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Dactylo-
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| de- | away; deglutition- swallowing away from |
| deci- | one-tenth (1/10) |
| deep | most inward |
| deka- | ten; dekagrams- ten grams |
| delta | fan shaped or triangular; delta symbol |
| dem/o- | people; demography- group of people |
| demi- | half; demigod- half divine |
| dendr/o- | tree shaped |
| dent/o- | tooth or teeth; dental |
| depress/o- | lower; depressor- one who lowers the mood |
| derm/o- | skin; pachyderm- thick skin think of elephents |
| dermat/o- | skin; dermatologist |
| -desis | binding or to bind; ligodesis- to bind ligaments back to the bone |
| dextr/o- | right; dextracardia- referst to the tilting of the heart to the right |
| dia- | across, through, total, between; diaphragm- wall between sections of the body |
| -didymus | testis or teste; epididymos- coiled structure on top of test 'seed producer' |
| different- | to separate |
| digit- | finger or toe |
| diplo- | double or two; diploidy |
| dips/o- | thirst or thirsty; polydispsia- being excessively thirsty |
| dipther/i- | membrane; diptheria- refers to the membrane that they test for in this disease |
| dis- | away from or reversed; disease- away from comfort or ease |
| dist/o- | farther from; distal- being further away |
| diverticulo- | outpouching; diverticulitis- inflamation of the fold (outpouching) of the large intestine |
| doch/o- | duct or canal; choledochitis- inflamation of the bile duct |
| doct/o- | to teach or teacher; doctor- one who teaches |
| dol/o- | pain; dolor- one who is in pain |
| dors/o- | back; dorsal fin |
| dromo- | runnning; dromomania- madness of running |
| duct/o- | to draw or to lead away; abduction- to draw away and steal |
| duoden/o- | twelve; duodenitis- inflamation in part of small intestine with twelve parts |
| dura- | hard; dura mater- hard layer of membrane covering the brain and spinal cord |
| dy/o- | two or a pair; dyad- referring to a pair |
| dynamo- | work or strength; dynamite- explosive strength |
| -dynia | pain; coccygodynia- pain in the tailbone |
| dys- | difficult, faulty, painful; dystocia- difficult birth |
| -e | instrument |
| e- | out or remove; eviscerate- to remove internal organs |
| ec- | outside, outward, outer, out, ectopic pregnacy- pregnacy outside of the uterus |
| eccrine- | secreting or to secrete; eccritic- promoting secretion from body structure |
| echo- | sound |
| -ectasis | enlargement or dilation; bronchiectasis- enlargement of the windpipe |
| -ectomy | excision or removal; tonsillectomy- taking out the tonsils |
| eczema | to boil out; eczema- to boil out skin lessions |
| edema- | swelling; lymphedema- swelling of the lymphnodes |
| ef- | away or out; efferent- to carry away |
| electr/o- | electrical |
| -ellum | lesser or smaller; cerebellum- smaller part of the brain |
| em- | in |
| embryo- | early; embryonic- early in the pregnancy |
| -emesis | vomit; hememesis- vomiting blood |
| -emia | blood; lukemia- white blood |
| emphysema | puffed up |
| en- | in |
| enamel | hard; enamel- hard covering of the tooth |
| encephalo- | within head (referring to the brain); encephalogram- recording wihtin the brain |
| endo- | within or inside; endoderm- within or inside the skin |
| enema- | injection; enema- injection of water in the colon |
| entero- | intestine (usually referring to the small intestine); enteritis- inflamation of the small intestine |
| enuresis | to void or expel urine |
| eosin/o- | rose red color; eosinophil- staining of white blood cells red |
| epi- | upon; epididymis- upon the testes |
| episi/o- | pubic region |
| ergo- | work or labor; ergometer- to measure the amount of work something takes |
| erythermat/o- | red or flushed; erthermatic- referring to red or flushed |
| erythr/o- | red; erythrocyte- red cell that carries oxygen to the body's cells |
| eschar | scab |
| eso- | toward |
| esthes/i- | physical feeling; anesthesia- without physical feeling |
| estr/o- | female; estrogen- begining of the female cycle |
| eti/o- | cause; etiology- origin of a disease |
| eu- | good or normal; eutocia- normal birth |
| ex- | out, outside, outward |
| facet/o- | face; facet- little face |
| fasc/i- | band; fascia- covering around and between muscles |
| febr/o- | fever; febrile- state of having a fever |
| fec/o- | stool or fecal matter; fecolith- stool like stone |
| femor/o- | thigh; femoral- refering to the thigh |
| -ference | to carry; vas deference- to carry away from |
| ferro- | iron; ferrous- state of iron |
| fet/o- | young; fetus |
| fibrill/o- | to quiver; fibrillation- process of muscle fiber contraction (quivering) |
| fibro- | fiber; fibroma- tumor with thread fibrous like structures |
| fibul/o- | to clasp; fibula- smaller out long bone of the lower leg |
| fil- | thread; filament- state of thread |
| fiss- | to split or splitting; fission- refering to splitting |
| fistul/o- | pipe or pipe stem; pyofistula- pus found within a pipe or tube that opens to the body surface |
| flex- | to bend |
| flu- | flowing; influenza- condition of mucus flowing |
| -flux | to flow; reflux- the flow of a substance backward or upward |
| foramen/o- | opening; Foramenal- refering to an opening |
| fore- | before; forearm- before the arm, between the elbow or the wrist |
| fract/o- | to break; fracture- refering to a break |
| front/o- | forehead or before; frontal- pertaining to the forehead |
| fungi- | mushroom |
| furun/o- | boil; furuncle- small boil |
| galact/o- | milk; galactopoiesis- production of milk |
| gangli/o- | knot, swelling, or collection; ganglian- knot of nervous tissue in the brain |
| gangren/o- | eating sore; grangrenous- refering to necrotic tissue |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
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