Question | Answer |
a- | without |
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ab- | away from |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
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-ac | pertaining to |
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acous/o | hearing |
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acr/o | extremity or topmost |
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-acusis | hearing condition |
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ad- | to, toward, or near |
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aden/o | gland |
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adip/o | fat |
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adren/o | adrenal gland |
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adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
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aer/o | air or gas |
| |
-al | pertaining to |
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albumin/o | protein |
| |
-algia | pain |
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alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) |
| |
ambi- | both |
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an- | without |
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an/o | anus |
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andr/o | male |
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angi/o | vessel |
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ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
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ante- | before |
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anti- | against or opposed to |
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aort/o | aorta |
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appendic/o | appendix |
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aque/o | water |
| |
-ar | pertaining to |
| |
-arche | beginning |
| |
arteri/o | artery |
| |
arthr/o | joint |
| |
articul/o | joint |
| |
-ary | pertaining to |
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-ase | an enzyme |
| |
-asthenia | weakness |
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ather/o | fatty paste |
| |
-ation | process |
| |
atri/o | atrium |
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audi/o | hearing |
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aur/i | ear |
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bacteri/o | bacteria |
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balan/o | glans penis |
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bi- | two or both |
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bil/i | bile |
| |
-blast | germ or bud |
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blast/o | germ or bud |
| |
blephar/o | eyelid |
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brachi/o | arm |
| |
brady- | slow |
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bronch/o | bronchus (airway) |
| |
bronchi/o | bronchus (airway) |
| |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
| |
bucc/o | cheek |
| |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
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carb/o | carbon dioxide |
| |
carcin/o | cancer |
| |
cardi/o | heart |
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cata- | down |
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-cele | pouching or hernia |
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celi/o | abdomen |
| |
-centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| |
cephal/o | head |
| |
cerebell/o | cerebellum (little brain) |
| |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
| |
cerumin/o | wax |
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cervic/o | neck or cervix |
| |
cheil/o | lip |
| |
chol/e | bile |
| |
chondr/o | cartilage (gristle) |
| |
chrom/o | color |
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chromat/o | color |
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chyl/o | juice |
| |
circum- | around |
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col/o | colon |
| |
colon/o | colon |
| |
0 | 0 |
0 | colp/o |
colp/o | vagina (sheath) |
| |
con- | together or with |
| |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (to join together) |
| |
contra- | against or opposed to |
| |
corne/o | cornea |
| |
coron/o | circle or crown |
| |
cost/o | rib |
| |
crani/o | skull |
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crin/o | to secrete |
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cutane/o | skin |
| |
cyan/o | blue |
| |
cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| |
cyt/o | cell |
| |
dacry/o | tear |
| |
dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| |
de- | from, down, or not |
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dent/i | teeth |
| |
derm/o | skin |
| |
dermat/o | skin |
| |
-desis | binding |
| |
dextr/o | right or on the right side |
| |
dia- | across or through |
| |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| |
dips/o | thirst |
| |
dis- | separate from or apart |
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doch/o | duct |
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duoden/o | duodenum |
| |
-dynia | pain |
| |
dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
| |
-e | noun marker |
| |
e- | out or away |
| |
-eal | pertaining to |
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ec- | out or away |
| |
-ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| |
ecto- | outside |
| |
-ectomy | excision (removal) |
| |
-emesis | vomiting |
| |
-emia | blood condition |
| |
en- | within |
| |
encephal/o | entire brain |
| |
endo- | within |
| |
enter/o | small intestine |
| |
epi- | upon |
| |
epididym/o | epididymis |
| |
episi/o | vulva (covering) |
| |
erythr/o | red |
| |
esophag/o | esophagus |
| |
esthesi/o | sensation |
| |
eu- | good or normal |
| |
ex- | out or away |
| |
exo- | outside |
| |
extra- | outside |
| |
fasci/o | fascia (a band) |
| |
femor/o | femur |
| |
fibr/o | fiber |
| |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot) |
| |
gastr/o | stomach |
| |
-gen | origin or production |
| |
gen/o | origin or production |
| |
-genesis | origin or production |
| |
gingiv/o | gum |
| |
gli/o | glue |
| |
glomerul/o | glomerulus (small ball) |
| |
gloss/o | tongue |
| |
glott/o | opening |
| |
gluc/o | sugar |
| |
glyc/o | sugar |
| |
gnos/o | knowing |
| |
-gram | record |
| |
-graph | instrument for recording |
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-graphy | process of recording |
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gynec/o | woman |
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hem/o | blood |
| |
hemat/o | blood |
| |
hemi- | half |
| |
hepat/o | liver |
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hepatic/o | liver |
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herni/o | hernia |
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hidr/o | sweat |
| |
hist/o | tissue |
| |
histi/o | tissue |
| |
hormon/o | hormone (an urging on) |
| |
hydr/o | water |
| |
hyper- | above or excessive |
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hypo- | below or deficient |
| |
hypn/o | sleep |
| |
hyster/o | uterus |
| |
-ia | condition of |
| |
-iasis | formation of or presence of |
| |
-iatrics | treatment |
| |
-iatry | treatment |
| |
-ic | pertaining to |
| |
-icle | small |
| |
ile/o | ileum |
| |
immun/o | safe |
| |
infra- | below or under |
| |
inguin/o | groin |
| |
inter- | between |
| |
intra- | within |
| |
ir/o | iris (colored circle) |
| |
irid/o | iris (colored circle) |
| |
-ism | condition of |
| |
iso- | equal or like |
| |
-ist | one who specializes in |
| |
-itis | inflammation |
| |
-ium | structure or tissue |
| |
P.775 | 0 |
0 | jejun/o |
jejun/o | jejunum (empty) |
| |
kerat/o | hard or cornea |
| |
ket/o | ketone bodies |
| |
keton/o | ketone bodies |
| |
kinesi/o | movement |
| |
kyph/o | humped-back |
| |
lacrim/o | tear |
| |
lact/o | milk |
| |
lapar/o | abdomen |
| |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| |
lei/o | smooth |
| |
-lepsy | seizure |
| |
leuc/o | white |
| |
leuk/o | white |
| |
lex/o | word or phrase |
| |
lingu/o | tongue |
| |
lip/o | fat |
| |
lith/o | stone |
| |
lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
| |
-logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| |
-logy | study of |
| |
lord/o | bent |
| |
lumb/o | loin (lower back) |
| |
lymph/o | clear fluid |
| |
-lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| |
macro- | large or long |
| |
-malacia | softening |
| |
mamm/o | breast |
| |
-mania | abnormal impulse (attraction) toward |
| |
mast/o | breast |
| |
meat/o | opening |
| |
-megaly | enlargement |
| |
melan/o | black |
| |
men/o | menstruation |
| |
mening/o | meninges (membrane) |
| |
meningi/o | meninges (membrane) |
| |
meso- | middle |
| |
meta- | beyond, after, or change |
| |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
| |
metr/o | uterus |
| |
-metry | process of measuring |
| |
micro- | small |
| |
mono- | one |
| |
morph/o | form |
| |
multi- | many |
| |
muscul/o | muscle |
| |
my/o | muscle |
| |
myc/o | fungus |
| |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| |
myos/o | muscle |
| |
myring/o | eardrum |
| |
narc/o | stupor or sleep |
| |
nas/o | nose |
| |
nat/i | birth |
| |
necr/o | death |
| |
neo- | new |
| |
nephr/o | kidney |
| |
neur/o | nerve |
| |
ocul/o | eye |
| |
-oid | resembling |
| |
-ole | small |
| |
olig/o | few or deficient |
| |
-oma | tumor |
| |
onc/o | tumor or mass |
| |
onych/o | nail |
| |
oophor/o | ovary |
| |
ophthalm/o | eye |
| |
-opia | condition of vision |
| |
opt/o | eye |
| |
orch/o | testis (testicle) |
| |
orchi/o | testis (testicle) |
| |
orchid/o | testis (testicle) |
| |
or/o | mouth |
| |
orth/o | straight, normal, or correct |
| |
-osis | condition or increase |
| |
oste/o | bone |
| |
ot/o | ear |
| |
-ous | pertaining to |
| |
ovari/o | ovary |
| |
ov/i | egg |
| |
ov/o | egg |
| |
ox/o | oxygen |
| |
pachy- | thick |
| |
palat/o | palate |
| |
pan- | all |
| |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
| |
para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
| |
patell/o | knee cap |
| |
path/o | disease |
| |
pector/o | chest |
| |
ped/o | child or foot |
| |
pelv/i | hip bone |
hip bone | -penia |
-penia | abnormal reduction |
| |
per- | through or by |
| |
peri- | around |
| |
perine/o | perineum |
| |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
| |
-pexy | suspension or fixation |
| |
phac/o | lens (lentil) |
| |
phag/o | eat or swallow |
| |
phak/o | lens (lentil) |
| |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| |
phas/o | speech |
| |
| |
0 | -phil |
-phil | attraction for |
| |
-philia | attraction for |
| |
phleb/o | vein |
| |
phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
| |
phon/o | voice or sound |
| |
phor/o | to carry or bear |
| |
phot/o | light |
| |
phren/o | diaphragm or mind |
| |
plas/o | formation |
| |
-plasia | formation |
| |
-plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| |
-plegia | paralysis |
| |
pleur/o | pleura |
| |
-pnea | breathing |
| |
pneum/o | air or lung |
| |
pneumon/o | air or lung |
| |
pod/o | foot |
| |
-poiesis | formation |
| |
poly- | many |
| |
post- | after or behind |
| |
pre- | before |
| |
presby/o | old age |
| |
pro- | before |
| |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
| |
prostat/o | prostate |
| |
psych/o | mind |
| |
-ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| |
pulmon/o | lung |
| |
purpur/o | purple |
| |
py/o | pus |
| |
pyel/o | basin |
| |
pylor/o | pylorus (gatekeeper) |
| |
quadri- | four |
| |
radi/o | radius or radiation (especially x-ray) |
| |
re- | again or back |
| |
rect/o | rectum |
| |
ren/o | kidney |
| |
reticul/o | a net |
| |
retin/o | retina |
| |
retro- | backward or behind |
| |
rhabd/o | rod shaped or striated (skeletal) |
| |
rhin/o | nose |
| |
-rrhage | to burst forth |
| |
-rrhagia | to burst forth |
| |
-rrhaphy | suture |
| |
-rrhea | discharge |
| |
-rrhexis | rupture |
| |
salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube or eustachian tube |
| |
sarc/o | flesh |
| |
schiz/o | split or division |
| |
scler/o | hard or sclera |
| |
scoli/o | twisted |
| |
-scope | instrument for examination |
| |
-scopy | process of examination |
| |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| |
semi- | half |
| |
sial/o | saliva |
| |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| |
sinistr/o | left or on the left side |
| |
sinus/o | hollow (cavity) |
| |
somat/o | body |
| |
somn/o | sleep |
| |
somn/i | sleep |
| |
son/o | sound |
| |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
| |
sperm/o | sperm (seed) |
| |
spermat/o | sperm (seed) |
| |
sphygm/o | pulse |
| |
spin/o | spine (thorn) |
| |
spir/o | breathing |
| |
splen/o | spleen |
| |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
| |
squam/o | scale |
| |
-stasis | stop or stand |
| |
steat/o | fat |
| |
sten/o | narrow |
| |
stere/o | three-dimensional or solid |
| |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| |
steth/o | chest |
| |
stomat/o | mouth |
| |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
| |
sub- | below or under |
| |
super- | above or excessive |
| |
supra- | above or excessive |
| |
sym- | together or with |
| |
syn- | together or with |
| |
tachy- | fast |
| |
tax/o | order or coordination |
| |
ten/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| |
tend/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| |
tendin/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| |
test/o | testis (testicle) |
| |
thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
| |
thorac/o | chest |
| |
thromb/o | clot |
| |
thym/o | thymus gland or mind |
| |
thyr/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| |
-tic | pertaining to |
| |
toc/o | labor |
| |
tom/o | to cut |
| |
-tomy | incision |
| |
ton/o | tone or tension |
| |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
| |
top/o | place |
| |
| |
0 | tox/o |
tox/o | poison |
| |
toxic/o | poison |
| |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| |
trans- | across or through |
| |
tri- | three |
| |
trich/o | hair |
| |
-tripsy | crushing |
| |
troph/o | nourishment or development |
| |
tympan/o | eardrum |
| |
-ula | small |
| |
-ule | small |
| |
uln/o | ulna |
| |
ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| |
uni- | one |
| |
ur/o | urine |
| |
ureter/o | ureter |
| |
urethr/o | urethra |
| |
urin/o | urine |
| |
uter/o | uterus |
| |
uvul/o | uvula |
| |
vagin/o | vagina (sheath) |
| |
varic/o | swollen or twisted vein |
| |
vas/o | vessel |
| |
vascul/o | vessel |
| |
ven/o | vein |
| |
ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
| |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
| |
vesic/o | bladder or sac |
| |
vesicul/o | bladder or sac |
| |
vitre/o | glassy |
| |
vulv/o | vulva (covering) |
| |
xanth/o | yellow |
| |
xer/o | dry |
| |
-y | condition or process of |
| |
| |
abnormal | para- |
| |
abnormal reduction | -penia |
| |
above | hyper-, super-, supra- |
| |
across | dia-, trans- |
| |
adrenal gland | adrenal/o |
| |
after | post-, meta- |
| |
again | re- |
| |
against | anti-, contra- |
| |
air | aer/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o |
| |
air sac | alveol/o |
| |
airway | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| |
all | pan- |
| |
alongside of | para- |
| |
alveolus | alveol/o |
| |
anus | an/o |
| |
anus and rectum | proct/o |
| |
aorta | aort/o |
| |
apart | dis- |
| |
appendix | appendic/o |
| |
arm | brachi/o |
| |
around | circum-, peri- |
| |
artery | arteri/o |
| |
atrium | atri/o |
| |
attraction for | -phil, -philia |
| |
away | e-, ec-, ex- |
| |
away from | ab- |
| |
back | re- |
| |
backward | retro- |
| |
bacteria | bacteri/o |
| |
basin | pyel/o |
| |
before | ante-, pre-, pro- |
| |
beginning | -arche |
| |
behind | post-, retro- |
| |
below | hypo-, infra-, sub- |
| |
bent | lord/o |
| |
between | inter- |
| |
beyond | meta-, ultra- |
| |
bile | bil/i, chol/e |
| |
bile duct | choledoch/o |
| |
binding | -desis |
| |
birth | nat/i, toc/o |
| |
black | melan/o |
| |
bladder | cyst/o, vesic/o, vesicul/o |
| |
blood | hem/o, hemat/o |
| |
blood condition | -emia |
| |
blue | cyan/o |
| |
body | somat/o |
| |
bone | oste/o |
| |
bone marrow | myel/o |
| |
both | ambi-, bi- |
| |
brain | cerebr/o (largest part of brain), encephal/o (entire brain) |
| |
breaking down | -lysis |
| |
breast | mamm/o, mast/o |
| |
breathing | -pnea, spir/o |
| |
bronchus | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| |
bud | -blast, blast/o |
| |
burst forth | -rrhage, -rrhagia |
| |
| |
| |
calculus | lith/o |
| |
cancer | carcin/o |
| |
carbon dioxide | capn/o, carb/o |
| |
carry | phor/o |
| |
cartilage | chondr/o |
| |
cavity (sinus) | atri/o, sin/o |
| |
cell | cyt/o |
| |
cerebellum | cerebell/o |
| |
cervix | cervic/o |
| |
change | meta- |
| |
cheek | bucc/o |
| |
chest | pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o |
0 | child |
child | ped/o |
| |
circle | coron/o |
| |
clear fluid | lymph/o |
| |
clot | thromb/o |
| |
colon | col/o, colon/o |
| |
colon, sigmoid | sigmoid/o |
| |
color | chrom/o, chromat/o |
| |
colored circle | irid/o, ir/o |
| |
condition | -osis |
| |
condition of | -ia, -ism, -ium, -y |
| |
contraction, involuntary | -spasm |
| |
coordination | tax/o |
| |
cornea | corne/o, kerat/o |
| |
correct | ortho- |
| |
creation of an opening | -stomy |
| |
crooked | ankyl/o |
| |
crown | coron/o |
| |
crushing | -tripsy |
| |
cut (to cut) | tom/o |
| |
death | necr/o |
| |
deficient | hypo-, olig/o |
| |
development | troph/o |
| |
diaphragm | phren/o |
| |
different | hetero- |
| |
difficult | dys- |
| |
digit (finger or toe) | dactyl/o |
| |
dilation or expansion | -ectasis |
| |
discharge | -rrhea |
| |
disease | path/o |
| |
dissolution | -lysis |
| |
division | schiz/o |
| |
down | de- |
| |
downward placement | -ptosis |
| |
dry | xer/o |
| |
duct | doch/o |
| |
duodenum | duoden/o |
| |
ear | aur/i, ot/o |
| |
eardrum | myring/o, tympan/o |
| |
eat or swallow | phag/o |
| |
egg | ov/i, ov/o |
| |
enlargement | -megaly |
| |
enzyme | -ase |
| |
epididymis | epididym/o |
| |
equal | iso- |
| |
esophagus | esophag/o |
| |
eustachian tube | salping/o |
| |
examination | -scopy |
| |
excessive | hyper-, super-, supra-, ultra- |
| |
excision (removal) | -ectomy |
| |
expansion or dilation | -ectasis |
| |
extremity | acr/o |
| |
eye | ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o |
| |
eyelid | blephar/o |
| |
falling | -ptosis |
| |
fallopian tube | salping/o |
| |
fascia | fasci/o |
| |
fast | tachy- |
| |
fat | adip/o, ather/o, lip/o, steat/o |
| |
faulty | dys- |
| |
fear, exaggerated | phob/o |
| |
femur | femor/o |
| |
few | olig/o |
| |
fiber | fibr/o |
| |
fixation | -pexy |
| |
flesh | sarc/o |
| |
foot | pod/o, ped/o |
| |
form | morph/o |
| |
formation | -plasia, plas/o, -poiesis |
| |
formation of | -lasis |
| |
four | quadri- |
| |
from | de- |
| |
fungus | myc/o |
| |
ganglion | gangli/o |
| |
gas | aer/o |
| |
germ or bud | -blast, blast/o |
| |
gland | aden/o |
| |
glans penis | balan/o |
| |
glassy | vitre/o |
| |
glomerulus | glomerul/o |
| |
glue | gli/o |
| |
good | eu- |
| |
groin | inguin/o |
| |
gums | gingiv/o |
| |
hair | trich/o |
| |
half | hemi-, semi- |
| |
hard | kerat/o, scler/o |
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head | cephal/o |
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hearing | acous/o, audi/o |
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hearing condition | -acusis |
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heart | cardi/o |
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heat | therm/o |
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hernia | -cele, herni/o |
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hip bone | pelv/i |
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hormone | hormon/o |
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humped-back | kyph/o |
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ileum | ile/o |
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incision | -tomy |
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increase | -osis |
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inflammation | -itis |
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instrument for examination | -scope |
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instrument for measuring | -meter |
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instrument for recording | -graph |
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jejunum (empty) | jejun/o |
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joint | arthr/o, articul/o |
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juice | chyl/o |
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ketone bodies | ket/o, keton/o |
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kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
nephr/o, ren/o | kneecap |
kneecap | patell/o |
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knowing | gnos/o |
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labor | toc/o |
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large | macro- |
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larynx | laryng/o |
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left or on the left side | sinistr/o |
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lens | phac/o, phak/o |
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light | phot/o |
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like | iso- |
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lip | cheil/o |
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liver | hepat/o, hepatic/o |
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lobe | lob/o |
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loin (lower back) | lumb/o |
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long | macro- |
macro- | lung |
lung | pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o |
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male | andr/o |
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many | multi-, poly- |
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measuring, instrument for | -meter |
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measuring, process of | -metry |
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meninges | mening/o, meningi/o |
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menstruation | men/o |
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milk | lact/o |
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mind | psych/o, phren/o, thym/o |
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mouth | or/o, stomat/o |
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movement | kinesi/o |
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muscle | muscul/o, my/o, myos/o |
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nail | onych/o |
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narrow | sten/o |
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near | ad- |
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neck | cervic/o |
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nerve | neur/o |
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net | reticul/o |
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new | neo- |
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normal | eu-, ortho- |
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nose | nas/o, rhin/o |
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not | de- |
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nourishment | troph/o |
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oil | seb/o |
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old age | presby- |
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one | mono- |
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one who specializes in | -ist |
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one who specializes in the study or treatment of | -logist |
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opening | glott/o, meat/o |
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opposed to | anti-, contra- |
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order | tax/o |
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origin | gen/o, -gen, -genesis |
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out | e-, ec-, ex- |
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outside | ecto-, exo-, extra- |
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ovary | oophor/o, ovari/o |
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oxygen | ox/o |
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pain | -algia, -dynia |
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painful | dys- |
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palate | palat/o |
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pancreas | pancreat/o |
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paralysis | -plegia |
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paralysis, slight | -paresis |
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perineum | perine/o |
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peritoneum | peritone/o |
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pertaining to | -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic |
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pharynx | pharyng/o |
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place | top/o |
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pleura | pleur/o |
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poison | tox/o, toxic/o |
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portion | lob/o |
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pouching | -cele |
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presence of | -iasis |
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process | -ation |
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process of | -y |
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production | gen/o, -gen, -genesis |
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prostate | prostat/o |
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protein | albumin/o |
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pulse | sphygm/o |
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puncture for aspiration | -centesis |
purple | purpur/o |
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pus | py/o |
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pylorus | pylor/o |
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radius | radi/o |
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record | -gram |
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recording, process of | -graphy |
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rectum | proct/o, rect/o |
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red | erythr/o |
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resembling | -oid |
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reticulum | reticul/o |
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retina | retin/o |
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rib | cost/o |
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right or on the right side | dextr/o |
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rod shaped | rhabd/o |
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rupture | -rrhexis |
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sac | cyst/o, vesic/o, vesicul/o |
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safe | immun/o |
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saliva | sial/o |
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same | homo- |
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scale | squam/o |
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sclera | scler/o |
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sebum | seb/o |
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secrete | crin/o |
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seizure | -lepsy |
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self | auto- |
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sensation | esthesi/o |
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sensitivity, exaggerated | phob/o |
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separate from | dis- |
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sigmoid colon | sigmoid/o |
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sinus | sinus/o |
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skeletal | rhabd/o |
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skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
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skull | crani/o |
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sleep | hypn/o, somn/i, somn/o |
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slow | brady- |
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small | -icle, micro-, -ole, -ula, -ule |
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small intestine | enter/o |
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smooth | lei/o |
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softening | -malacia |
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sound | phon/o, son/o |
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sheath | vagin/o |
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specializes, one who | -ist |
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speech | phas/o |
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sperm | sperm/o, spermat/o |
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spinal cord | myel/o |
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spine | spin/o |
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spleen | splen/o |
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split | schiz/o |
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sternum | stern/o |
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stiff | ankyl/o |
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stomach | gastr/o |
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stone | lith/o |
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stop or stand | -stasis |
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straight | orth/o |
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striated | rhabd/o |
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structure | -ium |
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study of | -logy |
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study of, one who specializes in the | -logist |
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stupor | narc/o |
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sugar | gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o |
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surgical repair or reconstruction | -plasty |
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suspension | -pexy |
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suture | -rrhaphy |
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swallow | phag/o |
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sweat | hidr/o |
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sweat, profuse | diaphor/o |
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tear | dacry/o, lacrim/o |
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teeth | dent/i |
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tendon | ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o |
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tension | ton/o |
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testis (testicle) | orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o |
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thalamus | thalam/o |
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thick | pachy- |
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thirst | dips/o |
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three | tri- |
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three-dimensional or solid | stere/o |
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throat | pharyng/o |
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through | dia-, per-, trans- |
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thymus gland | thym/o |
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thyroid gland | thyr/o, thyroid/o |
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tissue | hist/o, -ium |
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to or toward | ad- |
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together | con-, sym-, syn- |
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tone | ton/o |
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tongue | gloss/o, lingu/o |
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tonsil | tonsill/o |
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topmost | acr/o |
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trachea | trache/o |
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treatment | -iactrics, -iatry, -iatr/o |
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treatment of, one who specializes in the | -logist |
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tumor | -oma, onc/o |
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twisted | scoli/o |
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two | bi- |
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ulna | uln/o |
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under | infra-, sub- |
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upon | epi- |
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ureter | ureter/o |
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urethra | urethr/o |
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urine | ur/o, urin/o |
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uterine tube | salping/o |
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uterus | hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o |
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vagina | colp/o, vagin/o |
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vein | phleb/o, ven/o |
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vein, swollen or twisted | varic/o |
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ventricle | ventricul/o |
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vertebra | vertebr/o, spondyl/o |
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vessel | angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o |
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vision, condition of | -opia |
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voice | phon/o |
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voice box | laryng/o |
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vomiting | -emesis |
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vulva | vulv/o, episi/o |
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water | aque/o, hydr/o |
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wax | cerumin/o |
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weakness | -asthenia |
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white | leuc/o, leuk/o |
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windpipe | trache/o |
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with | con-, sym-, syn- |
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within | en-, endo-, intra- |
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without | a-, an- |
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woman | gynec/o |
gynec/o | word, phrase |
word, phrase | lex/o |
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yellow | xanth/o |