M.T.- Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes pg. 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 di | twice; double, two |
| dia | through, apart, across |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| dif | to carry apart |
| dipl/o | double |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dis | apart, free from |
| disk | flat, round structure; intervertebral disk |
| dist | away from the point of origin |
| diure | to urinate |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum; pouch in a wall |
| dont | tooth |
| dors | back |
| -drome | symptoms |
| duct | tube |
| duction | movement |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | tough |
| dynia | pain |
| dys | painful, bad, difficult |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ech/o | reflected sound |
| ectasia | expansion, dilitation or stretching |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilitaion or stretching |
| ecto | out, outside, outer layer |
| ectop | misplaced |
| -ectomy | removal of, cut out excision of |
| edema | swelling |
| ef | away from |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embry/o | embryo, something that swells |
| emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| en | in, inside |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end/o | inside |
| endocrin/o | internal secretion |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| epi | on, upon |
| epididym/o | epididymis; structure on testicle surface |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis; cartilage covering the larynx; voice box |
| episi/o | perineum; pelvis floor |
| epitheli/o | epithelium; outer layer of skin |
| erg/o | work |
| erythr/o | red |
| -esis | condition |
| esophag/o | esophagus; food tube from the throat to the stomach |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| eu | true, good, normal |
| ex | outside |
| extra | outside |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| febrile | fever |
| femor/o | femur (upper leg bone) |
| -ferent | carry |
| -ferous | producing |
| ferr | iron |
| fetal | fetus, unborn child |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous |
| fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| flu | influenza |
| follicle | small secreting sac |
| fore | in front of |
| form | expressing shape or resemblance |
| fovea | pit or depression |
| -fuge | separating; driving away, expelling |
| furc | branch; forked |
| gangli/o | ganglion; mass of nerve tissue |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | to produce, origin |
| -genesis | to produce, origin |
| -genic | to produce, origin |
| genial | pertaining to chin |
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