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1. -EMESIS
- vomit
- hem/emesis
- blood/vomit
2. -EMIA
- blood
- leuc/emia (leukemia)
- white/blood
- (abnormal increase in WBC's)
3. EMPHYSEMA
- puffed up
- emphysemat/ous
- puffed up/state of or refers to
- (inner air sacks of lung swollen)
4. EN-
- in
- en/cephal/itis
- in/head (refers to brain)/inflamed
5. ENAMEL
- hard
- enamel
- hard (hard outer covering of upper tooth)
6. EN/CEPHAL/O-
- within head (referring to the brain)
- encephalo/gram
- within head/recording
7. ENDO-
- within or inside
- endo/derm
- within or inside/skin
8. ENEMA
- injection
- enema
- injection (water forced into colon for cleansing)
9. ENTERO-
- intestine (usually refers to small intestine)
- enter/itis
- intestine (usually refers to small intestine)/inflamed
10. ENURESIS
- to void or expel urine
- enuresis
- to void (expel) urine
- (involuntary: like bed-wetting)
11. EOSIN/O-
- rose red color
- eosino/phil
- rose red (color)/love of
- (staining of WBC's)
12. EPI-
- upon
- epi/didymis
- upon/teste (coil structure upon teste)
- epi/gastr/ic
- upon/stomach/pertains to
- epi/glott/itis
- upon/tongue/inflamed
13. EPISI/O-
- pubic region
- episi/orrhaphy
- pubic region/to stitch
- (repair of a lacerated or torn vulva or of a episiotomy)
episi/o/tom/y
- pubic region (vulva)/cut/process of
- (upside down 'V' cut from vagina towards anus: to ease childbirth in some women)
14. ERGO-
- work or labor
- ergo/meter
- work/to measure
- ergot
- work or labor (birthing drug)
15. ERYTHERMAT/O-
- red or flushed
- erythermat/ic
- red or flushed/refer to
16. ERYTHR/O-
- red
- erythro/cyte
- red/cell (chamber)
- (a red blood cell that carries oxygen to the body's cells)
17. ESCHAR
- scab
- eschar
- scab
- eschar/ification
- snail like (scab)/process of (development)
18. ESO-
- toward
- eso/phag/us
- toward/eater/refers to (tube from stomach to mouth)
19. ESTHES/I-
- physical feeling
- an/esthes/ia
- without/physical feeling
20. ESTR/O-
- female
- estro/gen
- female/beginning (phase of cycle)
21. ETI/O-
- cause
- eti/olog/y
- cause/study or science of diseases/process
22. EU-
- good or normal
- eu/toc/ia
- good or normal/birth/pertains to
- eu/gene/tics
- good, new or normal/ to produce or form/ state of
- eu/phor/ia
- good or normal/feeling (mental)/pertain to
23. EX-
- out, outside, outward
- ex/tens/ion
- outward/to stretch/process of
- related term(s): EXO-, EXTRA-
24. FACET/O-
- face
- facet
- little face (upper and lower small articular faces of vertebral plates)
- related term(s): FACI/O-
25. FASC/I-
- band
- fasc/ia
- band (covering around and between muscles 'membranous')/refers to
26. FEBR/O-
- fever
- febr/ile
- fever/state of or refers to
27. FEC/O-
- stool or fecal matter
- fec/o/lith
- stool (feces waste)/like stone
- related term(s): SCATO-, STERCO-
28. FEMOR/O-
- thigh
- femor/al
- thigh/refer to
29. -FERENCE
- to carry
- vas de/ference
- vessel: away/to carry
- (duct from teste)
30. FERRO-
- iron
- ferr/ous
- iron/state of
- related term(s): sider/o-, heme
31. FET/O-
- young
- feto/graph/y
- young/instrument/procedure of
fet/us
- young (last 6 & 1/2 months of development in uterus)/refer to
- (embryo means early)
32. FIBRILL/O-
- to quiver
- fibrill/ation
- to quiver (muscle fiber contraction)/process of
33. FIBRO-
- fiber
- fibr/oma
- fiber (thread like structures)/tumor
34. FIBUL/O-
- to clasp
- fibul/a
- to clasp/refers to (noun)
- (smaller outer long bone of lower leg)
35. FIL-
- thread
- fila/ment
- thread/state of or refers to
- related term(s): FILI-
36. FISS-
- to split or splitting
- fiss/ion
- splitting/refers to
- fiss/ure
- cleft or split/state of
37. FISTUL/O-
- pipe or pipe stem
- pyo/fistula
- pus/pipe or pipe-stem
- (pus found within a pipe or tube that opens to body surface)
38. FLEX-
- to bend
- ante/flex/ion
- before/to bend or divert/process of
- (to decrease angle of joint)
- related term(s): -FLECT
39. FLU-
- flowing
- in/fluenza
- inward/condition of flowing
- (mucoid material)
40. -FLUX
- to flow
- re/flux
- again/flow
- (the movement of a substance backward or upward)
41. FORAMEN/O-
- opening
- Foramen/al
- opening/refers to
- (also known as meatus or opening)
42. FORE-
- before
- fore/arm
- before/brachium or arm
- (between elbow and wrist)
43. FRACT/O-
- to break
- fract/ure
- to break/refers to
44. FRONT/O-
- forehead or before
- front/al
- forehead or before (front brow)/pertains to
45. FUNGI-
- mushroom
- fungi/form
- mushroom or plant/shape
- related term(s): LICHEN/I-
46. FURUN/O-
- boil
- furun/cle
- boil/small
- (may vary in size and characteristics)
47. GALACT/O-
- milk
- galacto/poiesis
- milk/production
48. GANGLI/O-
- knot, swelling, or collection
- gangli/ectomy
- knot, swelling, or collection/excision
- (removal of the fibrous swelling 'dorsal root' formation on post. spinal nerve)
49. GANGREN/O-
- eating sore
- gangren/ous
- eating sore/refers to
- (dead tissue caused by isch/emia 'poor blood flow')
50. GASTR/O-
- stomach
- gastr/itis
- stomach/inflamed
- gastrocnemi/us
- calf of leg or stomach shape muscle in back of lower leg
51. GEN/O-
- race
- geno/type
- race/classification (gene)
52. GENI/O-
- chin
- geni/ec/tom/y
- chin/out/cutting/procedure of
53. GENIT/O-
- reproductive or birth
- genit/al
- reproductive or birth/refers to
- (reproductive structures)
54. GENU-
- knee
- genu/clast
- knee/breaking
- (instrument to break knee joint adhesions)
55. -GEN
- origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make
- carcino/gen
- crab-like/ to produce, to form, to make, origin, develop
- (substance that causes cancer)
- carcino/gen/esis
- crab-like/origin or beginning/process of
- related term(s): -GENESIS
56. GER/O-
- old or old age
- ger/iatr/ic
- old or old age/treat or cure/study of or science of
- (studying all aspects of the aging process)
57. GEST-
- to bear or separate
- gest/ation
- to bear or separate/process of
- (time period from conception to birth)
58. GINGIV/O-
- gum
- gingiv/itis
- gum/inflamed
- related term(s): ULO-
59. GLANDUL/O-
- little acorn or gland
- glandul/ar
- little acorn or gland/refers to
60. GLAUC/O-
- waterfall or gray
- glauc/oma
- waterfall or gray/swelling
- (inner eye pressure causing loss of sight)
61. GLI/O-
- glue or glue-like
- gli/oma
- glue or glue-like/tumor
- (gliocytes are body cells that hold neurons or nerves together)
- alternate spelling: GLIA-
62. GLOMERUL/O-
- small round mass or tiny ball
- glomerul/itis
- small round mass or tiny ball/inflamed
- (mass or capillary tuft of nephron "kidney functional unit or filter")
63. GLOSS/O-
- tongue
- gloss/itis
- tongue/inflamed
- glosso/pharyng/eal
- tongue/pharynx or throat/refers to
64. GLOTT/O-
- back of tongue
- epi/glott/itis
- upon/back of tongue/inflamed
- (structure protecting voice-box: consists of two vocal cords & glottis rim)
65. GLUT-
- buttocks
- glut/itis
- buttocks (rear-end)/refer to
66. GLYCO-
- sugar
- glyco/pen/ia
- sugar/decrease or lower/refers to
67. -GNOSIS
- knowledge
- dia/gnosis
- total or complete/knowledge
68. GOITER
- swelling (throat)
- goiter/ectomy
- swelling (throat)/removal of thyroid goiter
69. GON/O-
- seed or seed producer
- gono/rrhea
- seed or seed producer/flowing from
- related term(s): orchi/o
70. GOUT
- a drop
- gout
- a drop
- (uric acid crystals larger than blood cells which
- drop to lower joints causing pain. Type of
- arthritis - usually found in big toe)
71. -GRADE
- a step, stage, or degree in a process
- retro/grade
- backward or behind/a step, stage, or degree in a process
72. -GRAFT
- to probe or cut with a knife
- dermo/graft
- skin/to probe with knife (pole; probe; or steak)
- (the removal of skin to be placed on new body part - like a flap)
73. -GRAM
- to record
- myo/gram
- muscle/to record (write or take down)
74. -GRAPHY
- procedure of using an instrument to do recording
- myo/graphy
- muscle/procedure of using an instrument to do recording
75. -GRAPH
- instrument
- myo/graph
- muscle/instrument
- (used to do recording)
- related term(s): -e
76. GRAVID/O-
- heavy or pregnant
- gravid/ium
- heavy or pregnant/refers to
- (gravida means pregnant woman)
77. GROIN
- inguinal region
- groin
- inguinal region
- (depression between thigh and trunk)
78. GUMM/O-
- gum or gum like
- Gumma
- gum or gum like
- (lesions of 3rd stage of syphilis)
79. GUST/O-
- tasting or to taste
- gust/ation
- tasting or to taste/process of
80. GYNEC/O-
- woman
- gynec/olog/ist
- woman/science and study of/specialist
- alternate spelling: GYN/O-
81. HALLUX
- great or big toe
- hallux/ectomy
- great or big toe/removal
82. HAPLO-
- half (single)
- hapl/oid
- half or single/resembling
- (set of 23 chromosomes in cell 'not paired')
83. HEALTH
- wholeness
- health
- wholeness
- This supports the concept of 'Integrated
- Medicine' by Dr. Andrew Weil. Different
- modalities are used including Traditional Eastern
- and Western Medicine, Chiropractic, Homeopathic
- Medicine, Acupuncture, Herbs, Nutrition,
- Breathing, Yoga, Vitamins and Minerals, Massage,
- and many other therapies. This includes
- Physical, Mental, Emotional, Intellectual, and
- Spiritual aspects to promote wholeness 'Health or
- Wellness'.
84. HELICO-
- spiral
- helico/bacter pylori
- spiral (shaped)/bacteria: gatekeeper (lower end of stomach)
- (digestive system bacteria that causes most digestive ulcers 'sores')
85. HELIO-
- sun
- helio/pathy
- sun/injury (caused by)
86. HELMINTH/O-
- worms or worm
- helminth/iasis
- worms or worm/disease of or condition of
- (leading killer of humans world wide except TB)
- related term(s): ASCAR/IS, VERMI-
87. HEM/O-
- blood
- hem/o/rrhage
- blood/bursting forth
- hemo/kinesis means: blood/movement or flow
- alternate spelling: HEMATO-
88. HEME-
- iron
- hem/atin
- iron/small part
- (non-protein portion of hemoglobin where iron is in ferrous state)
- related term(s): sidero-, ferro-
89. HEMI-
- half or one half
- hemi/plegia
- half (right or left side of body)/paralyzed
- related term(s): DEMI-, SEMI-
90. HEPAT/O-
- liver
- hepat/itis
- liver (cells)/inflamed
91. HEPT/A-
- seven
- hepta/dactyl/ia
- seven/fingers or toes/refers to
92. HERNI/O-
- rupture or protrusion
- hern/ia
- rupture or protrusion/condition of
93. HERPES
- to creep
- Herpes (Herpes Simplex Virus)
- to creep
94. HETER/O-
- other or opposite
- hetero/gen/ous
- other or opposite/form/state of
95. HIAT-
- an opening
- hiat/al
- an opening/refers to
- (esophageal hiatus in diaphragm)
96. HIDR/O-
- sweat
- hidr/osis
- sweat (watery)/condition of
- (abnormal sweating and usually causes blisters)
- related term(s): sudorifer/o-
97. HIRSUT-
- hairy or profound hair
- hirsut/ism
- hairy or profound hair/state of
- (bearded women or extremely hairy people)
98. -HISCENCE
- to gape open
- de/hiscence
- away/to gape (open)
- (wound, incision, injury that gapes open)
99. HISTO-
- web-like or tissue
- hist/olog/y
- web-like or tissue/science or study of/process of
- (tissues are composed of similar cells)
100. HOLIST/O-
- whole
- holist/ic medicine
- whole/state of: remedy or drug
- (refers to treating the whole individual -
- comprehensive total patient care: physical,
- mental, social, and economic. New approach to
- care by H.M.O.)
- alternate spelling: HOLO-
101. HOMEO-
- same, constant, or unchanged
- homeo/path/y
- same, constant, or unchanged/disease/process of
- related term(s): HOMO-
102. HORMON/O-
- to urge on
- hormon/al
- to urge on/refers to
- (chemicals that stimulate specific cell performance)
103. HUMER/O-
- arm (upper)
- humer/al
- arm (upper)/refers to
104. HYAL/O-
- glassy or glass like
- hyal/ase
- glassy or glass-like/enzyme
- (enzyme found in head of sperm that break down tissues on contact)
105. HYDRO-
- water
- hydro/pneumo/thorax
- water/lung(within)/chest
- hydro/cephalis
- water (cerebral spinal fluid)/head (within)
- related term(s): AQUA-
106. HYPER-
- increase or above
- hyper/tens/ion
- above or excess/pressure (above 140 systolic/90 diastolic -BP)/process of
- hyper/troph/y
- increase/development/process of
107. HYPN/O-
- sleep
- Hypn/osis
- sleep/condition
- (alpha state of brainwave patterns: this is not true sleep)
- related term(s): somn/o-
108. HYPO-
- under or below
- hypo/tens/ion
- under or below (pressure in vessels)/contraction/process of
- hypo/derm/ic
- below/skin/pertaining to
109. HYSTER/O-
- uterus
- hyster/ectomy
- uterus /removal
- hyster/ia
- nervous reaction/refers to
110. IATR/O-
- treat or cure, procedure of treating
- ger/iatr/ic
- old age/treat or cure/pertains to
- related term(s): -IATR/Y
111. -IA
- refers to, condition, state of
- esthes/ia
- feeling (physical)/refers to, condition, state of
dys/phag/ia
- difficult/eating or swallowing/refers to
- related term(s): -A
112. ICHTHY-
- fish or fish like
- ichthy/osis
- fish or fish-like (resembles fish scales)/condition of
- (often seen with fungus infections on feet)
113. -ICIAN
- one who
- diet/ician
- food/one who (performs)
114. -ICLE
- small or tiny
- oss/icle
- bone/small or tiny
- related term(s): -CULE, -IOLE, -ULA, - ULE
115. -ISY
- inflamed
- pleur/isy
- side or rib/inflamed
- (2 layer serous membrane 'like pericardium and peritoneum' covering of lungs inside the ribs)
- related term(s): -itis
116. IDE/O-
- idea, thoughts, emotions, image
- ideo/motor
- idea, thoughts, emotions, image/movement
- ideo/vascul/ar
- emotions/vessels/refers to
- (vessels contract because of stress)
117. IDIO-
- unique to or unknown cause
- idio/path/ic
- unique to or unknown cause/disease/refer to
- (distinctive or individualized personal health problem)
118. -ID
- state of
- morb/id
- disease/state of
119. ILE/O-
- twisted
- ile/um
- twisted/pertains to
- (3rd part of small intestine - 15 feet long)
ile/itis
- twisted/inflamed
- related term(s): torsi-, varic/o-
120. ILIO-
- flank
- ili/um
- flank (area)/refers to
- (ili/acus muscle in outer pelvic flank area)
121. IM-
- into or not
- im/plant
- into/place or locate
- im/potent
- not/powerful or strong
- (not capable of having a strong or hard male erection)
122. IMMUN/O-
- safe, protect, immune
- immun/o/log/y
- safe, protect, immune/science of/process of
123. IN SITU
- in position or location
- in situ
- in: position or location (original or first)
- (early phase or stage of cancer)
124. IN-
- into or not
- in/di/gest/ion
- not/two/separations/process of
- in/cis/or
- into/cut/pertain to
- (4 front teeth top center and 4 bottom center)
125. INCUS
- anvil
- mallus/incus/stapes
- hammer/anvil/stirrup (shapes)
- (3 tiny ossicles or middle ear bones)
126. INFARCT-
- to stuff into
- infarct/ion
- to stuff into/refers to
- (clot blockage that causes diminished blood flow to heart or other body parts 'muscles or organs')
127. INFECT/O-
- to invade
- infect/ion
- to invade/process of
128. INFLAM/O-
- flame within
- inflamm/ation
- flame within/process of
129. INFRA-
- under or below
- infra/clavicul/ar
- under or below/collar bone/refers to
infra/mur/al
- below/wall/pertaining to
- related term(s): hyp/o-, sub-
130. INGUIN/O-
- groin
- inguin/al
- groin/refers to
- (area between belly and thigh)
131. -ING
- procedure of or process of
- operat/ing
- working/procedure of or process of
- related term(s): -AGE, -ATION, -IATION, -ION, -TION, -Y
132. INTEGU-
- covering
- integu/ment
- covering/refers to or state of
- (skin of body)/refers to or state of
133. INTER-
- between
- inter/cellul/ar
- between/cell or chamber/refers to
134. INTRA-
- within
- intra/nuclear
- within/refers to nut
135. INTRO-
- within
- intro/spect
- within/to view
136. INTUS-
- within
- intus/suscept/ion
- within/to receive/process of
- (invagination or the slipping of a body part into a lower body part 'like the intestines' - often seen in children and animals)
137. -IN
- substance or chemical
- gastr/in
- stomach/substance or chemical
- holo/crine (gland)
- all or whole/secretes substance or chemical
- related term(s): -INE
138. -IOLE
- smaller, lesser, diminutive
- bronch/iole
- trachea-like (tubes of lungs)/smaller, lesser, diminutive
- alternate spelling: -OLE
- related term(s): -CULE, -ICLE, -ULA, -ULE
139. ION/O-
- going, ion movement
- iono/therap/y
- going (of ions)/treat or cure/procedure of
- (treatment by introducing ions into body
- related term(s): IONT/O-
140. -IOR
- one who is
- infer/ior
- under or below/ one who (is)
- related term(s): -ER, -OR
141. -IOUS
- state of
- delir/ious
- mental confusion or excitement/state of
- (illusions and hallucinations)
142. IPSI-
- equal
- ipsi/later/al
- equal/side or sides/process of
143. IR-
- not or lack of
- ir/regul/ar
- not or lack of/consistent or regular/refers to
144. IR/O-
- rainbow
- ir/is (noun)
- rainbow/refers to
ir/idescent
- rainbow/having or exhibiting
- related term(s): IRID/O-
145. ISCH/O-
- deficiency, blockage, to hold back
- isch/emic
- deficiency or blockage/refers to blood
- (myocardial ischemia: angina pectoris or chest pain because of poor blood supply to the heart muscle)
- isch/emia
- hold back/pertains to blood
146. ISCHI/O-
- hip joint or hip
- Ischio/dynia
- hip joint or hip/pain
147. -ISH
- resembling or related to
- lap/ish
- stone/resembling or related to
148. -ISM
- state of or condition of
- giant/ism
- large/state of
- albin/ism
- white/state of or condition of
149. ISO-
- equal or same
- iso/ton/ic
- equal or same/tone/refers to
- iso/cell/ar
- equal/cells/refers to
- (chamber 'inside cell membrane' pressure)
150. -IST
- specialist
- endo/crin/olog/ist
- within/secrete/science or study of/specialist
- (glands that secrete directly into or within the blood)
151. -ITES
- dropsy or drooping
- tympan/ites
- drum/dropsy or drooping
152. -ITIS
- inflamed or inflammation
- gloss/itis
- tongue/inflamed or inflammation
- related term(s): -icy
153. -ITY
- state of
- steril/ity
- barren (not capable of fertility)/state of
- related term(s): -ous
154. -IZE
- state of or acts like
- cauter/ize
- burn/state of
- hypnot/ize
- sleep/state of or acts like
155. JEJUNO-
- to empty (2nd part of small intestine)
- jejun/um
- to empty (the second part of the small intestine/refers to
- (five foot long 2nd part of the small intestine with rugae 'folds' and villi 'hair-like projections' for absorption)
- related part(s): 1st part duodenum, 3rd part ileum
156. JUNCTIV/O-
- joining or to join
- con/junctiv/itis
- together/joining or to join/inflamed
- (ocular and eyelid parts)
157. KALI-
- potassium
- kali/penia
- potassium/decrease of
158. KARY/O-
- nucleus
- karyo/kinesis
- nucleus/movement or motion
159. KEL/O-
- scar
- kel/oid
- scar/resembling
- (raised hard reddened scar)
160. KERAT/O-
- cornea or horny
- kerato/malac/ia
- cornea (eye)/softening/refers to
- (cornea of children - lack of Vitamin A)
161. KET/O-
- sour or acid
- keto/sis
- sour or acid/condition
- (an increase in ketone bodies referred to as acidosis and is associated with starvation)
162. KIL/O-
- one thousand
- kilo/gram
- one thousand/grams
- (recording weight of about 2.2 lb.)
- note: a milli/gram is one thousandth of a gram
163. KINE-
- movement or motion
- kine/tic
- movement/state of or condition of
- alternate spelling: KINESI/O
- related term(s): KYM/O-
164. KRAUR/O-
- dryness
- Kraur/o/sis
- dryness/condition
- (associated with mouth and vagina)
165. KYPH/O-
- hunchback
- kyph/osis
- hunchback/condition
166. LABIO-
- lip
- labi/oma
- lip/tumor
- (the term 'cheilo' also means lip)
167. LABRYNITHO-
- maze
- labrynith/itis
- maze/inflamed
- (top portion of inner ear - balance)
168. LACER/O-
- to tear
- lacer/ate
- to tear/refers to
169. LACRIM/O-
- tearing or tear
- lacrim/al
- tearing or tear/refer to
- related term(s): dacryo-
170. LACT/O-
- milk
- lact/ose
- milk/sugar
171. LAMIN/O-
- thin flat plate or layer
- lamin/ectomy
- thin flat plate or layer/removal
lamin/ent
- thin flat plate or layer/having or possessing
- (bridge part of vertebrae arch)
172. LAP/I-
- stone
- lap/is
- stone/refers to
- related term(s): PETRO-, LITHO-
173. -LAPSE
- falling or slippage
- pro/lapse
- before/falling or slippage (means normal before slippage)
- (sinking down of a body part or organ, usually at a normal or artificial opening)
- re/lapse
- again/falling or slippage
174. LARYNGO-
- voice box
- laryng/itis
- voice box (larynx)/inflamed
- (hoarseness or loss of the voice)
175. LAT-
- side
- lat/eral
- side/refers to
- lat/issimus
- side (dorsal chest muscle)/refers to
- alternate spelling: LATER/O-
176. LAX-
- to loosen or loosening
- re/lax/ation
- again/to loosen/process of
- alternate spelling: LAXAT/O-
177. LEI/O-
- smooth
- leio/my/oma
- smooth/muscle/tumor
- (smooth muscle tumor usually found in stomach or uterus)
178. LENT/O-
- freckle
- lent/icle
- freckle/small
- small skin blemishes
179. LEPR/O-
- scaly
- lepros/y
- scaly/process of
- (skin lesion appearance)
- related term(s): LEPROS-
180. -LEPSY
- seizure or convulsion
- epi/leps/y
- upon/seizure/process of
- (short circuiting of brain waves)
181. LEPTO-
- thin or slender
- lepto/morph/ic
- thin or slender/shape or form/refers to
182. LEUK/O-
- white
- leuk/aphere/sis
- white (white blood cells: WBC's)/separation/condition of
- related term(s): LEUC/O-
183. LEVAT/O-
- lift up
- levat/or
- lift up (muscle)/one who
184. LIBID/O-
- desire
- libid/al
- desire/refers to
- (conscious or unconscious sex drive)
185. LICHEN/I-
- plant
- lichen/ific/ation
- plant/process of making (plant-like)
- (irritations that cause thickening or hardening of skin surface - it now looks like lichens growing on rocks)
- related term(s): FUNGI-, PHYTO-
186. LIENO-
- spleen
- lien/itis
- spleen/inflamed
187. LIGA-
- to bind
- liga/ment
- to bind/state of
- (binding bone to bone)
188. LINGU-
- tongue
- bi/lingu/al
- two/tongue/pertain to
- (use of tongue for producing sounds or speech in two languages)
189. LIP/O-
- fat
- lip/oma
- fat/tumor or swelling
190. -LISTHESIS
- slippage
- spondylo/listh/esis
- vertebrae/slippage/condition of
191. -LITER
- liter
- milli/liter
- one-thousandth/litre of fluid measurement
- (liter is an unit of liquid: 1.0567 quarts or 1000 ml or cc.)
- alternate spelling: -LITRE (European)
192. LITH/O-
- stone, calculus or rock
- nephro/lith
- kidney/stone calculus or rock
- related term(s): LAP/I-, PETRO-
193. LOB/O-
- lobe
- lob/ectom/y
- lobe/removal or excision 'cut out'/procedure of
- (usually in the lung)
194. LORD/O-
- swayback (to bend)
- lordo/sis
- swayback (to bend)/condition of
- (lumbar spine is bent anterior: often seen in horses)
195. LUMB/O-
- loin
- lumb/ar
- loin
- (5 large lower back vertebrae: just above sacrum or large tail bone)
196. LUMP-
- small mass
- lump/ectomy
- small mass/excised or removed
197. LUNA-
- moon or crescent-shaped
- lun/ate
- moon or crescent-shaped/refers to
- (Lunar literally means moon, month, silver. Moon
- is usually seen in a 'C' shape like the 2
- crescent cartilages of the knee.)
- related term(s): MENISC/O-
198. LUPUS
- wolf
- lupus erythematosus
- wolf: red (faced)
- (a progressive ulcerating skin condition: auto-immune disease with skin lesions)
199. LUTE/O-
- yellow
- lute/al
- yellow/refers to
- (spot on retina 'macula lutea' or body structure on ovary 'corpus luteum')
- related term(s): XANTH/O-
200. LUX-
- to dislocate
- sub/lux/ation
- under or less/to dislocate/refers to
- (osteopaths, chiropractors, and orthopedic doctors manipulate or adjust these bone dis/articulations)
201. LYMPH/O-
- watery
- lymph/oma
- watery (clear fluid or serum)/tumor or swelling
- (12 major types of lymphatic cancers: Hodgkin's, Leukemias, & Reticular Cancers)
202. -LYSIS
- destruction, breakdown, declining
- auto/lysis
- self/destruction, breakdown, declining
- hemo/lysis
- blood/breakdown
203. MACER/O-
- to make soft
- macer/ation
- to make soft/process of
204. MACRO-
- large or huge
- macro/phage
- large or huge/eater(WBC's)
- macro/scop/ic
- large/viewing or seeing (eyeballing)/refers to
205. MACUL/O-
- large spot or flat skin freckle
- macula lutea
- large (flat spot on retina, lesions, mole 'nevus'): yellow
- macule
- large spot or flat skin freckle (lenticel)
- related term(s): MACULE
206. MAGNI-
- large or greater
- magni/ficat/ion
- larger or greater/to make/process of
207. MAL-
- bad, harm, injury
- mal/ignant
- bad, harm, injury/refers to
- (growing worse or resisting treatment)
- mal/practice
- bad/action
208. MALAC/O-
- soft or softening
- ostero/malac/ia
- bone/soft or softening/pertains to
209. MALL/E/OLUS
- little hammer
- malle/olus
- hammer (little bony protuberance on either side of ankle joint)/small
- related term(s): MALLE/O-
210. MALLE/O-
- hammer
- malle/us
- hammer (middle ear bone)/refers to(noun)
- related term(s): MALLEOLUS
211. MAMM/O-
- breast
- mamm/ary
- breast/refers to
- related term(s): MAST/O-
212. MAN/O-
- hand
- manu/al
- hand/pertain to
- mano/meter
- (thin or hand measurement)
213. MAND/I-
- chew or chewer
- mand/ible
- chew or chewer/ability to(lower jaw bone)
214. -MANIA
- madness
- klepto/mani/ac
- theft or steal/madness/pertains to
- (obsession or preoccupation with stealing)
- alternate spelling: MANI/O-
215. MASSET/O-
- chewer or to chew
- masset/er
- chewer or to chew/one who
- (muscle from cheek bone to lower jaw)
216. MASSEUR
- male massager
- masseur
- French term for a male that gives massages
- related term(s): MASSEUSE
217. MAST/O-
- breast
- mast/ectom/y
- breast/removal/procedure of
- (partial or complete)
mast/oid
- breast/resembling
- (large bone projection of temporal bone: posterior & interior to outer ear)
- related term(s): MAMM/O-
218. MASTIC/O-
- to chew or chewing
- mastic/ation
- to chew or chewing/process of
- (refers to chewing with the large muscle of the cheek -the masseter)
219. -MATA
- multiple
- carcino/mata
- crab-like (cancerous growths)/multiple (many)
220. MAXILL/O-
- upper jaw
- maxill/ary
- jaw/refers to
221. MEASLES
- rubella, reddish or red
- measles
- rubella or reddish or red
- (3 Day or German Measles - 'Dutch Mesalen'. Red
- spots appear with 'Papules, Macules, and
- Vesicles'. Dangerous if pregnant. Rubeola also
- means reddish and this 9 or 10 day measles is
- more dangerous because of high fever - 104 to 106
- degrees F. - usually respiratory virus )
222. MEAT/O-
- opening
- meat/us
- opening/refer to
223. MEDI-
- middle
- medi/an; medi/um; medi/al
- middle/refers to
224. MEGA-
- great or big
- mega/colon
- great (big)/large intestine
225. MEGALO-
- huge or large
- hepato/megal/y
- liver/huge/process of
226. MEI/O- and MIO-
- lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict
- mei/osis and Miotic
- lesser, smaller, fewer/condition of
- (reduction of cells chromosome from 23 pairs to
- 23 in egg or sperm. Miotic drops lessen the
- size of the eyes pupil: mydriatic drops dilate
- pupil)
- related term(s): MI/O-
227. MEL-
- sweet, honey, cheek, limb
- mel/itis
- cheek/inflamed
- mel/algia
- limb/pain
- mel/on
- sweet/one who is
228. MELAN/O-
- black
- melan/oma
- black/tumor (skin cancer)
229. MEN/O-
- monthly or month
- men/arche
- monthly or month/start
- meno/pause
- monthly/stoppage
230. MENING/O-
- membrane
- mening/itis
- membrane/inflamed
- (covering of Central Nervous System 'CNS')
- meninges
- membrane
(3 parts: dura mater layer (hard mother);
- arachnoid layer (spider-like web);
- and pia mater layer (gentle mother))
231. MENISC/O-
- crescent
- menisc/ectomy
- crescent ('C' shaped)/excision
- (knee cartilage that are half moon or 'C' shaped)
- related term(s): LUNA-
232. MENT/O-
- mind
- ment/al
- mind/pertains to
233. -MENTUM
- chin
- ante/mentum
- before/chin
234. MES/O-
- middle
- mes/enter/y
- middle/intestines/state of
- (connective tissue or blood vessels on the posterior middle wall of abdomen)
- meso/derm
- middle/skin
- (outer layer is ecto/derm and inner layer is endo/derm)
235. META-
- beyond or change
- meta/carp/al
- beyond/wrist/pertains to
- meta/bol/ism
- change/lump/state of
- meta/stasis
- change (from)/standing or stoppage (spreading of cancer or bacteria)
236. -METER
- measurement
- spiro/meter
- breathe/measurement
- opto/metr/ist
- eye/measurement/specialist
- alternate spelling: -METRE (European)
237. METR/A-
- uterus or womb
- endo/metr/iosis
- within/uterus or womb/condition
- endo/metr/itis
- within/uterus or womb/inflammation
238. -METRY
- measurement procedure
- opto/metr/y (O.D.)
- sight or vision/measurement/procedure or process
239. MICRO-
- small
- micro/gloss/ia
- small/tongue/refers to
- micro/scop/e
- small/viewing/instrument
240. MICTUR/O-
- to make water or urinate
- mictur/ition
- to make water or urinate/process of
- alternate spelling: MICTURIT/O-
241. MILLI-
- one-thousandth
- milli/meter
- one-thousandth/of meter (39.37 inches)
- Note: a kilo/gram is one thousand grams or a recording weight of about 2.2 lb. A milli/gram is one-thousandth of a gram
242. MINIMUS-
- smallest
- minim/um
- smallest/refers to
- (smallest: gluteus minimus is the smallest of the 3 groups of buttock muscles)
243. MINUTE
- small
- com/minute
- together/small
- (com/minuted fractures are caused by the bone being forced together causing small bone parts or chips)
244. -MITR/E
- head band or mitre box
- mitr/al
- head band or mitre box/refers to
- alternate spelling: MITR/O- (European)
245. MOL/O-
- to mill or grind
- mol/ar
- to mill or grind/refer to
- (upper and lower sets of back teeth of humans)
246. MON/O-
- one
- mono/nucle/osis
- one/nut/condition of
- (high number of mono/nuclear 'large' white blood cells)
- related term(s): UNI-
247. MORPHO-
- shape
- a/morph/ous
- without/shape or form/state of or composed of
248. MORT/O-
- death
- mort/al
- death/refers to
249. -MOTOR
- movement or motion
- oculo/motor
- eye/motion or movement
- psycho/motor
- mind/movement
- related term(s): KINESI/O-
250. MUC/O-
- slime
- muc/oid
- slime/resembles

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-emesis to muc/o

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