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Medical Terminology 4
Common medical roots, prefixes, and suffixes
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06/09/2012
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equin/o
 Definition
horse
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-er
 Definition
one who
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erg/o
 Definition
work
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erethism/o
 Definition
irritation
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erythem/o
 Definition
flushed; redness
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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eschar/o
 Definition
scab
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-esis
 Definition
action; condition; state of
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eso-
 Definition
inward
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esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
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esthes/o
 Definition
nervous sensation
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esthesi/o
 Definition
nervous sensation
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-esthesia
 Definition
nervous sensation
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estr/o
 Definition
female
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ethm/o
 Definition
sieve
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eti/o
 Definition
cause
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eu-
 Definition
good; normal
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-eurysm
 Definition
widening
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ex-
 Definition
out; away from
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exanthemat/o
 Definition
rash
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exo-
 Definition
out; away from
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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faci/o
 Definition
face
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-facient
 Definition
to cause, make happen
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fasci/o
 Definition
fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
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febr/i
 Definition
fever
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femor/o
 Definition
femur (thigh bone)
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-ferent
 Definition
to carry
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ferr/i, ferr/o
 Definition
iron
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fet/o
 Definition
fetus
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
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fibros/o
 Definition
fibrous connective tissue
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fibul/o
 Definition
fibula
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-fication
 Definition
process of making
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-fida
 Definition
split
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fil/i, fil/o, filament/o
 Definition
threat, threadlike
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five
 Definition
pent-, penta-, quinque-
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flav/o
 Definition
yellow
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flex/o
 Definition
to bend
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fluor/o
 Definition
luminous
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follicul/o
 Definition
follicle; small sac
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fore-
 Definition
before, in front
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-form
 Definition
resembling; in the shape of
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four
 Definition
quadri, tetra-
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frig/o, frigid/o
 Definition
cold
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funct/o
 Definition
performance
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fung/i
 Definition
fungus; mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll)
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furc/o
 Definition
forking; branching
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fusc/o
 Definition
dark brown
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-fusion
 Definition
to pour; to come together
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galact/o
 Definition
milk
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ganglion/o
 Definition
ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gel/o
 Definition
to freeze, congeal
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gemell/o
 Definition
twins
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-gen
 Definition
substance that produces
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-genesis
 Definition
producing; forming
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-genic
 Definition
produced by or in
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geni/o
 Definition
chin
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genit/o
 Definition
reproduction
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ge/o
 Definition
earth, soil
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ger/o
 Definition
old age
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geront/o
 Definition
old age
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gest/o
 Definition
pregnancy
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gester/o
 Definition
pregnancy
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gigant/o
 Definition
huge
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gingiv/o
 Definition
gum
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glauc/o
 Definition
gray
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gli/o
 Definition
glial cells; neuroglial cells
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-globulin
 Definition
protein
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glomerul/o
 Definition
glomerulus
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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gluc/o
 Definition
glucose; sugar
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glyc/o
 Definition
glucose; sugar
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glycogen/o
 Definition
glycogen; animal starch
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glycos/o
 Definition
glucose; sugar
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gnath/o
 Definition
jaw
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gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
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gon/o
 Definition
seed
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gonad/o
 Definition
sex glands
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goni/o
 Definition
angle
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-grade
 Definition
to go
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-gram
 Definition
record
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granul/o
 Definition
granule(s)
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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graph/o
 Definition
writing
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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gravid/o
 Definition
pregnancy
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-gravida
 Definition
pregnant woman
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gynec/o
 Definition
woman; female
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gyr/o
 Definition
circle, spiral
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half
 Definition
demi, hemi, semi
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hallucin/o
 Definition
hallucination
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hapl/o
 Definition
simple, single
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helc/o
 Definition
ulcer
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heli/o
 Definition
sun
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-helminth
 Definition
worm
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hem/o
 Definition
blood
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hemoglobin/o
 Definition
hemoglobin
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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heredo-
 Definition
heredity
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herni/o
 Definition
hernia
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-hexia
 Definition
habit
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hidr/o
 Definition
sweat
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hirsut/o
 Definition
hairy
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hirund/i
 Definition
leech
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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histi/o
 Definition
tissue
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holo-
 Definition
entire, complete
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home/o
 Definition
sameness; unchanging; constant
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hormon/o
 Definition
hormone
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hymen/o
 Definition
hymen
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humer/o
 Definition
humerous
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hydr/o
 Definition
water
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hygr/o
 Definition
moisture
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hyper-
 Definition
above; excessive
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hypn/o
 Definition
sleep
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