Studied by 6 people
cephal/0
head
cerebr/o
brain
esthesi/0
sensation
-plegia
paralysis
tax/o
order or coordination
encephal/o
brain
gnos/o
knowing
-lepsy
seizure
-paresis
slight paralysis
crani/o
brain
neur/o
nerve
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
top/o
place
gli/o
glue
pelv/o
hip bone
oste/o
bone
cost/o
rib
fibr/o
fiber
crani/o
skull
rhabd/o
rod shaped or striated (skeletal)
kyph/o
humped
spondyl/o
vertebra
my/o
muscle
-malacia
soft ending
epiphys
end of bone
sarc/o
flesh
articul/o
joint
mys/o
muscle
ton/o
tone or tension
-emia
blood condition
-graph
instrument for recording
xer/o
dry
py/o
puss
cyt/o
cell
dactyl/o
digit (finger or toe)
phag/o
eat or swallow
chrom/o
color
melan/o
black
-logist
one who specialized in the study or treatment of
nephr/o
kidney
poly-
many
peri-
around
hydr/o
water
phot/o
light
bronch/o
bronchus (airway)
phob/o
exaggerated fear or sensitivity
psych/o
mind (Jackson)
aden/o
gland
opt/o
eye
carcin/o
cancer
tox/o
poison
micro
small
mono
one
ecto
outside
hyper
above or excessive
-itis
inflammation
-ism
condition of
-ase
enzyme
-ectomy
excision (removal)
-algia
pain
arthr/o
joint
chondr/o
cartilage (gristle)
endo-
within
hypo-
below or deficient
an-
without
bio-
life
cardi/o
heart
-sect
to cut
hem/o
blood
gastr/o
stomach
dys-
painful, difficult, or faulty
pachy
thick
kerat/o
hard or corrnea
seb/o
sebum (oil)
-rrhea
discharge
hidr/o
sweat
toxic/o
poison
-emia
blood condition
-graph
instrument for recording
xer/o
dry
py/o
pus
-oma
tumor
dactyl/o
digit
chrom/o
color
cyan/o
blue
peri-
around
hydr/o
water
phot/o
light
erythr/o
red
bronch/o
bronchus
phob/o
exaggerated fear or sensitivity
lip/o
fat
aden/o
gland
opt/o
eye
carcin/o
cancer
leuk/o
white
derm/o
skin
pachy/o
thick
kerat/o
hard/cornea
xanth/o
yellow
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