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Root: Descriptive
Medical Terminology; Completed 4/25/24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acanth (2) | spiny, thorny |
| acu, acut (2) | severe, sharp (2) |
| agit (2) | rapidity, restlessness |
| alb, albin, leuk | white (3) |
| algesi | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| anis | unequal |
| ankyl (3) | bent, crooked, stiff |
| anomal | irregular |
| asthen | weakness |
| astr | star-shaped |
| atel (2) | imperfect, incomplete |
| calor(i), therm | heat (2) |
| campt, scoli (2) | bent, crooked (2) |
| caus, cauter (2) | burn, burning (2) |
| chlor | green |
| chrys | gold |
| cirrh | orange-yellow |
| clin (2) | bend, to slope |
| constrict (2) | binding, narrowing |
| cric | ring |
| critic (2) | crisis, dangerous |
| cune | wedge |
| cyan | blue |
| cry, frig, frigid, psychr | cold (4) |
| crypt | hidden |
| cycl (2) | ciliary body, circular |
| desicc, kraur, xer | dry (3) |
| dilat (2) | enlarge, expand |
| dolich | long |
| echin (2) | prickly, spiny |
| enmetr | proportioned |
| eosin, rhod (2) | red, rosy (2) |
| erethism | irritation |
| erythem (2) | flushed, redness |
| erythr, rubr(o/i) | red (2) |
| fil(i/o), filament (2) | thread, threadlike (2) |
| flav, jaund, lute, xanth | yellow (4) |
| fusc | dark brown |
| gigant | huge |
| glauc | grey |
| gyr (2) | circle, spiral |
| hirsut | hairy |
| ken | empty |
| kerat (3) | cornea of the eye, hard, horn |
| koil (3) | concave, depressed, hollow |
| lampr | clear |
| lepid (2) | flakes, scales |
| lept (3) | delicate, slender, thin |
| lord (2) | bending, curvature |
| lox, plagi (2) | oblique, slanting (2) |
| lucid | clear |
| medi, meso | middle (2) |
| melan | black |
| mi (2) | less, smaller |
| mon (2) | one, single |
| morph (2) | form, shape |
| mult(i) | many |
| mydri | wide |
| narc (2) | numbness, stupor |
| null(i) | none |
| nutri, nutrit | nourish |
| olig (2) | little, scanty |
| palliat (2) | relieve, smooth |
| palpit, palpitat (2) | flutter, throbbing (2) |
| pant (2) | all, whole |
| per (2) | deformed, maimed |
| picr | bitter |
| pies, piez | pressure (2) |
| poikil (2) | irregular, variation |
| por (2) | opening, passageway |
| potenti, sthen (2) | power, strength (2) |
| proxim | near |
| prurit, psor | itching (2) |
| psamm | sand-like |
| pseud | false |
| purpur | purple |
| pteryg | wing-shaped |
| pycn, pykn (2) | dense, thick (2) |
| reticul | net-like |
| rhabd | rod |
| sapr (2) | decay, rotten |
| scirrh, scler | hard (2) |
| spher (2) | globe, round |
| spongi | sponge-like |
| staphyl (2) | grape-like clusters, uvula |
| sten (2) | constricted, narrowed |
| stere (2) | solid, three-dimensional |
| steril | barren |
| strept, stroph (2) | curved, twisted (2) |
| sulc (2) | furrow, groove |
| tens (2) | strained, stretched |
| tephr | grey (ashen) |
| tors (2) | twisted, twisting |
| viril (2) | manly, masculine |
| vitre | glassy |
| xiph (2) | sword-shaped, xiphoid |
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