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Meanings
| Terminology | Meaning |
|---|---|
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth of stomach or organ |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cheil/o | lip |
| dent/o | teeth (odont/o) |
| gingv/o | gums |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| sial/o | saliva, saliva glands |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| duoden/o | duodenum (1st part sm. intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (2nd part sm. intestine) |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part sm. intestine) |
| enter/o | intestine (usually sm. intestine) |
| append/o | appendix (appendic/o) |
| col/o | colon (colon/o) |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| an/o | anus |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -prandial | meal |
| dia- | through, across |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | under, below |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, crooked, bent |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus (wristbone) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix, uteri, (neck of uterus) |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| dactyl/o | diget, fingers & toes |
| tal/o | ankle |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (sm. bone / lower leg) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower hip bone) |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part sm. intestine) |
| lumb/o | loins (low back) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) describes structure of anatomy |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin flat surface or membrance) |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| tibi/o | tibia (lg. bone - lower leg) |
| metcarp/o | metcarpus (hand bone) |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers & toes) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| ped/i | childs foot |
| pod/o | foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pub/o | pubic (pelvis bone ->anterior part of pelvic bone) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
| rachi/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone - conditions of structure) |
| -per | through |
| dia- | across, through |
| -ultra | excess, beyond |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poresis | porous |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasis | break, fracture, refracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of bones / joints), fushion |
| -malacia | softening |
| sub- | below, under |
| syn- | joined, together, union |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -physis | growth |
| -schisis | a splitting, cleft, fissure |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -atomy | process of cutting |
| -ostomy | creating artifical opening |
| stomat/o | mouth of stomach or organ |
| inter- | between |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| aer/o | air |
| acr/o | extremities |
| duoden/o | duodenum (1st part of sm intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (2nd part of sm intestine) |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part of sm intestine) |
| enter- | intestines (usually sm intestines) |
| orth/o | straight |
| metcar/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles) |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| faci/o | face |
| tresia- | opening |
| tend/o | tendon (ten/o) |
| tresia- | opening |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles) |
| faci/o | face |
| tend/o | tendon (ten/o) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle (my/o, myos/o) |
| syn- | joined, together, union |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior |
| -desis | binding, fixation, fushion |
| -clast | break, fracture, refracture (-clasis) |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle (my/o, myos/o) |
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| clavicul/o | clavicule (collar bone) |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| orth/o | straight |
| kypl/o | hill, mountain |
| ankly/o | stiffness, crooked, bent |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (describes structure of anatomy) backbone |
| spondly/o | vertebrae (conditions of structure) backbone |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
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