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aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete
cyst/o
urinary bladder
cyt/o
cell
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
iatr/o
treatment or physician
log/o
study of
nephr/o or ren/o
kidney
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
opthalm/o
eye
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
bol/o
to cast or build
anter/o
front
cervic/o
neck (body or uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
colour
coccyg/o
coccyx
crani/o
skull
dist/o
far or distant
dors/o
back portion of body
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis
poster/o
posterior
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
spin/o
spine or backbone
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea
umbilic/o
navel
ventr/o
belly side
vertebr/o
vertebrae
viscer/o
internal organs
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
amni/o
amnion
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
axill/o
armpit
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tube
chem/o
drug, chemical
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
hydr/o
water
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdominal wall
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal chord, bone marrow
necr/o
death
neutr/o
neutrophil
ot/o
ear
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
lung
rect/o
rectum
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
tonsil/o
tonsils
carp/o
wrist bones
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
gloss/o, lingu/o
tongue
immun/o
protection
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
norm/o
rule or order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis (pelvic bone)
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thyr/o
thyroid gland
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
urethr/o
urethra
an/o
anus
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
bucc/o
cheek
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cheil/o
lip
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
col/o, colon/o
colon
dent/i
teeth
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestines (usually small)
esophag/o
esophagus
faci/o
face
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gums
hepat/o
liver
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
labi/o
lip
mandibul/o
mandibul, lower jaw
odont/o
teeth
or/o
mouth
palat/o
palate
pancreat/o
pancreas
pharyng/o
throat
proct/o
anus, rectum
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
rect/o
rectum
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
stomat/o
mouth
uvul/o
uvula
amyl/o
starch
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
chol/e
gall, bile
chlorhydr/
hydrochloric acid
lip/o
fat, lipid
lith/o
stone
prote/o
protein
py/o
pus
sial/o
saliva, salivary
steat/o
fat
Bartholin/o
bartholin gland
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion
colp/o, vagin/o
vagina
culd/o
cul-de-sac
episi/o, vulv/o
vulva
galact/o, lact/o
milk
gynec/o
female, women
hyser/o
uterus, womb
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
men/o
menses, menstruation
metr/o, metri/o, uter/o
uterus
my/o, myom/o
muscle, muscle tumor
nat/i
birth
obster/o
pregnancy, childbirth
o/o, ov/o, ovul/o
egg
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
perine/o
perineum
phor/o
to bear
salping/o
fallopian tubes
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
gli/o
glial cells
lept/o
slender, thin
mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath (of myelin sheath)
vag/o
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
caus/o
burning
comat/o
deep sleep (coma)
esthesi/o
feeling, nervous sensation
kines/o, kinesi/o
movement
lex/o
word, phrase
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
tax/o
order, coordination
andr/o
male
balan/o
glans penis
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
epididym/o
epididymis
gon/o
seed
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o
testis, testicles
pen/o
penis
prostat/o
prostate gland
semin/i
semen, seed
sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoa, semen
tarat/o
monster
varic/o
varicose veins
vas/o
vessel, duct; vas deferns
zo/o
animal life
