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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Adip/o | Fat |
| Aer/o | Air |
| Albin/o | White |
| All/o | Other |
| Ambly/o | Dull |
| Bacteri/o | Bacteria |
| Bil/i | Gall/Bile |
| Brachy/o | Arm |
| Bronch/o | Bronchi |
| Bucc/o | Cheek |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Cistern/o | Cavity/Reservoir |
| Cull/o | Jelly-like/Glutinous |
| Cutan/o | Skin |
| Dendr/o | Branched |
| Dont/o | Tooth |
| Dos/i | Giving |
| Dur/o | Hard |
| Embol/o | Throwing in |
| Fasei/o | Hand |
| Foramin/o | Foramen/opening |
| Galact/o | Milk |
| Glomerul/o | Little ball |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| Goni/o | Angle |
| Halat/o | Breathe |
| Hirsut/o | Hair |
| Hypn/o | Sleep |
| Ichthy/o | Fish (scaly) |
| Icter/o | Jaundice |
| Jejun/o | Jejunum |
| Kary/o | Nucleu (cell) |
| Kinesi/o / Kincsi/o | Motion |
| Kyph/o | Hump |
| Labyrinth/o | Maze |
| Lapar/o | Abdomen / Flank |
| Letharg/o | Drowsiness |
| Lingu/o | Tongue |
| Lumb/o | Loin |
| Meat/o | Passage |
| Mediastin/o | Mediastinum |
| Mitr/o | Mitral Valve |
| Myel/o | Spinal Cord |
| Myring/o | Membrane |
| Narc/o | Night/Sleep |
| Nyctal/o | Blind/Night |
| Ocul/o | Eye |
| Oment/o | Omentum |
| Onc/o | Tumor |
| Omphal/o | Umbilicus |
| Oscill/o | Swing |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Palat/o | Palate |
| Parathyr/o | Parathyroid Gland |
| Pharmac/o | Drug |
| Phe/o | Dusky/Muzzle |
| Phim/o | Muscle |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| Pylor/o | Pyloris |
| Rachi/o | Spine |
| Radiat/o | Radiant |
| Radicul/o | Root |
| Reticul/o | Net/network |
| Sacr/o | Sacrum |
| Sanguin/o | Blood |
| Scler/o | Hard/Fibrous |
| Schiz/o | Split |
| Senile/o | Old |
| Pan- | All/Total |
| Para- | Beyond |
| Per- | Through |
| Poly- | Many |
| Peri- | Surrounding |
| Sub- | Below |
| Pro- | Before |
| Supra- | Above |
| Sym- | Togethor |
| Syn- | Joined |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Trans- | Through/Across |
| Tri- | Three |
| Uni- | One |
| a-/an- | No/Not/Without |
| Ab- | Away from |
| Ad- | Toward/at |
| Ante- | Before |
| Anti- | Against |
| Bi-/Bin- | Twice |
| Brady- | Slow |
| De- | From/Down |
| Dia- | Through/complete |
| Dys- | Painful |
| Endo- | Inside |
| Epi- | Upon/Over |
| Eu- | Normal/Good |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Above/Excessive |
| Inter- | Between |
| Intra- | Within |
| Macro- | Large |
| Meta- | After/Beyond |
| Micro- | Small |
| Multi- | Many |
| Neo- | New |
| Nulli- | None |
| Pachi- | Thick |
| Post- | After |
| -a | Noun/Ending/No meaning |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -ad | Toward |
| -Algia | Pain |
| -Amnios | Amnion |
| -Apheresis | Removal |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -Carcinoma | Cancerous tumor |
| -Cele | Hernia |
| -Centesis | Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -Crine | To secrete |
| -Cyesis | Pregnancy |
| -Cyte | Cell |
| -Desis | Surgical fixation |
| -Drome | Run |
| -e | Noun/ending |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ectasis | Stretching out |
| -Ectomy | Excision |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | In the blood |
| -esis | Condition |
| -gen | Substance that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing/causing |
| -gram | The record |
| -graph | Instrument used to record |
| -ia | Condition of diseased state |
| -iasis | Condition |
| -iastrist | Specialist |
| -iatry | Specialty treatment |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ictal | Seizure/attack |
| -ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | State of |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logist | Specialist in a certain topic |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lysis | Separating |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -Megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -opia | Vision |
| -opsy | Process of viewing |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Abnormal deduction |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -phobia | Abnormal fear |
| -physis | Growth |
| -plasia | Formation |
| -plasm | Growth |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -ptotis | Prolapse |
| -rrhage | Excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | Condition of excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | repairing |
| -rrhea | Discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -Salpinx | Fallopian Tube |
| -sarcoma | Malignant tumor |
| -schisis | Split |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | Instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | Pertaining to visual examination |
| -spasm | Sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | Stop/control |
| -stenosis | Constriction/narrowing |
| -stomy | Creation of artificial opening |
| -thorax | Chest cavity |
| -tocia | Labor/birth |
| -tome | Instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing |
| -trophy | Nourishment/Development |
| -um | No meaning |
| -uria | Urination |
| -us | No meaning |
| -phobia | Abnormal fear |
| -Algia | Pain |
| -Opia | Vision |