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05/10/2009
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Term
a (an)
 Definition
without, not
Term
ab
 Definition
of, off, away from
Term
acro
 Definition
extremity
Term
ad
 Definition
to toward
Term
adeno
 Definition
gland or glandular
Term
adipo
 Definition
fat
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aer, aero
 Definition
related to air or oxygen
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ala, alaris
 Definition
wing (pertaining to wing)
Term
alba
 Definition
white
Term
algia
 Definition
pain
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ambi
 Definition
both
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ana
 Definition
again
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angi
 Definition
vessel
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ankon
 Definition
elbow
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ankylo
 Definition
bent
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annular
 Definition
ring
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ante
 Definition
before
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anti
 Definition
against
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aqua
 Definition
water
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arthro
 Definition
joint
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articularis
 Definition
jointed
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auris, auriculo
 Definition
ear, little ear
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auto
 Definition
self
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bi
 Definition
two
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bio
 Definition
live
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blast
 Definition
germ, bud
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blepharo
 Definition
eyelid
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brachi
 Definition
arm
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brachys
 Definition
short
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brady
 Definition
slow
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brevis
 Definition
short
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buccal
 Definition
cheek
Term
bulla
 Definition
blister
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bursa
 Definition
wine skin
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capit
 Definition
head
Term
cant
 Definition
angle, corner
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cardio
 Definition
pertaining to the heart
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cauda
 Definition
tail
Term
cec
 Definition
blind
Term
cephalic, cephalo
 Definition
head
Term
cervix
 Definition
neck
Term
chondros
 Definition
cartilage
Term
clast
 Definition
to break
Term
cleido
 Definition
collar bone
Term
coccyg
 Definition
tail
Term
coele
 Definition
hollow
Term
col, colo
 Definition
colon
Term
commisure
 Definition
joining together
Term
con
 Definition
with, together
Term
concha
 Definition
shell
Term
contra
 Definition
against, opposed
Term
coracoid
 Definition
crow-like
Term
corn
 Definition
horn
Term
cortico
 Definition
bark, shell, rind
Term
corona
 Definition
crown
Term
costal
 Definition
rib
Term
coxa
 Definition
hip
Term
cranium
 Definition
head
Term
cruci, crux
 Definition
cross
Term
crus
 Definition
leg like part
Term
crypt
 Definition
hidden
Term
cubit
 Definition
elbow
Term
cutis
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan
 Definition
dark blue
Term
cyst, cysto
 Definition
bladder
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell, hollow
Term
delta
 Definition
triangular
Term
dent
 Definition
tooth
Term
derma
 Definition
skin
Term
di-
 Definition
double, twice
Term
Dia
 Definition
across, through
Term
didymos
 Definition
twin, testes
Term
distans
 Definition
distant
Term
dolicho
 Definition
long
Term
dorsum
 Definition
back
Term
ducere
 Definition
to draw
Term
duo
 Definition
two
Term
dura
 Definition
hard
Term
dys
 Definition
difficult, impaired
Term
ecto
 Definition
outside
Term
-ectome
 Definition
excision
Term
-eidos, -oid
 Definition
form, like
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood
Term
encephalo
 Definition
head
Term
endo
 Definition
within
Term
entero
 Definition
intestines
Term
epi
 Definition
upon
Term
erythro
 Definition
red
Term
ex
 Definition
out
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extra
 Definition
beyond, outward
Term
ferre
 Definition
to carry
Term
flav
 Definition
yellow
Term
foramen
 Definition
hole
Term
fornix
 Definition
arch or vault like space
Term
fossa
 Definition
trench or channel
Term
fovea
 Definition
pit, depression
Term
gastro
 Definition
stomach
Term
genesis
 Definition
originating, forming
Term
genua
 Definition
knee
Term
ginglymus
 Definition
hinge
Term
gloss
 Definition
tongue
Term
gloutos
 Definition
buttock
Term
gnatho
 Definition
jaw
Term
graph
 Definition
something written
Term
guttur
 Definition
throat
Term
gyn, gene, gyno
 Definition
female
Term
haemo, hemo
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
Term
hepatos, hepar
 Definition
liver
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hetero
 Definition
different
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histo
 Definition
tissue
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homeo
 Definition
alike, unchanging, constant
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homo
 Definition
same
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hyalo
 Definition
glassy, clear
Term
hydro
 Definition
water
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hyper
 Definition
excessive
Term
hypo
 Definition
under
Term
hystero
 Definition
uterus
Term
infra
 Definition
beneath
Term
inter
 Definition
between
Term
intra
 Definition
within
Term
iso
 Definition
equal
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
kerato
 Definition
cornea or horn
Term
kneme
 Definition
leg
Term
kondylos
 Definition
knuckle
Term
korone
 Definition
crown
Term
labia
 Definition
lip
Term
lacrima
 Definition
tear
Term
lact
 Definition
milk
Term
lacun
 Definition
lake, pit
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lamin
 Definition
layer, plate
Term
leuco
 Definition
white
Term
linea
 Definition
line
Term
lingua
 Definition
tongue
Term
lipo
 Definition
fat
Term
lith, -lith
 Definition
stone
Term
-logy
 Definition
word, reason
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lysis
 Definition
destroy
Term
macro
 Definition
large
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macula
 Definition
spot
Term
malleus
 Definition
hammer
Term
mamma
 Definition
breast
Term
masto
 Definition
breast
Term
mater
 Definition
mother
Term
meatus
 Definition
passage
Term
media
 Definition
middle
Term
medulla
 Definition
marrow
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mega,-megaly
 Definition
large
Term
mentum
 Definition
chin
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mesos
 Definition
middle
Term
meta
 Definition
change
Term
meter
 Definition
middle
Term
metra, metro
 Definition
uterus
Term
micro
 Definition
small
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mono
 Definition
single
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morpho
 Definition
form
Term
multi
 Definition
many, much
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myelo-
 Definition
marrow or spinal cord
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myo
 Definition
muscle
Term
nasus
 Definition
nose
Term
natal, -natal
 Definition
birth
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necro
 Definition
dead
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neo
 Definition
new, strange
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nephro
 Definition
kidney
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neuro
 Definition
nerve
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nigra
 Definition
black
Term
occiput
 Definition
back part of head
Term
oculo
 Definition
eye
Term
odont
 Definition
tooth
Term
-oid
 Definition
like
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumer, neoplasm
Term
omos
 Definition
shoulder
Term
ophthalmos
 Definition
eye
Term
orchio
 Definition
testis
Term
origo
 Definition
beginning
Term
orthos
 Definition
straight
Term
os
 Definition
mouth
Term
os
 Definition
bone
Term
osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
oto
 Definition
ear
Term
otomy
 Definition
to cut
Term
ova
 Definition
egg
Term
-oxia
 Definition
oxygen
Term
palma
 Definition
palm
Term
pan
 Definition
all
Term
para
 Definition
beside
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paresis,-paresis
 Definition
incomplete paralysis
Term
parieto
 Definition
wall
Term
path
 Definition
disease
Term
pectoralis
 Definition
breast, chest
Term
pedo
 Definition
foot
Term
peri
 Definition
around
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perone
 Definition
fibula
Term
phago
 Definition
to eat
Term
phalanx
 Definition
line or array of soldiers
Term
photo
 Definition
light
Term
phrenic
 Definition
pertaining to the diaphragm
Term
pia
 Definition
tender
Term
pirum
 Definition
pear
Term
plantare
 Definition
to plant
Term
plasia
 Definition
formation
Term
plegia, -plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
pleuro
 Definition
side, rib
Term
pneumo
 Definition
air, lung
Term
pod
 Definition
foot
Term
pollex
 Definition
thumb
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poly
 Definition
many
Term
porta
 Definition
gate
Term
post
 Definition
after
Term
pre, pro
 Definition
before
Term
procto
 Definition
rectum
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proximus
 Definition
next
Term
pseudo
 Definition
false
Term
ptergion
 Definition
wing
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pulmo
 Definition
lung
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pyo
 Definition
pus
Term
quadr
 Definition
four
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radius
 Definition
spoke
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ram
 Definition
branch
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rect
 Definition
straight
Term
ren
 Definition
kidney
Term
retinaculum
 Definition
rope, cable
Term
retro
 Definition
backwards
Term
rhino
 Definition
nose
Term
rostra
 Definition
beak, nose
Term
rotare
 Definition
to turn
Term
sagitta
 Definition
arrow
Term
sarco
 Definition
flesh
Term
sclera
 Definition
hard
Term
scope
 Definition
see
Term
sect
 Definition
to cut
Term
semi
 Definition
half
Term
sept
 Definition
wall
Term
serra
 Definition
a saw
Term
soma
 Definition
body
Term
sperm
 Definition
seed
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spheno
 Definition
wedge
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splancho
 Definition
viscera
Term
squam
 Definition
scale
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stasis
 Definition
standing still
Term
stetho
 Definition
chest
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-stomy
 Definition
provide opening or mouth
Term
strati
 Definition
layered
Term
stylos
 Definition
pillar, column
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sub
 Definition
under
Term
super, supra
 Definition
over, above
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supinus
 Definition
lying on back, face upward
Term
sym, syn
 Definition
together
Term
systole
 Definition
a drawing together, contracting
Term
tachy
 Definition
rapid
Term
temnien
 Definition
to cut
Term
teno
 Definition
tendon
Term
teres
 Definition
long and round
Term
thermo
 Definition
heat
Term
thrombo
 Definition
clot
Term
toxo
 Definition
poison
Term
-tome, -tomy
 Definition
a cutting
Term
transverses
 Definition
placed crosswise
Term
tri
 Definition
three
Term
troch
 Definition
pulley
Term
-trophic, -trophy
 Definition
nourishing
Term
tuber
 Definition
a swelling, protuberance
Term
tunic
 Definition
covering or coat
Term
tympano
 Definition
drum
Term
ulna
 Definition
the arm
Term
unguis
 Definition
the nail
Term
uro
 Definition
urinary
Term
vaginae
 Definition
sheath
Term
vagus
 Definition
wandering
Term
vaso
 Definition
vessel
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vastus
 Definition
great, vast
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ven
 Definition
vein
Term
venter
 Definition
belly
Term
villus
 Definition
tuft of hair
Term
vita
 Definition
live
Term
vivi
 Definition
alive
Term
xiphos
 Definition
sword
Term
zoo
 Definition
animal
Term
zygo
 Definition
yoke, join
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