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MMBIO 102 Ch 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | absent |
| ab | away from |
| abdomin | abdomen |
| a-, an- | without/not |
| ant(i) | signifying against |
| ante | before in time or place |
| arthr | joint |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| brady | slow |
| calc | stone |
| capit | head |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chol | bile |
| chro | color |
| corp | body |
| de | down, from |
| derm | skin |
| di | two |
| dis | apart, away from |
| dys | bad, abnormal, painful |
| e | out, from |
| ect | outside, without |
| -ectomize | to subject to excision |
| -ectomy | excision of organ or part |
| ede | swell |
| end(o) | inside |
| enter(o) | intestine |
| epi | upon, after, in addition |
| erythro | red |
| ex | out of |
| extra | outside of, beyond, in addition |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gloss | tongue |
| hemi | half |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| hetero | the other |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above, beyond, extreme |
| hypo | under, below |
| -ia | state or condition |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | among, between |
| intra | inside |
| -itis | denoting inflammation |
| later | side |
| leuc | white |
| lip | fat |
| -logy | science of |
| macr | large, long |
| mal | bad, abnormal |
| medi | middle |
| mega | great, large |
| micr(o) | small |
| mon(o) | one, single |
| morph(o) | form, shape |
| multi | many, much |
| my(o) | muscle |
| necr(o) | corpse, dead |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| ob | against, toward, in front of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| oss | bone |
| ot(o) | ear |
| phil | have an affinity for |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| pne | breathing |
| poly | much, many |
| post | after, behind in time or place |
| pre | before in time or place |
| pro | before in time or place |
| pseudo | false |
| py(o) | pus |
| ren(o) | kidney |
| retro | backwards |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| sanguin | blood |
| sub | under, below |
| super | above, addition, implying excess |
| supra | above, upper, over |
| syn | with, together |
| tachy | swift, rapid |
| tetra | four |
| therm | heat |
| thorac | chest |
| thromb(o) | lump, clot |
| tom(y) | cut |
| tox | poison |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |
| ur(o) | urine, urinary organs or tract |
| vas | vessel |