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Term | Definition |
-abrasion | scraping of |
acromi/o | acromion process |
act/o, act/i | rays |
acu- | sharp |
adnex/o | accessory |
aer/o | air |
af- | toward |
agglutin/o | clumping |
agora- | marketplace |
al/i, al/o | wing |
-alysis | breaking down |
amel/o | enamel |
amphi- | both |
annul/o | annulus, ring |
-apheresis | removal |
apic/o | pointed extremity, apex |
-arche | beginning |
atlant/o | 1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1) |
axi/o | axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2) |
azyg/o | without a yoke |
bin- | two |
-blast | embyonic, immature |
blast/o | embryonic, immature |
brom/o | odor, stench |
bulb/o | globe |
canalicul/o | canaliculus, little canal |
canth/o | canthus (corner of the eye) |
cata- | down |
-ceps | heads |
chron/o | time |
chyl/o | lymph |
cili/o | tiny hairs |
cistern/o | box, cistern |
cleid/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
-clysis | washing |
coll/o | neck |
con- | together |
corac/o | coracoid process of the scapula |
corrug/o | wrinkled |
cox/o | coxa (hip) |
crepit/o | crackling |
cret/o | to grow |
-crit | to separate, separating |
cuboid/o | cuboid bone,box-shaped |
cubit/o | elbow, forearm |
cune/o | cuneiform bone |
cusp/o | point, cusp |
delt/o | triangle, deltoid muscle |
dendr/o | dendrite, tree |
densit/o | density |
dist/o | far |
dynam/o | power |
ef- | away from |
-emphraxis | obstructing, crushing |
-emulsification | breaking down |
epiplo/o | omentum |
-esthetica | feeling, sensation |
exanthemat/o | rash |
-exeresis | tearing out |
-exia | condition |
extern/o | outer |
fer/o | to bear, carry |
-ferous | pertaining to carrying |
fetish/o | charm |
fissur/o | deep cleft or grove |
fluor/o | to flow, flowing |
foramin/o | hole, foramen |
-form | shape |
fornic/o | arched structure, fornix |
foss/o | hollow, depression |
fren/o | frenulum (of lip and tongue) |
fund/o | fundus (base, bottom) |
-geneic | pertaining to produced by |
-genesis | production, origin |
-genic | pertaining to produced by |
-genous | pertaining to originating from |
gen/u | knee |
ger/o | old age |
germ/i | sprout |
glen/o | glenoid cavity (arm socket) |
glute/o | gluteus (buttocks) |
gnath/o | jaw, entire |
-gnosis | state of knowledge |
gon/o | seed |
-grade | flow |
gryph/o | curved |
helic/o | helix, coil |
hydatid/i | water drop |
hypn/o | sleep |
-iacal | pertaining to abnormal condition |
-iasis | condition, presence of |
-icle | small, tiny |
-igo | condition |
indur/o | to make hard |
ischem/o | hold back |
-ismus | spasm |
-kine | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-kinin | movement substance |
kyph/o | roundback |
-lalia | condition of babbling |
log/o | study |
-logous | pertaining to origin |
lun/o | moon |
lys/o | breakdown, dissolve |
-lytic | pertaining to breaking down |
mal- | bad, por |
medull/o | medulla, inner portion |
mer/o | thigh |
mesenter/o | mesentery, midgut |
mi/o | to close, constrict |
-mileusis | carving |
mitochondri/o | mitochondria |
mol/o | molar |
morb/o | disease |
mucos/o | mucus |
mur/o | wall |
my/o | muscle, to shut |
mydr/o | dilation |
myometri/o | muscle layer of the uterus |
myos/o | muscle |
myx/o | mucus |
navicul/o | navicular bone |
nev/o | nevus, birthmark |
nid/o | nest |
-noia | condition of mind |
nos/o | diseas |
nulli- | none |
nyctal/o | night |
occlus/o | to close, closing, a blockage |
-ole | small, tiny |
-omatous | pertaining to a tumor |
omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
-one | hormone, substance that forms |
oneir/o | dream |
orex/o | appetite |
palid/o | globus pallidum |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
-pareunia | intercourse |
patul/o | open |
-pause | stop, cease |
pen/i | penus |
perimetri/o | perimetrium, outer layer of uterus |
perone/o | fibula, lower lateral leg bone |
phe/o | dark |
-philia | condition of attraction |
-phthisis | wasting |
-physis | growth |
plant/o | sole of foot |
-plastin | forming substance |
pleu/o | pleura, membrane surrounding lungs |
-plication | fold, plica |
-poietin | forming substance |
pollic/o | pollex (thumb) |
poplite/o | back of knee |
port/o | gate |
prax/o | purposeful movement |
pteryg/o | wing |
ptyal/o | saliiva |
rot/o | wheel |
-rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
rug/o | rugae,ridge |
-schisis | split |
schiz/o | split |
sequestr/o | sequestrum (bone fragment) |
serrat/o | notched |
-siderin | iron substance |
sin/o | sinus, cavity |
sinistr/o | left |
ster/o | steroid |
stiti/o | space |
stom/o | an opening, a mouth |
strom/o | stroma (supportive tissue) |
styl/o | styloid process (temporal bone) |
subor/i | sweat |
sulc/o | sulcus, groove |
sur/o | calf |
sympath/o | to feel with |
syn- | together, joined |
syndesm/o | ligament (structure connecting bone) |
synovi/o | synovium |
-synthesis | bring together |
tens/o | stretching, pressure |
terat/o | deformity |
thalass/o | sea |
thel/e | nipple |
till/o | to pull |
tinnit/o | jingling |
trabecul/o | little beam |
trachel/o | uterine cervix |
tract/o | to pull, pulling, tract, pathway |
-tresia | condition of an opening |
-tripter | machine to crush |
turbin/o | turbinate bone |
verm/o | worm |
vers/o | to turn |
-verse | to turn |
-version | process of turning |
vert/o | turn |
vesicul/o | small sac, seminal vesicle, blister |
vill/o | vilus |
vol/o | volume |
vulgar/o | common |
vuls/o | to pull |
Corpus | The principal part of any organ; any mass or body. |
Created by:
Laura Duncan
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