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a
without, not
ab
from/off, away from
abdomen/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities
actin/o
ray
acu
a needle, sharp, clear
ad
prefix: addition to, intensification, to, toward
suffix: toward
aden/o
gland
aer/o
air, gas
alges/i
sensitivity to pain
algia
pain, painful condition
all/o
other, different
amb/i
both or both sides
amni/o
amnion (sac holding fetus)
an
without, not
andr/o
man, male
angi/o
vessel
anis/o
unequal, asymmetric, dissimilar
ankly/o
stiff
ante
before, forward
anter/o
in front of
anti
against
antro
cavity, antrum, sinus
appendic/o
appendix, attached to a larger part
arteri/o
artery, vessel carrying blood from heart
arthr/o
joint, articulation
atel/o
incomplete development, imperfect
ather/o
porridge-like
audi/o
hear, hearing
aut/o
self
bar/o
weight, heavy, pressure
bi
two, double, twice
bi/o
life
blast/o
germ or embryonic
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
upper arm
brady/o
slow
bronch/o
windpipe
burs/o
bursa, sac
cac/o
bad, diseased, abnormal
calcane/o
heel
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cari/o
decay
carp/o
wrist
cat/a
down, downward, under, against, lower, with
caud/o
tail
cele
a rupture or hernia, a swelling or tumor
centesis
puncture
cephal/o
head
cer
wax
cerebr/o
brain
cervic/o
neck or neck of organ, cervix
cheil/o
lip
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chol/e
gall, bile
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
circum
around
clas/ia
breaking
clys/o
washing, irrigation
cocc/o
bacteria
col/o
large intestine, colon
colp/o
vagina
con
with, together with
condyl/o
condyle
contra
against
cor/e
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
portion of eye, cornea
cortic/o
outer layer, cortex
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull, cranium
cry/o
cold, freezing
crypt/o
hidden, small sac
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body, circular
cyst/o
bladder, fluid filled sac
cyt/o
cell
dacry/o
tear
dactyl/o
fingers or toes, digits
de
from, to do the opposite, away, off, to remove entirely, down
dent/o
tooth
derm/o
skin
dermato
skin
dextr/o
right
di/a
through, two, twice, apart, away from
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dis
to free of, to separate, to undo
dors/o
back
drom/o
running
dyn/ia
pain
dys
bad, difficult, painful
ect/o
outer, outside
ectas/ia
stretching, dilation
ectas/is
stretching, dilation
ectomy
excision, removal
ectop/o
out of place
edema
swelling
electr/o
electrical
emesis
vomit
emia
blood
encephal/o
brain
end/o
inner, inside
enter/o
small intestine
epi
over, upon
erg/o
work
erythr/o
red
es/o
within, inward
esophag/o
food pipe, esophagus
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
eti/o
cause
eu
well, easy, good
ex
out from
external
outer
extra
outside, beyond, in addition to
febr/i
fever
femor/o
thigh
fibr/o
fiber, threadlike
gangli/o
a mass of tissue, ganglion
gastr/o
stomach, abdomen
gen/o
origin, produce, bear
geri
old age
geronto
old age
sen
old age
gingiv/o
gums
gli/o
glue, neuroglia
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
gnath/o
jaw
gnos/ia
knowledge
goni/o
joint, angle
gram/o
record, drawing
graph/o
instrument for recording
gynec/o
woman
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hemi
half
hepat/o
liver
heter/o
different, another
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o
tissue
hom/o
same
humer/o
upper arm bone, humerus
hyal/o
glassy, transparent