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Human Body
Med terms
| acu- | needle | acupuncture |
| acu/o, acut/o | sharp, severe | subacute |
| adip/o | fat | adiponecross |
| aer/o | air, gas | aerophagy |
| agit/o | rapidity, restlessness | agitophasia |
| -algia | pain | cephalalgia |
| ambul/o | to walk | ambulatory |
| anomal/o | irregular | anomaly |
| anthrac/o | coal, carbon,carbuncle | anthracosis |
| anthrop/o | man, human being | anthropometry |
| antr/o | antrum | antrotomy |
| aphth/o | ulcer | aphthosis |
| apic/o | apex | apicotomy |
| aque/o | water | aqueous |
| atmo- | steam, vapor | atmometer |
| axi/o | axis | abaxial |
| bar/o | weight, pressure | barotrauma |
| bary- | heavy, dull, hard | baryphonia |
| -basia | walking | brachybasia |
| bathy-, batho | deep, depth | bathycardia |
| bio-, bi/o | life, living | biogenesis |
| blast.o, -blast | early embryonic stage, immature | blastocyte |
| -calculia | to compute | dyscalculia |
| calor/i | heat | calorimetry |
| campt/o | bent | camptocormia |
| capsul/o, caps/o | capsule, container | casulitis |
| carcin/o | cancer | carcinolysis |
| carl/o | caries, rottenness | cariogenic |
| -cataphasia | affirmation | acataphasia |
| cathar/o, cathart/o | cleansing, purging | catharsis |
| -cathisia, -kathisia | sitting | acathisia |
| caud/o | tail | caudal |
| avit/o, cav/o | hollow, cavity | cavitation |
| chem/o | chemical, chemistry | chemosurgery |
| chron/o | time, timing | chronobiology |
| clin/o | to slope, bend | clinocephaly |
| -coimesis | sleeping | dyscoimesis |
| -coma | deep sleep | semicoma |
| consci/o | awareness, aware | unconscious |
| constric/o | narrowing, binding | vasoconstriction |
| contus/o | to bruise | contusion |
| corpor/o | body | corporeal |
| critic/o | crisis, dangerous | critical |
| cry/o | cold | cryotherapy |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell | cytocide |
| dem/o | people | epidemic |
| disicc/o | to dry | electrodesiccation |
| dilat/o | enlarge, expand | vasodilator |
| dolich/o | long | dolichofacial |
| dolor/o | pain | dolorogenic |
| dors/o | back | dorsoventral |
| duct/o | to lead | conduction |
| dynam/o | power, strength | dynamometer |
| -dynia | pain | gastrodynia |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful | dysphonia |
| echin/o | spiny, prickly | echinocyte |
| ectr/o | congenital absence | extrogeny |
| ele/o | oil | eleoma |
| emmetr/o | the correct measure, proportioned | emmetropia |
| enanti/o | opposite, opposed | enantiobiosis |
| equi- | equality, equal | equilibrium |
| erethism/o | irritation | erethismic |
| eti/o | cause | etiology |
| eu- | good, normal, well | eubiotics |
| -facient | to cause, make happen | liquefacient |
| febr/i | fever | febriphobia |
| fil/o, fil/i, filament/o | thread, threadlike | filamentous |
| -form | specified shape, form | multiform |
| frigo, frigid/o | cold | frigorism |
| funct/o | performance | dysfuntional |
| gel/o | to freeze, congeal | gelosis |
| gemell/o | twins | gemellology |
| -gen, gen/o | producing,generation | pathogen |
| -genesis | production, formation | neogenesis |
| -genic | produced by, forming | carcinogenic |
| ger/o, geront/o | aged, old age | geriatrics |
| -grade | step | centrigrade |
| halp.o | simple, single | haploid |
| heredo- | heredity | heredoimmunity |
| -hexia | condition | cachexia |
| hist/o | tissue | histoclastic |
| hydr/o | water, hydrogen | hydrolysis |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician | iatrogenic |
| -ician | specialist | clinician |
| ion/o | ion | ionophoresis |
| ipsi- | same | ipsilateral |
| -ist | specialist | pharmacist |
| -itis | inflammation | hepatitis |
| kary/o | nucleus | karyorrhexis |
| kym/o | waves | kymography |
| -labile | unstable, prishable | ifrigolabile |
| later/o | side | bilateral |
| ligat/o | binding, trying | ligature |
| lim/o | hunger | builimia |
| -logist | specialist | neurologist |
| -logy | study of | cardiology |
| -lucent | light-admitting | radiolucent |
| lumin/o | light | luminecence |
| ly/o | dissolve, loosen | lyoenzyme |
| -malacia | softening | osteomalacia |
| -masesis | mastication, chewing | Dysmasesis |
| medi/o | middle | medial |
| medic/o | heal, healing | medical |
| mer/o | part | meromicrosmomia |
| meso- | middle | mesoderm |
| method/o | procedure, technique | methodology |
| -mimesis | imitation, simulation | pathomimesis |
| morph/o | shape, form | dolichomorphic |
| morph/o | shape, form | dolichiomorphic |
| mort/o | death | mortician |
| nom/o | custom, loaw | nomotopic |
| nomen- | name | nomenclature |
| nos/o | disease | nosology |
| nucle/o | nucleus | nucleoplasm |
| nutri/o, nutrit/o | nourish | nutrition |
| ole/o | oil | oleovitamin |
| onc/o | tumor, mass | oncogenesis |
| organ/o | organ | organomelgaly |
| palliat/o | soothe, relieve | palliative |
| pant/O | fall, whole | pantomorphia |
| path/o | disease | pathogenic |
| pharmac/o | drugs | pharmacology |
| phyl/o | race, species, type | phylogenesis |
| physi/o | nature | physiologist |
| physic/o | physical, natural | physicochemical |
| phyt/o, -phyte | plant | phytotoxin |
| pin/o | to drink | pinocytosis |
| plan/o | flat, level, wandering | planocellular |
| plant/o | sole of the foot | plantalgia |
| -plasm | formation.growth | neoplasm |
| plex/o | network (nerves or vessels), plexus | plexectomy |
| -poiesis | formation | cytopoiesis |
| posit/o | arrangement, place | reposition |
| prosop/o | face | prosopaspasm |
| prote/o | protein | proteolysis |
| psamm/o | sand, sand-like material | psammomatous |
| plus/o, pulsat/o | to beat, beating | pulsation |
| -puncture | to pierce a surface | venipuncture |
| purul/o | pus formation | purulent |
| pyr/o | fire, fever, heat | pyrogen |
| pyret/o | fever | pyretolysis |
| -receptor, -ceptor | receiver | thermorecepto |
| resuscit/o | revive | resuscittion |
| reticul/o | netlike | reticular |
| sanit/a | health | sanitarian |
| scirrh/o | hard | scirrhoma |
| somat/o | body | somatotype |
| -some | body | chromosome |
| spectr/o | image, spectrum | spectrogram |
| -stabile | stable, fixed | thermostabile |
| -stasis | standing still, standing | hemostasis |
| -stat | device/instrument for keeping something stationary | hemostat |
| stere/o | solid three-dimensional | stereoradiopraphy |
| succ/o | juice | succorrhea |
| symptom/o | occurrence | asymptomatic |
| synaps/o, synapt/o | point of contact, to join | synaptohenesis |
| system/o | system | systematic |
| systol/o | contraction | presystole |
| techn/o | skill, art | technology |
| tele/o | perfect, complete | teleomitosis |
| temp/p, tempor/o | period of time, the temples | tempolabile |
| -therapy, therapeut/o | treatment | therapeutics |
| therm/o | heat | `thermometer |
| tors/o | twisting, twisted | sinistrotorsion |
| tream/o, tremul/o | shaking, trembling | tremor |
| tri/o | to sort out, sorting | triage |
| -tumescence, tumesc/o | swelling | detumescence |
| ventil/o | to aerate, oxygenate | ventilation |
| ventr/o | internal organs | visceromegaly |
| vit/o | life | vital |
| volv/o, volut/o | to roll | involution |
| zyg/o | union, junction | zygogenesis |
| -oma | tumor, mass | histocytoma |
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