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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bi/o | life or living |
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dent/o, odont/o | tooth |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | aged |
| gynec/o | female |
| hist/o | tissue |
| immun/o | immune |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| neur/o | nerve or nervous system |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o, optic/o | vision |
| orth/o | straight |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child or foot |
| pharmac/o | drugs or medicine |
| physi/o | nature |
| plast/o | repair |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radius or radiant energy |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| tom/o | to cut |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| ur/o | urine or urinary tract |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities |
| anter/o | anterior |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| caud/o | tail, lower portion of body |
| cephal/o | head |
| chir/o | hand |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger and toes) |
| dist/o, tele/o | distant |
| dors/o | dorsal, back side |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gram/o | to print or record |
| infer/o | inferior, or situated below |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | medial, middle |
| my/o | muscle |
| omphal/o | umbilicus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| poster/o | posterior |
| proxim/o | near |
| somat/o | body |
| super/o | superior, uppermost |
| thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
| ventr/o | ventral, belly |
| aer/o | air |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | coagulation |
| cyt/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibrin/o | fibrin |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| hydr/o | water |
| is/o | equal |
| kary/o, nucle/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lys/o | destruction or dissolving |
| macr/o | large |
| megal/o | enlarged |
| melan/o | black |
| micr/o | small |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| norm/o | normal |
| phag/o | to eat |
| phil/o | attraction |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| scop/o | to view or to examine |
| spher/o | round |
| thromb/o | thrombus; clot |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| angi/o, vas/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| ather/o | yellowish, fatty plaque |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatics |
| lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| phot/o | light |
| scler/o | hard, hardening |
| sept/o | septum; partition |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steth/o | chest |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule |
| acid/o | acid |
| alkal/o | alkaline, basic |
| alveol/o | alveoli |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
| coni/o | dust |
| gen/o | origin or beginning |
| fibr/o | fiber or fibrous |
| lith/o | stone or calculus |
| malac/o | softness; softening |
| muc/o | mucus |
| nas/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o | speech |
| phon/o | voice |
| phren/o | diaphragm or mind |
| plas/o | formation or development |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lungs or air |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneumon/o | lungs |
| trache/o | trachea |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile or gall |
| col/o | colon; large intestine |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| dent/i | teeth |
| dips/o | thirst |
| diverticul/o | diverticula |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines; small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| lact/o | milk |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pex/o | surgical fixation |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| prote/o | protein |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary glands |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dipl/o | double |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glycos/o | sweet or sugar |
| gon/o | genitals or reproduction |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| nos/o | disease |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| staphyl/o | grape-like cluster |
| strept/o | twisted |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| fet/o | fetus |
| genit/o | organs of reproduction |
| hyster/o, uter/o | uterus |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| men/o | month |
| metr/o | measure; uterine tissue |
| nat/i | birth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o | testicle |
| par/o | bearing offspring |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| pseud/o | false |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| spermat/o | sprmatozoa |
| top/o | place |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint; articulation |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| carp/o | wrist |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | calvicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pubis |
| rach/i, rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radius (sometimes radiant energy) |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| schis/o, schiz/o | split |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsus (sometimes edge of eyelid) |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| troph/o | nutrition |
| uln/o | ulna |
| viscer/o | viscera |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| arachn/o | spider |
| astr/o | star |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aut/o | self |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| chem/o | chemical |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear |
| dendr/o | tree |
| mening/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| narc/o | sleep |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olig/o | few |
| pyr/o | fire |
| adip/o | fat |
| alb/o, albin/o | white |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| bacter/i | bacteria |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| heli/o | sun |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| kerat/o | horney or cornea |
| necr/o | dead or death |
| onych/o | nail |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| seps/o | infection |
| sept/o | infection or septum |
| therm/o | heat |
| trich/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenalin/o | adrenalin |
| andr/o | male or masucline |
| gigant/o | large |
| gonad/o | gonad |
| home/o | sameness or constant |
| iod/o | iodine |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| trop/o | to stimulate |
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