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-oid

resembling
-edema

swelling
-ous

pertaining to or charaterized by
oste-

bone
or(o)

mouth
cyan(o)

blue
-ectomy

excision (surgical removal or cutting out )
-rrhage

excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
gynec(o)

female
-tome

an instrument used for cutting
mamm(o)

breast
-malacia

soft; abnormal softening
path(o)

disease
dent(i)

tooth
obstetr(o)

midwife
eponyms

eponys are names for diseases, organs, precdures, or body functions that are derived from the name of a person
-eum

membrane
ger(o)

elderly
lith(o)

stone; calculus
cerebr(o)

brain, cerebrum
ne(o)

new
-plasty

surgical repair
melan(o)

black
hyper-

excessive, more than normal
-lysis

process of lossening, freeing or destroying
tox(o)

poison
-ectasia

dilatation( ditation, enlagement ) or stretching of a structure or part
-tic

pertaining to
ot(o)

ear
-cele

hernia
-emia

condition of the blood
-centesis

surgical puncture to aspiration of fluid
scop(o)

to examine, to view
-tomy

incision ( cutting into tissue)
-rrhea

flow/discharge
alb(o)

white
articul(o)

joint/articulation
-ac

pertaining to
log(o)

knowledge, words
nephr(o)

kidney
derm(a)

skin
ur(o)

urinary tract, urine
algesi(o)

sensitivity to pain
col(o)

colon or large intestine
-stasis

stopping controlling
nat(o)

birth
a-

no,not, without
-rrhexis

rupture
dermat(o)

skin
-stomy

formation of an opening
arthr(o)

joint
caud(o)

tail or toward the tain
circum(o)

around
peri-

around
-itis

inflammation
-logy

study or science of
ren(o)

kidney
-ac

pertaining to
-al

pertaining to
an-

no, not, without
bi(o)

life or living
cardi(o)

heart
crin(o)

to secrete
dent(o)

tooth
odont(o)

teeth
enter(o)

small intestine; intestine
esthesi(o)

feeling or sensation
gastr(o)

stomach
-iatrician

practitioner
-ist

one who
neur(o)

nerve
onc(o)

tumor
-oma

tumor
ophthalm(o)

eye
orth(o)

straight
ped(o)

child (sometimes foot)
psych(o)

mind
radi(o)

radiant energy (sometimes radius)
rhin(o)

nose
nas(o)

nose
-algia

pain
angi(o)

vessel
blephar(o)

eyelid
encephal(o)

brain
chir(o)

hand
cutane(o)

skin
-dynia

pain
-emesis

vomiting
-gram

a record
-graph

instrument for recording
lys(o)

destructuin, dissolving
mast(o)

breast
-penia

deficiency
-pexy

surgical fixation
-rrhaphy

suture (uniting a wound by stiches)
-tripsy

surgical crushing
vas(o)

vessel; ductus deferens
-an

pertaining to
-ary

pertaining to
-eal

pertaining to
-ia

condition
-iasis

condition
-ism

condition or therory
-osis

condition (often an abnormal diseased condition)
-y

state or condition
leuk(o)

white
-ase

enzyme
carcin(o)

cancer
cephal(o)

head
chlor(o)

green
cyt(o)

cell
erythr(o)

red
-ium

membrane
gen(o)

beginning, origin
hist(o)

tissue
-iac

one who suffers
kinesi(o)

movement
leps(o)

seizure
-mania

excessive preocupation
mega-

large, enlarge, or great
metr(o)

measure; uterine tissue
my(o)

muscle
narc(o)

stupor
-opia

vision
-ose

sugar
phag(o)

eat, ingest
phas(o)

speech
-phobia

abnormal fear
plas(o)

formation, development
plast(o)

repair
pleg(o)

paralysis
pod(o)

foot
-ptosis

prolapse(saggin or drooping)
pyr(o)

fire
schiz(o)

split, cleft
scler(o)

hard
therm(o)

heat
troph(o)

nutrition
xanth(o)

yellow
ab-

away from
ad-

toward
ante-

before in time or in place
anti-

against
brady-

slow
contra-

against
dia-

through
diplo-

double
dys-

bad, difficult
ecto-

out, without, away from
ex-

out, without, away from
extra-

out, without, away from
en-

inside
end-

inside
endo-

inside
epi-

above, on
eu-

good, normal
hemi-

half, partly
semi-

half, partly
hypo-

beneath or below normal
in-

not or inside (in)
infra-

beneath, under
inter-

between
intra-

within
ipsi-

same
macro-

large or great
mal-

bad
meso-

middle
micro-

small
mono-

one
pan-

all
para-

near or beside
per-

through or by
poly-

many
post-

After, behind
primi-

first
pre-

before in time or in place
pro-

for, favoring, supporting
quad-

four
tetra-

four
retro-

behind, backard
sub-

beneath, under
super-

above, beyond or excessive
super(o)

above, beyond
supra-

above, beyond
sym-

joined, together
syn-

joined, together
tachy

fast
trans-

across
ultra-

excessive
uni-

one
acr(o)

extremities (arms & legs)
anter(o)

anterior or front
crani(o)

cranium(skull)
dist(o)

distant, far
dors(o)

dorsal, back
herni(o)

hernia
infer(o)

lowermost or below
later(o)

side
medi(o)

middle
proxim(o)

near
som(a)

body
somat(o)

body
tel(e)

distant, far
thorac(o)

thorax(chest)
umbilic(o)

umbilicus
ventr(o)

belly
viscer(o)

viscera
-ant

that which causes
-ate

to cause an action or the result of an action
aut(o)

self
chrom(o)

color
-cidal

killing
-cyte

cell
hem(a)

blood
hemat(o)

blood
hidr(o)

perspiration, sweat
home(o)

sameness, constant
hydr(o)

water
iatr(o)

physician or treatment
idi(o)

individual
is(o)

equal
kary(o)

nucleus
morph(o)

shape; form
myc(o)

fungus
necr(o)

death
nos(o)

disease
phil(o)

attraction
-phylaxis

protection
-poiesis

production
seps(o)

infection
sphere(O)

round
staphyl(o)

grapelike cluster;uvula
strept(o)

twisted
thromb(o)

thrombus; clot
vascul(o)

vessel
aden(o)

gland
ater(o)

artery
ather(o)

yellowish, fatty plaque
coron(o)

crown
de-

down, from, or reversibilty
-ole

small
phleb(o)

vein
ven(o)

vein
pulmon(o)

lungs
sin(o)

sinus
atel(o)

imperfect or incomplete
-ation

process
-capnia

carbon dioxide
embol(o)

embolus
meta-

change; next, as in a series
phren(o)

mind or diaphragm
-pnea

breathing
pneum(o)

lungs or air
-ptysis

spitting
spir(o)

to breathe (sometimes,spiral)
-stenosis

narrowing; stricture
amyl(o)

starch
bil(i)

bile or gall
chol(e)

bile
-dipsia

thirst
glyc(o)

sugar
gluc(o)

glucose
hepat(o)

liver
lact(o)

milk
lip(o)

fat, lipid
-pepsia

digestion
-stalsis

contraction
cyst(o)

badder, cyst, fluid filled sac
noct(i)

night
olig(o)

few, scanty
vesic(o)

bladder or blister
cervic(o)

neck; cervix uteri
hyster(o)

uterus
lapar(o)

abdominal wall
o (o)

ovum
oophor(o)

ovary
orchid(o)

testis
salping(o)

fallopian or uterine tube or auditory tube
top(o)

place or position
uter(o)

uterus
-blast

immature,embryonic form
-cyesis

pregnancy
-gravida

pregnant female
par(o)

bearing offspring
pseudo-

false
ankyl(o)

stiff
-asthenia

weakness
calcane(o)

calcaneus (heel bone)
carp(o)

carpus(wrist)
chondr(o)

cartilage
-clasia

break
cost(o)

costae (ribs)
lumb(o)

lower back
myel(o)

bone marrow or spinal cord
phalang(o)

phalanx (bones of fingers and toes)
spondyl(o)

vertebrae
tars(o)

ankle(sometimes, edge or eyelid)
dacry(o)

tear
-esthesia

sensitivity to pain
kerat(o)

cornea; hard, horny
lacrim(o)

tear
ment(o)

mind
noc(i)

cause harm; injury or pain
ocul(o)

eye
phot(o)

light
adip(o)

fat
cry(o)

cold
heli(o)

sun
onych(o)

nail
-phoresis

transmission
pil(o)

hair
trich(o)

hair
xer(o)

dry
adren(o)

adrenal gland
andr(o)

male or masculine
-physis

growth
trop(o)

to stimulate
dent(o)

tooth
-ic

pertaining to

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med term final

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