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Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremities |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adip/o | fat |
aer/o | air |
alb | white |
albumin/o | albumin |
amni/o | amnion |
amyl/o | starch |
angi/o | vessel |
ankyl/o | crooked/fused |
anter/o | anterior/before/in front |
aort/o | aorta |
append(ic)/o | appendix |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
atel/o | imperfect |
ather/o | yellow, fatty plaque |
aur/i | ear |
bil/i | bile |
blast/o | embryonic form |
blephar/o | eyelid |
brachi/o | arm |
brachy | short |
bronch(i)/o | windpipe |
bucc/o | cheek |
burs/o | bursa |
calc/i | calcium |
calcane/o | heel |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | carpus/wrist |
caud/o | tail |
cec/o | cecum |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | brain |
cervic/o | neck |
chlor/o | green |
chol/e | bile |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chori/o | fetal covering |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
col/o | colon |
colp/o | hollow/vagina |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | cranium/skull |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hide/conceal |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | cyst/bladder |
cyt/o (-cyte) | cell |
dactyl/o | finger/toe |
dent/i | teeth |
dent/o | teeth |
derm/a | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
dextr/o | right |
dips/o | thirst |
disc/o | disc/disk |
dist/o | far/distant from origin |
dors/o | directed toward/on the back |
duoden/o | duodenum |
ech/o | sound |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestine |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
esthesi/o | feeling |
femor/o | femur |
fet/o | fetus |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibul/o | fibula |
front/o | forehead/front |
galact/o | milk |
gastr/o | stomach |
genit/o | genitals |
ger/o | old |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gloss/o | tongue |
glyc/o | sugar/sweet |
gnath/o | jaw |
granul/o | grain/particle |
gynec/o | female |
hem/a | blood |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hist/o | tissue |
hom/o | common/same |
humer/o | humerus |
hydr/o | water |
hyster/o | uterus/womb |
ile/o | ileum (small intestine) |
ili/o | ilium (hip bone) |
immun/o | immune |
infer/o | lowermost/below |
intestin/o | intestine |
irid/o | colored circle/iris |