Medical Terminology: Prefixes

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acr/o
extremities
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amb/i
both sides/double
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anter/o
front
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aut/o
self
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axill/o
armpit, axilla
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blephar/o
eyelid or eyelash
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brachi/o
arm
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bucc/o
cheek (on the face)
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canth/o
angle formed where eyelids meet
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capit/o
head
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carp/o
wrist
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caud/o
tail/downward
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cephal/o
head
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cervic/o
neck or cervix neck
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cheil/o, chil/o
lip
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cheir/o, chir/o
hand
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cili/o
eyelash or eyelid, or small hairlike processes
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cor/e, cor/o
pupil of eye
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crani/o
skull
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cubit/o
elbow
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dactyl/o
fingers or toes
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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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gloss/o
tongue
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gnath/o
jaws
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inguin/o
groin
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irid/o
iris of eye
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labi/o
lips
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lapar/o
abdomen, loin, flank
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later/o
side
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lingu/o
tongue
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mamm/a
breast
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mast/o
breast
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nas/o
nose
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occipit/o
back of head
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ocul/o
eye
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odont/o
teeth
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omphal/o
umbilicus
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onych/o
nails
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opthalm/o, ocul/o
eyes
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optic/o, opt/o
seeing, sight
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or/o
mouth
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ot/o
ear
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papill/o
nipple
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pelv/o, pelv/i
pelvis
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phall/o
penis
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pil/o
hair
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pod/o
foot
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rhin/o
nose
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somat/o
body
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steth/o
chest
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stomat/o
mouth
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tal/o
ankle
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tars/o
foot
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thorac/o
chest/thorax
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trachel/o
neck or necklike
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trich/o
hair or hairlike
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ventr/i, ventr/o
front of body
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abdomin/o
abdomen
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acanth/o
spiny or thorny
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acetabul/o
acetabulum
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acromi/o
acromium
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aden/o
gland
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adip/o
fat
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adren/o
adrenal gland
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alveoli/o
air sac
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angi/o
vessel
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a/o
anus
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aort/o
aorta
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arteri/o, arter/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole
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aspir/o
to breathe in
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ather/o
plaque, fat
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athr/o, articul/o
joint
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atri/o
atrium
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audi/o, aur/i
hearing
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balan/o
glans penis
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bio-
life
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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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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/i
cerebrum
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cholangi/o
bile duct
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chol/e
bile
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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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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colp/o
vagina
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cost/o
rib
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue