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MMBIO 102 Ch 1
Term | Definition |
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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 |