med term unit 2 word parts ch 9-12

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alveol/o

air sac, alveolus

atel/o

incomplete

angi/o

blood vessel

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

acid/o

a solution/substance with a pH of less than 7

albumin/o

albumin, protein

azot/o

urea, nitrogen

andr/o

male

bronch/o, bronch/i

airway, bronchus

bil/i

bile

balan/o

glans penis

capn/o

carbon dioxide

coccidioid/o

coccidioides immitis, fungus

coni/o

dust

cyst/o

bladder, sac

cec/o

blind intestine, cecum

chol/o

bile, gall

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o, colon/o

colon

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

cheil/o

lip

cirrh/o

orange

cyes/o, cyesi/o

pregnancy

copl/o

vagina

dilate/o

to widen

dent/o

teeth

duoden/o

twelve, duodenum

diverticul/o

diverticulum

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/e, esophag/o

gullet, esophagus

embry/o

embryo

epididym/o

epididymis

episi/o

vulva

flux/o

flow

fec/o

feces

fet/o

fetus

glott/o

opening into the windpipe

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

glomerul/o

little ball, glomerulus

glyc/o, glycos/o

sweet, sugar

gluc/o

glucose, sugar

gravid/o, gravidar/o

pregnancy

gyn/o, gynec/o

women

halit/o

breath

ile/o

to roll, ileum

jejun/o

empty, jejunum

ket/o, keton/o

ketone

lob/o

a rounded part, lob

legionell/o

lung disease

lingu/o

tongue

lapar/o

abdomen

lei/o

smooth

muc/o

mucus

meat/o

opening, passage

men/o, menstru/o

month, menstruation

mentr/o

uterus

metr/i, metr/o

uterus

nas/o

nose

nephr/o

kidney

noct/o

night

ox/i

oxygen

ot/o

ear

or/o

mouth

orex/o

appetite

olig/o

few in number

orchi/o, orchid/o

testis

oophor/o

ovary

ovar/o

ovary

pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

phragm/o, phragmat/o

partition

pleur/o

rib, pleura

pneum/o, pneumon/o

air, lung

py/o

pus

pancreat/o

sweetbread, pancreas

peps/o, pept/o

digestion

peritone/o

to stretch over, peritoneum

pylor/o

pylorus

parot/o

parotid gland

polyp/o

small growth

pyel/o

renal pelvis

protein/o

protein

pen/o

penis

prostat/o

prostate gland

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

sinus/o

cavity

sphyx/o

pulse

sten/o

narrow

spir/o

breathe

sial/o

saliva

sigm/o

the letter s, sigmoid colon

stomat/o

mouth

steat/o

fat

spadias/o

rip, tear

son/o

sound

semin/o

seed, sperm)

sperm/o, spermat/o

seed, sperm

salping/o

trumpet, fallopian tube