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Medical Terminology (1-5)
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Undergraduate 2
01/18/2012
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without, lack of
Term
ir-, ar-
 Definition
no, not
Term
ab-, ef-
 Definition
away from
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ad-, af-
 Definition
to, toward, near
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
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ana-
 Definition
apart, up, back, again
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ante-
 Definition
before, in front of
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anti-
 Definition
against, reversed
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bi-, bin-, di-, diplo-, co-
 Definition
two, twice, double
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cata-
 Definition
down, under, against
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circum-
 Definition
around, about, circle
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com-, con-, co-
 Definition
together, with, both
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contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
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de-
 Definition
away from, remove
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dia-
 Definition
across, complete, between, total, apart, thorough
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dis-
 Definition
apart or away from; reverse
Term
e-
 Definition
out, to remove, protrude
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ec-
 Definition
out from, out
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ecto-
 Definition
on outer side, situated on
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em-, en-
 Definition
in, within
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
upon, on
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ex-, exo-
 Definition
upon, on, outside, on outer side, outer layer, protrude outside
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, over, above, more
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hypo-
 Definition
under, below, deficient, low, less, lessor
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im-, in-
 Definition
in, into, or not
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infra-
 Definition
below, under
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
within
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intro-
 Definition
into, within, in, into
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meta-
 Definition
beyond, after, change
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para-
 Definition
beside, near, beyond
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per-
 Definition
through, excessive, in
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peri-
 Definition
around
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
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pre-, pro-
 Definition
before, in front of
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re-
 Definition
back, again, contrary
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retro-
 Definition
backward, behind
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sub-
 Definition
under, low, beneath
Term
super-, supra-
 Definition
above, upper, upon, excessive
Term
sym-, syn-
 Definition
together, with
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trans-
 Definition
across, through, beyond
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, in excess
Term
-a, -ia, -on, -os, -is, -us, -um, -ium
 Definition
refers to; pertains to
Term
-al, -tic, -ic, -iac, -ious, -ous, -ent
 Definition
pertains to, refers to, concerning
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-an, -ion, -ian
 Definition
pertains to, process of, procedure of
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-ance, -ancy
 Definition
state of, condition of
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-er, -or
 Definition
one who, process of
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-form
 Definition
shape; resembles
Term
-gen; -troph, plas-
 Definition
beginning; produce; development; cause
Term
-gram
 Definition
to record; write
Term
-graph
 Definition
an instrument
Term
-graphy
 Definition
procedure of; process of using an instrument
Term
-ia, -ity
 Definition
quality; condition; state of
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-ible; -ile
 Definition
ability to; capacity of; refers to
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-ician
 Definition
person, belonging to; associated with; one who
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-ics, -tics
 Definition
art of; science of
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-id
 Definition
makes a word an adjective
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-ist
 Definition
a specialist who practices "something"
Term
-ite
 Definition
nature of
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-ion,-tion, -ition, -ation, -iation, -ing, -y
 Definition
procedure of, process of, action of, condition of
Term
-itis, -isy or -icy
 Definition
to express condition of inflammation; infection
Term
-ium, -olus, -iole, -cule, -culus, -cle, -culum, -ellum
 Definition
small; smaller, lesser
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-ize, -ate
 Definition
act like, use, subject to; make into
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-ma (-mata); -men (-mina); -ment, -ure
 Definition
many; multiple "results from health condition"; act of
Term
-oid, -form
 Definition
likeness; resembles
Term
-o/log/y
 Definition
study of; science of; knowledge of
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor; swelling
Term
-osis, -esis, -asis, -iasis, -sis
 Definition
condition; medical condition; disease ; state of
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-ous
 Definition
material; refers to; state of
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-tic
 Definition
relates to, pertains to, refers to
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-ec/tom/y
 Definition
removal of
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-o/pex/y
 Definition
to fixate, position or attach to
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-o/plast/y
 Definition
plastic surgery
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-o/rrhaph/y
 Definition
surgically to suture or repair
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-os/tom/y
 Definition
new permanent opening or mouth
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-o/tom/y
 Definition
cutting into, to open, make incision
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-o/tripsy
 Definition
crushing or destroying
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-o/desis
 Definition
binding or stabilization
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-clasis
 Definition
to break down
Term
-lysis
 Definition
to loosen (free from adhesion)
Term
-cis
 Definition
to cut
Term
-cid
 Definition
to kill
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-stasis
 Definition
to stop or control
Term
-sis
 Definition
medical condition or disease
Term
-age
 Definition
something related to
Term
-iatr/y
 Definition
to treat, heal, or cure
Term
-therap/y
 Definition
to treat or cure
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-sect/ion
 Definition
to cut or make several slices of a body part
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-audi, -audio
 Definition
hear; hearing
Term
bio-
 Definition
to live
Term
cau-, caus-
 Definition
to burn
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-clas; -clast; -clasis
 Definition
to smash; breakdown
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-duct, -doch-
 Definition
canal or to draw
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ecta, ectasis
 Definition
to dilate
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-edem-
 Definition
to swell
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-ethes/ia
 Definition
to feel (physical)
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-phoro-
 Definition
to sense (mental)
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-fiss; -schiz-
 Definition
to split
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-flec, -flex-
 Definition
to bend
Term
flu-; flux-
 Definition
to flow
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-gen
 Definition
to produce, form, develop, or begin
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-iatr-; -iatr/o-; -therap/y
 Definition
to treat; cure
Term
-kine-, -kino-, kinesio-, -praxia
 Definition
to move
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-liga-; -desis
 Definition
to bind
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-o/log/y
 Definition
to study
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-ly-
 Definition
to break up; to dissolve
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-morph-, -morpho-
 Definition
form; shape
Term
olfact-, -osmia
 Definition
to smell
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-op-;-opt-, -opto, -opsy
 Definition
vision; sight; or to see
Term
palpit-
 Definition
to flutter
Term
-par-, -part, -partus, -toci-
 Definition
to labor
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-pep-
 Definition
to digest
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-pexy
 Definition
to fix
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-phag-; -phago-
 Definition
to eat
Term
-phas-
 Definition
to speak; utter
Term
-phil-
 Definition
to like; love; affinity for
Term
-phob-
 Definition
to fear
Term
-phrag-
 Definition
fence off; to wall off
Term
-plas-, -plasm, -plast/y
 Definition
repair; to form; grow
Term
-pleg-
 Definition
to be paralyzed
Term
-pnea
 Definition
to breathe
Term
phono
 Definition
voice or sound
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-poie-
 Definition
to make
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-ptosis
 Definition
to fall; to droop
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-o/rrhagia
 Definition
to burst forth; pour
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-o/rrhaphy
 Definition
to suture
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-o/rrhea
 Definition
to flow; discharge
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-o/rrhexis
 Definition
to rupture
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-therap/y
 Definition
heal; treat; cure
Term
-tomy
 Definition
to cut
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-troph-; -troph/y
 Definition
to nourish; to develop; formation process
Term
-volvo-
 Definition
to turn; twist
Term
-vulvo-
 Definition
to cover
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
brevi-
 Definition
short
Term
cav-
 Definition
hollow
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cryo-
 Definition
cold
Term
crypto-
 Definition
hidden; concealed
Term
dextro-
 Definition
right
Term
diplo-
 Definition
double; twice
Term
dys-
 Definition
difficult; bad; faculty; disordered; painful
Term
eu-
 Definition
normal; good; well
Term
glyco-
 Definition
sugar; sweet
Term
gravid
 Definition
heavy; pregnant
Term
haplo-
 Definition
single; simple
Term
hetero-; heter-
 Definition
other; a relationship to others
Term
homo-; homeo;
 Definition
same
Term
hydro-
 Definition
water; wet
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
latus-; lat-
 Definition
broad; side
Term
longus-
 Definition
long
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malaco-
 Definition
soft
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meso-
 Definition
middle; mid
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minimus-
 Definition
smallest
Term
oligo-
 Definition
few; scanty; little
Term
ortho-
 Definition
straight; normal; correct
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oxy-
 Definition
sharp, quick, acute
Term
pronus-: prono-
 Definition
face down
Term
sclero-
 Definition
hard
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scolio-
 Definition
twisted; crooked
Term
sinistro-
 Definition
left
Term
stasis-
 Definition
stop
Term
steno-
 Definition
narrow
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stalsis
 Definition
contract
Term
tele-; tel-; telo-
 Definition
end; far away
Term
thermo-
 Definition
heat
Term
trachy-
 Definition
rough
Term
xero-
 Definition
dry
Term
Red (5)
 Definition
erythr/o-; ruber/o-; rhod/o-; eosin
Term
White (3)
 Definition
albus; leuc/o-; leak/o-
Term
Brown
 Definition
fulvus
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Blue (2)
 Definition
cyan/o-; livid/o-
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Black (2)
 Definition
melan/o-; nigra
Term
Gray (3)
 Definition
glauc/o; cinerous; polio
Term
Purple (2)
 Definition
purpur/o; porphyr/o
Term
Yellow (4)
 Definition
cirrh/o-; flavus; xanth/o-; luteo-
Term
Eosin
 Definition
rose
Term
Green (2)
 Definition
chlor/o-; viridis
Term
Scarlet (2)
 Definition
coccideus; crimson
Term
Violet
 Definition
violaceus
Term
Lemon
 Definition
citreum
Term
Pink
 Definition
rosaceus
Term
Five
 Definition
quinqu-
Term
six
 Definition
sex-
Term
Nine
 Definition
novem-; ninus-
Term
first (3)
 Definition
primi-; proto-; prot-
Term
second (2)
 Definition
secundi-; secondo-
Term
Third (2)
 Definition
tert-; terti-
Term
centi-
 Definition
one-hundreth part; one hundred
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hecto-; hect-; hecato-
 Definition
100
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sesqui-
 Definition
one and one half
Term
Mega
 Definition
1 million
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micro
 Definition
1 millionth
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Giga
 Definition
1 billion
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nano
 Definition
1 billionth
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pico
 Definition
1 trillionth
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fento
 Definition
one quadrillionth
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
amphi-
 Definition
on both sides
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
Term
anter/o-
 Definition
before
Term
dextr/o-
 Definition
right of
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath or below
Term
retro-
 Definition
after
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sinistro-
 Definition
left of
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per-
 Definition
through; across
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside
Term
par-
 Definition
beside; near; beyond
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond
Term
-cele (4)
 Definition
hernia; swelling; tumor; protrusion
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
dilation
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-iasis
 Definition
condition or disease
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-oid
 Definition
resemble
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-oma
 Definition
tumor or swelling
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-penia
 Definition
decrease, defiency
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating; swalling
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse; falling; dropping
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
burst forth; hemorrhage
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
discharge; flow
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-desis
 Definition
bind; fixate
Term
celio, laparo, ventro
 Definition
belly
Term
andr/o
 Definition
man
Term
angi/o-; vas/o-
 Definition
vessell; lymph; blood
Term
append/o-
 Definition
appendage
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cheil/o-; labi/o-
 Definition
lip
Term
cholecyst/o-
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
choledoch/o-
 Definition
common bile duct
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chondr/o-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
col/o-
 Definition
big intestine
Term
cost/o-; pleur/o-
 Definition
rib
Term
cyst/o-; vesico-
 Definition
bladder
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cuti-
 Definition
skin
Term
duoden/o-
 Definition
twelve (fingers)
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eso/phag/o-
 Definition
toward the eater
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metr/o-
 Definition
uterus
Term
ile/o-
 Definition
twisted
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irid/o; iro-
 Definition
rainbow
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kerat/o-
 Definition
cornea; horny (substance)
Term
lamin/o-
 Definition
thin flat part
Term
mast/o-
 Definition
breast
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myos-
 Definition
muscle
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myos-
 Definition
muscle
Term
myel/o-
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
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myring/o-; tympan/o-
 Definition
eardrum
Term
oophor/o-
 Definition
ovary
Term
orchid/o-; testo-
 Definition
testicle
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ot/o-; aur/i-
 Definition
ear
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pan/creat/o-
 Definition
all/ fleshy
Term
proct/o-
 Definition
rectum; anus
Term
prostat/o-
 Definition
lying before (male gland)
Term
pyel/o-
 Definition
pelvis (kidney pelvis)
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rect/o-
 Definition
straight
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sacro/o-
 Definition
sacrum
Term
salping/-o; doch/o-; duct/o-
 Definition
tube
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leino-
 Definition
spleen
Term
spondyl/o-
 Definition
vertebra (jointed)
Term
stomat/o-; or/o-; os-
 Definition
mouth
Term
ten/o; tend/o-; tendin/o-
 Definition
stretcher (tendon)
Term
thyr/o-
 Definition
shield-like (shape)
Term
cleid/o
 Definition
clavicle
Term
condyl/o
 Definition
knuckle bone
Term
costo-; pleuro;
 Definition
rib
Term
ilio-; ilium
 Definition
flank
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myelo-
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
os-
 Definition
bone orifice; opening or mouth
Term
rachio-
 Definition
spine
Term
sacro-
 Definition
saucer; sacred
Term
spondylo-
 Definition
vertebra
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stomato-
 Definition
mouth
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tendino-
 Definition
tendon
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fascio
 Definition
band
Term
leio
 Definition
smooth
Term
rhabdo
 Definition
striated
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tendo=
 Definition
sinew or tendon
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duro-
 Definition
hard
Term
glio-
 Definition
glue
Term
hystero-
 Definition
neurotic reaction
Term
meningo
 Definition
membrane
Term
myelo-
 Definition
spinal cord
Term
phreno-; -noia
 Definition
mind
Term
pia
 Definition
gentle
Term
schizo-; fiss-
 Definition
divide; split
Term
angio-
 Definition
vessel
Term
arteriolo-; arteriole
 Definition
small
Term
atrio-; atrium
 Definition
chamber
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cyto-
 Definition
cell
Term
lympho-
 Definition
watery
Term
ventriculo-
 Definition
little belly
Term
bronchio
 Definition
trachy-like
Term
laryngo
 Definition
voice box
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pharyngo-
 Definition
throat
Term
phreno
 Definition
diaphragm, mind
Term
pleuro
 Definition
rib, side
Term
chordo-
 Definition
vocal cord
Term
kerato-
 Definition
horny tissue
Term
vesico-; cysto-
 Definition
blister; sac
Term
cutio-
 Definition
little skin
Term
corio-
 Definition
true skin
Term
erythemo-
 Definition
flush, red
Term
maculo-
 Definition
large spot
Term
papulo-
 Definition
pimple
Term
pilo-
 Definition
hair
Term
tricho-
 Definition
hair
Term
pruritus-; psoriasis
 Definition
to itch
Term
rhytido-
 Definition
wrinkle
Term
steato-; adipo-;
 Definition
fat
Term
cholandio-
 Definition
bile duct
Term
chole-
 Definition
bile or gall
Term
chole/cysto
 Definition
bile duct
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cysto-
 Definition
bladder or sac
Term
ileo-
 Definition
twisted
Term
procto-
 Definition
anus/rectum
Term
splanchno-; viscero-
 Definition
organ
Term
lieno-
 Definition
spleen
Term
pyelo-
 Definition
kidney pelvis
Term
uretero-
 Definition
small canal
Term
urethro-
 Definition
canal
Term
vesico; cysto
 Definition
bladder
Term
balano-
 Definition
glans pernis; clitoris
Term
chordo-' cordo-
 Definition
spermaticord
Term
colpo-; vagino-
 Definition
vagina
Term
metro-
 Definition
uterus
Term
oophoro
 Definition
ovary
Term
orchido-; orhio-
 Definition
testes
Term
salpingo-
 Definition
tube (fallopian); canal
Term
thymo-
 Definition
soul/flowery
Term
pinee/al
 Definition
pine cone
Term
pituitary
 Definition
phlegm
Term
gonado-; gono-
 Definition
seed producer
Term
kerato-
 Definition
cornea (horny)
Term
salpingo-
 Definition
tube (eustacian)
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