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terminology
prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, ab | away from |
| abdomin | of or relating to the abdomen |
| acous | of or relating to hearing |
| a, an | without, not |
| ad | to, toward |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat or fatty tissue |
| aesthesio | sensation |
| ambi | positioned on both sides |
| angio | blood vessel |
| ano | anus |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| arthr | joint |
| aur | pertaining to the ear |
| auto | self |
| axill | pertaining to the armpit |
| bi | two |
| bili | bile |
| bio | life |
| blast-, -blast | germ or bud |
| brachi | arm |
| brady | slow |
| bucc | pertaining to the cheek |
| burs | bursa |
| cardi | heart |
| carp(o) | wrist |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | brain |
| chole | gall bladder, bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| cili | pertaining to cilia, the eyelashes; eyelids |
| circum | around |
| clast | braak |
| col, colo, colon | pertaining to the colon |
| contra | against |
| corp | body |
| cost | rib |
| cox | pertaining to the hip |
| a, ab | away from |
| abdomin | of or relating to the abdomen |
| acous | of or relating to hearing |
| a, an | without, not |
| ad | to, toward |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat or fatty tissue |
| aesthesio | sensation |
| ambi | positioned on both sides |
| angio | blood vessel |
| ano | anus |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| arthr | joint |
| aur | pertaining to the ear |
| auto | self |
| axill | pertaining to the armpit |
| bi | two |
| bili | bile |
| bio | life |
| blast-, -blast | germ or bud |
| brachi | arm |
| brady | slow |
| bucc | pertaining to the cheek |
| burs | bursa |
| cardi | heart |
| carp(o) | wrist |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | brain |
| chole | gall bladder, bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| cili | pertaining to cilia, the eyelashes; eyelids |
| circum | around |
| clast | braak |
| col, colo, colon | pertaining to the colon |
| contra | against |
| corp | body |
| cost | rib |
| cox | pertaining to the hip |
| crani | pertaining to the cranium |
| cyst | pertaining to the bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| de | remove, decrease |
| dent | teeth |
| derm | skin |
| di | two |
| dia | through |
| dis | seperation, taking apart |
| dors(o), dors(i) | pertaining to the back |
| dys | bad, difficult |
| ect | outside, away from |
| encephal(o) | pertaining to the brain |
| end | in, within |
| enter | intestine |
| ep, epi | upon, above |
| episi | pertaining to the pubic region |
| erythr | red |
| eu | good normal |
| ex | out, away from |
| extra | outside |
| fili, filli | fine, hair like |
| galact | milk |
| gastr | stomach |
| gloss | tongue |
| gluc, glyc | sweet, glucose |
| gynec | woman |
| hema | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepat | liver |
| hetero | varied, mixed |
| hist | tissue |
| homeo | similar, like |
| hydr | water, hydrogen |
| hyper | above, more than |
| hypo | below, less than |
| hyster | uterus |
| in | into, not |
| infro | below, underlying |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ipse | same |
| iso | equal |
| juxte | next to |
| labi(o) | lip |
| lacrim(o) | tear |
| lact(i), lact(o) | milk |
| lapar(o) | pertaining to the abdomen-wall or flank |
| laryng | pertaining to the larynx |
| later | lateral |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| mega | large, giant |
| melan(o) | black |
| mening(o) | membrane |
| mero | part |
| meso | middle |
| micro | small, tiny |
| mono | one |
| morph | shape, form |
| muscul(o) | muscle |
| myel | muscle |
| myo | muscle |
| necr | dead |
| neo | new |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| normo | normal |
| ocul | pertaining to the eye |
| odont | pertaining to the teeth |
| onych | pertaining to the nail of the finger or toe |
| oophor | woman's ovary |
| opthalm | eye |
| or(o) | mouth |
| orth | denoting something as straight or correct |
| osseo | bone |
| ossi | bone |
| ost | bone |
| ot | ear |
| ov | egg |
| para | beside |
| path | disease |
| ped-, -ped, -pes | foot |
| peri | around |
| phag | eat |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| phleb | vein |
| phren | diaphragm |
| pleur(o), pleure(a) | pertaining to the ribs |
| pneumo | air |
| polio | gray |
| poly | many |
| post | behind, after |
| pre | before, in front of |
| presby | old age |
| pro | early, before, giving rise to |
| psych | mind |
| pulm | lung |
| pyo | pus |
| pyro | fever |
| ren | kidney |
| retro | behind |
| rhino | pertaining to thenose |
| salping | pertaining to the fallopian tubes |
| sarc | flesh, muscle |
| schiz | denoting something 'split' or 'double-sided' |
| scler | tough, hard |
| semi | partial, half |
| sinistr | left, left side |
| somat, somatico | body, bodily |
| sperma, spermo, spermato | semen, spermatozoa |
| spleen(o) | spleen |
| stom(a) | mouth |
| sub | beneath, below |
| super, supra | above, greater |
| syn, sym | connecting, with |
| tachy | rapid, accelerated |
| thromb | clot |
| tono | tone,pressure |
| tox(i), tox(o), toxico | toxin, poison |
| trache | trachea |
| trans | across |
| tympan(o) | ear drum |
| ultra | greater, beyond |
| uni | one |
| ur | urine |
| vagin | pertaining to the vagina |
| vas | tubule, vessel |
| ventr | pertaining to the belly, stomach |
| viscer | pertaining to the internal organs, the viscera |