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Chapter 1
General purpose roots
Term | Definition | Examples |
---|---|---|
Gen/o | Creation, cause | Pathogenic |
Hydr/o | Water | Hydrophobia, dehydration |
Morph/o | Change | Morphology |
Myc/o | Fungus | mycosis |
Necr/o | Death | Necrosis |
Orth/o | Straight | Orthodontist |
Path/o | Suffering, disease | Pathology |
Phag/o | Eat | Aphagia |
Plas/o | Formation | Hyperplasia |
Py/o | Pus | Pyorrhea, pyemia |
Scler/o | Hard | Scleroderma |
Sten/o | Narrowing | Stenosis |
Troph/o | Nourishment, development | Trophology, hypertrophy |
Xen/o | Foreign | Xenograft |