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Exam Two Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anti- | against |
| -cocci | spherical bacteria |
| -edema | swelling |
| immun/o | immune, protection |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| lymphadeno/o | lymph node |
| lymphangio/o | lymph vessel |
| -lytic | destroy |
| macro- | large |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| splen/o | spleen |
| tox/o | toxic, poison |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | opening |
| odont/i | teeth |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| enter- | within |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| an/o | anus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| hepat/o | liver |
| chloecyst/o | gallbladder |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| -pepsia | digest, digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| cheil/o | lip |
| -plakia | patches, plaque |
| -orexia | appetite |
| xer/o | dryness |
| -cele | hernia |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| -occult | not visible to naked eye |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| thromb/o | blood clot, coagulation |
| chromat/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting, coagulation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| fibrin/o | fibrin, fibers |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | deficiency |
| phlebo/o | vein |
| -poiesis | to make |
| nas/o | nose |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| ox/y | oxygen |
| phon/o | sound |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of body |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | breathe |
| thorac/o | chest, pleural cavity |
| -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| chol/e | bile |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst |
| dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| litho/o | stone, calculus |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |