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<p>Here is a list of word parts. They may be at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a medical word. </p>
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<td>-ac</td>
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<td>blood vessel</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ateri-, aterio-</td>
|
||
<td>artery</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>arthr-, arthro-</td>
|
||
<td>joint</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>blephar-</td>
|
||
<td>eyelid</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>bronch-, bronchi-</td>
|
||
<td>bronchus (large airway that leads from the trachea (windpipe) to a lung)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>bucc-, bucco-</td>
|
||
<td>cheek</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>burs-, burso-</td>
|
||
<td>bursa (a small, fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between a bone and other moving parts)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>carcin-, carcino-</td>
|
||
<td>cancer</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cardi-, cardio-</td>
|
||
<td>heart</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cephal-, cephalo-</td>
|
||
<td>head</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>chol-</td>
|
||
<td>bile</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>chondr-</td>
|
||
<td>cartilage</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>Coron- </td>
|
||
<td>heart </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cost- </td>
|
||
<td>rib </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>crani-, cranio-</td>
|
||
<td>brain</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cutane </td>
|
||
<td>skin </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cyst-, cysti-, cysto-</td>
|
||
<td>bladder or sac</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>dactyl-, dactylo-</td>
|
||
<td>digit (finger or toe)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>derm-, dermato-</td>
|
||
<td>skin</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>duodeno-</td>
|
||
<td>duodenum (the first part of your small intestine, right after your stomach)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-esthesio</td>
|
||
<td>sensation</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>gloss-, gloss-</td>
|
||
<td>tongue</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>gastr-</td>
|
||
<td>stomach</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>gnath-, gnatho-</td>
|
||
<td>jaw</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>grav-</td>
|
||
<td>heavy</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hem, hema-, hemat-, hemato-, hemo-</td>
|
||
<td>blood</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hepat-, hepatico-, hepato-</td>
|
||
<td>liver</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hidr-, hidro-</td>
|
||
<td>sweat</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hist-, histio-, histo-</td>
|
||
<td>tissue</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hyster-, hystero-</td>
|
||
<td>uterus</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ileo-</td>
|
||
<td>ileum (the lower part of the small intestine)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>irid-, irido-</td>
|
||
<td>iris</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ischi-, ischio-</td>
|
||
<td>ischium (the lower and back part of the hip bone)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ium</td>
|
||
<td>structure or tissue</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>kerat-, kerato-</td>
|
||
<td>cornea (eye or skin)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>lacrim-, lacrimo-</td>
|
||
<td>tear (from your eyes)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>lact-, lacti-, lacto-</td>
|
||
<td>milk</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>laryng-, laryngo-</td>
|
||
<td>larynx (voice box)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>lingu-, linguo-</td>
|
||
<td>tongue</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>lip-, lipo-</td>
|
||
<td>fat</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>lith-, litho-</td>
|
||
<td>stone</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>lymph-, lympho-</td>
|
||
<td>lymph</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>mamm, mast-, masto-</td>
|
||
<td>breast</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>mening-, meningo-</td>
|
||
<td>meninges (the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>muscul-, musclo-</td>
|
||
<td>muscle</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>my-, myo-</td>
|
||
<td>muscle</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>myel-, myelo-</td>
|
||
<td>spinal cord OR bone marrow</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>myring-, myringo-</td>
|
||
<td>eardrum</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>nephr-, nephro-</td>
|
||
<td>kidney</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>neur-, neuri-, neuron</td>
|
||
<td>nerve</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>oculo-</td>
|
||
<td>eye</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>odont-, odonto-</td>
|
||
<td>tooth</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>onych-, onycho-</td>
|
||
<td>fingernail, toenail</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>oo-</td>
|
||
<td>egg, ovary</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>oophor-, oophoro-</td>
|
||
<td>ovary</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>op-, opt- </td>
|
||
<td>vision </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ophthalm-, ophthalmo-</td>
|
||
<td>eye</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>orchid-, orchido-, orchio-</td>
|
||
<td>testis</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ossi-</td>
|
||
<td>bone</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>osseo-</td>
|
||
<td>bony</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ost-, oste-, osteo-</td>
|
||
<td>bone</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ot-, oto-</td>
|
||
<td>ear</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ovari-, ovario-, ovi-, ovo-</td>
|
||
<td>ovary</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phalang- </td>
|
||
<td>phalanx (any bone in the fingers or toes) </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pharyng-, pharyngo-</td>
|
||
<td>pharynx, throat</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phleb-, phlebo-</td>
|
||
<td>vein</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phob-, phobia</td>
|
||
<td>fear</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phreno-</td>
|
||
<td>diaphragm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pleur-, pleura-, pleuro-</td>
|
||
<td>rib, pleura (membrane that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pneum-, pneuma-, pneumat-, pneumato-</td>
|
||
<td>air, lung</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pod-, podo</td>
|
||
<td>foot</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>prostat-</td>
|
||
<td>prostate</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>psych-, psyche-, psycho-</td>
|
||
<td>mind</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>proct-, procto-</td>
|
||
<td>anus, rectum</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pyel-, pyelo-</td>
|
||
<td>pelvis</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>rachi-</td>
|
||
<td>spine</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>rect-, recto-</td>
|
||
<td>rectum</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ren-, reno-</td>
|
||
<td>kidney</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>retin- </td>
|
||
<td>retina (of the eye) </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>rhin-, rhino-</td>
|
||
<td>nose</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>salping-, salpingo-</td>
|
||
<td>tube</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sial-, sialo-</td>
|
||
<td>saliva, salivary gland</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sigmoid-, sigmoido-</td>
|
||
<td>sigmoid colon</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>splanchn-, splanchni-, splanchno-</td>
|
||
<td>viscera (internal organ)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sperma-, spermato-, spermo-</td>
|
||
<td>sperm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>spirat-</td>
|
||
<td>breathe</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>splen-, spleno-</td>
|
||
<td>spleen</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>spondyl-, spondylo-</td>
|
||
<td>vertebra</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>stern- </td>
|
||
<td>sternum (breastbone) </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>stom-, stoma-, stomat-, stomato-</td>
|
||
<td>mouth</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>thel-, thelo-</td>
|
||
<td>nipples</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>thorac-, thoracico-, thoraco-</td>
|
||
<td>chest</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>thromb-, thrombo-</td>
|
||
<td>blood clot</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>thyr-, thyro-</td>
|
||
<td>thyroid gland</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>trache-, tracheo-</td>
|
||
<td>trachea (windpipe)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>tympan-, tympano-</td>
|
||
<td>eardrum</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ur-, uro-</td>
|
||
<td>urine</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>uri-, uric-, urico-</td>
|
||
<td>uric acid</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-uria</td>
|
||
<td>in the urine</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>vagin-</td>
|
||
<td>vagina</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>varic-, varico-</td>
|
||
<td>duct, blood vessel</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>vasculo-</td>
|
||
<td>blood vessel</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ven-, veno- </td>
|
||
<td>vein </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>vertebr-</td>
|
||
<td>vertebra, spine</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>vesic-, vesico-</td>
|
||
<td>vesicle (cyst or pouch)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<h3 class="sectionheader_nd"><a name="_Position_and_Direction" id="_Position_and_Direction"></a>Positions and Directions</h3>
|
||
<table class="table-box" summary="This table lists the word part title and definition title (column header) and then gives a word part and it's definition (row header)">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column30"> Part</th>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column70"> Definition</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ab-, abs-</td>
|
||
<td>away from</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ambi-</td>
|
||
<td>both sides</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ante-</td>
|
||
<td>before, forward</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>circum-</td>
|
||
<td>around</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cycl-</td>
|
||
<td>circle, cycle</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>dextr-, dextro-</td>
|
||
<td>right side</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>de-</td>
|
||
<td>away from, ending</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>dia-</td>
|
||
<td>across, through</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ect-, ecto-, exo-</td>
|
||
<td>outer; outside</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>en-</td>
|
||
<td>inside</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>end-, endo-, ent- enter-, entero-, </td>
|
||
<td>within; inner</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>epi-</td>
|
||
<td>Upon, outside of</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>ex-, extra-</td>
|
||
<td>beyond</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>infra-</td>
|
||
<td>beneath; below</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>inter-</td>
|
||
<td>between</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>intra-</td>
|
||
<td>within</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>meso-</td>
|
||
<td>middle</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>meta-</td>
|
||
<td>beyond, change</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>para-</td>
|
||
<td>alongside, abnormal</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>per-</td>
|
||
<td>through</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>peri-</td>
|
||
<td>around</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>post-</td>
|
||
<td>behind, after</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pre-</td>
|
||
<td>before, in front</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>retro-</td>
|
||
<td>backward, behind</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sinistr-, sinistro-</td>
|
||
<td>left, left side</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sub-</td>
|
||
<td>under</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>super-</td>
|
||
<td>above</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>supra-</td>
|
||
<td>above, upon</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sy-. syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-</td>
|
||
<td>together</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>trans-</td>
|
||
<td>across, through</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<h3 class="sectionheader_nd"><a name="_Numbers_and_Amounts" id="_Numbers_and_Amounts"></a>Numbers and Amounts</h3>
|
||
<table class="table-box" summary="This table lists the word part title and definition title (column header) and then gives a word part and it's definition (row header)">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column30"> Part</th>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column70"> Definition</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>bi-</td>
|
||
<td>two</td>
|
||
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|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>brady- </td>
|
||
<td>slow</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>diplo-</td>
|
||
<td>double</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hemi-</td>
|
||
<td>half</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>homo-</td>
|
||
<td>same</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hyper-</td>
|
||
<td>above, beyond, excessive</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>hypo-</td>
|
||
<td>under, deficient</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>iso-</td>
|
||
<td>equal, like</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>macro-</td>
|
||
<td>large, long, big</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>meg-, mega-, megal-, megalo-</td>
|
||
<td>great, large</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-megaly</td>
|
||
<td>enlargement</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>mic-, micro-</td>
|
||
<td>small</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>mon-, mono-</td>
|
||
<td>one</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>multi-</td>
|
||
<td>many</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>olig-, oligo-</td>
|
||
<td>few, little</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>poly-</td>
|
||
<td>many, excessive</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>quadri-</td>
|
||
<td>four</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>semi-</td>
|
||
<td>half</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>tachy-</td>
|
||
<td>fast</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>tetra-</td>
|
||
<td>four</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>tri- </td>
|
||
<td>three</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>uni-</td>
|
||
<td>one</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<h3 class="sectionheader_nd"><a name="_Color" id="_Color"></a>Color</h3>
|
||
<table class="table-box" summary="This table lists the word part title and definition title (column header) and then gives a word part and its definition (row header)">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column30"> Part</th>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column70"> Definition</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>chlor-, chloro-</td>
|
||
<td>green</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>chrom-, chromato-</td>
|
||
<td>color</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>Cyano-</td>
|
||
<td>blue</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>erythr-, erythro-</td>
|
||
<td>red</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>leuk-, leuko-</td>
|
||
<td>white</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>melan-, melano-</td>
|
||
<td>black</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>xanth-, xantho-</td>
|
||
<td>yellow</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<h3 class="sectionheader_nd"><a name="_Physical_Properties_and" id="_Physical_Properties_and"></a>Physical Properties and Shapes </h3>
|
||
<table class="table-box" summary="This table lists the word part title and definition title (column header) and then gives a word part and it's definition (row header)">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column30"> Part</th>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column70"> Definition</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-cele</td>
|
||
<td>bulge </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>elect- </td>
|
||
<td>electrical activity </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>kin-, kine-, kinesi-, kinesio-, kino-</td>
|
||
<td>movement</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>kyph-, kypho-</td>
|
||
<td>humped</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>morph-, morpho-</td>
|
||
<td>shape</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>rhabd-, rhabdo-</td>
|
||
<td>rod-shaped, striated</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>scoli-, scolio-</td>
|
||
<td>twisted</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>cry-, cryo-</td>
|
||
<td>cold</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phon-, phono-</td>
|
||
<td>sound</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phos-</td>
|
||
<td>light</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>phot-, photo-</td>
|
||
<td>light</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>reticul-, reticulo-</td>
|
||
<td>net</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>therm-, thermo-</td>
|
||
<td>heat</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>tono-</td>
|
||
<td>tone, tension, pressure</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<h3 class="sectionheader_nd"><a name="_Good_and_Bad" id="_Good_and_Bad"></a>Good and Bad </h3>
|
||
<table class="table-box" summary="This table lists the word part title and definition title (column header) and then gives a word part and it's definition (row header)">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column30"> Part</th>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column70"> Definition</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-alge-, -algesi</td>
|
||
<td>pain</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>a-, an-</td>
|
||
<td>without; lacking</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>anti-</td>
|
||
<td>against</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>contra-</td>
|
||
<td>against</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>dis-</td>
|
||
<td>separation, taking apart</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-dynia</td>
|
||
<td>pain, swelling </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>dys-</td>
|
||
<td>difficult, abnormal </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-eal, -ial</td>
|
||
<td>pertaining to</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ectasis</td>
|
||
<td>expansion or dilation</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-emesis</td>
|
||
<td>vomiting</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-emia</td>
|
||
<td>blood condition</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-esis </td>
|
||
<td>state or condition</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>eu-</td>
|
||
<td>good, well</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ia</td>
|
||
<td>condition</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-iasis</td>
|
||
<td>condition, formation of </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ism</td>
|
||
<td>condition</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ites, -itis </td>
|
||
<td>inflammation</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-lysis, -lytic, lyso-, lys-</td>
|
||
<td>break down, destruction, dissolving</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>mal-</td>
|
||
<td>bad, abnormal</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-malacia</td>
|
||
<td>softening</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-mania</td>
|
||
<td>morbid impulse towards an object/thing</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>myc-, myco-</td>
|
||
<td>fungus</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>myx-, myxo-</td>
|
||
<td>mucus</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>necr-, necro-</td>
|
||
<td>death</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>normo-</td>
|
||
<td>normal</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-odyn</td>
|
||
<td>pain</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-oma</td>
|
||
<td>tumor</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-oid</td>
|
||
<td>resembling</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>orth-, ortho-</td>
|
||
<td>straight, normal, correct</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-osis</td>
|
||
<td>condition, usually abnormal</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-pathy, patho-, path-</td>
|
||
<td>disease </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-penia</td>
|
||
<td>deficiency, lack of</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-phagia, phagy </td>
|
||
<td>eating, swallowing</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-phasia</td>
|
||
<td>speech</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-plasia, -plastic</td>
|
||
<td>growth</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-plegia</td>
|
||
<td>paralysis</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-pnea</td>
|
||
<td>breathing</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-poiesis</td>
|
||
<td>production</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-praxia</td>
|
||
<td>movement</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pro-</td>
|
||
<td>favoring, supporting</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pseudo-</td>
|
||
<td>false</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pro-</td>
|
||
<td>favoring, supporting</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ptosis</td>
|
||
<td>falling, drooping</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pyo-</td>
|
||
<td>pus</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>pyro-</td>
|
||
<td>fever</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>onco-</td>
|
||
<td>tumor, bulk, volume</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-rrhage, -rrhagic</td>
|
||
<td>bleeding</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-rrhea </td>
|
||
<td>flow or discharge</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sarco-</td>
|
||
<td>muscular, fleshlike</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>schisto-</td>
|
||
<td>split, cleft, division</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>schiz-, schizo</td>
|
||
<td>split, cleft</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sclera-, sclero-</td>
|
||
<td>hardness</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-sclerosis</td>
|
||
<td>hardening</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-sis</td>
|
||
<td>condition</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-spasm</td>
|
||
<td>muscle condition</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>spasmo-</td>
|
||
<td>spasm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-stasis</td>
|
||
<td>level, unchanging</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>sten-, steno-</td>
|
||
<td>narrowed, blocked </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-taxis</td>
|
||
<td>movement</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-trophy</td>
|
||
<td>growth</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<h3 class="sectionheader_nd"><a name="_procedures_diagnosis_and" id="_procedures_diagnosis_and"></a>Procedures, Diagnosis and Surgery</h3>
|
||
<table class="table-box" summary="This table lists the word part title and definition title (column header) and then gives a word part and it's definition (row header)">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column30"> Parts</th>
|
||
<th scope="col" class="column70"> Definition</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-centesis</td>
|
||
<td>surgical puncture to remove fluid</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-desis</td>
|
||
<td>surgical binding</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ectomy</td>
|
||
<td>cut out, removal </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-gram, -graph, -graphy</td>
|
||
<td>recording, written</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-meter</td>
|
||
<td>device used for measuring</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-metry </td>
|
||
<td>measurement of </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-opsy</td>
|
||
<td>visual examination</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-ostomy</td>
|
||
<td>opening</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-otomy</td>
|
||
<td>Incision</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-pexy</td>
|
||
<td>surgical fixation</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-plasty</td>
|
||
<td>surgical reconstruction</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>
|
||
radio-</td>
|
||
<td>
|
||
radiation, radius</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-rrhaphy</td>
|
||
<td>suture</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-scope, -scopy </td>
|
||
<td>examine, for examining</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-stomy</td>
|
||
<td>surgical opening</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-tomy</td>
|
||
<td>cutting; incision</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td>-tripsy</td>
|
||
<td>crushing</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
|
||
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