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Roots, combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes from Latin used in anatomic terminology.
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
09/06/2011
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Term
a-
 Definition
without, lack of
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
acou-
 Definition
hearing
Term
-ac, -al
 Definition
pertaining to
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ad-
 Definition
to, toward, near to
Term
aden-, adeno-
 Definition
gland
Term
af-
 Definition
toward
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albi-
 Definition
white
Term
-algia
 Definition
painful condition
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an-
 Definition
without, lack of
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andro-
 Definition
male
Term
angi-, angio-
 Definition
vessel
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
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anti-
 Definition
against
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apo-
 Definition
separated from, off
Term
arthr-, arthro-
 Definition
joint
Term
-ary
 Definition
associated with
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-asis, -asia
 Definition
condition or state of
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audio-
 Definition
hearing
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auri-
 Definition
ear
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
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baro-
 Definition
weight, pressure
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bi-
 Definition
twice, double
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-blast
 Definition
germ, bud
Term
brachi-
 Definition
arm
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
buck-
 Definition
cheek
Term
callo-
 Definition
thick
Term
carcin-
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardio-
 Definition
heart
Term
caud-
 Definition
tail
Term
cephal-
 Definition
head
Term
cerebro-
 Definition
brain
Term
chondro-
 Definition
cartilage, gristle
Term
-cide
 Definition
kill
Term
circum-
 Definition
around
Term
-clast
 Definition
break
Term
co-, com-
 Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
Term
cost-
 Definition
rib
Term
crani-
 Definition
skull
Term
cune-
 Definition
wedge
Term
cuti-
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue color
Term
cysti-, cysto-
 Definition
sac, bladder
Term
-cyte, cyto-
 Definition
cell
Term
demi-
 Definition
half
Term
derm-
 Definition
skin
Term
di-, diplo-
 Definition
two
Term
duct-, -duct
 Definition
lead, draw
Term
dur-
 Definition
hard
Term
dys-
 Definition
painful, difficult, bad
Term
e-, ec-, ef-, ex-
 Definition
out, from
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ecto-
 Definition
outside, outer
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
to cut out
Term
ede-, -edem
 Definition
swelling
Term
-el, -elle
 Definition
small
Term
endo-
 Definition
within
Term
entero-
 Definition
intestine
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, on
Term
ex-, exo-
 Definition
outside
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside
Term
-ferent
 Definition
carry
Term
-form
 Definition
resembling, shape of
Term
gastr-, gastro-
 Definition
stomach
Term
-genesis, -genic
 Definition
produce, origin
Term
gloss-, glosso-
 Definition
tongue
Term
glyco-
 Definition
sugar, sweet
Term
gyn-
 Definition
female, woman
Term
hapto-
 Definition
single
Term
hem-, hemato-
 Definition
blood
Term
hepato-
 Definition
liver
Term
hetero-
 Definition
different
Term
hist-, histo-
 Definition
tissue
Term
holo-
 Definition
whole, entire
Term
homo-, homeo-
 Definition
same
Term
hydro-
 Definition
water
Term
hyper-
 Definition
over, above
Term
hypo-
 Definition
below, under
Term
idio-
 Definition
self, distinct
Term
infra-
 Definition
below
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
within
Term
-issimus
 Definition
greatest
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal, same
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
juxta-
 Definition
near
Term
labi-
 Definition
lip
Term
lacto-
 Definition
milk
Term
leuko-
 Definition
white
Term
lip-
 Definition
fat
Term
-logy
 Definition
study
Term
-lysis
 Definition
breaking up, dissolve
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mamm-, mast-
 Definition
breast
Term
medi-
 Definition
middle
Term
melano-
 Definition
black
Term
-mers, -meres
 Definition
parts
Term
meta-
 Definition
after, beyond
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mono-
 Definition
one, single
Term
morph-
 Definition
form, shape
Term
myo-
 Definition
muscle
Term
necro-
 Definition
dead
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
nephro-
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro-
 Definition
nerve
Term
oculo-, ophthalm-
 Definition
eye
Term
odonto-
 Definition
tooth
Term
-ole
 Definition
little
Term
oligo-
 Definition
few, little, deficient
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
oo-
 Definition
egg
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition of
Term
osse-, osteo-
 Definition
bone
Term
oto-
 Definition
ear
Term
para-
 Definition
near, beside
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
pelv-
 Definition
basin
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
phag-
 Definition
eat
Term
phil-
 Definition
have an affinity for
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralyze, stroke
Term
pneumo-
 Definition
air, gas, lungs
Term
-poie, -poiesis
 Definition
make, formation of
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
post-
 Definition
after
Term
pre-
 Definition
before in time, place
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pro-
 Definition
before in time, place
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
quad-
 Definition
fourfold
Term
rami-
 Definition
branch
Term
rect-
 Definition
straight
Term
reno-
 Definition
kidney
Term
retro-
 Definition
backward, behind
Term
sclero-
 Definition
hard
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
serrate-
 Definition
saw-edged
Term
somato-
 Definition
body
Term
steno-
 Definition
narrow
Term
sterno-
 Definition
breast, chest
Term
stria-
 Definition
stripe
Term
sub-
 Definition
under
Term
super-, supra-
 Definition
above, upper
Term
sym-, syn-
 Definition
together, with
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
therm-
 Definition
heat
Term
thorac-
 Definition
chest
Term
thrombo-
 Definition
blood clot
Term
-tomy
 Definition
cut, incise
Term
topo-
 Definition
place, position
Term
trans-
 Definition
across
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
-tropic
 Definition
influencing
Term
tunica-
 Definition
layer, coat
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
-uria
 Definition
urine
Term
vas-
 Definition
vessel
Term
vertebro-
 Definition
spine
Term
villo-
 Definition
hair
Term
viscer-
 Definition
internal organ
Term
zyg-
 Definition
yoked, paired, union
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