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a-: without
ab-: away from
abdomin: abdomen
–ac,-al,-an, -ar, ary:
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acu: needle; sharp
ad-: toward
aden: gland
adip: fat
aer: air
albin: white
–algesia: pain; sensitivity
–algia: pain
ambi: both
amni: amnion
an-: without
andr: male
angi: vessel
ante-: before; in front of
antero-:before; in front of
anti-: against
arter: artery
arthr: joint
auto-: self
axill: armpit
bi-: two
bio: life
–blast: immature;
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blephar: eyelid
brachi: arm
brady-: slow
bronch: bronchus
bucc: cheek
carcin: cancer
cardi: heart
carp: wrist
caud: tail
–cele: protrusion
–centesis: puncture to
withdraw fluid
cephal: head
cerebr: cerebrum
cervic: neck
chem: chemical; drug
chlor: green
cholecyst: gall bladder
chondr: cartilage
chrom: color
chron: time
–cide: kill
circum-: around
celi: abdomen
–cise: cut
–cle: small
–coccus: round
col: colon
con-: with, together
contra-: against
coron: heart
cost: rib
crani: skull
cryo-: cold
cutane: skin
cyan: blue
cyst: bladder
cyt: cell
–cyte: cell
dactyl: fingers; toes
de-: down
derm: skin
dermat: skin
dextro- to the right
di-: two
dia-:through, across
dipl: two; double
dips: thirst
dorso-: back
duct: duct
–dynia: pain
dys-: difficult; painful
ec-: out
–ectasis: dilation
–ectomy: surgical removal
–ectopia: displacement
–emia: blood condition
encephal: brain
endo-: within; inner
enter: small intestine
eosin: rosy
epi-: upon; over
–er: one who
erythr: red
–esthesia: feeling;
sensation
92. esophag: esophagus
93. eu-: normal
94. ex-: exit; out from
95. flex: to bend
96. gastr: stomach
97. –gen: that which produces
98. –genesis: creates
99. –genic: producing
100. gloss: tongue
101. glyc: sugar
102. –gram: record or picture
103. –graph: instrument for
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104. –graphy: process of
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105. –gravida: pregnangcy
106. gynec: female
107. hem: blood
108. hemat: blood
109. hemi-: half
110. hepat: liver
111. hetero-: different
112. hist: tissue
113. home: same
114. homo-: same
115. hidr: sweat
116. hydro-: water
117. hyper-: over; above
118. hypo-: under; below
119. hyster: uterus
120. –ia: state
121. –iasis: abnormal
122. –iatric: medicine
123. –ic, -ical, -ior: pertaining to
124. ichthy: scaly
125. ile: ileum
126. im-: not
127. immune: immune
128. in-: not; into
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130. infer-: below
131. inguin: groin
132. inter-: among; between
133. intra-: within, inside
134. –ion: process
135. –ism: state of
136. –ist: one who specializes in
137. –itis: inflammation;
infection
138. –ize: use or take away
139. –kinesia: movement
140. kyph: hump
141. lapar: abdomen
142. –lapse: slide or sag
143. laryng: voice box
144. latero-: side
145. leuk: white
146. lip: fat
147. lingu: tongue
148. –lith: stone
149. –logist: one who studies
150. –logy: study of
151. lord: curve
152. lumb: low back
153. lymph: lymph
154. –lysis: destroy
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macro-: large
mal-: bad; ill
–malacia: softening
mamm: breast
mast: breast
medi-: middle
–megaly: enlargement
melan: black
meso-: middle
meta-: change, beyond
–meter: instrument to
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–metry: process of
measuring
micro-: small
mid-: middle
mono-: one
morph: shape
muc: mucus
multi-: many
my: muscle
myc: fungus
myel: spinal cord
nas: nose
nat: birth
natr: sodium
necr: death
neo-: new
nephr: kidney
neur: nerve
norm: rule; order
nulli-: none
–oid: like; resembling
–ole: small
olig: scanty
–oma: tumor; mass
omphal: navel
onc: tumor
onych: nail
ophthalm: eye
-opia: vision
opt: eye
or: mouth
orch: testes
orth: straight
–ory, -ose, -ous: pertaining
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–osis: abnormal condition
oste: bone
–ostomy: surgically create
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ot: ear
o, ov: egg; ovary
ox: oxygen
pachy-: thick
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para-: beside; near
–paresis: weakness
–parous: give birth
–partum: birth; labor
path: disease
–pathy: disease
ped: child
ped/pod: foot
–penia: few
per-: through
peri-: around
peritone: peritoneum
–pexy: surgical fixation
phag: eat
pharyng: throat
–phasia: speech
–phobia: abnormal fear
–phoria: mental state
phot: light
–physis: to grow
pil: hair
–plasia: growth
–plasm: formation
–plasty: surgical repair
–plegia: paralysis
pleur: pleura
–pnea: breathing
pneumon: lung
poly-: many
post-: after
postero-: behind
pre-: before; in front of
pro-: before; in front of
pseudo-: false
–ptosis: drooping
pulmon: lung
purpur: purple
py: pus
pyret: fever
quad-: four
re-: again, back
rect: rectum
ren: kidney
retro-: backward; behind
rhin: nose
–rrhage: excessive flow
–rrhapy: suture
–rrhea: discharge
–rrhexis: rupture
salping: fallopian tubes
sarc: flesh
–sclerosis: hardening
–scope: instrument for
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260. –scopy: process of viewing
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seps: infection
sinsistro-: left
–sis: condition
somat: body
sonmo: sleep
–spasm: involuntary
muscle contraction
spleen: spleen
–stalsis: constriction
staphyl: clusters
–stasis: stopping
–stenosis: narrowing
sub-: below; under
super-: above; excess
supra-: above
sym-: together
syn-: together
tachy-: rapid; fast
thel: nipple
–therapy: treatment
thorac: chest
thromb: clot
tonsill: tonsils
tox: toxin
trache: wind-pipe
trans-: through, across
tri-: three
trich: hair
–trophy: nourishment;
development
–ule: small
ultra-: beyond, excess
ung: nail
uni-: one
ur: urine
–uria: urine condition
ven: vein
vertebr: vertebra
viscer: internal organ
xanth: yellow
xer: dry