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09/13/2012
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Term
lute-
cirrh-
jaund-
xanth-
 Definition
yellow
Term
nas-
rhin-
 Definition
nose
Term
arthr-
 Definition
joint
Term
crypt-
occult-
 Definition
hidden
Term
primi-
 Definition
first
Term
chlor-
 Definition
green
Term
spir-
pnea-
 Definition
breath, breathing
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
acetabul-
 Definition
hip socket
Term
-lepsy
-leptic
 Definition
seizure
Term
pyo-
 Definition
pus
Term
ger-
presby-
 Definition
old, aging
Term
pseud-
 Definition
false
Term
-somni-
 Definition
sleep
Term
hyster-
metr-
uter-
 Definition
uterus, womb
Term
-emia
hem-
hemat-
 Definition
blood
Term
cau-
 Definition
burn
Term
lympth-
 Definition
watery fluid
Term
para-
proxim-
 Definition
beside, near, nearest
Term
gyn-
-gynec-
 Definition
female
Term
diplo-
gemin-
 Definition
twin, double
Term
-an
-ian
 Definition
belonging to, associated with
Term
peps-
pept-
 Definition
digest, digestion
Term
bucco-
 Definition
cheek
Term
a-
an-
ana-
 Definition
without, not
Term
chloe-
bili-
 Definition
gall, bile
Term
encephal-
cerebr-
 Definition
brain
Term
chondr-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
-malacia
 Definition
soft, softening
Term
-otomy
 Definition
cut into, incision
Term
trans-
dia-
 Definition
through, across
Term
cephal-
capit-
 Definition
head
Term
dys-
mal-
malig-
 Definition
bad, harmful, act viciously, difficult
Term
lapar-
celio-
 Definition
abdomen, abdominal wall
Term
hepat-
 Definition
liver
Term
hemi-
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
pilo-
trich-
 Definition
hair
Term
pneum-
pulmon-
-pulmonic
 Definition
lung, air
Term
-pexy
 Definition
fixation, suspension
Term
-algia
-algesia
-dyn-
 Definition
pain
Term
angi-
vaso-
phleb-
-ven
 Definition
vein, vessel
Term
hyper-
super-
supra-
 Definition
above, over, excessive, more than normal
Term
hydro-
aqua-
 Definition
water
Term
plano-
 Definition
wandering
Term
pan-
hol-
 Definition
all, entire, whole
Term
iris
 Definition
rainbow
Term
ocul-
ophthalm-
opt-
 Definition
eye
Term
-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
Term
hyp-
infra-
sub-
infer-
 Definition
under, beneath, below normal
Term
-lysis
lyso-
 Definition
destructive, loosening, seperation
Term
cervic-
 Definition
neck
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition, any condition
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomitting
Term
mamm-
mast-
 Definition
breast
Term
calcane-
 Definition
heel bone
Term
-physis
-plasia
 Definition
growth
Term
cec-
 Definition
blind passage
Term
nephr-
ren-
pyel-
 Definition
kidney
Term
orchi-
orchid-
test-
 Definition
testes
Term
myring-
tympan-
 Definition
eardrum
Term
gaster-
gastro-
 Definition
stomach
Term
-scop-
 Definition
look, observe, instrument to view or examine
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue
Term
dent-
-odont-
 Definition
teeth, tooth
Term
gloss-
lingua-
 Definition
tounge
Term
-centesis
 Definition
puncture
Term
albin-
leuk-
alba
 Definition
white
Term
or-
-stoma-
 Definition
mouth, opening
Term
cheil-
labi-
 Definition
lips
Term
-iasis
-ity
 Definition
condition of, formation of
Term
xeno-
 Definition
foreign matter
Term
endo-
intra-
in-
en-
em-
 Definition
in, inside, within
Term
cardi-
cor-
 Definition
heart
Term
-tropi-
 Definition
act upon, influence
Term
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-ic
-ical
-ory
-ous
-tic
 Definition
relating to, pertaining to
Term
leio-
 Definition
smooth
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflamation
Term
-ologist
 Definition
speacialist
Term
gingiv-
 Definition
gum
Term
crani-
 Definition
skull
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, growth, swelling
Term
-plast-
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
aden-
 Definition
gland
Term
-enter-
 Definition
intestines
Term
belphar-
palpebr-
 Definition
eyelid
Term
-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
Term
-oid
 Definition
like, resembling
Term
cyst-
 Definition
sac containing fluid
Term
path-
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
octa-
octi-
octo-
 Definition
eight
Term
adip-
lip-
 Definition
fat
Term
my-
muscul-
 Definition
muscle
Term
-lith-
 Definition
stone
Term
anti-
contra-
 Definition
against, counter
Term
lob-
 Definition
section
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, in addition to
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
mani-
 Definition
madness, mental disturbance
Term
-icle
-ole
micro-
-ule
-ulim
-ulus
 Definition
small
Term
-ology
 Definition
study of
Term
ano-
proct-
 Definition
anus
Term
-cost
 Definition
rib
Term
psycho-
ment-
 Definition
mind
Term
-gram
 Definition
record, write
Term
acro-
 Definition
extremities, height
Term
gen-
 Definition
forming, origin, producing
Term
retro-
 Definition
backward
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
rub, friction, crush
Term
-zyme
-zymo
 Definition
ferment, breakdown
Term
ptosis-
 Definition
falling, drooping, prolapse
Term
-rraphy
 Definition
suture, suturing in place
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
create an opening
Term
carcin-
 Definition
cancer
Term
valgus
 Definition
bend outward
Term
varus
 Definition
bend inward
Term
myxoma
 Definition
soft tumor
Term
-cyt
 Definition
cell
Term
audi-
acoust-
 Definition
hearing, sound
Term
rug-
 Definition
wrinkle, fold, crease
Term
ost-
 Definition
bone
Term
spondyl-
rachi-
 Definition
spine, spinal column, vertebrae
Term
mening-
 Definition
membrane, meninges
Term
-steno
strict-
 Definition
narrow, contracted, to draw tight
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
sensation, feeling
Term
-trophy
 Definition
development, growth
Term
oto-
aur-
-otia
-otic
 Definition
ear
Term
squam-
 Definition
scale
Term
macul-
 Definition
spot, stain
Term
cantho-
 Definition
angle at the end of the eyelid
Term
benign
 Definition
mild, not cancerous
Term
semen
 Definition
seed
Term
semin
 Definition
semen
Term
cauda-
 Definition
tail
Term
onco-
-oma
 Definition
mass, tumor, swelling
Term
physio-
 Definition
nature
Term
colp-
vagin-
 Definition
hollow, vagina
Term
ovar-
ova-
 Definition
egg, eggs
Term
ptyal-
sial-
 Definition
saliva
Term
thalam-
 Definition
inner chamber
Term
alveol-
burs-
 Definition
cavity, socket, sac
Term
histo-
 Definition
tissue
Term
salpingo-
 Definition
fallopian tubes
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal, same
Term
ped-
pod-
 Definition
feet, foot
Term
-cise
sect-
 Definition
to cut, divide, remove completely
Term
dacry-
lacrim-
 Definition
tear
Term
kerat-
-scler-
 Definition
hard, hardening, horn like tissue
Term
phag-
-phagia
 Definition
to eat, swallow
Term
eryther-
erythr-
rube-
 Definition
red
Term
oophor-
 Definition
ovary
Term
melan-
 Definition
black
Term
cine-
kine-
mot-
 Definition
move, movement
Term
pleur-
 Definition
rib side, membrane
Term
later-
 Definition
to the side
Term
gavag-
 Definition
feed, gorge
Term
phob-
-phobia
 Definition
fear, fear of
Term
myel-
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
Term
-ite
 Definition
compound
Term
osmo-
-osmia
olfact-
 Definition
odor, smell
Term
phac-
-phak-
 Definition
eye, lens
Term
pico-
tera-
 Definition
one trillion
Term
-agon
 Definition
assemble, bring together
Term
multi-
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
neuro-
 Definition
nerve
Term
thromb-
 Definition
lump, clot
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from, not
Term
thel-
 Definition
nipple
Term
cilia-
 Definition
hair like, eyelash
Term
atel-
 Definition
incomplete, imperfect
Term
macro-
-megaly
 Definition
large, enlarge, enlargement
Term
hidro-
 Definition
sweat, sweat gland
Term
lal-
-phasia
 Definition
language, speech
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
syn-
syl-
sym-
zygo-
-desis
 Definition
affixed, joined, together, binding
Term
lumbo-
 Definition
loins, lower back
Term
anter-
ventr-
 Definition
belly side, front
Term
cryo-
 Definition
cold
Term
centi-
 Definition
hundred (100)
Term
brachi-
 Definition
arm
Term
brachy-
-brevi-
 Definition
short
Term
clas-
-clast
fract-
 Definition
break, breaking, destructive cell
Term
duct-
 Definition
tube
Term
-rrhage
-rrhagia
-rrhexis
 Definition
burst, rupture, break
Term
-meta-
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, change, excessive
Term
dis-
dist-
dif-
 Definition
apart, far
Term
-morph
-adnexa-
 Definition
change shape or form
Term
necr-
cadav-
 Definition
dead, death, corpse
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, normal
Term
scol-
 Definition
curved, bent
Term
post-
poster-
dors-
 Definition
back, behind, after
Term
amphi-
peri-
circum-
 Definition
around, both sides, about
Term
mi-
 Definition
less
Term
pachy-
 Definition
thick
Term
orth-
 Definition
straight
Term
schiz-
-schisis
 Definition
split, splitting, cleft
Term
heter-
 Definition
other, different
Term
bi-
di-
bis-
 Definition
twice, two (2)
Term
hom-
 Definition
same kind
Term
pect-
steth-
thorac-
-thorax
 Definition
chest
Term
fiss-
 Definition
crack, split open
Term
fac-
 Definition
make, do
Term
-lepto-
 Definition
slender
Term
-iatry
 Definition
treatment, cure, medicine
Term
sta-
-stasis
 Definition
standing still
Term
ton-
tens-
 Definition
tone, tension, pressure, stretch
Term
volv-
-volute
 Definition
to roll, move, turn around
Term
kilo-
 Definition
one thousand
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
med-
medi-
meso-
 Definition
middle
Term
xer-
sicc-
 Definition
dry
Term
-blast
blasto-
 Definition
bud, embryonic cell, developing cell
Term
bio-
vita-
 Definition
life
Term
cav-
cavit-
 Definition
hollow, hole
Term
-ferent
 Definition
carry to
Term
in-
im-
 Definition
not, in
Term
nona-
noni-
 Definition
nine (9)
Term
-ol
 Definition
oil
Term
reticul-
 Definition
netlike
Term
mono-
uni-
haplo
 Definition
one, alone, single (1)
Term
co-
con-
com-
 Definition
with, together, completely
Term
re-
 Definition
back, contrary, opposite
Term
flex-
flect-
vert-
-verse
 Definition
to bend, to turn
Term
azo-
az-
 Definition
containing nitrogen
Term
narc-
narcot-
 Definition
numbness, stupor, lethargy
Term
ichthyo-
 Definition
scaly, dry skin
Term
nox-
nos-
 Definition
harmful, disease, detrimental to health
Term
pelv-
 Definition
pelvis, pelvic bone
Term
-arche
 Definition
beginning
Term
gravid-
-gravida-
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
tars-
tort-
strept-
 Definition
twist, turn
Term
tux-
-toxic
 Definition
poison
Term
scoto-
 Definition
darkness
Term
embry-
 Definition
first stage, development, to grow
Term
acute-
 Definition
immediate, sudden, onset
Term
amni-
 Definition
amnion (fluid, sac)
Term
chrom-
 Definition
color
Term
olig-
 Definition
scanty, little
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast, rapid
Term
idio-
 Definition
seperate, unknown, peculiar
Term
ec-
ex-
ecto-
exo-
extra-
 Definition
out, away from, outside
Term
vesic-
 Definition
bladder
Term
core-
pupil-
-coria
 Definition
pupil
Term
-gnosis
 Definition
knowledge, knowing
Term
-nata-
 Definition
birth
Term
chron-
 Definition
time, duration, long term
Term
fund-
 Definition
base
Term
noct-
 Definition
night
Term
onycho-
 Definition
nail
Term
pent-
quint-
 Definition
five (5)
Term
pub-
 Definition
grown up, adult, pubis
Term
ur-
-uria
 Definition
urine, urinary
Term
ob-
 Definition
against, opposed, in the way, died
Term
quad-
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
psor-
 Definition
itch
Term
strat-
 Definition
layered
Term
stria-
 Definition
striped
Term
ambul-
 Definition
walk, walking
Term
rect-
 Definition
straight, section
Term
-atresia
atreto-
 Definition
abnormal occlusion, lacking an opening
Term
-crin-
 Definition
secrete, secretion
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
Term
lax-
 Definition
without tension
Term
-drome
 Definition
running, continuous, on going
Term
coni-
granul-
 Definition
small particles, dust, grain
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
laryng-
 Definition
larynx, voice box
Term
myco-
mycet-
 Definition
fungus, waxie
Term
-loid
 Definition
scar like
Term
spiro-
 Definition
coil, coiled
Term
-phon-
 Definition
voice, sound
Term
-prandial
 Definition
meal
Term
-plex-
 Definition
braid, braided, interweaving
Term
-la
-ism
-y
 Definition
any condition, state of, act of
Term
dendr-
-dendria
ram-
 Definition
tree, branching, twig-like
Term
umblic-
 Definition
naval, belly button
Term
helio-
 Definition
sun, light
Term
-aster-
 Definition
star shaped
Term
fasci-
 Definition
band, sheet, bundle of fibrous tissue
Term
tarso-
 Definition
edge of the upper eyelid
Term
tars-
 Definition
instep of the foot
Term
-plak-
 Definition
plate, flat plane
Term
viginti-
 Definition
twenty
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, loss of strength
Term
cheir-
chiro-
 Definition
hand
Term
mut-
 Definition
inability to speak, genetic change
Term
digit-
-phal-
 Definition
finger, toe
Term
phall-
balan-
 Definition
penis, glans penis
Term
top-
topo-
-topia
loc-
 Definition
place, placement, location
Term
-tuse
 Definition
to beat, bruise, dull, blunt
Term
gangli-
nod-
nodul-
 Definition
swelling, knot-like mass, bump
Term
colla-
gilo-
 Definition
glue, gelatin like
Term
omni-
 Definition
all, all-powerful
Term
phot-
-photic
 Definition
light, specific light level
Term
mechan-
 Definition
machine
Term
deca-
 Definition
ten
Term
episi-
 Definition
vulva
Term
grad-
 Definition
walk forward, move toward
Term
tax-
-taxia
-taxis
-taxy
 Definition
order, specified arangement
Term
fem-
femor-
 Definition
thigh bone
Term
cune-
 Definition
wedge shaped
Term
dynam-
-dynamia
 Definition
force, power, strength
Term
traumat-
-trauma
 Definition
wound, sudden injury
Term
-maxil-
 Definition
upper jaw bone
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
-vuls-
 Definition
twitch, pull
Term
-nema-
mito-
 Definition
thread, thread-like
Term
chip-
 Definition
small pieces
Term
fet-
 Definition
fruitful
Term
cutane-
derm-
pell-
teg-
-oment
-tegument
 Definition
covering, skin
Term
xipho-
 Definition
sword, pointed
Term
-plegia
-plegic
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-crit
 Definition
to seperate
Term
hyaline
 Definition
clear, glass like
Term
tumor
 Definition
swelling, growth
Term
vestibule
 Definition
entrance
Term
puer-
 Definition
child
Term
-sarc-
 Definition
flesh
Term
glom-
 Definition
small ball
Term
per-
 Definition
penetrate, throughout, completely
Term
-pharmac-
-pharmic
 Definition
drugs, medicine
Term
eury-
 Definition
to widen, broaden
Term
fibr-
 Definition
fiber, filament
Term
phrag-
-phragm
 Definition
fense, barrier
Term
deci-
 Definition
one tenth
Term
humer-
 Definition
upper arm bone
Term
inguin-
 Definition
groin
Term
palat-
 Definition
plate, roof of the mouth
Term
-ize
 Definition
subject to, use
Term
-ad-
 Definition
to, towards, in addition to
Term
troph-
-trophic
 Definition
food, nourishment
Term
-cide
-cidal
 Definition
destroy, killing
Term
kal-
 Definition
potassium
Term
dips-
-dipsia
 Definition
drink, thirst
Term
etio-
 Definition
cause
Term
seps-
-sepsi
 Definition
decay, infection
Term
skelet-
 Definition
framework, dried up
Term
hex-
sext-
 Definition
six
Term
juxta-
 Definition
near, adjoining
Term
kypho-
 Definition
hump
Term
null-
 Definition
none
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
development, formation, production
Term
septo-
hept-
 Definition
seven
Term
carp-
 Definition
wrist
Term
folli-
 Definition
bag, pouch-like
Term
petr-
petro-
 Definition
immobile, motionless, stone-like
Term
gam-
-gamy
 Definition
marriage
Term
fossa
 Definition
dip, pit, depression
Term
phyt-
-phyte
 Definition
plant, plants
Term
-ergy
 Definition
action, effect, result
Term
ambly-
 Definition
dull, dim
Term
-philia
 Definition
attraction to
Term
stern-
 Definition
beast bone
Term
athero-
 Definition
fatty plaque
Term
eosin-
 Definition
dawn, rose colored
Term
lact-
galact-
 Definition
milk
Term
-viscer-
 Definition
internal organs
Term
gonad-
 Definition
sex glands
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
anis-
poikilo-
 Definition
unequal, varied, dissimilar, asymmetry
Term
-mycin
 Definition
antibiotics
Term
eso-
 Definition
inward, interior
Term
colo-
-colonic
 Definition
colon
Term
acu-
 Definition
needle
Term
andr-
 Definition
man
Term
nev-
 Definition
birthmark, mole
Term
tephr-
glauco-
 Definition
ash-colored, gray
Term
pyre-
pyro-
-pyrexia
therm-
febrile
 Definition
fever, heat, fire
Term
toco-
-tocia
 Definition
childbirth, labor
Term
gluc-
glyc-
 Definition
sugar, sweetness
Term
rhabdo-
bacill-
 Definition
rod-shaped
Term
sphygmo-
 Definition
pulse
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
radic-
rhiz-
 Definition
nerve root
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