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-EMESIS
vomit (hememesis)
-EMIA
blood (anemia)
EMPHYSEMA
puffed up
EN-
in (entry)
ENAMEL
hard
ENCEPHAL/O-
within head (referring to brain)
ENDO-
within or inside (endoderm)
ENEMA
injection (water forced into colon)
ENTERO-
intestine (usually SI; enteritis)
ENURESIS
to void or expel urine (involuntary)
EOSIN/O-
rose red color (eosinophil)
EPI-
upon (epidermis)
EPISI/O-
pubic region
ERGO-
work or labor (ergot-birthing drug)
ERYTHERMAT/O-
red or flushed
ERYTHR/O-
red (erythrocyte)
ESCHAR
scab (escharia)
ESO-
toward (esophagus-"towards eater")
ESTHES/I-
physical feeling (anesthetic)
ESTR/O-
female (estrogen)
ETI/O-
cause (etiology-study of causes of disease)
EU-
good (euphoria)
EX-
out, ouside, outward (extend)
FACET/O-
face (facet)
FASC/I-
band (fascia-band b/w muscles)
FEBR/O-
fever (febrile)
FEC/O-
stool or fecal matter
FEMOR/O
thigh (femur)
-FERENCE
to carry (vas de/ference-vessel that carries away)
FERRO-
iron (ferrous)
FET/O-
young (fetus)
FIBRILL/O-
to quiver (fibrillation)
FIBRO-
fiber
FIBUL/O-
to clasp (fibula-smaller lower leg bone)
FIL-
thread (filament)
FISS-
to split or splitting (fission)
FISTUL/O-
pipe or pipe stem
FLEX-
to bend
FLU-
flowing (influenza-"inward flowing")
-FLUX
to flow (reflux-"again flow")
FISTUL/O-
pipe or pipe stem (pyofistula-"pus pipe")
FORAMEN/O-
opening (foramenal)
FORE-
before (forearm)
FRACT/O-
to break (facture)
FRONT/O-
forehead or before (frontal)
FURUN/O-
boil (furuncle-small boil)
GALACT/O-
milk
GANGLI/O-
knot, swelling, or collection (gangliectomy)
GANGREN/O-
eating sore (gangrenous)
GEN/O-
race (genotype)
GENI/O-
chin
GENIT/O-
reproductive or birth (genitals)
GENU-
knee (genuclast-"knee breaking')
-GEN
origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make (carcinogen)
GER/O-
old or old age (geriatrics)
GEST-
to bear or separate (gestation)
GINGIV/O-
gum (gingivitis)
GLANDUL/O-
little acorn or gland (glandular)
GLAUC/O-
waterfall or gray (glaucoma)
GLI/O-
glue or glue-like (gliocytes-cells that hold nerves together)
GLOMERUL/O-
small round mass or tiny ball
GLOSS/O-
tongue (glossitis)
GLOTT/O-
back of tongue (epiglottis)
GLUT-
buttocks
GLYCO-
sugar (glycogen)
-GNOSIS
knowledge (diagnosis)
GOITER
swelling (throat)
GON/O-
seed or seed producer (gonorrhea)
GOUT
a drop (type of arthritis-drops to lower joints)
-GRADE
a step, stage, or degree in a process (degrade)
-GRAFT-
to probe or cut with knife
-GRAM
to record (cardiogram)
-GRAPHY
procedure of using an instrument to do recording (cardiography)
-GRAPH
intstrument (myograph)
GRAVID/O-
heavy or pregnant (gravidium)
GROIN
inguinal region
GUMM/O-
gum or gum-like (gumma-lessions of 3rd stage of syphilis)
GUST/O-
tasting or to taste (gustation)
GYNEC/O-
woman (gynecology)
HALLUX-
great or big toe (halluxectomy)
HAPLO-
half, single (haploid)
HEALTH
wholeness
HELICO-
spiral (helical)
HELIO-
sun (heliopathy-sun injury)
HELMINTH/O-
worm or worms
HEM/O-
blood (hemorrhage)
HEME-
iron (hemeglobin)
HEMI
half or one half (hemisphere)
HEPAT/O-
liver (hepatitis)
HEPT/A-
seven
HERNI/O-
rupture or protrusion (hernia)
HERPES
to creep
HETER/O-
other or opposite
HIAT-
an opening (hiatus)
HIDR/O-
sweat (hidrosis- abnormal sweating)
HIRSUT-
hairy or profound hair (hirsutism-bearded women)
-HISCENCE
to gape open (dehiscence-wounds)
HISTO-
web-like or tissue (histology)
HOLIST/O-
whole (holistic medicine-treating physical, mental, etc)
HOMEO-
same, constant, or unchanged
HORMON/O-
to urge on
HUMER/O-
upper arm (humerus)
HYAL/O-
glassy or glass like (hyalase-sperm)
HYDRO-
water
HYPN/O-
sleep (hypnosis)
HYSTER/O-
uterus (hysterectomy)
IATR/O-
treat or cure, procedure of treating (pediatrics)
-IA
refers to, condition, state of (dysphagia-difficulty swallowing)
ICHTHY-
fish or fish like (ichthyologist)
-ICIAN
one who (dietician)
-ICLE
small or tiny (icicle)
-ISY
inflamed (pleurisy)
IDE/O-
idea, thoughts, emotions, image (ideology)
IDIO-
unique to ur unknown cause (idiopathic)
-ID
state of (lucid)
ILE/O-
twisted (ileum-3rd part of SI0
ILIO-
flank (ilium)
IM-
into or not (implant-place into)
IMMUN/O-
safe, protect, immune
IN SITU
in position or location ;"on site"
INCUS
anvil (tiny ear bone)
INFARCT-
to stuff into (cardial infarction-blockage of blood flow to heart)
INFECT/O-
to invade
INFLAMM/O
flame within (inflmmation)
INFRA-
under or below (infrared)
INGUIN/O-
groin
-ING
procedure of or process of
INTEGU-
covering (integumentary)
INTER-
between (intercellular)
INTRA-, INTRO-,INTUS-
within
-IN
substance or chemical (toxin)
-IOLE
smaller, lesser, diminutive (bronchiole)
ION/O-
going, ion movement (inic)
-IOR
one who is (inferior)
-IOUS
state of (delerious)
IPSI-
equal (ipsilateral-equal sides)
IR-
not or lack of (irregular)
IR/O-
rainbow
ISCH/O-
deficiency, blockage, to hold back (ischemic-blood deficiency)
ISCHI/O-
hip joint or hip (ischiodynia)
-ISH
resembling or related to
-ISM
state of or condition of (albinism)
ISO-
equal or same (isotonic)
-IST
specialist
-ITES
droopsy or drooping (tympanites-drooping ear drums)
-ITIS
inflamed or infammation
-ITY
state of (sterility)
-IZE
state of or acts like (hypnotize)
JEJUNO-
to empty (jejunum-2nd part of SI)
JUNCTIV/O-
joining or to join (conjunctivitis-ocular)
KALI-
potassium (K)
KARY/O-
nucleus
KEL/O-
scar (keloid)
KERAT/O-
cornea or horney (beta keratin)
KET/O-
sour or acid (ketois)
KIL/-
one thousand (kilogram)
KINE-
movement or motion
KRAUR/O-
dryness (kraurosis-of mouth and vagina)
KYPH/O-
hunchback (kyphosis)
LABIO-
lip
LABRYNITHO-
maze (labrynithitis-inner ear/balance)
LACER/O-
to tear (lacerate)
LACRIM/O-
tearing or to tear (lacrimal)
LACT/O-
milk (lactose)
LAMIN/O-
thin flat plate or layer (laminate)
LAP/I-
stone (lapis)
-LAPSE
falling or slippae (relapse)
LARYNGO-
voicebox (laryngitis-hoarseness)
LAT-
side (lateral)
LAX-, LAXAT/O-
to losen or loosening (laxatives)
LEI/O-
smooth (leiomyoma-smooth muscle tumor)
LENT/O-
freckle (lenticle-small skin blemishes)
LEPR/O-
scaly (leprosy-skin lesion)
-LEPSY
seizure or convulsion (epilepsy)
LEPTO-
thin or slender (leptomorphic)
LEUK/O-
white
LEVAT/O-
lift up (levatate)
LIBID/O-
desire (libidal-sex drive)
LICHEN/I
plant (lichens)
LIENO-
spleen (lienitis)
LIGA-
to bind (ligament-binds bone to bone)
LINGU-
tongue (bilingual)
LIP/O-
fat
-LISTHESIS
slippage (spondyloisthesis-vertebrae slippage)
LITH/O-
stone, calculus or rock (nephrolith-kidney stone)
LOB/O-
lobe
LORD/O-
swayback (to bend)
LUMB/O-
loin (lumbar-lower back vertebrae)
LUMP
small mass (lumpectomy)
LUNA-
moon or crescent-shaped (lunar)
LUPUS
"wolf" (lupus erythematosus-autoimmune disease w/ skin lesios)
LUTE/O-
yellow (luteal)
LUX-
to dislocate (subluxation)
LYMPH/O-
watery (lymphoma)
-LYSIS
destructin, breakdown, declining (hemolysis-blood)
MACER/O-
to make soft (maceration)
MACRO-
larg or huge
MACUL/O-
large spot or flat skin freckle
MAGNI-
large or greater (magnification)
MAL-
bad, harm, injury (malignant)
MALAC/O-
soft or softening (oesteomalacia)
MALL/E/OLUS
little hammer (bone protuberace on sides of ankle joint)
MALLE/O-
hammer (malleus-middle ear bone)
MAMM/O-
breast (mammogram)
MAN/O-
hand (manicure)
MAND/I-
chew or chewer (mandible)
-MANIA
madness (kleptomaniac)
MASSET/O-
chewer or to chew (masseter-jaw muscle)
MASSEUR
male massager
MAST/O-
breast (mastectomy)
MASTIC/O-
to chew or chewing(masticate)
-MATA
multiple (carcinmata-multiple crablike cancerous growths)
MAXILL/O-
upper jaw (maxilla)
MEASLES
rubella, reddish, or red
MEAT/O-
opening (meatus)
MEDI-
middle (median)
MEGA-
great or big
MEGALO-
huge or large (hepatomegaly)
MEI/O, MIO-
lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict (meiosis and miotic)
MEL-
sweet, honey, cheek, limb (melon)
MELAN/O-
black-skin cancer
MEN/O-
monthly or month (menopause)
MENING/O-
membrane (meningitis-CNS)
MENISC/O-
crescent (meniscus-knee)
MENT/O-
mind (mental)
-MENTUM
chin (antementum)
MES/O-
middle (mesoderm)
META-
beyond or change (metacarpal)
-METER
measurement (spirometer-of breath)
METR/A-
uterus or womb (endometritis)
-METRY
measurement procedure (optometry)
MICRO-
small (micrococcus)
MICTUR/O-
to make water or urinate (micturition)
MILLI-
one-thousandth
MINIMUS-
smallest (gluteus minimus)
MINUTE
small
-MITRE
head band or mitre box
MOL/O-
to mill or grind (molar)
MON/O-
one
MORPHO-
shape
MORT/O-
death (mortician
-MOTOR
movement or motion (oculomotor)
MUC/O-
slime