| Term | Definition |
|---|
| a-(an-) | not, lack of |
| angi/o | vessel |
| audi/o | hearing |
| bacill/o | bacillus(round shaped bacteria) |
| brady- | slow |
| calcul/o | stone, calculi |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chole/o | gall, bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| cocc/o(us,I) | cocci (round shaped bacteria) |
| dactyl/o | fingers and toes(digits) |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| drom/o | running along |
| erg/o(ism,istic) | work |
| esthesi/o(ia) | feeling, sensation |
| gen/o(ses) | original development |
| hyper- | abnormally high, above |
| hypo- | abnormally low, below |
| -iasis | infestation, presence of |
| lith/o | stone |
| macro- | large |
| men/o | menses |
| -metry | process of measuring(counting) |
| micro- | small |
| ot/o | ear |
| peps/o | digestion |
| phag/o(ia) | eating, swallowing |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| pleg/o(ia) | paralysis |
| pne/o(a) | breathe |
| poly- | too many |
| py/o | pus |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -spasm | twitching, involuntary movement |
| staphyl/o | bunches like grapes, uvula |
| strepto- | twisted chains |
| syn- | joined, fused |
| tachy- | fast |
| therm/o(ia) | heat |
| tympan/o | eardrum, tympanum |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| anti- | against |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| -blast | embryonic, immature cell |
| -cele | herniation |
| -cide | kill |
| colp/o | vagina |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o, gluc/o | glucose |
| gyn/o, gynec/o | woman, female structure |
| hemat/o, hem/o | blood |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| intestin/o(ai) | intestine |
| -lysis | destruction |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| metr/o | tissues of the uterus |
| nat/o(ai) | birth |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney, nephrons |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/i, nyct/o | night |
| olig- | slight |
| oophor/o | ovaries |
| orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o | testicles |
| pen/o (ile) | penis |
| -pexy | fixation of a prolapsed organ |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -phagia | swallow, eat |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| -ptosis | condition of prolapse |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| py/o | pus |
| ren/o | kidney |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhaging |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| spermat/o, sperm/o | spermatozoa, sperm |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes, uterine tubes |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| ur/o(ia) | urine, condition in the urine |
| ureter/o | ureters |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vas/o | vessel, vas deferens |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
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