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Stack #178292
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | belly or abdominal areabelly or abdominal area |
| a-/an- | without, lack of |
| bio- | life, live |
| cephal- | head |
| dorsi- | back (same as postero- in humans) |
| hetero- | different, other |
| homeo- | same |
| -ology/ -logy | study of |
| physio- | nature |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after, behind |
| thorac-/o | chest |
| venter- | belly |
| viscer- | internal organ |
| trans- | across, through, beyond |
| hydr- | water |
| iso- | equal |
| poly- | many, much |
| super-/ supra- | above, upper, upon |
| therm- | heat |
| chrom-/ chromo- | color |
| -cyte/ cyto- | cell |
| glyco- | sugar, sweet |
| hyper- | over, above, excessive |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| infra- | under, below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meta- | beyond, after, change |
| mito- | thread, filament |
| -phag-/ phago- | to eat, in ingest |
| phobo-/i- | fear |
| pin- | drink |
| telo- | end |
| chondra-/ chondro- | cartilage |
| hist- | tissue |
| hyal-/ hyalo- | glass |
| sero- | watery fluid |
| lip- | fat |
| osmo- | pushing |
| squam- | a scale |
| strat- | layer |
| alb- | white |
| cali- | harden |
| carcin- | cancer |
| dia- | through, apart, across |
| nos-/ noso- | disease |
| tricho- | hair |
| cut-/ cutic- | skin |
| cyan-/o | blue |
| derm-/ o dermat-/o | skin |
| epi- | upon, on, above |
| exo- | out, outside, away from |
| folli- | a bag |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| kerato-/ kera- | cornea or horny tissue |
| malaco-/ malac | soft |
| mega- | great |
| melano- | black or darkness |
| -tegum | cover |
| sub- | below |
| crani- | skull |
| kin-/ kino-/ -kinin | move |
| append- | hang to |
| arthr-/ arthro-/ artic- | joint |
| burs-/ bursa- | sac or cavity |
| cancel- | latticework |
| -clast | break |
| blast- | embryonic or immature |
| cost- | ribs |
| dactyl- | digits |
| lamell- | small plate |
| liga- | bind |
| myelo-/ myel- | marrow, spinal cord |
| ortho- | straight, correct |
| oss- | bone |
| oste-/ osteo- | bone |
| -physis | growth |
| -plas-/ plasm- | form, grow |
| -plasty | molding, surgical formation |
| ped- | foot, child |
| pod- | foot |
| pseudo- | false |
| scolio- | twisted, crooked |
| therap- | treatment, application |
| trab- | beam |
| skeleto- | dried body |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to, toward, near to |
| brachi- | arm |
| acr-/o- | extremity |
| agon-/ -gon- | contest |
| -ceps | head, origin |
| contra- | against |
| cruci- | cross |
| -ectomy | cut out, excise, surgical removal |
| fasci- | bundle |
| fibr- | threadlike structure, fibers |
| multi- | many, much |
| myc- | fungi |
| myo- | muscle |
| -oma | tumor |
| pertor-/ o- -pectus | chest, breast |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| recto-/ -rectus | straight |
| sarco- | flesh,fleshy |
| -stalsis | constriction |
| -tomy -otomy | to cutinto,incise |
| -sthen | strength |
| -lemma | sheath |
| con-/com- | with, together |
| -af | toward |
| -alge/ -algia | pain, painful condition |
| hemi- | half |
| astro- | star |
| cerebro- | brain |
| dendr- | branch |
| ef- | away |
| encephal-/ enceph- | brain |
| -ferent | carry |
| gangli- | knot, swelling |
| glio-/ glia | gluey material (specifically connective tissue of brain) |
| mening- | membranes covering brain and spinal cord |
| -mnem- | memory |
| narco- | numbness |
| neur-/ neuro | nerve, cord |
| oligo- | few, scanty, little |
| plex- | network |
| salta- | leap, dance |
| somato- | body |
| -somnus | sleep |
| synap- | union, clasp, join |
| psychi-/ o- | mind, soul |
| -ache | continued pain |
| uni- | one |
| gluac-/ 0- | gray |
| acou- | hearing |
| cer-/ cere- | wax |
| -esthsia | perception, sensation, feeling |
| -gen/ -genic/ -genesis | produce, origin |
| gust- | taste |
| naus- | seasickness |
| oculo- | eye |
| olfact- | smell |
| -op- | see |
| ophthalm- | eye |
| optic-/ optico- | eye or vision |
| ot-/ oto | ear |
| papill- | nipple |
| presby- | old |
| propri- | ones' own |
| semi- | half |
| tympan- | drum |
| ana- | apart, up, back, again |
| -pathy/ path- | disease |
| macr-/ 0- | large |
| micro- | small |
| -chondri- | lump |
| auto- | self, own |
| meso- | middle, mid |
| ap- | tip |
| epilep- | laying hold of |
| adeno- | gland |
| andro- | male |
| cort- | bark, shell |
| -duct- | draw, lead |
| hormon- | excite |
| -crine | to separate |
| neo- | new |
| -tropic/ -trop | changing, influencing |
| anti- | against, reversed |
| co- | with, together |
| sep-/ -septic | poison, rot |
| angi-/ o- | vessel |
| -emia | blood |
| erythro- | red |
| hem- | blood |
| -itis | inflammation |
| leuko-/ leuco | white |
| mono- | single, one |
| -penia | deficiency |
| steno- | narrow |
| thromb- | clot |
| vas-/ o- | vessel, duct |
| vene- | vein |
| -rrhagia | burst forth, pour |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -lysis | breaking up, dissolving |
| sclero- | hard |
| parie- | wall |
| -morph | form |
| amphi-/ amph- | between, on both sides |
| bi- | twice, double |
| tri- | three |
| end-/ o- | within |
| pharmo-/ pharma- | medicine, drugs |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/ o- | heart |
| -cusp/ cusp- | pointed |
| diastol- | stand apart |
| -edem | swell |
| dis- | reversal, apart from |
| phleb- | vein |
| systol- | contract |
| tachy- | fast, swift |
| -stasis | stop, stand still |
| arter-/ arteri | artery |
| ec-/ ex | out, away from |
| alveol- | cavity |
| blenn- | mucus |
| bronch- | windpipe or other air tube |
| bucc- | cheek |
| cyst-/ o- | bladder or sac |
| dys- | difficult |
| emphys- | inflate |
| laryn-/ laryngo | larynx |
| nari- | nostril |
| pne- | breathe |
| pneumo- pneumon-/ o- | air, gas, lungs |
| pulmo- | lung |
| respir- | breathe |
| rheum-/ rheuma- | any caterrhal or watery discharge |
| rhin-/ o- | nose |
| stomat-/ o- | mouth |
| pleur-/ a- | side, rib, serous membrane over lung |
| -spir/ -spire | breathe |
| antero- | position ahead of or in front of another partposition ahead of or in front of another part |
| kilo- | thousand |
| centi- | relating to 100 |
| milli- | relating to 1000 |
| -meter/ -ic metr- | measure |
| mei- | less |
| -troph | nourish |
| oment- | fat skin |
| sym-/ syn- | with, together |
| jaune-/ jaund | yellow |
| pyo- | pus |
| gul- | throat |
| ilio- | flank, ilium |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| eu- | well, good |
| humor- | fluid |
| -ory | referring to |
| retro- | backward, located behind |
| ante- | before, forward |
| lut- | yellow |
| diure- | to urinate |
| genito- | organs of reproduction |
| lact- | milk |
| lith- | stone |
| necr- | death, corpse |
| onco- | mass, tumor |
| -phylax | preserve, guard |
| -toci- | birth |
| episio- | vulva |
| nephr-/ nephro- | kidney |
| mast- | breast |
| ren- | kidney |
| crypto- | hidden |
| gamet- | spouse |
| gono- | seed, offspring |
| gyneco-/ gyn | woman (female) |
| orchi- | testis |
| oo-/ ovi-/ ovo- | ovum, egg |
| oophor- | ovary |
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