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Final Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not |
| acr/o | extremity |
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenalin gland |
| agglutin/o | gluing, clumping |
| ailment/o | nourish |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin(protein) |
| aliment/o | nourishment |
| alveol/o | alveoli, air sac |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| ambul/o | walk |
| amni/o | amnion; amniotic sac |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| anthrac/o | black |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| arthr/o | joint |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| ather/o | joint |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| ax/o | axis or mainstream |
| azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bas/o | base (alkaline,, opposide of acid) |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (bronchi, bronchus) |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tubes (bronchi, bronchus) |
| bronchial/o | bronchioles |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| cali/o | calyx |
| calic/o | calyx |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caus/o, caust/o | burning |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck of uterus |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| cholelith/o | gall stone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o | colour |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| condyl/o | condyl |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| contus/o | bruise |
| convolut/o | coiled and twisted |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | heart |
| cortic/o | outer section |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dactyl/o | digit, fingers & toes |
| decidu/o | falling off, shedding |
| dendr/o | branching |
| dent/o, dent/i | tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| divert/i | turning aside; bypass |
| diverti/i | turning aside |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| dys- | difficult |
| ech/o | repeating sound |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation, stretching |
| electr/o | ecectric |
| embol/o | embolus |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| eosin/o | purple; rose/dawn coloured |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| episi/o | vulva |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| eu- | good |
| fasci/o | band |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fibre, fibrous tissue |
| fibrill/o | muscular twitching |
| fibrin/o | threads of a clot |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| galact/o | milk |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | neuroglia, glue |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| glycos/o | sugar, sweetness |
| gonad/o | gonad (sex gland) |
| goni/o | angle |
| granul/o | granule |
| gynec/o | woman; female |
| gyr/o | turning or folding |
| hamat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hiat/o | opening |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| home/o | same, alike |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| hypophys/o | pituitary body |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| immun/o | immunity |
| irid/o | iris |
| isch/o | to hold back (block) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kal/i, kal/o | potassium |
| karat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| keton/o | ketone bodies |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | hump back |
| labi/o | lip |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| lacrim/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
| lact/o | milk |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| leuk/o | white |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lord/o | curve |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| lute/o | yellow |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| macr/o | large |
| mamm/o | breast |
| masoid/o | mastoid process |
| mast/o | breast |
| meat/o | meatus opening |
| medull/o | inner section, medulla |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| men/o | menses |
| mening/o | meninges |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bones) |
| -meter | measure |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| morph/o | structure, shape |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| narc/o | numbness or stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/o | birth |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o, neur/i | nerve, nervous system |
| neutr/o | neurtral, neither |
| nid/o | nest |
| noct/o | night |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| olfact/o | smell (sense of) |
| olig/o | scanty |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| optic/o | eye, vision |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/i | testes |
| orch/o | testes |
| orchi/o | testes |
| orchid/o | testes |
| orth/o | strait |
| -osmia | smell (sense of) |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ov/o; ov/i | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ox/, ox/y, ox/o | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| patell/o | patella (knee cap) |
| paus/o | stop |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/i | foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| peps/o | digest, digestion |
| peridont/o | gums |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phac/o | lens |
| phag/o | swallowing/eating |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers & toes) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| -phonia | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pil/o | hair |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| pituit/o | pituitary gland |
| plas/o | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | side of body, pleura |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneu- | air, lung |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pod/o | foot |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| poli/o | gray matter of the brain/spinal cord |
| presby/o | old age |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pub/o | pelvis bone |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pupil/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pylorus of the stomach |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radiation, xray |
| radicul/o | root, nerve root |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| reticul/o | reticulocyte (immature RBC), net, mesh |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod shaped (striated) muscle |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhod/o | red |
| rube/o | red |
| rug/o | wrinkle, fold |
| salping/o | tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian) |
| scler/o | hardening |
| scoli/o | bent |
| scot/o | darkness |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| sept/o | septum |
| septic/o | poison |
| ser/o | serum |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sider/o | iron |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sinus/o | sinus cavity |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spir/o | breathing/ breathe |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra(e) |
| squam/o | scale |
| staped/o | stapes |
| steat/o | fat |
| sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| steth/o | chest |
| sthen/o | strength |
| stomat/o | mouth of the stomach or organ |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| sulc/o | groove |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| synapt/o | point of contact |
| synov/o | synovial fluid, synovial membrane |
| tal/o | ankle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thalam/o | thalamus, chamber |
| thec/o | sheath |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thry/o | thyroid gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tibi/o | tibia (large bone of lower leg) |
| ton/o | tone, tension, pressure |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea (airway & sinus) |
| trich/o | hair |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| ungu/o | nail |
| ur/o | urine, urinary |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine, urinary |
| uter/o | uterus |
| uvul/o | uvula (little grape) |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vas deferens, duct, vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| ventrul/o | ventricle |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e) |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| vill/o | tuft of hair |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of the eye) |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| a-, an- | not, without |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward |
| allo- | different |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| bin- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| deca- | ten |
| deka- | ten |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through, across |
| diplo- | two |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| eu- | good |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| extra- | outside, outward |
| hetero- | different |
| hexa- | six |
| home- | same |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | deficient |
| infra | below, under |
| infra- | below, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | same, equal |
| juxta- | beside, next to |
| lacti- | milk |
| macro- | large |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nano- | nine |
| octa- | eight |
| pachy- | thick |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| penta- | five |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| primi- | one |
| pro- | before |
| quad- | four |
| quadra- | four |
| quadri- | four |
| septa- | seven |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |
| uni- | one |
| ab- | from, away from |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -capnia | pertaining to carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia, herniation of |
| -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break |
| -crasia | mixture, blending |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone) |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of, excision |
| -ema | state of, condition |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -fusion | joining, pour |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -globin | protein |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | condition of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -micro | small |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -para | live birth, to bear |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation of (an organ), suspension |
| -phage | cell that eats |
| -phagia | swallowing; eating |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -porosis | porous |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -salpinx | tube |
| -schisis | split, cleft, fissure |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -spadias | fissure |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling, standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -taxia | order; coodination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tocia | labour, childbirth |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropic | stimulating, influencing |
| -tropin | stimulating |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -version | turning |
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