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Stack #220427
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apical | apex of a root |
| axis | midline |
| buccal | cheeck |
| cheilo | lip |
| coronal | crown |
| dens | tooth |
| distal | farthest from center |
| enamel | tooth, enamel tissue |
| gingiva | gum tissue |
| glossa | tongue |
| incisor | incisor tooth |
| labial | lip area |
| lingua | tongue |
| mandible | lower jaw |
| maxilla | upper jaw |
| mesial | middle, mid-plane |
| mucosa | tissue lining an orifice |
| occlude | shut, close up |
| orthos | straight, proper order |
| stoma | mouth |
| temporal | temporal bone |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extermities |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | looped, crooked, sationary |
| anter/o | before, in front of |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| audi/o | sound |
| aut/o | self |
| bifid/o | split, cleft in two parts |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| brux/o | gland, chew |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cari/o | decay, root |
| caud/o | tail |
| cement/o | cementum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cocc/i, cocc/o | round, spherical bacteria |
| col/o | colon, large instestine |
| coll/i | neck |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyst/o | fluid-filled sac, bag, bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear duct |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| decidu | falling off, shed |
| dent/i, dent/o | tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dextr/o | right |
| dipl/o | double |
| duct/o | lead, carry |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| edemat/o | swelling |
| edentul/o | toothless |
| electr/o | electric |
| emet/o | vomit |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| excis/o | cutting out |
| faci/o | facial |
| fasci/o | fibrous, band |
| fiss/o | crack |
| flu/o | flow |
| foramin/o | opening |
| foss/o | shallow depression |
| freno | connecting band |
| gangli/o | nerve plexus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| genit/o | birth, reproductive organs |
| geront/o | old age |
| glen/o | socket, pit |
| glott/i/o | back of tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| halo/o, halit/o | breath |
| hemo, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hered/o, heredit/o | inherited |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hom/o | same |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ile/o | ileum |
| immun/o | immune, protected |
| incis/o | cutting into |
| infer/o | under, below |
| iri/o | iris |
| jejun/o | jejunum (intestine) |
| jugul/o | throat |
| kerat/o | cornea, hard, horny |
| lacrim/o | tears, lacrimal duct |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mastic/o, masticat/o | chew |
| men/o | menstruation |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| nar/i | nose, nostrils |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| orchis/o | testes |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ovario | ovary |
| ovi/o | egg |
| palat/o | palate, roof of mouth |
| part/o | birth, labor |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| phag/o | swallow |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phob/o | fear, dread |
| pleur/o | pleura of the lungs |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pod/o | foot |
| proct/o | rectum |
| psych/o | mind, soul |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pyel/o | kidney |
| py/o | pus |
| quadr/o | four |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kindney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | oviduct, tube |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |
| scoli/o | twisted |
| semin/i | seed |
| sept/o | poison, infection |
| sinistr/o | left |
| somat/o | body |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | spine |
| squam/o | scaly |
| stat/i | standstill, stop |
| sten/o | contracted, narrow |
| stern/o | sternum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| stric/o | narrowing |
| syring/o | fistula, tube |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tax/o | order, arrangement |
| tend/o | tendon, stretch out |
| tens/o | stretch, strain |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o | thyroid |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| ur/o | urine, urinary |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| uter/o | uterine |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| viscer/o | viscera, internal organ |
| xer/o | dryness |
| zygoma/o | yoke, cheekbone |
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