MTL 180 Synonyms

Head

CEPHAL-

CAPUT, CAPIT-, -CEPS, -CIPIT-, -CIPUT

FRONT- [actually forehead]

Fat

LIP-

ADIP-

STEAR-, STEAT- [also sebum, sebaceous glands]

Stone

LITH-

CALC- [also calcium, lime]

Nose

RHIN-

NAS-

Brain

ENCEPHAL-

CEREBR-

Blood

HAEM-, HAEMAT-, -AEM

SANGUI-, SANGUIN-

LEUK- [white blood cell]

ERYTHR- [red blood cell]

ANGI- [leans more toward ‘vessel’]

Self

IDI-

AUT-

Bladder

CYST-

VESIC- [also blister]

Form, Shape

MORPH-

FORM

PLAS-, PLAST- [also develop]

Disease

PATH-

NOS- [also illness]

Mouth

STOM-, STOMAT-

OR-, OS (l)

Mucus

BLENN-

MYX-

Skin

DERM-, -DERMA, DERMAT-

CUT-

Deficient/Deficiency

OLIG- [also few]

PEN- (l) [also decrease]

Pus

PY-

PUR-

Hear

ACOUS-, ACUS-

AUDI-, AUDIT-

Sexual Desire

APHRODISI-

ER-, EROT-

Lip

CHEIL- CHIL-

LABI- [also liplike structure]

Tooth

ODONT-

DENT-

Ear

OT-

AUR-

Tumour

ONC-

-oma (suffix)

Bone

OSTE-

OS (ll), OSS-

Swelling/Swollen

OEDEMA, OEDEMAT-

TUM(E)-

Bearing, Carrying

PHOR-

LAT-, FER- [also contain]

GER-, GEST-

Foot

POD-

PED-

Fever

PYR-, PYRET- (PYREX- is feverish)

FEBR-

Spine/Spinal Cord

RACHI-, RHACHI

MYEL- [also bone marrow]

Cut

TOM-

SECT-

-CID-, -CIS- [also kill]

Hernia

-CEL-

HERNI- [also rupture]

Sleep

HYPN-

SOMN-

Grow/Growth

CRESC-, CRET-

PHYT- [also plant]

Heat

THERM- [also temperature]

CALOR-

Kidney

NEPHR-

REN-

Diaphragm

DIAPHRAGM-, DIAPHRAGMAT-

PHREN- [mind diaphragm]

Mind

PHREN- [mind diaphragm]

PSYCH-

Large

MACR-

MEGA-, MEGAL-

MAGN-

Marrow

MYEL- [specifically bone marrow, also spinal cord]

MEDULL- [also medulla]