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THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
To become proficient in Building and Understanding Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Angi(o) | Blood vessel |
| Brachi(o) | Arm |
| Bucc(o) | Cheek |
| Cardi(o) | Heart |
| Carp(o) | Wrist |
| Cephal(o) | Head |
| Colp(o) | Vagina |
| Crani(o) | Skull |
| Cyst(o) | Cell |
| Dactyl(o) | Finger, toe |
| Encephal(o) | Brain |
| Enter(o) | Intestine |
| Gloss(o) | Tongue |
| Hemo | Blood |
| Hyster(o) | Womb, uterus |
| Mast(o) | Breast |
| Men(o) | Month, related to menses |
| Nephr(o) | Kidney |
| Oophor(o) | Ovary |
| Ophthalm | Eye |
| Ot(o) | Ear |
| Phleb(o) | Vein |
| Pod | Foot |
| Rhin(o) | Nose |
| Salping(o) | Fallopian tube |
| Thorac(o) | Chest |
| Thromb(o) | Clot |
| Gluc(o) | Sweet, sugar |
| Hydr(o) | Water |
| Lact(o) | Milk |
| Lip(o) | Fat |
| Therm | Heat |
| Erythr(o) | Red |
| Leuk(o) | White |
| Cyan(o) | Blue |
| Melan(o) | Black |
| Cirrh(o) | Yellow |
| Ankyl(o) | Stiff, fixed, crooked |
| Sten(o) | Narrow |
| Ortho | Straight position |
| Kypho | Bent, crooked |
| Pseudo | False |
| Macro | Large |
| Micro | Small |
| Poly | Many, much |
| Brady | Slow |
| Tachy | Fast |
| Oligo | Few |
| Iso | Equal |
| Diplo | Both, double |
| Hemi | Half |
| Pan | All |
| Pro | Before |
| Post | After |
| Super | Above |
| Sub | Below |
| Dors(o) | Back |
| Retro | Backwards |
| Para | Beside |
| Re | Again |
| Later(o) | Side |
| Medi(o) | Middle |
| Schizo | Split |
| Inter | Between |
| Heter(o) | Different |
| Hom(o) | Same |
| Ad(o) | Towards |
| Ab(o) | Away from |
| Anti | Against |
| Endo | In, within, inside |
| Ex(o) | Out |
| Epi | Upon, above |
| Dia | Through |
| Peri | Around |
| Sinister(a) | Left |
| Dextr(o) | Right |
| Aden(o) | Gland |
| Arthr(o) | Joint |
| Cervic(o) | Neck |
| Costo | Rib |
| Cyto | Cell |
| Derm | Skin |
| Gastr(o) | Stomach |
| Glosso | Tongue |
| Heme | Blood |
| Hepat(o) | Liver |
| Lingu | Tongue |
| Litho | Stone |
| My | Muscle |
| Myo | Marrow |
| Neuro | Nerve |
| Oto | Ear |
| Opti | Eye |
| Osteo | Bone |
| Pneum(o) | Lung |
| Psycho | Mind |
| Rhino | Nose |
| Thor(a) | Chest |
| Vasc | Vessel |
| A(n) | Without |
| Auto | Self |
| Dys | Difficult, painful |
| Gravida | Pregnant, heavy |
| Neo | New |
| Centesis | Tap, puncture |
| Ectomy | Removal |
| Lysis | Separate, destroy |
| Ostomy | Form an opening |
| Otomy | Cut into |
| Plasty | Repair |
| Algia | Pain |
| Cele | Hernia, swelling |
| Emia | Blood |
| Gen | Producing |
| Itis | Inflammation |
| Megaly | Enlargement |
| Oid | Resemble |
| Oma | Tumor |
| Osis | Abnormal condition |
| Pathy | Disease |
| Penia | Deficiency |
| Phagia | Eating |
| Phasia | Speech |
| Plegia | Paralysis |
| Phobia | Fear |
| Pnea | Air, breathing |
| Rrhage | Burst forth |
| Rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| Sclerosis | Hardening |
| Spasm | Contraction |
| Troph(o) | Nourishment |
| Uri(a) | Urine |
| Gram | Picture, record |
| Ology | Study of |
| Phon(o) | Sound |
| Scope | Inspect |
| Vas(o) | Blood vessel |
| Sanguin(o) | Blood |
| Mamm(o) | Breast |
| Pulm | Lung |
| Ocu | Eye |
| Myel | Marrow |
| Circum | Around |
| Contra | Against |
| Ren(o) | Kidney |
| Ocul(o) | Eye |
| Auri | Ear |
| Aud | Ear |
| Ven(o) | Vein |
| adip(o) | Fat |
| Leuc(o) | White |
| Stric | Narrow |
| Hyper | Many, much |
| Multi | Many, much |
| Hypo | Few |
| Ambi | Both, double |
| Ante | Before |
| Pre | Before |
| Supra | Above |
| In | In, within, inside |
| Intra | In, within, inside |
| Ec(to) | Out |
| Trans | Through |
| Bio | Life |
| Carcin(o) | cancer |
| Faci(o) | face |
| Somat(o) | body |
| asthenia | Weakness |
| crine | To secrete |
| dynia | Pain |
| ectasis | Expansion and dilation |
| gnosis | Knowledge |
| iatry | A field fo study in medicine |
| lepsy | Attack or seizure |
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