|
||||
lamin/ectomy | thin flat plate or layer/removal
🗑
|
||||
lamin/ent | thin flat plate or layer/having or possessing
🗑
|
||||
LAP/I- | stone
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|
||||
lap/is | stone/refers to
🗑
|
||||
-LAPSE | falling or slippage
🗑
|
||||
pro/lapse | before/falling or slippage (means normal before slippage)
🗑
|
||||
re/lapse | again/falling or slippage
🗑
|
||||
LARYNGO- | voice box
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|
||||
laryng/itis | voice box (larynx)/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
LAT- | side
🗑
|
||||
lat/eral | side/refers to
🗑
|
||||
lat/issimus | side (dorsal chest muscle)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LAX- | to loosen or loosening
🗑
|
||||
re/lax/ation | again/to loosen/process of
🗑
|
||||
LEI/O- | smooth
🗑
|
||||
leio/my/oma | smooth/muscle/tumor
🗑
|
||||
LENT/O- | freckle
🗑
|
||||
lent/icle | freckle/small
🗑
|
||||
LEPR/O- | scaly
🗑
|
||||
lepros/y | scaly/process of
🗑
|
||||
-LEPSY | seizure or convulsion
🗑
|
||||
epi/leps/y | upon/seizure/process of
🗑
|
||||
LEPTO- | thin or slender
🗑
|
||||
lepto/morph/ic | thin or slender/shape or form/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LEUK/O- | white
🗑
|
||||
leuk/aphere/sis | white (white blood cells: WBC's)/separation/condition of
🗑
|
||||
LEVAT/O- | lift up
🗑
|
||||
levat/or | lift up (muscle)/one who
🗑
|
||||
LIBID/O- | desire
🗑
|
||||
libid/al | desire/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LICHEN/I- | plant
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|
||||
lichen/ific/ation | plant/process of making (plant-like)
🗑
|
||||
LIENO- | spleen
🗑
|
||||
lien/itis | spleen/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
LIGA- | to bind
🗑
|
||||
liga/ment | to bind/state of
🗑
|
||||
LINGU- | tongue
🗑
|
||||
bi/lingu/al | two/tongue/pertain to
🗑
|
||||
LIP/O- | fat
🗑
|
||||
lip/oma | fat/tumor or swelling
🗑
|
||||
-LISTHESIS | slippage
🗑
|
||||
spondylo/listh/esis | vertebrae/slippage/condition of
🗑
|
||||
-LITER | liter
🗑
|
||||
milli/liter | one-thousandth/litre of fluid measurement
🗑
|
||||
LITH/O- | stone, calculus or rock
🗑
|
||||
nephro/lith | kidney/stone calculus or rock
🗑
|
||||
LOB/O- | lobe
🗑
|
||||
lob/ectom/y | lobe/removal or excision 'cut out'/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
LORD/O- | swayback (to bend)
🗑
|
||||
lordo/sis | swayback (to bend)/condition of
🗑
|
||||
LUMB/O- | loin
🗑
|
||||
LUMP- | small mass
🗑
|
||||
lump/ectomy | small mass/excised or removed
🗑
|
||||
LUNA- | moon or crescent-shaped
🗑
|
||||
lun/ate | moon or crescent-shaped/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LUPUS | wolf
🗑
|
||||
lupus erythematosus | wolf: red (faced)
🗑
|
||||
LUTE/O- | yellow
🗑
|
||||
lute/al | yellow/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LUX- | to dislocate
🗑
|
||||
sub/lux/ation | under or less/to dislocate/refers to
🗑
|
||||
LYMPH/O- | Watery
🗑
|
||||
lymph/oma | watery (clear fluid or serum)/tumor or swelling
🗑
|
||||
–LYSIS | destruction, breakdown, declining
🗑
|
||||
auto/lysis | self/destruction, breakdown, declining
🗑
|
||||
hemo/lysis | blood/breakdown
🗑
|
||||
MACER/O- | to make soft
🗑
|
||||
macer/ation | to make soft/process of
🗑
|
||||
MACRO- | large or huge
🗑
|
||||
macro/phage | large or huge/eater (WBC's)
🗑
|
||||
macro/scop/ic | large/viewing or seeing (eyeballing)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
MACUL/O- | large spot or flat skin freckle
🗑
|
||||
macula lute | a large yellow macule large spot or flat skin freckle
🗑
|
||||
MAGNI- | large or greater
🗑
|
||||
magni/ficat/ion | larger or greater/to make/process of
🗑
|
||||
MAL- | bad, harm, injury
🗑
|
||||
mal/ignant | bad, harm, injury/refers to (growing worse or resisting treatment)
🗑
|
||||
mal/practice | bad/action
🗑
|
||||
MALAC/O- | soft or softening
🗑
|
||||
ostero/malac/ia | bone/soft or softening/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
MALL/E/OLUS | little hammer
🗑
|
||||
MALLE/O- | hammer
🗑
|
||||
malle/us | hammer (middle ear bone)/refers to(noun)
🗑
|
||||
MAMM/O- | breast
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mamm/ary | breast/refers to
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MAN/O- | Hand
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manu/al | hand/pertain to
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MAND/I- | chew or chewer
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mand/ible | chew or chewer/ability to(lower jaw bone)
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–MANIA | Madness
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klepto/mani/ac | theft or steal/madness/pertains to
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MASSET/O- | chewer or to chew
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masset/er | chewer or to chew/one who(muscle from cheek bone to lower jaw)
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MASSEUR | male massager
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MAST/O- | breast
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mast/ectom/y | breast/removal/procedure of(partial or complete)
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mast/oid | breast/resembling
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MASTIC/O- | to chew or chewing
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mastic/ation | to chew or chewing/process of
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–MATA | Multiple
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carcino/mata | crab-like (cancerous growths)/multiple (many)
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MAXILL/O- | upper jaw
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maxill/ary | jaw/refers to
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MEASLES | rubella, reddish or red
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MEAT/O- | Opening
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meat/us | opening/refer to
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MEDI- | Middle
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medi/an; medi/um; medi/al | middle/refers to
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MEGA- | great or big
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mega/colon | great (big)/large intestine
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MEGALO- | huge or large
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hepato/megal/y | liver/huge/process of
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MEI/O- and MIO- | lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict
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mei/osis and Miotic | lesser, smaller, fewer/condition of
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MEL- | sweet, honey, cheek, limb
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mel/it is | cheek/inflamed
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mel/algia | limb/pain
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|
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mel/on | sweet/one who is
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MELAN/O- | Black
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melan/oma | black/tumor (skin cancer)
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|
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MEN/O- | monthly or month
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men/arche | monthly or month/start
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|
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meno/pause | monthly/stoppage
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MENING/O- | membrane
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mening/itis | membrane/inflamed
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MENISC/O- | crescent
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menisc/ectomy | crescent ('C' shaped)/excision
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|
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MENT/O- | Mind
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|
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ment/al | mind/pertains to
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–MENTUM | Chin
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ante/mentum | before/chin
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MES/O- | middle
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|
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mes/enter/y | middle/ intestines/ state of
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|
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meso/derm | middle/skin
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|
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META- | beyond or change
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|
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meta/carp/al | beyond/wrist/pertains to
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|
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meta/bol/ism | change/lump/state of
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|
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meta/stasis | change (from)/standing or stoppage
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|
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–METER | Measurement
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|
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spiro/meter | breathe/measurement
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|
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opto/metr/ist | eye/measurement/specialist
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|
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METR/A- | uterus or womb
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|
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endo/metr/iosis | within/uterus or womb/condition
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|
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endo/metr/itis | within/uterus or womb/inflammation
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|
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–METRY | measurement procedure
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opto/metr/y (O.D.) | sight or vision/measurement/procedure or process
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|
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MICRO- | small
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|
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micro/gloss/ia | small/tongue/refers to
🗑
|
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micro/scop/e | small/viewing/instrument
🗑
|
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MICTUR/O- | to make water or urinate
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|
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mictur/ition | to make water or urinate/process of
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|
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MILLI- | one-thousandth
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|
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milli/meter | one-thousandth/of meter (39.37 inches)
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|
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MINIMUS- | smallest
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|
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minim/um | smallest/refers to
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|
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MINUTE | Small
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|
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com/minute | together/small
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|
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-MITR/E | head band or mitre box
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|
||||
mitr/al | head band or mitre box/refers to
🗑
|
||||
MOL/O- | to mill or grind
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|
||||
mol/ar | to mill or grind/refer to
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|
||||
MON/O- | one
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|
||||
mono/nucle/osis | one/ nut/ condition of
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|
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MORPHO- | shape
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|
||||
a/morph/ous | without/shape or form/state of or composed of
🗑
|
||||
MORT/O- | Death
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|
||||
mort/al | death/refers to
🗑
|
||||
–MOTOR | movement or motion
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|
||||
oculo/motor | eye/motion or movement
🗑
|
||||
psycho/motor | mind/movement
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|
||||
MUC/O- | Slime
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|
||||
muc/oids | lime/resembles
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|
||||
MULTI- | many, multiple, excessive
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|
||||
multiple sclera/osis (MS) | many: hardening/condition of
🗑
|
||||
MUMPS | swelling
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|
||||
MY/O- | muscle
🗑
|
||||
my/oma | muscle or muscular/tumor
🗑
|
||||
MYC/O- | fungus
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|
||||
myc/oid | fungus/resembles
🗑
|
||||
MYDRI/O- | to widen
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|
||||
mydri/opt/ic | to widen/vision/refers to
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|
||||
MYEL/O- | spinal cord or bone marrow
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|
||||
myelo/gram | spinal cord/recording
🗑
|
||||
myel/itis | bone marrow/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
MYRING/O- | eardrum
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|
||||
myring/itis | eardrum/inflamed (infected)
🗑
|
||||
MYX/O- | mucus
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|
||||
myx/oma | mucus/tumor or swelling
🗑
|
||||
myx/oid | mucus/resembles
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|
||||
NANO- | 1 billionth
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|
||||
nano/meter | 1 billionth part
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|
||||
NARC/O- | sleep
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|
||||
narco/lepsy | sleep/seizure
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|
||||
NARES | nose opening
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|
||||
NAS/O- | nose
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|
||||
nas/al | nose/refers to
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|
||||
NAT- | birth
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|
||||
nat/al | birth/refers to
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|
||||
NATRI- | sodium or salt
🗑
|
||||
hyper/natr/emia | increase/sodium or salt/in blood
🗑
|
||||
NAVICUL/O- | boat or boat shaped
🗑
|
||||
navicul/ar | boat shaped/refer to
🗑
|
||||
NECR/O- | death, dead, dying
🗑
|
||||
necrot/ic | death, dead, dying/refers to
🗑
|
||||
necr/osis | death, dead, dying/condition of
🗑
|
||||
NEO- | new
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|
||||
neo/plasm | new/growth
🗑
|
||||
NEPHR/O- | kidney
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|
||||
nephr/itis | kidney/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
NEUR/O- | nerve
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|
||||
neur/algia | nerve/pain
🗑
|
||||
NEUTR/O- | neither or neutral
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|
||||
neutro/phil(e) | neither or neutral/love for
🗑
|
||||
NEV/O- | birthmark
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|
||||
nev/us | birthmark/refers to
🗑
|
||||
NIGRA- | black
🗑
|
||||
nigra bodies | black: structures in and around cell nucleus
🗑
|
||||
NIN/O- | nine
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|
||||
nin/us | nine/pertains to
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|
||||
NOCT/I- | night or blind
🗑
|
||||
noct/uria | night/urination (excessive)
🗑
|
||||
-NOIA | mind
🗑
|
||||
para/noia | beyond/mind
🗑
|
||||
NUCLE/O- | nut
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|
||||
nucle/us | nut(shaped)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
NULL/I- | none or no
🗑
|
||||
nulli/para | none or no (null or voided)/births
🗑
|
||||
NUTRI/O- | to nourish
🗑
|
||||
nutri/tion | to nourish/process of
🗑
|
||||
-O/PEXY | to fixate, attach, sew
🗑
|
||||
nephr/opex/y | kidney/fixate, attach, sew (suture)/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
-O/PLASTY | repair or plastic surgery
🗑
|
||||
rhino/plast/y | nose/repair or plastic surgery/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
-O/RRHAGIA | bursting forth or heavy flow
🗑
|
||||
meno/rrhagia | monthly (female cycle)/bursting forth (heavy flow)
🗑
|
||||
-O/RRHEA | discharge or flow
🗑
|
||||
men/o/rrhea | monthly/discharge or flow (slow)
🗑
|
||||
gon/o/rrhea | gonad/flow
🗑
|
||||
-O/RRHEXIS | rupture or protrusion
🗑
|
||||
enter/o/rrhexis | intestine (small)/rupture or protrusion
🗑
|
||||
OBLIQUE | side-long or slanted
🗑
|
||||
OBSTETR/I- | midwife
🗑
|
||||
obstetr/ics | midwife(childbirth)/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
OCCIPIT/O- | back of head
🗑
|
||||
occipit/otomy | back of head/opening (surgical procedure)
🗑
|
||||
occipit/al | back of head/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
OCCLUSI/O- | closure or blockage
🗑
|
||||
occlus/ion | closure or blockage/process of
🗑
|
||||
OCCULT/O- | hidden
🗑
|
||||
occult/a (spina bi/fida) | hidden (thorn: two/clefts)/refers to
🗑
|
||||
OCT/O- | eight
🗑
|
||||
oct/agon | eight/walls
🗑
|
||||
OCUL/O- | eye
🗑
|
||||
oculo/motor | eye/movement
🗑
|
||||
ODONT/O- | tooth
🗑
|
||||
odont/oid | tooth/resembling
🗑
|
||||
-OID | resembling
🗑
|
||||
lip/oid | fat/resembling
🗑
|
||||
epi/derm/oid | upper/skin/resembling
🗑
|
||||
OLEO- | oil
🗑
|
||||
oleo/vitamin | oil (fish oil)/life giving (fat soluble vitamins)
🗑
|
||||
-OLEUM | oil
🗑
|
||||
oleo/infusion | oil/injection
🗑
|
||||
petr/oleum | stone/oil
🗑
|
||||
OLFACT/O- | smelling or smell
🗑
|
||||
olfact/ory | smelling or smell/process of
🗑
|
||||
OLIG/O- | few, scanty, slight, little
🗑
|
||||
oligo/meno/rrhea | few, scanty, slight, little/monthly/flow
🗑
|
||||
-OLOG/Y | science or study of, process of
🗑
|
||||
hist/olog/y | web-like or tissue/science of or study of/process of
🗑
|
||||
-OMA | tumor or swelling
🗑
|
||||
carcin/oma | crab or crab-like/tumor or swelling
🗑
|
||||
OMO- | shoulder
🗑
|
||||
omo/burs/itis | shoulder (near arm)/sack/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
OMPHAL/O- | navel or umbilicus
🗑
|
||||
omphal/ectomy | navel or umbilicus/removal (excision)
🗑
|
||||
ONC/O- | tumor
🗑
|
||||
onco/log/y | tumor/science or study of/process of
🗑
|
||||
onco/log/ist | tumor/science of or study of/specialist
🗑
|
||||
ONYCH/O- | nail
🗑
|
||||
onycho/fidia | nail/split
🗑
|
||||
OOPHOR/O- | ovary
🗑
|
||||
oophor/itis | ovary (seed producer)/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
OPHTHALM/O- | eye or eyeball
🗑
|
||||
ophthalm/olog/ist | eye/science or study of/specialist
🗑
|
||||
ophthalm/ic | eye or eyeball/refer to
🗑
|
||||
OPISTH/O- | backwards (bending)
🗑
|
||||
opistho/tonus | backward (bending)/tone
🗑
|
||||
OPTO- | vision, sight, eye
🗑
|
||||
opto/metr/ist | vision or sight/measurement/specialist
🗑
|
||||
ORA- | mouth
🗑
|
||||
or/al | mouth/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
ORB- | circle or dish
🗑
|
||||
orbit/al | circle or dish (eye socket)/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
ORCHI/O- | teste or seed producer
🗑
|
||||
orchi/oma | teste or seed producer/tumor or swelling
🗑
|
||||
orch/itis | testicle/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
-OREXIA | appetite
🗑
|
||||
an/orexia | without/appetite (not hungry)
🗑
|
||||
-ORRHAPHY | suturing or repair
🗑
|
||||
neur/orrhaph/y | nerve/suturing or repair/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
ORTH/O- | straight, normal, correct
🗑
|
||||
ortho/dont/ic | straight, normal, correct/teeth/refers to
🗑
|
||||
OS- | mouth
🗑
|
||||
trache/os/tom/y | windpipe/mouth/cut/process
🗑
|
||||
OSCILL/O- | to swing
🗑
|
||||
oscillo/graph | to swing/instrument
🗑
|
||||
-OSE | sugar
🗑
|
||||
malt/ose | malt/sugar
🗑
|
||||
-OSIS | condition of or disease
🗑
|
||||
scoli/osis | crooked (lateral curve)/condition of or disease
🗑
|
||||
OSMO- | smell
🗑
|
||||
an/osm/ia | without/smell/refers to
🗑
|
||||
OSTE/O- | bone
🗑
|
||||
osteo/path | bone/disease
🗑
|
||||
osteo/por/osis | bone/cavities (pores)/condition of
🗑
|
||||
-OSTOMY | mouth like opening produced by surgery
🗑
|
||||
col/ostomy | colon/opening (mouth like formation) procedure
🗑
|
||||
OT/O- | ear
🗑
|
||||
ot/itis | ear/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
-OTOMY | cutting, to cut, cut into
🗑
|
||||
tracheo/tom/y | rough (windpipe)/cut into/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
ana/tom/y | apart/cutting/procedure of or process of
🗑
|
||||
-OTRIPSY | crushing or to crush
🗑
|
||||
neur/otrips/y | nerve/crushing or to crush/procedure of (surgical)
🗑
|
||||
litho/tripsy | stone/crushing/procedure of (kidney or gall stones 'calculi')
🗑
|
||||
OV/O- | egg
🗑
|
||||
ov/ary | egg/refer to
🗑
|
||||
ovul/ate | egg/state of or process of (producing)
🗑
|
||||
OX/Y- | sharp or oxygen molecules
🗑
|
||||
oxy/op/ia | sharp/vision/refers to
🗑
|
||||
oxy/gen | sharp (mentally)/producing, developing, forming
🗑
|
||||
oxy/gen/ation | oxygen (molecules)/development/process of
🗑
|
||||
PACHY- | thick
🗑
|
||||
pachy/derm/ia | thick/skin/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PALAT/O- | palate, plate or plate of the mouth roof
🗑
|
||||
palato/plasty | palate (roof of mouth)/repair
🗑
|
||||
palat/oplasty | roof of mouth or palate/surgical repair
🗑
|
||||
palat/ine | plate of mouth roof (skull bones)/state of
🗑
|
||||
PALL/O- | pale or lack of color
🗑
|
||||
pall/or | pale or lack of color/one who
🗑
|
||||
PALM/A- | palm or palm of hand
🗑
|
||||
palm/ar | palm or palm of hand/refer to
🗑
|
||||
PALPAT/O- | touching or to touch
🗑
|
||||
palpat/ion | touching or to touch/process of
🗑
|
||||
PALPEBRA- | eyelid
🗑
|
||||
palpebr/itis | eyelid/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
PALPIT- | quivering or fluttering
🗑
|
||||
palpit/ation | quivering or fluttering (heart)/process of
🗑
|
||||
PALSY | slight or moderate paralysis
🗑
|
||||
Cerebral Palsy (C.P.) | brain: paralysis
🗑
|
||||
PAN- | all, total, complete
🗑
|
||||
pan/dem/ic | all, total, complete/people/pertain to
🗑
|
||||
pan/creat/itis | all/flesh/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
PAPILLA- | nipple
🗑
|
||||
papill/ary | nipple/state of or refer to
🗑
|
||||
PARA- | near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal
🗑
|
||||
para/thyr/oid | near/shield shaped/resembling
🗑
|
||||
-PARESIS | paralysis
🗑
|
||||
hemi/pare/sis | half/paralysis (slight)/condition of
🗑
|
||||
PARIET/O- | wall or partition
🗑
|
||||
pariet/al | wall or partition/refer to (skull bone)
🗑
|
||||
PART/O- | birth or labor
🗑
|
||||
post/part/um | after/birth or labor/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PATELL/O- | little dish or knee cap
🗑
|
||||
patell/ar | little dish (knee cap)/refer to
🗑
|
||||
PATH/O- | disease
🗑
|
||||
path/o/log/y | disease/science of or study of/process of
🗑
|
||||
PAUS/O- | stoppage
🗑
|
||||
meno/paus/al | monthly/stoppage/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PECT/O- | chest
🗑
|
||||
pector/al | chest (anterior breast area)/refer to
🗑
|
||||
PED- | foot or feet
🗑
|
||||
ped/al | foot or feet/refer to
🗑
|
||||
PEDI- | child
🗑
|
||||
ped/iatrics | child/treat
🗑
|
||||
ped/ia/tric/ian | child/treats or cures/one who
🗑
|
||||
PEDICUL/O- | lice
🗑
|
||||
pediculo/sis | lice (head, body or pubic)/condition of
🗑
|
||||
PELI- | purple
🗑
|
||||
peli/osis | purple/condition of
🗑
|
||||
PELL- | skin
🗑
|
||||
pell/agra | skin/rough or painful
🗑
|
||||
PELVI/O- | base, basin, pelvis
🗑
|
||||
pelv/ic | base, basin, pelvis/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PEN/O- | tail, organ of copulation, penis
🗑
|
||||
pen/itis | penis/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
-PENIA | decrease in number
🗑
|
||||
leuko/cyto/penia | white (WBC's)/cells/decrease in number
🗑
|
||||
PENT/A- | five
🗑
|
||||
pent/agon | five/walls
🗑
|
||||
penta/dactyl | five (normal)/fingers and toes on each limb
🗑
|
||||
PEPS/O- | digestion
🗑
|
||||
dys/peps/ia | difficult or painful/digestion/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PER- | through
🗑
|
||||
per/cutane/ous | through/skin/state of
🗑
|
||||
per/meate | through/opening
🗑
|
||||
PERI- | around
🗑
|
||||
peri/cardi/um | around/heart/refers to
🗑
|
||||
peri/stal/sis | around/to clasp and compress/condition
🗑
|
||||
PERINE/O- | base or floor
🗑
|
||||
perin/eal | base or floor/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PERITON/E- | that which holds the lower viscera
🗑
|
||||
peritone/um | that which holds the lower organs/refers to
🗑
|
||||
periton/itis | membrane holding lower viscera or organs and structures/inflammation
🗑
|
||||
PERONEO- | pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone
🗑
|
||||
perone/al | pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone/refers to
🗑
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perone/us | pin/refers to
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PES | foot
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tali/pes | ankle/foot
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PETECH/I- | small
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petech/ial | small/refers to
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PETIT | little illness
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petit mal | little illness/bad
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PETRO- | rock, stone, hard
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petro/derma | rock, stone, hard/skin
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osteo/petr/osis | bone/stone-like/condition
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PHAGO- | eat, eating, perverse appetite
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phago/cyto/sis | eat, eating, perverse appetite/cells (WBC's)/refers to
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PHALANG/O- | close knit row (fingers and toes)
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a/phalang/ia | without/close knit row (fingers and toes)/refers to
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PHARMAC/O- | drug relationship, to drug, medicine
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pharmac/o/log/ist | drug or medicine/study of/specialist
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PHARYNG/O- | throat
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pharyng/itis | pharynx or throat/inflamed (sore throat)
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PHAS/O- | speech or speaking
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dys/phas/ia | difficult or faulty/speech or speaking/refers to
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-PHASE | stage
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meta/phase | change/stage or an appearance
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-PHERESIS | withdrawal or to separate
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hemato/pheresis | blood/to separate
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-PHILE | love of, to love, love for
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eosino/phil/ia | rose red (WBC staining)/love of/refers to
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PHIM/O- | to muzzle or muzzling
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phim/osis | to muzzle or muzzling/condition of
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PHLEB/O- | vein
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phleb/itis | vein/inflamed
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phleb/o/tom/ist | vein/cut/specialist (draws blood)
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PHOB/O- | fear
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hydro/phob/ia | water/fear (rabies)/refers to
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PHOC/O- | seal
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phoco/mel/ia | seal/limbs/refers to
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PHON/O- | voice or sound
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dys/phon/ia | faulty or difficult/voice or sound/refers to
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PHOR/O- | feeling (mental)
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eu/phor/ia | good/feeling (mental)/refers to
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-PHORESIS | migration, transport, move or carry
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a/phoresis | no or lack of/migration, transportation, movement
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hemo/phoresis | blood/carrying, migration, transmitting
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chema/phoresis | chemical/not moving
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epi/phoresis | above/to carry or bear
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PHOT/O- | light
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photo/graphy | light/process of recording with device
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photo/phobia | light/fear of
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PHRAG/O- | wall or partition
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dia/phragm | across or through/wall or partition
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PHRASO- | speech or talk
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a/phras/ia | without/speech, talk, unable to understand phrases/refers to
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-PHRAXIA | stoppage or obstruction
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hemo/phrax/ia | blood/stoppage or obstruction/refers to
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PHREN/O- | mind or diaphragm
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phren/ia | mind (mental disorder)/pertains to
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phren/ic (nerve) | diaphragm/pertains to
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-PHYLAXIS | protection or guard
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pro/phylaxis | before/protection or guard
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ana/phylaxis | away from/prevention
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PHYSI/O- | function of or nature of
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physi/o/log/y | function or nature of/science of/process of
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-PHYSIS | growth or nature of
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sym/physis | together/growth or nature of
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PHYTO- | plant
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phyto/toxin | plant/poison
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PIA- | gentle
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pia mater | soft or gentle: mother
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PIL/O- | hair
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pil/oma | hair/swelling or tumor-like
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PINN/A- | feather or feather like
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|
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pinna/form | feather like/shape
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|
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PITUIT/O- | phlegm or glue like mucus
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|
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pituit/ary | phlegm or glue like mucus/refer to
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|
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PITYR/I- | bran (cereal like scales on skin)
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pityri/asis | bran (cereal like scales on skin)/refers to
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|
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PLACENT/A- | cake
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|
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placent/itis | cake/inflamed
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|
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-PLAKIA | plate or plate-like
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leuko/plakia | white/plate
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|
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PLAN/O- | flat or a plain
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|
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plan/us | pes plan/us
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|
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PLANT/O- | sole of foot
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plant/ar | sole of the foot/refer to
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|
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PLAS- | growth, development, formation
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|
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hyper/plas/ia | excessive/growth, development, formation/pertains to
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|
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-PLEG/IA | paralysis
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|
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quadri/plegia | four (limbs)/paralysis
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|
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para/plegia | beyond (lower two limbs)/paralyzed
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|
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PLEUR/O- | side or rib
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|
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pleur/itis | side or rib/inflamed
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|
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-PLEXY | paralysis
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|
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neuro/plexy | nerve/paralysis
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|
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-PNEA | breathe or breathing
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a/pnea | without or lack of/breathe or breathing
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|
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PNEUM/O- | lung, air, respiration
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|
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pneumo/thorax | air (within)/chest
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|
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-POIE/SIS | to make, form, produce
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|
||||
hemato/poie/sis | blood (large amount)/to make, form, produce/condition or state of
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|
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POIKIL/O- | irregular or varied shape
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|
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poikilo/cytic | irregular or varied shape/cell
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|
||||
POLI/O- | gray
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|
||||
polio/myel/itis | gray/spinal cord/inflamed
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|
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POLLEX- | thumb
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pollex/ectomy | thumb/removal
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|
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POLY- | many
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|
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poly/dipsia | many/thirsts (being thirsty)
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|
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PONS | bridge
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|
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POR/O- | cavity or passage (porous)
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|
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osteo/por/o/sis | bone/cavity or passage (porous)/condition of
🗑
|
||||
POST- | after or behind
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|
||||
post/part/um | after/birth/refers to
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|
||||
poster/ior | after or behind/refers to
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|
||||
-POX | pits
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|
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small pox3tiny/pits |
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|
||||
PRAND/I- | meal or breakfast
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|
||||
prandi/al | meal or breakfast/pertain to
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|
||||
a/prand/ial | without/meal/refer to
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|
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-PRAX/IA | movement or action
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|
||||
pharmaco/prax/ia | drug/movement or action/pertain to
🗑
|
||||
myo/prax/is | muscle/action/refers to
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|
||||
PRE- | before
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|
||||
pre/natal | before/birth
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|
||||
PREPUCE | foreskin or hood
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|
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PRESBYO-3old |
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|
||||
presby/op/ia | old (weak eyes of elderly)/vision/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PRIM/I- | first
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|
||||
prim/ary | first/refers to
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|
||||
PRO- | before
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|
||||
pro/gnosis | before/knowledge
🗑
|
||||
pro/phylax/is | before/prevention or guard/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PROCT/O- | rectum or anus
🗑
|
||||
proct/o/log/ist | rectum or anus/science or study of/specialist
🗑
|
||||
PRONE- | to bend forward
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|
||||
pronat/ion | to bend forward/process of
🗑
|
||||
PROPRI/O- | property (nerve stimuli or information)
🗑
|
||||
proprio/ceptor | property (nerve stimulation or information)/ones own receives
🗑
|
||||
PROSTAT/O- | one who lies before
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|
||||
prostat/ectomy | one who lies before/excision (cut out)
🗑
|
||||
PROT/O- | first
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|
||||
proto/zoon | first/animals
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|
||||
PROXIM/O- | close or closest
🗑
|
||||
proxim/al | close or closest/refer to
🗑
|
||||
PRUR/I- | itch or itching
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|
||||
prur/itis | itch/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
PSEUD/O- | false
🗑
|
||||
pseudo/membranous | false/skin like/state of
🗑
|
||||
PSOAS | loin (lumbar)
🗑
|
||||
PSOR/I- | to itch
🗑
|
||||
psori/asis | to itch/condition of
🗑
|
||||
PSYCH/O- | mind
🗑
|
||||
psych/olog/y | mind/science of or study of/process of
🗑
|
||||
PTERYG/O- | winged
🗑
|
||||
pteryg/oid | winged/resembles
🗑
|
||||
-PTOSIS | to drop, fall, displace
🗑
|
||||
splanchno/ptosis | viscera or organ/to drop, fall, displace
🗑
|
||||
nephro/ptosis | kidney/to drop, fall, displace
🗑
|
||||
-PTYSIS | spitting or spit
🗑
|
||||
hemo/ptysis | blood/spitting or spit
🗑
|
||||
PUB/O- | pubis or pubic
🗑
|
||||
pub/ic | pubis or pubic/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PULMON/O- | lung
🗑
|
||||
pulmon/ary | lung/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
PULP/O- | solid flesh
🗑
|
||||
pulp/itis | solid flesh/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
PUPILL/O- | pupil
🗑
|
||||
pupilo/meter | pupil/to measure (size of ring shape)
🗑
|
||||
PURPUR/O- | purple
🗑
|
||||
purpur/ic | purple/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PYEL/O- | pelvis or kidney
🗑
|
||||
pyelo/nephr/itis | pelvis/of kidney /inflammation
🗑
|
||||
PYKN/O- | thick, dense, compact
🗑
|
||||
pykn/emia | thick/refers to blood
🗑
|
||||
PYL/O- | gatekeeper
🗑
|
||||
pyl/or/ic | gatekeeper/one who/refer to
🗑
|
||||
PYO- | pus
🗑
|
||||
pyo/gen/ic | pus/produce/refers to
🗑
|
||||
PYRET/O- | fever
🗑
|
||||
pyret/ic | fever 'febrile', heat, fire/refers to
🗑
|
||||
pyreto/gen | fever/producing
🗑
|
||||
QUADR/I- | four
🗑
|
||||
quadr/ants | four/refers to
🗑
|
||||
QUINT/I- | five
🗑
|
||||
quintu/plet | five/offspring or folds
🗑
|
||||
RADI/O- | ray, spoke, X-ray, radio activity
🗑
|
||||
radia/tion | ray, spoke, X-ray, radio-activity/process of or state of
🗑
|
||||
rad/ius | spoke/refer to
🗑
|
||||
RADIC/O- | nerve root or spinal nerve
🗑
|
||||
radicul/itis | nerve root/inflammation
🗑
|
||||
RAY- | spoke or wave length
🗑
|
||||
RE- | again
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|
||||
re/spir/ation | again/breath/process of
🗑
|
||||
RECT/O- | rectum or straight
🗑
|
||||
recto/clysis | rectum or straight/washing out
🗑
|
||||
rectus abdominal muscles | straight/belly/muscle
🗑
|
||||
REN/O- | kidney
🗑
|
||||
ren/al | kidney/pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
RETICUL/O- | network
🗑
|
||||
reticul/ation | network/process of
🗑
|
||||
RETINA | net or net like
🗑
|
||||
Retin/itis | net or net like/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
RETR/O- | back of, behind, backward, after
🗑
|
||||
retro/cervic/al | behind/neck/refers to
🗑
|
||||
retro/grade | back of, backward, behind, after/movement
🗑
|
||||
retro/col/ic | back of/big intestine/refers to
🗑
|
||||
RHACHI/O- | jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column
🗑
|
||||
rhach/itis | jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
RHEUMAT/O- | discharge or flow through
🗑
|
||||
rheumat/oid arthr/itis | discharge or flow through/resembles: joint/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
RHIN/O- | nose
🗑
|
||||
rhino/plasty | nose/repair or plastic surgery (nose job)
🗑
|
||||
rhin/itis | nose/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
rhin/o/rrhea | nose/running
🗑
|
||||
RHOMB/O- | parallelogram or diamond shaped
🗑
|
||||
rhomb/oid muscles | parallelogram (diamond shaped)/resembles: muscles
🗑
|
||||
RHYTID/O- | wrinkles
🗑
|
||||
rhytid/ectomy | wrinkles/plastic surgery to remove wrinkles
🗑
|
||||
rhytido/plasty | wrinkles/plastic surgery or repair
🗑
|
||||
RICHETTS/IA | rickets like symptoms in joints
🗑
|
||||
ROENT/O- | X-ray
🗑
|
||||
roent/gen/ic | x-ray/beginning or caused by/refer to
🗑
|
||||
ROTAT/O- | to turn or swing around
🗑
|
||||
rotat/or | to turn or swing around/one who
🗑
|
||||
-RRHYTHM | rhythm or contraction
🗑
|
||||
a/rrhythm | lack of or without/rhythm or contraction
🗑
|
||||
RUBE/O- | red
🗑
|
||||
rube/osis | red/condition of
🗑
|
||||
RUG/A- | folds
🗑
|
||||
rug/ae | folds/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SACCHAR/O- | sugar
🗑
|
||||
sacchar/ide | sugar/likeness
🗑
|
||||
SACR/O- | saucer or sacred bone
🗑
|
||||
sacr/al | saucer or sacred bone/pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
SAGITT/O- | arrow or arrow like
🗑
|
||||
mid/sagitt/al | middle/like and arrow or arrow-like (cut)/refers to(visual or surgical cut separating body or parts into right and left segments)
🗑
|
||||
SALIV/O- | spit
🗑
|
||||
saliv/ation | spit (making)/process of saliva/process of (making or producing)
🗑
|
||||
SALPING/O- | tube, duct, canal
🗑
|
||||
salping/itis | tube, duct, canal/inflamed
🗑
|
||||
SARC/O- | fleshy
🗑
|
||||
sarc/oma | fleshy/tumor
🗑
|
||||
SCAB/O- | to itch
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|
||||
scab/ies | to itch/condition of(mite infestation of skin)
🗑
|
||||
SCAPUL/O- | shoulder blade
🗑
|
||||
scapul/ectomy | shoulder blade/removal (surgical excision)
🗑
|
||||
SCHIZ/O- | split or splitting
🗑
|
||||
schizo/phren/ia | split/mind/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SCLER/O- | hardening
🗑
|
||||
athero/scler/osis | yellow fat or porridge/hardening/condition of
🗑
|
||||
scler/itis | hard/inflammation
🗑
|
||||
SCOLI/O- | crooked or twisted
🗑
|
||||
scoli/osis | crooked or twisted (spine)/condition of
🗑
|
||||
-SCOP/E | an instrument that examines or views
🗑
|
||||
micro/scop/e | small/to view or examine/instrument(process of)
🗑
|
||||
-SCOPY | to examine or view
🗑
|
||||
lapro/scop/y | abdomen wall or abdominal/to examine or view/procedure of
🗑
|
||||
SCOT/O- | darknesss
🗑
|
||||
cot/oma | darkness (blind spot)/swelling or tumor (causing
🗑
|
||||
SCROT/O- | sac or pouch
🗑
|
||||
scrot/al | sac or pouch/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SCURVY | to scratch
🗑
|
||||
SEB/O- | oil
🗑
|
||||
seb/aceous gland | oil/pertains to
🗑
|
||||
SECRETO- | separating or to separate
🗑
|
||||
secreat/or | separating or to separate/one who
🗑
|
||||
SECT/O- | to cut
🗑
|
||||
sect/ion | to cut (several times) or to cut apart/procedure of(to section an organ)
🗑
|
||||
SEMI- | half
🗑
|
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semi/conscious | half/aware
🗑
|
||||
SEMIN/O- | seed or seed producer
🗑
|
||||
semin/al | seed or seed producer/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SENIL/E- | old
🗑
|
||||
senil/ity | old/state of(mental and/or physical weakness)
🗑
|
||||
SEPT/A- | partition or wall
🗑
|
||||
sept/um | partition or wall/refers to(wall dividing a space: nose and heart)
🗑
|
||||
SEPT/I- | seventh
🗑
|
||||
septi/para | seventh/child births or born infants
🗑
|
||||
SEPT/O- | poison, infection, decay, putrefy
🗑
|
||||
sept/ic | poison/refer to
🗑
|
||||
SIAL/O- | saliva or spit
🗑
|
||||
sial/aden/itis | saliva or spit/gland/inflammation
🗑
|
||||
hypo/sialo/gogic | low/saliva/production
🗑
|
||||
SIDER/O- | iron
🗑
|
||||
sidero/cyte | iron/cell
🗑
|
||||
SILIC/O- | silicon carbon particles
🗑
|
||||
silico/sis | silicon carbon particles/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SIN/O- | cavity
🗑
|
||||
sin/us | cavity/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SINISTR/O- | to the left or left
🗑
|
||||
sinistro/card/ia | to the left or left/heart/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SKELET/O- | dried up or to attach
🗑
|
||||
skelet/al | dried up or to attach/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SOLE- | the sole of the foot
🗑
|
||||
sole/us | sole of foot/refers to
🗑
|
||||
-SOL | in solution or solution
🗑
|
||||
aero/sol | air/solution
🗑
|
||||
SOM/O- | body
🗑
|
||||
psycho/somat/ic | mind/body/refer to
🗑
|
||||
SOMN/O- | sleep
🗑
|
||||
somni/pathy | sleep/disease
🗑
|
||||
SON/O- | sounds
🗑
|
||||
ono/gram | sound/recording or writing
🗑
|
||||
SPAD/I- | to tear
🗑
|
||||
epi/spad/ism | upon/to tear/state of
🗑
|
||||
-SPASM | involuntary contraction
🗑
|
||||
myo/spasm | muscle/sudden involuntary muscle contraction
🗑
|
||||
SPERM/O- | sperm
🗑
|
||||
spermo/cide | sperm/to kill
🗑
|
||||
SPHER/O- | ball, globe, round
🗑
|
||||
spher/o/cyte | ball, globe, round/cells
🗑
|
||||
SPHINCT/O- | that which binds together
🗑
|
||||
sphinct/er | that which binds together or tight (ring like)
🗑
|
||||
SPHYGM/O- | pulse
🗑
|
||||
sphygmo/mano/meter | pulse/by hand/measurement
🗑
|
||||
SPHYXI/O- | pulse or lack of pulse
🗑
|
||||
a/sphyx/ia | without/pulse/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SPIN/O- | thorn or thorny
🗑
|
||||
spin/al | thorn or thorny/refers to
🗑
|
||||
SPIR/O- | breathe or breathing
🗑
|
||||
spir/o/meter | breathe, breathing/measure
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spiro/gram | breathing/record
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spiro/graph | breathing/instrument used to record
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SPLANCHN/O- | organ
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splanchn/o/log/y | organ (viscera)/study of/process of
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SPLEN/O- | spleen
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splen/o/tom/y | spleen (organ)/cut into/procedure of
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SPONDYL/O- | vertebra
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spondyl/itis | vertebra/inflamed
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SPRAIN | to wring out or press out
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SQUAM/O- | scaly
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squam/ous | scaly/refers to
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-STALSIS | to contract
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peri/stalsis | around/to contract
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STAPED/O- | stirrup
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staped/ectomy | stirrup (shape)/excision or removal
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STAPHYL/O- | grape or grape-like clusters
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straphylo/coccus | grape or grape-like clusters/berry
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-STASIS | stoppage, standing, location
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hemo/stasis | blood/stoppage
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homeo/stasis | same or equal/standing or location
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-STAT | to stop or immediately
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hemo/stat | blood/to stop
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-STAXIA | dripping or trickling
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epi/staxia | upon/dripping or trickling
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STEAT/O- | fat
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steato/rrhea | fat/flow
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STEN/O- | narrowing
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sten/osis | narrowing/condition of
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STEREO- | three dimensional or solid
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stereo/cine/fluoro/graphy | three dimensional/motion picture/fluorescence/recording procedure
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STERN/O- | chest, sternum, or breastbone
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stern/al | chest, sternum, breastbone/pertain to
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STETH/O- | chest
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stetho/scope | chest/to examine
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-STOLE | contract
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sy/stole | together/contract
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dia/stole | between/contraction
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STOMAT/O- | mouth
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stomat/itis | mouth/inflamed
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STRABISM/O- | to squint or squinting
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strabism/us | to squint or squinting/refers to
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STRAIN | to draw tight
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STRAT/I- | layer
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strati/form | layer/shaped
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strat/um basal | layer/refers to: base of (skin)
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STREPT/O- | twisted or twisted chain
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strepto/coccus | twisted or twisted chain/spheres
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STRI/A- | stripes or threads
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stria/tion | stripes or threads/process of
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STRICT/O- | drawing or binding
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strict/ure | drawing or binding/state of
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STY/E | raised
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