1. afferent: message from body part to brain 2.

Alzheimer's disease: Progressive mental deterioration characterized by severe memory loss 3. amniocentesis: surgical removal of amniotic fluid away from the fetus 4. aphasia: inability to speak 5. axon: long stringy area of nerve cell. sends info 6. cephalgia: headache 7. cephalocentisis: surgical puncture around the brain t drain fluid 8. cephaloma: tumor on the brain 9. CT scan: computer tomograhy (no magnet) 10. dendrites: receives sent info 11. EEG: electro encephalograph 12. efferent: message from brain to body part 13. hemiplegic: half of the body is paralyzed 14. hydrocephalus: swelling in and around the brain 15. hyperesthia: increased sensation, overly sensitive 16. hypoesthia: numbness 17. Lou Gehrig's: affects nervous systems, entire body withers 18. meningeoma: tumor on meninges 19. meningitis: inflammation of the meninges (membrane around the brain) 20. MRI: magnetic resonance imaging 21. neuralgia: nerve pain 22. neuritis: inflammation of nerves 23. neuroma: nerve tumor 24. neuroplasty: surgical repair of nerves 25. paraplegic: when legs are paralyzed 26. parasympathetic: rest and digest 27. Parkinson's disease: small fiberous , a progressive disease that destroys brain cells and is
identified by muscular tremors, slowing of movement, and partial facial paralysis

28. quadraplegic: paralysis of 4 limbs 29. radiculitis: radiating pain from arm or leg 30. sciatica: pain in the sciatic nerve (large nerve running along leg) 31. subderal hematoma: bleeding between brain and skull 32. sympathetic: fight or flight

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

-ac: pertaining to -acusis: hearing condition -al: pertaining to -algia: pain -ar: pertaining to -arche: beginning -ary: pertaining to -ase: an enzyme -asthenia: weakness

10. -ation: process 11. -blast: germ or bud 12. -cele: pouching or hernia 13. -centesis: puncture for aspiration 14. -desis: binding 15. -dynia: pain 16. -e: noun marker 17. -eal: pertaining to 18. -ectasis: expansion or dilation 19. -ectomy: excision (removal) 20. -emesis: vomiting 21. -emia: blood condition 22. -gen: origin or production 23. -genesis: origin or production 24. -gram: record 25. -graph: instrument for recording 26. -graphy: process of recording 27. -ia: condition of 28. -iasis: formation or presence of 29. -iatrics: treatment 30. -iatry: treatment 31. -ic: pertaining to 32. -icle: small 33. -ism: condition of 34. -ist: someone who specializes in 35. -itis: inflammation 36. -ium: structure or tissue 37. -lepsy: seizure 38. -logist: one who specializes in the study or treatment of 39. -logy: study of 40. -lysis: breaking down or dissolution 41. -malacia: softening 42. -mania: abnormal impulse (attraction) toward 43. -megaly: enlargement 44. -meter: instrument for measuring 45. -metry: process of measuring 46. -oid: resembling 47. -ole: small 48. -oma: tumor 49. -opia: condition of vision 50. -osis: condition or increase 51. -ous: pertaining to 52. -paresis: slight paralysis 53. -penia: abnormal reduction 54. -pexy: suspension or fixation

55. -phil: attraction for 56. -philia: attraction for 57. -plasia: formation 58. -plasty: surgical repair or reconstruction 59. -plegia: paralysis 60. -pnea: breathing 61. -poiesis: formation 62. -ptosis: fallowing or downward displacement 63. -rraphy: suture 64. -rrhage: to burst forth 65. -rrhagia: to burst forth 66. -rrhea: discharge 67. -rrhexis: rupture 68. -scope: instrument for examination 69. -scopy: process of examination 70. -spasm: involuntary contraction 71. -stasis: stop or stand 72. -stomy: creation of an opening 73. -test/o: testis (testicle) 74. -tic: pertaining to 75. -tomy: incision 76. -ton/o: tone or tension 77. -tripsy: crushing 78. -ula: small 79. -ule: small 80. -y: condition or process of 81. a-: without 82. ab-: away from 83. abdomin/o: abdomen 84. acous/o: hearing 85. acro/o: extremity or topmost 86. ad-: to, toward or near 87. aden/o: gland 88. adip/o: fat 89. adren/o: adrenal gland 90. adrenal/o: adrenal gland 91. aer/o: air or gas 92. albumin/o: protein 93. alveol/o: alveolus (air sac) 94. ambi-: both 95. an-: without 96. an/o: anus 97. andr/o: male 98. angi/o: vessel 99. ankyl/o: crooked or stiff

100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144.

ante-: before anti-: against or opposed to aort/o: aorta appendic/o: appendix aque/o: water arteri/o: artery arthr/o: joint articul/o: joint ather/o: fatty paste atri/o: atrium audi/o: hearing aur/i: ear bacteri/o: bacteria balan/o: glans penis bi-: two or both bil/i: bile blast/o: germ or bud blephar/o: eyelid brachi/o: arm brady-: slow bronch/o: bronchus (airway) bronchi/o: bronchus (airway) bronchiol/o: bronchiole (little airway) bucc/o: cheek capn/o: carbon dioxide carb/o: carbon dioxide carcin/o: cancer cardi/o: heart cata-: down celi/o: abdomen cephal/o: head cerebell/o: cerebellum (little brain) cerebr/o: cerebrum (largest part of brain) cerumin/o: wax cervic/o: neck or cervix cheil/o: lip chol/e: bile chondr/o: cartilage (gristle) chrom/o: color chromat/o: color chyl/o: juice circum-: around col/o: colon colon/o: colon colp/o: vagina (sheath)

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con-: together or with conjunctiv/o: conjunctiva (to join together) contra-: against or opposed to corne/o: cornea coron/o: circle or crown cost/o: rib crani/o: skull crin/o: to secrete cutane/o: skin cyan/o: blue cyst/o: bladder or sac cyt/o: cell dacry/o: tear dactyl/o: digit (finger or toe) de-: from, down, or not dent/i: teeth derm/o: skin dermat/o: skin dextr/o: right or on the right side dia-: across or through diaphor/o: profuse sweating dips/o: thirst dis-: separate from or apart doch/o: duct duoden/o: duodenum dys-: painful, difficult, or faulty e-: out or away ec-: out or away ecto-: outside en-: within encephal/o: entire brain endo-: within enter/o: small intestine epi-: upon epididym/o: epididymis episi/o: vulva (covering) erythr/o: red esophag/o: esophagus esthesi/o: sensation eu-: good or normal ex-: out or away exo-: outside extra-: outside fasci/o: fascia (a band)

189. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 231. 232. 233.

femor/o: femur fibr/o: fiber gangli/o: ganglion (knot) gastr/o: stomach gen/o: origin or production gingiv/o: gum gli/o: glue glomerul/o: glomerulus (small ball) gloss/o: tongue glott/o: opening gluc/o: sugar glyc/o: sugar gnos/o: knowing gynec/o: woman hem/o: blood hemat/o: blood hemi-: half hepat/o: liver hepatic/o: liver herni/o: hernia hidr/o: sweat hist/o: tissue histi/o: tissue hormon/o: hormone (an urging on) hydr/o: water hyper-: above or excessive hypn/o: sleep hypo-: below or deficient hyster/o: uterus ile/o: ileum immun/o: safe infra-: below or under inguin/o: groin inter-: between intra-: within ir/o: iris (colored circle) irid/o: iris (colored circle) iso-: equal or like jejun/o: jejunum (empty) kerat/o: hard or cornea ket/o: ketone bodies keton/o: ketone bodies kinesi/o: movement kyph/o: humped-back lacrim/o: tear

234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240. 241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260. 261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270. 271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278.

lact/o: milk lapar/o: abdomen laryng/o: larynx (voice box) lei/o: smooth leuc/o: white leuk/o: white lex/o: word or phrase lingu/o: tongue lip/o: fat lith/o: stone lob/o: lobe (a portion) lord/o: bent lumb/o: loin (lower back) lymph/o: clear fluid macro-: large or long mamm/o: breast mast/o: breast meat/o: opening melan/o: black men/o: mensturation mening/o: meninges (membrane) meningi/o: meninges (membrane) meso-: middle meta-: beyond, after, or change metr/o: uterus micro-: small mono-: one morph/o: form multi-: many muscul/o: muscle my/o: muscle myc/o: fungus myel/o: bone marrow or spinal cord myos/o: muscle myring/o: eardrum narc/o: stupor or sleep nas/o: nose nat/i: birth necr/o: death neo-: new nephr/o: kidney neur/o: nerve ocul/o: eye olig/o: few or deficient onc/o: tumor or mass

279. 280. 281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. 322. 323.

onych/o: nail oophor/o: ovary ophthalm/o: eye opt/o: eye or/o: mouth orch/o: testis (testicle) orchi/o: testis (testicle) orchid/o: testis (testicle) orth/o: straight, normal, or correct oste/o: bone ot/o: ear ov/i: egg ov/o: egg ovari/o: ovary ox/o: thick pachy-: thick palat/o: palate pan-: all pancreat/o: pancreas para-: alongside of or abnormal patell/o: knee cap path/o: disease pector/o: chest ped/o: child pelv/i: hip bone per-: through or by peri-: around perine/o: perineum peritone/o: peritoneum phac/o: lens (lentil) phag/o: eat or swallow phak/o: lens (lentil) pharyng/o: pharynx (throat) phas/o: speech phleb/o: vein phob/o: exaggerated fear or sensitivity phon/o: voice or sound phor/o: to carry or bear phot/o: light phren/o: diaphragm or mind plas/o: formation pleur/o: pleura pneum/o: air or lung pneumon/o: air or lung pod/o: foot

324. 325. 326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 331. 332. 333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 341. 342. 343. 344. 345. 346. 347. 348. 349. 350. 351. 352. 353. 354. 355. 356. 357. 358. 359. 360. 361. 362. 363. 364. 365. 366. 367. 368.

poly-: many post-: after or behind pre-: before presby/o: old age pro-: before proct/o: anus and rectum prostat/o: prostate psych/o: mind pulmon/o: lugn purpur/o: purple py/o: pus pyel/o: basin pylor/o: pylorus (gatekeeper) quadri-: four radi/o: radius or radiation (especially x-ray) re-: again or back rect/o: rectum ren/o: kidney reticul/o: a net retin/o: retina retro-: backward or behind rhabd/o: rod shaped or striated (skeletal) rhin/o: nose salping/o: uterine (fallopian) tube or eustachian tube sarc/o: flesh schiz/o: split or division scler/o: hard or sclera scoli/o: twisted seb/o: sebum (oil) semi-: half sial/o: saliva sigmoid/o: sigmoid colon sinistr/o: left or on the left side sinus/o: hollow (cavity) somat/o: body somn/i: sleep somn/o: sleep son/o: sound sperm/o: sperm (seed) spermat/o: sperm (seed) sphygm/o: pulse spin/o: spine (thorn) spir/o: breathing splen/o: spleen spondyl/o: vertebra

369. 370. 371. 372. 373. 374. 375. 376. 377. 378. 379. 380. 381. 382. 383. 384. 385. 386. 387. 388. 389. 390. 391. 392. 393. 394. 395. 396. 397. 398. 399. 400. 401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 407. 408. 409. 410. 411. 412.

squam/o: scale steat/o: fat sten/o: narrow stere/o: three-dimensional or solid stern/o: sternum (breastbone) steth/o: chest stomat/o: mouth sub-: below or under super-: above or excessive sym-: together or with syn-: together or with tachy-: fast tax/o: order or coordination ten/o: tendon (to stretch) tend/o: tendon (to stretch) tendin/o: tendon (to stretch) thalam/o: thalamus (a room) thorac/o: chest thromb/o: clot thym/o: thymus gland or mind thyr/o: thyroid gland (shield) thyroid/o: thyroid gland (shield) toc/o: labor tom/o: to cut tonsill/o: tonsil top/o: place tox/o: poison toxic/o: poison trache/o: trachea (windpipe) trans-: across or through tri-: three trich/o: hair troph/o: nourishment or development tympan/o: eardrum uln/o: ulna ultra-: beyond or excessive uni-: one ur/o: urine ureter/o: ureter urethr/o: urethra urin/o: urine uter/o: uterus uvul/o: uvula vagin/o: vagina (sheath)

413. 414. 415. 416. 417. 418. 419. 420. 421. 422. 423. 424.

varic/o: swollen or twisted vein vas/o: vessel vascul/o: vessel ven/o: vein ventricul/o: ventricle (belly or pouch) vertebr/o: vertebra vesic/o: bladder or sac vesicul/o: bladder or sac vitre/o: glassy vulv/o: vulva (covering) xanth/o: yellow xer/o: dry