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10/28/2008
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Term
ABDOMIN/O
 Definition
ABDOMEN
Term
ACR/O
 Definition
EXTREMITIES, TOP, EXTREME POINT
Term
ACU/O
 Definition
SHARP, SEVERE, SUDDEN
Term
ADEN/O
 Definition
GLAND
Term
ADIP/O
 Definition
FAT
Term
AMNI/O
 Definition
AMNION (SAC SURROUNDING THE EMBRYO IN THE UTERUS)
Term
ANGI/O
 Definition
VESSEL
Term
ANTER/O
 Definition
FRONT
Term
ARTERI/O
 Definition
ARTERY
Term
ARTHR/O
 Definition
JOINT
Term
AXILL/O
 Definition
ARMPIT
Term
BI/O
 Definition
LIFE
Term
BLEPHAR/O
 Definition
EYELID
Term
BOL/O
 Definition
TO CAST (THROW)
Term
BRONCH/O, BRONCHI/O
 Definition
BRONCHIAL TUBES, BRONCHUS
Term
CARCIN/O
 Definition
CANCEROUS, CANCER
Term
CARDI/O
 Definition
HEART
Term
CARP/O
 Definition
WRIST BONES
Term
CEPHAL/O
 Definition
HEAD
Term
CEREBR/O
 Definition
CEREBRUM (LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN)
Term
CERVIC/O
 Definition
NECK (OF THE BODY OR OF THE UTERUS)
Term
CHEM/O
 Definition
DRUG, CHEMICAL
Term
CHONDR/O
 Definition
CARTILAGE (TYPE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE)
Term
CHROM/O
 Definition
COLOR
Term
CHRON/O
 Definition
TIME
Term
CIB/O
 Definition
MEALS
Term
CIS/O
 Definition
TO CUT
Term
COCCYG/O
 Definition
COCCYX
Term
COL/O
 Definition
COLON (LARGE INTESTINE)
Term
COST/O
 Definition
RIB
Term
CRANI/O
 Definition
SKULL
Term
CRIN/O
 Definition
TO SECRETE (TO FORM AND GIVE OFF)
Term
CUTANE/O
 Definition
SKIN
Term
CYST/O
 Definition
URINARY BLADDER; A SAC OR A CYST (SAC CONTAINING FLUID)
Term
CYT/O
 Definition
CELL
Term
DERM/O, DERMAT/O
 Definition
SKIN
Term
DIST/O
 Definition
FAR, DISTANT
Term
DORS/O
 Definition
BACK PORTION OF THE BODY
Term
ELECTR/O
 Definition
ELECTRICITY
Term
ENCEPHAL/O
 Definition
BRAIN
Term
ENTER/O
 Definition
INTESTINES (USUALLY THE SMALL INTESTINE)
Term
ERYTHR/O
 Definition
RED
Term
GASTR/O
 Definition
STOMACH
Term
GNOS/O
 Definition
KNOWLEDGE
Term
GYNEC/O
 Definition
WOMAN, FEMALE
Term
HEMAT/O, HEM/O
 Definition
BLOOD
Term
HEPAT/O
 Definition
LIVER
Term
HIST/O
 Definition
TISSUE
Term
HYDR/O
 Definition
WATER, FLUID
Term
IATR/O
 Definition
TREATMENT, PHYSICIAN
Term
ILI/O
 Definition
ILIUM (PART OF THE PELVIC BONE)
Term
INGUIN/O
 Definition
GROIN
Term
ISCH/O
 Definition
TO HOLD BACK
Term
KARY/O
 Definition
NUCLEUS
Term
LAPAR/O
 Definition
ABDOMEN, ABDOMINAL WALL
Term
LARYNG/O
 Definition
LARYNX (VOICE BOX)
Term
LATER/O
 Definition
SIDE
Term
LEUK/O
 Definition
WHITE
Term
LUMB/O
 Definition
LOWER BACK (SIDE AND BACK BETWEEN THE RIBS AND THE PELVIS)
Term
LYMPH/O
 Definition
LYMPH (A CLEAR FLUID THAT BATHES TISSUE SPACES, IS CONTAINED IN SPECIAL LYMPH VESSELS AND NODES THROUGHOUT THE BODY)
Term
MAMM/O
 Definition
BREAST
Term
MAST/O
 Definition
BREAST
Term
MEDI/O
 Definition
MIDDLE
Term
MORPH/O
 Definition
SHAPE, FORM
Term
MUC/O
 Definition
MUCUS
Term
MY/O
 Definition
MUSCLE
Term
MYEL/O
 Definition
SPINAL CORD, BONE MARROW
Term
NECR/O
 Definition

DEATH (OF CELLS OR WHOLE BODY)
Term
NEPHR/O
 Definition
KIDNEY
Term
NEUR/O
 Definition
NERVE
Term
NEUTR/O
 Definition
NEUTROPHIL (A WHITE BLOOD CELL)
Term
NUCLE/O
 Definition
NUCLEUS
Term
ONC/O
 Definition
TUMOR
Term
OPHTHALM/O
 Definition
EYE
Term
OSTE/O
 Definition
BONE
Term
OT/O
 Definition
EAR
Term
PATH/O
 Definition
DISESASE
Term
PED/O
 Definition
CHILD
Term
PELV/I
 Definition
PELVIS
Term
PERITONE/O
 Definition
PERITONEUM
Term
PHAG/O
 Definition
TO EAT, SWALLOW
Term
PHLEB/O
 Definition
VEIN
Term
PLAS/O
 Definition
FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT
Term
PLEUR/O
 Definition
PLEURA (MEMBRANE SURROUNDING LUNGS AND ADJACENT TO CHEST WALL)
Term
PNEUM/O, PNEUMON/O
 Definition
AIR, LUNG
Term
POSTER/O
 Definition
BACK, BEHIND
Term
PROXIM/O
 Definition
NEAREST
Term
PSYCH/O
 Definition
MIND
Term
PULMON/O
 Definition
LUNGS
Term
RADI/O
 Definition
X-RAYS
Term
RECT/O
 Definition
RECTUM
Term
REN/O
 Definition
KIDNEY
Term
RHIN/O
 Definition
NOSE
Term
SACR/O
 Definition
FLESH
Term
SARC/O
 Definition
FLESH
Term
SECT/O
 Definition
TO CUT
Term
SPIN/O
 Definition
SPINE, BACKBONE
Term
SPLEN/O
 Definition
SPLEEN
Term
STAPHYL/O
 Definition
CLUSTERS
Term
STREPT/O
 Definition
TWISTED CHAINS
Term
THEL/O
 Definition
NIPPLE
Term
THORAC/O
 Definition
CHEST
Term
THROMB/O
 Definition
CLOT, CLOTTING
Term
TONSILL/O
 Definition
TONSILS
Term
TRACHE/O
 Definition
TRACHEA, WINDPIPE
Term
UMBILIC/O
 Definition
NAVEL, UMBILICUS
Term
UR/O
 Definition
URINARY TRACT, URINE
Term
VEN/O
 Definition
VEIN
Term
VENTR/O
 Definition
BELLY SIDE OF THE BODY
Term
VERTEBR/O
 Definition
VERTEBRA(E), BACKBONE(S)
Term
VISCER/O
 Definition
INTERNAL ORGANS
Term
DACTYL/O
 Definition
FINGERS, TOES
Term
DUCT/O
 Definition
TO LEAD, CARRY
Term
FLEX/O
 Definition
FURC/O
Term
GLOSS/O
 Definition
TONGUE
Term
GLYC/O
 Definition
SUGAR
Term
IMMUN/O
 Definition
PROTECTION
Term
MORPH/O
 Definition
SHAPE, FORM
Term
MORT/O
 Definition
DEATH
Term
NAT/I
 Definition
BIRTH
Term
NECT/O
 Definition
TO BIND, TIE, CONNECT
Term
NORM/O
 Definition
RULE, ORDER
Term
OX/O
 Definition
OXYGEN
Term
PUB/O
 Definition
PUBIS (PUBIC BONE), ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE PELVIC OR HIPBONE
Term
SEPS/O
 Definition
INFECTION
Term
SOMN/O
 Definition
SLEEP
Term
SON/O
 Definition
SOUND
Term
THE/O
 Definition
TO PUT, PLACE
Term
THYR/O
 Definition
THRYOID GLAND, SHIELD (THE SHAPE OF THE THYROID GLAND RESEMBLED (-OID) A SHIELD TO THOSE WHO NAMED IT)
Term
TOP/O
 Definition
PLACE, POSITION, LOCATION
Term
TOX/O
 Definition
POISON
Term
URETHR/O
 Definition
URETHRA
Term
AN/O
 Definition
ANUS
Term
APPEND/O
 Definition
APPENDIX
Term
APPENDIC/O
 Definition
APPENDIX
Term
BUCC/O
 Definition
CHEEK
Term
CEC/O
 Definition
CECUM
Term
CELI/O
 Definition
BELLY, ABDOMEN
Term
CHEIL/O
 Definition
LIP
Term
CHOLECYST/O
 Definition
GALLBLADDER
Term
CHOLEDOCH/O
 Definition
COMMON BILE DUCT
Term
COLON/O
 Definition
COLON
Term
DENT/I
 Definition
TOOTH
Term
DUODEN/O
 Definition
DUODENUM
Term
ESOPHAG/O
 Definition
ESOPHAGUS
Term
FACI/O
 Definition
FACE
Term
GINGIV/O
 Definition
GUMS
Term
ILE/O
 Definition
ILEUM
Term
JENJUN/O
 Definition
JEJUNUM
Term
LABI/O
 Definition
LIP
Term
LAPAR/O
 Definition
ABDOMEN
Term
LINGU/O
 Definition
TONGUE
Term
MANDIBUL/O
 Definition
LOWER JAW, MANDIBLE
Term
ODONT/O
 Definition
TOOTH
Term
OR/O
 Definition
MOUTH
Term
PALAT/O
 Definition
PALATE
Term
PANCREAT/O
 Definition
PANCREAS
Term
PERITONE/O
 Definition
PERITONEUM
Term
PHARYNG/O
 Definition
THROAT
Term
PROCT/O
 Definition
ANUS AND RECTUME
Term
PYLOR/O
 Definition
PYLORIC SPHINCTER
Term
RECT/O
 Definition
RECTUM
Term
SIALADEN/O
 Definition
SALIVARY GLAND
Term
SIGMOID/O
 Definition
SIGMOID COLON
Term
STOMAT/O
 Definition
MOUTH
Term
UVUL/O
 Definition
UVULA
Term
AMYL/O
 Definition
STARCH
Term
BIL/I
 Definition
GALL, BILE
Term
BILIRUBIN/O
 Definition
BILIRUBIN (BILE PIGMENT)
Term
CHOL/E
 Definition
GALL, BILE
Term
CHLORHYDR/O
 Definition
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
Term
GLUC/O
 Definition
SUGAR
Term
GLYC/O
 Definition
SUGAR
Term
GLYCOGEN/O
 Definition
GLYCOGEN, ANIMAL STARCH
Term
LIP/O
 Definition
FAT, LIPID
Term
LITH/O
 Definition
STONE
Term
PROTE/O
 Definition
PROTEIN
Term
SIAL/O
 Definition
SALIVA, SALIVARY
Term
STEAT/O
 Definition
FAT
Term
CALI/O, CALIC/O
 Definition
CALYX (CALIX)
Term
GLOMERUL/O
 Definition
GLOMERULUS
Term
MEAT/O
 Definition
MEATUS
Term
PYEL/O
 Definition
RENAL PELVIS
Term
TRIGON/O
 Definition
TRIGONE (REGION OF THE BLADDER)
Term
URETER/O
 Definition
URETER
Term
URETHR/O
 Definition
URETHRA
Term
VESIC/O
 Definition
URINARY BLADDER
Term
ALBUMIN/O
 Definition
ALBUMIN (A PROTEIN IN THE BLOOD)
Term
AZOT/O
 Definition
NITROGEN
Term
BACTERI/O
 Definition
BACTERIA
Term
DIPS/O
 Definition
THIRST
Term
KET/O, KETON/O
 Definition
KETONE BODIES (KETOACIDS AND ACETONE)
Term
NOCT/O
 Definition
NIGHT
Term
OLIG/O
 Definition
SCANTY
Term
PY/O
 Definition
PUS
Term
UR/O
 Definition
URINE (UREA)
Term
URIN/O
 Definition
URINE
Term
CHORI/O, CHORION/O
 Definition
CHORION
Term
COLP/O
 Definition
VAGINA
Term
CULD/O
 Definition
CUL-DE-SAC
Term
EPISI/O
 Definition
VULVA
Term
GALACT/O
 Definition
MILK
Term
HYSTER/O
 Definition
UTERUS, WOMB
Term
LACT/O
 Definition
MILK
Term
MEN/O
 Definition
MENSES, MENSTRUATION
Term
METR/O, METRI/O
 Definition
UTERUS
Term
MY/O, MYOM/O
 Definition
MUSCLE, MUSCLE TUMOR
Term
OBSTETR/O
 Definition
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
Term
O/O
 Definition
EGG
Term
OOPHOR/O
 Definition
OVARY
Term
OV/O
 Definition
EGG
Term
OVUL/O
 Definition
OVARY
Term
OVUL/O
 Definition
EGG
Term
PHOR/O
 Definition
TO BEAR
Term
SALPING/O
 Definition
FALLOPIAN TUBES
Term
UTER/O
 Definition
UTERUS
Term
VAGIN/O
 Definition
VAGINA
Term
VULV/O
 Definition
VULVA
Term
ANDR/O
 Definition
MALE
Term
BALAN/O
 Definition
GLANS PENIS (GREEK "BALANOS," ACORN)
Term
CRY/O
 Definition
COLD
Term
CRYPT/O
 Definition
HIDDEN
Term
EPIDIDYM/O
 Definition
EPIDIDYMIS
Term
GON/O
 Definition
SEED (GREEK "GONE," SEED)
Term
ORCH/O, ORCHI/O, ORCHID/O
 Definition
TESTIS, TESTICLE
Term
PROSTAT/O
 Definition
PROSTATE GLAND
Term
SEMIN/I
 Definition
SEMEN, SEED
Term
SPERM/O, SPERMAT/O
 Definition
SPERMATOZOA, SEMEN
Term
TERAT/O
 Definition
MONSTER
Term
TEST/O
 Definition
TESTIS, TESTICLE
Term
VARIC/O
 Definition
VARICOSE VEINS
Term
VAS/O
 Definition
VESSEL, DUCT, VAS DEFERENS
Term
ZO/O
 Definition
ANIMAL LIFE
Term
DUR/O
 Definition
DURA MATER
Term
GLI/O
 Definition
GLIAL CELLS
Term
LEPT/O
 Definition
THIN, SLENDER
Term
MENING/O, MENINGI/O
 Definition
MEMBRANES, MENINES
Term
PONT/O
 Definition
PONS
Term
RADICUL/O
 Definition
NERVE ROOT (OF SPINAL NERVES)
Term
THALAM/O
 Definition
THALAMUS
Term
THEC/O
 Definition
SHEATH (REFERS TO THE MENINGES)
Term
VAG/O
 Definition
VAGUS NERVE (10TH CRANIAL NERVE)
Term
ALGES/O
 Definition
EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO PAIN
Term
CAUS/O
 Definition
BURNING
Term
COMAT/O
 Definition
DEEP SLEEP (COMATOSE)
Term
ESTHESI/O
 Definition
FEELING, NERVOUS SENSATION
Term
KINES/O, KINESI/O
 Definition
MOVEMENT
Term
LEX/O
 Definition
WORD, PHRASE
Term
SYNCOP/O
 Definition
TO CUT OFF, CUT SHORT
Term
TAX/O
 Definition
ORDER, COORDINATION
Term
AORT/O
 Definition
AORTA
Term
ARTER/O, ARTERI/O
 Definition
ARTERY
Term
ATHER/O
 Definition
YELLOWISH PLAGUE, FATTY SUBSTANCE
Term
ATRI/O
 Definition
ATRIUM, UPPER HEART CHAMBER
Term
BRACHI/O
 Definition
ARM
Term
CHOLESTEROL/O
 Definition
CHOLESTEROL (A LIPID SUBSTANCE)
Term
CORON/O
 Definition
HEART
Term
CYAN/O
 Definition
BLUE
Term
MYX/O
 Definition
MUCUS
Term
PERICARDI/O
 Definition
PERICARDIUM
Term
SPHYGM/O
 Definition
PULSE
Term
STETH/O
 Definition
CHEST
Term
VALVUL/O, VALV/O
 Definition
VALVE
Term
VASCUL/O
 Definition
VESSEL
Term
VEN/O, VEN/I
 Definition
VEIN
Term
VENTRICUL/O
 Definition
VENTRICLE, LOWER HEART CHAMBER
Term
ADENOID/O
 Definition
ADENOIDS
Term
ALVEOL/O
 Definition
ALVEOLUS, AIR SAC
Term
BRONCHIOL/O
 Definition
BRONCHIOLE, SMALL BRONCHUS
Term
CAPN/O
 Definition
CARBON DIOXIDE
Term
CONI/O
 Definition
DUST
Term
EPIGLOTT/O
 Definition
EPIGLOTTIS
Term
LOB/O
 Definition
LOBE OF THE LUNG
Term
MEDIASTRIN/O
 Definition
MEDIASTINUM
Term
NAS/O
 Definition
NOSE
Term
ORTH/O
 Definition
STRAIGHT, UPRIGHT
Term
PECTOR/O
 Definition
CHEST
Term
PHON/O
 Definition
VOICE
Term
PHREN/O
 Definition
DIAPHRAGM
Term
SINUS/O
 Definition
SINUS, CAVITY
Term
SPIR/O
 Definition
BREATHING
Term
TEL/O
 Definition
COMPLETE
Term
BAS/O
 Definition
BASE (ALKALINE, THE OPPOSITE OF ACID)
Term
COAGUL/O
 Definition
CLOTTING
Term
EOSIN/O
 Definition
RED, DAWN, ROSY
Term
GRANUL/O
 Definition
GRANULES
Term
HEMOGLOBIN/O
 Definition
HEMOGLOBIN
Term
IS/O
 Definition
SAME, EQUAL
Term
NEUTR/O
 Definition
NEUTRAL
Term
POIKIL/O
 Definition
VARIED, IRREGULAR
Term
SIDER/O
 Definition
IRON
Term
SPHER/O
 Definition
GLOBE, ROUND
Term
IMMUN/O
 Definition
PROTECTION
Term
LYMPHADEN/O
 Definition
LYMPH NODE (GLAND)
Term
SPLEN/O
 Definition
SPLEEN
Term
THYM/O
 Definition
THYMUS GLAND
Term
KYPH/O
 Definition
HUMPBACK, HUNCHBACK
Term
LAMIN/O
 Definition
LAMINA (PART OF THE VERTEBRAL ARCH)
Term
LORD/O
 Definition
CURVE, SWAYBACK
Term
SCOLI/O
 Definition
CROOKED, BENT (LATERAL CURVATURE)
Term
SPONDYL/O
 Definition
VERTEBRA
Term
VERTEBR/O
 Definition
VERTEBRA
Term
ACETABUL/O
 Definition
ACETABULUM (HIP SOCKET)
Term
CALCANE/O
 Definition
CALCANEUS (HEEL)
Term
CLAVICUL/O
 Definition
CLAVICLE (COLLAR BONE)
Term
COST/O
 Definition
RIBS (TRUE RIBS, FALSE RIBS, AND FLOATING RIBS)
Term
CRANI/O
 Definition
CRANIUM (SKULL)
Term
FEMOR/O
 Definition
FEMUR (THIGH BONE)
Term
FIBUL/O
 Definition
FIBULA (SMALLER LOWER LEG BONE)
Term
HUMER/O
 Definition
HUMERUS (UPPER ARM BONE)
Term
ILI/O
 Definition
ILILUM (UPPER PART OF PELVIC BONE)
Term
ISCHI/O
 Definition
ISCHIUM (POSTERIOR PART OF PELVIC BONE)
Term
MALLEOL/O
 Definition
MALLEOLUS (PROCESS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ANKLE)
Term
MANDIBUL/O
 Definition
MANDIBLE (LOWER JAW BONE)
Term
MAXILL/O
 Definition
MAXILLA (UPPER JAW BONE)
Term
METACARP/O
 Definition
METACARPALS (HAND BONES)
Term
METATARS/O
 Definition
METATARSALS (FOOT BONES)
Term
OLECRAN/O
 Definition
OLECRANON (ELBOW)
Term
PATELL/O
 Definition
PATELLA (KNEECAP)
Term
PELV/I
 Definition
PELVIS (HIPBONE)
Term
PERONE/O
 Definition
FIBULA
Term
PHALANG/O
 Definition
PHALANGES (FINGER AND/OR TOE BONES)
Term
PUB/O
 Definition
PUBLIC (ANTERIOR PART OF THE PELVIC BONE)
Term
RADI/O
 Definition
RADIUS (LOWER ARM BONE--THUMB SIDE)
Term
SCAPUL/O
 Definition
SCAPULA (SHOULDER BLADE)
Term
STERN/O
 Definition
STERNUM (BREASTBONE)
Term
TARS/O
 Definition
TARSALE (BONES OF THE HINDFOOT)
Term
TIBI/O
 Definition
TIBIA (SHIN BONE)
Term
ULN/O
 Definition
ULNA (LOWER ARM BONE--LITTLE FINGER SIDE)
Term
ANKYL/O
 Definition
STIFF
Term
ARTICUL/O
 Definition
JOINT
Term
BURS/O
 Definition
BURSA
Term
LIGAMENT/O
 Definition
LIGAMENT
Term
RHEUMAT/O
 Definition
WATERY FLOW
Term
SYNOV/O
 Definition
SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
Term
TEN/O
 Definition
TENDON
Term
TENDIN/O
 Definition
TENDON
Term
FASCI/O
 Definition
FASCIA (FORMS SHEATHS BENEATH ENVELOPING MUSCLES)
Term
FIBR/O
 Definition
FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Term
LEIOMY/O
 Definition
SMOOTH (VISCERAL) MUSCLE THAT LINES THE WALLS OF INTERNAL ORGANS
Term
MYOCARDI/O
 Definition
HEART MUSCLE
Term
MYOS/O
 Definition
MUSCLE
Term
PLANT/O
 Definition
SOLE OF THE FOOT
Term
RHABDOMY/O
 Definition
SKELETAL (STRIATED) MUSCLE CONNECTED TO BONES
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