11771345596 | a-, an- | without, lack of | 0 | |
11771345597 | -ac, -ic | pertaining to | 1 | |
11771345598 | alba-, albi-, leuco-, leuko- | white | ![]() | 2 |
11771345599 | append- | appendix | ![]() | 3 |
11771345600 | bio- | life | 4 | |
11771345601 | -blast | germ/embryonic cell | 5 | |
11771345602 | brachi- | arm | 6 | |
11771345603 | cardi- | pertaining to the heart | ![]() | 7 |
11771345604 | -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid | 8 | |
11771345605 | cerebro-, encephal- | brain | ![]() | 9 |
11771345606 | chlor- | green | ![]() | 10 |
11771345607 | -cide | causing death | 11 | |
11771345608 | cost- | rib | ![]() | 12 |
11771345609 | cyan- | blue | ![]() | 13 |
11771345610 | dent- | tooth | ![]() | 14 |
11771345611 | -ectomy | surgical removal of | 15 | |
11771345612 | -emesis | vomit | ![]() | 16 |
11771345613 | erythro- | red | ![]() | 17 |
11771345614 | faci- | face | 18 | |
11771345615 | gast- | stomach | ![]() | 19 |
11771345616 | -genous | kind, type | 20 | |
11771345617 | hepat- | liver | ![]() | 21 |
11771345618 | -itis | inflammation | 22 | |
11771345619 | kerat- | cornea of the eye | 23 | |
11771345620 | labi- | lip | ![]() | 24 |
11771345621 | laryng- | larynx | 25 | |
11771345622 | -lepsy | seizure, convulsion | 26 | |
11771345623 | -mania | insanity, mental disorder | 27 | |
11771345624 | melan- | black or dark | ![]() | 28 |
11771345625 | -mortem | death | ![]() | 29 |
11771345626 | nas- | nose | ![]() | 30 |
11771345627 | -natal | birth | 31 | |
11771345628 | -ologist | person who studies | 32 | |
11771345629 | -ology | study of, science of | 33 | |
11771345630 | -oma | tumor, a swelling | 34 | |
11771345631 | opt- | vision, eye | 35 | |
11771345632 | -paresis | paralysis | 36 | |
11771345633 | -partum | birth, labor | 37 | |
11771345634 | -rrhea | flow, discharge | 38 | |
11771345635 | -scope | examining instrument | 39 | |
11771345636 | -stomy | artificial opening | 40 | |
11771345637 | -therapy | treatment | 41 | |
11771345638 | -tox | poison | 42 | |
11771345639 | -uria | urine | ![]() | 43 |
11771345640 | xanth- | yellow | ![]() | 44 |
11771345641 | aden/o | gland, glandular | 45 | |
11771352149 | angi/o | vessel | 46 | |
11771355112 | cryo- | cold | 47 | |
11771355113 | -gram | tracing, picture, record | 48 | |
11771359708 | herni- | rupture | 49 | |
11771363219 | micro- | small | 50 | |
11771368133 | -otomy | cutting into | 51 | |
11771368134 | -spasm | involuntary contraction | 52 | |
11771371487 | pre- | before, in front of | 53 | |
11771371488 | -rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow | 54 | |
11771371489 | di- | double, twice | 55 | |
11771373701 | infra- | beneath, below | 56 | |
11771373702 | neur/o | nerve, nervous system | 57 | |
11771377297 | scler/o | hardening | 58 | |
11771377298 | cyt/o | cell | 59 | |
11771377299 | viscer/o | internal organs | 60 | |
11771380804 | intra- | within, into, inside | 61 | |
11771380805 | -phobia | fear | 62 | |
11771380806 | tri- | three | 63 | |
11771383184 | derm/a | pertaining to the skin | 64 | |
11771409103 | -pnea | breathing | 65 | |
11771409104 | -osis | condition, state, process | 66 | |
11771411641 | dec/a | ten | 67 | |
11771411642 | thromb/o | clot | 68 | |
11771415171 | -phage, -phagia | to eat, consuming, swallow | 69 | |
11771423696 | post- | after, behind | 70 | |
11771426880 | tach/y | fast, rapid | 71 | |
11771426881 | auto- | self | 72 | |
11771429018 | -crine | secrete | 73 | |
11771430778 | brady- | slow | 74 | |
11771432718 | my/o | muscle | 75 | |
11771432719 | inter- | between, among | 76 | |
11771435477 | dys- | bad, painful, difficult | 77 | |
11771438660 | uni- | one | 78 | |
11771442769 | chol/o | bile, gallbladder | 79 | |
11771444946 | peri- | around | 80 | |
11771444947 | vas/o | vessel, duct | 81 | |
11771447723 | -plasty | surgical correction or repair | 82 | |
11771450071 | ost/e | bone | 83 | |
11771452097 | quad- | four | 84 | |
11771452127 | -stasis | stoppage, maintaining a constant level | 85 | |
11771455499 | therm/o | heat | 86 | |
11771455500 | brachy- | short | 87 | |
11771455501 | neo- | new | 88 | |
11771455502 | -oscopy | diagnostic examination | 89 | |
11771455503 | -desis | surgical union or fixation | 90 | |
11771457964 | ven/a | vein | 91 | |
11771457965 | -penia | lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency | 92 | |
11771457966 | -rrhaphy | suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect | 93 | |
11789909365 | trich/o | hair | 94 | |
11789912813 | retro- | backward, in back, behind | 95 | |
11789917923 | sinistr/o | left | 96 | |
11789920062 | pan- | all, complete, entire | 97 | |
11789923863 | ped- | child | 98 | |
11789926910 | gluc/o | sweetness, sugar, glucose | 99 | |
11789933111 | calc/u | stone | 100 | |
11789933129 | trans- | across, over, beyond | 101 | |
11789937144 | pyr/o | heat, fever | 102 | |
11789939304 | ather/o | fatty, lipid | 103 | |
11789944282 | dextr/o | to the right | 104 | |
11789947554 | mal- | bad, abnormal, disordered, poor | 105 | |
11789955163 | noct- | night, at night | 106 | |
11789957918 | pent- | five | 107 | |
11789960211 | -pexy | fixation | 108 | |
11789962859 | myc-o | fungus | 109 | |
11789965754 | -kinesis, kinetic | motion | 110 | |
11789967910 | hist/o | tissue | 111 | |
11789970331 | sarc/o | malignant (cancer) connective tissue | 112 | |
11789991776 | -graph | diagram, instrument for recording | 113 | |
11789994978 | hypno- | sleep | 114 | |
11789997282 | py/o | pus | 115 | |
11790000729 | -rrhexis | rupture of, bursting | 116 | |
11790003131 | arthr/o | joint | 117 | |
11790003132 | iso- | equal, alike, same | 118 | |
11790007220 | mes/o | middle, midline | 119 | |
11790009928 | olig- | few, less than normal, small | 120 | |
11790012932 | ultra- | beyond, excess | 121 |
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