-
1. A-
- without or lack of
- a/men/orrhea
- without or lack of/monthly/flow
-
2. AB-
- away (away from)
- ab/norm/al
- away (away from)/normal or regular/refers to
- ab/ducens
- away/draw or lead
-
3. -ABLE
- capable of or ability to
- erg/able
- work/capable of
- related term(s): -IBLE
-
4. ABORT/IO-
- to miscarry (natural or induced)
- abort/ion
- to miscarry (natural or induced)/procedure of or process of
- (discharge of the embry/o 'early' or fet/us 'young' deliberate or not)
-
5. ABRUPT/IO-
- to tear away from
- abruptus placentae
- to tear away from (separate quickly) / cake
-
6. ABSCESS
- a going away
- abscess
- a going away
- (tissue disintegration & displacement: 'Staph' infection forming pus)
-
7. ACNE
- pointed
- Acne/form
- pointed/shape
- (ACNE is a bacterial inflammation of the hair follicle and sebaceous 'oil' gland. Similar infections may cause acne or form lesions)
-
8. ACOUST/I-
- hearing
- acoust/ic
- hearing/refers to
- related term(s): AUDI-
-
9. ACR/O-
- extremities, height, and pointed
- acro/megal/y
- extremities/enlarged/refers to
- acro/phob/ia
- height/fear/refers to
- acr/om/ial
- extremity/shoulder/refer to
-
(lateral triangle spine-like projection of shoulder blade forming the point of shoulder & articulating with clav/icle 'key little' or collarbone)
-
10. ACTIN/O-
- sun, ray, radium
- actino/myco/sis
- sun, ray, radium/fungus/condition (growth)
-
11. ACU-
- sharp
- acu/ity
- sharp/process of
- (seeing sharply or clearly)
- acute
- quick, sudden, sharply
-
12. -AC
- refers to, pertains to, or state of
- cardi/ac
- heart/refers to, pertains to, or state of
- related term(s): -AL, -AR, -ARY, -ATE, -EUM, -IAC, -IC, -ICAL, -ILE, -IS, -IUM, -ORY, -OUS, -UM, -US
-
13. AD-
- near or beside
- ad/ren/al
- near or beside/kidney/refers to
- (the ad/ren/al gland is located on top of kidney)
-
14. ADEN/O-
- gland
- aden/ectomy
- gland/removal
- (the following are common glands: lymph nodes, oil, sweat, and endocrine)
-
15. ADIP/O-
- fat
- adip/oma
- fat/tumor
- (adip/oma is also known as lip/oma)
- related term(s): steato-, lipo-
-
16. AER/O-
- air or gas
- aero/cele
- air or gas/distension of cavity (like a tumor)
-
17. AF-
- toward
- af/ferent
- toward/to carry
- (nerve or blood flow toward a structure)
-
18. ALB/O-
- white
- albin/ism
- white/state of
- (albo-, leuco-, leuko- all mean white)
-
19. ALGES/I-
- pain
- an/alges/ic
- without/pain/refers to
- related term(s): -AGRA, -ALGIA, DOLO-, -DYNIA
-
20. -ALGIA
- pain
- neur/algia
- nerve/pain
- related term(s): -AGRA, ALGESIA-, DOLO-, -DYNIA
-
21. ALOPEC/I-
- fox mange or baldness
- alopec/ia
- fox mange or baldness/refers to
-
22. ALVEOL/I-
- cavity
- alveol/us
- small hollow or cavity (tooth socket and lung air sack)/refers to
- related term(s): SIN/O-
-
23. AMBI-
- both
- ambi/later/al
- both/sides/refers to
- ambi/dextr/ous
- both/right (dominant hand)/refers to or state of
- (dextero = right, sinistro = left)
-
24. AMBUL/O-
- to walk
- ambul/atory
- to walk or walking/process of
-
25. AMPHI-
- both
- amphi/arthr/osis
- both sides/joint/condition of
-
26. AMYLO-
- starch
- amyl/uria
- starch/in urine
- amyl/ase
- starch/enzyme
-
27. AN-
- lack of or without
- an/orex/ia
- lack of or without/appetite/refers to
-
28. AN/O-
- ring
- an/al
- ring (sphincter of anus)/refer to
-
29. ANA-
- apart or up
- ana/tom/y
- apart or up/cut/procedure of or process of
- ana/phase
- up/stage
- (mitosis stage when chromosomes move up or apart)
-
30. ANGI/O-
- vessel
- angi/oma
- vessel/swelling or tumor
- related term(s): VAS/O-
-
31. ANGIN/O-
- Vessel
- angin/a
- (Refers to a vessel condition of choking or blocking of blood flow to the heart muscle. which usually results in chest discomfort or pain.)
-
32. ANKYL/O-
- fuse or bind
- ankylo/spondylo/itis
- fuse or bind, stiff, crooked/spine/inflammation
-
33. ANTE-
- before
- ante/nat/al
- before/birth/pertain to
- ante/pyrect/ic
- before/fever/refers to
-
34. ANTER/O-
- before or foremost
- anter/ior
- before or foremost (in front)/refers to
-
35. ANTHRAX
- coal or carbuncle
- anthr/ax
- coal or carbuncle/a lesion
- (Types of Anthrax: Cerebral, Pulmonary, Cutaneous, and/or Intestinal)
- alternate spelling: ANTHR/O-
-
36. ANTI-
- against
- anti/sept/ic
- against/infection/refers to
- anti/bio/tic
- against/life/refers to
-
37. ANEURYSM-
- dilation or ballooning
- aneurysm/oplasty
- dilation or ballooning (usually blood vessel)/surgical repair
-
38. -APHERESIS
- to remove or separate (blood into parts)
- leuk/aphere/sis
- WBC/to remove or separate (blood into parts)/condition of
- (separate blood into component parts or remove toxins)
-
39. APO-
- above or upon
- apo/plex/y
- above or upon/paralyzed/process of
-
40. AQUA-
- water
- aqua/therap/y
- water/treat/process or procedure
- related term(s): HYDRO-
-
41. ARACHINO-
- spider
- arach/oid
- spider/resembles
- related term(s): ARACHN/O-
-
42. ARCHE/O-
- first
- arche/type
- first or original/form or shape (it produces other forms)
-
43. -ARIA
- air
- mal/aria
- bad/air
- (determined to be caused by protozoa carried by mosquitos)
-
44. ARTERI/O-
- artery
- arterio/gram
- artery/recording
- arterio/scler/osis
- artery/hard/condition
- arter/iol/oma
- artery/small/swelling
-
45. ARTHR/O-
- joint
- arthro/scop/ic
- joint/viewing or examining/pertains to
-
46. ARTICUL/O-
- jointed
- articula/tion
- jointed/process of
- (the place of union between two or more bones)
-
47. -AR
- refers to or pertains to
- patell/ar
- little dish (kneecap)/refers to
- Related Term(s): -AC, -AL, -ARY, -ATE, -EUM, -IAC, -IC, -ICAL, -ILE, -IS, -IUM, -ORY, -OUS, -UM, -US
-
48. ASCAR/I-
- worm
- ascari/asis
- worm/condition of
- (round nematode worm usually infecting intestines)
- helminthiasis (worm condition); vermiform (worm/shape)
- related term(s): HELMINTH/O-, VERMI-
-
-
50. -ASTHENIA
- weakness
- my/asthenia
- muscle/without strength; or having weakness
- neur/asthenia
- nerve/weakness
-
51. ASTHMA-
- panting
- asthma/tic
- panting/refers to
-
52. ATELO-
- incomplete, without end, imperfect ending
- atelo/spir/osis
- incomplete, without end, imperfect ending/breathing/condition of
-
53. ATHERO-
- porridge or yellow fat
- athero/scler/osis
- porridge or yellow fat/harden (in lumen of blood vessels)/condition or disease
- (athero/scler/osis kills 45% of U.S. population)
-
54. -ATION
- process of or procedure of
- circul/ation
- circle/process of
- (blood moving from heart and returning)
-
cardio/graph/y
- heart/instrument to record/procedure of
- related term(s): -AGE, -IATION, -ING, -ION, -TION, -Y
-
55. -ATRESIA
- closure
- ven/atresia
- vein/closure
- (abnormal closure of body opening-occlusion)
-
56. ATRI/O-
- chamber
- atri/um
- chamber/refers to
- (corridors or chambers at top of heart)
-
57. ATTRIT/I-
- wearing out
- attrit/ion
- wearing out/process of
-
58. AUDI-
- hearing
- audi/olog/y
- hearing/science of or study of/procedure or process of
- audio/meter
- hear/measurement
- related term(s): ACOUST/I-
-
-
aur/icle
ear/small or little
-
60. AUSCULT/O-
- to listen
- auscult/ation
- to listen (physical diagnosis)/process of
-
61. AUTO-
- self
- auto/hypn/osis
- self/sleep/condition of
- (simulated sleep in alpha brain state of consciousness)
- aut/ism
- self/state of
-
62. AVULS/I-
- to tear
- avuls/ion
- to tear/process of (ligaments torn from bones)
- related term(s): spadi-
-
63. BACILL/O-
- rod-like
- bacill/us
- rod-like (bacteria)/ refers to
-
64. BACTERI/O-
- rod
- bacter/ia
- rod/refers to
- (rod was the first bacteria viewed under microscope)
-
65. BALAN/O-
- penis
- balan/itis
- penis/inflamed
- (also refers to the female clitoris)
-
66. BARO-
- weight
- baro/gnosis
- weight/prediction (knowledge)
-
67. BAS/O-
- basic or at base
- bas/al (metabolism)
- basic or at base/refers to
-
68. BENE-
- good or normal
- bene/fit
- good or normal/suited for
-
69. BENIGN-
- kind
- benign/iform
- kind/shape or appearance
- (tumor in capsule: slow growing and expansive, not invading)
-
70. BERI-
- weakness
- beri/beri
- weakness/weakness
- (vitamin B1 or thiamine deficiency disease)
-
71. BI-
- two
- bi/ceps
- two/headed (muscle)
- related term(s): CO-, BIN-, DI-, DIPLO-, DUO-, DYO-
-
72. BIL/I-
- bile or gall
- bili/ary
- bile or gall/refers to or state of
- (liver substance stored in gallbladder)
-
73. BIN-
- two
- bin/ocul/ar
- two/eyes/refers to
- related term(s): CO-, BI-, DI-, DIPLO-, DUO-, DYO-
-
74. BIO-
- life
- bio/log/y
- life/science of or study of/process of
-
75. -BLAST
- beginning or young
- osteo/blast
- bone/beginning or young cells
- (embryonic primitive cells found in the body systems)
-
76. BLEB/O-
- blister
- bleb/ic
- blister or bulla 'bubble'/refers to
- (bleb/ic is a bulb or blister that often is filled with blood)
- related term(s): BULLA-, BULBA-
-
77. BLENNO-
- mucus
- blen/oma
- mucus/tumor or swelling
-
78. BLEPHARO-
- eyelid
- blephar/oma
- eyelid/swelling or tumor
- related term(s): PALPEBRA-
-
79. BOL/O-
- lump or ball
- bol/us
- lump or ball, choice bit of food (in stomach), to throw up /refers to
-
80. BRACH/I-
- arm
- brachi/al
- arm/refers to
- (humerus is the bone of upper arm)
-
81. BRACHY-
- short
- brachy/dactyl/ia
- short/fingers (and toes)/refers to
-
82. BRADY-
- slow
- brady/pnea
- slow/breathing
-
83. BREVI-
- short
- brev/ity
- short/state of
-
84. BRONCH/I-
- windpipe or trachea like
- bronchi/al
- windpipe or trachea like (large lung tubes)/refers to
-
85. BRUX-
- grinding
- brux/ism
- grinding (teeth)/state of
-
86. BUCCA-
- cheek
- bucc/al
- cheek/pertains to
-
87. BULBA
- blister or vesicle
- Bulb/us
- blister or vesicle (little sac)/refers to
- related term(s): BULLA-, BLEB/O-
-
88. BULIMO-
- hunger
- bulim/ic
- hunger or appetite (excessive)/refers to or condition of
- (eating and purging syndrome)
-
89. BURS/O-
- sac, wine sac, pouch
- burs/a
- sac, wine sac, pouch/refers to
- (protective pad-like structure in joints)
-
90. CAL/O-
- heat, heated or hot
- cal/or
- heat, heated or hot/one who is
- (1 of 4 characteristics of inflammation: calor-heat; rubor-red; tumor-swelling; and dolor-pain)
-
91. CALCIN/O-
- calcium
- calcin/osis
- calcium/condition of
- (excessive calcium buildup on bones)
-
92. CALCO-
- pebbles or granules of calcium mineral
- calc/ium
- pebbles or granules of calcium mineral/pertains to
- calc/urea
- pebbles or granules of calcium mineral in urine
-
93. CALX-
- heel or lime
- calx/ectom/y
- heel (foot bone)/removal/procedure of
-
94. CANDID/I-
- glowing white
- candidi/asis
- glowing white (fungus infection)/condition of
-
95. CANTH/O-
- corner of eye
- cantho/plast/y
- corner of eye (eyelid)/cosmetic or plastic surgery/procedure of
-
96. CAPILL/O-
- hair-like
- capill/ary
- hair-like/pertains to or refers to
- (little blood vessels)
-
97. CAPIT/O-
- head
- capit/al
- head/refers to
- related term(s): CAPUT, CEPHAL/O-
-
98. CAPN/O-
- carbon dioxide
- capno/graph
- carbon dioxide (or smoke)/instrument
- (instrument used in exercise physiology to measure CO2)
-
99. CAPUT
- head
- caput femoris
- head or head of (chief part of structure or organ)/thigh bone
- related term(s): CEPHAL/O-, CAPIT/O-
-
100. CARBUN/O-
- glowing ember
- carbun/cle
- glowing ember/small
- (numerous boils)
- related term(s): CARBUNCUL/O-
-
101. CARCIN/O-
- crab-like
- carcino/gen/ic
- crab-like/producing/refer to
- (cancer causing)
-
102. CARDI/O-
- heart
- peri/card/itis
- around/heart/inflammation
- (inflamed 2 layered membrane of heart: causing pain)
- (car-; card-; cardi-; cardio- all refer to the heart)
-
103. CARP/O-
- wrist
- meta/carp/al
- beyond/wrist/refers to
-
104. CATA-
- breakdown or down
- cata/bol/ism
- breakdown or down/choice bit of food or lump/state of
-
105. CATARACT
- waterfall or cloudiness
- cataract
- waterfall or cloudiness
- (eyes lens under the cornea that is impervious to light)
-
106. CATARRH-
- to flow down
- Catarrh/al
- to flow down/refers to
- (any drainage from mucus membrane: especially in the nose, sinuses, and throat)
-
107. CATHETER/O-
- to let down into
- catheter/iz/ation
- to let down into/act of/procedure of
-
108. CAUD/O-
- tail or toward tail
- caud/al
- tail or toward tail/refer to
-
109. CAUST/O-
- burn or heat
- caus/tic
- burn or heat/refers to
- related term(s): CAUS-, CAUTER/O-
-
110. CAUTER/O-
- to burn or to heat
- cauter/iz/ation
- to burn or to heat/act of/procedure of
- related term(s): CAUS-, CAUST/O-
-
111. CAV-
- hollow
- cav/ity
- hollow/state of or refers to
-
112. CEBO-
- meal or food
- ceb/um
- meal or food/pertain to
- (cena- and dino- also means dinner)
-
113. CEC/O-
- blind pouch
- Ceco/pexy
- blind pouch/surgically attached to abdominal wall
- (dead end pouch or 1st part of colon -right side)
-
114. -CELE
- swelling or tumor
- laparo/cele
- abdominal/swelling or tumor
-
115. CELI/O-
- abdomen or belly
- celi/oma
- abdomen or belly/tumor
-
116. CELLUL/O-
- chambers
- cellul/itis
- chambers or body cells (tissues are cell groups)/infection
-
117. CEMENT/O-
- hard
- cement/um
- hard/refers to
- (tooth root covering)
-
118. -CENTESIS
- surgical puncture to drain fluid
- thoraco/centesis
- chest/surgical puncture to drain fluid (procedure)
-
119. CENTI-
- one-hundredth part (100)
- centi/meter
- one-hundredth part (100)/of meter
- (metre- or -meter means to measure & a meter is 39.37 inches)
-
120. CENTR/I-
- center
- Centri/fug/al
- Center (middle of circle)/to flee/refers to
- (heavy particles move to bottom or outside from the center)
-
121. CEPHAL/O-
- head
- en/cephal/itis
- within/head/inflamed
- (refers to brain within the head)
- related term(s): CAPIT/O-, CAPUT
-
122. -CEPT-
- receiver
- chemo/cept/or
- chemical or drug/receiver or to recieve/one who
-
123. CEREB/O-
- brain
- cerebr/al
- brain/refers to or pertains to
-
124. CERU-
- wax
- cerumen/ous
- wax (in ear)/refer to or state of
-
125. CERV/I-
- neck
- cerv/ical
- neck (seven upper vertebrae of spine)/refers to
-
-
126. CHALAZ/IO-
- hailstone
- Chalaz/ion
- hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst)/process of
- (tumor that is small and hard on the eyelid)
-
127. CHANCR/O-
- ulcer (sore)
- chancr/oid
- ulcer (sore)/resembles
- (this V.D. has granular lesions that form ulcers or sores like syphilis)
-
128. CHEIL/O-
- lip
- cheil/oma
- lip/tumor
- alternate spelling: CHILO-
-
129. CHIRO-
- hand
- chiro/pract/or
- hand/practice/one who
- (mano also means hand)
-
130. CHLOR/O-
- green
- chlor/emia
- green (chlorides)/in blood
-
131. CHOLANGIO-
- bile duct
- cholang/itis
- bile duct/inflamed
-
-
bile or gall (ingredient of)/ solid
- (Chole 'bile' is used to refer to anything
- related to bile: CHOLE/DUCTO- = bile duct,
- CHOLE/CYTO- = bile sac)
-
(Hyper/cholesterol/emia is the increase in
- cholesterol levels in the blood. Normal Levels:
- 160 to 200 mg/dcl. Blood vessels become
- plaqued 'occlusion-closure' and it can be seen in
- the skin & eyes. Remember body hormones &
- enzymes also need cholesterol)
-
133. CHOLECYST/O-
- gallbladder
- cholecyst/ectomy
- gallbladder/removal
-
134. CHOLEDOCH/O-
- gallbladder duct (canal)
- choledoch/ectomy
- common bile duct/removal or excision
- (duct removed from the liver and gallbladder)
- alternate spelling: CHOLEDUCTO-
-
135. CHOLERA
- biliary acute diarrhea
- cholera
- biliary acute dia/rrhea
- (bowel or intestinal diarrhea 'flow'. The bacteria causes de/hydra/tion and death)
-
136. CHONDR/O-
- cartilage
- chondr/oma
- cartilage/tumor
- dys/chondro/plas/ia
- faulty/cartilage/formation or development/refers to
-
137. CHROM/O-
- colored
- chromo/some
- colored/body
- (23 pair in each body cell - see Watson-Crick Helix Chromosome Model)
-
138. CHYME-
- juice
- a/chym/ia
- lack of/juice/condition
- (small intestinal juices are lacking: lack of food, liquids, and juices)
- alternate spelling: CHYLE-
-
139. -CICATRIX
- scar
- brachio/cicatrix
- arm/scar
-
140. -CID
- to kill
- sui/cid/al
- oneself/to kill/refers to
-
141. CIL/I-
- eyelash-like
- cil/ia
- eyelash-like (structures lining lungs)/refers to
-
142. CINE/O-
- movement filming
- cine/angio/cardio/graph/y
- movement/vessel/heart/filming instrument/procedure
-
143. CIRCUM-
- around
- circum/flex
- around/bend
- circum/cis/ion
- around/cut/process of
- circum/duct/ion
- around/movement/state of
-
144. CIRRH/O-
- yellow-orange
- cirrh/o/sis
- yellow-orange (jaundiced) or yellow/condition of
- (disease or infection causing liver failure: bile
- pigments remain in the body and blood resulting
- in color abnormality)
-
145. -CIS
- cut or to cut
- in/cis/ion
- into/cut/procedure of
- related term(s): sect/o-
-
146. -CLAST
- breakdown
- osteo/clast
- bone/breakdown of cells
- cyto/clas/is
- cell/breaking/refers to
- related term(s): -CLAS
-
147. CLAVICUL/O-
- collarbone
- infra/clavicul/ar
- beneath/collarbone or clavicle (little key shape)/refer to
-
148. CLEIDO-
- clavicle or collar bone
- sterno/cleido/mast/oid
- sternum/clavicle, collar bone/breast/resemble
-
149. CLINO-
- bent
- clino/dactylia
- bent/finger or toe
-
150. -CLYSIS
- irrigation or injection
- hydro/clysis
- water/irrigation or injection
-
151. CO-
- two
- co/llater/al liga/ment
- two (2 outer knee ligaments)/sides/refers: binding/act of
- co-operat/ive
- two/working/state of
- related term(s): BI-, BIN-, DI-, DIPLO-, DUO-, DYO-
-
152. COAGUL/O-
- clotting or to clot
- coagul/ation
- clotting or to clot/process of
-
153. -COCCUS
- berry
- staphylo/coccus
- grapelike/ berry (shape of bacteria)
-
154. COCCYG/O-
- tailbone
- coccyg/eal
- tailbone/refers to or small
-
155. COCHLE/O-
- snail-like
- cochle/ar
- snail-like/pertain to
- (lower part of inner ear: for hearing sound)
-
156. COL/O-
- colon (big or large intestine)
- col/os/tom/y
- colon (big or large intestine '5 feet long')/mouth or opening/cut/procedure of
- related term(s): COLON/O-
-
157. COLPO-
- vagina
- colp/itis
- vagina/inflamed
-
158. COM-
- together
- com/press/ion
- together/contract/process of
- com/minuted fracture
- together/small: break
- related term(s): CON-, SYM- SYN-
-
159. COMATO-
- deep sleep
- comat/ose
- deep sleep/condition or state
-
160. CONCUSS/I-
- violent shaking
- concuss/ion
- violent shaking/process of
- (brain injury resulting in bleeding, headaches, and other symptoms)
-
161. CONDYLO-
- knuckle
- condyl/oma
- knuckle (nob)/tumor or swellings
- (bone and wart points or projection)
-
162. CONI/O-
- dust
- pneumo/coni/osis
- lung/dust/condition
-
163. -CONIS
- cone-shaped
- kerato/conis
- cornea/cone-shaped
- (outer covering of iris 'cornea' elevated or protrudes)
-
164. CONJUNCTIV/O-
- joined together
- conjunctiv/itis
- joined together (united)/inflammation
- (inflammation of the membrane that covers the eye
- and the eyelid 'they join' or unite at the back
- of eyelid and at base of the sclera.)
-
165. CONTRA-
- against
- contra/cept/ion
- against/heads (coming together)/process of
-
166. CONTUS/I-
- bruise
- contus/ion
- bruise/process of
- (non-broken skin injury with pain, swelling, & discolored)
-
167. CONVOLO-
- to roll together
- convol/ution
- to roll together/pertains to
-
168. CORD-
- vocal chords or cord
- cord/itis
- vocal chords/inflamed
- related term(s): CHORDO-
-
169. CORI/O-
- skin
- cori/um
- skin/refers to
- related term(s): CUT-, CUTI/O-, DERMAT/O-, DERMO-, -PELL
-
170. CORNE/O-
- cornea or horn shape
- corne/itis
- cornea or horn/inflamed
- (horn shape structure 'cornea' that covers the eyes iris and pupil covering)
-
171. CORNU-
- horn or horny
- stratum cornu (corneum)
- layer/horn or horny (upper epidermis skin layer)
-
172. CORON/O-
- crowning
- coron/ary
- crowning (heart blood vessels)/refer to
-
173. CORONAL PLANE
- crowning or frontal body cut
- coron/al
- crowning or frontal body cut/refers to (downward cut through coronal suture right to left of skull cuts the body into a front and back part. Also known as 'FRONTAL PLANE')
-
174. CORP/O-
- body
- corp/us
- body/refers to
- (corpus pediculosis means 'body lice')
-
175. CORTIC/O-
- bark, outer bark, rind, cortex
- cortico/ster/oid
- bark, outer bark, rind, cortex/solid/resemble
-
176. COST/O-
- rib
- cost/al
- rib/refer to
- related term(s): PLEURO-
-
177. CRANI/O-
- skull
- crani/otom/y
- skull (cranium)/cut into/procedure of
- crani/al
- skull/refer to
-
178. -CREAS
- fleshy or flesh
- pan/creas
- all/fleshy or flesh
- (this is the appearance of a 6" compound gland in the abdominal cavity)
-
179. CRENAT/O-
- notched
- crenat/ion
- notched/process of
- (irregular shaped red blood cells)
-
180. -CRINE
- secrete
- endo/crine
- within/secrete (into blood)
- exo/crine
- outside/secrete (into duct or canal)
-
181. -CRIT
- separate
- hemato/crit
- blood/separate
-
182. CRUC/I-
- cross or cross-like
- cruci/ate
- cross (shape)/state of or condition of
- (crossing ligaments in knee: ACL and PCL)
-
183. CRYO-
- cold
- cryo/therap/y
- cold/treat or cure (killing cells)/procedure of
-
184. CRYPTO-
- hidden
- crypt/orchid/ism
- hidden/testis/state of or condition of
-
185. CUB/O-
- cube or cube-shaped
- cub/oid
- cube or cube-shaped/resemble
- (an ankle bone shaped like a cube)
-
186. CUBIT/O-
- elbow
- cubit/al
- elbow, forearm region/refer to
- elbow region
-
187. CULD/O-
- blind pouch
- culdo/scop/y
- blind pouch/viewing/procedure of
- (an instrument examines the pelvic
- viscera 'organs' with an endo/scop/e after
- introducing it through the posterior
- fornix 'arch' cul-de-sac 'blind pouch' wall of
- the vagina)
-
188. -CULE
- little
- mole/cule
- mass/little
- (small quantity can be divided without loss of characteristics)
- related term(s): -ICLE, -IOLE, -ULE, -ULA
-
189. CURRETT/O-
- scooping or scraping
- curett/age
- scooping or scraping/refers to
- (carried out inside uterus 'abortion' or to remove a skin lesions)
-
190. -CUSIS
- hearing
- an/cusis
- without/hearing
-
191. CUSP/I-
- pointed
- cusp/id
- pointed (end)/refers to
- (pointed flaps of heart valves or teeth)
-
192. CUTI/O-, CUT-, CUTI-
- skin
- cut/icle
- skin/little
- sub/cut/aneous
- under/skin/refers to
- (the word part CUTIO- is a suffix, the words part -CUTIS is a prefix)
- related term(s): CORI/O-, CUT-, DERMAT/O-, DERMO-, -PELL
-
193. CYAN/O-
- blue
- cyan/osis
- blue/condition of
-
194. CYCL/O-
- circle
- cycl/itis
- circle/inflamed
- (muscles around iris or rainbow of eye are inflamed)
-
195. -CYESIS
- pregnancy
- multi/cyesis
- many/pregnancy
-
196. CYST/O-
- bladder or sac
- cyst/itis
- bladder or sac/inflamed
- alternate spelling: CYST
- related term(s): CYSTI-
-
197. CYTE-
- cell or chamber
- cyt/olog/y
- cell or chamber/study of or science of/process of
- related term(s): CYT-, CYTH-
-
198. -CYTOSIS
- increase in numbers
- leuco/cytosis
- white (WBC)/ increase in numbers
-
199. DACRYO-
- tear
- dacry/doct/itis
- tear/duct/inflamed
- related term(s): LACRIMO-
-
200. DACTYLO-
- digits (fingers and toes)
- lipo/dactyl/ia
- fat/digits (finger or toes)/refers to
-
201. DE-
- away
- de/gluti/tion
- away/swallowing/process of
- de/form
- away/shape
-
202. DECI-
- one-tenth (1/10)
- deci/liter
- one-tenth(1/10) / liter
- (Deca- means 10)
-
203. DEEP
- most inward
- deep
- most inward
- (structure more internal than another)
-
204. DEKA-
- ten
- deka/gram
- ten/grams
- (15.432 grains = 1 gram; 28.35 grams = 1 ounce)
-
205. DELTA
- fan shaped or triangular
- delt/oid (shoulder muscle)
- fan shaped or triangular/resembles
-
206. DEM/O-
- people
- Dem/o/graphy
- people/procedure of recording with an instrument
-
207. DEMI-
- half
- demi/facet
- half/little face
- (superior and inferior projections of the vertebral arch)
- related term(s): DEMI-, HEMI-, SEMI-
-
208. DENDR/O-
- tree shaped
- dendr/ite
- tree-shaped/state of
-
209. DENT/O-
- tooth or teeth
- dent/al
- tooth or teeth/pertains to
- related term(s): DONT/O-
-
210. DEPRESS/O-
- lower
- depress/or
- lower/one who
-
211. DERM/O-
- skin
- pachy/derm/al
- thick/skin/pertains to
- related term(s): CORI/O-, CUT-, CUTI/O-, DERMAT/O-, DERMO-, -PELL
-
212. DERMAT/O-
- skin
- dermato/phyte
- skin/plant
- (fungus or other plant that causes parasitic skin diseases)
- dermat/itis
- skin/inflamed
- (Remember: -mat, -mata, -matosis mean many, multiple, extensive)
- related term(s): CORI/O-, CUT-, CUTI/O-, DERMO-, -PELL
-
213. -DESIS
- binding or to bind
- ligo/desis
- to bind/binding
- (surgical procedure to reattach ligaments to bone)
-
214. DEXTR/O-
- right
- dextro/card/ia
- right/heart/refers to
- (tilting of heart to the right)
-
215. DIA-
- across, through, total, between
- dia/phragm
- across, through, total, complete, between/petition or wall
- dia/meter
- across/measure
- dia/gnosis
- total/knowledge
- dia/stole
- 'between/contractions'
-
216. -DIDYMUS
- testis or teste
- epi/didymus
- upon/testis or teste
- (coiled structure on top of teste 'seed producer')
-
217. DIFFERENT-
- to separate
- different/ial dia/gnosis
- to separate or apart/refers to: total/knowledge
- (different/ial dia/gnosis - also known as D.D. means to identify the differences between two or more similar conditions)
- related term(s): -DEFERENS
-
218. DIGIT-
- finger or toe
- Digit/al
- finger or toe/refer to
- digit/ate
- finger or toe/action of or refers to
-
219. DIPLO-
- double or two
- dipl/op/ia
- double or two/sight or vision/refers to
- (person experiencing double vision)
- related term(s): CO-, BI-, BIN-, DI-, DUO-, DYO-
-
220. DIPS/O-
- thirst or thirsty
- poly/dips/ia
- many/thirst or thirsty/refer to
- multi/dips/ia
- many/thirst or thirsty/pertain to
-
221. DIPHTHER/I-
- membrane
- diphther/ia
- membrane/refer to
- (Klebs Loeffler Bacteria identified with
- the 'Schick Test'. The membrane forms in 2 days
- on the body. Organism causes toxicity &
- breathing problems.)
-
222. DIS-
- away from or reversed
- dis/ease
- away from or reverse/comfort or ease
-
223. DIST/O-
- farther from
- dist/al
- farther from/refer to
-
224. DIVERTICUL/O-
- outpouching
- diverticul/itis
- outpouching/inflamed
- (rugae or folds usually of the large intestine become inflamed)
-
225. DOCH/O-
- duct or canal
- chole/doch/itis
- bile or gall/duct or canal/inflamed
-
226. DOCT/O-
- to teach or teacher
- doct/or (Latin docere)
- to teach or teacher/one who
-
227. DOL/O-
- pain
- dol/or
- pain/one who (causes)
- related term(s): -AGRA, ALGESIA-, -ALGIA, -DYNIA
-
228. DORS/O-
- back
- dors/al
- back (posterior)/refers to
- (e.g. the top or back of a dog, the back of a standing human)
- dorsi/flex/or
- the back/to bend/one who
-
229. DROMO-
- running
- dromo/mania
- running/madness
- pro/drom/al
- before/running/pertains to
- (this is a specific phase of an infection: after incubation and before convalescence stages of the disease)
-
230. DUCT/O-
- to draw or to lead away
- ab/duct/ion
- away/to draw or to lead away (motion)/process of
-
231. DUODEN/O-
- twelve
- duoden/itis
- twelve/inflamed
- (duodenum is the first part of the small intestine)
-
232. DURA-
- hard
- dura mater
- hard: mother
- (outermost layer of membrane called the meninges that cover the brain and spinal cord)
-
233. DY/O-
- two or a pair
- dy/ad
- two or a pair/refers to
- (pair of chromosomes formed during meiosis 'reduction division of gametes')
- related term(s): CO-, BI-, BIN-, DI-, DIPLO-, DUO-
-
234. DYNAM/O-
- work or strength
- dynam/ics
- work or strength/refers to
- dynamo/meter
- strength/measurement
- (measure the strength of muscles)
-
235. -DYNIA
- pain
- coccygo/dynia
- tailbone (coccyx)/pain
- related term(s): -AGRA, ALGESIA-, -ALGIA, DOLO-
-
236. DYS-
- difficult, faulty, painful
- dys/toc/ia
- difficult or painful/birth/pertains to
-
dys/chondro/plas/ia
faulty/cartilage/development/refers to
-
dys/meno/rrhea
painful/monthly/flow
-
237. -E (suffix)
- instrument
- rhino/scop/e
- nose/view or examine/instrument
- related term(s): -graph
-
238. E- (prefix)
- out or remove
- e/viscer/ate
- out or remove/organs/act of or state of
- related term(s): ec-, ect-, ex-, ext-
-
239. EC-
- outside, outward, outer, out
- ec/top/ic
- outside/location/pertaining to
- related term(s): ECT-, ECTO-
-
240. ECCRINE-
- secreting or to secrete
- eccri/tic
- secreting or to secrete/state of or quality of
- (promoting secreting from body structures)
-
241. ECHO-
- sound
- echo/gram
- sound/writing or recording
- related term(s): SONO-
-
242. -ECTASIS
- enlargement or dilation
- bronchi/ectasis
- windpipe like tube/enlargement, dilation
- cardio/ectasis
- heart/enlargement condition
-
243. -ECTOMY
- excision or removal
- tonsill/ectomy
- almond or small mass/excision or removal
-
244. ECZEMA
- to boil out
- eczema
- to boil out (skin lesions)
-
245. EDEMA-
- swelling
- lymph/edema
- lymph/swelling
-
246. EF-
- away or out
- ef/ferent
- away or out/to carry (nerve or blood flow away from a structure)
- ef/ferent means
- away or out/to carry
- ef/fus/ion
- out/attached/process
-
247. ELECTR/O-
- electrical
- electro/encephalo/gram
- electrical/in head (brain)/recording
-
248. -ELLUM
- lesser or smaller
- cereb/ellum
- brain/lesser or smaller
-
EM-
- in
- em/py/ema
- in/pus/refers to (collection of pus in body cavity)
- em/bol/ism
- within/lump/state
-
EMBRYO-
- early
- embryon/ic
- early (2nd through 8th to 10th week of pregnancy)/refers to
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