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More Terms | Definitions |
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contra- | against |
-algia | pain |
ambul/o | walk |
aque/o | water |
peri- | around |
-asthenia | weakness, loss of strength |
hem/o | blood |
encephal/o | brain |
circum- | around |
dendr/o | branching |
contus/o | bruise |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
chrom/o | colour |
concuss/o | shaken together |
contra- | opposite, against |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
-cusis | hearing |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
caus/o | burning |
anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
dors/o | back |
dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
scot/o | darkness |
necr/o | death |
-penia | deficiency of ... |
dendr/o | branching |
dys- | painful, difficult, bad |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
erythr/o | red |
hyper- | excessive |
exo- | outward, outside |
cortex | outer region |
medulla | inner section |
-glia | neuroglial tissue - glue |
cardi/o | heart |
hemat/o | blood |
-emia | blood condition |
hemi- | one half |
semi- | one half |
-esthesia | feeling, sensation |
-asthenia | loss of strenght, weakness |
epi- | above, upon |
fove/o | pit |
eso- | inward |
exo- | outward |
extra- | outside |
hist/o | tissue |
ger/o | old age, aged |
phoria- | feeling (mental state) |
ax/o | mainstream |
goni/o | angle |
glauc/o | grey |
dur/o | dura mater |
-cele | hernia |
-tomy | incision, to cut |
-tome | instrument to cut |
tom/o | to cut |
-scope | instrument to view |
irit/o | iris |
-itis | inflammation |
kinesi/o | movement |
irid/o | iris |
phac/o | lens |
-lepsy | seizure |
ir/o | iris |
phot/o | light |
leuk/o | white |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
mening/o | meninges |
my/o | muscle |
neur/i | nervous system, nerve |
neur/o | nerve, nerve root |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthallm/o | eye |
-opia | vision |
kerat/o | cornea, hard, horney |
myc/o | fungus |
intra- | within, in |
sulc/o | groove |
-opsia | vision |
-osis | abnormal condition |
ot/o | ear |
cortex | outer region |
cortic/o | cortex |
exo- | outside, outer |
supra- | over, above |
ecto- | outside, outer |
-algia | pain |
para- | beside, beyond |
-plegia | paralysis |
synaps/o | point of contact |
-penia | decrease deficiency |
-pathy | disease |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
poli- | grey matter |
presby/o | old age |
-genesis | production of .... |
pseudo- | false |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
-ptysis | spitting |
core/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve root |
rube/o | red |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | sclera |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-scopy | visual examination |
-lepsy | seizure |
py/o | pus |
pinn/o | external ear |
somat/o | body |
-esthesia | feeling, sensation |
-phoria | feeling (mental state) |
scler/o | white of eye, hardening |
plex/o | plexus, network |
scot/o | darkness |
-brady | slow |
-phil | love, attraction |
concuss/o | shaken together |
cutane/o | skin |
sub- | below, under |
somn/o | sleep |
cost/o | rib |
comat/o | deep sleep |
dermat/o | skin |
gyr/o | folding, turning |
-tropia | turning |
con- | together, with |
dacry/o | tears, tear duct |
hypn/o | sleep |
-opia | vision |
ton/o | pressure, tone |
tars/o | edge of eyelid |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-somnia | sleep |
thalam/o | thalamus chamber |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
-cusis | hearing (-cusia, audit/o, audi/o, acous/o, -acusis) |
-acusia | deafness |
blephar/o | eye lid |
ophthalm/o | eye |
-glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
glauc/o | grey |
-opia | vision |
meat/o | meatus (opening) |
ocul/o | eye |
hist/o | tissue |
-cision | a cutting |
synaps/o | point of contact |
sulc/o | groove |
-desis | surgical fixation, fushion |
circum-, peri- | around |
dendro/o | branching |
convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
contus/o | bruise |
core/o | pupil |
contra- | against, opposite |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
concuss/o | shaken together |
dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
ax/o | mainstream, axis |
goni/o | angle |
-cele | hernia, herniation |
-kinesi/o | movement |
phac/o | lens |
phot/o | light |
myring/o | ear drum |
-malacia | softening |
neur/o | nerve, nerve root |
narc/o | numbness, stupor |
cortex | outer region |
presby/o | old age |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
-ptysis | spitting |
radicul/o | nerve root |
-oid | resembling |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-lepsy | seizure |
py/o | pus |
erythr/o | red |
erythem/o | red |
retin/o | retina |
dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
somn/o, hypn/o | sleep |
myel/o | spinal cord |
sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
syn- | union, together, joined |
-tropia | turning |
con- | together |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tom | to cut |
asthenia- | weakness, loss of strength |
thalam/o | thalamus chamber |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
xanth/o | yellow (lute/o, jaund/o) |
-opia | vision |