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Vocab Test adv3
vocab words
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | no, not, without, lack of, apart |
ad- | toward, near, to |
bi- | two, double |
de- | down, away from; take away, remove |
di- | two, double |
dia- | through, between |
dif-, dis- | apart, free from, separate |
ec-, ecto- | out, outside, outer |
end-, endo- | within, inner |
ep-, epi- | upon, over, beyond |
eu- | good, normal |
ex-, exo- | out, away from |
extra- | outside, beyond |
hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
hypo- | below, under, deficient |
in- | in, into, not |
mega- | large, great |
meta- | beyond, over, between, change |
para- | beside, alongside, abnormal |
poly- | many, much, excessive |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | before, in front of |
super- | above, beyond |
supra- | above, beyond |
acro- | extremities; top or extreme point |
aero- | air |
aniso- | unequal |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
hemi- | one side, half |
hemo- | blood |
hetero- | different |
homo- | same |
hydro- | water |
iso- | equal, same |
lip- | fat |
mal- | bad, poor |
megalo- | large (enlarged) |
noct- | night |
nyct- | night |
pan- | all, every |
per- | through |
peri- | around, surrounding |
pyo- | pus |
re- | put back |
syn- | going together, unites |
tachy- | fast |
tri- | three |
quadri- | four |
deca- | ten |
multi- | many (more than one) |
primi- | first |
semi- | half (partially) |
ambi- | both or both sides |
ab- | away from |
circum- | around |
contra- | opposition, against |
infra- | below, under |
intra- | inside |
meso- | middle |
retro- | behind, backward |
sub- | under, near |
acu- | needle |
bio- | life |
equi- | equality, equal |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
aden/o | gland |
andr/o | men |
angi/o | vessel |
appendage | attached or outgrowth |
appendic/o | appendix |
ateri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
encephal/o | brain |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
gloss/o | tongue |
gyne | woman |
hepat/o | liver |
hyster/o | uterus |
irid/o | iris (eye) |
lamina, lamin/o | thin, flat part of vertebra |
lingua | tongue |
lob/o | lobe, as of lung or brain |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
my/o | muscle |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
oophor/o | ovary |
opthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phleb/o | vein |
pneum/o | lungs (air or gas) |
ren/i | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sacr/0 | sacrum |
spleen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
steth/o | chest |
stomat/o | mouth |
ten/o | tendon |
thorac/o | thorax |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
trache/o | trachea |
tympan/o | eardrum |
vas/o | vessel |
ven/i | vein |
dipl/o | pairs |
staphyl/o | bunches, like grapes |
strept/o | twisted |
alb | white |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
poli/o | gray |
rhod/o | red |
rubi/o | reddish, redness |
xanth/o | yellowish |
adip/o | fat |
blast/o | early embryonic stage, immature |
calor/i | heat |
carcin/o | cancer |
caud/o | tail |
cavit/o, cav/o | hollow cavity |
chron/o | time, timing |
consci/o | awareness, aware |
constrict/o | narrowing |
corpor/o | body |
cry/o | cold |
dolor/o | pain |
dynam/o | power, strength |
eti/o | etiology |
febr/i | fever |
funct/o | performance |
gel/o | to freeze, congeal |
ger/o | aged, old age |
hapl/o | simple, single |
hist/o | tissue |
kel/o | tumor, fibrous growth |
medic/o | heal, healing |
morph/o | shape, form |
nos/o | disease |
pharmac/o | drugs |
physic/o | physical, natural |
plex/o | network (nerves or vessels) |
puls/o, pulsat/o | to beat, beating |
purul/o | pus formation |
pyr/o | fire, fever, heat |
scirrh/o | hard |
systol/o | contration |
therm/o | heat |
tors/o | twisting, twisted |
tri/o | to sort out, sorting |
vir/o | virus |
viscer/o | internal organs |
vit/o | life |
zyg/o | union, junction |
-ectomy | excision or removal |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-os/tomy | mouth, forming an opening |
-tomy | incision, to cut into |
-desis | binding, stabilization |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-plasty | molding or shaping |
-clasis | to break down, refracture |
-lysis | loosen, free from adhesions, destruction |