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| a- | no, not, without, away from, negative
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| -a | noun ending
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| ab- | away from, negative, absent
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| -able | capable of, able to
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| abort/o | premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
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| abrad/o | rub or scrape off
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| abras/o | rub or scrape off
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| abrupt/o | broken away from
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| abs- | away from
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| abscess/o | collection of pus
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -acious | characterized by
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| acous/o | hearing, sound
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| acoust/o | hearing, sound
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| acr/o | extremities (hands/ feet), top, extreme point
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| actin/o | light
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| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden
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| ad- | toward, to, in the direction of
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| aden/o | gland
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| adenoid/o | adenoids
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| adhes/o | stick to, cling to
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| adip/o | fat
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| adnex/o | bound to
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| adren/o | adrenal glands
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| adrenal/o | adrenal glands
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| aer/o | air, gas
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| af- | toward, to
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| affect/o | exert influence on
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| -ago | abnormal condition, disease
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| agor/a | marketplace
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| -agra | excessive pain, seizure
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| -aise | comfort, ease
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| -al | pertaining to
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| alb/o | white
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| albin/o | white
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| albumin/o | albumin, protein
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| alg/o | pain, relationship to pain
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| alges/o | pain, relationship to pain
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| -algia | pain, suffering, painful condition
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| align/o | bring into line or correct position
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| aliment/o | to nourish
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| all/o | other, different from normal, reversal
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| all- | other, different from normal, reversal
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| alopec/o | bald
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| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac, small sac
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| ambi- | both sides, around or about, double
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| ambly/o | dull, dim
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| ambulat/o | walking
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| -amine | nitrogen compound
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| amni/o | amnion, fetal membrane
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| amput/o | cut away, cut off a part of the body
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| amyl/o | starch, carbohydrate
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| an- | not, without
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| ana- | up, apart, excessive
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| an/o | anus, ring
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| -an | characteristic of, pertaining to
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| -ancy | state of
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| andr/o | male, masculine
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| aneurysm/o | aneurysm
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| angi/o | blood or lymph vessel
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| anis/o | unequal
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| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff
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| anomal/o | irregularity
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| ante- | before, in front of, forward
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| anter/o | before, front
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| anti- | against
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| anxi/o | anxiety, anxious, uneasy
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| aort/o | aorta
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| ap- | toward, to
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| -apheresis | removal
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| aphth/o | ulcer
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| apic/o | apex, tip
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| ap- | separation, away from, opposed, detached
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| apo- | separation, away from, opposed, detached
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| append/o | appendix
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| aque/o | water
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -arche | beginning
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| areat/o | occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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| areol/o | little open space, space around the nipple
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| -aria | connected with
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| arter/o | artery
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| arteri/o | artery
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| arthr/o | joint
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| articul/o | joint
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| as- | toward, to
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| -ase | enzyme
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| aspir/o | to breathe in
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| aspirat/o | to breathe in
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| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength
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| asthm/o | asthma
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| astr/o | start, star-shaped
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| at- | toward, to
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| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect
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| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance
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| -ation | state or action
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| atri/o | atrium (of the heart)
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| attenu/o | diluted, weak
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| audi/o | ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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| audit/o | ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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| aur/i | ear, hearing
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| auscult/a | listen
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| auscult/o | listen
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| aut/o | self
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| axillo | armpit
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| bacteri/o | bacteria (singular, bacterium)
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| balan/o | glans penis
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| bar/o | pressure, weight
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| bas/o | base, opposite of acid (alkaline)
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| bi- | twice, double, two
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| bi/o | life
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| bifid/o | split, divided into two parts
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| bil/i | bile, gall
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| bilirubin/o | bilirubin
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| bin- | two
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| -blast | embryonic, immature, formative element
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| brachi/o | arm
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| brachy- | short
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| brady- | slow
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| brochi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus
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| bronch/o | bronchial tube, bronchus
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| bronchiol/o | bronchiole, bronchiolus
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| brux/o | grind
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| burs/o | bursa, sac of fluid near joint
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| calcane/o | calcaneus, heel bone
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| calc/i | calcium, lime, the heel
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| calci- | calcium
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| calc/o | calcium
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| calcul/o | stone, little stone
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| cali/o | cup-like structure, calyx
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| calic/o | cup-like structure, calyx
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| calor/i | heat
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| canth/o | corner of the eye
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| capill/o | hair
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| capit/o | head
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| capn/o | carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
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| capsul/o | little box
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| carb/o | carbon
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| carcin/o | cancerous
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| cardi/o | heart
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| card/o | heart
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| cari/o | caries, tooth decay
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| carot/o | stupor, sleep
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| catabol/o | a breaking down
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| caud/o | lower part of body, tail
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| caus/o | burning, burn
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| cav/o | hollow, cave
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| cec/o | cecum
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| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling
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| celi/o | abdomen, belly
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| cephal/o | head
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| cera- | wax
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain
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| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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| cheil/o | lip or lips
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| chem/o | drug, chemical
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| chir/o | hand
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| chol/e | bile, gall
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| cholangi/o | bile duct
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| cholesterol/o | cholesterol
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| chondr/i | cartilage
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chori/o | chorion, membrane
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| chorion/o | chorion, membrane
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| choroid/o | choroid layer of eye
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| chrom/o | color
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| chron/o | time
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| -cid/o | killing
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| -cide | causing death
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| cili/o | eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections
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| cine- | movement
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| circulat/o | circulate, go around in a circle
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| cirrh/o | orange-yellow, tawny
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| cis/o | to cut
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| -clasis | break down
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| claudicat/o | to limp
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| claustr/o | barrier, enclosed space
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| clavicul/o | clavicle, collar bone
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| cleid/o | clavicle, collar bone
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| co- | together, with
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| coagul/o | clotting, coagulation
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| coarct/o | press together, narrow
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| coarctat/o | press together, narrow
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| cocc/o | spherical bacteria
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| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone
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| cochle/o | spiral, snail, snail shell
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| coit/o | a coming together
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| col/o | colon, large intestine
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| coll/a | glue
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| colon/o | colon, large intestine
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| colp/o | vagina
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| com- | together, with
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| comat/o | deep sleep
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| comminut/o | break into pieces
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| communic/o | share, to make common
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| con- | together, with
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| concav/o | hollow
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| concept/o | to become pregnant
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| concuss/o | shaken together, violently agitated
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| coni/o | hold together
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| constrict/o | draw tightly together
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| contin/o | hold together
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| contra- | against, counter, opposite
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| contus/o | bruise
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| convex/o | arched, vaulted
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| convuls/o | pull together
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| cor/o | pupil
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| cordi/o | heart
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| coron/o | coronary, crown
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| corpor/o | body
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| cortic/o | cortex, outer region
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| cost/o | rib
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| crani/o | skull
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| -crasia | a mixture or bending
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| creatin/o | cratinine
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| crin/o | to secrete
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| -crine | to secrete
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| -crit | to separate
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| cry/o | cold
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| cubit/o | elbow
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| culd/o | cul-de-sac, blind pouch
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| -cusis | hearing
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| cusp/o | point
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| cutane/o | skin
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| cyan/o | blue
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| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, circle
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| cyst- | bladder, bag
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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| cyt/o | cell
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| -cyte | cell
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| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct)
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| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac (tear sac)
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| dactyl/o | finger, toe
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| de- | down, lack of, from, not, removal
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| deci- | ten, tenth
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| decidu/o | shedding, falling off
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| delt/o | Greek letter delta, a triangular shape
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| delus/o | delude, cheat
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| dem/i | people, population
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| demi- | half
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| dendr/o | branching, resembling a tree
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| dent/i | tooth, teeth
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| dent/o | tooth, teeth
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| depress/o | press down, lower, pressed or sunk down
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| dermat/o | skin
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| derm/o | skin
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| desic/o | drying, to dry
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| -desis | to bind, tie together
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| dextr/o | right side
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| di- | twice, twofold, double
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| dia- | through, between, apart, complete
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| di- | through, between, apart, complete
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| diaphor/o | sweat
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| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm
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| didym/o | testes, twins structures
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| digest/o | digest, break down (food)
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| digit/o | digit, finger or toe
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| dilat/o | spread out, widen
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| dipl/o | double
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| dips/o | thirst
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| -dipsia | thirst
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| dis- | negative, apart, absence of
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| dissect/o | cutting apart
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| dist/o | far, away from the point of origin
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| distend/o | stretch apart, expand
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| dors/o | back of body
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| -dote | what is given
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| -drome | to run, running
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| -duct | opening
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| duct/o | to lead, carry
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| duoden/o | duodenum, first part of small intestine
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| -dur/o | dura mater
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| -dynia | pain
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| dys- | bad, difficult, painful
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| e- | out of, from
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| -e | noun ending
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| ec- | out, outside
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| ecchym/o | pouring out of juice or blood
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| ech/o | sound wave, echo
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| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement
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| ecto- | out, outside
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| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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| -ectopy | displacement
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| -edema | swelling
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| edentul/o | without teeth
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| ef- | out
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| effus/o | pouring out
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| ejaculat/o | throw or hurl out
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| electr/o | electricity, electric
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| em- | in
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| embol/o | something inserted or thrown in
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| embry/o | fertilized ovum. embryo
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| emet/o | vomit
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| -emia | blood, blood condition
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| en- | in, within, into
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| encephal/o | brain
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| end- | in, within, inside
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| endo- | in, within, inside
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| enter/o | intestine, usually small intestine
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| ento- | within
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| epi- | above, upon, on
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| epiglott/o | epiglottis
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| episi/o | vulva
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| -er | one who
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| erect/o | upright
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| erg/o | work
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| erupt/o | break out, burst forth
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| erythemat/o | flushed, redness
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| erythr/o | red
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| es- | out of, outside, away from
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| -esis | abnormal condition, disease
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| eso- | inward
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| -esthesia | sensation, feeling
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| esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
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| estr/o | female
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| ethm/o | sieve
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| eti/o | cause of disease
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| eu- | good, normal, well, easy
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| -eurysm | widening
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| ex- | out of, outside, away from
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| exacerb/o | aggravate, irritate
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| excori/o | abrade or scratch
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| excret/o | separate, discharge
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| exo- | out of, outside, away from
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| extern/o | outside, outer
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| extra- | on the outside, beyond, outside
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| extrins/o | from the outside, contained outside
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| exud/o | to sweat, exude fluid
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| faci/o | face, form
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| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band
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| fec/a | dregs, sediment, waste
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| fec/o | dregs, sediment, waste
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| femor/o | femur, thigh bone
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| fenestr/a | window, small opening
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| fer/o | bear, carry
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| fertil/o | fertile, able to conceive
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| fet/o | fetus, unborn child
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| fibr/o | fibrous tissue, fiber
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| fibrin/o | fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot
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| fibul/o | fibula
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| -fic | making, producing, forming
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| -fication | process of making
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| -fida | split
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| filtr/o | filter, to strain through
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| filtrat/o | filter, to strain through
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| fiss/o | crack, split, cleft
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| flatul/o | flatus, rectal gas
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| flex/o | bend
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| fluor/o | glowing, luminous
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| foc/o | focus, point
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| follicul/o | follicle, small sac
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| foramin/o | opening, foramen
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| fore- | before, in front of
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| -form | resembling, in the shape of
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| form/o | resembling, in the shape of
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| fove/o | small pit, depressed area
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| fract/o | break
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| front/o | front, forehead
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| fund/o | bottom, base, fundus
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| fung/o | fungus
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| -fusion | to come together
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| galact/o | milk
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| ganglion/o | ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies
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| gangren/o | eating sore, gangrene
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gemin/o | twin, double, group
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| gen- | producing, forming
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| gen/o | producing, forming
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| -gen | producing, forming
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| -gene | production, origin, formation
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| -genic | creation, reproduction
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| -genesis | creation, reproduction
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| -genous | producing
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| ger/i | old age
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| germin/o | bud, sprout, embryonic tissue
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| geront/o | old age
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| gest/o | pregnancy, gestation to birth
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| gestat/o | pregnancy, gestation to birth
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| gigant/o | giant, very large
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| gingiv/o | gingival tissue, gums
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| glauc/o | gray
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| glen/o | socket of a joint
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| gli/o | neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous system
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| globul/o | shaped like a ball
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| glomerul/o | glomerulus
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| glott/o | back of the tongue
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| gluc/o | glucose, sugar
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| glycer/o | sweet
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| gon/o | seed
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| gonad/o | gonad, sex glands
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| goni/o | angle
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| -gram | a picture or record
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| granul/o | granule(s)
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| -graph | a picture or record, machine for producing a record
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| -graphy | the process of producing a picture or record
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| -gravida | pregnant
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| gynec/o | woman, female
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| hal/o | breath
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| halit/o | breath
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| hallucin/o | hallucination
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| hem/o | blood, relating to the blood
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| hemat/o | blood, relating to the blood
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| hemi- | half
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| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin
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| hepat/o | liver
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| hered/o | inherited, hereditary
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| heredit/o | inherited, hereditary
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| herni/o | hernia
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| hiat/o | opening, gap
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| hirsut/o | hairy, rough
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| hist/o | tissue
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| hom/o | same, like, alike
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| home/o | sameness, unchanging, constant
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| hormon/o | hormone
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| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone)
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| hydr/o | relating to water
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| hygien/o | health
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| hyper- | excessive, increased
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| hyp- | deficient, decreased
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| hypo- | deficient, decreased
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| hyster/o | uterus
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| -ia | abnormal condition, disease, also the plural of the singular noun ending -ium
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| -ial | pertaining to
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| -iasis | abnormal condition, disease
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|
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| -iatrics | field of medicine, healing
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| -iatrist | specialist
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| -iatry | field of medicine
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| -ible | capable of, able to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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|
||||
| -ician | specialist
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| icter/o | jaundice
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| idi/o | peculiar to one individual or organ, also unknown
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|
||||
| -iferous | bearing, carrying, producing
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| -ific | making, producing
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|
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| -iform | shaped or formed like, resembling
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|
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| -ile | capable of
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| ile/o | ileum, small intestine
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| ili/o | ilium, hip bone
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| im- | not
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| immun/o | immune, protection, safe
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|
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| impact/o | pushed against, wedged against, packed
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|
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| in- | in, into, not, without
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| -in | a substance or chemical
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||||
| incis/o | cutting into
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| -ine | pertaining to, or a substance or chemical
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|
||||
| infarct/o | filled in, stuffed
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|
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| infect/o | infected, tainted
🗑
|
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| infer/o | below, beneath
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|
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| inflammat/o | flame within, set on fire
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|
||||
| infra- | below, beneath, inferior to
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| inguin/o | groin
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|
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| inject/o | to force or put in, insert
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|
||||
| insul/o | island
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|
||||
| insulin/o | insulin
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|
||||
| inter- | between, among
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|
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| intern/o | within, inside
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|
||||
| intestin/o | intestine
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|
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| intra- | within, inside
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|
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| intrins/o | contained within, on the inside
🗑
|
||||
| intro- | within, into, inside
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|
||||
| intussuscept/o | take up or receive within
🗑
|
||||
| iod/o | iodine
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|
||||
| -ion | condition, action, process, state
🗑
|
||||
| ion/o | ion, to wander
🗑
|
||||
| -ior | pertaining to
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|
||||
| ir- | in
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|
||||
| -is | noun ending
🗑
|
||||
| ir/i | iris, colored part of eye
🗑
|
||||
| ir/o | iris, colored part of eye
🗑
|
||||
| irid/o | iris, colored part of eye
🗑
|
||||
| irit/o | iris, colored part of eye
🗑
|
||||
| ischi/o | ischium (hip bone)
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|
||||
| -ism | condition, state of
🗑
|
||||
| iso- | equal, same
🗑
|
||||
| -ist | a person who practices, specialist
🗑
|
||||
| -isy | noun ending
🗑
|
||||
| -itis | inflammation
🗑
|
||||
| -ium | structure, tissue
🗑
|
||||
| -ive | performs, tends toward
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|
||||
| -ize | to make, to treat
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|
||||
| jejun/o | jejunum
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|
||||
| jugul/o | throat
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|
||||
| juxta- | beside, near, nearby
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|
||||
| kary/o | nucleus, nut
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|
||||
| kath- | down
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|
||||
| kel/o | growth, tumor
🗑
|
||||
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea
🗑
|
||||
| ket/o | ketones, acetones
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|
||||
| keton/o | ketones, acetones
🗑
|
||||
| kines/o | movement
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|
||||
| kinesi/o | movement
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|
||||
| -kinesis | movement
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|
||||
| klept/o | to steal
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|
||||
| kyph/o | bent, hump
🗑
|
||||
| labi/o | lip, labium
🗑
|
||||
| labyrinth/o | maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
🗑
|
||||
| lacer/o | torn, mangled
🗑
|
||||
| lacrim/o | tears, tear duct
🗑
|
||||
| lact/i | milk
🗑
|
||||
| lact/o | milk
🗑
|
||||
| lamin/o | lamina
🗑
|
||||
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall
🗑
|
||||
| laryng/o | larynx, throat
🗑
|
||||
| later/o | side
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|
||||
| lei/o | smooth
🗑
|
||||
| lent/o | the lens of the eye
🗑
|
||||
| lenticul/o | lens, shaped like a lens
🗑
|
||||
| -lepsy | seizure
🗑
|
||||
| -leptic | to seize, take hold of
🗑
|
||||
| leuk/o | white
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|
||||
| lev/o | raise, lift
🗑
|
||||
| lex/o | word, phrase
🗑
|
||||
| -lexia | word, phrase
🗑
|
||||
| ligament/o | ligament
🗑
|
||||
| ligat/o | binding or tying off
🗑
|
||||
| lingu/o | tongue
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|
||||
| lipid/o | fat, lipid
🗑
|
||||
| lip/o | fat, lipid
🗑
|
||||
| -listhesis | slipping
🗑
|
||||
| lith/o | stone, calculus
🗑
|
||||
| -lith | stone, calculus
🗑
|
||||
| -lithiasis | presence of stones
🗑
|
||||
| lob/o | lobe, well-defined part of an organ
🗑
|
||||
| loc/o | place
🗑
|
||||
| -logy | study of
🗑
|
||||
| lord/o | curve, swayback, bent
🗑
|
||||
| lumb/o | lower back, loin
🗑
|
||||
| lumin/o | light, lumen
🗑
|
||||
| lun/o | moon
🗑
|
||||
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue
🗑
|
||||
| lymphaden/o | lymph node or gland
🗑
|
||||
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel
🗑
|
||||
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
🗑
|
||||
| -lyst | agent that causes lysis or loosening
🗑
|
||||
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy
🗑
|
||||
| macro- | large, abnormal size or length, long
🗑
|
||||
| macul/o | spot
🗑
|
||||
| mal- | bad, poor, evil
🗑
|
||||
| -malacia | abnormal softening
🗑
|
||||
| malign/o | bad, evil
🗑
|
||||
| malle/o | malleus, hammer
🗑
|
||||
| malleol/o | malleolus, little hammer
🗑
|
||||
| mamm/o | breast
🗑
|
||||
| manu/o | hand
🗑
|
||||
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw
🗑
|
||||
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation
🗑
|
||||
| mast/o | breast, mastoid process
🗑
|
||||
| mastic/o | chew
🗑
|
||||
| mastoid/o | mastoid process
🗑
|
||||
| matur/o | ripe, mature
🗑
|
||||
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw)
🗑
|
||||
| medi/o | middle
🗑
|
||||
| mediastin/o | mediastinum, middle
🗑
|
||||
| medic/o | medicine, physician, healing
🗑
|
||||
| medull/o | medulla (inner section), middle, marrow
🗑
|
||||
| mega- | large, great
🗑
|
||||
| megal/o | large, great
🗑
|
||||
| -megaly | enlargement
🗑
|
||||
| melan/o | black, dark
🗑
|
||||
| men/o | menstruation, month
🗑
|
||||
| mening/o | membranes, meninges
🗑
|
||||
| meningi/o | membranes, meninges
🗑
|
||||
| menisc/o | meniscus, crescent-shaped
🗑
|
||||
| menstru/o | occurring monthly
🗑
|
||||
| ment/o | mind, chin
🗑
|
||||
| mesenter/o | mesentery
🗑
|
||||
| mesi/o | middle, median plane
🗑
|
||||
| meso- | middle
🗑
|
||||
| meta- | change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after
🗑
|
||||
| metabol/o | change
🗑
|
||||
| -meter | measure, instrument used to measure
🗑
|
||||
| metr/o | uterus
🗑
|
||||
| metri/o | uterus
🗑
|
||||
| -metrist | one who measures
🗑
|
||||
| -metry | to measure
🗑
|
||||
| micr/o | small
🗑
|
||||
| micro- | small
🗑
|
||||
| mictur/o | urinate
🗑
|
||||
| mid- | middle
🗑
|
||||
| milli- | one-thousandth
🗑
|
||||
| mineral/o | mineral
🗑
|
||||
| mio- | smaller, less
🗑
|
||||
| -mission | to send
🗑
|
||||
| mit/o | thread, thread-like
🗑
|
||||
| mitr/o | like a miter, having 2 points on top
🗑
|
||||
| -mnesia | memory
🗑
|
||||
| mobil/o | capable of moving, movement
🗑
|
||||
| mono- | single, one
🗑
|
||||
| morbid/o | disease, sickness
🗑
|
||||
| morph/o | shape, form
🗑
|
||||
| mort/o | death, dead
🗑
|
||||
| mot/o | motion, movement
🗑
|
||||
| motil/o | motion, movement
🗑
|
||||
| muc/o | mucus
🗑
|
||||
| mucos/o | mucus
🗑
|
||||
| multi- | many, much
🗑
|
||||
| muscul/o | muscle
🗑
|
||||
| mutat/o | to change
🗑
|
||||
| my/o | muscle
🗑
|
||||
| myc/o | fungus
🗑
|
||||
| mydr/o | widening
🗑
|
||||
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
🗑
|
||||
| myos/o | muscle
🗑
|
||||
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum
🗑
|
||||
| myx/o | mucus
🗑
|
||||
| narc/o | numbness, stupor, sleep
🗑
|
||||
| nas/o | nose
🗑
|
||||
| nat/o | birth
🗑
|
||||
| necr/o | death
🗑
|
||||
| -necrosis | tissue death
🗑
|
||||
| neo- | new, strange
🗑
|
||||
| ne/o | new, strange
🗑
|
||||
| nephr/o | kidney
🗑
|
||||
| nerv/o | nerve, nerve tissue
🗑
|
||||
| neur/i | nerve, nerve tissue
🗑
|
||||
| neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue
🗑
|
||||
| neutr/o | neither, neutral
🗑
|
||||
| nitro- | nitrogen
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|
||||
| noct/o | night
🗑
|
||||
| nod/o | knot, swelling, node
🗑
|
||||
| nodul/o | little knot or node
🗑
|
||||
| non- | no
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|
||||
| nor- | chemical compound
🗑
|
||||
| norm/o | normal or usual
🗑
|
||||
| nucle/o | nucleus
🗑
|
||||
| nucleol/o | little nucleus, nucleolus
🗑
|
||||
| nulli- | none
🗑
|
||||
| nutri/o | nourishment, food, nourish, feed
🗑
|
||||
| ob- | against
🗑
|
||||
| obes/o | obese, extremely fat
🗑
|
||||
| obstetr/o | pregnancy, birth
🗑
|
||||
| occipit/o | back of skull, occiput
🗑
|
||||
| ocul/o | eye
🗑
|
||||
| odont/o | tooth
🗑
|
||||
| -oid | like, resembling
🗑
|
||||
| olfact/o | smell, sense of smell
🗑
|
||||
| olig/o | scanty,few
🗑
|
||||
| -ologist | specialist
🗑
|
||||
| -ology | science or study of
🗑
|
||||
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm
🗑
|
||||
| omphal/o | umbilical cord, the navel
🗑
|
||||
| onc/o | tumor
🗑
|
||||
| -one | hormone
🗑
|
||||
| onych/o | fingernail or toenail
🗑
|
||||
| o/o | egg
🗑
|
||||
| oophor/o | ovary
🗑
|
||||
| -opaque | obscure, not transparent
🗑
|
||||
| operat/o | perform, operate
🗑
|
||||
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision
🗑
|
||||
| -opia | vision condition
🗑
|
||||
| -opsia | vision, view of
🗑
|
||||
| -opsy | eye, vision
🗑
|
||||
| opt/i | eye, vision
🗑
|
||||
| opt/o | eye, vision
🗑
|
||||
| optic/o | eye, vision
🗑
|
||||
| or/o | mouth, oral cavity
🗑
|
||||
| orch/o | testicles, testis, testes
🗑
|
||||
| orchid/o | testicles, testis, testes
🗑
|
||||
| orchi/o | testicles, testis, testes
🗑
|
||||
| -orexia | appetite
🗑
|
||||
| organ/o | organ
🗑
|
||||
| orth/o | straight, normal, correct
🗑
|
||||
| -ory | pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
| os- | mouth, bone
🗑
|
||||
| -ose | full of, pertaining to, sugar
🗑
|
||||
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease
🗑
|
||||
| -osmia | smell, odor
🗑
|
||||
| oss/e | bone
🗑
|
||||
| oss/i | bone
🗑
|
||||
| ossicul/o | ossicle (small bone)
🗑
|
||||
| oste/o | bone
🗑
|
||||
| ost/o | bone
🗑
|
||||
| -ostomy | the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
🗑
|
||||
| ot/o | ear, hearing
🗑
|
||||
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision
🗑
|
||||
| -ous | pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
| ov/i | egg,ovum
🗑
|
||||
| ov/o | egg, ovum
🗑
|
||||
| ovari/o | ovary
🗑
|
||||
| ovul/o | egg, ovum
🗑
|
||||
| ox/i | oxygen
🗑
|
||||
| ox/o | oxygen
🗑
|
||||
| ox/y | oxygen
🗑
|
||||
| palat/o | palate, roof of mouth
🗑
|
||||
| palpat/o | touch, feel, stroke
🗑
|
||||
| palpit/o | throbbing, quivering
🗑
|
||||
| pan- | all, entire, every
🗑
|
||||
| pancreat/o | pancreas
🗑
|
||||
| papill/o | nipple-like, optic disc
🗑
|
||||
| par- | beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
🗑
|
||||
| para- | beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
🗑
|
||||
| par/o | birth
🗑
|
||||
| -para | to give birth
🗑
|
||||
| parathyroid | parathyroid glands
🗑
|
||||
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis
🗑
|
||||
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse
🗑
|
||||
| -parous | having borne one or more children
🗑
|
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| paroxysm/o | sudden attack
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| -partum | childbirth, labor
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| patell/o | patella, kneecap
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| path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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| -pause | stopping
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| pector/o | chest
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| ped/o | child, foot
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| pedicul/o | louse or lice
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| pelv/i | pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
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| pelv/o | pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
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| pen/i | penis
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| pen/o | penis
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| -penia | deficiency, lack, too few
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| -pepsia | digest, digestion
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| pept/o | digest, digestion
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| per- | completely, through
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| percuss/o | strike, tap, beat
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| peri- | surrounding, around
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| perine/o | perineum
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| peritone/o | peritoneum
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| perme/o | to pass or go through
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| perone/o | fibula
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| phac/o | lens of eye
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| phak/o | lens of eye
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| phag/o | eat, swallow
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| -phage | a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
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| -phagia | eating, swallowing
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| phalang/o | phalanges, finger & toe
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| phall/i | penis
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| pharmac/o | drug
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| pharmaceut/o | drug
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| pharayng/o | throat, pharynx
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| phas/o | speech
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| -phasia | speak or speech
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| phe/o | dusky, gray
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| -pheresis | removal
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| -philia | attraction to, like, love
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| phil/o | attraction to, like, love
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| phleb/o | vein
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| -phobia | abnormal fear
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| phon/o | sound, voice
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| phor/o | carry, bear, movement
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| -phoresis | carrying, transmission
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| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
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| phot/o | light
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| phren/o | diaphragm, mind
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| -phylactic | protective, preventive
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| -phylaxis | protection
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| physi/o | nature, physical
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| -physis | to grow
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| pigment/o | pigment, color
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| pil/i | hair
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| pil/o | hair
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| pineal/o | pineal gland
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| pinn/i | external ear, auricle
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| pituit/o | pituitary gland
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| pituitar/o | pituitary gland
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| placent/o | placenta, round flat cake
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| plak/o | plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
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| -plakia | plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
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| plant/i | sole of foot
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| plant/o | sole of foot
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| plas/i | development, growth, formation
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| plas/o | development, growth, formation
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| -plasia | development, growth, formation
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| -plasm | formative material of cells
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| plasm/o | something molded or formed
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| -plastic | pertaining to formation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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|
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| -plegia | paralysis, stroke
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| -plegic | one affected w/ paralysis
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| pleur/o | pleura, side of body
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| pne/o | breath, breathing
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| -pnea | breathing
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|
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| pneum/o | lung, air
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|
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| pneumon/o | lung, air
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| pod/o | foot
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|
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| poli/o | gray matter of brain & spinal cord
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| poly- | many
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| polyp/o | polyp, small growth
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|
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| poplite/o | back of knee
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|
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| por/o | pore, small opening
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|
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| -porosis | lessening in density, porous condition
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|
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| port/o | gate, door
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|
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| post- | after, behind
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|
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| poster/o | behind, toward back
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|
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| potent/o | powerful, capable
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| pract/o | practice, pursue an occupation
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|
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| pre- | before, in front of
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| pregn/o | pregnant, full of
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| presby/o | old age
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|
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| primi- | first
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| pro- | before, on behalf of, supporting
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| proct/o | anus & rectum
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|
||||
| product/o | lead forward, yield, produce
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|
||||
| pronat/o | bent forward, face down
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|
||||
| pros- | before, forward
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|
||||
| prostat/o | prostate gland
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|
||||
| prosthet/o | addition, appendage
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|
||||
| prot/o | first
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|
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| protein/o | protein
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|
||||
| proxim/o | near
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|
||||
| prurit/o | itching
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|
||||
| pseud/o | false
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|
||||
| psor/o | itch, itching
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|
||||
| psych/o | mind
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|
||||
| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse, fall
🗑
|
||||
| -ptysis | spitting
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|
||||
| pub/o | pubis, part of hip bone
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|
||||
| pulm/o | lung
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|
||||
| pulmon/o | lung
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|
||||
| pulsat/o | beat, beating, striking
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|
||||
| punct/o | hole,prick, puncture
🗑
|
||||
| pupill/o | pupil (of the eye)
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|
||||
| purul/o | pus, pus-filled
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|
||||
| py/o | pus
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|
||||
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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|
||||
| pry/o | fever, fire
🗑
|
||||
| pyret/o | fever, fire
🗑
|
||||
| quadr/i | four
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|
||||
| quadr/o | four
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|
||||
| radi/o | radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
🗑
|
||||
| radicul/o | nerve root
🗑
|
||||
| re- | back, again
🗑
|
||||
| recept/o | receive, receiver
🗑
|
||||
| rect/o | rectum, straight
🗑
|
||||
| reduct/o | bring back together
🗑
|
||||
| refract/o | bend back, turn aside
🗑
|
||||
| remiss/o | give up, send back, relax
🗑
|
||||
| ren/o | kidney
🗑
|
||||
| resuscit/o | to revive
🗑
|
||||
| retent/o | hold back
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|
||||
| reticul/o | network
🗑
|
||||
| retin/o | retina (of the eye), net
🗑
|
||||
| retro- | behind, backward, back of
🗑
|
||||
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle
🗑
|
||||
| rheumat/o | watery flow, subject to flow
🗑
|
||||
| rhin/o | nose
🗑
|
||||
| rhiz/o | root, spinal nerve root
🗑
|
||||
| rhythm/o | rhythm
🗑
|
||||
| rhytid/o | wrinkle
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhea | flow, discharge
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhexis | rupture
🗑
|
||||
| rug/o | wrinkle, fold, ruga
🗑
|
||||
| sacchar/o | sugar
🗑
|
||||
| sacr/o | sacrum
🗑
|
||||
| saliv/o | saliva
🗑
|
||||
| salping/o | fallopian (uterine) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
🗑
|
||||
| -salpinx | fallopian (uterine) tube
🗑
|
||||
| saphen/o | clear, apparent, manifest
🗑
|
||||
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue
🗑
|
||||
| schiz/o | division, to split
🗑
|
||||
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye), hard
🗑
|
||||
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening
🗑
|
||||
| scoli/o | curved, bent
🗑
|
||||
| -scope | instrument for visual examination
🗑
|
||||
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination
🗑
|
||||
| -scopy | visual examination
🗑
|
||||
| script/o | write
🗑
|
||||
| scrot/o | bag or pouch, scrotum
🗑
|
||||
| seb/o | sebum
🗑
|
||||
| secret/o | produce, separate out
🗑
|
||||
| sect/o | cutting, cut
🗑
|
||||
| semi- | half
🗑
|
||||
| semin/i | semen, seed, sperm
🗑
|
||||
| sen/o | old age
🗑
|
||||
| sens/o | feeling, sensation
🗑
|
||||
| sensitiv/o | sensitive to, affected by
🗑
|
||||
| sept/o | infection, partition
🗑
|
||||
| ser/o | serum
🗑
|
||||
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon
🗑
|
||||
| sin/o | hollow, sinus
🗑
|
||||
| sinistr/o | left, left side
🗑
|
||||
| sinus/o | sinus
🗑
|
||||
| -sis | abnormal condition, disease
🗑
|
||||
| sit/u | place
🗑
|
||||
| soci/o | companion, fellow being
🗑
|
||||
| -sol | solution
🗑
|
||||
| somat/o | body
🗑
|
||||
| somn/o | sleep
🗑
|
||||
| son/o | sound
🗑
|
||||
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
🗑
|
||||
| spasmod/o | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
🗑
|
||||
| sperm/o | sperm, spermatozoa, seed
🗑
|
||||
| spermat/o | sperm, spermatozoa, seed
🗑
|
||||
| sphen/o | sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped
🗑
|
||||
| spher/o | round, sphere, ball
🗑
|
||||
| sphincter/o | tight band, sphincter
🗑
|
||||
| sphygm/o | pulse
🗑
|
||||
| spin/o | spine, backbone
🗑
|
||||
| spir/o | to breathe, coil
🗑
|
||||
| splen/o | spleen
🗑
|
||||
| spondyl/o | vertebral column, vertebrae, backbone
🗑
|
||||
| squam/o | scale, scale-like cell
🗑
|
||||
| -stalsis | contraction, constriction
🗑
|
||||
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone)
🗑
|
||||
| staphyl/o | clusters, bunch of grapes
🗑
|
||||
| -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level
🗑
|
||||
| -static | control, maintenance of a constant level
🗑
|
||||
| steat/o | fat, lipid, sebum
🗑
|
||||
| sten/o | narrowing, conracted
🗑
|
||||
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing
🗑
|
||||
| stere/o | solid, 3D
🗑
|
||||
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone)
🗑
|
||||
| steth/o | chest
🗑
|
||||
| -sthenia | strength
🗑
|
||||
| stigmat/o | point, spot
🗑
|
||||
| stimul/o | goad, prick, incite
🗑
|
||||
| stom/o | mouth, oral cavity
🗑
|
||||
| stomat/o | mouth, oral cavity
🗑
|
||||
| -stomosis | furnish w/ a mouth or outlet, new opening
🗑
|
||||
| -stomy | furnish w/ a mouth or outlet, new opening
🗑
|
||||
| strept/o | twisted chain, curved
🗑
|
||||
| styl/o | pen, pointed instrument, stake
🗑
|
||||
| sub- | under, less, below
🗑
|
||||
| sucr/o | sugar
🗑
|
||||
| sud/o | sweat
🗑
|
||||
| sudor/i | sweat
🗑
|
||||
| super- | above, excessive, higher than
🗑
|
||||
| supinat/o | bent backward, lying on the back
🗑
|
||||
| suppress/o | press down
🗑
|
||||
| suppur/o | to form pus
🗑
|
||||
| supra- | above, upper, excessive
🗑
|
||||
| -surgery | operative procedure
🗑
|
||||
| sym- | with, together, joined together
🗑
|
||||
| symptomat/o | falling together, symptom(s)
🗑
|
||||
| syn- | together, with, union, association
🗑
|
||||
| syncop/o | to cut short, cut off, faint
🗑
|
||||
| synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid
🗑
|
||||
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid
🗑
|
||||
| system/o | body system, body as a whole
🗑
|
||||
| systol/o | contraction, contracting
🗑
|
||||
| tachy- | fast, rapid
🗑
|
||||
| tars/o | tarsus (ankle bone), tarsal plate (on the edge of the eyelid)
🗑
|
||||
| tax/o | coordination, order
🗑
|
||||
| techn/o | skill
🗑
|
||||
| tele/o | distant, distance
🗑
|
||||
| tempor/o | temporal bone, temple (on head)
🗑
|
||||
| ten/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
🗑
|
||||
| tend/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
🗑
|
||||
| tendin/o | tendon
🗑
|
||||
| tens/o | stretch out, extend, tension
🗑
|
||||
| termin/o | end, limit
🗑
|
||||
| test/i | testicle, testis
🗑
|
||||
| test/o | testicle, testis
🗑
|
||||
| tetra- | four
🗑
|
||||
| thalam/o | thalamus
🗑
|
||||
| thanat/o | death
🗑
|
||||
| thec/o | sheath
🗑
|
||||
| therapeut/o | treatment
🗑
|
||||
| therm/o | heat
🗑
|
||||
| thorac/o | chest, thorax
🗑
|
||||
| -thorax | chest, pleural cavity
🗑
|
||||
| thromb/o | clot, thrombus
🗑
|
||||
| thym/o | thymus gland
🗑
|
||||
| -thymia | a state of mind
🗑
|
||||
| thyr/o | thyroid gland
🗑
|
||||
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland
🗑
|
||||
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone)
🗑
|
||||
| -tic | pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
| -tion | process, state or quality of
🗑
|
||||
| toc/o | labor, birth
🗑
|
||||
| -tocin | labor, birth
🗑
|
||||
| tom/o | cut, section, slice
🗑
|
||||
| -tomy | process of cutting
🗑
|
||||
| ton/o | tension, tone, stretching
🗑
|
||||
| tonsill/o | tonsil, throat
🗑
|
||||
| tort/i | twisted
🗑
|
||||
| tox/o | poison, poisonous, toxin
🗑
|
||||
| toxic/o | poison, poisonous, toxin
🗑
|
||||
| trabecul/o | little beam or cross bar, mesh
🗑
|
||||
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe
🗑
|
||||
| tract/o | draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
🗑
|
||||
| tranquil/o | quiet, calm tranquil
🗑
|
||||
| trans- | across, through
🗑
|
||||
| traumat/o | injury
🗑
|
||||
| tremul/o | fine tremor, shaking
🗑
|
||||
| tri- | three
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|
||||
| trich/o | hair
🗑
|
||||
| -tripsy | to crush
🗑
|
||||
| trop/o | to turn, change
🗑
|
||||
| troph/o | development, nourishment
🗑
|
||||
| -throphy | development, nourishment
🗑
|
||||
| -tropia | to turn
🗑
|
||||
| -tropin | to stimulate, act on
🗑
|
||||
| tub/o | tube, pipe
🗑
|
||||
| tubercul/o | little knot, swelling, tuberculosis
🗑
|
||||
| tuss/o | cough
🗑
|
||||
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum
🗑
|
||||
| -type | classification, picture
🗑
|
||||
| -ula | small, little
🗑
|
||||
| -ule | small one
🗑
|
||||
| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone)
🗑
|
||||
| ultra- | beyond, excess
🗑
|
||||
| -um | singular noun ending
🗑
|
||||
| umbilic/o | navel
🗑
|
||||
| un- | not
🗑
|
||||
| ungu/o | nail
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|
||||
| uni- | one
🗑
|
||||
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract
🗑
|
||||
| -uresis | urination
🗑
|
||||
| ureter/o | ureter
🗑
|
||||
| urethr/o | urethra
🗑
|
||||
| -uria | urination, urine
🗑
|
||||
| urin/o | urine or urinary organs
🗑
|
||||
| urtic/o | nettle, rash, hives
🗑
|
||||
| -us | thing, singular noun ending
🗑
|
||||
| uter/o | uterus
🗑
|
||||
| uve/o | iris, choroid, ciliary body (of the eye)
🗑
|
||||
| vaccin/o | vaccine
🗑
|
||||
| vag/o | vagus nerve, wandering
🗑
|
||||
| vagin/o | vagina
🗑
|
||||
| valv/o | valve
🗑
|
||||
| valvul/o | valve
🗑
|
||||
| varic/o | varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
🗑
|
||||
| vas/o | vas deferens, blood vessel
🗑
|
||||
| vascul/o | blood vessel, little vessel
🗑
|
||||
| ven/o | vein
🗑
|
||||
| ventilat/o | expose to air, oxygen
🗑
|
||||
| ventr/o | in front, abdomen side of body
🗑
|
||||
| ventricul/o | ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
🗑
|
||||
| -verse | to turn
🗑
|
||||
| -version | to turn
🗑
|
||||
| vers/o | turn, travel
🗑
|
||||
| vert/o | turn, travel
🗑
|
||||
| vertebr/o | vertebra, backbone
🗑
|
||||
| vertig/o | whirling around
🗑
|
||||
| vesic/o | urinary bladder
🗑
|
||||
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
🗑
|
||||
| vestibul/o | entrance, vestibule (of inner ear)
🗑
|
||||
| vir/o | virus, poison
🗑
|
||||
| viril/o | masculine, manly
🗑
|
||||
| vis/o | seeing, sight, vision
🗑
|
||||
| viscer/o | viscera, internal organ
🗑
|
||||
| viscos/o | sticky, thickness
🗑
|
||||
| vit/a | life
🗑
|
||||
| vitre/o | glassy, vitreous humor (of eye)
🗑
|
||||
| vulv/o | vulva, covering
🗑
|
||||
| xanth/o | yellow
🗑
|
||||
| xen/o | strange, foreign
🗑
|
||||
| xer/o | dry
🗑
|
||||
| xiph/o | sword-shaped
🗑
|
||||
| -y | noun ending
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|
||||
| zygomat/o | cheek bone, yoke
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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