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| Terminology |
Description |
Notes |
| py/o |
pus |
pyogenic, producing pus |
| spondyl/o |
spine |
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| splen/o |
spleen |
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| somat/o |
body |
|
| sinistr/o |
left |
|
| sept/o |
poison, infection |
|
| semin/i |
seed |
|
| scler/o |
twisted |
|
| salping/o |
oviduct or fallopian tube, tube |
|
| rhin/o |
nose |
|
| ren/o |
kidney |
|
| rect/o |
rectum |
|
| quadr/o |
four |
|
| pyel/o |
kidney |
|
| pulm/o |
lung |
|
| psych/o |
mind, soul |
|
| proct/o |
rectum |
|
| pod/o |
foot |
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| pneum/o |
lung, air |
|
| phleb/o |
vein |
|
| phob/o |
fear, dread |
|
| phas/o |
speech |
|
| pharyng/o |
pharynx, throat |
|
| phag/o |
swallow |
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| ped/o |
child, foot |
|
| part/o |
birth, labor |
|
| palat/o |
palate, roof of mouth |
|
| ovi/o |
egg |
|
| ovario |
ovary |
|
| ot/o |
ear |
|
| oste/o |
bone |
|
| orchis/o |
testes |
|
| ophthalm/o |
eye |
|
| onc/o |
tumor |
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| oophor/o |
ovary |
|
| ocul/o |
eye |
|
| occlud/o |
shut, close up |
|
| neur/o |
nerve |
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| nephr/o |
kidney |
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| necr/o |
death |
|
| nar/i |
nose, nostrils |
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| myel/o |
spinal cord, bone marrow |
|
| my/o |
muscle |
|
| muscul/o |
muscle |
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| muc/o, mucos/o |
mucus |
|
| men/o |
monthly, month, menstruation |
menopause |
| leuk/o |
white |
leukocyte, white blood cell |
| maxill/o |
maxilla, upper jaw bone |
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| mastic/o, masticat/o |
chew |
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| mamm/o |
breast |
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