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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen (abdominal) |
| absorpt | to suck in |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | gland |
| ades | stuck to |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| all | other |
| ambly/o | dim |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel (blood vessel)/valve |
| ankyl/o | ankle |
| ankyl/o | stiffness |
| anter/o | front |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| arthr/o | joint |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| aut/o | self |
| axill | armpit |
| axill/o | axilla |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bas/o | base |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | gall |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brach/i | arm (brachial) |
| bronch | bronchi |
| bronch/i | bronchi |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| bucc/o | cheek (buccal) |
| burs | a pouch |
| calc | calcium |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calci/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| card | heart |
| card/i | heart |
| cardi/o | heart (cardiac) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartil | gristle |
| caud/o | tail (downward) |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly |
| ceph | head |
| cephal | head |
| cephal/o | head |
| cept | receive |
| cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chol/e | gall |
| chole/cyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cirrh | orange-yellow |
| cis | cut |
| clavic/o | clavicle |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coagul/o | clot |
| coax | hip |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| concuss | shaken violently |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| continence | to hold |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne | cornea |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| cost/o | ribs (costal) |
| crani | cranium |
| crani/o | skull (cranial) |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| crur | leg |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cubit | elbow (cubital) |
| cuss | sound |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | dark blue |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| dem | people |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent | teeth (dental) |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/a | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| disk | disk |
| dist/o | away (from the point of attachment to the body) |
| dors/o | back |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura |
| electr/o | electric |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| eosin/o | rose-colored |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| episi/o | perineum |
| equ/i | equal |
| erythem/o | redness |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| estr/o | female |
| eti/o | cause |
| faci/o | face |
| femor | leg |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| foc | focus |
| follicul | little bag |
| format | a shaping |
| ganglion | knot |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gene | formation |
| gerent/o | old age |
| gingiv | gums |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gli/o | glue |
| globul/o | globe |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue (glossal) |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| gonad/o | sex glands (ovaries & testes) |
| granul/o | grain |
| gravida | pregnant |
| gyn/o | female |
| gynec/o | female |
| halat | breathe |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| home/o | sameness |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| iatr | treatment |
| ichthy/o | scaly |
| icter | jaundice |
| ile/o | ileum |
| illus | foot |
| immun/o | immune |
| infect | infection |
| infern/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| integument | a covering |
| isch | to hold back |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kerat/o | keratin |
| kilo | a thousand |
| kyph/o | hill |
| labi/o | lip |
| labyrinth/o | maze |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lact/o | milk |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lamin/o | thin plate |
| lapar/o | adbomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| letharg | drowsiness |
| leuk/o | white |
| libr/i | balance |
| lingu/o | tongue (lingual) |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log | study of |
| lord/o | curve |
| lumb/o | loins |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node (gland) |
| macr/o | large |
| malign | bad kind |
| mamm/o | breast (mammary) |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| manus | hand |
| mast | breast |
| mast/o | breat |
| mastoid | mastoid process |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| maxim | greatest |
| meat/o | opening |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month |
| mening/i | membrane |
| mening/o | membrane |
| menisc | crescent |
| metri | uterus |
| minim | least |
| muscul/o | muscles (muscular) |
| my | to shut |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus (fungi include yeasts |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| narc/o | numbness |
| nas/o | nose (nasal) |
| nat/o | birth |
| natr/o | sodium |
| necr | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerves (neural) |
| neutr/o | neither |
| nom | law |
| norm | rule |
| nucle/o | kernel |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| olecran | elbow |
| olig/o | scanty |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opthalmo | eye |
| or/o | mouth (oral) |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testis |
| orchid/o | testis |
| organ | organ |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bones |
| ot | ear |
| ot/o | ear (otic) |
| ox | oxygen |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| ox/y | oxygen |
| pachy/o | thick |
| palat/o | palate |
| palm | palm |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| para | to bear |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| parturit | in labor |
| patell/o | patella |
| path/o | disease |
| ped | child |
| ped/o | foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| pen/o | penis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | eat |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phob/o | fear |
| phone | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pneumat/o | lung |
| pneumon | lung |
| pod/o | foot |
| poli/o | gray |
| pollex | thumb |
| poster/i | back |
| presby | old |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prohylact | garding |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| proxim/o | near (the point of attachment to the body) |
| prurit | itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o | lungs (pulmonary) |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| pyr/o | heat |
| pyret | fever |
| quadr/i | four |
| quadr/o | four |
| radi/o | ray |
| radi/o | radius |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rheumat | discharge |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scler/o | hard |
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye) |
| scoli/o | crooked |
| seb/o | sebum |
| semin/i | semen |
| sept | putrefaction |
| sept/o | septum |
| septic | putrefying |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| spadias | an opening or tear |
| sperm/o | spermatozoa |
| spermat/o | spermatozoa |
| spir/o | breath |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| staped | stirrup |
| steat/o | fat |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| steth/o | chest |
| stigmat | without point |
| stomato/o | mouth |
| super/o | above |
| sympath | sympathy |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tempora | temples (temporal) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tens | tension/pressure |
| test/o | testis |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac | chest |
| thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
| thromb | clot |
| thromb/o | thrombus |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tinnit | ringing |
| toc | birth |
| ton/o | to stretch |
| tonsil | tonsil |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| top/o | place |
| trache/o | trachea |
| trich/o | hair |
| tuss | cough |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| uln/o | ulna |
| umbilic | navel (umbilical) |
| ung | nail |
| ur/o | urine |
| ur/o | urine |
| ure | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| uter/o | uterus |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| vag/o | vagus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vascular |
| ven | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly (front) side |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| ventricul/o | little belly |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| xiph | sword |
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