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Final Word List
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
andr/o | male |
angi/o | vessel |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
coagul/o | clotting |
colon/o | colon |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyan/o | blue |
dermat/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | small intestine |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gynec/o | female |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hyster/o | uterus |
isch/o | to hold back |
kal/i | potassium |
kinesi/o | movement |
leuk/o | white |
lith/o | stone |
lob/o | lobe |
mast/o | breast |
melan/o | black |
mening/o | meninges |
natr/o | sodium |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
olig/o | scanty |
oophor/o | ovary |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
pulmon/o | lung |
spermat/o | sperm |
testicul/o | testis |
thromb/o | clot |
thyroid/o | thyroid |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
vagin/o | vagina |
a- | without, away from |
an- | without |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
brady- | slow |
dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
endo- | within, inner |
epi- | upon, over |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | over, above |
hypo- | under, below |
inter- | among, between |
intra- | within, inside |
mono- | one |
multi- | many |
neo- | new |
nulli- | none |
pan- | all |
peri- | around |
poly- | many |
post- | after |
pre- | before, in front of |
primi- | first |
quadri- | four |
retro- | backward, behind |
semi- | partial, half |
sub- | below, under |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | through, across |
-algia | pain |
-asthesia | weakness |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cardia | heart condition |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | increased number of cells |
-derma | skin |
-globulin | protein |
-gravida | pregnancy |
-emesis | vomiting |
-ia | state, condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ism | state of |
-itis | inflammation |
-kensia | movement |
-lithiasis | condition of stones |
-logist | one who studies |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlargement, large |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-partum | childbirth |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | too few cells |
-plegia | paralysis |
-poiesis | formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhage | excessive, abnormal flow |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-spermia | sperm condition |
-stasis | stop; control |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-therapy | treatment |
-uria | urine condition |
-centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-stomy | surgically create an opening |
-tomy | cutting into |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
-gram | record or picture |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-scopy | process of visually examining |