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10/08/2009
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without, lack of
Term
ab-
 Definition
from, away
Term
-able
 Definition
capable of
Term
-ac, -ic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
acr-(o)
 Definition
extremities (arms and legs)
Term
ad-
 Definition
to, toward, near
Term
aden-(o)
 Definition
gland, glandular
Term
adren-(o)
 Definition
adrenal gland
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aer-(o)
 Definition
air
Term
-al
 Definition
like, similar, pertaining to
Term
alba-
 Definition
white
Term
alges-(i,ia)
 Definition
pain
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
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ambi-
 Definition
both, both sides
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an-(o,us)
 Definition
anus (opening to rectum)
Term
angi-(o)
 Definition
vessel
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ankyl-
 Definition
crooked, looped, immovable, fixed
Term
ante-(ro)
 Definition
before, in front of, ahead of
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
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append-(i,o)
 Definition
appendix
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arter-(io)
 Definition
artery
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arthr-(o)
 Definition
joint
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-asis
 Definition
condition of
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, lack of strength
Term
ather-(o)
 Definition
fatty, lipid
Term
audi-(o)
 Definition
sound, hearing
Term
aur-
 Definition
ear
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
bi-(s)
 Definition
twice, double, both
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
-blast
 Definition
germ/embryonic cell
Term
blephar-(o)
 Definition
eyelid
Term
brachi-
 Definition
arm
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bronch-(i,o)
 Definition
air tubes in lungs
Term
bucc-(a)
 Definition
cheek
Term
calc-(u,ulus)
 Definition
stone
Term
carcin-(o)
 Definition
cancer, malignancy
Term
cardi-(a,o)
 Definition
pertaining to heart
Term
-cele
 Definition
swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
Term
cent-(i)
 Definition
one hundred
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
cephal-(o)
 Definition
head, pertaining to head
Term
cerebro
 Definition
brain
Term
cerv-(ic)
 Definition
neck, neck of uterus
Term
cheil-(o)
 Definition
lip
Term
chem-(o)
 Definition
drug, chemical
Term
chir-(o)
 Definition
hand
Term
chlor-(o)
 Definition
green
Term
chol-(e,o)
 Definition
bile, gallbladder
Term
chond-(i,r,ri)
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom-(o)
 Definition
color
Term
-cide
 Definition
causing death
Term
circum-
 Definition
around, about
Term
-cise
 Definition
cut
Term
-clysis
 Definition
washing, irrigation
Term
co-(n)
 Definition
with, together
Term
-coccus
 Definition
round
Term
-coele
 Definition
chamber, enlarged space
Term
col-(in,o)
 Definition
colon, bowel, large intestine
Term
colp-(i,o)
 Definition
vagina
Term
contra-
 Definition
against, counter
Term
cost-(a,i,o)
 Definition
rib
Term
crani-(o)
 Definition
pertaining to the skull
Term
-crine
 Definition
secrete
Term
cryo-
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt
 Definition
hidden
Term
cut-
 Definition
skin
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cyan-(o)
 Definition
blue
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cyst-(i,o)
 Definition
bladder, bag, sac
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cyt-(e,o)
 Definition
cell
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