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  1. "cerebr/o
    cerebrum"
  2. "cervic/o
    neck- cervix uteri (neck of uterus)"
  3. "chalic/o
    limestone"
  4. "cheil/o
    lip"
  5. "chem/o
    chemical- drug"
  6. "chlor/o
    green"
  7. "chol/e
    bile- gall"
  8. "cholangi/o
    bile vessel"
  9. "cholecyst/o
    gallbladder"
  10. "choledoch/o
    bile duct"
  11. "chondr/o
    cartilage"
  12. "chori/o
    chorion"
  13. "choroid/o
    choroid"
  14. "chrom/o
    color"
  15. "chromat/o
    color"
  16. "-cide
    killing"
  17. "cine-
    movement"
  18. "cinemat/o
    things that move"
  19. "circum-
    around"
  20. "cirrh/o
    yellow"
  21. "-cision
    a cutting"
  22. "-clasia
    to break- surgical fracture"
  23. "-clasis
    to break- surgical fracture"
  24. "-clast
    to break"
  25. "clavicul/o
    clavicle (collar bone)"
  26. "-cleisis
    closure"
  27. "clon/o
    clonus (turmoil)"
  28. "-clysis
    irrigation- washing"
  29. "coccyg/o
    coccyx (tailbone)"
  30. "cochle/o
    cochlea"
  31. "col/o
    colon"
  32. "colon/o
    colon"
  33. "colp/o
    vagina"
  34. "condyl/o
    condyle"
  35. "coni/o
    dust"
  36. "conjunctiv/o
    conjunctiva"
  37. "-continence
    to hold back"
  38. "contra-
    against- opposite"
  39. "cor/o
    pupil"
  40. "core/o
    pupil"
  41. "corne/o
    cornea"
  42. "coron/o
    heart"
  43. "corp/o
    body"
  44. "corpor/o
    body"
  45. "cortic/o
    cortex"
  46. "cost/o
    ribs"
  47. "crani/o
    cranium (skull)"
  48. "crin/o
    secrete"
  49. "-crine
    secrete"
  50. "cruci/o
    cross"
  51. "cry/o
    cold"
  52. "crypt/o
    hidden"
  53. "-emia
    blood condition"
  54. "emphys/o
    to inflate"
  55. "en-
    in- within"
  56. "encephal/o
    brain"
  57. "end-
    in- within"
  58. "endo-
    in- within"
  59. "enter/o
    intestine (usually small intestine)"
  60. "eosin/o
    dawn (rose-colored)"
  61. "epi-
    above- upon"
  62. "epididym/o
    epididymis"
  63. "epiglott/o
    epiglottis"
  64. "episi/o
    vulva"
  65. "erythem/o
    red"
  66. "erythemat/o
    red"
  67. "erythr/o
    red"
  68. "eschar/o
    scab"
  69. "-esis
    condition"
  70. "eso-
    inward"
  71. "esophag/o
    esophagus"
  72. "esthes/o
    feeling"
  73. "-esthesia
    feeling"
  74. "eti/o
    cause"
  75. "eu-
    good- normal"
  76. "ex-
    out- out from"
  77. "exo-
    outside- outward"
  78. "extra-
    outside"
  79. "faci/o
    face"
  80. "fasci/o
    band - fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)"
  81. "femor/o
    femur (thigh bone)"
  82. "-ferent
    to carry"
  83. "fibr/o
    fiber- fibrous tissue"
  84. "fibul/o
    fibula (smaller bone of lower leg)"
  85. "fluor/o
    luminous- fluorescence"
  86. "galact/o
    milk"
  87. "gangli/o
    ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)"
  88. "gastr/o
    stomach"
  89. "-gen
    forming- producing- origin"
  90. "gen/o
    forming- producing- origin"
  91. "-genesis
    forming- producing- origin"
  92. "genit/o
    genitalia"
  93. "gest/o
    pregnancy"
  94. "gingiv/o
    gum(s)"
  95. "glauc/o
    gray"
  96. "gli/o
    glue- neuroglial tissue"
  97. "-glia
    glue- neuroglial tissue"
  98. "-globin
    protein"
  99. "-iatry
    medicine- treatment"
  100. "mega-
    enlargement"
  101. "megal/o
    enlargement"
  102. "-megaly
    enlargement"
  103. "melan/o
    black"
  104. "men/o
    menses- menstruation"
  105. "mening/o
    meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)"
  106. "meningi/o
    meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)"
  107. "ment/o
    mind"
  108. "meso-
    middle"
  109. "meta-
    change- beyond"
  110. "metacarp/o
    metacarpus (hand bones)"
  111. "metatars/o
    metatarsus (foot bones)"
  112. "-meter
    instrument for measuring"
  113. "metr/o
    uterus (womb)- measure"
  114. "metri/o
    uterus (womb)"
  115. "mi/o
    smaller- less"
  116. "-metry
    act of measuring"
  117. "micr/o
    small"
  118. "micro-
    small"
  119. "mono
    one"
  120. "-morph/o
    form- shape- structure"
  121. "muc/o
    mucus"
  122. "multi-
    many"
  123. "muscul/o
    much muscle"
  124. "mut/a
    genetic change"
  125. "my/o
    muscle"
  126. "myc/o
    fungus (plural- fungi)"
  127. "mydr/o
    widen- enlarge"
  128. "myel/o
    bone marrow- spinal cord"
  129. "myos/o
    muscle"
  130. "myring/o
    tympanic membrane (eardrum)"
  131. "myx/o
    mucus"
  132. "narc/o
    stupor- numbness- sleep"
  133. "nas/o
    nose"
  134. "nat/o
    birth"
  135. "natr/o
    sodium (an electrolyte)"
  136. "necr/o
    death- necrosis"
  137. "neo-
    new"
  138. "nephr/o
    kidney"
  139. "neur/o
    nerve"
  140. "neutr/o
    neutral- neither"
  141. "nid/o
    nest"
  142. "noct/o
    night"
  143. "nucle/o
    nucleus"
  144. "nulli-
    none"
  145. "nyctal/o
    night"
  146. "-pathy
    disease"
  147. "pector/o
    chest"
  148. "ped/i
    foot- child"
  149. "ped/o
    foot- child"
  150. "pedicul/o
    lice"
  151. "pelv/i
    pelvis"
  152. "pelv/o
    pelvis"
  153. "pen/o
    penis"
  154. "-penia
    decrease- deficiency"
  155. "-pepsia
    digestion"
  156. "per-
    through"
  157. "peri-
    around"
  158. "perine/o
    perineum (area between scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus)"
  159. "peritone/o
    peritoneum"
  160. "-pexy
    fixation (of an organ)"
  161. "phac/o
    lens"
  162. "phag/o
    swallowing- eating"
  163. "-phage
    swallowing- eating"
  164. "-phagia
    swallowing- eating"
  165. "phalang/o
    phalanges (bones of fingers and and toes)"
  166. "pharmaceutic/o
    drug- medicine"
  167. "pharyng/o
    pharynx (throat)"
  168. "-phasia
    speech"
  169. "phe/o
    dusky- dark"
  170. "-phil
    attraction for"
  171. "phil/o
    attraction for"
  172. "-philia
    attraction for"
  173. "phim/o
    muzzle"
  174. "phleb/o
    vein"
  175. "-phobia
    fear"
  176. "-phonia
    voice"
  177. "-phoresis
    carrying- transmission"
  178. "-phoria
    feeling (mental state)"
  179. "phot/o
    light"
  180. "phren/o
    diaphragm- mind"
  181. "-phylaxis
    protection"
  182. "-physis
    growth"
  183. "pil/o
    hair"
  184. "pituitar/o
    pituitary gland"
  185. "-plakia
    plaque"
  186. "plas/o
    formation- growth"
  187. "-plasia
    formation- growth"
  188. "-plasm
    formation- growth"
  189. "-plasty
    surgical repair"
  190. "-plegia
    paralysis"
  191. "pleur/o
    pleura"
  192. "-plexy
    stroke"
  193. "rhytid/o
    wrinkle"
  194. "roentgen/o
    x-rays"
  195. "-rrhage
    bursting forth (of)"
  196. "-rrhagia
    bursting forth (of)"
  197. "-rrhaphy
    suture"
  198. "-rrhea
    discharge- flow"
  199. "-rrhexis
    rupture"
  200. "-rrhythm/o
    rhythm"
  201. "rube/o
    red"
  202. "sacr/o
    sacrum"
  203. "salping/o
    tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)"
  204. "-salpinx
    tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)"
  205. "sarc/o
    flesh (connective tissue)"
  206. "-sarcoma
    malignant tumor of connective tissue"
  207. "scapul/o
    scapula (shoulder blade)"
  208. "-schisis
    a splitting"
  209. "schiz/o
    split"
  210. "scler/o
    hardening- sclera (white of eye)"
  211. "scoli/o
    crooked- bent"
  212. "-scope
    instrument for examining"
  213. "-scopy
    visual examination"
  214. "scot/o
    darkness"
  215. "seb/o
    sebum- sebaceous"
  216. "semi-
    one half"
  217. "semin/o
    semen- seed"
  218. "semin/i
    semen- seed"
  219. "sept/o
    septum"
  220. "sequestr/o
    separation"
  221. "ser/o
    serum"
  222. "sial/o
    saliva- salivary gland"
  223. "sider/o
    iron"
  224. "sigmoid/o
    sigmoid colon"
  225. "silic/o
    flint"
  226. "sin/o
    sinus- cavity"
  227. "sinus/o
    sinus- cavity"
  228. "-sis
    state of- condition"
  229. "-social
    society"
  230. "somat/o
    body"
  231. "somn/o
    sleep"
  232. "son/o
    sound"
  233. "-spadias
    slit- fissure"
  234. "-spasm
    involuntary contraction- twitching"
  235. "sperm/i
    spermatozoa- sperm cells"
  236. "sperm/o
    spermatozoa- sperm cells"
  237. "spermat/o
    spermatozoa- sperm cells"
  238. "sphygm/o
    pulse"
  239. "-sphyxia
    pulse"
  240. "ureter/o
    ureter"
  241. "urethr/o
    urethra"
  242. "-uria
    urine"
  243. "urin/o
    urine- urinary tract"
  244. "-us
    condition- structure"
  245. "uter/o
    uterus (womb)"
  246. "uvul/o
    uvula"
  247. "valv/o
    valve"
  248. "vagin/o
    vagina"
  249. "varic/o
    dilated vein"
  250. "vas/o
    vessel- vas deferens- duct"
  251. "vascul/o
    vessel (usually blood or lymph)"
  252. "ven/o
    vein"
  253. "ventr/o
    belly- belly side"
  254. "ventricul/o
    ventricle (of heart or brain)"
  255. "-version
    turning"
  256. "vertebr/o
    vertebrae (backbone)"
  257. "vesic/o
    bladder"
  258. "vesicul/o
    seminal vesicle"
  259. "vest/o
    clothes"
  260. "viscer/o
    internal organs"
  261. "vitr/o
    vitreous body (of eye)"
  262. "vitre/o
    glassy"
  263. "vol/o
    volume"
  264. "voyeur/o
    to see"
  265. "vulv/o
    vulva"
  266. "xanth/o
    yellow"
  267. "xen/o
    foreign- strange"
  268. "xer/o
    dry"
  269. "xiph/o
    sword"
  270. "-y
    condition- process"
  271. "a-
    without- not "
  272. "ab-
    from- away from"
  273. "abdomin/o
    abdomen"
  274. "abort/o
    to miscarry"
  275. "-ac
    pertaining to"
  276. "acid/o
    acid"
  277. "acous/o
    hearing"
  278. "acr/o
    extremity"
  279. "acromi/o
    acromion (projection of scapula)"
  280. "-acusis
    hearing"
  281. "-ad
    toward"
  282. "ad-
    toward"
  283. "aden/o
    gland"
  284. "adenoid/o
    adenoids"
  285. "adip/o
    fat"
  286. "adren/o
    adrenal glands"
  287. "adrenal/o
    adrenal glands"
  288. "aer/o
    air"
  289. "af-
    toward"
  290. "agglutin/o
    clumping- gluing"
  291. "agora-
    marketplace"
  292. "-al
    pertaining to"
  293. "albin/o
    white"
  294. "albumin/o
    albumin (protein)"
  295. "-algesia
    pain"
  296. "-algia
    pain"
  297. "allo-
    other- differing from the normal"
  298. "alveol/o
    alveolus- air sac"
  299. "ambly/o
    dull- dim"
  300. "amni/o
    amnion (amniotic sac)"
  301. "an-
    without- not"
  302. "an/o
    anus"
  303. "ana-
    against- up- back"
  304. "andr/o
    male"
  305. "aneurysm/o
    widened blood vessel"
  306. "angi/o
    vessel (usually blood or lymph)"
  307. "aniso-
    unequal- dissimilar"
  308. "ankyl/o
    stiffness- bent- crooked"
  309. "ante-
    before- in front of"
  310. "anter/o
    anterior- front"
  311. "anthrac/o
    coal- coal dust"
  312. "anti-
    against"
  313. "aort/o
    aorta"
  314. "append/o
    appendix"
  315. "appendic/o
    appendix"
  316. "aque/o
    water"
  317. "-ar
    pertaining to"
  318. "-arche
    beginning"
  319. "arteri/o
    artery"
  320. "arteriol/o
    arteriole"
  321. "arthr/o
    joint"
  322. "culd/o
    cul-de-sac"
  323. "-cusia
    hearing"
  324. "-cusis
    hearing"
  325. "cutane/o
    skin"
  326. "cyan/o
    blue"
  327. "cycl/o
    ciliary body of eye- circular- cycle"
  328. "-cyesis
    pregnancy"
  329. "cyst/o
    bladder"
  330. "cyt/o
    cell"
  331. "-cyte
    cell"
  332. "dacry/o
    tear- lacrimal apparatus (duct- sac- or gland)"
  333. "dacryocyst/o
    lacrimal sac"
  334. "dactyl/o
    fingers- toes"
  335. "de-
    cessation"
  336. "dendr/o
    tree"
  337. "dent/o
    teeth"
  338. "derm/o
    skin"
  339. "-derma
    skin"
  340. "dermat/o
    skin"
  341. "-desis
    binding- fixation (of a bone or joint)"
  342. "di-
    double"
  343. "dia-
    through- across"
  344. "dipl-
    double"
  345. "dipl/o
    double"
  346. "dips/o
    thirst"
  347. "-dipsia
    thirst"
  348. "dist/o
    far- farthest"
  349. "dors/o
    back (of body)"
  350. "duct/o
    to lead- carry"
  351. "-duction
    act of leading- bringing- conducting"
  352. "duoden/o
    duodenum (first part of small intestine)"
  353. "dur/o
    dura mater- hard"
  354. "-dynia
    pain"
  355. "dys-
    bad- painful- difficult"
  356. "-eal
    pertaining to"
  357. "ec-
    out- out from"
  358. "echo-
    a repeated sound"
  359. "-ectasis
    dilation- expansion"
  360. "ecto-
    outside- outward"
  361. "-ectomy
    excision- removal"
  362. "-edema
    swelling"
  363. "ef-
    away from"
  364. "electr/o
    electricity"
  365. "-ema
    state of- condition"
  366. "embol/o
    embolus (plug)"
  367. "-emesis
    vomiting"
  368. "glomerul/o
    glomerulus"
  369. "gloss/o
    tongue"
  370. "glott/o
    glottis"
  371. "gluc/o
    sugar- sweetness"
  372. "glucos/o
    sugar- sweetness"
  373. "glyc/o
    sugar- sweetness"
  374. "glycos/o
    sugar- sweetness"
  375. "gnos/o
    knowing"
  376. "-gnosis
    knowing"
  377. "gonad/o
    gonads- sex glands"
  378. "goni/o
    angle"
  379. "gon/o
    seed (ovum or spermatozoon)"
  380. "-grade
    to go"
  381. "-graft
    transplantation"
  382. "-gram
    record- writing"
  383. "granul/o
    granule"
  384. "-graph
    instrument for recording"
  385. "-graphy
    process of recording"
  386. "-gravida
    pregnant woman"
  387. "gyn/o
    woman- female"
  388. "gynec/o
    woman- female"
  389. "hallucin/o
    hallucination"
  390. "hedon/o
    pleasure"
  391. "hem/o
    blood"
  392. "hemangi/o
    blood vessel"
  393. "hemat/o
    blood"
  394. "hemi-
    one half"
  395. "hepat/o
    liver"
  396. "hetero-
    different"
  397. "hidr/o
    sweat"
  398. "hist/o
    tissue"
  399. "histi/o
    tissue"
  400. "home/o
    same- alike"
  401. "homeo-
    same- alike"
  402. "homo-
    same"
  403. "humer/o
    humerus (upper arm bone)"
  404. "hydr/o
    water"
  405. "hyp-
    under- below- deficient"
  406. "hyper-
    excessive- above normal"
  407. "hyp/o
    under- below- deficient"
  408. "hypn/o
    sleep"
  409. "hypo-
    under- below- deficient"
  410. "hyster/o
    uterus (womb)"
  411. "-ia
    condition"
  412. "-iac
    pertaining to"
  413. "-iasis
    abnormal condition (produced by something specific)"
  414. "iatr/o
    physician- medicine- treatment"
  415. "obstetr/o
    midwife"
  416. "ocul/o
    eye"
  417. "odont/o
    teeth"
  418. "-oid
    resembling"
  419. "-ole
    small- minute"
  420. "olig/o
    scanty"
  421. "-oma
    tumor"
  422. "omphal/o
    navel (umbilicus)"
  423. "onc/o
    tumor"
  424. "onych/o
    nail"
  425. "oophor/o
    ovary"
  426. "opaque ophthalm/o
    obscure"
  427. "ophthalm/o
    eye"
  428. "-opia
    vision"
  429. "-opsia
    vision"
  430. "-opsy
    view of eye"
  431. "opt/o
    vision"
  432. "optic/o
    eye- vision"
  433. "or/o
    mouth"
  434. "orch/o
    testis (plural- testes)"
  435. "orchi/o
    testis (plural- testes)"
  436. "orchid/o
    testis (plural- testes)"
  437. "-orexia
    appetite"
  438. "orth/o
    straight"
  439. "-ory
    pertaining to"
  440. "-ose
    pertaining to- sugar"
  441. "-osis
    abnormal condition- increase (used primarily with blood cells)"
  442. "~osmia
    smell"
  443. "oste/o
    bone"
  444. "ot/o
    ear"
  445. "-ous
    pertaining to"
  446. "ovari/o
    ovary"
  447. "ox/i
    oxygen"
  448. "ox/o
    oxygen"
  449. "-oxia
    oxygen"
  450. "oxy-
    quick- sharp"
  451. "pachy-
    thick"
  452. "palat/o
    palate (roof of mouth)"
  453. "pan-
    all"
  454. "pancreat/o
    pancreas"
  455. "-para
    to bear (offspring)"
  456. "para-
    near- beside- beyond"
  457. "parathyroid/o
    parathyroid glands"
  458. "-paresis
    partial paralysis"
  459. "patell/o
    patella (kneecap)"
  460. "path/o
    disease"
  461. "-pnea
    breathing"
  462. "pneum/o
    air- lung"
  463. "pneumon/o
    air- lung"
  464. "pod/o
    foot"
  465. "-poiesis
    formation- production"
  466. "poikil/o
    varied- irregular"
  467. "poli/o
    gray- gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)"
  468. "poly-
    many- much"
  469. "polyp/o
    small growth"
  470. "-porosis
    porous"
  471. "post-
    after- behind"
  472. "poster/o
    back (of body)- behind- posterior"
  473. "-potence
    power"
  474. "-prandial
    meal"
  475. "pre-
    before- in front of"
  476. "presby/o
    old age"
  477. "primi-
    first"
  478. "pro-
    before- in front of"
  479. "proct/o
    anus- rectum"
  480. "prostat/o
    prostate gland"
  481. "proxim/o
    near- nearest"
  482. "pseudo-
    false"
  483. "psych/o
    mind"
  484. "-ptosis
    prolapse- downward displacement"
  485. "ptyal/o
    saliva"
  486. "-ptysis
    spitting"
  487. "pub/o
    pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone)"
  488. "pulmon/o
    lung"
  489. "pupill/o
    pupil"
  490. "py/o
    pus"
  491. "pyel/o
    renal pelvis"
  492. "pylor/o
    pylorus"
  493. "pyr/o
    fire"
  494. "quadri-
    four"
  495. "rachi/o
    spine"
  496. "radi/o
    radiation- x-ray- radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)"
  497. "radicul/o
    nerve root"
  498. "rect/o
    rectum"
  499. "ren/o
    kidney"
  500. "reticul/o
    net- mesh"
  501. "retin/o
    retina"
  502. "retro-
    backward- behind"
  503. "rhabd/o
    rod-shaped (striated)"
  504. "rhabdomy/o
    rod-shaped (striated) muscle"
  505. "rhin/o
    nose"
  506. "spin/o
    spine"
  507. "spir/o
    breathe"
  508. "splen/o
    spleen"
  509. "spondyl/o
    vertebrae (backbone)"
  510. "squam/o
    scale"
  511. "staped/o
    stapes"
  512. "-stasis
    standing still"
  513. "steat/o
    fat"
  514. "sten/o
    narrowing- stricture"
  515. "-stenosis
    narrowing- stricture"
  516. "stern/o
    sternum (breastbone)"
  517. "steth/o
    chest"
  518. "sthen/o
    strength"
  519. "stigmat/o
    point- mark"
  520. "stomat/o
    mouth"
  521. "-stomy
    forming an opening (mouth)"
  522. "sub-
    under- below"
  523. "sudor/o
    sweat"
  524. "super-
    upper- above"
  525. "super/o
    upper- above"
  526. "supra-
    above- excessive- superior"
  527. "sym-
    union- together- joined"
  528. "syn-
    union- together- joined"
  529. "synapt/o
    synapsis- point of contact"
  530. "synov/o
    synovial membrane- synovial fluid"
  531. "tachy-
    rapid"
  532. "tax/o
    order- coordination"
  533. "-taxia
    order- coordination"
  534. "ten/o
    tendon"
  535. "tend/o
    tendon"
  536. "tendin/o
    tendon"
  537. "-tension
    to stretch"
  538. "test/o
    testis (plural- testes)"
  539. "thalam/o
    thalamus"
  540. "thalass/o
    sea"
  541. "thec/o
    sheath (usually refers to meninges)"
  542. "thel/o
    nipple"
  543. "therapeut/o
    treatment"
  544. "-therapy
    treatment"
  545. "therm/o
    heat"
  546. "thorac/o
    chest"
  547. "-thorax
    chest"
  548. "thromb/o
    blood clot"
  549. "thym/o
    thymus gland"
  550. "-thymia
    mind- emotion"
  551. "thyr/o
    thyroid gland"
  552. "thyroid/o
    thyroid gland"
  553. "tibi/o
    tibia (larger bone of lower leg)"
  554. "-tic
    pertaining to-"
  555. "ai/o
    to pull"
  556. "-ary
    pertaining to"
  557. "asbest/o
    asbestos"
  558. "-asthenia
    weakness"
  559. "astr/o
    debility star"
  560. "-ate
    having the form of- possessing"
  561. "atel/o
    incomplete- imperfect"
  562. "ather/o
    fatty plaque"
  563. "-ation
    process (of)"
  564. "atri/o
    atrium"
  565. "audi/o
    hearing"
  566. "audit/o
    hearing"
  567. "aur/o
    ear"
  568. "auricul/o
    ear"
  569. "auto-
    selt- own"
  570. "ax/o
    axis- axon"
  571. "azot/o
    nitrogenous compounds"
  572. "bacteri/o
    bacteria (singular- bacterium)"
  573. "balan/o
    glans penis"
  574. "bas/o
    base (alkaline- opposite of acid)"
  575. "bi-
    two"
  576. "bil/i
    bile- gall"
  577. "bi/o
    life"
  578. "-blast
    embryonic cell"
  579. "blast/o
    embryonic cell "
  580. "blephar/o
    eyelid"
  581. "brachi/o
    arm"
  582. "brachy-
    short"
  583. "brady-
    slow"
  584. "bronch/o
    bronchus (plural- bronchi)"
  585. "bronchi/o
    bronchus (plural- bronchi)"
  586. "bronchiol/o
    bronchiole"
  587. "bucc/o
    cheek"
  588. "calc/o
    calcium"
  589. "calcane/o
    calcaneum (heel bone)"
  590. "-capnia
    carbon dioxide (CO2)"
  591. "carcin/o
    cancer"
  592. "cardi/o
    heart"
  593. "-cardia
    heart condition"
  594. "carp/o
    carpus (wrist bones)"
  595. "cata-
    down"
  596. "caud/o
    tail"
  597. "cauter/o
    heat- burn"
  598. "cec/o
    cecum"
  599. "-cele
    hernia- swelling"
  600. "-centesis
    surgical puncture"
  601. "cephal/o
    head"
  602. "ceps
    head"
  603. "-ception
    conceiving"
  604. "cerebell/o
    cerebellum"
  605. "-ic
    pertaining to"
  606. "-ical
    pertaining to"
  607. "-ice
    noun ending"
  608. "ichthy/o
    dry- scaly"
  609. "-ician
    specialist"
  610. "-icle
    small- minute"
  611. "-icterus
    jaundice"
  612. "idi/o
    unknown- peculiar"
  613. "-ile
    pertaining to"
  614. "ile/o
    ileum (third part of small intestine)"
  615. "ili/o
    ilium (lateral- flaring portion of hip bone)"
  616. "im-
    not"
  617. "immun/o
    immune- immunity- safe"
  618. "in-
    in- not"
  619. "-ine
    pertaining to"
  620. "infer/o
    lower- below"
  621. "infra-
    below- under"
  622. "inguin/o
    groin"
  623. "insulin/o
    insulin"
  624. "inter-
    between"
  625. "intra-
    in- within"
  626. "-ion
    the act of"
  627. "-ior
    pertaining to"
  628. "irid/o
    iris"
  629. "-is
    noun ending"
  630. "isch/o
    to hold back- block"
  631. "ischi/o
    ischium (lower portion of hip bone)"
  632. "-ism
    condition"
  633. "iso-
    same- equal"
  634. "-ist
    specialist"
  635. "-isy
    state of- condition"
  636. "-itic
    pertaining to"
  637. "-itis
    inflammation"
  638. "-ive
    pertaining to"
  639. "-ization
    process (of)"
  640. "jaund/o
    yellow"
  641. "jejun/o
    jejunum (second part of small intestine)"
  642. "kal/i
    potassium (an electrolyte)"
  643. "kary/o
    nucleus"
  644. "kerat/o
    horny tissue- hard- cornea"
  645. "kern/o
    kernel (nucleus)"
  646. "ket/o
    ketone bodies (acids and acetones)"
  647. "keton/o
    ketone bodies (acids and acetones)"
  648. "kinesi/o
    movement"
  649. "-kinesia
    movement"
  650. "kinet/o
    movement"
  651. "klept/o
    to steal"
  652. "kyph/o
    humpback"
  653. "labi/o
    lip"
  654. "labyrinth/
    labyrinth (inner ear)"
  655. "lacrim/o
    tear- lacrimal apparatus (duct- sac- or gland)"
  656. "lact/o
    milk"
  657. "-lalia
    speech- babble"
  658. "lamin/o
    lamina (part of vertebral arch)"
  659. "lapar/o
    abdomen"
  660. "laryng/o
    larynx (voice box)"
  661. "later/o
    side- to one side"
  662. "lei/o
    smooth"
  663. "leiomy/o
    smooth muscle (visceral)"
  664. "-lepsy
    seizure"
  665. "lept/o
    thin- slender"
  666. "leuk/o
    white"
  667. "lex/o
    word- phrase"
  668. "lingu/o
    tongue"
  669. "lip/o
    fat"
  670. "lipid/o
    fat"
  671. "-listhesis
    slipping"
  672. "-lith
    stone- calculus"
  673. "lith/o
    stone- calculus"
  674. "lob/o
    lobe"
  675. "log/o
    study of"
  676. "-logist
    specialist in the study of"
  677. "-logy
    study of"
  678. "lord/o
    curve- swayback"
  679. "-lucent
    to shine- clear"
  680. "lumb/o
    loins (lower back)"
  681. "lymph/o
    lymph"
  682. "lymphaden/
    lymph gland (node)"
  683. "lymphangi/
    lymph vessel"
  684. "-lysis
    separation- destruction- loosening"
  685. "macro-
    large"
  686. "mal-
    bad"
  687. "-malacia
    softening"
  688. "mamm/o
    breast"
  689. "-mania
    state of mental disorder- frenzy"
  690. "mast/o
    breast"
  691. "mastoid/o
    mastoid process"
  692. "maxill/o
    maxilla (upper jaw bone)"
  693. "meat/o
    opening- meatus"
  694. "medi-
    middle"
  695. "medi/o
    middle"
  696. "mediastin/
    mediastinum"
  697. "medull/o
    medulla"
  698. "-tocia
    childbirth- labor"
  699. "torn/o
    to cut"
  700. "-tome
    instrument to cut"
  701. "-tomy
    incision"
  702. "ton/o
    tension"
  703. "tonsill/o
    tonsils"
  704. "tox/o
    poison"
  705. "-toxic
    poison"
  706. "toxic/o
    poison"
  707. "trabecul/o
    trabecula (supporting bundles of fibers)"
  708. "trache/o
    trachea (windpipe)"
  709. "trans-
    across- through"
  710. "tri-
    three"
  711. "trich/o
    hair"
  712. "trigon/o
    trigone (triangular region at base of bladder)"
  713. "-tripsy
    crushing"
  714. "-trophy
    development- nourishment"
  715. "-tropia
    turning"
  716. "-tropin
    stimulate"
  717. "tubercul/o
    a little swelling"
  718. "tympan/o
    tympanic membrane (eardrum)"
  719. "-ula
    small- minute"
  720. "uln/o
    ulna (lower arm bone on opposite side of thumb)"
  721. "ultra-
    excess- beyond"
  722. "-um
    structure- thing"
  723. "umbilic/o
    umbilicus- navel"
  724. "ungu/o
    nail"
  725. "uni-
    one"
  726. "ur/o
    urine- urinary tract"
Author
teloff
ID
193044
Card Set
med coding abbreviations.csv
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medical abbreviations
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