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06/12/2011
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without, no, not
Term
ab-
 Definition
from, absent
Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
acousti
 Definition
hearing
Term
acro-
 Definition
extremity
Term
ad-
 Definition
increase, towards
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
aer-, aer/o
 Definition
air or gas
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
alveo-
 Definition
alveolus
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
ameb-
 Definition
change
Term
amni/o
 Definition
amnion
Term
amphi-
 Definition
both sides
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-an
 Definition
pertaining to
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ana-
 Definition
upward
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an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, forward
Term
andr/o
 Definition
male
Term
ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked, bent
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anter/o
 Definition
front
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anti-
 Definition
against
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antr/o
 Definition
cavity, antrum
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
apheresis
 Definition
removal
Term
appendic/0
 Definition
appendix
Term
apo-
 Definition
away from. not
Term
-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
ateri/o
 Definition
artery
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arteriol/o
 Definition
arteriole
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
astr-
 Definition
star shaped
Term
atel-
 Definition
incomplete, imperfect
Term
ather/o
 Definition
fatty, yellowish plaque
Term
-ation
 Definition
process
Term
atresia
 Definition
occlusion, absence of opening
Term
atri/o
 Definition
atrium
Term
audi/o
 Definition
hearing
Term
aur-
 Definition
ear
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
axill/o
 Definition
axillary, armpit
Term
azot-
 Definition
urea, nitrogen
Term
balan/0
 Definition
penis
Term
basi-
 Definition
base
Term
benign
 Definition
non-cancerous
Term
bi-
 Definition
two, double
Term
billi-
 Definition
bile
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life
Term
blast
 Definition
developing, germ cell
Term
blephar
 Definition
eyelid
Term
brachy
 Definition
short
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bronchiol/o
 Definition
bronchioles
Term
bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchus
Term
bucco-
 Definition
cheek
Term
burso-
 Definition
fluid filled sack
Term
calci-
 Definition
calcium
Term
calcane/o
 Definition
calcaneous
Term
cancer/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
canth/o
 Definition
angle of eyelid
Term
capillar/o
 Definition
capillaries
Term
capit-
 Definition
head
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
carp/o
 Definition
wrist bones
Term
cata-
 Definition
down
Term
cau-
 Definition
?
Term
cauda
 Definition
tail
Term
cec/o
 Definition
blind passage
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, protrusion
Term
celio
 Definition
abdomen
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cerebell/o
 Definition
cerebellum
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck, cervix
Term
cheil
 Definition
lip
Term
cheir-
 Definition
hand
Term
chem/o
 Definition
drug, chemical
Term
chlor-
 Definition
green
Term
chole-
 Definition
bile, gall
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gall bladder
Term
coledoch/o
 Definition
common bile duct
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom/o
 Definition
color
Term
chron/o
 Definition
time
Term
cilia
 Definition
eyelash
Term
-cision
 Definition
cutting
Term
cis/o
 Definition
to cut
Term
clast, classis/ia
 Definition
to break
Term
clavicual/o
 Definition
clavicle
Term
coccus-
 Definition
bacteria, berry shaped
Term
coccyg/o
 Definition
coccyx, tail bone
Term
col/o
 Definition
colon
Term
colon/o
 Definition
colon
Term
colp/o
 Definition
vagina, hollow
Term
comi/o
 Definition
to care for
Term
con-
 Definition
together
Term
coni/o
 Definition
dust
Term
-coniosis
 Definition
condition of dust
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conjunctiv/o
 Definition
conjunctiva
Term
contra-
 Definition
against
Term
cor/o, core/o
 Definition
pupil, part
Term
corne-
 Definition
horny
Term
corni/o
 Definition
cornea
Term
coron/o
 Definition
heart
Term
cortic/o
 Definition
cortex
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
crin/o
 Definition
secrete
Term
-crine
 Definition
to secrete
Term
-crit
 Definition
seperation of
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blueness
Term
cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
cysto/o
 Definition
bladder, sack with fluid
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
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