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Undergraduate 2
09/27/2011
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Term
angio/o
 Definition
blood or lymph vessel
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
ather/o
 Definition
plaque, fatty substance
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
-crasia
 Definition
a mixture or blending
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-emia
 Definition
blood, blood condition
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
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hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood, relating to the blood
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot
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ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous
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immun/o
 Definition
immune, protection, safe
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph, lymphatic tissue
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lymphaden/o
 Definition
lymph gland
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lymphangi/o
 Definition
lymph vessel
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neo- , ne/o
 Definition
new, strange
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, neoplasm
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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phag/o
 Definition
eat, swallow
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-plasm
 Definition
formative material of cells
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh, connective tissue
Term
splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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tox/o
 Definition
poison, poisonous
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchus
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx
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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
 Definition
oxygen
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pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx
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phon/o
 Definition
voice or sound
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pleur/o
 Definition
pleura
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu-
 Definition
lung
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
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somn/o
 Definition
sleep
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spir/o
 Definition
breathing
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tachy-
 Definition
rapid
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thorac/o, -thorax
 Definition
thorax or chest
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain and suffering
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dys-
 Definition
bad, difficult, or painful
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive or increased
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hypo-
 Definition
deficient/decreased
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition or disease
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-ostomy
 Definition
surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
Term

-otomy

 Definition
surgical incision
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
bleeding; most often sudden, severe bleeding
Term
-rrhapy
 Definition
surgical suturing to close a wound
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge; refers to the flow of most bodily fluids
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
abnormal hardening
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
adip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
anter/o
 Definition
front/before
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caud/o
 Definition
tail or lower part of body
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cyt/o

 Definition
cell
Term
endo-
 Definition
within
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exo-
 Definition
out of
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
-ologist
 Definition
specialist
Term
-ology
 Definition
study of
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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-plasia
 Definition
formation
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poster/o
 Definition
back or towards the back
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-stasis
 Definition
control
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ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked, bent, or stiff
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation of bone or joint
Term
kyph/o
 Definition
hump
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lord/o
 Definition
bent backward
Term
-lysis
 Definition

loosening or setting free

 

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breaking down/destruction and may indicate either a pathologic state/therapeutic procedure
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o
 Definition
bone
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scoli/o
 Definition
curved
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spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebrae
Term
synov/o, synovi/o
 Definition
synovial membrane
Term
-um
 Definition
noun ending
Term
bi-
 Definition
two
Term
-cele
 Definition
a hernia
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dys-
 Definition
bad
Term
fasci/o
 Definition
fascia
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fibr/o
 Definition
fibrous connective tissue
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-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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kines/o, kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
tax/o
 Definition
condition
Term
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
 Definition
tendon
Term
ton/o
 Definition
tone
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
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cyst/o
 Definition
bladder
Term
dia-
 Definition
complete or through
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-ectasis
 Definition
enlargement
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glomerul/o
 Definition
glomeruli
Term
lith/o
 Definition
stone
Term
-lysis
 Definition
separation
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
to crush
Term
ur/o
 Definition
urine
Term
ureter/o
 Definition
ureter
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urethr/o
 Definition
urethra
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-uria
 Definition
urination
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an/o
 Definition
anus
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chol/e
 Definition
bile, gall
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
col/o, colon/o
 Definition
colon, large intestine
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
enter/o
 Definition
small intestine
Term
esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach, belly
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
-lithiasis
 Definition
presence of stones
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-pepsia
 Definition
digest, digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
proct/o
 Definition
anus and rectum
Term
rect/o
 Definition
rectum, straight
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sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
Term
caus/o
 Definition
burning
Term
concuss/o
 Definition
shaken together, violently agitated
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contus/o
 Definition
bruise
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensation/feeling
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esthet/o
 Definition
feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
Term
-graphy
 Definition
the process of producing a picture or record
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klept/o
 Definition
to steal
Term
-mania
 Definition
obsessive preoccupation
Term
mening/o
 Definition
membranes, meninges
Term
myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
Term
neur/i, neur/o
 Definition
nerve, nerve tissue
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
Term
psych/o
 Definition
mind
Term
-tropic
 Definition
having an affinity for
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blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
Term
-cusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
irid/o
 Definition
iris (colored part of eye)
Term
kerat/o
 Definition
horny, hard, cornea
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myring/o
 Definition
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye, vision
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision condition
Term
opt/o
 Definition
eye, vision
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ot/o
 Definition
ear, hearing
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phak/o
 Definition
lens of eye
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presby/o
 Definition
old age
Term
retin/o
 Definition
retina, net
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scler/o
 Definition
sclera, white of eye, hard
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trop/o
 Definition
turn, change
Term
tympan/o
 Definition
tympanic membrane, eardrum
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life
Term
derm/o, dermat/o
 Definition
skin
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
hidr/o
 Definition
sweat
Term
hirsut/o
 Definition
hairy, rough
Term
kerat/o
 Definition
horny, hard, cornea
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat, lipid
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black, dark
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
onych/o
 Definition
fingernail or toenail
Term
pedicul/o
 Definition
louse (s), lice (pl)
Term
rhytid/o
 Definition
wrinkle
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seb/o
 Definition
sebum
Term
urtic/o
 Definition
nettle, rash, hives
Term
xer/o
 Definition
dry
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point
Term
adren/o
 Definition
adrenal glands
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crin/o
 Definition
secrete
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
Term
glyc/o
 Definition
glucose, sugar
Term
gonad/o
 Definition
gonad, sex glands
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition, state of
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
Term
parathyroid/o
 Definition
parathyroid glands
Term
pineal/o
 Definition
pineal gland
Term
pituitar/o
 Definition
pituitary gland
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
somat/o
 Definition
body
Term
thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland, soul
Term
thry/o, thyroid/o
 Definition
thyroid gland
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
Term
colp/o
 Definition
vagina
Term
-gravida
 Definition
pregnant
Term
gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
Term
hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
men/o
 Definition
menstruation, menses
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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ov/o
 Definition
egg, ovum
Term
ovari/o
 Definition
ovary
Term
-para
 Definition
to give birth
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
salping/o
 Definition
uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
Term
test/i, test/o
 Definition
testicle, testis
Term
vagin/o
 Definition
vagina
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