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Term
abdomino
 Definition
abdomen
Term

adeno 

 

 Definition
gland
Term
angi
 Definition
pertaining to blood vessels
Term
anti
 Definition
against
Term
bi
 Definition

two

 
Term
brachi
 Definition
arm
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
Term
-cele
 Definition
pouching or hernia
Term
cervic-
 Definition
neck
Term
contra-
 Definition

against

 
Term
cyst(o)-
 Definition
cell
Term
dors(i)(o)-
 Definition
back
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad,difficult
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
removal
Term
-emia
 Definition
pertaining to blood
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside of
Term
fasci-
 Definition
band;bundle
Term
gastra-
 Definition
related to the stomach
Term
hema-
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
hydro-
 Definition
water
Term
hypo-
 Definition
less
Term
inter-
 Definition
among
Term
intra-
 Definition
inside
Term
itis-
 Definition
inflammation
Term
later-
 Definition
side
Term
lympho-
 Definition
clear fluid
Term
mega-
 Definition
big
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
opthalm-
 Definition
eye
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition
Term
penia-
 Definition
lack of
Term
-plasia
 Definition
growth
Term
pneumon(o)
 Definition
air or lung
Term
post-
 Definition
after
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
sarc-
 Definition
flesh
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stop or stand
Term
super-
 Definition
above
Term
supra-
 Definition
above
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
thorac-
 Definition
chest
Term
vesic(o)-
 Definition
bladder
Term
a-;an-
 Definition
absent,without
Term
Ab
 Definition
away from
Term
-ac;-al;-ar,ary
 Definition
pertaing to
Term
acou-
 Definition
relating to hearing
Term
acr(o)-
 Definition
extremity
Term
-acusis
 Definition
hearing conditon
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
adipo-
 Definition
fat
Term
aero-
 Definition
air
Term
af-
 Definition
moving toward a central point
Term
alb-
 Definition
white
Term
-alg
 Definition
pain
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
an-
 Definition
without
Term
 Definition
Term
andro-
 Definition
male
Term
ankylo-
 Definition
crooked
Term
ante-
 Definition
in front of
Term
aque-
 Definition
water
Term
-arche
 Definition
beginning
Term
arthr-
 Definition
pertaining to joint
Term
-ase
 Definition
an enzyme
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
auto-
 Definition
sef
Term
bili-
 Definition
bile
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
blast-
 Definition
embryonic state
Term
blepharo-
 Definition
eyelid
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
bucc-
 Definition
pertaining to the cheek
Term
cac-
 Definition
bad
Term
calc-
 Definition
stone
Term
capit-
 Definition
pertaining to the head
Term
capn-;carb-
 Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
carcin-
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardi-
 Definition
heart
Term
cata-
 Definition
down
Term
caud-
 Definition
tail
Term
 Definition
Term
cephal-
 Definition
head
Term
celi-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
-centesis
 Definition
puncture for aspiration
Term
cerebro-
 Definition
brain
Term
chol-
 Definition
bile
Term
chondr-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom-
 Definition
color
Term
-cide
 Definition
destroy
Term
circum-
 Definition
around
Term
co-;con-
 Definition
together
Term
colo-
 Definition
colon
Term
corono-
 Definition
crown or circle
Term
corp-
 Definition
body
Term
costo-
 Definition
rib
Term
cranio-
 Definition
skull
Term
crin(o)-
 Definition
secrete
Term
crypt-
 Definition
hidden
Term
cutane(o)-
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue
Term
cysti-
 Definition
sac or bladder
Term
dactyl-
 Definition
digital
Term
de-
 Definition
down
Term
derm-
 Definition
relating to the skin
Term
dextr(o)-
 Definition
right
Term
di-
 Definition
two
Term
dia-
 Definition
across or through
Term
diplo-
 Definition
double
Term
dips-
 Definition
thirst
Term
dis
 Definition
Term
dis-
 Definition
apart
Term
duct-
 Definition
conduct
Term
dur-
 Definition
hard
Term
e-
 Definition
out
Term
-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
ecto-
 Definition
outside
Term
ede-
 Definition
swelling
Term
en-
 Definition
within
Term
end-
 Definition
within
Term
enter(o)-
 Definition
pertaining to the gut
Term
epi-
 Definition
above
Term
erythro-
 Definition
red
Term
eu-
 Definition
normal
Term
ex-
 Definition
out of
Term
exo-
 Definition
outside
Term
febri-
 Definition
fever
Term
end-
 Definition
within
Term
enter(o)
 Definition
per
Term
-ferent
 Definition
carry
Term
fil-
 Definition
threadlike
Term
fiss-
 Definition
split
Term
for-
 Definition
opening
Term
-form
 Definition
shape
Term
galact(o)-
 Definition
milk
Term
-gen
 Definition
an agent which produces
Term
-genic
 Definition
originating from
Term
gest-
 Definition
carry
Term
gli-
 Definition
glue
Term
gloss-
 Definition
related to the tongue
Term
glott-
 Definition
opening
Term
glyco-
 Definition
sugar;sweet
Term
gnos(o)-
 Definition
knowing
Term
-gram
 Definition
record of
Term
gran-
 Definition
particulates
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
Term
gravi-
 Definition
heavy
Term
gyn(o)-
 Definition
woman
Term
hepat-
 Definition
liver
Term
hetero-
 Definition
other
Term
histo-
 Definition
tissue
Term
holo-
 Definition
whole
Term
homo-
 Definition
same
Term
 Definition
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive
Term
hyster-
 Definition
uterus
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
idio-
 Definition
self
Term
ile(o)-
 Definition
ileum
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath
Term
ischi(o)-
 Definition
hip
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
-ist
 Definition
one who specializes in
Term
jejun(o)-
 Definition
jejunum(empty)
Term
juxta-
 Definition
adjacent;near
Term
kerat(o)-
 Definition
cornea;scarred tissue
Term
kine(t)(o)-
 Definition
movement
Term
labi-
 Definition
lip
Term
lacri-
 Definition
tears
Term
 Definition
Term
lact-
 Definition
milk
Term
lapar(o)-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
laryn(o)-
 Definition
larynx
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
leuk-
 Definition
white
Term
lex(o)-
 Definition
word;phrase
Term
lip-
 Definition
fat
Term
lith(o)-
 Definition
stone
Term
-logy
 Definition
science of
Term
lord(o)-
 Definition
bent
Term
-lysis
 Definition
dissolve
Term
macro-
 Definition
big
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
mamm(o)-
 Definition
breast
Term
mast(o)-
 Definition
breast
Term
meat(o)-
 Definition
opening
Term
medi-
 Definition
middle
Term
melan(o)-
 Definition
black
Term
meno-
 Definition
menstruation
Term
ment-
 Definition
mind
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle
Term
meta-
 Definition
after
Term
-meter
 Definition
measuring device
Term
mio-
 Definition
less,smaller
Term
mito-
 Definition
threadlike
Term
mono-
 Definition
single
Term
morph-
 Definition
shape
Term
multi-
 Definition
many
Term
myc(o)-
 Definition
fungus
Term
myel(o)-
 Definition
marrow;spinal cord
Term
 Definition
Term
myx-
 Definition
mucos
Term
narc-
 Definition
numb
Term
naso-
 Definition
nose
Term
necro-
 Definition
dead
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
 Definition
Term
nephro-
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro-
 Definition
nerve
Term
 Definition
Term
oc-
 Definition
against
Term
ocul(o)-
 Definition
eye
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-ole
 Definition
small
Term
oligo-
 Definition
small
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
oo-
 Definition
egg
Term
-or
 Definition
mouth
Term
orchi-
 Definition
testes
Term
ortho-
 Definition
normal
Term
-ory
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ose
 Definition
full of
Term
oste(o)-
 Definition
bone
Term
ot(o)-
 Definition
ear
Term
ovo-
 Definition
egg
Term
ox(o)-
 Definition
oxygen
Term
pachy-
 Definition
thick
Term
par-
 Definition
give birth to
Term
para-
 Definition
near or abdominal
Term
path(o)-
 Definition
disease
Term
-pathy
 Definition
abnormality
Term
ped-
 Definition
children
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
phag-
 Definition
to eat
Term
pharmac(o)
 Definition
medicine
Term
pharyng(o)-
 Definition
pharynx
Term
-phil
 Definition
an affinity for
Term
 Definition
Term
phleb(o)-
 Definition
vein
Term
-phobe
 Definition
dread
Term
phot(o)-
 Definition
light
Term
-plasty
 Definition
reconstruction of
Term
platy-
 Definition
flat
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
pleur(o)-
 Definition
rib;side;pleura
Term
-pnea
 Definition
to breathe
Term
pod-
 Definition
foot
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation of
Term
 Definition
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
-praxia
 Definition
movement
Term
pre-
 Definition
before
Term
pro-
 Definition
favoring;supporting
Term
proct-
 Definition
anus
Term
 Definition
Term
prote(o)-
 Definition
protein
Term
psych(o)-
 Definition
mental
Term
pulmo(n)-
 Definition
lung
Term
pyel(o)-
 Definition
kidney
Term
py(o)-
 Definition
pus
Term
pyr(o)-
 Definition
heat
Term
quad-
 Definition
four
Term
re-
 Definition
again
Term
rect-
 Definition
straight
Term
ren(o)-
 Definition
kidney
Term
rete-
 Definition
network
Term
retro-
 Definition
behind
Term
rhin-
 Definition
nose
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
excessive flow
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow
Term
rub(r)-
 Definition
red
Term
sangui-
 Definition
blood
Term
schiz(o)-
 Definition
split
Term
scler(o)-
 Definition
hard
Term
scolio-
 Definition
crooked
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument to examine
Term
-sect
 Definition
to cut
Term
semi-
 Definition
partly
Term
sensi-
 Definition
feeling;perception
Term
sep-
 Definition
decay
Term
serrate-
 Definition
saw-tooth
Term
-sis
 Definition
process
Term
soma-
 Definition
body
Term
somn(i)(o)-
 Definition
sleep
Term
 Definition
Term
sphygm(o)-
 Definition
pulse
Term
spondyl(o)-
 Definition
vertebra
Term
squamo-
 Definition
scale
Term
steat(o)-
 Definition
fat
Term
steno-
 Definition
narrow
Term
stere(o)-
 Definition
three dimensional
Term
steth(o)-
 Definition
chest
Term
-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening
Term
sub-
 Definition
below
Term
sym-;syn-
 Definition
joined
Term
-taxis
 Definition
movement
Term
tele-
 Definition
far
Term
tens-
 Definition
stretch
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
therm-
 Definition
heat
Term
thrombo-
 Definition
clot
Term
-tomy
 Definition
cut
Term
tox-
 Definition
poison
Term
trache(o)-
 Definition
trachea
Term
trans-
 Definition
across
Term
 Definition
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
trich-
 Definition
hair
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
Term
 Definition
Term
-trophy
 Definition
state relating to size
Term
-ula;-ule
 Definition
small
Term
ultra-
 Definition
excess
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
-uria
 Definition
urine
Term
uro-
 Definition
pertaining to urine
Term
vas-
 Definition
vessel
Term
ven(i)(o)-
 Definition
vein
Term
vermi-
 Definition
worm
Term
vit-
 Definition
life
Term
zygo-
 Definition
join