Word Parts that Mean the Same Flashcards
purul/o
pus
py/o
pus
-somnia
sleep
lacrim/o
tear, tear duct
-mortem
death
somn/o
sleep
cac/o
bad
ger/o
old age
gravid/o
pregnancy
necr/o
death
dacry/o
tear
comat/o
deep sleep
pil/o
hair
cutane/o
skin
mort/o
death
narc/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
testis
diaphor/o
sweat
pyr/o
fever, fire
abdomin/o
abdomen
dis-
apart, to separate
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
-tresia
opening
galact/o
milk
hirsut/o
hairy
nyct/o
night
-derma
skin
omphal/o
umbilicus
gester/o
pregnancy
pyret/o
fever
sten/o
narrowed, constricted
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
por/o, -pore
opening, passageway
lact/o
milk
pyrex/o
fever
-cele
hernia
steat/o
fat
blephar/o
eyelid
aque/o
water
presby/o
old age
hidr/o
sweat
febr/i
fever
aer/o
air
phalang/o
phalanges
xer/o
dry, dryness
leth/o
death
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
hyster/o
uterus, womb
gest/o
pregnancy
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
-coma
deep sleep
lapar/o
abdomen
hypn/o
sleep
dent/i
tooth
noct/o
night
palpebr/o
eyelid
-cyesis
pregnancy
odont/o
tooth
hydr/o
water
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
lung, air, gas
epitheli/o
skin, epithelium
geront/o
old age
-crit
to separate
labi/o
lip
cheil/o
lip
adip/o
fat
derm/o, dermat/o
skin