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human anatomy
Foreign word, roots, prefixes, suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-: | without |
| adip-: | fat |
| -algia | pain: |
| ana-: | upward, backward |
| ante-: | before: |
| arthro-: | joint: |
| auto-: | self: |
| baro-: | pressure |
| Bi- | two |
| bio-: | life |
| -Blast: | early, embryonic stage, immature |
| brachi-: | arm |
| bronchi-: | windpipe or airway |
| cardi-, cardio-: | Heart |
| cephal-: | head |
| chole-: | bile |
| chondro-: | cartilage |
| -clast: | broken |
| cost-: | rib |
| cut-: | skin |
| cyan-: | blue |
| cyt-: | a hollow cell |
| derm-: | skin |
| di-: | twice |
| dys-: | painful |
| ecto-: | outside |
| encephalo-: | brain |
| endo-: | within, inside |
| epi-: | upon |
| erythro-: | red |
| ex-: | out of, away from |
| extra-: | outside of, beyond, in addition |
| gastr-: | stomach |
| genesis-: | production, formation |
| glasso-, glossus: | tongue |
| glyco-: | sugar |
| hem, hemo-: | blood |
| hemi-: | one half |
| hepat, hepato-: | liver |
| hetero-: | other |
| histo-: | tissue |
| homeo-: | similar |
| hydro: | water |
| hyper-: | above, excessive |
| hypo-: | under, deficient |
| iso-: | equal |
| -itis: | inflammation |
| juxta: | near |
| leuk-, leuko-: | white |
| lip-, lipo-: | fat |
| lys-, lyso-: | a loosening |
| mono-: | single |
| myo-: | muscle |
| nephr-: | kidney |
| neur-, neuri, neuro-: | nerve |
| oculo-: | eye |
| -oma: | swelling, tumor, mass |
| ost-, oste-, osteo-: | bone |
| path-, pathy, patho- ; | disease |
| phago-: | to eat |
| -poiesis: | making, formation |
| pulmo-: | lung |
| sacro-: | flesh |
| sub-: | below |
| supra -: | on the upper side |
| therm-, thermo-: | heat |
| thromb-: | clot |
| vas-: | vessel |
| viscer-, viscero-: | organ |