Roots Prefix Suffix T-Z Flashcards
tachy-
fast
tact/o
touch
tal/o
talus
taph/o
grave
tars/o
tarsus, edge of eyelid
tauto-
identical, same
-taxia
arrangement, coordination
tax/o
arrangement, coordination
techn/o
skill, art
tect/o
rooflike
tegment/o
covering
tel/e
end, distant
tel/o
end
tele/o
perfect, complete
temp/o
period of times, the temples
tempor/o
period of times, the temples
ten/o
tendon
tenont/o
tendon
-tension
stretched, strained
tens/o
stretched, strained
tephr/o
gray (ashen)
tera-
trillion (10/12)
terat/o
monster
termin/o
boundary, limit
terti-
third
test/o
testis
testicul/o
testis
tetan/o
tetanus
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus
thanat/o
death
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
theor/o
speculation
-therapy
treatment
therapeut/o
treatment
theri/o
animals
therm/o
heat
thigm/o
touch
thio-
presence of sulfur
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot, thrombus
-thymia
mind, emotions
thym/o
thymus gland
thyr/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia
toc/o
childbirth, labor
-tocia
childbirth, labort
-tome
instrument for cutting
tom/o
a cutting (section of / layer)
-tomy
surgical incision
ton/o
tone, tension
tonsill/o
tonsisls
top/o
particular place or area
torpid/o
sluggish, inactive
tors/o
twisting, twisted
tox/o
poison
toxic/o
poison
trachel/o
neck