abdomin/o
abdomen
ablat/o
take away; destroy
abort/o
stop prematurely
abras/o
scrape off
absorpt/o
absorb or take in
access/o
supplemental or contributing part
accommod/o
to adapt
acetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
acid/o
acid (low pH)
acous/o
hearing, sound
acr/o
extremity; highest point
acromi/o
acromion
act/o
action; to do
actin/o
rays of the sun
acu/o
needle; sharpness
acus/o
the sense of hearing
addict/o
surrender to; be controlled by
aden/o
gland
adhes/o
to stick to
adip/o
fat
adjuv/o
giving help or assistance
adnex/o
accessory connecting parts
adolesc/o
the beginning of being an adult
adren/o; adrenal/o
adrenal gland
affect/o
state of mind; mood; to have an influence on
affer/o
bring toward the center
ag/o
to lead to
agglutin/o
clumping, sticking
aggreg/o
crowding together
agon/o
causing action
agor/a
open area or space
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin
alg/o
pain
alges/o
sensation of pain
align/o
arranged in a straight line
aliment/o
food, nourishment
alkal/o
base (high pH)
all/o
other; strange
allerg/o
allergy
alveol/o
alveolus (air sac)
ambly/o
dimness
ambulat/o
walking
amnes/o
forgetfulness
amni/o
amnion (fetal membrane)
amo/ami
love
amput/o; amputat/o
to cut off
amygdal/o
almond shape
amyl/o
carbohydrate, starch
an/o
anus
anabol/o
building up
analy/o
to separate
anastom/o
unite two tubular structures
ancill/o
servant, accessory
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
aneurysm (dilation)
angi/o
blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
anis/o
unequal
ankyl/o
fused together, stiff
antagon/o
oppose or work against
capit/o
head
carcin/o
cancer
card/o; cardi
heart
caut/o
burn
cervic/o
neck; cervix
chlor/o
green
chondr/o
cartilage
cirrh/o
yellow
coccyg/o
coccyx
corpor/o
body
crani/o
skull, cranium
crur/o
leg or thigh
cry/o
cold
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cyt/o
cell
derm/o; dermat/o
skin
dors/o
back
electr/o
electricity
eosin/o
rose colored or red
erythr/o
red
fibr/o
fiber; fibrous
gastr/o
stomach
hem/o; hema; hemat/o
blood
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o; histi/o
tissue
hydr/o
water
hyster/o
uterus
ichthy/o
fish
ili/o
ilium
inguin/o
groin
jaund/o
yellow
kel/o
fibrous growth
kerat/o
hard, horny; also refers to the cornea of the eye
later/o
side
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
lith/o
stone; calus
lumb/o
loins, lower back
lute/o
yellow
lymph/o
lymph
macr/o
large
medi/o
middle
megal/o
enlargement or enlarged
melan/o
black
men/o
menstrual cycle
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
nas/o
nose
nucle/o
nucleus
onych/o
nails
pachy
thick
par/o
equal; usual; typical; average
ped/o
foot
pelv/i
pelvis
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
eating or swallowing
pharyng/o
throat
pil/o
hair
poli/o
gray
poster/o
back
proxim/o
near
pulmon/o
lungs
purpur/o
purple
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
fallopian tubes
scler/o
hard; also refers to the sclera of the eye
seb/o
sebum
skelet/o
skeletal; skeleton
spin/o
spine
squam/o
scales
thorac/o
chest
umbilic/o
navel
ur/o
urine
ventr/o
belly, front side
vertebr/o
vertebra
viscer/o
internal organs
xanth/o
yellow
xer/o
dryness
blast/o
embryonic stage of development
calc/o; calc/i
calcium
calcane/o
heel bone
carp/o
wrist
clavicul/o
collarbone
cost/o
ribs
femor/o
femur
fibul/o
fibula
gen/o
to produce
humer/o
humerus
ischi/o
ischiumi
kyph/o
humpback; pertaining to a hump
lamin/o
lamina
lord/o
swayback; bent
malac/o
softening
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
mastoid/o
mastoid process
maxill/o
upper jaw
metacarp/o
hand bones
metatars/o
foot bones
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
olecran/o
elbow
orth/o
bone
patell/o; patell/a
kneecap
pelv/i
pelvis
phalang/o
fingers, toes
por/o
cavity, opening, passage, or pore
pub/o
pubis
rach/i
spinal column
radi/o
radiation; also refers to the radius
scapul/o
shoulder blade
scoli/o
crooked, bent
spondyl/o
vertebra
sten/o
short, contracted, or narrow
stern/o
sternum
tars/o
ankle bones
tempor/o
temples of the head
bucc/o
cheek
fasci/o
band of fibrous tissue
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
myos/o
muscle
pector/o
pertaining to the chest
rhabdomy/o
striated muslce; skeletal muscle
troph/o
development
myos/o
muslce
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
ligament/o
ligament
oste/o
bone
ten/o; tendin/o; tend/o
tendon
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
encelphal/o
brain
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
gli/o
neuroglia or gluey substance
kinesi/o
movement
mening/o
meninges
narc/o
sleep
neur/o
nerve
thec/o
sheath
ton/o
tension, tone
ventricul/o
ventricle of the heart or brain
bas/o
base
chrom/o
color
coagul/o
clumping
hem/o; hemat/o
blood
is/o
equal
kary/o
nucleus
morph/o
form, shape
poikil/o
varied; irregular
spider/o
iron
spher/o
round; sphere
thromb/o
clot
immun/o
immune, protection
lymphaden/o
lymph gland
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
mon/o
one
sarc/o
flesh
hem/o; hemat/o
blood
bronch/o; bronchiol/o
bronchus
epiglott/o
epiglottis
laryng/o
larynx
phren/o
mind; also refers to the diaphragm
pleur/o
pleura
pne/o
breathing
pneum/o; peneumon/o
lungs; air
rhin/o
nose
sinus/o
sinus
thor/a; thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea
arter/o; arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
arther/o
fatty
coron/o
heart
append/o; appendic/o
appendix
bil/i
bile
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
pertaining to the abdomen
cheil/o
lips
chol/e
bile
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duc
col/o; colon/o
colon
dent/o
tooth
duoden/o
duodenum; first part of small intestine
enter/o
intestine
esophag/o
esophagus
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o; glyc/o
sugar, sweet
hepat/o
liver
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
lapar/o
abdominal wall
lingu/o
tongue
odont/o
teeth
or/o
mouth
pancreat/o
pancreas
proct/o
anus or rectum
rect/o
rectum
sial/o
salivary gland; saliva
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
splen/o
spleen
steat/o
fat
stomat/o
mouth
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o
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