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| Terminology |
Description |
Notes |
| lith/o |
stone, calculus |
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| lip/o |
fat |
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| later/o |
side |
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| laryng/o |
larynx, voice box |
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| lapar/o |
abdomen |
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| lact/o |
milk |
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| lacrim/o |
tears, lacrimal duct |
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| labi/o |
lips |
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| kerat/o |
cornea, hard, horny |
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| jugul/o |
throat |
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| -algia |
pertaining to pain |
odontalgia, tooth pain |
| iri/o |
iris, colored part of eye |
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| infer/o |
under, below |
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| incis/o |
cutting into |
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| immun/o |
immune, protected |
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| hyster/o |
uterus |
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| hydr/o |
water |
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| hom/o |
same |
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| hist/o |
tissue |
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| hered/o, heredit/o |
inherited |
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| hepat/o |
liver |
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| hemo, hemat/o |
blood |
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| hal/o, halit/o |
breath |
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| gynec/o |
woman, female |
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| gluc/o |
sugar |
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| glott/i, glott/o |
back of tongue |
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| gloss/o |
tongue |
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| glen/o |
socket, pit |
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| geront/o |
old age |
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| faci/o |
facial |
facial surfaces of tooth, side of tooth that is facing away from the
tongue side |
| odont/o |
tooth |
periodontal, pertaining to the structures around the teeth |
| mesi/o |
middle |
mesial, toward the middle or front of the mouth |
| supra- |
above, excessive |
supragingival, above the margins of the gums |
| gingiv/o |
gum |
gingivitis, inflammation of the gums |
| xer/o |
dryness |
xerostomia, dry mouth |
| -rrhea |
flow, discharge |
diarrhea |
| intra- |
within, inside |
intraoral, within the mouth |
| lingu/o |
tongue |
lingual surface, surface closest to the tongue |
| dent- |
tooth, teeth |
dentures, man-made teeth |
| dent/i, dent/o |
tooth |
dentition, teeth in the dental arches |
| gene- |
origin, start |
cariogenic, food or other edibles that cause tooth decay |
| cari/o |
decay, rot |
dental caries, tooth decay |
| ortho- |
straight |
orthodontist, a dentist who straightens the teeth |
| melan/o |
black |
melanoma, a malignant tumor with dark pigment |
| erythr/o |
red |
erythrocyte, red blood cell |
| in- |
not, into |
inhale, breathe in |
| post- |
behind, after |
postnasal, behind the nose |
| a- |
without, away from |
acellular, having no cells; amenorrhea, absence of menstrual
flow |
| para- |
beside, abnormal |
parathyroid gland is beside the thyroid gland |
| non- |
no, not |
nontoxic, not poisonous |
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