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Bases: Med. Term.
Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin Roots. Bases. (GREEK in all caps)
| Base | Definition | Corresponding Latin Noun |
|---|---|---|
| abdomin- | abdomen | |
| ACROMI- | acromion, the extremity of the shoulder | |
| ADEN- | gland | |
| adip- | fat | |
| AER- | air, gas | |
| al- | wing, any wing-like structure | f. ala, -ae |
| alb- | white | |
| alveol- | alveoli, terminal air sacs | m. alveolus, -i |
| AMBLY- | dull, dim, blunt | (blank) |
| AMNI-, AMNION- | amnion; amniotic fluid | (blank) |
| AMYL- | starch | (blank) |
| an- | anus | (blank) |
| ANDR- | male, man | (blank) |
| ANGI- | (blood) vessel, duct | (blank) |
| anter- | before, in the forward part | (blank) |
| aort-, aortic- | aorta | f. aorta, -ae |
| ARTHR- | joint | (blank) |
| articul- | joint | f. articultio, articulationis |
| ASTRAGAL- | ankle, bones of teh ankle joint | m. astragalus, -i |
| atri- | atrium (a chamber of the heart) | n. atrium, -i |
| aur- | ear | (blank) |
| AUX- | increase | (blank) |
| bacill- | rod, rod-shaped bacterium | m. bacillus, -i |
| BAR- | weight, pressure | (blank) |
| BAS- | bse, basic (i.e. non-acidic) | (blank) |
| BI- | life; living organism, microbe | (blank) |
| bil-, bili- | bile | (blank) |
| BLAST- | precursor cell; primitive cell or layer | (blank) |
| BLENN- | mucus | (blank) |
| BLEPHAR- | eyelid | (blank) |
| BRACHI- | slow | (blank) |
| BRONCH- | bronchus (major airway within the lungs) | m. bronchus, -i |
| BRONCHIOL- | bronchiole (smaller airways in the lungs) | m. bronchiolus, -i |
| bucc- | cheek | f. bucca, -ae |
| burs- | fluid-filled sac, bursa | f. bursa, -ae |
| calc-, calci- | calcium | (blank) |
| calcane- | heel bone | m. calcaneus, -i |
| capil- | capillary | (blank) |
| CARCIN- | cancer | (blank) |
| CARDI- | heart | (blank) |
| CARDI- | cardiac (proximal) portion of stomach | (blank) |
| CARP- | wrist, bones of the wrist | m. carpus, -i |
| caud- | tail, lower end of the body | (blank) |
| cec-, caec- | cecum | n. cecum, -i |
| CELI- | abdomen | (blank) |
| centr- | center | (blank) |
| CEPHAL- | head | (blank) |
| cerebell- | cerebellum, posteroinferior portion of brain; "little brain" | n. cerebellum, -i |
| cerebr- | cerebrum, largest portion of brain; cerebral hemispheres; brain | n. cerebrum, -i |
| cervic- | neck | f. cervix, cervicis |
| cervic- | cervix of the uterus | cervix uteri |
| CHEIL- | lips | (blank) |
| CHEM- | chemical, chemistry | (blank) |
| CHIER-, CHIR- | hand | (blank) |
| CHLOR- | green | (blank) |
| CHOLE-, CHOL- | bile | (blank) |
| CHOLECYST- | gall bladder | (blank) |
| CHONDR- | cartilage, costal cartilage | (blank) |
| CHOLEDOCH- | common bile duct | (blank) |
| CHROM-, CHROMAT- | color, pigment | (blank) |
| CHRON- | time | (blank) |
| CIRRH- | orangish-yellow, tawny | (blank) |
| clavicul- | clavicle, collar bone | f. clavicula, -ae |
| CLEID- | clavicle | (blank) |
| CLON- | clone, genetically identical descendent of a single parent cell, to produce such progeny | (blank) |
| cocc- | spherical bacterium | m. coccus, -i |
| COL- | colon, large intestine | (blank) |
| COLL-, COLLA- | glue | (blank) |
| COLP- | vagina | (blank) |
| CONI- | dust | (blank) |
| conjunctiv- | conjunctive; the mucous membrane covering the eyeball | f. conjunctiva, -ae |
| COPR- | feces; filthy, dirty | (blank) |
| cord- | heart | n. cor, cordis |
| CORE-, COR- | pupil of the eye | (blank) |
| corne- | cornea | f. cornea, -ae |
| cort-, cortic- | cortex, outer layer of a structure or organ | (blank) |
| cost- | rib | f costa, -ae |
| cox- | hip bone, the hip joint (in general) | f. coxa, -ae |
| crani- | skull | n. cranium, -i |
| CRY-, CRYM- | cold | (blank) |
| CRYPT- | secret, hidden | (blank) |
| cupr- | copper | (blank) |
| cut-, cutane- | skin | (blank) |
| CYAN- | blue | (blank) |
| CYCL- | ciliary body of the eye; ring, circle, cycle | (blank) |
| CYST- | cyst, any small fluid-filled sac; urinary bladder | (blank) |
| CYT- | cell | (blank) |
| DACRY- | tears | (blank) |
| DACTYL- | finger | (blank) |
| DEM- | a people, a population | (blank) |
| dent- | tooth | m. dens, dentis |
| DERM-, DERMAT- | skin | (blank) |
| DESM- | fibrous connection, ligament | (blank) |
| dextr- | right | (blank) |
| dist- | remote, distant, farther from the attached end | (blank) |
| dors- | back, back surface | (blank) |
| duct- | to lead, bring, convey | (blank) |
| duoden- | duodenum | m. duodenum, -i |
| DYNAM- | force, energy, power | (blank) |
| EMBRY-, EMBRYON- | embryo (in humans, the unborn offspring up to 8 weeks of development) | (blank) |
| ENCEPHAL- | brain | (blank) |
| ENTER- | (small) intestine | (blank) |
| EOS- | dawn; bright red or pink color | (blank) |
| EPIDIDYM- | epididymis | (blank) |
| EPISI- | the vulva | (blank) |
| ERYTHR- | red | (blank) |
| ESOPHAG- | esophagus | (blank) |
| ESTHES- | to feel, perceive, sense | (blank) |
| EURY- | wide, broad | (blank) |
| extern- | outside | (blank) |
| faci- | face; surface | f. facies, -ei |
| fasci- | band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue | f. fascia, -ae |
| febr- | fever | (blank) |
| femor- | thigh bone | m. femur, femoris |
| fer-, lat- | to bear, carry, bring | (blank) |
| fet- | fetus (in humans, teh unborn offspring from 8 weeks of development until birth) | (blank) |
| fibr- | fiber, fibrous connective tissue | (blank) |
| fibul- | outer bone of the leg | f. fibula, -ae |
| flav- | yellow | (blank) |
| flect-, flex- | to bend | (blank) |
| front- | forehead; (sometimes) frontal bone, sinus, or lobe of brain | (blank) |
| fus- | to pour | (blank) |
| GAM- | marriage, sexual union; gamete, reproductive cell | (blank) |
| GAMET- | gamete, reproductive cell | (blank) |
| GANGLI- | ganglion, cluster of nerve cells | (blank) |
| GASTR- | stomach | (blank) |
| GEN-, GENE- | to come into being, produce | (blank) |
| GENI-, GENY- | cheek, chin, jaw | (blank) |
| genu- | knee | (blank) |
| GER-, GERONT- | old age, elderly person | (blank) |
| gest- | to bear, carry, be pregnant | (blank) |
| GEUS- | to taste | (blank) |
| gingiv- | gums | f. gingiva, -ae |
| GLAUC- | blue-gray, green-gray | (blank) |
| GLI- | glia, "glue," supporting cells of nervous system | (blank) |
| glob- | round body, ball | (blank) |
| glomerul | glomerulus, (filtering apparatus of the kidney) | (blank) |
| GLOSS- | tongue | (blank) |
| GLUC- | glucose | (blank) |
| GLYC- | glucose; sweetness; (occasionally as abbreviation) glycogen | (blank) |
| GNATH- | jaw | (blank) |
| GON- | seed; reproduction | (blank) |
| GON-, GONAT-, GONY- | knee | (blank) |
| GONAD- | gonad; seed | (blank) |
| granul- | little grain, particle | (blank) |
| GRAPH- | to write | (blank) |
| gravid- | to be pregnant | (blank) |
| GYN-, GYNE-, GYNEC- | woman, female | (blank) |
| HELMINTH- | parasitic worm | (blank) |
| HEM-, HEMAT- | blood | (blank) |
| HEPAT-, HEPATIC | liver | n. hepar, hepatis |
| HIST-, HISTI- | tissue | (blank) |
| humer- | bone of upper arm; shoulder | m. humeus, -i |
| HYAL- | glassy, vitreous | (blank) |
| HYDR- | water, fluid | (blank) |
| HYGR- | moisture | (blank) |
| HYPN- | to sleep | (blank) |
| HYSTER- | uterus | (blank) |
| IATR- | physician, medicine, treatment | (blank) |
| ile- | ileum | n, ileum, -i |
| ili- | uppermost portion of the hip bone | n. ilium, -i |
| immun- | immunity; the immune system, defense against infection; antibodies | (blank) |
| infer- | below, in the lower part of | (blank) |
| intern- | inside, within | (blank) |
| IR-, IRID- | iris | (blank) |
| IS- | equal, same, alike | (blank) |
| ISCHI- | lowermost portion of the hip bone, "seat bone" | n. ischium, -i |
| jejun- | jejunum | n. jejunum, -i |
| kal-, kali- | potassium | (blank) |
| KARY- | nucleus | (blank) |
| KERAT- | cornea, transparent tissue of the anterior eyeball | (blank) |
| KIN-, KINES- | to move | (blank) |
| labi- | lips | n. labium, -i |
| LABYRINTH- | labyrinth, inner ear | (blank) |
| later- | side | (blank) |
| LEI- | smooth | (blank) |
| LEMM- | lemma, cover, sheath | (blank) |
| LEPS-, LEPT- | to take hold of; seizure | (blank) |
| LEUK- | white; white matter of nervous system | (blank) |
| LEX- | to read | (blank) |
| lingu- | tongue | f. lingua, -ae |
| LIP- | fat, lipid | (blank) |
| LITH- | stone, calculus | (blank) |
| LOG- | word, thought, reason(ing), study, logic | (blank) |
| lumb- | lower back, flank | m. lumbus, -i |
| LY-, LYS- | dissolution, lysis | (blank) |
| LYMPH-, LYMPHAT- | lymph | (blank) |
| LYMPHADEN- | lymph node | (blank) |
| LYMPHANGI- | lymphatic vessel | (blank) |
| MACR- | large | (blank) |
| MAN- | to be mad | (blank) |
| mandibul- | lower jaw bone, mandible | f. mandibula, -ae |
| maxilla- | upper jaw bone | f. maxilla, -ae |
| MEAT- | passage or canal; the external opening of such a passage | (blank) |
| medi- | middle, midline | (blank) |
| MEGA-, MEGAL- | large | (blank) |
| MELAN- | black, dark, pigment | (blank) |
| men-, menstru- | menses, menstrual bleeding; the monthly female reproductive cycle | (blank) |
| MENING- | meninges, membranes covering the central nervous system | (blank) |
| ment- | chin | n, mentum, -i |
| MES- | middle, midline | (blank) |
| METR- | uterus | (blank) |
| MICR- | small | (blank) |
| morb- | disease | (blank) |
| mort- | death | mors, mortis |
| muc- | mucus | (blank) |
| muscul- | muscle | m. musculus, -i |
| mut-, muta-, mutat- | to change | (blank) |
| MY- | muscle | (blank) |
| MYC-, MYCET- | fungus | (blank) |
| MYEL- | bone marrow; spinal cord | (blank) |
| MYRING- | tympanic membrane | (blank) |
| MYX- | mucus | (blank) |
| nas- | nose; nasal cavity; nasal bone | m. nasus, -i |
| nasc-, nat- | to be born | (blank) |
| NATR- | sodium | (blank) |
| NECR- | dead body, dead tissue | (blank) |
| NEMA-, NEMAT- | roundword | (blank) |
| NEPHR- | kidney | (blank) |
| nerv- | nerve | m. nervus, -i |
| NEUR- | nerve | (blank) |
| niger-, nigr- | black | (blank) |
| NOS- | disease | (blank) |
| nucle- | nucleus | m. nucleus, -i |
| occipit- | posterior portion of skull; occipital bone | (blank) |
| ocul- | eye | m. oculus, -i |
| ODONT- | tooth, teeth | (blank) |
| OLIG- | few, little | (blank) |
| OMPHAL- | umbilicus, navel; umbilical cord | (blank) |
| ONC- | tumor; bulk, volume | (blank) |
| OO- | egg, ovum | (blank) |
| OOPHOR- | ovary | (blank) |
| op-, ops-, opt- | vision, seeing | (blank) |
| OPHTHALM- | eye | (blank) |
| or- | mouth | n. os, oris |
| ORCHI-, ORCHID- | testes | (blank) |
| ORTH- | straight | (blank) |
| OSPHR- | to smell | (blank) |
| oss-, osse- | bone | n. os, ossis |
| OSTE-, OST- | bone | (blank) |
| OT- | ear | (blank) |
| ovari- | ovary | (blank) |
| ovi-, ovo- | ovum | (blank) |
| ovul- | to realease an egg, ovulate | (blank) |
| OX-, OXY- | sharp, acute; rapid; acid; oxygen | (blank) |
| palat- | palate, roof of the mouth | n. palatum, -i |
| PAN-, PANT- | all, whole, entire; widespread | (blank) |
| PANCREAT-, PANCREATIC- | pancreas | (blank) |
| papill- | nipple-like projection | f. papilla, -ae |
| par-, part- | to bear, give birth (to) | (blank) |
| pariet- | wall, posterolateral portion of skull; corresponding lobe of brain | (blank) |
| patell- | kneecap | f. patella, -ae |
| PATH- | disease, suffering | (blank) |
| pector- | chest, breast | n. pectus, pectoris |
| PED- | child (from pais, paidis) | (blank) |
| pelv- | basin-like structure | f. pelvis, pelvis |
| pen- | penis | (blank) |
| PEPTID- | peptide (chain of two or more amino acids); peptide bond (-CO-NH- bond) | (blank) |
| PHAG- | to eat | (blank) |
| PHALANG- | any bone of a finger or toe | f. phalanx, phalangis |
| PHALL- | penis | (blank) |
| PHARMAC- | drugs, medicine | (blank) |
| PHARYNG- | throat | f. pharynx, pharyngis |
| PHAS- | to speak | (blank) |
| PHLEB- | vein | (blank) |
| PHON- | voice, sound | (blank) |
| PHOT- | light | (blank) |
| PHRAS- | to speak | (blank) |
| PHREN- | mind; diaphragm | (blank) |
| PHREN-, PHRENIC- | diaphragm; phrenic nerve | (blank) |
| PHYT- | plant; microorganism of the plant kingdom | (blank) |
| placent- | placenta | (blank) |
| PLAS-, PLAST- | to form, develop | (blank) |
| PLASM- | plasma (fluid portion of the blood) | (blank) |
| PLEUR- | pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs) | f. pleura, -ae |
| PNEUM-, PNEUMAT- | air | (blank) |
| PNEUMON-, PNEUM | lung | (blank) |
| POIKOL- | varied, irregular | (blank) |
| POLI- | gray; gray matter of nervous system | (blank) |
| POLY- | many | (blank) |
| POR- | passage, opening, pore | (blank) |
| poster- | behind, in the back part of | (blank) |
| PROCT- | rectum | (blank) |
| PROSTAT- | prostate gland | (blank) |
| proxim- | next to, nearer to the attached end | (blank) |
| PSEUD- | false, lying, deceptive resemblance | (blank) |
| PSYCH- | mind, soul, psyche | (blank) |
| PT- | droop, fall, sag | (blank) |
| pub- | pubic bone | n. os pubis, ossis pubis |
| pulm-, pulmon- | lung | (blank) |
| pupil- | pupil of the eye | f. pupilla, -ae |
| pur-, purul- | pus | (blank) |
| PY- | pus | (blank) |
| PYEL- | renal pelvis | (blank) |
| PYLOR- | pylorus, distal portion of stomach | m. pylorus, -i |
| PYRET- | fever | (blank) |
| RACHI-, RACHID- | spine | (blank) |
| radi- | outer bone of the forearm | m. radius, -i |
| rect- | rectum | n. rectum, -i |
| ren- | kidney | (blank) |
| retin- | retina | f. retina, -ae |
| RHABD- | rod, rod-shaped | (blank) |
| RHIN- | nose | (blank) |
| RHIZ- | root | (blank) |
| RHOD- | rosy, pink | (blank) |
| RHYTHM- | rhythm | (blank) |
| rub-, rubr- | red | (blank) |
| SACCHAR- | sugar, saccharide | (blank) |
| sacr- | bone of caudal vertebral column | n. (os) sacrum, -i |
| SALPING- | fallopian tube; oviduct | (blank) |
| sanguin-, sangui- | blood | (blank) |
| SARC- | flesh, muscular substance | (blank) |
| scapul- | shoulder blade | f. scapula, -ae |
| SCHIZ-, SCHIST- | to divide | (blank) |
| SCLER- | hard | (blank) |
| SCOLI- | twisted, crooked, curved | (blank) |
| SCOP- | to look | (blank) |
| scrip(t)-, scrib- | to write | (blank) |
| semin- | seed; semen | (blank) |
| sept- | septum | n. septum, -i |
| ser- | serum | (blank) |
| SIAL- | saliva | (blank) |
| SIDER- | iron | (blank) |
| silic- | silica, silicon dioxide | (blank) |
| sin-, sinus- | cavity, space | m. sinus, -us |
| sinistr- | left, on the left side | (blank) |
| SOM-, SOMAT- | the human body; any "body" or self-contained mass; (abbreviation for) chromosome | (blank) |
| somn-, somni- | sleep | (blank) |
| SPERM-, SPERMA-, SPERMAT- | seed; spermatazoa, semen | (blank) |
| SPHYGM- | pulse | (blank) |
| spin- | spine, spinal column, spinal process or projection | (blank) |
| spir- | to breathe | (blank) |
| SPLANCH- | internal organ | (blank) |
| SPLEN- | spleen | (blank) |
| SPONDYL- | vertebra | (blank) |
| SPOR- | seed, spore | (blank) |
| squam- | scale; thin plate of bone | (blank) |
| STAL-, STOL- | to send | (blank) |
| STAPHYL- | bunch of grapes; the bacterial genus Staphylococcus | (blank) |
| STEAR-, STEAT- | fat | (blank) |
| STEN- | narrow | (blank) |
| STERC-, STERCOR- | feces | (blank) |
| STERN- | breastbone | n. sternum, -i |
| STHEN- | strength | (blank) |
| STOM-, STOMAT- | mouth | (blank) |
| STREPT- | twisted; the bacterial genus Streptococcus | (blank) |
| super- | above, in the upper part of | (blank) |
| SYNDESM- | ligament | (blank) |
| TACHY- | quick, fast | (blank) |
| tal- | ankle, bone of the ankle joint | m. talus, -i |
| TARS- | instep of the foot, bones of the instep | m. tarsus, -i |
| TAX- | order, arrangement, coordination | (blank) |
| TEL-, TELE- | end, completion | (blank) |
| tempor- | temples; anterolateral portion of skull | n. tempus, temporis |
| TEN-, TENON-, TENONT- | tendon | (blank) |
| tend-, tendin- | tendon | m, tendo, tendinis |
| TENS-, TENSI- | tension, stretching, tone | (blank) |
| TERAT- | abnormal development | (blank) |
| test-, testicul- | testes, testicle(s) | (blank) |
| THALAM- | "chamber," thalamus | m. thalamus, -i |
| THANAT- | death | (blank) |
| THEC- | cover, sheath | (blank) |
| THERM- | heat; temperature | (blank) |
| THORAC- | chest | m. thorax, thoracis |
| THROMB- | clot; platelet (as abbreviation of thrombocyte) | (blank) |
| tibi- | shinbone, inner bone of the leg | f. tibia, -ae |
| TOC- | childbirth, labor | (blank) |
| TOM- | to cut, separate | (blank) |
| TON- | tone, tension, pressure | (blank) |
| TOP- | place | (blank) |
| TOX- | poison | (blank) |
| TRACHE- | trachea (major airway outside lungs) | f. trachea, -ae |
| tract- | to draw, drag | m. tractus, tractus |
| TROPH- | growth, nourishment | (blank) |
| TYMPAN- | tympanic membrane | (blank) |
| uln- | elbow, medial bone of the forearm | f. ulna, -ae |
| URAN- | palate, roof of the mouth | (blank) |
| URE-, UREA-, UR-, URIN- | urine | (blank) |
| URETER- | ureter (tube which conducts urine from the kidneys to the bladder) | (blank) |
| URETHR- | urethra (tube which conducts urine from the bladder to the external surface) | (blank) |
| uter- | uterus | (blank) |
| uvul- | uvula | f. uvula, -ae |
| vagin- | the vagina; any "sheath" structure | (blank) |
| valv-, valvul- | valve | |
| vas- | (blood) vessel, duct | n. vas, vasis (irregular gen. pl. = vasorum) |
| vas- | duct, vas deferens | (blank) |
| ven- | vein | f. vena, -ae |
| ventr- | belly, front surface | (blank) |
| ventricul- | ventricle | n. ventriculum, -i |
| vers-, vert- | to turn | (blank) |
| vertebr- | bone of the spinal column | f. vertebra, -ae |
| vesic- | bladder; any vesicle (a small sac containing liquid or gas) | (blank) |
| vir-, viru-, virid- | virus | (blank) |
| viscer- | internal organ, viscus | n. viscus, visceris |
| vulv- | vulva, female external genitalia | (blank) |
| XANTH- | yellow | (blank) |
| XER- | dry | (blank) |
| ZO- | animal, lving thing | (blank) |
| ZYG- | yoke, joining, pairing | (blank) |
| ZYM- | fermentation; enzyme | (blank) |
| ALLO- | other, differing from normal | (blank) |
| DIPLO- | double | (blank) |
| HAPLO- | single | (blank) |
| HETERO- | different, differing from normal | (blank) |
| HOMO-, HOMEO- | the same, alike | (blank) |
| THIO- | sulfur | (blank) |
| NEO- | new | (blank) |
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