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10th Grade
04/16/2009
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Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
Denotes an absence of
Term
abdomin(o)-
 Definition
Of or relating to the Abdomen
Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
acanth(o)-
 Definition
thorn or spine
Term
acous(o)-
 Definition
Of or relating to hearing
Term
acr(o)-
 Definition
extremity, topmost
Term
-acusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
-ad
 Definition
toward, in the direction of
Term
ad-
 Definition
increase, adherence, motion toward, very
Term
aden(o)-, aden(i)-
 Definition
Of or relating to a gland
Term
adip(o)-
 Definition
Of or relating to fat or fatty tissue
Term
adren(o)-
 Definition
Of or relating to adrenal glands
Term
-aemia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
aer(o)-
 Definition
air, gas
Term
aesthesio-
 Definition
sensation
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
alb-
 Definition
Denoting a white or pale color
Term
alge(si)-
 Definition
pain
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
alg(i)o-
 Definition
pain
Term
allo-
 Definition
Denoting something as different, or as an addition
Term
ambi-
 Definition
Denoting something as positioned on both sides; Describing both of two
Term
amnio-
 Definition
Pertaining to the membraneous fetal sac (amnion)
Term
an-
 Definition
not, without
Term
an(o)
 Definition
anus
Term
andr(o)-
 Definition
pertaining to a man
Term
angi(o)-
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
aniso-
 Definition
Describing something as unequal
Term
ankyl(o)-, ancyl(o)-
 Definition
Denoting something as crooked or bent
Term
ante-
 Definition
Term
anti-
 Definition
Term
apo-
 Definition
Term
arteri(o)-
 Definition
Term
arthr(o)-
 Definition
Term
articul(o)-
 Definition
Term
-ary
 Definition
Term
-ase
 Definition
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
Term
-ation
 Definition
Term
aur(i)-
 Definition
Term
aut(o)-
 Definition
Term
axill-
 Definition
Term
balano-
 Definition
Term
bi-
 Definition
Term
bio-
 Definition
Term
blast(o)-
 Definition
Term
blephar(o)-
 Definition
Term
brachi(o)-
 Definition
Term
brachy-
 Definition
Term
brady-
 Definition
Term
bronch(i)-
 Definition
Term
bucc(o)-
 Definition
Term
burs(o)-
 Definition
Term
capill-
 Definition
Term
capit-
 Definition
Term
carcin(o)-
 Definition
Term
cardi(o)-
 Definition
Term
carp(o)-
 Definition
Term
cata-
 Definition
Term
-cele
 Definition
Term
-centesis
 Definition
Term
cephal(o)-
 Definition
Term
cerat(o)-
 Definition
Term
cerebell(o)-
 Definition
Term
cerebr(o)-
 Definition
Term
cervic-
 Definition
Term
chem(o)-
 Definition
Term
chir(o)-, cheir(o)-
 Definition
Term
chlor(o)-
 Definition
Term
chol(e)-
 Definition
Term
cholecyst(o)-
 Definition
Term
chondr(i)o-
 Definition
Term
chrom(ato)-
 Definition
Term
-cidal, -cide
 Definition
Term
cili-
 Definition
Term
circum-
 Definition
Term
cis-
 Definition
Term
clast
 Definition
Term
co-
 Definition
Term
col-, colo-, colono-
 Definition
Term
colp(o)-
 Definition
Term
com-
 Definition
Term
contra
 Definition
Term
cor-
 Definition
Term
cor-, core-, coro-
 Definition
Term
cordi-
 Definition
Term
cornu-
 Definition
Term
cost(o)-
 Definition
Term
cox-
 Definition
Term
crani(o)-
 Definition
Term
-crine
 Definition
Term
cry(o)-
 Definition
Term
cutane-
 Definition
Term
cyan(o)-
 Definition
Term
cycl-
 Definition
Term
cyph(o)-
 Definition
Term
cyst(o)-, cyst(i)-
 Definition
Term
cyt(o)-
 Definition
Term
-cyte
 Definition
Term
dacrio-
 Definition
Term
dactyl(o)-
 Definition
Term
de-
 Definition
Term
dent-
 Definition
Term
dermat(o)-, derm(o)-
 Definition
Term
-desis
 Definition
Term
dextr(o)-
 Definition
Term
di-
 Definition
Term
di-
 Definition
Term
dia-
 Definition
Term
dif-
 Definition
Term
digit-
 Definition
Term
dis-
 Definition
Term
dors(o)-, dors(i)-
 Definition
Term
duodeno-
 Definition
Term
dynam(o)-
 Definition
Term
-dynia
 Definition
Term
dys-
 Definition
Term
-eal
 Definition
Term
ec-
 Definition
Term
ect(o)-
 Definition
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
Term
-emesis
 Definition
Term
-emia
 Definition
Term
encephal(o)-
 Definition
Term
endo-
 Definition
Term
enter(o)-
 Definition
Term
epi-
 Definition
Term
episi(o)-
 Definition
Term
erythr(o)-
 Definition
Term
-esophageal, -esophago
 Definition
Term
esthesio-
 Definition
Term
eu-
 Definition
Term
ex-
 Definition
Term
exo-
 Definition
Term
extra-
 Definition
Term
faci(o)-
 Definition
Term
fibr(o)
 Definition
Term
filli-
 Definition
Term
-form, -iform
 Definition
Term
front-
 Definition
Term
galact(o)-
 Definition
Term
gastr(o)-
 Definition
Term
-gen
 Definition
Term
-genic
 Definition
Term
genu-
 Definition
Term
gingiv-
 Definition
Term
glauc(o)-
 Definition
Term
gloss(o)-, glott(o)-
 Definition
Term
gluco-
 Definition
Term
glyco-
 Definition
Term
gnath(o)-
 Definition
Term
gon(o)-
 Definition
Term
-gram
 Definition
Term
-graph
 Definition
Term
-graphy
 Definition
Term
gyn(aec)o- (BrE), gyn(ec)o- (AmE)
 Definition
Term
halluc-
 Definition
Term
hemat-, haemato- (haem-, hem-)
 Definition
Term
hema or hemo-
 Definition
Term
hemi-
 Definition
Term
hepat- (hepatic-)
 Definition
Term
heter(o)-
 Definition
Term
hidr(o)-
 Definition
Term
hist(o)-, histio-
 Definition
Term
home(o)-
 Definition
Term
hom(o)-
 Definition
Term
humer(o)-
 Definition
Term
hydr(o)-
 Definition
Term
hyper-
 Definition
Term
hyp(o)-
 Definition
Term
hyster(o)-
 Definition
Term
-ia(sis)
 Definition
Term
iatr(o)-
 Definition
Term
-iatry
 Definition
Term
-ic
 Definition
Term
-icle
 Definition
Term
-ics
 Definition
Term
idio-
 Definition
Term
ileo-
 Definition
Term
infra-
 Definition
Term
inter-
 Definition
Term
intra-
 Definition
Term
irid(o)-
 Definition
Term
ischio-
 Definition
Term
-ism
 Definition
Term
-ismus
 Definition
Term
iso-
 Definition
Term
-ist
 Definition
Term
-ite
 Definition
Term
-itis
 Definition
Term
-ium
 Definition
Term
karyo-
 Definition
Term
kerat(o)-
 Definition
Term
kin(e)-, kin(o), kinesi(o)-
 Definition
Term
koil(o)-
 Definition
Term
kyph(o)-
 Definition
Term
labi(o)-
 Definition
Term
lacrim(o)-
 Definition
Term
lact(i)-, lact(o)
 Definition
Term
lapar(o)-
 Definition
Term
laryng(o)-
 Definition
Term
latero-
 Definition
Term
lei(o)-
 Definition
Term
-lepsis, -lepsy
 Definition
Term
lept(o)-
 Definition
Term
leuc(o)-, leuk(o)-
 Definition
Term
lingu(a)-, lingu(o)-
 Definition
Term
lip(o)-
 Definition
Term
lith(o)-
 Definition
Term
log(o)-
 Definition
Term
-logist
 Definition
Term
-logy
 Definition
Term
lymph(o)-
 Definition
Term
lys(o)-, -lytic
 Definition
Term
-lysis
 Definition
Term
macr(o)-
 Definition
Term
-malacia
 Definition
Term
mamm(o)-
 Definition
Term
mammill(o)-
 Definition
Term
manu-
 Definition
Term
mast(o)-
 Definition
Term
meg(a)-, megal(o)-, megaly
 Definition
Term
melan(o)-
 Definition
Term
mening(o)-
 Definition
Term
mes(o)-
 Definition
Term
meta-
 Definition
Term
-meter
 Definition
Term
-metry
 Definition
Term
metr(o)-
 Definition
Term
micro-
 Definition
Term
mon(o)-
 Definition
Term
morph(o)-
 Definition
Term
muscul(o)-
 Definition
Term
my(o)-
 Definition
Term
myc(o)-
 Definition
Term
myel(o)-
 Definition
Term
myring(o)-
 Definition
Term
myx(o)-
 Definition
Term
narc(o)-
 Definition
Term
nas(o)-
 Definition
Term
necr(o)-
 Definition
Term
neo-
 Definition
Term
nephr(o)-
 Definition
Term
nerv-
 Definition
Term
neur(i)-, neur(o)-
 Definition
Term
normo-
 Definition
Term
ocul(o)-
 Definition
Term
odont(o)-
 Definition
Term
odyn(o)-
 Definition
Term
-oesophageal, oesophago-
 Definition
Term
-oid
 Definition
Term
ole
 Definition
Term
olig(o)-
 Definition
Term
om(o)-
 Definition
Term
-oma (singular), -omata (plural)
 Definition
Term
omphal(o)-
 Definition
Term
onco-
 Definition
Term
onych(o)-
 Definition
Term
oo-
 Definition
Term
oophor(o)-
 Definition
Term
ophthalm(o)-
 Definition
Term
optic(o)-
 Definition
Term
or(o)-
 Definition
Term
orchi(o)-, orchido-
 Definition
Term
orth(o)-
 Definition
Term
-osis
 Definition
Term
osseo-
 Definition
Term
ossi-
 Definition
Term
ost(e)-, oste(o)-
 Definition
Term
ot(o)-
 Definition
Term
-ous
 Definition
Term
ovari(o)-
 Definition
Term
ovo-, ovi-, ov-
 Definition
Term
oxo-
 Definition
Term
oxy-
 Definition
Term
pachy-
 Definition
Term
palpebr-
 Definition
Term
pan-, pant(o)-
 Definition
Term
papill-
 Definition
Term
papul(o)-
 Definition
Term
para-
 Definition
Term
-paresis
 Definition
Term
path(o)-
 Definition
Term
-pathy
 Definition
Term
ped-, -ped-, -pes
 Definition
Term
pelv(i)-, pelv(o)-
 Definition
Term
-penia
 Definition
Term
peo-
 Definition
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
Term
per-
 Definition
Term
peri-
 Definition
Term
-pexy
 Definition
Term
phaco-
 Definition
Term
-phage, -phagia
 Definition
Term
phago-
 Definition
Term
-phagist:
 Definition
Term
-phagy
 Definition
Term
phallo-
 Definition
Term
pharmaco-
 Definition
Term
pharyng(o)-
 Definition
Term
-phil(ia)
 Definition
Term
phleb(o)-
 Definition
Term
phob(o)-
 Definition
Term
phon(o)-
 Definition
Term
phos-
 Definition
Term
phot(o)-
 Definition
Term
phren(i)-, phren(o)-, phrenico
 Definition
Term
-plasia
 Definition
Term
-plasty
 Definition
Term
-plegia
 Definition
Term
pleur(o)-, pleur(a)
 Definition
Term
-plexy
 Definition
Term
pneum(o)-
 Definition
Term
pneumat(o)-
 Definition
Term
pod-, -pod-, -pus
 Definition
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
Term
polio-
 Definition
Term
poly-
 Definition
Term
por(o)-
 Definition
Term
porphyr(o)-
 Definition
Term
post-
 Definition
Term
pre-
 Definition
Term
presby(o)-
 Definition
Term
prim-
 Definition
Term
pro-
 Definition
Term
proct(o)-
 Definition
Term
prot(o)-
 Definition
Term
psych(e)-, psych(o)
 Definition
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
Term
pulmon-, pulmo-
 Definition
Term
pyel(o)-
 Definition
Term
pyo-
 Definition
Term
pyro-
 Definition
Term
quadr(i)-
 Definition
Term
rachi(o)-
 Definition
Term
radio-
 Definition
Term
re-
 Definition
Term
rect(o)-
 Definition
Term
ren(o)-
 Definition
Term
reticul(o)-
 Definition
Term
retro-
 Definition
Term
rhabd(o)-
 Definition
Term
rhin(o)-
 Definition
Term
rhod(o)-
 Definition
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
Term
-rrhoea
 Definition
Term
rubr(o)-
 Definition
Term
salping(o)-
 Definition
Term
sangui-, sanguine-
 Definition
Term
sarco-
 Definition
Term
schist(o)-
 Definition
Term
schiz(o)-
 Definition
Term
scler(o)-
 Definition
Term
scoli(o)-
 Definition
Term
-scope
 Definition
Term
-scopy
 Definition
Term
semi-
 Definition
Term
sial(o)-
 Definition
Term
sigmoid(o)-
 Definition
Term
sinistr(o)-
 Definition
Term
sinus-
 Definition
Term
-sis
 Definition
Term
sito-
 Definition
Term
somat(o)-, somatico-
 Definition
Term
spasmo-
 Definition
Term
sperma-, spermo-, spermato-
 Definition
Term
splanchn(i)-, splanchn(o)-
 Definition
Term
splen(o)-
 Definition
Term
spondyl(o)-
 Definition
Term
squamos(o)-
 Definition
Term
-stasis
 Definition
Term
-staxis
 Definition
Term
sten(o)-
 Definition
Term
steth(o)-
 Definition
Term
stheno-
 Definition
Term
stom(a)
 Definition
Term
stomat(o)-
 Definition
Term
-stomy
 Definition
Term
sub-
 Definition
Term
super-
 Definition
Term
supra-
 Definition
Term
sy(l)-, sym-, syn-, sys-
 Definition
Term
tachy-
 Definition
Term
-tension, -tensive
 Definition
Term
thel(e)-, thel(o)-
 Definition
Term
thely-
 Definition
Term
therm(o)-
 Definition
Term
thorac(i)-, thorac(o)-, thoracico-
 Definition
Term
thromb(o)-
 Definition
Term
thyr(o)-
 Definition
Term
-tic
 Definition
Term
toco-
 Definition
Term
-tome
 Definition
Term
-tomy
 Definition
Term
tono-
 Definition
Term
-tony
 Definition
Term
top(o)-
 Definition
Term
tox(i)-, tox(o)-, toxico-
 Definition
Term
trache(o)-
 Definition
Term
trachel(o)-
 Definition
Term
trans-
 Definition
Term
trich(i)-, trichia, trich(o)-
 Definition
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
Term
-trophy
 Definition
Term
-trophy
 Definition
Term
tympan(o)-
 Definition
Term
-ula, -ule
 Definition
Term
ultra-
 Definition
Term
umbilic-
 Definition
Term
ungui-
 Definition
Term
un(i)-
 Definition
Term
ur(o)-
 Definition
Term
uri(c)-, urico-
 Definition
Term
urin-
 Definition
Term
uter(o)-
 Definition
Term
vagin-
 Definition
Term
varic(o)-
 Definition
Term
vas(o)-
 Definition
Term
vasculo-
 Definition
Term
ven-
 Definition
Term
ventr(o)-
 Definition
Term
vesic(o)-
 Definition
Term
viscer(o)-
 Definition
Term
xanth(o)
 Definition
Term
xen(o)-
 Definition
Term
-y
 Definition
Term
zo(o)-
 Definition
Term
zym(o)-
 Definition
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