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-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 12.68TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 16.7TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 2.5TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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- (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)TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 16.20TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 19.28TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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.TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
-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 17.73TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
jejun/o- jejunum 9.23 junc/t/ur/a joint 17.74
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 15.25TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 5.22TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 12.15TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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)TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
-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 12.71TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 18.6TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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
-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 15.41TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 19.1TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 9.27TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
-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 7.16TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
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 10.48TO TOP OF THIS PAGE
xanth/o- yellow 15.42 xen/o- strange; foreign 15.80 xer/o- dry 15.64 xiph(oid)/o- xiphoid process 3.23
zo/o- animal 19.34 zygomat(ic)/o- zygomatic bone 8.11 zym/o- enzyme 12.46To top of this page