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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | No, not, without |
| a/an- | No, not, without |
| Acr(o) | Extremities |
| Acro- | Extremities, Arms and Legs |
| -ad | Toward |
| Adren(o) | |
| Adrenal, gland | |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -algia | |
| Pain | |
| Amni(o) | Amnion |
| Angi(o) | Vessel |
| Aort(o) | Aorta |
| Append(o) | Appendix |
| Arteri(o) | Artery |
| Arthr(o) | Joint, articulation |
| Atri(o) | Atrium |
| Bacter(i) | Bacteria |
| Blephar(o) | Eyelid |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Calc(i) | Calcium |
| Capni(o) | Carbon Dioxide |
| Cardi(o) | Heart |
| Caud(o) | Tail |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| Cephal(o) | Head |
| Cheil(o) | Lip |
| Chir(o) | Hand |
| Chol(e) | Bile |
| Choledoch(o) | Common Bile Duct |
| Chondr(o) | Cartilage |
| Col(o) | Colon, Large Intestine |
| Crin(o) | To secrete |
| Cry(o) | Cold |
| Crypt(o) | Hidden |
| Cutane(o) | Skin |
| Cyan(o) | Blue |
| -cyst | Bladder, Cyst |
| Cyst(o) | Cyst |
| Cyt(o) | Cell |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -cytes | Cells |
| Dacry(o) | Tear |
| Dactyl(o) | Digits, Fingers or Toes |
| -derm | Skin |
| Derm(o) | Skin |
| Dermat(o) | Skin |
| -desis | Binding, Fusion |
| Dipl(o) | Double |
| Dips(o) | Thirst |
| Dors(o) | Dorsal, Back |
| -dynia | Pain |
| Dys- | Bad, Difficult |
| -ea | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| Echo- | Sound |
| -ectomy | Excision, surgical removal or cutting out |
| -edema | Swelling |
| Electr(o) | Electricity |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Condition of the blood |
| Encephal(o) | Brain |
| End(o) | Inside |
| Enter(o) | Small intestine, intestines |
| Erythr(o) | Red |
| Ex(o) | Out,without,away from |
| Exo- | Out,without,away from |
| Extra- | Out,without,away from |
| Fet(o) | Fetus |
| Gastr(o) | Stomach |
| -genesis | Producing,forming |
| Gloss(o) | Tongue |
| Glycos(o) | Sugar |
| Gon(o) | Genitals,reproduction |
| -gram | A record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| Gravid(a) | Pregnant female |
| Heli(o) | Sun |
| Hem(o) | Blood |
| Hemat(o) | Blood |
| Hidr(o) | Perspiration, sweat |
| Hydr(o) | Water |
| Hyper- | Excessive, more than normal |
| -hyper | Excessive, more than normal |
| Hypo- | Beneath or below normal |
| Hyster(o) | Uterus |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| Intra- | Within |
| Ipsi- | Same |
| -ism | |
| Ped(o) | Child, foot |
| -ium | Membrane |
| Kary(o) | Nucleus |
| Kinesi(o) | Movement,motion |
| Lapar(o) | Abdominal wall |
| Laryng(o) | Larynx |
| Later(o) | Side |
| Leuk(o) | White |
| Lip(o) | Fat, Lipid |
| -lith | Stone,Calculus |
| Lith(o) | Stone, calculus |
| -ist | The one who |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logic | Pertaining to the science or study of |
| -lysis | Destroying or process of destroying |
| -logical | Pertaining to the science of study of |
| -logist | One who studies; specialist |
| -logy | Study or science of |
| Nas(o) | Nose |
| Nat(o) | Birth |
| Ne(o) | New |
| -neo | New |
| Nephr(o) | Kidney |
| Neur(o) | Nerve |
| Norm(o) | Normal |
| -nulli | None |
| -oid | Resembling |
| Olig(o) | A few |
| -oma | Tumor |
| Omphal(o) | Umbilicus, Navel |
| Onc(o) | Tumor |
| Onych(o) | Nail |
| Oophor(o) | Ovary |
| Ophthalm(o) | Eye |
| -opia | Vision |
| Opt(o) | Vision |
| Or(o) | Mouth |
| Orchi(o), Or- chid(o) | Testis |
| Orth(o) | Straight |
| -osis | Condition |
| Oste(o) | Bone |
| Ot(o) | Ear |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| Ox(i) | Oxygen |
| Par(o) | Bearing offspring Like oviparous or multipara |
| Path(o) | Disease |
| -pathy | Disease |
| Condition | |
| Peps(o) | Digestion |
| Peri- | Around |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| Phago | Eat, ingest |
| Pharing(o) | Pharynx |
| Phas(o) | Speech |
| Phleb(o) | Vein |
| Pleg(o) | Paralysis Paraplegia |
| Phon(o) | Voice |
| -plasty | Surgical, repair |
| Pleur(o) | Pleura |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Production |
| Poikil(o) | Irregular |
| Poly- | Many |
| Post- | After, behind |
| Protein(o) | Protein |
| Psych(o) | Mind |
| -ptosis | Prolapse (get out of it's place) |
| Pyo- | Pus |
| Pyr(o) | Fire |
| Quadri- | Four |
| Rachi(o) | Spinal Column |
| Ren(o) | Kidney |
| Retro- | Behind, backward |
| Rhin(o) | Nose |
| Rhytid(o) | Wrinkle (Cirugia plastica, Rhytidoplasty) |
| -rraphy | Suture |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| Salping(o) | Uterine tube |
| Scler(o) | Hard |
| -scope | Instrument used for viewing |
| -spasm | Twitching, cramp |
| Sperm(o) | Spermatozoa |
| Spher(o) | Round |
| Spir(o) | To breath |
| Spondyl(o) | Vertebrae |
| Sub- | Beneath, under |
| Supra- | Above,beyond |
| Syn- Sym- | Joined, together. (Symbiosis) |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Test(o) | Testicle |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| Thorac(o) | Chest |
| Thromb(o) | Thrombus, Clot |
| -tomy | Incision, Cutting into tissue |
| -toxic | Poison |
| Trache(o) | Trachea |
| Trans- | Across |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing (calculus) |
| Ur(o) | Urine |
| Ur(o) | Urinary tract, urine,bladder |
| Urethr(o) | Urethra |
| Vas(o) | Vessel, ductus deference (tubo) |
| Ven(o) | Vein |
| Xanth(o) | Yellow |
| Xero- | Dry (Xero-derma) |
| -y | condition |
| Macr(o) | Large, great |
| Myel(o) | Bone Marrow, Spinal Cord. (Medula) |
| Micr(o) | Small |
| My(o) | Muscle |
| Myc(o) | Fungus |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening. (Ophthalmo/malacia) |
| Mamm(o) | Breast |
| Mast(o) | Breast |
| Megal(o) | Large, Enlarged |
| Metr(o) | Measure, Uterine Tissue |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| Pain along a nerve | |
| Penia | |
| Adrenaline | |
| Suprarenal gland |