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Exam #2 vocab
prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hydr-, hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excess |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| hyster-, hystero- | uterus or womb |
| ile- | intestine |
| im- | not |
| inter- | between |
| intercal- | insert |
| intra- | within, inside |
| iso- | equal, same |
| jugul- | throat |
| juxta- | near, close |
| karyo- | kernel, nucleus |
| kera- | horn |
| kilo- | thousand |
| kin-, kines- | move |
| labi-, labri- | lip |
| lact- | milk |
| lacun- | space, cavity, lake |
| lamell- | small plate |
| lamina | layer, sheet |
| lat- | wide |
| laten- | hidden |
| later- | side |
| leuko- | white |
| leva- | raise, elevate |
| lingua- | tongue |
| lip-, lipo- | fat, lipid |
| lith- | stone |
| luci- | clear |
| lumen | light |
| lut- | yellow |
| lymph | water |
| macro- | large |
| macula | spot |
| magn- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| mamm- | breast |
| mast- | breast |
| mater | mother |
| meat- | passage |
| medi- | middle |
| medull- | marrow |
| mega- | large |
| meio- | less |
| melan- | black |
| men-, menstru- | month |
| meningo- | membrane |
| mer-, mero- | a part |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, between, transition |
| metro- | uterus |
| micro- | small |
| mictur- | urinate |
| mito- | thread, filament |
| mnem- | memory |
| mono- | single |
| morpho- | form |
| multi- | many |
| mur- | wall |
| muta- | change |
| myelo- | spinal cord, marrow |
| myo- | muscle |
| nano- | dwarf |
| narco- | numbness |
| natri- | sodium |
| necro- | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| noci- | harmful |
| nom- | name |
| noto- | back |
| nucle- | pit, kernel, little nut |
| nutri- | feed, nourish |
| ob- | before, against |
| oculo- | eye |
| odonto- | teeth |
| olfact- | smell |
| oligo- | few |
| onco- | a mass |
| oo- | egg |
| ophthalmo- | eye |
| orb- | circular |
| orchi- | testis |
| org- | living |
| ortho- | straight, direct |
| osm- | smell |
| osmo- | pushing |
| osteo- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| ov-, ovi- | egg |
| oxy- | oxygen |
| pan- | all, univeral |
| papill- | nipple |
| para- | beside, near |
| pect-, pectus | breast |
| pelv- | a basin |
| peni- | a tail |
| penna- | feather |
| pent- | five |
| pep-, peps-, pept- | digest |
| per-, permea- | through |
| peri- | around |
| phago- | eat |