Medical Dictionary Word A aanababdomin/o -ac acanth/o acar/o acetabul/o acous/o acoust/o acr/o acromi/o actin/o acu/o -acusis ad-ad aden/o adenoid/o adip/o adren/o adrenal/o aer/o afagglutin/o -agogue -agon agora-agra -al alb/o albin/o albumin/o alges/o -algesia -algia all/o alveol/o ambiambly/o amphi-amine ammon/o amni/o amyl/o an/o -an anaandr/o aneurysm/o angi/o anis/o

Definition A A

no; not; without no; not; without away from abdomen pertaining to spiny; thorny mites acetabulum (hip socket) hearing hearing, sound extremeties; top; extreme point acromion (extension of scapula) Light sharp; severe; sudden Hearing Toward Toward Gland Adenoids Fat adrenal gland adrenal gland Air Toward clumping; sticking together producer, leader to assemble; gather Marketplace excessive pain pertaining to White White albumin (protein) sensitivity to pain sensitivity to pain Pain Other alveolus; air sac; small sac around, on both sides, about dim; dul around, on both sides nitrogen compound ammonium amnion (sac surrounding embryo) starch anus pertaining to up; apart; backward; again; anew male Aneurysm vessel (blood) Unequal

Word ankyl/o anteanter/o anthrac/o anthr/o antianxi/o aort/o -apheresis aphth/o apoaponeur/o append/o appendic/o aque/o -ar arachn/o -arche arsenic/o arter/o arteri/o arteriol/o arthr/o -arthria articul/o -artresia atreto-ary asbest/o -ase aspir/o -assay -asthenia astr/o aque/o atel/o ather/o -ation atri/o atmoaudi/o audit/o aur/o auricul/o auscult/o aut/o autautoaux/o axill/o axi/o azot/o

Definition Stiff before; forward Front Coal antrum of the stomach against uneasy; anxious aorta (largest artery) removal ulcer off; away aponeurosis (type of tendon) appendix appendix water pertaining to spider beginning arsenic artery artery arteriole (small artery) joint articulate (speak distinctly) joint closure, occlusion closed, lacking an opening pertaining to asbestos enzyme removal to examine, analyze lack of strength star, star-shaped water incomplete plaque (fatty substance) process; condition atrium (upper heart chamber) steam, vapor hearing hearing ear ear to listen self; own self; own self; own growth, acceleration armpit axis urea; nitrogen

B B B bacill/o

bacilli (bacteria)

Word bacteri/o balan/o bar/o bartholin/o bary-basia bas/o batho-, bathybibi/o bil/i bilirubin/o -blast -blastoma blenn/o blephar/o bol/o -boulia brachi/o brachybradybrom/o bronch/o bronchi/o bronchiol/o bucc/o bunion/o burs/o byssin/o

Definition bacteria glans penis pressure; weight Bartholin glands weight, pressure walking base; opposite of acid deep, depth two life bile; gall bilirubin embryonic; immature cell immature tumor (cells) mucus eyelid cast; throw will arm short slow bromine-containing compound, odor bronchial tube bronchial tube bronchiole cheek bunion bursa (sac of fluid near joints) cotton dust

C C cac/o calc/o calcane/o calci/o calcul/o, calculia cali/o calic/o calor/i campt/o capillar/o capn/o -capnia caps/o, capsul/o carcin/o cari/o cardi/o carp/o cata-cataphasia cathar/o, cathart/o -cathisia

C

bad calcium calcaneus (heel bone) calcium to compute calyx calyx heat bent capillary (tiniest blood vessel) carbon dioxide carbon dioxide capsule, container cancerous; cancer caries, rottenness heart wrist bones (carpals) down affirmation cleansing, purging sitting

Word caud/o caus/o cauter/o cav/o, cavit/o cec/o -cele celi/o -centesis centr/o cephal/o cerebell/o cerebr/o cerumin/o cervic/o -chalasia -chalasis cheil/o chem/o -chezia chir/o chlor/o chlorhydr/o chol/e cholangi/o cholecyst/o choledoch/o cholesterol/o chondr/o chore/o chori/o chorion/o choroid/o -chroia chrom/o chron/o chrys/o chyl/o chym/o cib/o -cide -cidal cine/o circumcirrh/o cis/o -clasis -clast claustr/o clavicul/o cleid/o clin/o -clysis coagul/o

Definition tail; lower part of body burn; burning heat; burn hollow, cavity cecum (first part of colon) hernia belly; abdomen surgical puncture to remove fluid center head cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) cerebrum (largest part of the brain) cerumen neck; cervix (neck of uterus) relaxation relaxation lip drug; chemical defacation; elimination of wastes hand green hydrochloric acid bile; gall bile; vessel gallbladder common bile duct cholesterol cartilage dance chorion (outer fetal membrane) chorion choroid layer of eye skin coloration color time gold chyle to pour meal killing pertaining to killing movement around orange-yellow to cut to break to break enclosed space clavicle (collar bone) clavicle to slope, bend irragation; washing coagulation (clotting)

Word -coccus coccyg/o cochle/o -coimesis col/o coll/a colon/o colp/o comat/o comi/o -coma conconi/o conjunctiv/o consci/o constrict/o -constriction contracontus/o cor/o core/o corne/o coron/o corpor/o cortic/o cost/o cox/o crani/o cras/o crin/o -crine -crit critic/o cry/o crypt/o cubit/o culd/o cupr/o -cusis cutane/o cyan/o cycl/o -cyesis cyst/o cyt/o -cyte -cytosis

Definition berry-shaped bacterium coccyx (tail bone) cochlea (inner part of ear) sleeping colon (large intestine) glue colon (large intestine) vagina deep sleep to care for deep sleep together; with dust conjuctiva (lines of eyelids) awareness, aware narrowing, binding narrowing against; opposite to bruise pupil pupil cornea heart body cortex, outer region rib hip skull mixture; temperament secrete to secrete; separate to separtate crisis, dangerous cold hidden elbow, forearm cul-de-sac copper hearing skin blue ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle pregnancy urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid cell cell condition of cells; slight increase in numbers

D D D dacry/o dacryoaden/o dacryocyst/o dactyl/o dedem/o

tear tear gland tear sac; lacriman sac fingers; toes lack of; down; less; removal of people

Word

Definition

dent/i derm/o -derma dermat/o desicc/o -desis dextr/o diadiaphor/o -dilation dilat/o dipl/o dips/o disdist/o dolich/o dolor/o dors/o dorsi-dote -drome duct/o duoden/o dur/o dynam/o -dynia dys-

tooth skin skin skin drying to bind; tie together right complete; through sweat widening; stretching; expanding to enlarge, expand double thirst apart, to separate far; distant long pain back (of body) back to give to run to lead; carry duodenum dura mater power, strength pain bad: painful: difficult: abnormal

-eal ecechin/o echo-ectasia -ectasis ectoectro/o -ectomy -edema eight -elasma electr/o ele/o em-ema embolo/o embry/o -emesis -emia -emic emmetr/o -emphraxis enenanti/o encephal/o

pertaining to out; outside spiny, prickly reflected sound dilation; dilatation; widening dilation; dilatation; widening out; outside congenital absence removal; excision; resection swelling octa-, octiflat plate electricity oil in condition embolus embryo vomiting blood condition pertaining to blood condition in due measure stoppage, obstruction in; within opposite, opposed brain

E E E

Word

Definition

endendoenter/o eosin/o epiepididym/o epiglott/o episi/o epitheli/o equiequin/o -er erg/o erethism/o erythem/o erythr/o eschar/o -esis esoesophag/o esthes/o esthesi/o -esthesia estr/o ethm/o eti/o eu-eurysm exexanthemat/o exoextra-

in; within in; within intestines (usually small intestine) red; rosy; dawn-colored above; upon; on epididymis epiglottis vulva skin; epithelium equality, equal horse one who work irritation flushed; redness red scab action; condition; state of inward esophagus nervous sensation nervous sensation nervous sensation female sieve cause good; normal widening out; away from rash out; away from Outside

faci/o -facient

face to cause, make happen fascia (membrane supporting muscles) fever femur (thigh bone) to carry iron fetus fiber fibrous connective tissue fibula process of making split

F F F

fasci/o febr/i femor/o -ferent ferr/i, ferr/o fet/o fibr/o fibros/o fibul/o -fication -fida fil/i, fil/o, filament/o Five flav/o flex/o fluor/o follicul/o fore-

threat, threadlike pent-, penta-, quinqueyellow to bend luminous follicle; small sac before, in front

Word -form Four fovea/o frig/o, frigid/o funct/o fung/i furc/o fusc/o -fusion

Definition resembling; in the shape of quadri, tetrasmall pit or depression cold performance fungus; mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll) forking; branching dark brown to pour; to come together

G G G galact/o ganglion/o gastr/o gel/o gemell/o -gen -genesis -genic geni/o genit/o ge/o ger/o geront/o gest/o gester/o gigant/o gingiv/o glauc/o gli/o -globin -globulin glomerul/o gloss/o gluc/o glyc/o glycogen/o glycos/o gnath/o gnos/o gon/o gonad/o goni/o -grade -gram granul/o -graph graph/o -graphy gravid/o -gravida gynec/o gyr/o

Milk ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies Stomach to freeze, congeal Twins substance that produces producing; forming produced by or in Chin Reproduction earth, soil old age old age Pregnancy Pregnancy Huge Gum Gray glial cells; neuroglial cells Protein Protein Glomerulus Tongue glucose; sugar glucose; sugar glycogen; animal starch glucose; sugar Jaw Knowledge Seed sex glands Angle to go Record granule(s) instrument for recording Writing process of recording Pregnancy pregnant woman woman; female circle, spiral

Word half hallucin/o hapl/o helc/o heli/o -helminth hem/o hemat/o hemihemoglobin/o hepat/o heredoherni/o -hexia hidr/o hirsut/o hirund/i hist/o histi/o holohome/o hormon/o hymen/o humer/o hydr/o hygr/o hyperhypn/o hypohypophys/o hypothalam/o hypsihyster/o

Definition H H H demi, hemi, semi Hallucination simple, single Ulcer Sun Worm Blood Blood Half Hemoglobin Liver Heredity Hernia Habit Sweat Hairy Leech Tissue Tissue entire, complete sameness; unchanging; constant Hormone Hymen Humerous Water Moisture above; excessive Sleep deficient; below; under; less than pituitary gland Hypothalamus High uterus; womb

I I I -ia -iac -iasis iatr/o -ic -ical ichthy/o -ician -icle ide/o idi/o ile/o ili/o immun/o in-in -ine

Condition pertaining to abnormal condition physician; treatment pertaining to pertaining to dry; scaly Specialist Small idea, mental images unknown; individual; distinct Ileum Ilium immune; protection; safe in; into; not a substance, chemical, compound a substance, chemical, compound

Word

Definition

-ine infrainguin/o insulin/o interintraiod/o ion/o -ion -ior ipsiirir/o irid/o is/o isch/o ischi/o -ism -ist ithy-it is -ium ixod/i

pertaining to below; inferior to; beneath Groin insulin (pancreatic hormone) Between within; into Iodine ion; to wander Process pertaining to Same In iris (colored portion of eye) iris (colored portion of eye) same; equal to hold back; back ischium (part of hip bone) process; condition Specialist erect, straight Inflammation structure; tissue Ticks

juxtajaund/o jejun/o

near yellow Jejunum

kal/i kary/o kel/o kerat/o keraun/o

ket/o keton/o kines/o kinesi/o -kinesis klept/o koil/o kraur/o kym/o kyph/o

potassium nucleus tumor, fibrous growth cornea; hard, horny tissue lightning nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain) ketones; acetones ketones; acetones movement movement movement to steal hollow, concave, depressed dry waves humpback

-labile labi/o lacrim/o lact/o lal/o, -lalia lamin/o lampr/o lapar/o

unstable, perishable Lip tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct Milk speech, babble Lamina Clear abdominal wall; abdomen

J J J

K K K

kern-

L L L

Word -lapse laryng/o later/o lecith/o lei/o leiomy/o -lemma lepid/o lepr/o -lepsy lept/o -leptic leth/o leuk/o levolex/o -lexia lien/o ligament/o ligat/o lim/o lingu/o lip/o -lipsis -listhesis lith/o -lithotomy lob/o logad/o -logist log/o -logy loph/o lord/o lox/o -lucent lumb/o lumin/o lute/o lux/o lymph/o ly/o lymphaden/o lymphangi/o -lysis -lytic

Definition to slide, fall, sag larynx (voice box) Side yolk, ovum Smooth smooth (visceral) muscle sheath; covering plakes, scales Leprosy Seizure thin, slender to seize, take hold of Death White Left word; phrase word; phrase spleen ligament binding, tying hunger tongue fat; lipid omit, fail condition of stones stone, calculus incision (for removal) of a stone lobe whites of the eyes specialist study study (process of) ridge curve; swayback oblique, slanting to shine lower back; loin light yellow to slide lymph to dissolve, loosen limph gland (node) lymph vessel breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening to reduce, destroy, separate; breakdown

M M M macromal-malacia malleol/o mamm/o mandibul/o

Large Bad Softening Malleolus Breast mandible (lower jaw bone)

Word -mania -masesis mast/o mastoid/o maxill/o meat/o medi/o medic/o mediastin/o medi/o medull/o mega-megaly melan/o mel/o men/o mening/o meningi/o ment/o mer/o mesometametacarp/o metatars/o -meter method/o metr/o metri/o -metry mi/o micro-mimesis -mimetic -mission -mnesia mogimon/o morph/o mort/o -mortem -motor muc/o mucos/o multimuscul/o mut/a mutagen/o my/o myc/o mydr/o myel/o myocardi/o myom/o

Definition obsessive preoccupation mastication, chewing Breast mastoid process (behind the ear) maxilla (upper jaw bone) meatus (opening) middle to heal, healing mediastinum middle medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow large enlargement black limb, limbs menses; menstruation meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain) meninges mind; chin part middle change; beyond metacarpals (hand bones) metatarsals (foot bones) measure procedure, technique uterus (womb); measure uterus (womb) process of measuring smaller; less small imitation, simulation mimic; copy to send memory difficult one; single shape; form death death movement mucus mucous membrane (mucosa) many muscle genetic change causing genetic change muscle fungus wide spinal cord; bone marrow myocardium (heart muscle) muscle tumor

Word

Definition

myos/o myring/o myx/o

muscle tympanic membrane (eardrum) Mucus

narc/o nas/o nat/i natr/o necr/o nect/o neonephr/o neur/o neutr/o nid/o Nine nocinoct/o nod/o -noia nom/o nomennorm/o nos/o nucle/o nullinutri/o, nutrit/o nyct/o

numbness; stupor; sleep Nose Birth Sodium Death to bind, tie, connect New Kidney Nerve neither; neutral; neutrophil nest nonito cause harm, injury or pain night knot mind, will custom, law name rule; order disease nucleus none

obstetr/o ocul/o odont/o odyn/o -oid -ole ole/o olecran/o olig/o om/o -oma omphal/o onc/o -one one one and a half onych/o o/o oophor/o -opaque ophry/o ophthalm/o -opia opisth/o

pregnancy; birth eye tooth pain resembling; derived from little; small oil olecranon (elbow) scanty shoulder tumor; mass; fluid collection umbilicus (navel) tumor hormone mono, uni bi, di nail (of fingers or toes) egg ovary obscure eyebrow eye vision condition backward, behind

N N N

to nourish Night

O O O

Word

Definition

-opsia -opsy opt/o optic/o -or or/o orch/o orchi/o orchid/o -orexia organ/o orth/o osche/o -ose -osis -osmia osphresi/o ossicul/o oste/o -ostosis ot/o -otia -ous ov/o ovari/o ovul/o ox/o -oxia oxyoxysm/o

vision condition view of eye; vision eye; vision one who mouth testis testis testis appetite organ straight scrotum full of; pertaining to; sugar condition, usually abnormal smell sense of smell ossicle (small bone) bone condition of bone ear ear condition pertaining to egg ovary egg oxygen oxygen swift; sharpp; acid Sudden

pachy-pagus palat/o pale/o palipalliat/o palpebr/o palp/o, palpat/o palpit/o panpancreat/o pant/o papill/o papul/o par-

heavy; thick conjoined twins palate (roof of mouth) old recurrence, repetition to soothe, relieve eyelid

P P P

para-para -parous parasit/o parathyroid/o -paresis -pareunia

to touch gently flutter, throbbing all pancreas all, whole nipple-like; optic disc papule, pimple other than; abnormal near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of to bear, bring forth (live births) to bear, bring forth parasite parathyroid glands weakness sexual intercourse

Word -partum patell/a patell/o path/o -pathy pector/o pedicul/o ped/o pelv/i pelv/o pend/o -penia -pepsia perpercuss/o periperine/o peritone/o per/o perone/o perspir/o petr/o -pexy phac/o phag/o -phage -phagia phak/o phalang/o phall/o phaner/o pharmac/o pharmaceut/o pharyng/o phas/o -phasia phe/o -pheresis phil/o -phil -philia phim/o phleb/o phob/o -phobia phon/o -phonia -phor/o -phoresis -phoria phosphat/o phot/o phren/o

Definition birth; labor patella patela disease disease; emotion chest louse child; foot pelvis; hip region pelvis; hip region to hang deficiency digestion through to tap surrounding perineum peritoneum deformed, maimed fibula breathe through stone, petrous region of temporal bone fixation; to put in place lens of eye eat; swallow eat; swallow eating; swallowing lens of eye phalanges (of fingers and toes) penis visible, apparent drug drug throat (pharynx) speech speech dusky; dark removal like; love; attraction to attraction for attraction for muzzle vein fear fear voice; sound voice; sound to bear carrying; transmission to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) phosphate light diaphragm; mind

Word -phthisis -phylaxis phyl/o physi/o physic/o -physis phys/o phyt/o -phyte picr/o pies/i, -piesis pil/o pimel/o pineal/o pin/o pituitar/o -plakia plan/o plant/o plas/o -plasia -plasm -plastic -plasty platyple/o -plegia -plegic pleur/o plex/o -pnea pneum/o pneumon/o pod/o -poiesis -poietin poikil/o pol/o poliopolypolyp/o pont/o por/o, -pore -porosis -posia posit/o postposter/o -prandial -praxia prepresby/o primipro-

Definition wasting away protection race, species, type nature; function physical, natural to grow air, gas plant plant bitter pressure hair fat, fatty pineal gland to drink pituitary gland plaque flat, level, wandering sole of the foot development; formation development; formation formation; structure pertaining to formation surgical repair broad, flat more; many paralysis; palsy paralysis; palsy pleura plexus; network (of nerves) breathing lung; air; gas lung; air; gas foot formation substance that forms varied; irregular extreme gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) many; much polyp; small growth pons ( a part of the brain) opening, passageway condition of pores (spaces) drinking arrangement, place after; behind back (of body); behind meal action before; in front of old age first before; forward

Word

Definition

proct/o prospros/o prosop/o prostat/o prot/o prote/o proxim/o prurit/o psamm/o pseudopsor/o psych/o psychr/o -pterygium -ptosis ptyal/o -ptysis pub/o pulmon/o puls/o, pulsat/o -puncture pupill/o purpur/i purul/o py/o pycn/o pyel/o pyl/e pylor/o pyr/o pyret/o pyrex/o

anus and rectum before; forward forward, anterior face prostate gland first protein near itching sand, sand-like material false itching mind cold abnormality of the conjunctiva droop; sag; prolapse; protrude saliva spitting pubis (anterior part of hip bone) lung

quadriqualquantquasiquartquerquercin quintquota-

four, square quality, characteristic how much to some degree, as if fourth, four to seek, search oak fifth, five how many

to beat, beating to pierce a surface pupil (dark center of eye) purple pus pus thick, dense renal pelvis portal vein pylorus; pyloric sphincter fever; fire fever Fever

Q Q Q

R R R rachi/o radi/o radicul/o re-receptor, ceptor rect/o ren/o

spinal column; vertebrae x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) nerve root back; again; backward receiver rectum kidney

Word

Definition

respir/o resuscit/o reticul/o retin/o retrorhabd/o rhabdomy/o rhe/o rheumat/o rhin/o rhiz/o rhod/o rhytid/o roentgen/o rose/o rot/o, rotat/o -rrhage -rrhagia -rrhaphy -rrhea -rrhexis rhythm/o rubr/o, rubr/i

breath to revive network retina behind; back; backward rod striated (skeletal) muscle flow, current, stream watery flow nose root red, rosy wrinkle x-rays rosy turn, revolve bursting forth (of blood) bursting forth (of blood) suture flow; discharge rupture rhythm Red

sacchar/o sacr/o

sugar sacrum fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube fallopian tube; oviduct blood health rotten, decay flesh (connective tissue) scapula; shoulder blade to split split, cleft split left spark hard sclera (white of eye) hardening worm crooked; bent instrument for visual examination visual examination darkness sebum sebum to cut half semen; seed putrefaction infection partition

S S S

salping/o -salpinx sangu/i sanit/a sapr/o sarc/o scapul/o -schisis schist/o schiz/o sinistr/o scint/i scirrh/o scler/o -sclerosis scolec/o scoli/o -scope -scopy scot/o seb/o sebace/o sect/o semisemin/i -sepsis seps/o sept/o

Word ser/o seven sial/o sialaden/o sider/o sigmoid/o silic/o sinus/o -sis sit/o six skelet/o -sol somat/o -some somn/o -somnia son/o -spadia span/o -spasm spectr/o sperm/o spermat/o sphen/o spher/o sphygm/o -sphyxia splanchn/o spin/o spir/o splen/o spondyl/o squam/o -stalsis staped/o staphyl/o -stabile -stalsis staped/o -stasis -stat -static steat/o sten/o -stenosis ster/o stere/o stern/o steth/o -sthenia stich/o stigmat/o -stitial

Definition serum, serous hepta-, sept-, septisaliva salivary gland iron sigmoid colon glass sinus state of; condition food hex-, hexa-, sexskeleton solution body body sleep sleep sound to tear; cut scanty, scarce sudden contraction of muscles image, spectrum spermatozoa; sperm cells spermatozoa; sperm cells wedge; sphenoid bone globe-shaped; round pulse pulse viscera (internal organs) spine (backbone) to breathe spleen vertebra (backbone) scale contraction stapes (middle ear bone) clusters; uvula stable, fixed contraction stapes to stop; control; place device/instrument for keeping something stationary pertaining to stopping; controlling fat; sebum narrowed, constricted tightening; stricture solid structure; steroid solid; three-dimensional sternum (breastbone) chest strength rows mark, point to set; pertaining to standing

Word stomat/o -stomia -stomy strept/o -stroma styl/o subsubmaxill/o succ/o sud/o super-suppression suprasymsymptom/o synsynaps/o, synapt/o syncop/o syndesm/o synov/o syring/o system/o systol/o

Definition mouth condition of the mouth new opening (to form a mouth) twisted chains supporting tissue of an organ pole or stake under; below mandible (lower jaw bone) juice sweat above, beyond to stop above; upper together; with occurrence together; with point of contact, to join to cut off, cut short; faint ligament synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon tube system Contraction

T T T tachytal/o tars/o tautotax/o techn/o tel/o tele/o temp/o, tempor/o ten ten/o tendin/o -tension tens/o tephr/o terat/o test/o tetan/o tetrathalam/o thalass/o thanat/o the/o thec/o thel/o therapeut/o -therapy therm/o

fast talus tarsus; hindfoot or ankle identical, same order; coordination skill, art complete distant period of time, the temples decatendon tendon pressure stretched, strained gray (ashen) monster; malformed fetus testis tetanus four thalamus sea death put; place sheath nipple treatment treatment heat

Word thorac/o -thorax three thromb/o -tropia thym/o -thymia -thymic thyr/o thyroid/o tibi/o -tic toc/o -tocia -tocin tom/o -tome -tomy ton/o tone/o tonsill/o top/o torso tox/o toxic/o trache/o transtraumat/o trem/o, tremul/o -tresia tritrich/o trigon/o tri/o -tripsy troph/o -trophy -tropia -tropic -tropin tub/o tumesc/o, tumescence tympan/o -type typhl/o

Definition chest chest; pleural cavity triclot to turn thymus gland mind (condition of) pertaining to mind thyroid gland; sheild thyroid gland tibia (shin bone) pertaining to labor; birth labor; birth (condition of) labor; birth (a substance for) to cut instrument to cut process of cutting tension to stretch tonsil place; position; location twisted poison poison trachea (windpipe) across; through trauma, injury, wound shaking, trembling opening three hair trigone (area within the bladder) to sort out, sorting to crush nourishment; development nourishment; development (condition of) to turn turning stimulate; act on tube swelling tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear classification; picture cecum, blindness

U U U -ule uln/o ul/o ultra-um

little; small ulna (middle lower arm bone) scar, scarring beyond; excess structure; tissue; thing

Word umbilic/o ungu/o uniuran/o -uresis ur/o ureter/o urethr/o -uria uric/o urin/o -us uter/o uve/o uvul/o

Definition umbilicus (navel) nail one palate urination urine; urinary tract ureter urethra urination; condition of urine urine condition urine structure; thing uterus (womb) uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body) Uvula

V V V vaccin/o vag/o vagin/o valv/o valvul/o varic/o vas/o vascul/o ven/o ven/i vener/o ventil/o ventr/o ventricul/o venul/o verm/i verruc/i -verse -version vers/o, -verse vertebr/o vesic/o vesicul/o vestibul/o vir/o viscer/o vit/o vitr/o vitre/o viv/o -volemia volv/o, volut/o vulv/o

vaccine vagus nerve vagina valve valve varicose veins vessel; duct; vas deferens vessel (blood) vein vein venereal (sexual contact) to aerate, oxygenate belly side of body ventricle (of heart or brain) venule (small vein) worm wart to turn to turn turn, turning vertebra (backbone) urinary bladder seminal vesicle vestibule of the inner ear virus internal organs life vitreous body (of the eye) glass life blood volume to roll Vulva

-ward -where -wise

in the direction of location e.g. anywhere direction e.g. clockwise

W W W

Word

Definition

with-

together, united

xanth/o xen/o xer/o xiph/o or xiphixyloxys-

yellow stranger, foreigner dry, dryness

-y yalos ydor -yne

condition; process Glass Water ending for alkynes prefix: one septillionth part of; the factor 10: yoctosecond U-shaped suffix - a monovalent hydrocarbon radical e.g. ethyl suffix - A bivalent organic radical Above Under High Uterus

X X X

sword shaped wood e.g. xylum file, scrape

Y Y Y

yoctoyoeides -yl -ylene yper ypo ypsi ystera

Z Z Z zeozincozo/o zonzyg/o zym/o -zyme

boil Pertaining to or containing the element zinc animal life girdle, belt union, junction, pair, yoke, tied together enzyme, ferment enzyme