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USF MT 6-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANDR- | man, male |
| ANKYL-, ANCYL- | fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked |
| APHRODIS(I)- | sexual desire; pertaining to Aphrodite |
| BRACHY- | short |
| CRYPT- | hidden, latent |
| DEM- | people, population |
| DOLICH- | long, narrow, slender |
| DROM- | a running |
| ER-, EROT- | sexual desire |
| GYN(EC)- | woman, female |
| HELMINT(H)- | (intestinal) worm |
| NEMAT- | thread (worm) |
| NOS- | disease, illness |
| ODONT- | tooth |
| PALI(N)- | back, again |
| PAN(T)- | all, entire, every |
| PHOR- | bearing, carrying |
| PHOS-, PHOT- | light, daylight |
| PLEC-, PLEG- | strike, paralyze |
| R(H)ACHI- | spine |
| SCHIZ-, SCHIST-, -SCHISIS | split, cleft, fissure |
| SPONDYL- | vertebra |
| -STAXIS, -STAXIA | dripping, oozing (of blood) |
| THAN(AT)- | death |
| THE- | place, put |
| TRICH- | hair |
| TROPH- | nourishment |
| ADEN- | gland |
| AER- | air, gas |
| BLENN- | mucus |
| CEL(I)- | abdomen |
| CH(E)IL- | lip |
| CHRON- | time, timing |
| CLA(S)-, -CLAST | break (up), destroy |
| -DESIS | binding |
| DESM- | [binding] ligament, connective tissue |
| DYNAM- | force, power, energy |
| GER- | old age |
| GNATH- | (lower) jaw |
| ISCH-, -SCHE- | suppress, check |
| KLEPT- | steal |
| LEI- | smooth |
| LEP- | attack, seizure |
| MAN- | be mad |
| MEL- | limb |
| MORPH- | form, shape |
| NOM- | law |
| OMPHAL- | naval, umbilicus |
| PED- | child |
| PEN- | decrease, deficiency |
| -PEX- | fixing, (surgical) attachment |
| PLAS(T)- | form, develop |
| PRESBY- | old, old age |
| PROSTAT- | prostate gland [one who stands before] |
| PTY- | spit |
| PYTAL- | saliva |
| -RRHAPH- | suture |
| SIT- | food |
| STA(T)- | stand, stop |
| TAX- | (muscular) coordination |
| THERM- | heat, (body) temperature |
| TROP- | turning |
| ab-, abs-, a | away from |
| ad-, ac-, etc. | to, towards |
| ambi- | both |
| ante- | before, forward |
| bi-, bin-, bis- | twice |
| circum- | around |
| con-, co-, col-, etc. | together, with, thoroughly, very |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, away from, absent |
| dis-, di-, dif- | apart, away |
| ex-, e-, ef- | out of, away from |
| extra-, extro- | on the outside, beyond |
| in- | (adverbial) in, into |
| in- | (negative) not |
| in- | (intensive) very, thoroughly |
| infra- | beneath, below |
| inter- | between |
| intra-, intro- | within |
| non- | not |
| mult-, multi- | many, much, affecting many parts |
| ob-, oc-, op- | against, towards; very, thoroughly |
| per-, pel- | through; very, thoroughly |
| post- | after, following, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | forward, in front |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | backward, in back, behind |
| se- | apart, away from |
| semi- | half- |
| sub-, suf-, sup- | under |
| super-, supra- | over, above, excess |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| ABDOMIN- | belly, abdomen |
| ADIP- | fat |
| AUR- | ear |
| BACILL- | bacillus (rod, staff) |
| BURS- | bursa (leather sac) |
| CALC- | stone, calcium, lime (salts) |
| CALOR- | heat, energy |
| CAPIT- | head |
| CEREBR- | brain |
| COST- | rib |
| DENT- | tooth |
| DORS- | back (of the body) |
| EXTERN- | outer |
| FIBR- | fiber, filament |
| FISTUL- fistula, | abnormal tubelike body passage |
| FRIG-, FRIGOR- | cold |
| INSUL- | island |
| INTERN- | inner |
| MEAT- | passage, opening, meatus |
| NAS- | nose |
| PUR- | pus |
| RADIC-, RAD-, RADIX- | root |
| REN- | kidney |
| SANGUI(N)- | blood |
| SON- | sound |
| SYNOV- | synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac |
| TUB- | tube (trumpet) |
| TUSS- | cough |
| VACC- | cow |
| VIR-, VIRUS- | virus [poison, venom] |
| VISCER- | internal organ(s) |
| -an | pertaining to, located in |
| -ar | pertaining to, located in |
| -arium | place for something |
| -ary | a place for something |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ate | having the form of, possessing |
| -ia | forms abstract nouns |
| -ian | expert in a certain field |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -id | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to, capable of |
| -ine | pertaining to, located in |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -lent | full of |
| -ose | full of |
| -ous | full of |
| -ty | forms abstract nouns |
| -y | forms abstract nouns |
| -cle, -culus | indicates smallness |
| -ella-, -ellum | indicates smallness |
| -il, -illa | indicates smallness |
| -ola, -olus | indicates smallness |
| -ule, -ulus | indicates smallne |