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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. abdomin/o | abdomen |
| 2. achill/o | Achilles’ heel |
| 3. acid/o | acid (pH) |
| 4. acoust/o | hearing |
| 5. aden/o | gland |
| 6. alkali/o | basic (pH) |
| 7. bacteri/o | bacteria |
| 8. bronch/o | bronchi |
| 9. brachy/o | arm |
| 10. cac/o | bad, diseased |
| 11. calc/i | calcium |
| 12. capn/i | smoke, carbon dioxide |
| 13. carcin/o | cancer |
| 14. cardi/o | heart |
| 15. carp/o | wrist |
| 16. cerebr/o | brain (cerebrum) |
| 17. cervic/o | neck |
| 18. cheil/o | lip |
| 19. chem/o | chemical |
| 20. cis/o | cut |
| 21. clavic/o | clavicle |
| 22. coagul/o | clot |
| 23. dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| 24. dem/o | people |
| 25. dent/i | tooth |
| 26. derm/o | skin |
| 27. dur/o | hard |
| 28. electr/o | electricity |
| 29. emphys/o | inflate |
| 30. enter/o | intestine |
| 31. erythrocyt/o | red blood cell |
| 32. esophag/o | esophagus |
| 33. esthesi/o | feeling |
| 34. fasei/o | hand |
| 35. fibr/o | fiber |
| 36. fibul/o | fibula |
| 37. fluor/o | fluorescence |
| 38. galact/o | milk |
| 39. gangli/o | knot |
| 40. gastr/o | stomach |
| 41. genet/o | producing |
| 42. geront/o | aged |
| 43. gigant/o | giant |
| 44. gloss/o | tongue |
| 45. gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| 46. gonad/o | ovaries, testes |
| 47. gravid/o | pregnant |
| 48. gynec/o | female |
| 49. halat/o | breathe |
| 50. hem/o | blood |
| 51. hepat/o | liver |
| 52. hidr/o | sweat |
| 53. hirsut/o | hair |
| 54. hist/o | tissue |
| 55. hydr/o | water |
| 56. hypn/o | sleep |
| 57. hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| 58. immun/o | safe, protect |
| 59. insulin/o | insulin |
| 60. kary/o | nucleu (cell) |
| 61. kel/o | tumor |
| 62. kinet/o | motion |
| 63. lacrim/o | tear |
| 64. lamin/o | shin plate |
| 65. laryng/o | larynx |
| 66. later/o | side |
| 67. letharg/o | drowsiness |
| 68. lingu/o | tongue |
| 69. lip/o | fat |
| 70. lymph/o | lymph, lymph gland |
| 71. ab- | away from; away |
| 72. ante- | before |
| 73. anti- | against, opposing |
| 74. bi- | two, twice, double |
| 75. brady- | slow |
| 76. endo- | within, in |
| 78. epi- | on, upon, over |
| 79. eu- | normal, good |
| 80. hemi- | half |
| 81. inter- | between |
| 82. macro- | large, long |
| 83. micro- | small |
| 84. multi- | many |
| 85. neo- | new |
| 86. pan- | all, total |
| 87. per- | through |
| 88. peri- | surrounding |
| 89. poly- | many, much |
| 90. post- | after |
| 91. pre- | before |
| 92. sub- | below, under |
| 93. supra- | above |
| 94. tri- | three |
| 95. a-, an- | no, not, without, negates the meaning |
| 96. ad- | toward, at, increase, on, toward |
| 97. de- | from, down, away from |
| 98. dia- | through, complete |
| 99. dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| 100. hyper- | above, excessive |
| 101. intra- | within, in |
| 102. meta- | after, beyond, change |
| 103. nulli- | none |
| 104. pachy- | thick, thickening, thickend |
| 105. para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| 106. pro- | before |
| 107. sym-, syn- | together, joined |
| 108. tachy- | fast, rapid |
| 109. trans- | through, across, beyond |
| 110. -a | noun ending, no meaning |
| 111. -ac | pertaining to |
| 112. -ad | toward |
| 113. -algia | pain |
| 114. -amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| 115. -apheresis | removal |
| 116. -ar | pertaining to |
| 117. -ary | pertaining to |
| 118. -asthenia | weakness |
| 119. -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| 120. -cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| 121. -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluids |
| 122. -crine | to secrete |
| 123. -cyesis | pregnancy |
| 124. -cyte | cell |
| 125. -desis | surgical fixation, fluid |
| 126. -drome | run, running |
| 127. -e | noun ending, no meaning |
| 128. -eal | pertaining to |
| 129. -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| 130. -ectomy | excision, surgical removal, cut out |
| 131. -emesis | vomiting |
| 132. -emia | in the blood |
| 133. -esis | condition |
| 134. -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| 135. -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| 136. -gram | the record, radiographic image |
| 137. -graph | instrument used to record; the record |
| 138. -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| 139. -ia | condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
| 140. -iasis | condition |
| 141. -iatrist | specialist |
| 142. -iatry | specialty, treatment |
| 143. -ic | pertaining to |
| 144. -ictal | seizure, attack |
| 145. -ior | pertaining to |
| 146. -ism | state of |
| 147. -itis | inflammation |
| 148. -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| 149. -logy | study of |
| 150. -lysis | separating, loosening, dissolution |
| 151. -malacia | softening |
| 152. -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| 153. -meter | instrument used to measure |
| 154. -metry | measuring, process of measuring |
| 155. -oid | resembling |
| 156. -oma | tumor, swelling |
| 157. -opia | vision |
| 158. -opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
| 159. -osis | abnormal condition, increased number (blood) |
| 160. -ous | pertaining to |
| 161. -paresis | slight paralysis |
| 162. -pathy | disease |
| 163. -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| 164. -pepsia | digestion |
| 165. -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| 166. -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| 167. -phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
| 168. -physis | growth |
| 169. -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| 170. -plasm | growth, subsatnce, formation |
| 171. -plasty | surgical repair |
| 172. -plegia | paralysis |
| 173. -pnea | breathing |
| 174. -poiesis | formation |
| 175. -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| 176. -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| 177. -rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
| 178. -rrhapy | repairing, suturing |
| 179. -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| 180. -rrhexis | rupture |
| 181. -salpinx | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| 182. -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| 183. -schisis | split, fissure |
| 184. -sclerosis | hardening |
| 185. -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| 186. -scopy | process of visually examining |
| 187. -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction of muscle |
| 188. -stasis | stop, control, standing |
| 189. -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| 190. -stomy | creating of artificial opening |
| 191. -thorax | chest, cavity, chest |
| 192. -tocia | labor, birth |
| 193. -tome | instrument used to cut |
| 194. -tomy | incision, cut into- |
| 195. -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| 196. -trophy | nourishment, development |
| 197. -um | no meaning |
| 198. -uria | urine, urination |
| 199. -us | no meaning |
| 200. -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |