Roots, prefix,suffix, and combing form verbs

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Root word

the main part of the word that tells the basic meaning (usually a body part)

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Suffix

added to the end of a word to change its meaning or show what's happening (condition, disease, procedure, etc.)

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Eponym

a medical term named after a person or place

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Acr/o

extremities

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Anter/o

front

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Axill/o

armpit

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Brachi/o

arm

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Capit/o

head

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Carp/o

wrist

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Cephal/o

head

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Cervic/o

neck or cervix (neck of uterus)

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Derm/a

skin

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Dors/i

back or posterior

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Faci/o

face

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Gingiv/o

gums in mouth

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Inguin/o

groin

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Lapar/o

abdomen

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Later/o

side

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Mamm/a

breast

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Occipit/o

back of head

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Odont/o

teeth

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Optic/o

seeing or sight

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Pod/o

foot

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Rhin/o

nose

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Steth/o

chest

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Tars/o

foot

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Thorac/o

chest or thorax

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Trachel/o

neck or neckline

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Trich/o

hair or hairline

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Ventr/i

front of body

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Abdomin/o

abdomen

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Aden/o

gland

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Angi/o

vessel

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Arteri/o

artery

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Arteriol/o

arteriole

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Arthr/o

joint

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Atri/o

atrium

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Bronch/i

bronchus

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Bronchiol/o

bronchiole

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Carcin/o

cancer

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Cardi/o

heart

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Cellul/o

cell

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Cerebr/o

cerebrum

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Chol/e

bile

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Cholecyst/o

gallbladder

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Chondr/i

cartilage

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Chrom/o

color

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Col/o

colon

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Cry/o

cold

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Cutane/o

skin

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Cyan/o

blue

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Cyt/o

cell

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Encephal/o

brain

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Enter/o

intestine

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Erythr/o

red

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Fibr/o

fibers

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Gastr/o

stomach

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Hemat/o

blood

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Hepat/o

liver

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Histi/o

tissue

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Leuk/o

white

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Lipid/o

fat

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Melan/o

black

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My/o

muscle

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Myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

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Nephr/o

kidney

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Neur/o

nerve

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Oss/eo

bone

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Oss/I

bone

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Ost/e

bone

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Path/o

disease

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Phleb/o

vein

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Pneum/a

lungs

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Pneum/o

lungs

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Py/o

pus

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Ren/I

kidney

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Ren/o

kidney

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Sept/o

infection

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Splen/o

spleen

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Thym/o

thymus

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Tympan/o

eardrum

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Ur/e

urine

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Ur/ea

urine

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Urin/o

urine

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Vas/o

vein

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Ven/o

vein

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Xanth/o

yellow

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A-

without or not

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An-

lack of or without

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Ambi-

both

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Ante-

before or in front of

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Anti-

opposing or against

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Auto-

self or by yourself

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Brady-

slow

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Brachy-

short

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Circum-

around

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Co-

together or with

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Con-

together or with

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Com-

together or with

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Contra-

against or opposed to