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The Human Body Terms
For HLTH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acu- | needle |
| -algia | pain |
| anomal/o | irregular |
| anthrop/o | man, human being |
| antr/o | antrum |
| aque/o | water |
| axi/o | axis |
| bar/o | weight, pressure |
| bio- | life, living |
| bi/o | life, living |
| blast/o | early embryonic stage, immature |
| -blast | early embryonic stage, immature |
| calor/i | heat |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cata- | down, downward |
| caud/o | tail |
| chem/o | chemical, chemistry |
| chron/o | time, timing |
| -coma | deep sleep |
| corpor/o | body |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| dors/o | back |
| duct/o | to lead |
| dynam/o | power, strength |
| -dynia | pain |
| equi- | equality, equal |
| eti/o | cause |
| fil/i | thread |
| fil/o | thread |
| -form | specified shape, form |
| -genesis | production, formation |
| ger/o | aged, old age |
| geront/o | aged, old age |
| gymn/o | naked |
| -hexia | condition |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water, hydrogen |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| -ician | specialist |
| ion/o | ion |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kel/o | tumor, fibrous growth |
| -labile | unstable, perishable |
| later/o | side |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lucent | light-admitting |
| lumin/o | light |
| ly/o | dissolve, loosen |
| medi/o | middle |
| medic/o | heal, healing |
| mer/o | part |
| meso- | middle |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| nom/o | custom, law |
| nomen- | name |
| nos/o | disease |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| nutri/o | to nourish |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| organ/o | organ |
| path/o | disease |
| pharmac/o | drugs |
| physi/o | nature |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -poiesis | formation |
| prote/o | protein |
| psamm/o | sand, sand-like material |
| -puncture | to pierce a surface |
| pyr/o | fire, fever, heat |
| pyret/o | fever |
| sanit/a | health |
| scrrih/o | hard |
| somat/o | body |
| -some | body |
| spectr/o | image, spectrum |
| system/o | system |
| techn/o | art, skill |
| temp/o | time, the temples |
| tempor/o | time, the temples |
| the/o | a god |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| therm/o | heat |
| -tumescence | swelling |
| tumesc/o | swelling |
| -type | class, representative form |
| typ/o | class, representative form |
| ventr/o | belly, front of the body |
| -verse | turn |
| vir/o | virus |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| vit/o | life |
| zyg/o | union, junction |