"The Anatomy of Medical Terminology"
by Lewis Stiles

INDEX 2: NON-TERMINAL COMBINING FORMS AND WORD ELEMENTS


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NOTE: Where a Latin word is identical to the English word which translates it, or is formed by the addition of "-us," "-a," "-um," "-on" or "-is" to the combining form, that Latin word is not separately listed.


- A -

-a-  ([rare] combining vowel)    5.B.iv.c.

a    from    13.26

a-  (1)    from    13.B.iv.b.26

     (2)    to    13.B.iv.b.27

     (3)    without; the absence of    15.76 and B.ii.b.; 1.49 and 50

ab, ab-    from    13.26

abdomin/o-    abdomen    9.2 and B.iii.b.(i)

ab/duc/t/or    abductor    17.29 and B.iii.b.

abs-    from    13.B.iv.b.26

ac-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

acanth/o-    thorn    16.41

ac/cess/or/i/us    accessory    17.28 and B.iii.b.

acet/i-, acet/o-    acid    12.34

acetab/ul/o-    acetabulum    3.31; 6.B.iii.g.26

achill/o-    Achilles' tendon    3.50

acid/o-    acid    12.33

acin/o-    acinus    16.12

acr/o-    extremities    2.7 and B.iii.a. and b.

acr/om/i/o-    acromion    3.7

ad, ad-    to    13.27

a/damant(in)/o-    enamel    7.25; 11.B.i.b.

ad/duc/t/or    adductor    17.30 and B.iii.b.

aden/o-    gland    5.29

adip/o-, adip/os/o-    fat    12.19 and B.iii.d.

ad/nex/a    appendages    17.80

ad/ren(al)/o-    adrenal gland    5.37; 13.B.iii.a.

aer/o-    air; gas    12.3

af-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

ag-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

-al-    (in, e.g., "ad/ren/al/o")    8.B.ii.e.

al-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

album(in)/o-    albumin    12.49

alcohol/o-    alcohol    12.29

alg(e)/o-, alg/es(i)/o-    pain    18.1 and B.i.a.

alkal/i-, alkal/o-    alkali    12.30

allerg/o-    allergy    18.3

all/o-    other    15.79

alve(ol)/o-    alveolus    16.14

amb/i-    two; both    15.8

ambly/o-    feebleness; dullness    18.50

ameb/o-    ameba    18.21

amel/o-    enamel    7.24

amph/i-, amph/o-    two; both    15.8

amyl/o-    starch    12.32

an-  (1)    anus    9.32

     (2)    without; the absence of    15.76 and B.ii.b.

ana-    upon    13.41

ana/phylact/o-    intense allergic reaction    18.4

ana/stom/os/is    opening    17.48

ancon/o-    elbow    2.21

andr/o-    male    19.29

an/esth/es(i)o-       loss of perception        11.12

an/eury/sm/o-    aneurysm    18.40

angei-, angi-    vessel    5.14

angin/o-    severe pain    18.2

angi/o-     vessel    5.14

angul/us    angle    17.77

an/is/o-    unequal    15.77 and B.ii.c.

ankyl/o-    adhesion    18.35

ann/ul/o-    ring    16.53

an/o-    anus    9.32

ant/e, ant/e-    before    13.42

ant/er/ior    front    14.26 and B.ii.a.

ant/er/o-    (in) front    14.1

anthrac/o-    carbon    12.60 and B.iii.c.

anthrop/o-    man    2.1

ant/i-    against    13.25

antr/o-    antrum    6.5

an/ul/o-    ring    16.53

aort/ic/o-, aort/o-    aorta    5.9; 8.B.ii.c.

ap-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

aper/t/ur/a    opening    17.49

apex, apic/-    apex    17.10

apo-    off; from    13.43

apo/neur(os)/o-    aponeurosis    3.49 and B.ii.c.

ap/pend(ic)/o-    appendix    9.28; 2.B.vi.b.(i)

-ar-    (in, e.g., "cili/ar/o")    8.B.ii.c.

ar-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

arc/u/a/t/us    arched    17.87

arc/us    arch    17.78 and B.vi.c.(ii)

are/a    area    17.3

arsen/ic/o-, arsen/o-  arsenic    12.54

arter(i)/o-    artery    5.16

arthr/o-    joint    2.6

art/i/cul/a/t/io, art/i/cul/o-    joint    16.36 and B.iv.f.

as-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

a/scend/e/ns    ascending    17.40 and B.iii.b.

ascit/es, ascit/o-    dropsy    18.45 and B.v.b.

astragal/o-    talus    3.39

astr/o-    star    16.43

at-    to    13.B.iv.b.27

a/tel/o-    incomplete (formation)    18.10

atl(ant)/o-, atlas    atlas    8.4 and B.iii.b.(i)

a/tres/o-, a/tret/o-  lack of a normal opening    18.14

atri/o-    atrium    16.5

aur/i-    ear    16.42

aut/o-    one's own (self)    15.78

axi/o-    axial    7.28 and B.i.d. and e.(i)

a/zot/o-    nitrogen    12.68
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- B -

b-    life; living    19.26

balan/o-    glans penis    10.32

bar/o-    pressure    19.23

bas/i-, bas/il/o-, bas/i/o-, bas/o-   (at the) base    14.9

bath/o-, bath/y-    deep    15.53

ben/e    well    20.33

bi-  (1)    two; both    15.7

     (2)    life; living    19.26

bili-    bile    9.39

bin-    two; both    15.7

bi/o-    life; living    19.26

bis-    two; both    15.7

blenn/o-    mucus    12.16

blephar/o-    eyelid    2.11

brachi/o-    arm    2.20

brachy-    (excessively) short    15.51 and B.iv.a.

brady-    slow    15.60

brev/is    short    17.25

bronch/i-, bronch/o-  bronchus    6.11 and B.ii.b.

bucc/o-  (1)    cheek    7.10

     (2)    buccal    7.35

bulb/o-    bulb    16.26

burs/o-    bursa    16.7
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- C -

cac/o-    defective    15.72

calc-    calcium    12.59

calcane/o-    calcaneus    3.37

calc/i-, calc/i/o-    calcium    12.59

cal/or/i-    heat    19.19 and B.i.b.

canal/o-    canal    16.17

canth/o-    canthus    4.30

cap/ill/ar/o-    capillary    5.19 and B.iii.g.; 11.B.i.b.

capit/o-    head    16.49

caps/ul/o-    capsule    16.32

caput    head    16.49 and B.iv.h.

carcin/o-, carcin/om(at)/o-  carcinoma    18.41

card-    heart    5.8

card/i/o-  (1)    heart    5.8

     (2)    cardiac part of the stomach    9.12

card/o-    heart    5.8

carp/o-    wrist    3.13

cartilag(in)/o-    cartilage    3.41 and B.iii.d.(ii)

cata-    down    13.44

caud/o-    (at the) tail    14.10

cav/o-    cavity    16.8

cec/o-    cecum    9.26

celi/o-    abdomen    9.1 and B.ii.b.

cement/o-    cementum    7.27

cent/i-    one hundredth    15.24

centr/o-    (at the) centre    14.7

cephal/o-  (1)    head    2.9

     (2)    (at the) head    14.11

cer-    wax    12.23

cereb/ell/o-    cerebellum    4.3; 6.B.iii.g.28

cerebr/o-    brain    4.2

cer/o-, cer/umin/o-    wax    12.23

cervic/o-  (1)    neck    2.17

     (2)    cervical     7.33 and B.i.e.(ii)

     (3)    cervix of the uterus    10.43 and B.i.e.(i)

cervix    neck    2.7 and B.vi.b.(i); 10.B.i.e.(i)

cheil/o-    lip    7.8

cheir/o-    hand    2.22

chir/o-    hand    2.22

chlor/o-    green    15.43

chol-, chol/e-    bile    9.38

chol/angi/o-    bile duct    9.19

chol/e/cyst/o-    gall bladder    9.17

chol/e/doch/o-    common bile duct    9.18

chol/e/ster(ol)/o-    cholesterol    12.24

chol/o-    bile    9.38

chondr/o-    cartilage    3.40

chord/o-    cord    16.19

chor/i/o-, chor/oid/o-  choroid    4.28

chrom(at)/o-    colored    15.36

chyl/o-    chyle    9.37

chym/o-    chyme    9.36

cib/um    food    20.4

cili(ar)/o-    ciliary body    4.27; 8.B.ii.c.

cion/o-    uvula    7.17

circ/a, circ/um-    around    13.8

circ/um/flex/us    bent around    17.86 and B.iii.b.

cirs/o-    varix    5.21

cistern/o-    cistern    16.10

clav/i, clav/ic/i, clav/i/cul/o-    collar bone    3.6; 6.B.iii.g.27

cleid/o-    collar bone    3.5

clitor/i-, clitor(id)/o-  clitoris    10.47

co-    together    13.B.iv.b.28

cocc/o-    coccus    18.22 and B.iv.b.

coccyg/o-    coccyx    3.30 and B.iii.d.(i)

cochle/ar/e    spoonful    20.8

col-  (1)    colon    9.25

     (2)    together    13.B.iv.b.28

col/a-    strain    20.18

coll/a/gen/o-    collagen    12.51

coll/um    neck    19.4

colon/o-    colon    9.25

colp/o-    vagina    10.45 and B.i.a.

column/a    column    17.81

com-    together; with    13.28

com/i/t/a/ns    accompanying    17.43

com/miss/ur/o-    commissura    16.34

com/mun/ic/a/ns    communicating    17.44 and B.iii.b.

com/mun/is    common    17.27 and B.iii.b.

con-    together    13.B.iv.b.28

conch/o-    concha    16.44

condyl/o-    condyle    16.16

coni/o-    dust    12.72

con/junc/t/iv/o-    conjunctiva    4.29

con/stric/t/or    constrictor    17.31

con/tr/a, con/tr/a-    against    13.45

copr/o-    feces    9.40

coqu/i-    boil    20.17

cor    heart    19.7

cor-  (1)    pupil    4.18

     (2)    together    13.B.iv.b.28

corac(oid)/o-    coracoid process    3.8

cord-    heart    19.7

cord/o-    cord    16.19

cor/e-, cor/e/o-    pupil    4.18

corn/e/o-    cornea    4.21; 11.B.i.b.

corn/u    horn    17.65 and B.vi.c.(ii)(b)

cor/o-    pupil    4.18

coron/o-    crown    16.40

corpor/o-, corpus    body    16.50 and B.iv.h.

cortic/o-    cortex    16.54

cost/i-, cost/o-    rib    3.21

coun/ter-    against    13.B.iv.b.45

cox/o-    hip    3.24

crani/o-    skull    3.4

cras    tomorrow    20.31

crin/o-    secretion    5.27

crist/a    crest    17.62

cruc/i/a/t/us    cross-shaped    17.88

cruc/i/form/is    cross-shaped    17.    89

crur-, crus    (lower) leg    19.9

crym/o-, cry/o-    coldness    19.21

crypt/o-    hidden    15.65

crystall/o-    crystal    12.56

cubit/o-    elbow    3.10

-cul-    (diminutive)    6.27 and B.iii.g.; 16.B.iii.

cum    together; with    13.28

cupr/i-    copper    12.61

cusp/is    cusp    17.63

cyan/o-    blue    15.44

cycl/o-    ciliary body    4.26

cyst/ic/o    cystic duct    10.B.i.c.

cystid/o-, cyst/o-    bladder; cyst    10.15

cyt/o-    cell    2.5
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- D -

d/a-    give    20.21

dacry/o-  (1)    tear    4.32

     (2)    tear sac    4.B.i.c.

dacry/o/cyst/o-    tear sac    4.34

dactyl/o-    digit    2.23

de, de-    away; about    13.29

dec/i-, decim/o-    one tenth; ten    15.22

de/fer/e/ns    ("bearing away")    10.25 and B.ii.a.(ii)

dens, dent/i-    tooth    7.19 and B.iii.c.

dent/in/o-    dentin    7.23

dent/o-    tooth    7.19

de/press/or    depressor    17.35 and B.iii.b.

derma, derm(at)/o-    skin    2.3; 4.B.ii.d.(iii)

de/scend/e/ns    descending    17.41 and B.iii.b.

desm/o-    ligament    3.46

dexter, dextr/o-    (at the) right    14.15 and B.ii.e.(ii)

di-  (1)    apart    13.B.iv.b.30

     (2)    two; double    15.6

dia-    through    13.46

dia/phragma, dia/phragm(at)/o-    diaphragm    6.16 and B.iii.h.(iii)

dic/t/us    directed    20.14

di/es    day    20.1; 17.B.vi.c.(ii)(c)

dif-    apart    13.B.iv.b.30

digit/us    digit    19.10

di/lat/or    dilator    17.32

di/pl/o-    two; double    15.6

dips/o-    thirst    19.24

dis-    apart; away    13.30

disc/o-    disc    16.24

dist/o-  (1)    distal    7.29

     (2)    distant    14.18

-doch/o-     duct    9.44

dol/e-    hurt    20.25

dolich/o-    (excessively) long    15.50 and B.iv.a.

dors/i-, dors/o-    (at the) back    14.12

dors/um    back    19.6

dos/is    dose    20.5

drepan/o-    sickle    16.52

duc/t/us    duct    9.44 and B.iii.b.(vi); 17.B.iii.b. and vi.c.(ii)

du/o/den/o-    duodenum    9.16

dur/a-    last    20.24

dys-    defective    15.71; 1.46 and 48
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- E -

-e-  (1)    (in, e.g., "pharyng/e/us")    1.86; 3.B.i.c.

     (2)    (intrusive)    3.B.i.c.

     (3)    ([fairly rare] combining vowel)    4.B.i.d.

e    outside; out of    13.31

e-, ec-    out of    13.B.iv.b.31; 1.43 and 44

ect/o-    outside    13.13

ectr/o-    congenital absence    18.9

edem(at)/o-    swelling    18.37 and B.i.a.

ef-    out of    13.B.iv.b.31

elast/ic/o-, elast/o-  elastic tissue    12.13

electr/o-    electricity; electric    19.15 and B.i.b.

-ell-    (diminutive)    6.28 and B.iii.g.; 16.B.iii.

em-    inside    13.B.iv.b.15

em/es/o-, em/et/o-    vomiting    18.7

e/min/e/nt/i/a    eminence    17.64

em/men(i)/o-    menses, menstruation    10.35

en-  (1)    inside    13.15

     (2)    in; on    13.B.iv.b.32

en/amel/o-    enamel    7.24

en/cephal/o-    brain    4.1; 13.B.iii.a.

end/o-    inside    13.14

end/o/crin/o-    secretion    5.27

enter/o-    intestine    9.22

ent/o-    inside    13.17

en/zym/o-    enzyme    12.46

eos/in/o-    eosin    12.44

ep/en/dym/o-    ependyma    4.6 and B.ii.d.(iii)

epi-    upon; excessive    13.2 and B.ii.b.(ii)

epi/derm(at)/o-    epidermis    2.4; 13.B.iii.a.

epi/didym/o-    epididymis    10.24 and B.ii.b.(iii)

epi/glott(id)/o-    epiglottis    6.8; 13.B.iii.a.

epi/lept/o-    epilepsy    11.16

epi/pl/o-, epi/plo/o    omentum    9.14

epis/o-    vulva    10.49

epi/thel/i/o-    epithelium    12.8

-er-    (old comparative form)    14.B.ii.a.(iii)

er-    sexual desire    11.5

e/rec/t/or    erector    17.33 and B.iii.b.

er/o-, erot/o-    sexual desire    11.5

erythr/o-    red    15.40 and B.ii.a.(ii)

es/o/phag/o-    esophagus    9.9

esth/es(i)/o-    perception    11.11

et    and    20.27

ethm(oid)/o-    ethmoid bone    8.12

eu-    normal; good; well    15.70 and B.ii.d. and iv.b.

eury-    (excessively) wide    15.59 and B.iv.a.

ex, ex-       outside; out of    13.31 and B.iii.d.

ex-, ex/o-    outside    13.11

ex/tens/or    extensor    17.37 and B.iii.b.

ex/ter/ior, ex/tern/al/is, ex/tern/us    outer    14.22 and B.ii.a.

ex/tr/a, ex/tr/a-    outside    13.10

ex/tr/em/itas, ex/tr/em/itat-  extremity    17.12 and B.ii.b.
                  and vi.c.(i)(a)
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faci-    face    2.16

fac/i-    make; do      20.15

faci/es    face    17.6 and B.vi.c.(ii)(e)

faci/o-    face    2.16

fasci/o-    fascia    16.33

febr/is    fever    20.9

fec-    feces    9.41

femor/o-    femur    3.32 and B.iii.d.(iii)

ferr/o-    iron    12.63

f/i-    be made    20.16

fibr-    fiber    12.11

fibr/in/o-    fibrin    12.52

fibr/o-    fiber    12.11

fib/ul/o-    fibula    3.35; 6.B.iii.g.26

fil/ar/i-    worm    18.31

fiss/ur/a    groove    17.53

fist/ul/o-    fistula    16.18

flex/or    flexor    17.39 and B.iii.b.

flex/ur/a    flexure    17.80 and B.iii.b.

foll/i/cul/o-    follicle    16.13

foramen, foramin/o-    opening    16.1 and B.iv.a.

foss/a    pit    17.50

fove/a    pit    17.51

fren/o-    frenum    16.35

front/o-  (1)    frontal bone    8.1

     (2)    (at the) front    14.14

fund/us    base    17.11

fung/i-    fungus    18.27

fun/i-    cord    16.20
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galact/o-    milk    12.36

gangli(on)/o-    ganglion    4.9

gastr/o-    stomach    9.10

gelat/i-, gelat/o-, gel/o-  jelly    12.45

geni/o-    chin    7.4

gen/it/al/ia, gen/it/o-    genitals    10.4 and B.ii.a.(i)

gen/u    knee    19.8 and B.ii.b.

ger/o-, geront/o-    old (person); old age    19.32

gingiv/o-  (1)    gums    7.21

     (2)    gingival    7.37 and B.i.d.

gland/ul/o-    gland    5.30

gli/o-    neuroglia    4.11

glomer/o-, glom/o-    glomus    16.25 and B.iv.h.

gloss/o-    tongue    7.11

glut(e)/o-    buttocks    2.32

glyc/o-    sugar    12.39

gnath/o-    jaw    7.1

goitr/o-    goiter    18.39

gon-    knee    2.33

gon/ad/o-    gonad    5.40

gon/e/cyst/o-    seminal vesicle    10.27

gony/o-    knee    2.33

gran/ul/o-    granule    16.29

gutt/a    drop    20.7

gyne-, gyn(ec)/o-    female    19.28
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haem-, haemat-    blood    5.1

hal-    salt    12.70

halluc/o-    big toe    19.11

hallucin/o-    hallucination    11.13

hallux    big toe    19.11

hal/o-    salt    12.70

hect/o-    one hundred    15.23

helminth/i-    worm    18.29

hem-, hemat/o-     blood    5.1

hemi-    half    15.1

hem/o-    blood    5.1

hem/o/glob/in/o-    hemoglobin    5.3

hepar    liver    9.20 and B.iii.b.(iii)

hepat/ic/o    hepatic duct    9.B.i.a.

hepat/o-    liver    9.20

hepat/o/chol/angi/o    hepatic duct    9.B.i.b.

hepta-    seven    15.18

herni/o-    protrusion    18.36

herpes-, herpet/o-    herpes    18.47 and B.v.b.

heter/o-    different    15.74

hexa-    six    15.16

hiat/o-    opening    16.3

hidr/o-    sweat    12.25

hist/i-, hist/o-    tissue    12.6

home/o-, hom/o-, homoi/o-  same    15.73

hor/a    hour    20.3

horizont/al/is    horizontal    17.14

hormon/o-    hormone    5.28

humer/o-    humerus    3.9

hy-    hyoid bone    8.13

hyal/o-    glass    12.57 and B.iii.a.

hydr/o-    water; fluid    12.1

hygr/o-    moisture    12.2

hymen/o-    hymen    10.51

hy/o-    hyoid bone    8.18

hyper-    excessive; above    13.1 and B.ii.b.(ii)

hypn/o-    sleep; hypnotism    11.7

hypo-    insufficient; below    13.4 and B.ii.b.(iii)

hypo/phys(e)/o-    pituitary gland    5.32; 13.B.iii.a.

hyps/i-, hyps/o-    high    15.52

hyster/o-  (1)    uterus    10.40

     (2)    hysteria    11.15 and B.i.a.
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-i-    (combining vowel)    3.B.ii.e.

-ic-    (in, e.g., "clav/ic/o")    8.B.ii.c

ichthy/o-    fish    19.37 and B.i.a.

icter/o-    jaundice    18.43

-i/cul-    (diminutive)    6.27 and B.iii.g.; 16.B.iii.

ide/o-    idea    11.3

idr/o    sweat    12.25

il-    in; on    13.B.iv.b.32

ile/o-    ileum    9.24

ili/o-    ilium    3.26

-ill-    (diminutive)    6.29 and B.iii.g.; 16.B.iii.

-im-    (superlative)    17.B.ii.

im-    in; on    13.B.iv.b.32

im/press/io    indentation    17.54 and B.iii.b. and vi.e.(i)(b)

-in-  (1)    (in, e.g., "a/damant/in/o")    8.B.ii.c.

     (2)    (in, e.g., "fibr/in/o")    12.B.iii.e.

in, in-    in(to); on(to)    13.32

in/o-    fiber    12.12

in/cis/o-    incisal    7.31

in/cis/ur/a    indentation    17.55

incud/o-, incus    anvil    4.37 and B.ii.d.(ii)

inf/er-    below    14.4

inf/er/ior    lower    14.29 and B.ii.a.

inf/er/o-    below    14.4

inf/r/a, inf/r/a-    below    13.6

inguen, inguin/o-    groin    10.2 and B.ii.b.(i)

in/os/o-    fiber    12.12 and B.iii.d.

insul/ae, insul/o-    islets of Langerhans    5.39 and B.vi.d.(iii)

in/ter, in/ter-    between; among    13.23

in/ter/ior, in/tern/al/is, in/tern/us   inner    14.23 and B.ii.a.

in/t/im/us    inmost    17.16 and B.ii.b.

in/tr/a, in/tr/a-    inside    13.16

iod/i-, iod/in/o-, iod/o-  iodine    12.67

ir-  (1)    iris    4.25 and B.ii.d.(ii)

     (2)    in; on    13.B.iv.b.32

ir(id)/o-    iris    4.25 and B.ii.d.(ii)

is-    equal; same    15.75

ischi/o-    ischium    3.27

is/o-    equal; same    15.75

-iss/im-    (superalative)    17.B.ii.

isthm/us    isthmus    17.73
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jejun/o-    jejunum    9.23

junc/t/ur/a    joint    17.74

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kal/i-, kal/i/o-    potassium    12.66

kary/o-    nucleus    12.9

kerat/o-  (1)    cornea    4.20

     (2)    horn    12.28 and B.iii.b.

ker/o-    cornea    4.20

ket(on)/o-    ketone bodies    12.35

kil/o-    one thousand    15.25
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labi-    lip    7.9

labi/a min/or/a    nymphae    10.50 and B.ii.a.(iv)

labi/o-  (1)    lip    7.9

     (2)    labial    7.34

lacrim/o-  (1)    tear    4.33

     (2)    tear sac    4.B.i.c.

     (3)    lacrimal bone    8.13

lact/o-    milk    12.37

lacun/a    cavity    17.57

lal/o-    speech    19.40

lamin/o-    layer    16.21

lapar/o-    abdominal wall    9.4 and B.ii.b.

laryng/o-    larynx    6.9 and B.iii.h.(iv)

later/o-    (at the) side    14.8

lat/us    wide    17.17

lei/o-    smooth    15.62

lept/o-    (excessively) thin    15.54 and B.iv.a.

leuk/o-    white    15.39 and B.ii.a.(ii)

lev/a/t/or    elevator    17.34

lib/e-    please    20.26

lien, lien/o-    spleen    5.26 and B.vi.d.(i)

ligament/o-    ligament    3.48

line/a    line    17.8

lingu/o-  (1)    tongue    7.12

     (2)    lingual    7.36

lip/o-    fat; lipids    12.18

lipar/o-    fat; lipids    12.18

lith/o-    calculus    12.27

lob/o-    lobe    16.27

log/o-    speech    19.41

long/iss/im/us    longest    17.19 and B.ii.b.

long/itudin/al/is    longitudinal    17.13

long/us    long    17.18

lumb/o-    loin    10.1 and B.i.a.

lymph/-, lympha    lymph    5.22 and B.vi.d.(ii)

lymph/angi/o-    lymph vessel    5.23 and B.iv.a.

lymph/aden/o-    lymph node    5.24 and B.iii.f. and iv.a and vi.d.(i)

lymphat/o-    lymph    5.22

lymph/o    lymph    5.22
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macr/o-    (excessively) large    15.46 and B.iv.a.

magn/us    great    17.20

ma/ior, ma/ius, ma/jor  greater    17.21 and B.ii.a.

malle/o-    hammer    4.36

malle/ol/us    malleolus    17.59

mamm/o-    breast    2.28

mand/i/bul/o-  (1)    lower jaw    7.3

     (2)    mandible    8.16

man/e    (in the) morning    20.32

man/us    hand    19.12 and B.ii.b.

margin/-, margo    margin    17.7 and B.vi.c.(i)(b)

mast/o-     (1)    breast    2.27

     (2)    mastoid process    8.6 and B.ii.b.

mast/oid/o-    mastoid process    8.6

max/ill/o-  (1)    upper jaw    7.2

     (2)    maxilla    8.15

max/im/us    greatest    17.22 and B.ii.b.

meat/o-    opening    16.2

medi-    (at the) middle    14.6

medi/ast/in/o-    mediastinum    6.17; 11.B.i.b.

medi/o-    (at the) middle    14.6

mega(l)/o-    (excessively) large    15.47 and B.iv.a.

mel/o-    limb    2.8

melan/o-    black    15.37

membran/o-    membrane    4.4

men/o-    menses, menstruation    10.35

mening/o-, meninx    meninges    4.5 and B.ii.d.(i); 6.B.ii.b.

men/i/sc/o-    crescent    16.45

ment/o-    chin    7.5

mes/o-    (at the) middle    14.5

mes/enter(i)/o-     mesentery    9.6

mesi/o-  (1)    mesial    7.30

     (2)    (at the) middle    14.5

metall/o-    metal    12.55

metr/o-    uterus    10.41

micr/o-    (excessively) small    15.48 and B.iv.a.

mill/i-    one thousandth    15.26

min/im/us    least    17.24 and B.ii.

min/or, min/us    lesser    17.23 and B.ii.a.

mod/us    manner    20.10

mon/o-    one    15.2

morph/o-    form    19.39

muc/i-, muc/o-, muc/os/o-  mucus    12.14 and B.ii.a. and iii.d.

mult/i-    many    15.29

mus/cul/o-    muscle    3.43; 6.B.iii.g.27

my-    muscle    3.42

mycet/o-, myc/o-    fungus    18.26

myel-    spinal cord; bone marrow    3.18

myel/in/o-    myelin    12.42

myel/o-    spinal cord; bone marrow    3.18

my/o-    muscle    3.42

my/o/card(i)/o-    myocardium    5.13

my/os/o-    muscle    3.42 and B.ii.c.

myring/o-, myrinx    tympanic membrane    4.39 and B.ii.d.(i)

myx/o-    mucus    12.15
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nan/o-    (excessively) small    15.49 and B.iv.a.

narc/o-    stupor    11.9

nas/o-  (1)    nose    6.2

     (2)    nasal bone    8.14

nas/o/pharyng/o-    nasopharynx    6.7

nat/o-    birth; born    19.25

ne    not    20.30

ne/o-    new    15.66

nem(at)/o-    roundworm    18.32

nephr/o-    kidney    10.10

nerv/i-    nerve    4.8

neur/o-  (1)    nerve    4.7

     (2)    emotions    11.4 and B.i.a.

neur/o/gli/o-    neuroglia    4.11

neur/on/o-    nerve cell    4.10

nev/o-    birthmark    18.15

noct/-    night    20.2

nod/us    node    17.82

non    not    20.30

non/i-    nine    15.21

norm-    normal    15.69 and B.iv.b.

norm/a    outline    17.9

norm/o-    normal    15.69 and B.iv.b.

nos/o-    disease    11.14

nox    night    20.2

nucle/o-    nucleus    12.10

null/i-    no; none    15.27

nyct/o-    night    11.6

nymph/o-    nymphae    10.50 and B.ii.a.(iv)
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-o-    (combining vowel)    2.B.iv.

o-    egg, ovum    10.33

ob, ob-    against; near    13.33

ob/liqu/us    oblique    17.84

oc-    against    13.B.iv.b.33

oc/cipit/o-    occiput    8.3

oc/clus/o-    occlusal    7.37

oct/i-, oct/o    eight    15.20

ocul/o-    eye    4.17

odont/o-    tooth    7.18

of-    against    13.B.iv.b.33

-oid-    (in, e.g., "thyr/oid/o")    8.B.ii.a. and iii.a.(i)

-ol-    (diminutive)    6.30 and B.iii.g.; 16.B.iii.

ole/o-    oil    12.38

olig/o-    few; little, small    15.32 and B.ii.d.

oment/o-    omentum    9.13

omn/is    all; every    20.13

om/o-    shoulder    2.19

omphal/o-    navel    2.30

onc/o-    tumor    12.74

oneir/o-    dream    11.8

onych/o-    nail    2.24

o/o-    egg, ovum    10.33

o/o/phor/o-    ovary    10.36

op-    against    13.B.iv.b.33

ophthalm/o-    eye    4.15

op/pon/e/ns    opposing    17.42

opsin/o-    opsonin    12.41

opson(in)/o-    opsonin    12.41

opt(ic)/o-    eye    4.16

or/o-    mouth    7.7

orchid/o-, orchi/o-    testis    10.22

organ/um    organ    19.2

orth/o-    straight; normal    15.68 and B.ii.d. and iv.b.

-os-  (1)    (Greek inflectional endings)    3.B.ii.c.

     (2)    (in, e.g., "petr/os/o")    8.B.ii.c.

os  (1)    bone    3.2 and B.iii.d.(iv); 8.B.iii.a.(i)

     (2)    mouth    7.7 and B.iii.b.

osche/o-    scrotum    10.20

oss(e)/o-    bone    3.2

oste/o-    bone    3.1

osti/um    opening    17.47

ot/o-    ear    2.13

ov-    egg, ovum    10.34

ov/ar/i/o-    ovary    10.37

ov/o-    egg, ovum    10.34

ox/i-, oxy-    oxygen    12.71
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pach/y-    (excessively) thick    15.56 and B.iv.a.

palat/o-    palate    7.13

pal-    repetition    19.42

pale/o-    old    15.67

pal/i-, palin/o-    repetition    19.42

pan-    all; whole    15.31 and B.ii.d.

pan/creat/ic/o-    pancreatic duct    9.B.i.a.

pan/creat/o-    pancreas    9.21 and B.iii.b.(iv)

pan/cre/o-    pancreas    9.21

pant/o-    all; whole    15.31 and B.ii.d.

pap/ill/a    papilla    17.60

para-    beside    13.9

para/sit/o-    parasite    18.20

para/thyr(oid)/o-    parathyroid gland    5.35; 13.B.iii.a.

paries    wall    16.23 and B.ii.a. and iv.d.

pariet/o-  (1)    parietal bone    8.2

     (2)    wall    16.23 and B.ii.a. and iv.d.

par/ot(id)/o-    parotid gland    5.33; 13.B.iii.a.

pars, part-    part    17.5 and B.vi.c.(i)(a)

pat/ell/o-    knee-cap    3.33; 6.B.iii.g.28

pector-, pectus    chest    19.5

ped/o-  (1)    foot    2.35

     (2)    child    19.30

ped/i/cul/o-    louse    18.28

ped/un/cul/o-    peduncle    16.48

pell/agr/o-    pellagra    18.48

pelv/i-, pelv(i)/o-  (1)  pelvis    3.25

     (2)  renal pelvis    10.13 and B.i.e.(i)

pen/o-    penis    10.31

penta-    five    15.14

peps/in/o-    pepsin    12.47

pept-    peptone    12.50

pept/in/o-    pepsin    12.47

pept/on/o-    peptone    12.50

per    through; over    13.34

per-  (1)    through; over    13.34

     (2)    deformed; deformity    18.11

per/for/a/ns    perforating    17.46

per/i-    surrounding    13.7

per/i/card(i)/o-    pericardium    5.12; 13.B.iii.a.

per/i/ne/o-    perineum    10.3

per/i/odont/o-    periodontium    7.20; 13.B.iii.a.

per/i/ton(e)/o-    peritoneum    9.5; 11.B.i.b.

per/o-    deformed; deformity    18.11

pes    foot    2.35 and B.vi.b.(ii)

petr(os)/o-    petrous part of the temporal bone    8.8 and B.ii.c.

phac/o-    lens    4.31

phalang/o-, phalanx    phalanges    3.14 and B.iii.d.(i); 6.B.ii.b.

phall/o-    penis    10.30

pharmac/o-    drug    11.10

pharyng/o-    pharynx    6.6 and B.iii.h.(iv)

phim/o-    closed; closure    18.13

phleb/o-    vein    5.17

phlog/o-    inflammation    18.5

phon/o-    sound    19.16 and B.i.b.

phos/ph(at)/o-, phos/phor/o-    phosphate; phosphorus    12.69

phot/o-    light    19.17 and B.i.b.

phren/o-  (1)    diaphragm    6.15

     (2)    mind    11.2 and B.i.a.

phthis(i)/o-    wasting; tuberculosis    18.44

phys/o-    gas    12.4

phyt/o-    plant    19.36

pimel/o-    fat    12.21

pine/al/o-    pineal gland    5.31

plasm/a-, plasm(at)/o-    plasma    5.4 and B.vi.c.(ii)

platy-    (excessively) broad; flat    15.58 and B.iv.a.

pleur/o-    pleura    6.14

plex/o-    plexus    16.30 and B.iv.e.

plic/o-    fold    16.39

plur/i-    many    15.30

pne/o-    breathing    6.19

pne/um-  (1)    lung; air    6.12 and B.ii.a.

     (2)    air; lung    6.20 and B.ii.a.

pne/umat/o-    air; lung    6.20 and B.ii.a.

pne/um/o-  (1)    lung; air    6.12 and B.ii.a.

     (2)    air; lung    6.20 and B.ii.a.

pne/umon/o-    lung; air    6.12 and B.ii.a.

pod/o-    foot    2.34

poikil/o-    mottled; varied, variable    15.45

pol/i-    grey    15.38 and B.ii.a.(ii)

pollux    thumb    19.13

poly-    many; much    15.28 and B.ii.d.

por/o-    pore    16.4

porph(yr)/o-    porphyrin    12.43

post, post-    behind; after    13.21 and B.ii.b.(i)

post/er-    behind    14.2

post/er/ior    rear    14.27 and B.ii.a.

post/er/o-    behind    14.2

pr/e-      before    13.18 and 35 and B.ii.b.(i) and iii.d.

presby/o-    old (person); old age    19.33

pr/im/i-    first    15.5; 17.B.ii.b.

pr/o-    before    13.19 and B.ii.b.(i)

pr/o, pr/o-      before; for    13.36 and B.iii.d.

pr/o/cess/us    process    17.58 and B.iii.b. and vi.c.(ii)

proct/o-    rectum; anus    9.30

pr/o/fund/us    deep    14.25

propri/us    proper    17.26

pros/op/o-    face    2.15

pr/o/st/a/t/o-    prostate    10.29; 11.B.i.b.; 13.B.iii.a.

pros/th/o-    artificial    19.43

prot-    first    15.4

prot/e(in)/o-    protein    12.48

prot/o-    first    15.4

prox/im/o-    nearest    14.19; 17.B.ii.b.

prur/it/o-    itching    18.49

pseud/o-    false; falsely    11.17 and B.i.c.

psych/o-    mind    11.1

psychr/o-    coldness    19.22

ptyal/o-    saliva    9.35

pub/i-, pub/o-    pubis    3.28

pulmo, pulm(on)/o-    lung    6.13 and B.iii.h.(ii)

pulp/o-  (1)    pulp    7.26

     (2)    pulpal    7.38 and B.i.d.

pulver-, pulvis    powder    20.6

pup/ill/o-    pupil    4.19; 6.B.iii.g.29

pur(in)/o-    purine    12.31

py-    pus    12.26

pyel/o-    renal pelvis    10.12

pykn/o-    (excessively) thick    15.57 and B.iv.a.

pyl/or/o-    pylorus    9.15

py/o-    pus    12.26

pyr(et)/o-    fever; fire    18.6
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quadr/i-    four    15.13

quant/us    as much as    20.12

qu/a/que    (on/at) every/each    20.34

quint/i-    five    15.15

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-r-  (1)    (becomes "-rr-")    2.B.i.c.(ii)

     (2)    (old comparative)    14.B.ii.a.(iii)

rach/i-, rach/i/o-    spine    3.16

radi-   (1)    radius    3.12

     (2)    radiation    19.14 and B.i.b.

radic-    root    17.68

radic/ul/o-    radicle    4.12

radi/o-  (1)    radius    3.12

     (2)    radiation    19.14

radix    root    17.68

ram/us    branch    17.67

raph/e    seam    17.75 and B.vi.c.(i)(c)

re-    back; again    13.37

re/cess/us    recess    17.56 and B.iii.b. and vi.c.(ii)

rect/o-    rectum    9.31; 17.B.iii.b.

rect/us    straight    17.83 and B.iii.b.

re/curr/e/ns    recurrent    17.45

red-    back; again    13.B.iv.b.37

re/flex/us    bent back    17.85 and B.iii.b.

regio, region-    region    17.1 and B.vi.c.(i)(b)

ren, ren/o-    kidney    10.11 and B.ii.b.(ii)

ret/e    net    17.69 and B.vi.c.(i)(c)

retin/o-    retina    4.23

re/tr/o-    behind    13.20

rhabd/o-    rod    16.51

rhin/o-    nose    2.14 and 6.1

rhin/o/pharyng/o-    nasopharynx    6.7

rot/at/or    rotator    17.38

-rr-    (from "-r-")    2.B.i.c.(ii)

rub-, rube-, rub/o-, rubr/i-, rubr/o-    red    15.41
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sacc-    sac    16.11

sacchar/o-    sugar    12.40

sacc/o-    sac    16.11

sacr/o-    sacrum    3.29

salping/o-, salpinx    uterine tube    10.38 and B.i.e.(ii)

sangu/i, sangu/in/o-  blood    5.2

sarc/o-    flesh    12.5

scaph/o-    boat    16.46

scapul/o-    shoulder blade    3.15

scat/o-    excrement    9.43

schist/o-, schiz/o-    split; splitting    18.12 and B.i.a.

scler/o-    sclera    4.22; 11.B.i.b.

scot/o-    darkness    19.20

scrot/o-    scrotum    10.21

se-    away    13.38

seb/o-    sebum    12.22

sec/u/nd/i-    second    15.9

sec/u/nd/um art/em    properly    20.36

semen/o-, semin/o-    semen    10.19

sept-   (1)    septum    6.4

sept-   (2)    presence of microorganisms    18.19

sept/i-    seven    15.19

sept/ic/o-    presence of microorganisms    18.19

sept/o-  (1)    septum    6.4

     (2)    presence of microorganisms    18.19

ser/o-, ser/os/o-    serum    12.17 and B.ii.a. and b. and iii.d.

sex/i-, sext/i-    six    15.17

si    if    20.29

sial/o-    saliva    9.34

sider/o-    iron    12.62

sigm/oid/o-    sigmoid fold    9.29

sign/a-    label    20.20

sin-    sinus    6.3

sinistr/o-    (at the) left    14.16 and B.ii.e.(ii)

sin/o-, sinus/o-    sinus    6.3 and B.iii.h.(i)

skelet/o-    skeleton    3.3

som(at)/o-    body    2.2

spati/um    space    17.4

sperm-, spermat/o-    semen, spermatozoon    10.18

spermat/o/cyst/o-    seminal vesicle    10.28

sperm/o-    semen, spermatozoon    10.18

sphen(oid)/o-    sphenoid bone    8.10

sphincter/o-    (anal) sphincter    9.33 and B.iii.a.

sphygm/o-    pulse    5.7

spin/o-    spine    3.17

spir-    breathing    6.18

spir/ill/o-    spirillum    18.23

spir/o-    breathing    6.18

spir/o/chet/o-    spirochete    18.24

splanchn/o-    viscera    9.7

splen/o-    spleen    5.25

spondyl/o-    vertebra    3.19

spor/o-    spore    18.25

squam(os)/o-    squamous part of the temporal bone    8.9 and B.ii.c.

st/a-    stand    20.19

stann/o-    tin    12.64

st/a/ped(i)/o-, st/a/pes    stirrup    4.38 and B.ii.d.(ii)

staphyl/o-    uvula    7.15

steat/o-    fat    12.20

sten/o-    (excessively) narrow    15.55 and B.iv.a.

sterc(or)/o-    feces    9.42

stere/o-    solid    15.63

stern/o-    sternum    3.22

steth/o-    chest    2.26

stom-    mouth    7.6

stomach/o-    stomach    9.11

stom-, stoma, stom(at)/o-    mouth    7.6 and B.iii.a.

strab(ism)/o-    squinting    18.51

strat/o-    layer    16.22

stri/a    stria    17.76

stromat/o-, strom/o-    stroma    16.37 and B.iv.g.

strum/o-    goiter    18.38

styl(oid)/o-    styloid process    8.8

sub, sub-      below; under; beneath    13.39 and B.iii.d.

sub-    below    13.5

sub/st/a/nt/i/a    substance    19.3

suc-    below    13.B.iv.b.5

suf-    below    13.B.iv.b.5

sug-    below    13.B.iv.b.5

sulc/us    groove    17.52

sum-    below    13.B.iv.b.5

sum/i-    take    20.22

sup-    below    13.B.iv.b.5

sup/er-    above    13.47

sup/er/fic/i/al/is    superficial    17.15

sup/er-    above    14.3

sup/er/ior    upper    14.28 and B.ii.a.

sup/er/o-    above    14.3

sup/r/a, sup/r/a-    above    13.3

sup/r/a/ren(al)/o-    adrenal gland    5.38; 13.B.iii.a.

sur-    below    13.B.iv.b.5

su/t/ur/a    suture    8.17 and B.iii.a.(ii)

sy-    with    13.B.iv.b.16

syl-    with    13.B.iv.b.16

sym-    with    13.B.iv.b.16

sym/path-, sym/pathet/o-    sympathetic nerves    4.13

sym/path/ic/o-, sympath/o-    sympathetic nerves    4.13

syn-    together; with    13.24

syn/desm(os)/o-    ligament    3.47 and B.ii.c.; 13.B.iii.a.

syn/ov(i)/o-    synovia    12.7 and B.ii.a.

systema, systemat-    system    19.1
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tach/o-, tach/y-    fast    15.61

tal-    talus    3.38

tal/is    such; of such a kind    20.11

tal/o-    talus    3.38

tars/o-    tarsus    3.36

tel-    (at a) distance    14.17

tel/a    web    17.70

tel/e-, tel/o-    distant    14.17

tempor/o-    temporal bone    8.5

ten-    tendon    3.44

tend(in)/o-, tendo    tendon    3.45 and B.iii.d.(ii); 17.B.iii.b.

ten/o-, tenon(t)/o-    tendon    3.44

tens/or    tensor    17.36 and B.iii.b.

-ter-    (old comparative)    14.B.ii.a.(iii)

teras, terat/o-    deformed (fetus)    19.31

-tern-    (comparative)    14.B.ii.a.(iii)(b) and (iv)

tert/i-    three, triple    15.11

test-, test/i/cul/o, test/o-    testis    10.23

tetra-    four    15.12

thanat/o-    death    19.27

thec/o-    sheath    16.31

thel/e-    nipple    2.29

ther-, theri/o-    animal    19.35

therm/o-    heat    19.18 and B.i.b.

ther/o-    animal    19.35

thi/o-    sulfur    12.65

thorac/o-, thorax    chest    2.25 and B.vi.b.(i)

thromb/o-    clot    5.5

thromb/o/cyt/o-    blood platelet    5.6

thym/o-    thymus    5.36

thyr(oid)/o-    thyroid gland    5.34

tibi/o-    tibia    3.34

tonsill/o-    tonsil    16.28

tox/ic/o-, tox/o-    poison    12.53

-tr-    (old comparative)    14.B.ii.a.(iii)

tra-    through    13.B.iv.b.40

trach/e-    trachea    6.10; 11.B.i.b.

trachel/o-  (1)    neck    2.18

     (2)    cervix of the uterus    10.44 and B.i.e.

trache/o-    trachea    6.10

tractus    tract    17.2 and B.vi.c.(ii)

tran-    through    13.B.iv.b.40

trans-    through    13.22 and B.iii.d.

trans, trans-      through; across    13.40

trans/vers/al/is, trans/vers/us  transverse    14.24

traum(at)/o-    wound    18.42

tri-    three    15.10

trich/o-    hair    2.10

tri/gon/o-    triangle    16.38

tri/pl/o-    three    15.10

trochle/o-    trochlea    16.47

trunc/us    trunk    17.66

tub-    uterine tube    10.39

tuber/o-    tuber    16.15 and B.iv.c.

tuber/os/itas    tuberosity    17.61 and B.vi.c.(i)(a)

tub/o-    uterine tube    10.39 and B.i.e.(ii)

tunic/a    sheath    17.71

tympan/o-    middle ear    4.35

typhl/o-    cecum    9.27
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-ul-    (diminutive)    6.26 and B.iii.g.; 16.B.iii

ul-    gums    7.27

uln/o-    ulna    3.11

ul/o-    gums    7.27

ul/tr/a, ul/tr/a-    beyond    13.48

umbilic/o-    navel    2.31

uni-    one    15.3

ur-    urine; urinary tract    10.5; 10.B.i.b.

uran(isc)/o-    palate    7.14

ur/at/o-    urate    10.7

ur/e/a-, ur/e/o-    urea    10.8

ureter/o-    ureter    10.14 and B.ii.b.(ii)

urethr/o-    urethra    10.17

ur/ic/o-    uric acid    10.B.i.d.

ur/in/o-    urine; urinary tract    10.6

ur/o-    urine; urinary tract    10.5; 10.B.i.b.

ur/o/bil/in/o-    urobilin    10.9

ur/on/o-    urine; urinary tract    10.5

ut/e-    use    20.23

uter/o-    uterus    10.42

uv/e/o-    uvea    4.24

uv/ul/o-    uvula    7.16
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vag-    vagus nerve    4.14

vagin-    vagina    10.46

vagin/a    sheath    17.72

vagin/o-    vagina    10.46

vag/o-    vagus nerve    4.14

valv(ul)/o-    valve    5.10; 6.B.iii.g.26

varic/o-    varix    5.20

vari/ol/o    smallpox    18.46

vas, vas-   (1)    vessel    5.15 and B.vi.d.(i)

     (2)    vas deferens    10.25 and B.i.e.(i)

vas/cul/o-    vessel    5.15

vas/o-  (1)    vessel    5.15

     (2)    vas deferens    10.25 and B.i.e.

ven/o-    vein    5.18

venter    belly    16.9; 14.B.ii.e.(ii)

ventr-   (1)    abdomen    9.3

     (2)    (at the) front    14.13

ventr/i-    belly    16.9 and B.ii.a.

ventr/i/cul/o-    ventricle    5.11; 6.B.iii.g.27

ventr/o-  (1)    abdomen    9.3

     (2)    (at the) front    14.13

verm(in)/o-    worm    18.30

vertebr/o-    vertebra    3.20

vesic/o-    bladder; cyst    10.16

vesic/ul/o-    seminal vesicle    10.26

vest/i/bul/o-    vestibule    16.6

vir(ul)/o-, viru-    virus    19.38

viscer/o-    viscera    9.8

vitre/o-    glass    12.58 and B.iii.a.

vulv/o-    vulva    10.48
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xanth/o-    yellow    15.42

xen/o-    strange; foreign    15.80

xer/o-    dry    15.64

xiph(oid)/o-    xiphoid process    3.23

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zo/o-    animal    19.34

zygomat(ic)/o-    zygomatic bone    8.11

zym/o-    enzyme    12.46
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