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Word/Mean Prt-ABCDE
Word Part and Meanin
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A-, AN- | NO, NOT |
| AB- | AWAY FROM |
| ABDOMIN/O | ABDOMEN SEE ALSO LAPAR/o |
| -AC | PERTAINING TO |
| AD- | TOWARD |
| ADEN/O | GLAND |
| ADENOID/O | ADENOIDS |
| ADREN/O | ADRENAL GLAND |
| -AL | PERTAINING TO |
| -ALGIA | CONDITION OF PAIN SEE ALSO -DYNIA |
| -AN | PERTAINING TO |
| ANA- | UP, APART |
| AN/O | ANUS |
| ANGIO/O | VESSEL (BLOOD) |
| ANTE- | BEFORE, FORWARD |
| ANTER/O | FRONTT |
| ANTI- | AGAINST |
| AORT/O | AORTA |
| APPEND/O, APPENDIC/O | APPENDIX |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| ARTERI/O | ARTERY |
| ARTERIOL/O | SMALL ARTERY |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| -ARY | PERTAINING TO |
| ATHER/O | FATTY PLAQUE |
| -ATION | PROCESS, CONDITION |
| AUR/O | SELF |
| AXILL/O | ARMPIT |
| BALAN/O | PENIS |
| BARI/O | WEIGHT |
| BI- | TWO |
| BI/O | LIFE |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| BRADY | SLOW |
| BRONCH/O | BRONCHIAL TUBE |
| BRONCHIOL/O | SMALL BRONCHIAL TUBE |
| CALCANE/O | CALCANEUS (HEEL BONE) |
| CAPILLAR/O | CAPILLARY |
| CARCIN/O | CANCER/CANCEROUS |
| CARDI/O | HEART |
| CARP/O | WRIST BONE (CARPALS) |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
| CEPHAL.O | HEAD |
| CEREBELL/O | CEREBELLUM (POSTERIOR PART OF THE BRAIN) |
| CEREBR/O | CEREBRUM OR BRAIN |
| CERVIC/O | NECK |
| CHEM/O | DRUG/CHEMICAL |
| CHOLECYST/O | GALLBLADDER |
| CHOLEDOCH/O | COMMON BILE DUCT |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| CHRON/O | TIME |
| -CISION | PROCESS OF CUTTING |
| CIS/O | TO CUT |
| CLAVICUL/O | CLAVICLE (COLLARBONE) |
| COCCYG/O | TAILBONE |
| COL/O | COLON (LARGE INTESTINE) |
| COLON/O | COLON |
| COLP/O | VAGINIA |
| COMI/O | TO CARE FOR |
| CON- | WITH, TOGETHER |
| CONTRA- | AGAINST |
| CORON/O | HEART |
| COST/O | RIB |
| CRANI/O | SKULL |
| CRIN/O | SECRETE |
| -CRINE | SECRETION |
| -CRIT | SEPERATION |
| CRY/O | COLD |
| CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| CYAN/O | BLUE |
| CYST/O | URINARY BLADDER |
| CYTE | CELL |
| CYT/O | CELL |
| DACTYL/O | FINGERS OR TOES |
| DE- | AWAY FROM, DOWN |
| DENT/I | TOOTH |
| DERMAT/O, DERM/O | SKIN |
| DIA | COMPLETE, THROUGH |
| -DIPSIA | THIRST |
| DUODEN/O | DUODENUM |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| DYS- | ABNORMAL, BAD, DIFFICULT PAINFUL |
| -EAL | PERTAINING TO |
| -EC | OUT, OUTSIDE |
| -ECTASIA, -ECTASIS | DILATION, STRETCHING, WIDENING |
| ECTO- | OUT, OUTSIDE |
| -ECTOMY | EXCISION, PROCESS OF CUTTING OUT |
| ELECTRO/O | ELECTRICTIY |
| -EMESIS | VOMITING |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| EN- | IN, INNER, WITHIN |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| ENDO- | WITHIN, IN, INNER |
| ENDOCRIN/O | ENDOCRINE GLANDS |
| ENTER/O | INTESTING SMALL |
| EPI- | ABOVE, UPON |
| EPIGLOTT/O | EPIGLOTTIS |
| EPITHELI/O | SKIN SURFACE |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |
| ESOPHAG/O | ESOPHAGUS |
| ESTHESI.O | SENSATION |
| EU- | GOOD NORMAL |
| EX-, EXO-EXTRA- | OUT, OUTSIDE |