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Final Word List
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |