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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | lack of, without, no, not |
| -a | noun suffix, no meaning |
| abdomin/o | abdomen (abdominal) |
| absorpt | to suck in |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremity, point |
| -acusis | hearing |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| ades | stuck to |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| -age | related to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| all | other |
| ambly/o | dim, dull |
| an- | lack of, without, no, not |
| an/o | anus |
| ana- | up, apart, backward |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel (blood vessel)/valve |
| ankyl/o | ankle |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| -ant | forming |
| ant- | against |
| ante- | before |
| anter/o | front |
| anti- | against |
| apo- | separation |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -atresia | absence of a normal body opening |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| astro- | star-shaped |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| aut- | self, own |
| aut/o | self |
| auto- | self, own |
| axill | armpit |
| axill/o | axilla, armpit |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bas/o | base |
| -betes | to go |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bin- | twice |
| -blast | immature cell, germ cell |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| -body | body |
| brach/i | arm (brachial) |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch | bronchi |
| bronch/i | bronchi |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| bucc/o | cheek (buccal) |
| burs | a pouch |
| cac- | bad |
| calc | calcium |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calci/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| card | heart |
| card/i | heart |
| cardi/o | heart (cardiac) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartil | gristle |
| casta- | down |
| caud/o | tail (downward) |
| cec/o | cecum |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| centi- | hundred |
| centri- | center |
| ceph | head |
| cephal | head |
| cephal/o | head |
| cept | receive |
| cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chole/cyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh | orange-yellow |
| cis | cut |
| -clasia | break |
| -clast | break |
| -clave | a key |
| clavic/o | clavicle |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coagul/o | clot |
| coax | hip |
| -coccus (pl. –cocci) | berry-shaped |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| con- | with, together |
| concuss | shaken violently |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| continence | to hold |
| contra- | against |
| -cope | strike |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne | cornea |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cost/o | ribs (costal) |
| crani | cranium, skull |
| crani/o | skull (cranial) |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| crur | leg, thigh (crural) |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cubit | elbow (cubital) |
| cuss | sound, hearing |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | dark blue |
| -cyesis | injection |
| -cyst | bladder |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of cells, slight increase in numbers |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | finger, digit |
| de- | down |
| dem | people |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent | teeth (dental) |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/a | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| -derma | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| di- | two, apart |
| dia- | through, between |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dis- | absence, removal, separation |
| disk | disk |
| dist/o | away (from the point of attachment to the body) |
| dors/o | back |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura, hard |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| ec- | displaced, out |
| -ectasia | stretching, dilatation, widening |
| -ectasis | dilation of |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| electr/o | electric |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end- | within |
| endo- | in, within |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| eosin/o | rose-colored |
| epi- | above, upon, over |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| episi/o | perineum |
| equ/i | equal |
| -ergy | work |
| erythem/o | redness |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation, feeling |
| estr/o | female |
| eti/o | cause |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | out, away from |
| faci/o | face |
| femor | leg, thigh (femoral) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| foc | focus |
| follicul | little bag |
| -form | like, resembling |
| format | a shaping |
| -fuge | to flee |
| ganglion | knot |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | formation, produce |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| gene | formation, produce |
| -genesis | formation, produce |
| -genic | pertaining to the formation or production of |
| gerent/o | old age |
| gingiv | gums |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gli/o | glue |
| -glia | glue |
| -globin | protein |
| globul/o | globe, protein |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue (glossal) |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| gonad/o | sex glands (ovaries & testes) |
| -grade | a step |
| -gram | a weight, mark, record |
| -gram | record,radiographic image |
| granul/o | grain |
| -graph | instrument for recording data |
| -graph | to write, record |
| -graphy | recording of data |
| gravida | pregnant |
| gyn/o | female |
| gynec/o | female |
| halat | breathe |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hetero- | different |
| -hexia | condition |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| home/o | sameness |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | above, more than normal, excessive, beyond |
| hypn- | sleep |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypo- | below, under, deficient |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | diseased / abnormal state, condition of |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| iatr | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ice | pertaining to |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry (fish-like) |
| -ician | physician |
| icter | jaundice |
| -iesis | condition |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| ile/o | ileum |
| illus | foot |
| immun/o | immune |
| -in | in, into, not |
| in- | in, into, not |
| -in, -ine | a substance |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| infect | infection |
| infern/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| integument | a covering |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ion | process of |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| isch | to hold back |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ive | nature of, quality of |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kerat/o | keratin, hard, horny tissue |
| kilo | a thousand |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| labi/o | lip |
| labyrinth/o | maze |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lact/o | milk |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lamin/o | thin plate |
| lapar/o | adbomen, abdominal cavity |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| letharg | drowsiness |
| leuk/o | white |
| -lexia | diction |
| libr/i | balance |
| lingu/o | tongue (lingual) |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| -liter | liter |
| -lith | stone |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log | study of |
| -log | study of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| -lymph | lymph |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node (gland) |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| macr/o | large |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| -malacia | softening of |
| malign | bad kind |
| mamm/o | breast (mammary) |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw |
| -mania | madness |
| manus | hand |
| mast | breast |
| mast/o | breat |
| mastoid | mastoid process |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| maxim | greatest |
| meat/o | opening, passage |
| medi/o | middle |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| melan/o | black, dark, melanin |
| men/o | month |
| mening/i | membrane |
| mening/o | membrane |
| menisci | crescent |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| metri | uterus |
| -metry | measurement of |
| micro- | small |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| minim | least |
| mono- | one, single |
| multi- | many, much |
| muscul/o | muscles (muscular) |
| my | to shut |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| narc/o | numbness |
| nas/o | nose (nasal) |
| nat/o | birth |
| natr/o | sodium |
| necr | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerves (neural) |
| neutr/o | neither |
| -noia | mind |
| nom | law, govern |
| norm | rule |
| nucle/o | kernel, nucleus |
| nulli- | none |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| -oid | resembling, derived from |
| olecran | elbow |
| olig/o | scanty |
| oligo- | scanty, little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -omion | shoulder |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | eye vision |
| -opsy | view of, viewing, to view |
| opt/o | eye |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opthalmo | eye |
| or/o | mouth (oral) |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testis, testicle |
| orchid/o | testis, testicle |
| organ | organ |
| orth/o | straight |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| oste/o | bones |
| -ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| ot | ear |
| ot/o | ear (otic) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ox | oxygen |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| ox/y | oxygen |
| pachy/o | thick |
| palat/o | palate |
| palm | palm |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| par- | beside |
| para | to bear |
| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| -paresis | weakness |
| parturit | in labor |
| patell/o | patella |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease, condition |
| ped | child |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| pen/o | penis |
| -penia | lack of, deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| phag/o | eat, engulf |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| pharyng/o | throat, larynx (pharyngeal) |
| -phasia | to speak |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -philia | attraction for |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phob/o | fear |
| -phobia | fear of |
| phone | voice |
| -phoresis | to carry |
| phot/o | light |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair, hair follicle |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| -plasia | formation, produce |
| -plasty | plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumat/o | lung |
| pneumon | lung |
| pod/o | foot |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poli/o | gray |
| pollex | thumb |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| poster/i | back, behind |
| -praxia | action |
| presby | old |
| pro- | before |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prohylact | garding |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| proxim/o | near (the point of attachment to the body) |
| prurit | itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, protrude |
| -ptysis- | to spit, spitting |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o | lungs (pulmonary) |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| pyr/o | heat, fire, fever |
| pyret | fever |
| quadr/i | four |
| quadr/o | four |
| quadri- | four |
| radi/o | ray |
| radi/o | radius |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retro- | behind, back, backward |
| -rhaphy | surgical repair, suture |
| rheumat | discharge |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture, repair |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| scler/o | hard |
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye) |
| -sclerosis | hardening of |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | visual examination of |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous gland |
| semin/i | semen, seed |
| -sepsis | decay, infection |
| sept | putrefaction, rotten |
| sept/o | septum |
| septic | putrefying |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| spadias | an opening or tear |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
| sperm/o | spermatozoa, semen |
| spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen |
| spir/o | breath |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| staped | stirrup |
| -stasis | to stop, control |
| steat/o | fat |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| steth/o | chest |
| -sthenia | strength |
| stigmat | without point, abnormal curvature |
| -stitial | to set |
| stomato/o | mouth |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| sub- | under, below |
| super/o | above, upper part |
| -suppression | to stop |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | through, joined |
| sympathy | sympathy |
| syn- | with, together |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tempora | temples (temporal) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tens | tension/pressure |
| test/o | testis, testicle |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm/o | heat, hot |
| thorac | chest |
| thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
| thromb | clot |
| thromb/o | thrombus, clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| tinnit | ringing |
| toc | birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision, cutting |
| ton/o | to stretch |
| tonsil | tonsil |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| top/o | place |
| trache/o | trachea |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| -tresia | opening |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | crushing of |
| -troph(y) | nourishment, development |
| tuss | cough |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| uln/o | ulna |
| -um | tissue |
| umbilic | navel (umbilical) |
| ung | nail |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o | urine |
| ure | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -us | pertaining to |
| uter/o | uterus |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| vag/o | vagus, wandering |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vessel, duct: vas deferens |
| vascul/o | vascular |
| ven | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly (front) side |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| ventricul/o | little belly |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| xiph | sword |
| -y | process, condition, pertaining to |
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