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dacry/o

tear
dacryoaden/o

tear gland
dacryocyst/o

tear sac; lacrimal sac
dactyl/o

fingers; toes
de-

lack of; down; less; removal of
dem/o

people
dent/i

tooth
derm/o

skin
-derma

skin
dermat/o

skin
desicc/o

drying
-desis

bind; tie together
dia-

complete; through
diaphor/o

sweat
-dilation

widening; stretching; expanding
dipl/o

double
dips/o

thirst
dist/o

far; distant
dors/o

back (of body)
dorsi-

back
-dote

to give
-drome

to run
duct/o

to lead, carry
duoden/o

duodenum
dur/o

dura mater
-dynia

pain
dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
-eal

pertaining to
ec-

outside; out
echo-

reflected sound
-ectasia

dilation; dilatation; widening
-ectasis

dilation; dilatation; widening
ecto-

out; outside
-ectomy

removal; excision; resection
-edema

swelling
-elasma

flat plate
electr/o

electricity
em-

in
-ema

condition
-emesis

vomiting
-emia

blood condition
-emic

pertaining to blood condition
emmetr/o

in due measure
en-

in; within
encephal/o

brain
end-

in; within
endo-

in; within
enter/o

intestines (usually small)
eosin/o

red; rosy; dawn-colored
epi-

above; upon; on
epididym/o

epididymis
epiglott/o

epiglottis
episi/o

vulva (female external genitalia)
epitheli/o

epithelium; skin
equin/o

horse
-er

one who
erg/o

work
erythem/o

flushed; redness
erythr/o

red
-esis

action; condition; state of
eso-

inward
esophag/o

esophagus
esthes/o

nervous sensation (feeling)
-esthesia

nervous sensation
esthesi/o

nervous sensation
estr/o

female
ethm/o

sieve
eti/o

cause
eu-

good; normal
-eurysm

widening
ex-

out; away from
exanthemat/o

rash
exo-

out; away from
extra-

outside
faci/o

face
fasci/o

fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
femor/o

femu (thigh bone)
-ferent

to carry
fibr/o

fiber
fibros/o

fibrous connective tissue
fibul/o

fibula
-fication

process of making
-fida

split
flex/o

bend
fluor/o

luminous
follicul/o

follicle; small sac
-form

resembling; in the shape of
fung/i

fungus; mushroom (lower organism lacking chlorophyll)
furc/o

forking; branching
-fusion

to pour; to come together
galact/o

milk
ganglion/o

ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies
gastr/o

stomach
-gen

substance that produce
-genesis

producing; forming
-genic

produced by or in
ger/o

old age
geront/o

old age
gest/o

pregnancy
gester/o

pregnancy
gingiv/o

gum
glauc/o

gray
gli/o

glial cells; neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous system)
-globin

protein
-globulin

protein
glomerul/o

glomerulus
gloss/o

tongue
gluc/o

sugar; glucose
glyc/o

sugar; glucose
glycogen/o

glycogen; animal starch
glycos/o

glucose; sugar
gnos/o

knowledge
gon/o

seed
gonad/o

sex glands
goni/o

angle
-grade

to go
-gram

record
granul/o

granules
-graph

instrument for recording
-graphy

process of recording
gravid/o

pregnancy
-gravida

pregnant woman
gynec/o

woman; female
hallucin/o

hallucination
hem/o

blood
hemat/o

blood
hemi-

half
hemoglobin/o

hemoglobin
hepat/o

liver
herni/o

hernia
-hexia

state of
hidr/o

sweat
hist/o

tissue
histi/o

tissue
home/o

sameness; unchanging; constant
hormon/o

hormone
humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)
hydr/o

water
hyper-

above; excessive
hypn/o

sleep
hypo-

deficient; below; under; less than normal
hypophys/o

pituitary gland
hyster/o

uterus; womb
-ia

condition
-iac

pertaining to
-iasis

abnormal condition
iatr/o

physician; treatment
-ic

pertaining to
-ical

pertaining to
ichthy/o

dry; scaly
-icle

small
idi/o

unknown; individual; distinct
-ile

pertaining to
ile/o

ileum
ili/o

ilium
immun/o

immune; protection; safe
in-

in; into; not
-in; -ine

a substance
-ine

pertaining to
infra-

below; inferior to; beneath
inguin/o

groin
insulin/o

insulin (pancreatic hormone)
inter-

between
intra-

within; into
iod/o

iodine
ion/o

ion; to wander
-ion

process
-ior

pertaining to
ipsi-

same
ir-

in
ir/o

iris
irid/o

iris
isch/o

to hold back; back
is/o

same; equal
ischi/o

ischium (part of hip bone)
-ism

process; condition
-ist

specialist
-itis

inflammation
-itus

condition
-ium

structure; tissue
jaund/o

yellow
jejun/o

jejunum
kal/i

potassium
kary/o

nucleus
kerat/o

cornea; hard, horny tissue
kern-

nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
ket/o

ketones; acetones
keton/o

ketones; acetones
kines/o

movement
kinesi/o

movement
-kinesia

movement
-kinesis

movement
klept/o

to steal
kyph/o

humpback

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D-K: Medical c/f, suffixes, prefixes

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Letters D-K of medical combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes

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