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Mterm3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| con- | together |
| con/o | cone |
| condyl/o | condyle, knob |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva |
| contra- | opposite, against |
| cor/o | pupil |
| cord/o | cord, spinal cord |
| cordi/o | heart |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | crown, heart |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex (outer portion) |
| cost/o | costa (rib) |
| cox/o | coxa (hip) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| crin/o | to secrete, secreting |
| -crine | to secrete, secreting |
| -crit | to separate, separating |
| crur/o | leg |
| cry/o | extreme cold |
| crypt- | hidden |
| cubit/o | elbow, forearm |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac (retrouterine pouch) |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cut/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body, recurring, round |
| -cyesis | pregnancy, gestation |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal increase in cells |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dacryoaden/o | lacrimal gland |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dactyl/o | digitus (finger or toe) |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dendr/o | dendrite, tree |
| dent/i | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| dextr/o | right |
| di- | two, both |
| dia- | through, complete |
| diaphragm/o | diaphragm |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| digit/o | finger or toe |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| -dipsia | condition of thirst |
| dis- | bad, abnormal, apart |
| dist/o | far |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum, pouch |
| dors/o | back |
| -drome | to run, running |
| duct-o | to carry, carrying |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater, hard |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| -e | noun ending |
| e- | outward, out |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out, outward |
| echo- | sound, reverberation |
| -ectasia | condition of expansion, dilation |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| ecto- | outward, outer |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| ef- | away from |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emesis | vomiting, vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| em- | in |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end- | within |
| endo- | within |
| endocardi/o | inner lining of the heart |
| endometri/o | endometrium |
| enter/o | small intestines, intestines |
| eosin/o | rosy-colored |
| epi- | above, upon |
| epicardi/o | epicardium |
| epidcondyl/o | epicondyle |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| erg/o | work |
| erythr/o | red |
| erythrocyt/o | red blood cell |
| eschar/o | scab |
| -esis | state of |
| eso- | inward |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| ethmoid/o | ethmoid bone |
| eu- | healthy, normal |
| ex- | out |
| exanthemat/o | rash |
| -exia | condition |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| faci/o | face |
| fallopi/o | fallopian tube |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| fec/a | feces, stool |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fer/o | to bear, carry |
| -ferous | to bear, carry |
| ferr/o | iron |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibrin/o | fibrous substance |
| fibul/o | fibula (lower lateral leg bone) |
| -fida | to split, splitting |
| flex/o | to bend, bending |
| fluro/o | to flow, flowing |
| -flux | to flow, flowing |
| follicul/o | follicle, small sac |
| foramin/o | hole, foramen |
| fornic/o | arched structure, fornix |
| front/o | front, forehead |
| foss/o | hollow, depression |
| fund/o | fundus (base, bottom) |
| fung/i | fungus |
| -fusion | process of pouring |
| galact/o | milk |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | producing, produced by |
| gen/o | origin, originate |
| ger/o | old age |
| geus/o | taste |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glauc/o | gray, bluish green |
| -glia | glia cell, glue |
| -globin | protein substance |
| -globulin | protein substance |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/ | glucose, sugar |
| glute/o | gluteus (buttocks) |
| glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
| glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
| gnath/o | jaw, entire |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gon/o | seed |
| gonad/o | gonad, sex organ |
| goni/o | angle |
| -gram | record, recording |
| granul/o | little grain |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| graph/o | to write, writing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gravid/o | pregnancy, gestation |
| -gravida | pregnancy, gestation |
| gynec/o | female, woman |
| halit/o | breath |
| hal/o | to breath, breathing |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genesis | production, origin |
| -genic | pertaining to producted by |
| -genous | pertaining to originating from |