Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 3 Flashcards
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macro-
A
large, abnormal size/length, long
2
Q
macul/o
A
spot
3
Q
mal-
A
bad, abnormal
4
Q
-malacia
A
abnormal softening
5
Q
malign/o
A
bad, harmful
6
Q
malle/o
A
malleus, hammer
7
Q
malleol/o
A
malleolus, little hammer
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Q
mamm/o
A
breast
9
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-mania
A
obsessive preoccupation, madness
10
Q
manu/o
A
hand
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mandible/o, mandibul/o
A
mandible, lower jaw
12
Q
mast/o
A
mastoid process, breast
13
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mastic/o
A
chew
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mastoid/o
A
mastoid process
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mastur/o
A
ripe, mature
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Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla, upper jaw
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Q
meat/o
A
meatus
18
Q
medi/o
A
middle
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mediastin/o
A
mediastinum, middle
20
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medic/o
A
medicine, physician, healing
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medull/o
A
medulla, middle, marrow, medulla oblongata
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mega-, megal/o
A
large, great, grand
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-megaly
A
enlargment
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melan/o
A
black, dark
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men/o
menstruation, month, menses
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mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
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menisc/o
meniscus, crescent-shaped, cartilage in knee
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menstruation
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ment/o
mind, chin
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mesenter/o
mesentery
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mesi/o
middle, median plane
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meso-
middle
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meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after
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metabol/o
change
35
-metter/-meter?
measure, instrument, used to measure
36
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
37
-metrist
one who measures
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-metry
to measure
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micr/o, micro-
small
40
mictur/o
urinate
41
mid-
middle
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milli-
one-thousandth
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mineral/o
mineral
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mi/o-
smaller, less
45
mission
to send
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mit/o
thread, thread-like
47
mitr/o
like a miter or (structure w/2 pnts)
48
-mnesia
memory
49
mobil/o
capable of moving, movement
50
mono-
one, single
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morbid/o
disease, sickness
52
morph/o
shape, form
53
mort/o
death, dead
54
-mortem
death
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mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
56
-motor
movement
57
muc/o, mucos/o
mucus
58
multi-
many, much
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muscul/o
muscle
60
mutat/o
to change
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my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
63
mydr/o
widening, enlarged
64
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
65
myocardi/o
heart muscle
66
myos/o
muscle
67
myring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
68
myx/o
mucus
69
ob-
against
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obes/o
obese, extremely fat
71
obstetr/o
pregnancy, birth
72
occipt/o
back of skull, occipital
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ocul/o
eye
74
odont/o
tooth, teeth
75
-oid
like, resembling
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olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
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olig/o
scanty, few
78
-ologist
specialist
79
-ology
science, study of
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-oma
tumor, neoplasm, mass
81
omphal/o
umbilicus, the navel
82
onc/o
tumor
83
-one
hormone
84
onych/o
nail
85
o/o
egg (ovum)
86
oophor/o
ovary
87
-opaque
obscure, not transparent
88
operat/o
to perform, operate
89
ophthalm/o
eye, vision
90
-opia
vision condition
91
-opsia
vision, view of
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opt/i,opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
93
-opsy
view of, viewing
94
-or
one who/something that takes action/does something
95
or/o
mouth, oral cavity
96
orbit/o
eye socket
97
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
98
-orexia
appetite
99
organ/o
organ
100
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
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-ory
pertaining to
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os-
mouth, bone
103
-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
104
-osis
abnormal condition, disease, process
105
-osmia
smell, odor
106
oss/e, oss/i
bone
107
ossicul/o, ossic/o
ossicle
108
oste/o, ost/o
bone
109
-ostomy
surgical creation of artificial opening
110
ot/o
ear, hearing
111
-otia
ear condition
112
-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
113
-ous
pertaining to
114
ov/i, ov/o
egg, ovum
115
ovari/o
ovary
116
ovul/o
egg, ovum
117
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
oxygen
118
palat/o
palate, roof of mouth
119
palpat/o
touch, feel, stroke
120
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
121
pan-
all, entire, every, everything
122
pancreat/o
pancreas
123
papill/o
nipple-like, optic disk
124
par-, para-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, alongside of
125
par/o
birth
126
-para
to give birth, bear offspring
127
para-
near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal
128
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
129
-paresis
partial/incomplete paralysis, weakness
130
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
131
-parous
having born at least 1 kid
132
paroxysm/o
sudden attack
133
-partum
childbirth, labor
134
patell/o
patella, kneecap
135
path/o, -pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
136
-pause
stopping
137
pector/o
chest
138
ped/o
child, foot
139
pedicul/o
louse (singular), lice (plural)
140
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bones, pelvic cavity, hip
141
pen/i, pen/o
penis
142
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
143
-pepsia, pept/o
to digest, digestion
144
per-
completely, thorough, through
145
percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
146
per-
surrounding, around
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perine/o
perineum
148
peritone/o
peritoneum
149
perme/o
to pass, go through
150
perone/o
fibula
151
-pexy
surgical fixation
152
phac/o, phak/o
lens of eye
153
phag/o
eat, swallow, engulf
154
-phage
cell that destroys, eats, swallows
155
-phagia
eating, swallowing
156
phalang/o
phalanges, fingers, toes
157
phall/o
penis
158
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drug
159
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
160
phas/o
speech
161
-phasia
to speak, speech
162
phe/o
dusky, gray, dark-colored
163
-pheresis
removal
164
-philia, phil/o, -phil
attraction to, like, love
165
phim/o
muzzle
166
phleb/o
vein
167
-phobia, phob/o
abnormal fear
168
phon/o, -phonia
sound, voice
169
phor/o
carry, bear movement
170
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
171
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
172
phot/o
light
173
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
174
phys/o
air, gas
175
-phylactic
protective, preventive
176
-phylaxis
protection against infection
177
physi/o
nature, physical, function
178
-physis
to grow, growth plate
179
pigment/o
pigment, color
180
pil/i, pil/o
hair, hair follicle
181
pineal/o
pineal gland
182
pinn/i
external ear, auricle
183
pituit/o, pituitar/o
pituitary gland
184
placent/o
placenta
185
plak/o, -plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer, scale
186
plant/i, plant/o
sole of foot
187
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
development, growth, formation
188
-plasm
formative material of cells, formation, structure
189
plasm/o
something molded/formed
190
-plastic
pertaining to formation
191
-plasty
surgical repair
192
-plegia
stroke, paralysis
193
-plegic
one affected w/paralysis
194
pleur/o
pleura, side of body
195
pne/o
breath, breathing
196
-pnea
breathing
197
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
198
pod/o
foot
199
-poiesis
to make, formation
200
-poietin
substance that forms
201
pol/o
extreme
202
poli/o
gray matter of brain & spinal cord
203
poly-
many, much
204
polyp/o
polyp, small growth
205
pont/o
pons
206
poplite/o
back of knee
207
por/o
pore, small opening, passageway
208
-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
209
port/o
gate, door
210
post-
after, behind
211
poster/o
behind, toward the back
212
pontent/o
powerful, capable
213
pract/o
practice, pursue on occupation
214
-prandial
meal
215
pre-
before, in front of
216
pregn/o
pregnant, full of
217
presby/o
old age
218
primi-
first
219
pro-
before, on behalf of, supporting, forward
220
proct/o
anus & rectum
221
product/o
lead forward, yield, produce
222
pronat/o
bent forward, face down
223
pros-
before, forward
224
prostat/o
prostate gland
225
prosthet/o
addition, appendage
226
prot/o
first
227
protein/o
protein
228
proxim/o
near
229
prurit/o
itching
230
pseud/o
false
231
psor/o
itch, itching
232
psych/o
mind
233
-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall, protrude
234
-ptysis
spitting, coughing up
235
pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone, public region
236
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
237
pulsat/o
beat, beating, striking
238
punct/o
hold, prick, puncture
239
pupill/o
pupil
240
purul/o
pus, pus-filled
241
py/o
pus
242
pyel/o
pus
243
pylor/o
pylorus
244
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
