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OIT/OHSU Defination
OIT/OHSU All words defination first
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomen | abdomin/o |
| abdomen | lapar/o |
| above | super |
| above or excessive | hyper |
| above/ upon | epi |
| acetabulum | acetabul/o |
| across | trans |
| adenoids | adenoid/o |
| after/ behind | post |
| against | anti |
| against | contra |
| air | aer/o |
| air | pneum/o |
| all | pan |
| alveolus | alveol/o |
| amnion/ sac for embryo | amni/o |
| aneurysm | aneurysm/o |
| ankle/ instep bone | tars/o |
| anus | an/o |
| aorta | aort/o |
| aponeurosis | aponeur/o |
| appendix | appendic/o |
| arm | brachi/o |
| armpit | axill/o |
| around | circum |
| arteriole | arteriol/o |
| artery | arteri/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| attraction for | -philia |
| away from | ab |
| back | dors/o |
| back | poster/o |
| back | re |
| bacteria | bacteri/o |
| bad | mal |
| bad or painful | dys |
| Bartholins glands | bartholin/o |
| base | bas/o |
| bear | par/o |
| before | pre |
| before | pro |
| before/ forward | ante |
| begining | gen/o |
| beginning | -arche |
| behind | retro |
| belly | celi/o |
| below | infra |
| below | sub |
| below or deficient | hypo |
| berry shaped | -coccus |
| between | inter |
| beyond/ change | meta |
| beyond/ excess | ultra |
| big | macro |
| bile | chol/e |
| bilirubin | bilirubin/o |
| birth | nat/i |
| birth/ labor | -partum |
| black | melan/o |
| blockage | -emphraxis |
| blood | hemato/o |
| blood | hem/o |
| blood | sanguin/o |
| blood condition | -emia |
| blue | cyan/o |
| bone | oste/o |
| bone marrow | myel/o |
| both | ambi |
| brain | encephal/o |
| breast | mamm/o |
| breast | mast/o |
| breathe | pne/o |
| breathing | -pnea |
| bronchiole | bronchiol/o |
| bronchus | bronch/o |
| burn | caus/o |
| bursa | burs/o |
| bursting forth of blood | -orrhagia |
| calcium | calci/o |
| calyx | cali/o |
| cancer | carcin/o |
| carbon dioxide | -capnia |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| cecum | cec/o |
| cell | cyt/o |
| cell | -cyte |
| cell | cellul/o |
| cerebellum | cerebell/o |
| cerebrum | cerebr/o |
| cerumin | cerumin/o |
| cervix | cervic/o |
| cheek | bucc/o |
| chest | thorac/o |
| chest | steth/o |
| chest | pector/o |
| chloride | chlor/o |
| chorion | chori/o |
| ciliary/body of eye | cycl/o |
| clavicle | clavicul/o |
| clot | thromb/o |
| clumping | Agglutin/o |
| coal dust | anthrac/o |
| coccyx | coccyg/o |
| cold | cry/o |
| colon | col/o |
| color | chrom/o |
| common bile duct | choledoch/o |
| complete/ through | dia |
| condition | -osis |
| condition | -iasis |
| condition of cells | -cytosis |
| condition of producing | -genesis |
| condyle | condyl/o |
| conjunctiva | conjunctiv/o |
| constriction | -stalsis |
| coordination/ order | tax/o |
| cornea/horny/hard | kerat/o |
| cornea | corne/o |
| cortex | cortic/o |
| crooked/ bent | scoli/o |
| cul-de-sac | culd/o |
| curve/ swayback | lord/o |
| death | mort/o |
| death | necro/o |
| development | -trophy |
| development | plas/o |
| diaphram | phren/o |
| different | heter/o |
| digestion | peps/ia |
| discharge | -orrhea |
| disease | path/o |
| double | dipl/o |
| down | cata |
| drooping/ prolapse | -ptosis |
| dry | xer/o |
| dull/dim | ambly/o |
| duodenum | duoden/o |
| dura mater | dur/o |
| ear | aur/i |
| ear | aur/o |
| ear | ot/o |
| eardrum | myring/o |
| eardrum | tympan/o |
| egg | ov/o |
| egg/ ovum | oo/o |
| elbow | olecran/o |
| electricty | electr/o |
| embryonic | -blast |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| enzyme | -ase |
| epididymis | epididym/o |
| epiglottis | epiglott/o |
| equal | is/o |
| esophagus | esophang/o |
| excessive sensitivity | algesi/o |
| extremity | acr/o |
| eye | ocul/o |
| eye | opthalm/o |
| eyelid | blephar/o |
| fat | adip/o |
| False | pseudo |
| fallopian tube | salping/o |
| far | dist/o |
| fascia | fasci/o |
| fast | tachy |
| fat | lip/o |
| fat | steat/o |
| fear of | -phobia |
| feeling | esthesi/o |
| femur | femur/o |
| fibrin | fibrin/o |
| fibers | fibr/o |
| fibula | perone/o |
| fingers/ toes | dactyl/o |
| fingers/ toes | phalang/o |
| first | prot/o |
| fixation | pex/o |
| flushed/redness | erythem/o |
| foot | pod/o |
| foot bones | metatars/o |
| forking/ branching | furc/o |
| formation | -poiesis |
| formation/ development | -plasia |
| from/ lack of | de |
| front | anter/o |
| fibula | fibul/o |
| fungus | myc/o |
| gall bladder | cholescyst/o |
| ganglion | gangli/o |
| glans penis | balan/o |
| glassy | vitre/o |
| globe/ round | spher/o |
| glomerulus | glomerul/o |
| glue | gli/o |
| good | eu |
| granules | granul/o |
| gray | glauc/o |
| green | chlor/o |
| groin | inguin/o |
| growth/ development | -plasm |
| gums | gingiv/o |
| hair | trich/o |
| half | hemi |
| half | semi |
| hand bones | metacarp/o |
| hand/ foot | chiro/o |
| hardening | -sclerosis |
| head | cephal/o |
| hearing | acou/o |
| hearing | audi/o |
| hearing | -cusis |
| heart | cardi/o |
| heart | coron/o |
| heel | calcane/o |
| hernia | -cele |
| hernia | herni/o |
| hidden | crypt/o |
| humerus | humer/o |
| humpback | kyph/o |
| ileum | ile/o |
| ilium | ili/o |
| in | em |
| in addition | extra |
| in/ not | in |
| inflammation | -itis |
| inside | endo |
| Instrument to cut | -tome |
| instrument to record | -graph |
| instrument to visually examine | -scope |
| intestines | enter/o |
| iris | ir/o |
| iris | irid/o |
| iron | sider/o |
| ischium | ischi/o |
| jejunum | jejun/o |
| joint | arthr/o |
| joint | articul/o |
| kidney | nephr/o |
| kidney | ren/o |
| kneecap | patell/o |
| knowledge | gnos/o |
| labor | -tocia |
| lack of strength | -asthenia |
| lacrimal gland | dacryocyst/o |
| lamina | lamin/o |
| larynx | laryng/o |
| life | bi/o |
| ligament | ligament/o |
| ligament | syndesm/o |
| light | phot/o |
| lip | cheil/o |
| lip | labi/o |
| little | -ule |
| little | -ole |
| liver | hepat/o |
| lobe | lob/o |
| love/ attraction | phil/o |
| lower back | lumb/o |
| lower jaw bone | mandibul/o |
| lower jaw bone | submaxill/o |
| lung | pneumon/o |
| lung | pulmon/o |
| lymph | lymph/o |
| madness/ abnormal preoccupation | -mania |
| magnesium | magnesi/o |
| male | andr/o |
| many | mult/i |
| many | poly |
| mass/ tumor | onc/o |
| meal | -prandial |
| meals | cib/o |
| medulla | medull/o |
| meninges/ membrane | mening/o |
| menses | men/o |
| middle | medi/o |
| middle | mesa |
| milk | lact/o |
| mind | ment\o |
| mind | phren\o |
| mind | psych/o |
| misplaced | ectop/o |
| mouth | or/o |
| mouth | stomat/o |
| movement | kinesi/o |
| mucus | muc/o |
| mucus | myx/o |
| muscle | my/o |
| nail | onych/o |
| nail | ungu/o |
| nature | physi/o |
| navel | omphal/o |
| near | para |
| neck | cervic/o |
| nerve | neuro/o |
| network | retucul/o |
| network | plex/o |
| neutral | neutr/o |
| new | ne/o |
| night | noct/o |
| no/ not/ without | a |
| no/ not/ without | an |
| none | null/i |
| nose | nas/o |
| nose | rhin/o |
| nucleus | kary/o |
| old age | preysby/o |
| on both sides | ampi |
| one who | -er |
| one who | -or |
| one who specializes in | -ist |
| opening | -tresia |
| outside | ecto |
| outside/ outer | exo |
| ovary | oophoro/o |
| ovary | ovari/o |
| oxygen | ox/i (y) |
| oxygen | ox/i |
| pain | -algia |
| pain | -odynia |
| palate | palat/o |
| pancreas | pancreat/o |
| paralysis | -plegia |
| passage | -porosis |
| pelvis | pelv/i |
| perineum | perine/o |
| peritoneum | peritone/o |
| pertaining to | -ac/ -al/ -ar/ -ary/ -ic/ oid/ -ous/ -tic |
| pharynx | pharyng/o |
| placque | ather/o |
| pleura | pleur/o |
| pleural cavity | -thorax |
| pons | pont/o |
| potassium | kal/i |
| pregnancy | gravid/o |
| pregnancy | -cyesis |
| process of cutting | -tomy |
| process of recording | -graphy |
| process of studying | -logy |
| process/ condition | -ia/ -y |
| prostate gland | prostat/o |
| protein | -globulin |
| protein | albumin/o |
| protein | -globin |
| pubis | pub/o |
| pulse | sphygm/o |
| pupil | cor/o |
| pupil | core/o |
| pupil | pupill/o |
| pus | py/o |
| radius | radi/o |
| record | -gram |
| rectum | proct/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| removal | -pheresis |
| renal pelvis | pyel/o |
| retina | retin/o |
| right | dextr/o |
| rosy/ or dawn colored | eosin/o |
| rule/ order | norm/o |
| rupture | -orrhexia |
| sacrum | sacro/o |
| saliva | sial/o |
| salivary glands | sialaden/o |
| same | hom/o |
| scale | squam/o |
| scanty | olig/o |
| scapula | scapul/o |
| sclera | scler/o |
| sebum | seb/o |
| seed | gon/o |
| seizure | leps/o |
| self | auto |
| seminal vessels | vesicul/o |
| seperate | -crit |
| shape/ form | morph/o |
| sharp | acu/o |
| shoulder | acromi/o |
| side | later/o |
| sigmoid | sigmoid/o |
| single | mon/o |
| sinus | sinus/o |
| skeletal muscle | rhabdomy/o |
| skin | cutane/o |
| skin | derm/o |
| skin | dermat/o |
| skull | crani/o |
| sleep | narc/o somn/o |
| slight paralysis | -paresis |
| slow | brady |
| small | micro |
| smaller | mi/o |
| smell/ odor | -osmia |
| smooth muscle | leiomy/o |
| sodium | natr/o |
| softening | -malacia |
| sound | -phonia |
| speech | phas/o |
| spermatozoa | sperm/o |
| spermatozoa | spermat/o |
| spinal column | rachi/o |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| spine | spin/o |
| spitting | -ptysis |
| spleen | splen/o |
| split | schiz/o |
| stapes | staped/o |
| starch | amyl/o |
| sternum | stern/o |
| stiff | ankly/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| stone/ calculus | lith/o |
| straight | orth/o |
| sudden violent involuntary contraction | -spasm |
| sugar | glyc/o |
| sugar | dextr/o |
| sugar | gluc/o |
| surgical crushing | -tripsy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| surgically puncture | -centisis |
| surrounding | peri |
| suture | -orrhaphy |
| sweat | diaphor/o |
| sweat | hidr/o |
| synovia | synovi/o |
| syphilis | syphil/o |
| tear | dacry/o |
| tear | lacrim/o |
| tear gland | dacryoaden/o |
| tendon | ten/o |
| testis | orchid/o |
| testis | orchi/o |
| testis | test/o |
| thalamus | thalam/o |
| thick | pachy/o |
| thirst | dipso/o |
| thorny/spiny | Acanth/o |
| throat/pharynx | pharyng/o |
| through/ by | per |
| thymus | thym/o |
| tibia | tibi/o |
| tightning/ narrowing | -stenosis |
| time | chron/o |
| tissue | hist/o |
| to bear | -para |
| to bind/ connect | nect/o |
| to break | -lysis |
| to break | -clast |
| to breathe | spir/o |
| to carry or lead | duct/o |
| to cut | cis/o |
| to eat/swallow | phang/o |
| to excise | -ectomy |
| to free or undo | dis |
| to go | -grade |
| to make a new opening. | -ostomy |
| to measure | -meter |
| to pour | -fusion |
| to run | -drome |
| to stop/ control | -stasis |
| to stretch/ dilatation | -ectasis |
| to throw or cast away | bol/o |
| to turn | -tropia |
| to view | -opsy |
| together | sym |
| together | syn |
| tonsils | tonsill/o |
| tooth | dent/o |
| tooth | odont/o |
| tounge | gloss/o |
| tounge | lingu/o |
| toward the tail | caud/o |
| towards | ad |
| trachea | trache/o |
| transmission | -phoresis |
| treatment | -therapy |
| tumor | -oma |
| two | bi |
| ulna | uln/o |
| unequal | anis/o |
| up | ana |
| upper jaw bone | maxill/o |
| urea/ nitrogen | azot/o |
| ureters | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| urinary bladder | cyst/o |
| urinary bladder | vesic/o |
| urine | ur/o |
| urine | -uria |
| uterus | hyster/o |
| uterus | metr/o |
| uterus | metri/o |
| uterus | uter/o |
| vagina | colp/o |
| vagina | vagin/o |
| valve | valv/o |
| varried irregular | poikil/o |
| vein | phleb/o |
| vein | ven/o |
| ventricle | ventricul/o |
| venule | venul/o |
| vertebrae | spondyl/o |
| vertebrae | vertebr/o |
| vessel | angi/o |
| vessel | vas/o |
| vessel/ duct | vas/o |
| vision | -opia |
| voice | phon/o |
| volume | vol/o |
| vomitus | emesis |
| vulva | episi/o |
| vulva | vulv/o |
| wash or irrigate | -cylsis |
| water | hydr/o |
| water | aque/o |
| white | alb/o |
| white | leuk/o |
| with/ together | con |
| within | intra |
| women/ female | gynec/o |
| wrist bones | carp/o |