All the fucking shit Flashcards by Christina McCabe

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a-

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no, not, without, away from, negative

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ab-

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away from, negative, absent

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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-able

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capable of, able to

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abort/o

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premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

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abrad/o

abras/o

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rub or scrape off

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abrupt/o

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broken away from

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abs-

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away from

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abscess/o

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collection of puss, going away

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absorpt/o

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suck up/suck in

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-ac

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pertaining to

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acanth/o

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spiny, thorny

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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-acious

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characterized by

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acne/o

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point or peak

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acous/o

acoust/o

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hearing, sound

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acquir/o

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get, obtain

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acr/o

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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point

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acromi/o

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acromion, point of shoulder blade

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actin/o

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light

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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acuit/o, acut/o

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sharp, sharpness

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acust/o, -

acusia, -acusis

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hearing, sense of hearing

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ad-

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toward, to, in the direction of

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aden/o

gland

adenoid/o

adenoids

adhes/o

stick to, cling to

adip/o

fat

adnex/o

bound to

adren/o, | adrenal/o

adrenal glands

aer/o

air, gas

aesthet/o

sensation, sense of perception

af

toward, to

affect/o

exert influence on

agglutin/o

clumping, stick together

aggress/o

attack, step forward

-ago

abnormal condition, disease

agor/a

marketplace

-agra

excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain

-aise

comfort, ease

alb/i, alb/o, | albin/o

white

albumin/o

albumin, protein

alg/e, algi/o, | alg/o, algesi/o

relationship to pain

-algesia, - | algesic

painful, pain sense

-algia

pain, suffering, painful condition

align/o

bring into line or correct position

aliment/o

to nourish

all/o, all-

other, different from normal, reversal

alopec/o

baldness, mangy

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac, small sac

ambi-

both sides, around or about, double

ambly/o

dull, dim

ambul/o, | ambulat/o

walk

ametr/o

out of proportion

-amine

nitrogen compound

amni/o

amnion, fetal membrane

amph-

around, on both sides, doubly

amput/o, | amputat/o

cut away, cut off a part of the body

amyl/o

starch

an-

no, not, without

an-, ana-

up, apart, backward, excessive

an/o

anus, ring

-an

characteristic of, pertaining to

-ancy

state of

andr/o

male, masculine

aneurysm/o

aneurysm

angi/o

blood or lymph vessel

angin/o

angina, choking, strangling

anis/o

unequal

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

anomal/o

irregularity

ante-

before, in front of, forward

anter/o

before, front

anthrac/o

coal, coal dust

anxi/o, anxiet/ | o

anxiety, anxious, uneasy

ap-

toward, to

-apheresis

removal

aphth/o

ulcer

apic/o

apex

ap-, apo-

separation, away from, opposed, detached

aplast/o

defective development, lack of development

aponeur/o

aponeurosis (type of tendon)

apoplect/o

a stroke

append/o, | appendic/o

appendix

aqu/i, aqu/o, | aque/o

water

arachn/o

spiderweb, spider

arc/o

bow, arc, or arch

-arche

beginning

areat/o

occurring in patches or circumscribed areas

areol/o

little open space

-aria

connected with

arrect/o

upright, lifted up, raised

arter/o, arteri/ | o

artery

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

-ary

pertaining to

as-

toward, to

asbest/o

asbestos

-ase

enzyme

aspir/o, | aspirat/o

to breathe in

asthen-, - | asthenia

weakness, lack of strength

asthmat/o

gasping, choking

astr/o

star, star-shaped

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

athet/o

uncontrolled

-ation

state or action

atop/o

strange, out of place

atres/i

without an opening

atri/o

atrium

aud-, audi/o, | audit/o

ear, hearing, the sense of hearing

aur/i, aur/o

ear, hearing

auscult/a, | auscult/o

listen

aut/o

self

ax/o

axis, main stem

axill/o

armpit

bacill/o

rod-shaped bacterium (plural, bacteria)

bacteri/o

bacteria (singular, bacterium)

balan/o

glans penis

bar/o

pressure, weight

bartholin/o

Bartholin’s gland

bas/o

base, opposite of acid

bi-

twice, double, two

bi/o

life

bifid/o

split, divided into two parts

bifurcat/o

divide or fork into two branches

bil/i

bile, gall

bilirubin/o

bilirubin

bin-

two

-blast

embryonic, immature, formative element

blephar/o

eyelid

borborygm/o

rumbling sound

brachi/o

arm

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

brev/i, brev/o

short

bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o

bronchial tube, bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole, bronchiolus

brux/o

grind

bucc/o

burs/o bursa, sac of fluid near joint

cadaver/o

dead body, corpse

calcane/o

calcaneus, heel bone

calc/i

calcium, lime, the heel

calci-, calc/o

calcium

calcul/o

stone, little stone

cali/o, calic/o

cup, calyx

call/i, callos/o

hard, hardened and thickened

calor/i

heat

canalicul/o

little canal or duct

canth/o

corner of the eye

capill/o

hair

capit/o

head

capn/o

carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance

capsul/o

little box

carb/o

carbon

carbuncl/o

carbuncle

carcin/o

cancerous

cardi/o, card/o

heart

cari/o

rottenness, decay

carot/o

stupor, sleep

carp/o

wrist bones

cartilag/o

cartilage, gristle

caruncul/o

bit of flesh

cat-, cata-, | cath

down, lower, under

catabol/o

a breaking down

cathart/o

cleansing, purging

cathet/o

insert, send down

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

caus/o, caust/ | o

burning, burn

cauter/o, caut/ | o

heat, burn

cav/i, cav/o

hollow, cave

cavern/o

containing hollow spaces

cec/o

cecum

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

celi/o, cel/o

abdomen, belly

cement/o

cementum, a rough stone

cent-

hundred

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

cephal/o

head

cera-

wax

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum, brain

cerumin/o

cerumen, earwax

cervic/o

neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

cheil/o

lip or lips

cheir/o

hand

chem/i, chem/ | o, chemic/o

drug, chemical

chir/o

hand

chlor/o

green

chlorhydr/o

hydrochloric acid

chol/e

bile, gall

cholangi/o

bile duct

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cholesterol/o

cholesterol

chondr/i, | chondr/o

cartilage

chord/o

spinal cord, cord

chori/o, | chorion/o

chorion, membrane

choroid/o

choroid layer of eye

chrom/o, | chromat/o

colour

chron/o

time

chym/o

to pour, juice

cib/o

meal

cicatric/o

scar

-cidal

pertaining to killing

-cide

causing death

cili/o

eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections

cine-

relationship to movement

circ/i

ring or circle

circulat/o

circulate, go around in a circle

circum-

around, about

circumcis/o

cutting around

circumscrib/o

confined, limited in space

cirrh/o

orange-yellow, tawny

cis/o

cut

-clasis, -clast

break down

claudicat/o

limping

claustr/o

barrier

clav/i

key

clavicul/o, | cleid/o

clavicle, collar bone

clitor/o

clitoris

-clonus

violent action

clus/o

shut or close

-clysis

irrigation, washing

co-

together, with

coagul/o, | coagulat/o

clotting, coagulation

coarct/o, | coarctat/o

press together, narrow

cocc/i, cocc/o, | -coccus

spherical bacteria

coccyg/o

coccyx, tailbone

cochle/o

spiral, snail, snail shell

coher/o, | cohes/o

cling, stick together

coit/o

a coming together

col/o

colon, large intestine

coll/a

glue

colon/o

colon, large intestine

colp/o

vagina

column/o

pillar

com-

together, with

comat/o

deep sleep

comminut/o

break into pieces

communic/o

share, to make common

compatibil/o

sympathize with

con-

together, with

concav/o

hollow

concentr/o

condense, intensify, remove excess water

concept/o

become pregnant

conch/o

shell

concuss/o

shaken together, violently agitated

condyl/o

knuckle, knob

confus/o

confusion, disorder

coni/o

dust

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva, joined together, connected

consci/o

aware, awareness

consolid/o

become firm or solid

constipat/o

pressed together, crowded together

constrict/o

draw tightly together

contact/o

touched, infected

contagi/o

infection, unclean, touching of something

contaminat/o

render unclean by contact, pollute

contine/o, | continent/o

keep in, contain, hold back, restrain

contra-

against, counter, opposite

contracept/o

prevention of conception

contus/o

bruise

convalesc/o

recover, become strong

convex/o

arched, vaulted

convolut/o

coiled, twisted

convuls/o

pull together

copi/o

plentiful

copulat/o

joining together, linking

cor/o

pupil

cord/o

cord, spinal cord

cordi/o

heart

core/o

pupil

cori/o

skin, leather

corne/o

cornea

coron/o

coronary, crown

corp/u, | corpor/o

body

corpuscul/o

little body

cort-

covering

cortic/o

cortex, outer region

cost/o

rib

cox/o

hip, hip joint

crani/o

skull

-crasia

a mixture or blending

creatin/o

creatinine

crepit/o, | crepitat/o

crackling, rattling

crin/o, -crine

secrete

cris/o, critic/o

turning point

-crit

to separate

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cubit/o

elbow

culd/o

cul-de-sac, blind pouch

cult/o

cultivate

-cusis

hearing

cusp/i

point, pointed flap

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cycl/o

ciliary body of eye, cycle

-cyesis

pregnancy

cyst-, -cyst

bladder, bag

cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

cyt/o, -cyte

cell

-cytic

pertaining to a cell

-cytosis

condition of cells

dacry/o

tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct)

dacryocyst/o

lacrimal sac (tear sac)

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

de-

down, lack of, from, not, removal

debrid/e

open a wound

deca-, deci-

ten, tenth

decidu/o

shedding, falling off

decubit/o

lying down

defec/o, | defecat/o

to free from waste, clear

defer/o

carrying down or out

degenerat/o

gradual impairment, breakdown, diminished function

deglutit/o

swallow

deliri/o

wandering in the mind

delt/o

Greek letter delta, triangular shape

delus/o

delude, mock, cheat

-dema

swelling (fluid)

dem/i, dem/o

people, population

demi-

half

dendr/o

branching, resembling a tree

dent/i, dent/o

tooth, teeth

depilate/o

hair removal

depress/o

press down, lower, pressed or sunk down

dermat/o, | derm/o

skin

desic/o

drying

-desis

to bind, tie together

deteriorat/o

worsening or gradual impairment

dextr/o

right side

di-

twice, twofold, double

dia-

through, between, apart, complete

diaphor/o

sweat

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm, wall across

diastole/o

standing apart, expansion

didym/o

testes, twins, double

diffus/o

pour out, spread apart

digest/o

divide, distribute

digit/o

finger or toe

dilat/o, | dilatat/o

spread out, expand

dilation

widening, stretching, expanding

dilut/o

dissolve, separate

diphther/o

membrane

dipl/o

double

dips/o, -dipsia

thirst

dis-

negative, apart, absence of

dislocat/o

displacement

dissect/o

cutting apart

disseminat/o

widely scattered

dist/o

far

distend/o, | distent/o

stretch apart, expand

diur/o, diuret/ | o

tending to increase urine output

divert/i

turning aside

domin/o

controlling, ruling

don/o

give

dors/i, dors/o

back of body

-dote

what is given

-drome

to run, running

-duct

opening

duct/o

to lead, carry

duoden/i, | duoden/o

duodenum, first part of small intestine

-dural

pertaining to dura mater

-dynia

pain

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

e-

out of, from

-eal

pertaining to

ec-

out, outside

ecchym/o

pouring out of juice

ech/o

sound

eclamps/o, | eclampt/o

flashing or shining forth

ectasia, - | ectasis

stretching, dilation, enlargement

ecto-

out, outside

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out, excision

-ectopy

displacement

eczemat/o

eruption

-edema

swelling

edem-, | edemat/o

swelling, fluid, tumor

edentul/o

without teeth

ef-

out

effect/o

bring about a response, activate

effus/o

pouring out

ejaculat/o

throw or hurl out

electr/o

electricity, electric

eliminat/o

expel from the body

em-

in

emaciat/o

wasted by disease

embol/o

something inserted or thrown in

embry/o

fertilized ovum, embryo

-emesis

vomiting

emet/o

vomit

-emia

blood, blood condition

emmetr/o

in proper measure

emolli/o

make soft, soften

en-

in, within, into

encephal/o

brain

end-, endo-

in, within, inside

endocrin/o

secrete within

enem/o

end in, inject

enter/o

small intestine

ento-

within

epi-

above, upon, on

epidemi/o

among the people, an epidemic

epididym/o

epididymis

epiglott/o

epiglottis

episi/o

vulva

epithel/i, | epitheli/o

epithelium

equin/o

pertaining to a horse

-er

one who

erect/o

upright

erg/o, -ergy

work

erot/o

sexual love

eruct/o, | eructat/o

belch forth

erupt/o

break out, burst forth

erythem/o, | erythemat/o

flushed, redness

erythr/o

red

es-

out of, outside, away from

-esis

abnormal condition, disease

eso-

inward

esophag/o

esophagus

-esthesia, | esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

esthet/o

feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

estr/o

female

ethm/o

sieve

eti/o

cause

eu-

good, normal, well, easy

-eurysm

widening

evacu/o, | evacuat/o

empty out

ex-

out of, outside, away from

exacerbat/o

aggravate, irritate

exanthemat/o

rash

excis/o

cutting out

excori/o, | excoriat/o

abrade or scratch

excret/o

separate, discharge

excruciat/o

intense pain, agony

exhal/o, | exhalat/o

breathe out

exo-

out of, outside, away from

exocrin/o

secrete out of

expector/o

cough up

expir/o, | expirat/o

breathe out

exstroph/o

turned or twisted out

extern/o

outside, outer

extra-

on the outside, beyond, outside

extreme/o, | extremit/o

extremity, outermost

extrins/o

from the outside, contained outside

exud/o, | exudat/o

to sweat out

faci/o

face, form

-facient

making, producing

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

fascicul/o

little bundle

fatal/o

pertaining to fate, death

fauc/i

narrow pass, throat

febr/i

fever

fec/i, fec/o

dregs, sediment, waste

femor/o

femur, thigh bone

fenestr/a

window

fer/o

bear, carry

-ferent

carrying

-ferous

bearing, carrying, producing

fertil/o

fertile, fruitful, productive

fet/i, fet/o

fetus, unborn child

fibr/o

fibrous tissue, fiber

fibrill/o

muscular twitching

fibrin/o

fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot

fibros/o

fibrous connective tissue

fibul/o

fibula

-fic, fic/o

making, producing, forming

-fication

process of making

-fida

split

filtr/o, filtrat/o

filter, to strain through

fimbri/o

fringe

fiss/o, fissur/o

crack, split, cleft

fistul/o

tube or pipe

flat/o

flatus, breaking wind, rectal gas

flex/o

bend

flu/o

flow

fluor/o

glowing, luminous

foc/o

focus, point

foll/i

bag, sac

follicul/o

follicle, small sac

foramin/o

opening, foramen

fore-

before, in front of

-form, form/o

resembling, in the shape of

fove/o

pit

fract/o

break, broken

frigid/o

cold

front/o

forehead, brow

-fuge

to drive away

funct/o, | function/o

perform, function

fund/o

bottom, base, ground

fung/i

fungus

furc/o

forking, branching

furuncul/o

furunculus, a boil, an infection

-fusion

pour

galact/o

milk

gamet/o

wife or husband, egg or sperm

gangli/o, | ganglion/o

ganglion

gangren/o

eating sore, gangrene

gastr/o

stomach, belly

gastrocnemi/o

gastrocnemius, calf muscle

gemin/o

twin, double

gen-, gen/o, - | gen

producing, forming

-gene

production, origin, formation

-genic, - | genesis

creation, reproduction

genit/o

produced by, birth, reproductive organs

-genous

producing

ger/i

old age

germin/o

bud, sprout, germ

geront/o

old age

gest/o, gestat/ | o

bear, carry young or offspring

gigant/o

giant, very large

gingiv/o

gingival tissue, gums

glauc/o

gray

glen/o

socket or pit

gli/o

neurologic tissue, supportive tissue of nervous system

globin/o, - | globulin

protein

globul/o

little ball

glomerul/o

glomerulus

glott/i, glott/o

back of the tongue

gluc/o

glucose, sugar

glute/o

buttocks

glyc/o, glycos/ | o

glucose, sugar

glycer/o

sweet

glycogen/o

glycogen, animal starch

-gnosia

knowledge, to know

-gog, -gogue

make flow

goitr/o

goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland

gon/e, gon/o

seed

gonad/o

gonad, sex glands

goni/o

angle

grad/i

move, go, step, walk

-gram

a picture or record

granul/o

granule(s)

-graph

a picture or record, machine for recording record

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

gravid/o

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant

gynec/o

woman, female

gyr/o

turning, folding

hal/o, halit/o

breath

hallucin/o

hallucination, to wander in the mind

hem/e

deep red iron-containing pigment

hem/o, hemat/ | o

blood, relating to the blood

hemi-

half

hemoglobin/o

hemoglobin

hepat/o

liver

hered/o, | heredit/o

inherited, inheritance

herni/o

hernia

herpet/o

creeping

-hexia

habit

hiat/o

opening

hidr/o

sweat

hirsut/o

hairy, rough

hist/o, histi/o

tissue

holo-

all

hom/o

same, like, alike

home/o

sameness, unchanging, constant

hormon/o

hormone

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

hydr/o, hydra

relating to water

hygien/o

healthy

hymen/o

a membrane, hymen

hyper-

excessive, increased

hyp-

deficient, decreased

hypn/o

sleep

hypo-

deficient, decreased

hyster/o

uterus

-ia

abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium

-ial

pertaining to

-ian

specialist

-iasis

abnormal condition, disease

iatr/o

physician, treatment

-iatrics

field of medicine, healing

-iatrist

specialist

-iatry

field of medicine

-ible

capable of, able to

-ic

pertaining to

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

-ician

specialist

icter/o

jaundice

idi/o

peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct

-iferous

bearing, carrying, producing

-ific

making, producing

-iform

shaped or formed like, resembling

-igo

attack, diseased condition

-ile

capable of

ile/o

ileum, small intestine

ili/o

ilium, hip bone

illusi/o

deception

im-

not

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

impact/o

pushed against, wedged against, packed

impress/o

pressing into

impuls/o

pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on

in-

in, into, not, without

incis/o

cutting into

incubat/o

incubation, hatching

indurat/o

hardened

-ine

pertaining to

infarct/o

filled in, stuffed

infect/o

infected, tainted

infer/o

below, beneath

infest/o

attack, assail, molest

inflammat/o

flame within, set on fire

infra-

below, beneath, inferior to

infundibul/o

funnel

ingest/o

carry or pour in

inguin/o

groin

inhal/o, | inhalat/o

breathe in

inject/o

to force or throw in

innominat/o

unnamed, nameless

inocul/o

implant, introduce

insipid/o

tasteless

inspir/o, | inspirat/o

breathe in

insul/o

island

insulin/o

insulin

intact/o

untouched, whole

inter-

between, among

intermitt/o

not continuous

intern/o

within, inner

interstiti/o

the space between things

intestin/o

intestine

intim/o

innermost

intoxic/o

put poison in

intra-

within, inside

intrins/o

contained within

intro-

within, into, inside

de | introit/o

entrance or passage

intussuscept/o

take up or receive within

involut/o

rolled up, curled inward

iod/o

iodine

-ion

action, process, state or condition

ion/o

ion, to wander

-ior

pertaining to

ipsi-

same

ir-

in

-is

noun ending

ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, | irit/o

iris, colored part of eye

is/o

same, equal

isch/o

to hold back

ischi/o

ischium

-ism

condition, state of

iso-

equal

-ist

a person who practices, specialist

-isy

noun ending

-itis

inflammation

-ium

structure, tissue

-ive

performs, tends toward

-ize

to make, to treat

jejun/o

jejunum

jugul/o

throat

juxta-

beside, near, nearby

kary/o

nucleus, nut

kata-, kath

down

kel/o

growth, tumor

kerat/o

horny, hard, cornea

ket/o, keton/o

ketones, acetones

kines/o, kinesi/o, - kinesia

movement

-kinesis

motion

klept/o

to steal

koil/o

hollow or concave

kraur/o

dry

kyph/o

bent, hump

labi/o

lip

labyrinth/o

maze, labyrinth, the inner ear

lacer/o, | lacerat/o

torn, mangled

lacrim/o

tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct

lact/i, lact/o

milk

lactat/o

secrete milk

lamin/o

lamina

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laps/o

slip, fall, slide

-lapse

to slide, fall, sag

laryng/o

larynx, throat

lat/i, lat/o

broad

later/o

side

lav/o, lavat/o

wash, bathe

lax/o, laxat/o

loosen, relax

leiomy/o

smooth (visceral) muscle

lent/i

the lens of the eye

lenticul/o

shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens

-lepsy

seizure

lept/o

thin, slender

-leptic

to seize, take hold of

lepto-

small, soft

letharg/o

drowsiness, oblivion

leuk/o

whte

lev/o, levat/o

raise, lift up

lex/o, -lexia

word, phrase

libid/o, libidin/ | o

sexual drive, desire, passion

ligament/o

ligament

ligat/o

binding or tying off

lingu/o

tongue

lipid/o, lip/o

fat, lipid

-listhesis

slipping

lith/o, -lith

stone, calculus

-lithiasis

presence of stones

lob/i, lob/o

lobe, well-defined part of an organ

loc/o

place

loch/i

childbirth, confinement

-logy

study of

longev/o

long-lived, long life

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

lumb/o

lower back, loin

lumin/o

light

lun/o, lunat/o

moon

lunul/o

crescent

lup/i, lup/o

wolf

lute/o

yellow

lux/o

to slide

lymph/o

lymph, lymphatic tissue

lymphaden/o

lymph node or gland

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

-lysis

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

-lyst

agent that causes lysis or loosening

-lytic

to reduce, destroy

macro-

large, abnormal size or length, long

macul/o

spot

magn/o

great, large

major/o

larger

mal-

bad, poor, evil

-malacia

abnormal softening

malign/o

bad, evil

malle/o

malleus, hammer

malleol/o

malleolus, little hammer

mamm/o

breast

man/i

madness, rage

man/i, man/o

hand

mandibul/o

mandible, lower jaw

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

manipul/o

use of hands

manubri/o

handle

masset/o

chew

mast/o

breast

mastic/o, | masticat/o

chew

mastoid/o

mastoid process

matern/o

maternal, of a mother

matur/o

ripe

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jaw)

maxim/o

largest, greatest

meat/o

opening or passageway

medi/o

middle

mediastin/o

mediastinum, middle

medic/o

medicine, physician, healing

medicat/o

medication, healing

medull/o

medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow

mega-, megal/ | o

large, great

-megaly

enlargement

mei/o

less, meiosis

melan/o

black, dark

mellit/o

honey, honeyed

membran/o

membrane, thin skin

men/o

menstruation, menses

mening/o, | meningi/o

membranes, meninges

menisc/o

meniscus, crescent

mens/o

menstruate, menstruation, menses

menstru/o, | menstruat/o

occurring monthly

ment/o

mind, chin

mes-

middle

mesenter/o

mesentery

mesi/o

middle, median plane

meso-

middle

meta-

change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next

metabol/o

change

metacarp/o

metacarpals, bones of the hand

metatars/o

bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes

-meter

measure, instrument used to measure

metr/i, metr/o, | metri/o

uterus

-metrist

one who measures

-metry

to measure

micr/o, micro-

small

mictur/o, | micturit/o

urinate

midsagitt/o

from front to back, at the middle

-mimetic

mimic, copy

mio-

smaller less

-mission

to send

mit/0

thread

mitr/o

a miter, having two points on top

monil/i

string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus

morbid/o

disease, sickness

mu/o

close, shut

muc/o, mucos/ | o

mucus