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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| card | heart |
| cyst | bladder |
| derma | skin |
| dont | teeth |
| gastr | stomach |
| glyc | sugar |
| hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| lingu | tongue |
| mast | breast |
| my | muscle |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| opia | vision |
| oste | bone |
| ot | ear |
| partum | bring forth |
| pector | chest |
| pneumon | lung |
| thorax | chest |
| thyroid | thyroid |
| ven | vein |
| aneur | widening |
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| ather | plaque |
| arter | artery |
| cyte | cell |
| embol | embolus |
| oxy | oxyen |
| pector | chest |
| phleb | vein |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| thromb | clot |
| vas(cu) | blood vessel |
| ven | vein |
| aden | gland |
| adrena | adrenal |
| crine | to secrete |
| glyc | sugar |
| lipid | fat |
| myx | mucus |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| plas | development |
| somat | body |
| tetan | tetanus |
| thym | thymus |
| chol | bile |
| col | colon |
| duoden | duodenum |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| herni | hernia |
| lapar | abdomen |
| orexia | appetite |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phag | swallow |
| adip | fat |
| cutane | skin |
| derm(at) | skin |
| hist | tissue |
| kerat | hard |
| melan | black |
| necr | death |
| onych | nail |
| bacter | bacteria |
| cyt | cell |
| hemo | blood |
| leuk | white |
| lymph | lymph |
| phleb | vein |
| splen | spleen |
| sepsis | to putrefy |
| thromb | clot |
| thym | thymus |
| burs | bursa |
| chrondr | cartilage |
| fibr | fiber |
| my | muscle |
| rhabdo | rod |
| tendin | tendon |
| alges | pain |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| encephal | brain |
| esthes | sensation |
| mening | meninges |
| ment | mind |
| myel | spinal cord |
| neur | nerve |
| phas | speech |
| psycho | mind |
| somat | body |
| arthr | joint |
| carp | wrist |
| crani | skull |
| dactyl | finger or toe |
| femor | thigh bone |
| humer | upper arm bone |
| lord | curve |
| patell | knee cap |
| ped,pod | foot |
| pelv | pelvis |
| phalang | bones of fingers and toes |
| rachi | vertebrae |
| scoli | crooked |
| spondyl | vertebrae |
| stern | sternum, breastbone |
| tibi | large lower leg bone |
| cervic | cervix |
| condyle | knob,knuckle |
| eclamps | shining forth |
| gynec | woman |
| hyster | uterus |
| lact | milk |
| mamm | breast |
| men | menstruation |
| metr | uterus |
| ovari | ovary |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| toc | birth |
| uter | uterine |
| vagin | vagina |
| andr | male |
| balan | glans penis |
| crypt | hidden |
| orch | testis |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| semin | semen |
| sperm | sperm |
| vas | vessel,duct |
| varic | varicose veins |
| test | testis,testicle |
| aer | air |
| aero | gas |
| bronch | bronchus |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
| cyan | blue |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| ox | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| pneumon | lung |
| pulmon | lung |
| respir | breath |
| rhin | nose |
| sinus | sinus |
| albumin | protein |
| cyst | bladder |
| glycos | glucose |
| keto | ketones |
| lith | stone |
| nephr | kidney |
| ren | kidney |
| ur | kidney |
| uresis | urination |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| uria | urine,urination |
| vesic | bladder |
| acous | hearing |
| acusis | hearing condition |
| audi | hearing |
| cerumin | wax-like |
| labyrinth | inner ear |
| myring | eardrum |
| ot | ear |
| salping | eustatchian tube |
| tympan | eardrum |
| ambly | dim,dull |
| blephar | eyelid |
| conjuctiv | conjunctiva |
| corne | cornea |
| glauc | gray |
| iris,ir | iris |
| lacrim | tear duct |
| ocul | eye |
| ophthalum | eye |
| opla | vision |
| opt | eye,vision |
| retin | retina |
| stigmat | point(ed) |