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Latin(?) Roots for Anatomy and Physiology Terminology
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Anatomy
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05/28/2010

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Term
a-, an-
Definition

absence or lack

acardia, lack of heart/anaerobic, in the absence of oxygen

Term
ab-
Definition

departing from, away from

abnormal, departing from normal

Term
acou-
Definition

hearing

acoustics, the science of sound

Term
ac-,acro-
Definition

extreme or extremity, peak

acrodermatitis,inflamation of the skin of the extremities

Term
ad-
Definition
to or toward
Term
aden- adeno-
Definition

gland

adeniform, resembling a gland in shape

Term
adren-
Definition
toward the kidney
Term
aero-
Definition
air
Term
af-
Definition
toward
Term
agon-
Definition

contest

agonistic and antagonistic, muscles which oppose eachother

Term
alb-
Definition
white
Term
aliment-
Definition
nourish
Term
allel-
Definition

of one another

allels, alternate expressions of a gene

Term
amphi-
Definition
on both sides
Term
ana-
Definition
apart, up, again
Term
anastomos-
Definition
come together
Term
aneurysm
Definition
a widening
Term
angi
Definition
vessel
Term
angin-
Definition
choked
Term
ant-, anti-
Definition
opposed to , preventing, inhibiting
Term
ante-
Definition
preceding, before
Term
aort-
Definition
great artery
Term
ap-api-
Definition
tip, extremity
Term
append-
Definition
hang to
Term
aqua-, aque-
Definition
water
Term
arbor
Definition
tree
Term
areola
Definition
open space
Term
arrect-
Definition
upright
Term
arthr-, arthro-
Definition
joint
Term
artic-
Definition
joint
Term
atri-
Definition

vestibule

atria, upper chambers of the heart

Term
auscult-
Definition
listen
Term
aut- auto-
Definition
self
Term
ax, axi, axo
Definition
axis, axle
Term
azyg
Definition
unpaired
Term
baro
Definition
pressure
Term
basal
Definition
base
Term
bili
Definition
bile
Term
blast
Definition
bud or germ
Term
brachi-
Definition
arm
Term
brady-
Definition
slow
Term
broncho-
Definition
bronchus
Term
bucco-
Definition
cheek
Term
capill-
Definition
hair
Term
caput-
Definition
head
Term
carcin-
Definition
cancer
Term
carneo-
Definition
flesh
Term
carot-
Definition
(1) carrot (2) stupor
Term
cata-
Definition
down
Term
caud-
Definition
tail
Term
cec-
Definition
blind
Term
cele-
Definition
abdominal
Term
cephal-
Definition
head
Term
cervic- cervix-
Definition
neck
Term
chiasm-
Definition
crossing
Term
chole-
Definition
bile
Term
chondr-
Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom-
Definition
colored
Term
cili-
Definition
small hair
Term
circum-
Definition
around
Term
clavic-
Definition
key
Term
co-, con-
Definition
together
Term
coccy-
Definition
cuckoo
Term
cochlea
Definition
snail shell
Term
coel-
Definition
hollow
Term
commis-
Definition
united
Term
corn-, cornu-
Definition

horn

stratum corneum, outer layer of the skin comosed of (horny) cell

 

Term
corona
Definition
crown
Term
corp
Definition
body
Term
cort-
Definition

bark

cotex,the outer layer of the brain, kidney, adrenal glands, and lymph nodes

Term
cost-
Definition
rib
Term
crani-
Definition
skull
Term
crypt-
Definition
hidden
Term
cusp-
Definition
pointed
Term
cutic-
Definition
skin
Term
cyan-
Definition
blue
Term
cyst-
Definition
sac, bladder
Term
cyt-
Definition
cell
Term
de-
Definition
undoing, reversal, loss
Term
decid-
Definition
falling off
Term
delta-
Definition
triangular
Term
den-, dent-
Definition
tooth
Term
dendr-
Definition
tree, branch
Term
desm-
Definition
bond
Term
dia-
Definition
through, between
Term
dialys-
Definition
separate, break apart
Term
diastol-
Definition
stand apart
Term
diure-
Definition
urinate
Term
dors-
Definition
the back
Term
duc- duct-
Definition
lead, draw
Term
dura
Definition
hard
Term
dys-
Definition
difficult, faulty, painful
Term
ex-, ex-, ecto-,
Definition
out, outside, away from
Term
ectop-
Definition
displaced
Term
edem-
Definition
swelling
Term
ef-
Definition
away
Term
ejac-
Definition
to shoot forth
Term
embol-
Definition
wedge
Term
en-, em-
Definition
in, inside
Term
enceph-
Definition
brain
Term
endo-
Definition
within, inner
Term
entero-
Definition
intestine
Term
epi-
Definition
over, above
Term
erythr-
Definition
red
Term
eso-
Definition
within
Term
eu-
Definition

well

euesthesia, a normal state of the senses

Term
excret-
Definition
separate
Term
extrins-
Definition
from the outside
Term
fasci-, fascia-
Definition
bundle, band
Term
fenestr-
Definition
window
Term
ferr-
Definition
iron
Term
flagelll-
Definition
whip
Term
flat-
Definition

blow, blown

flatulence

Term
folli-
Definition

bag, bellows

hair follicle

Term
fontan-
Definition
fountain
Term
foram-
Definition
opening
Term
foss-
Definition
ditch
Term
gam-, gamet-
Definition
married
Term
gangli-
Definition
swelling
Term
gastr-
Definition
stomach
Term
gene-
Definition
beginning, origin
Term
germin-
Definition
grow
Term
gero-, geront-
Definition

old man

gerontology the study of aging

Term
gest-
Definition
carried
Term
glauc-
Definition
grey
Term
glom-
Definition
ball
Term
glosso-
Definition
tounge
Term
gluco-, glyco
Definition
gluconeogenesis, the production of lucose from noncarbohydrate molecules
Term
glute-
Definition
buttock
Term
gnost-
Definition
knowing
Term
gompho-
Definition

nail

gomphosis, the term applied to the joint between tooth and jaw

Term
gon- gono-
Definition
seed, offspring
Term
gust-
Definition
taste
Term
hapt-
Definition
fasten, grasp
Term
hema- hemato- hemo-
Definition
blood
Term
hepat-
Definition
liver
Term
hiat-
Definition
gap
Term
hippo-
Definition

horse

 

Term
hirsut-
Definition
hairy
Term
holo-
Definition
whole
Term
hormon-
Definition
to excite
Term
humor-
Definition
a fluid
Term
hyal-
Definition
clear
Term
hypno-
Definition
sleep
Term
hyster-, hystero-
Definition
uterus or womb
Term
ile-
Definition
intestine
Term
intercal-
Definition

insert

intercalated discs, the end membranes between adjacent cardiac muscles

Term
jugul-
Definition
throat
Term
karyo-
Definition
kernel, nucleus
Term
kera-
Definition

horn

keratin, the water repellent protein of the skin

Term
kin-, kines-
Definition
move
Term
labi-, labri-
Definition
lip
Term
lacun-
Definition
space, cavity
Term
lamell-
Definition
small plate
Term
lamina
Definition
layer, sheet
Term
lat-
Definition
wide
Term
leuko-
Definition
white
Term
leva-
Definition
raise, elevate
Term
lingua-
Definition
tounge
Term
lip- lipo-
Definition
fat, lipid
Term
lith-
Definition
stone
Term
luci-
Definition
clear
Term
lumen
Definition
light
Term
lut-
Definition
yellow
Term
lymph
Definition
water
Term
macula
Definition
spot
Term
magn-
Definition
large
Term
mamm-
Definition
breast
Term
mast-
Definition
breast
Term
mater
Definition
mother
Term
meat
Definition

passage

external acoustic meatus, the ear canal

Term
medull-
Definition
marrow
Term
meio-
Definition
less
Term
melan-
Definition
black
Term
men-, menstru-
Definition
month
Term
meningo-
Definition
membrane
Term
mer- mero-
Definition
a part
Term
meso-
Definition
middle
Term
meta-
Definition
beyond, between, transition
Term
metro-
Definition
uterus
Term
mictur-
Definition
urinate
Term
mito-
Definition
thread, filament
Term
mnem-
Definition
memory
Term
mur-
Definition
wall
Term
myelo-
Definition
spinal cord, marrow
Term
myo-
Definition
muscle
Term
nano-
Definition
dwarf
Term
narco-
Definition
numbness
Term
natri-
Definition
sodium
Term
necro-
Definition
death
Term
nephro-
Definition
kidney
Term
noci-
Definition
harmful
Term
noto-
Definition
back
Term
nucle-
Definition
pit, kernel, little nut
Term
ob-
Definition
before, against
Term
oculo-
Definition
eye
Term
odonto-
Definition
teeth
Term
olfact-
Definition
smell
Term
oligo-
Definition
few
Term
onco-
Definition
a mass
Term
oo-
Definition
egg
Term
opthalmo-
Definition
eye
Term
orchi-
Definition
testis
Term
org-
Definition
living
Term
ortho-
Definition
straight, direct
Term
osm-
Definition
smell
Term
osmo-
Definition
pushing
Term
oto-
Definition
ear
Term
papill-
Definition
nipple
Term
para-
Definition
beside, near
Term
pect-, pectus-
Definition
breast
Term
pelv-
Definition
a basin
Term
peni-
Definition
a tail
Term
penna-
Definition

a feather

unipennate, bipennate muscles, whose fascicles have a feathered appearance

Term
pep-, peps-, pept-
Definition
digest
Term
phago-
Definition
eat
Term
pheno-
Definition
show, appear
Term
phleb-
Definition
vein
Term
pia
Definition
tender
Term
pili
Definition
hair
Term
pin-, pino-
Definition
drink
Term
platy-
Definition
flat, broad
Term
pleur-
Definition
side, rib
Term
plex, plexus
Definition
net, network
Term
procto-
Definition
rectum, anus
Term
pron-
Definition
bent forward
Term
propri-
Definition
one's own
Term
ptos-
Definition
fall
Term
pub-
Definition
of teh pubis
Term
pulmo-
Definition
lung
Term
pyo-
Definition
pus
Term
rect-
Definition
straight
Term
ren-
Definition
kidney
Term
retin, retic-
Definition
net, network
Term
rheum-
Definition
watery flow
Term
rhino, rhin
Definition
nose
Term
ruga-
Definition
fold, wrinkle
Term
sagitt-
Definition
arrow
Term
salta-
Definition
leap
Term
sanguin-
Definition
blood
Term
sarco-
Definition
flesh
Term
saphen-
Definition
visible,clear
Term
sclero-
Definition
hard
Term
seb-
Definition
grease
Term
sens-
Definition
feeling
Term
septi-
Definition
rotten
Term
septum
Definition
fence
Term
sero-
Definition
serum
Term
serrat-
Definition
saw
Term
sin-, sino-
Definition
a hollow
Term
soma-
Definition
body
Term
somn
Definition
sleep
Term
sphin-
Definition
squeeze
Term
splanchn-
Definition
organ
Term
spondyl-
Definition
vertebra
Term
squam-
Definition
scale, flat
Term
steno-
Definition
narrow
Term
strat-
Definition
layer
Term
stria-
Definition
furrow, streak
Term
stroma
Definition
spread out
Term
sucr-
Definition
sweet
Term
sudor-
Definition
sweat
Term
synerg-
Definition
work together
Term
systol-
Definition
contraction
Term
tachy-
Definition
rapid
Term
tact-
Definition
tough
Term
telo-
Definition
the end
Term
tens-
Definition
stretched
Term
terti-
Definition
third
Term
tetan-
Definition
rigid tense
Term
thromb-
Definition
heat
Term
thryo-
Definition
a sheild
Term
tissu-
Definition
woven
Term
tono-
Definition
tension
Term
tox-
Definition
posion
Term
trab-
Definition

beam timber

trabeculae, spicules of bone in spongy bone tissue

Term
trapez-
Definition
table
Term
trop-
Definition
turn
Term
troph-
Definition
nourish
Term
tuber-
Definition
swelling
Term
tunic-
Definition
covering
Term
tympan-
Definition
drum
Term
vacc-
Definition
cow
Term
vagin-
Definition
a sheath
Term
vagus
Definition

wander

 

Term
valen
Definition
strength
Term
venter, ventr-
Definition
abdomen, belly
Term
vent-
Definition
 teh wind
Term
vert-
Definition
turn
Term
vestibul-
Definition
a porch
Term
vibr-
Definition
shake, quiver
Term
villus-
Definition
shaggy hair
Term
viscero-
Definition
organ
Term
viscos-
Definition
sticky
Term
vita-
Definition
life
Term
vitre-
Definition
glass
Term
vulv-
Definition
a covering
Term
zyg-
Definition
a yoke, twin
Term
-ac
Definition
refering to
Term
-algia
Definition
a pain in a certain part
Term
-apsi
Definition
juncture
Term
-asthen
Definition
weakness
Term
-bryo
Definition
swollen
Term
-cipit
Definition
head
Term
-clast
Definition
break
Term
-crine
Definition
separate
Term
-dips
Definition
thirsty
Term
-ectomy
Definition
cutting out, surgical removal
Term
-ell, -elle
Definition
small
Term
-emia
Definition
condition of the blood
Term
-esthesi
Definition
sensation
Term
-ferent
Definition
carry
Term
-fuge
Definition
driving out
Term
-gen
Definition
an agent that initiates
Term
-glea, -glia
Definition
glue
Term
-ia
Definition
condition
Term
-ism
Definition
a condition
Term
-itis
Definition
inflamation
Term
-lemma
Definition
sheath, husk
Term
-lysis
Definition
 loosening or breaking down
Term
-malcia
Definition
soft
Term
-nom
Definition
govern
Term
-odyn
Definition
pain
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor
Term
-opia
Definition
defect of the eye
Term
-phasia
Definition
speech
Term
-phil, -philo
Definition
like, love
Term
-phragm
Definition
partition
Term
-plylax
Definition
guard perserve
Term
-plas
Definition
grow
Term
-plasm
Definition
form shape
Term
-plasty
Definition
reconstruction of a part, plastic surgery
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis
Term
-rrhagia
Definition
abnormal or excessive discharge
Term
-rrhea
Definition
flow or discharge
Term
-some
Definition
body
Term
-stalsis
Definition
compression
Term
-stasis
Definition
arrest, fixation
Term
-istitia
Definition
come to stand
Term
-stomy
Definition
establishment of an artificial opening
Term
-tegm
Definition
cover
Term
-tomy
Definition
to cut
Term
-trud
Definition
thrust
Term
-uria
Definition
urine
Term
-zyme
Definition
ferment
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