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Tabers M-X
FSCC Tabers M-X
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| macr, macro | Large, long |
| mal | Ill, Bad, Poor |
| mes, meso | 1. Middle, 2. In anatomy, the mesentery, 3.In medicine, secondary partial |
| meter | Measure |
| micr, micro | Small |
| mon, mono | Single, one |
| muc, muci, muco, myxa, myxo | Mucus |
| multi | Many, much |
| musculo, my-myo | Muscle |
| myc, myco | Fungus |
| nano | 1.One billionth, 2.Dwarfism(nanism) |
| narco | Numbness, stupor |
| necr, necro | Death, necrosis |
| neo | new, recent |
| nitr, nitro | Nitrogen |
| non | No |
| normo | Normal, usual |
| ob | Against |
| oculo | Eye |
| ode, oid | Form, shape, resemblance |
| odynia, odyno | Pain |
| oleo | Oil |
| olig, oligo | Few, small |
| oma | Tumor |
| onco | Tumor, swelling, mass |
| onych, onycho | Fingernails, toe nails |
| oo, ovi, ovo | Egg, ovum |
| oophor, oophoro, oophoron | Ovary |
| opisth, opishto | Backward |
| os | Mouth; bone |
| osis | condition, status, process, abnormal increase |
| otomy | Cutting |
| ous | 1. Possessing, full of, 2.Pertaining to |
| oxy | 1.Sharp, keen, acute, acid, pungent, 2.Oxygen in a compound, 3.Hydroxyl group |
| pach, pachy | Thick |
| pan | All, entire |
| path, patho, path, pathic, pathy | Disease, suffering |
| pedia | child |
| per | throughout, through, utterly, intense |
| peri | around, about |
| pero | deformed |
| pexy | fixation, usually surgical |
| phag, phago | eating, ingestion, devouring |
| phlebo | Vein |
| photo | light |
| pico | One trillionth |
| plasia | Growth, cellular profileration |
| plasm,-plasm | 1.Prefix, Living substance or tissue, 2.Suffix, to mold |
| plastic | molded, indicates, restoration of lost or badly formed features |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| plur, pluri | several, more |
| pneo | breath, breathing |
| pneum, pneuma, pneumato | air, gas, respiration |
| poly | much, many |
| post | after |
| postero | posterior, behind, toward the back |
| pre | before, in front of |
| presby | Old age |
| pro | before, in behalf of |
| proso | forward, anterior |
| proto | 1.First, 2.In chemistry, the lowest of a series of compounds with the same elements |
| pseud, pseudo | false |
| psych, psycho | mind, mental process |
| py, pyo | pus |
| pyro | heat, fire |
| quadr, quadri | Four |
| quinqu | five |
| re | back, again |
| retro | backward, back, behind |
| (r)rhage, (r)rhagia | rupture, profuse fluid discharge |
| (r)rhapy | a suturing or stitching |
| (r)rhexis | rupture of a specific body part |
| sapro | putrid, rotten |
| scapho | boat shaped; scaphoid |
| sclero | hard; relating to the sclera |
| sclerosis | dryness, hardness |
| scopy | examination |
| semi | half |
| septi | seven |
| sero | serum |
| steno | narrow, short |
| strepto | twisted |
| sub | under;beneath, in small quantity, less than normal |
| super | above, beyond, superior |
| supra | above, beyond, on top |
| sym | with, together with, along, beside |
| tachy | swift, rapid |
| tel, tele | 1.End, 2.Distant |
| tera | one trillionth |
| tetra | four |
| thermo | hot, heat |
| toco | childbirth |
| tome | cutting instrument |
| tomo | section, layer |
| tomy | cutting operation, excision |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond excess |
| uni | one |
| vaso | vessel(e.g.., blood vessel) |
| veno | vein |
| xero | dry |
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