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phleb/o
vein
phob/o
fear
-phobia
fear
phon/o
voice; sound
-phonia
voice; sound
phor/o
to bear
-phoresis
carrying; transmission
-phoria
to bear; carry; feeling (mental state)
phot/o
light
phren/o
diaphragm; mind
-phthisis
wasting away
-phylaxis
protection
physi/o
nature; function
-physis
to grow
phyt/o
plant
-phyte
plant
pil/o
hair
pineal/o
pineal gland
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
-plakia
plaque
plant/o
sole of the foot
plas/o
development; formation; growth
-plasia
development; formation; growth
-plasm
formation; structure
-plastic
pertaining to formation
-plasty
surgical repair
ple/o
more; many; varied
-plegia
paralysis; palsy
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis; palsy
pleur/o
pleura
plex/o
plexus; network (of nerves)
-pnea
breathing
pneum/o
lung; air; gas
pneumon/o
lung; air; gas
pod/o
foot
-poiesis
formation
-poietin
substance that forms
poikil/o
varied; irregular
pol/o
extreme
polio-
gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
poly-
many; much
polyp/o
polyp; small growth
pont/o
pons (a part of the brain)
-porosis
condition of pores (spaces)
post-
after; behind
poster/o
back (of body); behind
-prandial
pertaining to eating or mealtime
-praxia
action
pre-
before; in front of
presby/o
old age
primi-
first
pro-
before; forward
proct/o
anus and rectum
pros-
before; forward
prostat/o
prostate gland
prot/o
first
prote/o
protein
proxim/o
near
prurit/o
itching
pseudo-
True
False
false
psych/o
mind
-ptosis
falling; drooping; prolapse
-ptysis
spitting
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
pulmon/o
lung
pupill/o
pupil
purul/o
pus
py/o
pus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
pylor/o
pylorus; pyloric sphincter
pyr/o
fever; fire
pyret/o
fever
pyrex/o
fever
quadri-
four
rachi/o
spinal column; vertebrae
radi/o
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
radicul/o
nerve root
re-
back; again; backward
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
reticul/o
network
retin/o
retina
retro-
behind; back; backward
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
rheumat/o
watery flow
rhin/o
nose
rhytid/o
wrinkle
roentgen/o
x-rays
-rrhage
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
rrhythm/o
rhythm
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
-salpinx
fallopian tube; oviduct
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
scapul/o
scapula; shoulder blade
-schisis
split
schiz/o
split
scint/i
spark
scirrh/o
hard
scler/o
sclera (white of eye); hard
-sclerosis
hardening
scoli/o
crooked; bent
-scope
instrument for visual exam
-scopy
visual exam
scot/o
darkness
seb/o
sebum
sebace/o
sebum
sect/o
to cut
semi-
half
semin/i
semen; seed
seps/o
infection
sial/o
saliva
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sider/o
iron
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
silic/o
glass
sinus/o
sinus
-sis
state of; condition
-sol
solution
somat/o
body
-some
body
somn/o
sleep
-somnia
sleep
son/o
sound
-spadia
to ear, cut
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
sperm/o
spermatozoa; sperm cells
spermat/o
spermatozoa; sperm cells
sphen/o
wedge; sphenoid bone
spher/o
globe-shaped; round
sphygm/o
pulse
-sphyxia
pulse
splanchn/o
viscera (internal organs)
spin/o
spine (backbone)
spir/o
to breathe
splen/o
spleen
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
squam/o
scale
-stalsis
contraction
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
staphyl/o
clusters; uvula
-stasis
stopping; controlling; placing
-static
pertaining to stopping; controlling
steat/o
fat; sebum
sten/o
narrowing
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
ster/o
solid structure; steroid
stere/o
solid; three-dimensional
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
-stitial
pertaining to standing or positioned
stomat/o
mouth
-stomia
condition of the mouth
-stomy
new opening to form a mouth
strept/o
twisted chains
styl/o
pole or stake
sub-
under; below
submaxill/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
-suppression
stopping
supra-
above; upper
sym-
together; with
syn-
together; with
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short; faint
syndesm/o
ligament
synov/o
synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
syring/o
tube
tachy-
fast
tars/o
tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)
tax/o
order; coordination
tel/o
complete
tele/o
distant
ten/o
tendon
tendin/o
tendon
-tension
pressure
terat/o
monster; malformed fetus
test/o
testis (testicle)
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus
thalass/o
sea
the/o
put; place
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
therapeut/o
treatment
-therapy
treatment
therm/o
heat
thorac/o
chest
-thorax
chest; pleural cavity
thromb/o
clot
thym/o
thymus gland
-thymia
mind (condition of)
-thymic
pertaining to mind
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
-tic
pertaining to
toc/o
labor; birth
-tocia
labor; birth (conditon of)
-tocin
labor; birth (a substance for)
Author
lay-z
ID
79614
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Phl-Toc : Med c/f, prefixes, suffixes
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Phl-Toc, continuing c/f, prefixes, and suffixes
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