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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| derm/o - | skin |
| electr/o - | electricity |
| encephal/o - | brain |
| enter/o - | intestines |
| erythr/o - | red |
| gastr/o - | stomach |
| glyc/o - | sugar |
| gynec/o - | women |
| hemat/o - | blood |
| hem/o - | blood |
| hepat/o - | liver |
| leuk/o - | white |
| log/o - | study |
| nephr/o - | kidney |
| neur/o - | nerve |
| onc/o - | tumor |
| ophthalm/o - | eye |
| oste/o - | bone |
| path/o - | disease |
| ped/o - | child |
| psych/o - | mind |
| radi/o - | x-ray |
| ren/o - | kidney |
| rhin/o - | nose |
| sarc/o - | flesh |
| sect/o - | to cut |
| thromb/o - | clot |
| ur/o - | urine |
| abdomin/o - | abdomen |
| adip/o - | fat |
| anter/o - | front |
| cervic/o - | neck |
| chondr/o - | cartilage |
| crani/o - | skull |
| dist/o - | far |
| hist/o - | tissue |
| medi/o - | middle |
| nucle/o - | nucleus |
| proxim/o - | near |
| thorac/o - | chest |
| ventr/o - | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o - | vertebra |
| viscer/o - | internal organs |
| gloss/o - | tongue |
| labi/o - | lip |
| lapar/o - | abdominal wall |
| lingu/o - | tongue |
| odon/o - | teeth |
| or/o - | mouth |
| pancreat/o - | pancreas |
| sialaden/o - | salivary gland |
| bil/i - | bile |
| chol/e - | bile |
| gluc/o - | glucose |
| glyc/o - | glucose |
| lip/o - | fat |
| lith/o - | stone |
| steat/o - | fat |
| cyst/o - | urinary bladder |
| lith/o - | stone |
| kal/o - | potassium |
| noct/o - | night |
| ur/o - | urine |
| urin/o - | urine |
| episi/o - | vulva |
| hyster/o - | uterus |
| my/o - | muscle |
| ov/o - | egg |
| andr/o - | male |
| cry/o - | cold |
| gon/o - | seed |
| hydr/o - | water |
| tax/o - | order |
| angi/o - | vessel |
| arter/o - | Artery |
| cardi/o - | heart |
| ox/o - | oxygen |
| phleb/o - | vein |
| steth/o - | chest |
| thromb/o - | clot |
| ven/o - | vein |
| bronch/o - | bronchial tube |
| cyan/o - | blue |
| orth/o - | straight |
| trache/o - | trachea |
| coagul/o - | coagulation |
| erythr/o - | red |
| leuk/o - | white |
| mon/o - | 1 |
| immun/o - | immune |
| lymph/o - | lymph |
| splen/o - | spleen |
| thym/o - | thymus gland |
| tox/o - | poison |
| calc/o, calci/o - | calcium |
| lord/o - | curve |
| myel/o - | spinal cord |
| lumb/o - | lower back |
| oste/o - | bones |
| scoli/o - | crooked |
| cost/o - | rib |
| ankyl/o - | stiff |
| arthr/o - | joint |
| rheumat/o - | watery flow |
| tendin/o - | tendons |
| fasci/o - | fascia |
| plant/o - | sole of foot |
| sarc/o - | flesh |
| -ac: | pertaining to |
| -al: | pertaining to |
| -algia: | pain |
| -cyte: | cell |
| -ectomy: | removal |
| -genic: | produced by |
| -gram: | record |
| -ic, -ical: | pertaining to |
| -ion: | process |
| -ist: | specalist |
| -itis: | inflammation |
| -logy: | study of |
| -oma: | tumor |
| -opsy: | view of |
| -osis: | condition |
| -pathy: | disease |
| -scope: | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy: | visual examination |
| -tomy: | process of cutting |
| -y: | condition |
| -eal: | pertaining to |
| -iac: | pertaining to |
| -ism: | process |
| -ose: | full of |
| -plasm: | formation |
| -type: | classification |
| -cele: | hernia |
| -centesis: | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -dynia: | pain |
| -ectomy: | removal |
| -emia: | blood condition |
| -gram: | record |
| -graph: | instrument for recording |
| -graphy: | process of recording |
| -lysis: | breakdown |
| -penia: | deficiency |
| -phobia: | fear |
| -plasty: | surgical repair |
| -rrhea: | flow |
| -sclerosis: | hardening |
| -stomy: | new opening |
| -trophy: | nourishment |
| -ia: | condition |
| -ole: | little |
| -um, -ium: | structure |
| -ose: | full of/pertaining to/ sugar |
| -ase: | enzyme |
| -ectasis: | dilation |
| -plasty: | surgical repair |
| -ptysis: | spitting |
| -stasis: | stopping |
| -arche: | beginning |
| -genesis: | producing |
| -one: | hormone |
| -algia: | pain |
| -lepsy: | seizure |
| -paresis: | weakness |
| -plegia: | paralysis |
| -ema: | condition |
| -pnea: | breathing |
| -ptysis: | spitting |
| -blast: | embryonic |
| -cytosis: | condition of cells |
| -emia: | blood condition |
| -globin: | protein |
| -phage: | eat |
| -philia: | attraction to |
| -poiesis: | formation |
| -stasis: | controlling |
| -clast: | to break |
| -malacia: | softening |
| -porosis: | condition of pores |
| -asthenia: | lack of strength |
| -trophy: | development |
| a-, an-: | no |
| aut-, auto-: | self/own |
| dia-: | complete |
| endo-: | in/within |
| epi-: | above |
| ex-, exo-: | out/away from |
| hyper-: | above/excessive |
| hypo-: | deficient |
| in-: | in/into/not |
| peri-: | surrounding |
| pro-: | before |
| re-: | back |
| retro-: | behind |
| sub-: | under |
| trans-: | across |
| ana-: | up |
| cata-: | down |
| intra-: | within |
| meta-: | change |
| hemi-: | half |
| inter-: | between |
| macro-: | large |
| mal-: | bad |
| micro-: | small |
| pan-: | all |
| para-: | near |
| poly-: | many |
| pre-: | before |
| pro-: | before |
| re-: | back |
| sub-: | under |
| tachy-: | fast |
| brady-: | slow |
| dys-: | bad |
| multi-: | many |
| retro-: | behind |
| ana-: | up |
| ab-: | bad |
| ad-: | toward |