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(H)APT- to touch (H)APH- sense of touch aphephobia – morbid fear of contact with other persons
ACANTH- thorn, pricle hexacanth – having six hooks
ACOU- ACU- to hear acoustic
ACR- extremity, summit acropolis, acrobat
ACTIN- ray actinogenic – producting radiation
ADELPH- brother Philadelphia, adelphogamy – brother and sister mating
ADEN- gland adenophore – the stalk of a nectar gland
AER- air, gas aerosol, aeroplane
AGOG(UE)- inducing the flow of, expelling cholagogue – an agent which promotes the flow of bile
-AGRA painful seizure arthragra – muscular pain in the joints
ALEX- to ward off alexin – a complement
ALG- pain analgesic – remedy for relieving pain
ALL- other, different parallel, allogamy – cross-fertilization; opposite of autogamy
AMBLY- dull
AMYGDAL- almond, tonsil amygdalitis – inflammation of the tonsils
AMYL- starch amyloid – a starchlike chemical
ANCON- elbow anconeus – a small muscle at the back of the elbow joint
ANDR- man, male android
ANGI- vessel angiitis – inflammation of blood or lymph vessel
ANKYL- bent, stiff, adhesion of parts ankylocheilia – adhesion of the lips
ANTH- flower chrysanthemum
ANTHROP- man, human being anthropology
ANTR- cavity, sinus antritis – maxillary sinusitis
ARACHN- spider arachnidium – apparatus by which a spider web is produced
ARCH(E)- ancient, beginning, primitive archeology, archenteron – embryonic alimentary cavity
ARGYR- silver argyria – dusty gray discoloration of skin
ARTHR- joint, speech sound, articulation arthritis
ASC- bag ascogenous – producing asci
ASTR- ASTER- star asterisk, astrology
AUT- self automobile
AUX(E)- increase auxesis – increase in size or bulk
BA- to step, to go, to walk acrobat, base, basis, basophobia
BALAN- acorn, the glans penis balanoid – acorn shaped
BALL- BOL- BLE- to throw, to put metabolism
BAR- weight, pressure BARY- heavy barometer, baritone
BI- life biography
BLAST- bud, germ, embryonic cell astroblast – a primitive cell which develops into an astrocyte
BLENN- mucus oligoblennia – a deficient secretion of mucus
BLEP- to see ablepsia – loss of vision
BLEPHAR- eyelid ablephary – absence of the eyelids
BRACHI- arm brachiopod – member of a subclass of marine mulluscs having many foliaceous appendages
BRACHY- short brachypodous – possessing a short foot or stalk
BRADY- slow bradycardia – abnormal slowness of the heart
BRANCHI- gills arthrobranchial – pertaining to joint gills
BROM- stench, bromine bromide bromopnea – fetid breath
BRONCH(I)- air tube bronchitis – inflammation of mucous membrane of bronchial tubes
BRY- moss bryophyte – any of the mosses or liverworts
BUL- BOUL- will hyperbulia – exaggerated willfulness
CAC- KAK- bad cacesthesia – any morbid sensation
CALYPT(R)- hidden calyptobranchiate – with gills not visible from exterior
CAMP(T)- CAMPYL- bent acampsia – inflexibility or rigidity of a joint or limb
CARCIN- cancer carcinogen – any cancer producing substance
CARDI- heart
CARP- fruit actinocarpous – plants with flowers and fruit radially arranged
CARP- wrist carpitis – arthritis of the carpal joint in domestic animals
CAU- CAUS- to burn holocaust, cryocautery – destruction of tissues by application of extreme cold
CEL(I)- COEL- -COEL cavity, abdominal cavity celiotomy – opening of the abdominal cavity
-CELE hernia, swelling enterocele – hernia containing a loop of intestine
CENTE- to puncture enterocentesis – surgical puncture of the intestine
CEPHAL- head enCEPHAL- brain acrocephaly – deformity of the head
CERC- tail circus – jointed appendage at end of abdomen occurring in many arthropods
CHEIL- CHIL- lip acheilia – absence of the lips
CHIR- CHEIR- hand chiropractor, chirography – handwriting
CHLAMYD- cloak, envelope haplochlamydeous – having rudimentary leaves in connection with sporophylls
CHLOR- green, chlorine chloroplast
CHOL(E)- bile, gall melancholy, cholochrome – any bile pigment
CHONDR- CHONDRI- cartilage, granule hypochondriac
CHOR(I)- fetal membrane, tunic of the eyeball chorioblastosis – abnormal proliferation of cells of the chorion
CHORD- cord chorditis – inflammation of the spermatic cord
CHROM- CHROMAT- CHRO- color monochrome
CHRON- time chrono trigger, chronological
CHY- to pour CHYM- CHYL- juice chylophyllous – with fleshy leaves
CLAD- branch cladode – branch arising from axil of leaf or green
CLAS- to break arthroclasia – breaking down of ankylosis of joint
CLEID- clavicle hypocleidium – the interclavicle
CLI- CLEI- to close CLEIST- closed iridenclaisis – stretching of the iris
CLON(US)- muscle spasm logoclonia – explosive or spasmodic enunciation of words
CLY(S)- to wash enteroclysis – injection of a fluid preparation into the rectum
COCC- berry-shaped organism cytococcus – nucleus of a fertilized egg
COL- colon colic
COLL(A)- glue collagen – the albuminoid substance of the white fiber of connective tissue
COLP- vagina aerocolpos – distention of the vagina with air or gas
CONDYL- knob, knuckle amphicondylous – having two ccipital condyles
CONI- dust conidiophore – bearing condia, a fungal spore
COPR- excrement coprolite – petrified feces
COR(E)- pupil of the eye cornea, corediastasis – dilation of the pupil
CORM- trunk of a tree or body schistocormus – a monster having a cleft thorax
CRA- to mix crater, hematodyscrasia – diseased state of the blood
CRANI- cranium amphicrania – headache affecting both sides of head
CRI- to separate, to distinguish CRIN- to secrete critic, hypocrite, endocrine – secreting internally
CROT- pulse beat anacrotism – the condition in which two or more notches occur on the ascending limb of the pulse curve
CRY- CRYM- cold, ice crystal
CRYPT- hidden
CYAN- blue cyan, cyanide, cyanochrous – having a blue skin
CYCL- circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye cycle, cyclone, acryclia – state of arrested circulation of body fluids
CYE- to be pregnant cyophoria – pregnancy, gestation
CYN- dog cynic, cynopodous – with nonretractile claws
CYST- bladder, cyst, sac polycystic – containing many cysts
CYT- cell cytosome
DACRY- tear dacryocystitis – inflammation of the lacrimal sac
DACTYLE- finger, toe
DE- to bind DESM- ligament adesmy – a break or a division in an organ
DEC(A)- ten decathlon, decapod – having ten legs
DEM- people, country democracy, epidemic
DENDR- tree zoodendrium – a treelike branched stalk of certain colonial infusorians
DERM- DERMAT- skin dermatologist
DEUT- DEUTER- second deuterogenesis – second phase of embryonic development
DI- twice, double dilemma, dibranchiate – having two gills
DICH- in two dichoptic – having the borders of the compound eye separate
DIDYM- twin, testicle didymospore – a two-celled spore
DIPS- thirst adipsia – absence of thirst
DOCH- to take or receive sialodochoplasty – plastic surgery of a salivary gland duct
DOLICH- long dolichorrhine – having a long nose
DREPAN- sickle drepanocyte – a crescent shaped cell
DROM- running, course syndrome
DYNAM- DYN- power dynasty, dyno
EC- OEC- OEK- OIK- OIC- house economy, ecology, zooecium – a chamber or sac enclosing a polyzoan nutritive zooid
ECH- echo, repetition echolalia – the meaningless repetition of words spoken by others
EDE- to swell edema – excessive accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces
EME- to vomit hyperemesis – excessive vomiting
ENNE(A)- nine ennead – a group of nine
ENTER- intestine anenterous – having no alimentary tract
EO(S)- dawn or early age, rosy Eolithic – relating to earliest period of the Stone Age
ER- EROT- love zooerastia – sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
ERG- work energy, allergy
ERYTHR- red photerythrous – sensitivity to the red end of the spectrum
ESTHER- AESTHE- ESTHE- to feel, to perceive aesthetics
EURY(S)- wide euryphagous – subsisting on a wide variety of foods
GALACT- GALA- milk galaxy, galactose, galactorrhea – excessive flow of milk
GAM- marriage, union monogamy
GANGLI- mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling gangliocyte – a ganglion cell outside the central nervous system
GATR- GASTER- stomach, belly of a muscle gastronomic
GE- earth geography
GEN(E)- GON- to be produced, to produce GON- seed genesis, hydrogen, genocide, gonad – sexual gland
GENY- jaw, cheek GENI- chin genyplasty – surgical reconstruction of the jaw
GER- GERONT- old person, old age gerodontia – dentistry for the aged
GEU- to taste dysgeusia – perversion of the sense of taste
GLAUC- silver, gray-green glaucophane – blue, bluish black, grayish silicate of sodium
GLI- glue angiogliomatosis – a glioma rich in blood vessels
GLOSS- GLOT(T)- tongue, language glossary
GLYC- sugar GLYCOS- sugar, glucose glycogen
GNATH- jaw
GNO- to know diagnosis
GON(I)- angle trigonometry, pentagon, hexagon, trigonid – triangle of cusps of the lower molar teeth
GON(Y)- GONAT- knee gonalgia – pain in the knew joint
GRAPH- to write -GRAM thing written graph, biography, paragraph, cardiogram
GYMN- naked, uncovered gymnasium
GYN(E)- GYNEC- GYNAEC- female ergatogyne – a female ant
GYR- circle, ring gyroidal – spiral in arrangement
HAL- salt halite – rock salt
HAPL- single haploid – having the number of chromosomes characteristic of mature germ cells for the organism in question
HECT- hundred hectare, hectogram – one hundred grams
HELI- sun helium, heliocentric, heliopsis – a flower resembling the sunflower
HELIC- HELIX spiral helicopter, helix
HELMINTH- worm helminthoma – a tumor caused by the presence of a parasitic worm
HEM- HEMAT- HAEM- HAEMAT- blood haematobic – living in blood
HEMI- half hemisphere, hemibranch – a gill having filaments on one side only
HEPAT- HEPAR- liver hepatitis
HEPT(A)- seven heptagynous – having seven pistils
HETER- other, different heterogeneous
HEX(A)- six hexagon, hexagynous – having six pistils
HIDRO(S)- sweat chromhidrosis – a rare condition in which the sweat is colored
HIPP- horse hippopotamus, Hippidion – genus of extinct Pleistocene horses
HIST- HISTI- tissue histozoic – living on or within the tissues
HOD- OD- road, way method, cathode
HOL- whole, entire holocaust, hologynic – sex linked characteristics transmitting directly from female to female
HOM- HOME- same, similar homosexual, homochromous – of one color
HYAL- glass, vitreous body of the eye hyalinosis – hyaline degeneration
HYDR- water, fluid hydrant, hydrogen
HYGR- moisture hygroscopic – readily absorbing moisture
HYPN- sleep hypnosis, hypnotherapy – treatment of disease by hypnosis
HYSTER- uterus, hysteria hysterotomy – incision of the uterus
IATR- physician, medical treatment psychiatry
ICHTHY- fish ichthyotoxismus – food poisoning from fish
IDE- idea, mental image idea, ideophobia – morbid fear of ideas
IDI- one’s own, peculiar, distinct idiot, idiom, ideology, idiotype – individual genotype
IN- fiber, muscle inosemia – excess of fibrin in blood
IRID- IRIS- iris, rainbow
IS- equal, same isozoic – inhabited by similar forms of animal life
ISCH- to suppress ischuria – retention or suppression of the urine
ISCHI- hip ischiodidymus – conjoined twins united at the hip
KARY- CARY- nucleus, nut caryoclastic – agent which splits the cell nucleus
KERAT- CERAT- KER- CER- horn, horny tissue, cornea rhinoceros, brachycerous – short horned
KILO- one thousand kilogram – one thousand grams
KINE- CINE- to move cinema, kinetic
KYM- CYM- wave cymotrichous – having wavy hair
LAL- to talk bradylalia – flowness of utterance
LARYNG- larynx laryngopathy – any disease of the larynx
LECITH- yolk centrolecithal – with yolk aggregated in the center
LEI- smooth leiodermatous – smooth-skinned
LEMM(A)- sheath, husk neurolemma – delicate elastic membrane outside medullary sheath of nerve fiber
LEP- to seize nympholepsy – ecstacy of an erotic type
LEPID- scale lepidosteoid – a ganoid scale lacking cosmine
LEPT- thin, delicate leptocyte – a thin erythrocyte of decreased volume
LEUK- LEUC- white leukotrichia – whiteness of the hair
LEX- to read dyslexia
LIP- fat liposuction
LITH- -LITE stone monolithic, lithium, lithophyll – a fossil leaf
LOG- word, speech, reason analogy, dyslogia – difficulty in expression of ideas by speech
LOPH- crest, ridge tuft LOPHI- small crest, lophion dilophous – atetractinal spicule with two rays forked like a crest
LY- to loosen, to dissolve, to break up lysine – a cell-dissolving substance
LYMPH- water, lymph cytolymph – the fluid part of protoplasm
MACR- large, long acromacria – spider fingers
MALAC- soft malacology – study of mulluscs
MAST- MAZ- breast acromastitis – inflammation of a nipple
MASTIG- MASTIX- whip, flagellum Mastigophora – a class of flagellated protozoa
MEGA- MEGAL- large, one million megabyte, megaphone, megaphyllous – having relatively large leaves
MEL- limb symmelia – coalescence of the lower extremities
MELAN- black, dark melancholy
MEN- moon, menstruation meniscectomy
MENING- membrane meningosis – union of bones by membranes
MER- part eumerism – an aggregation of like parts
MES- middle mesocarp – middle layer of the pericarp
METR- uterus metremia – congestion of the uterus
MICR- small, one millionth micro, microscope, micromelia – abnormal smallness of the limbs
MIS- hate misanthropy – hatred or distrust of mankind
MIT- thread mitosis – indirect or karyokinetic cell division
MNE- to remember amnesia
MOGI- difficult mogilalia – difficulty in speech
MON- single, one monorail, monochromic – occurring or originating only once
MORPH- form metamorphosis
MY- MYS- MYOS- muscle myochrome – any muscle pigment
MYC- MYCET- fungus neomycin – antibiotic produced by a soil actinomycete
MYEL- spinal cord, marrow myeloblastoma – a tumor composed of precursors of bone marrow cells
MYI- fly myiasis – disease caused by the invasion of the larvae of flies
MYX- mucus, slime myxopodium – a slimy pseudopodium
NARC- stupor narcohypnosis – a state of deep sleep produced by hypnosis
NE- new, new and different form of neon, neo
NECR- corpse, dead tissue necromancer
NEM- NEMAT- thread chromonema – a fine chromatin thread which constitutes the prophase chromosome
NEPHR- kidney nephrotome – section of embryo which kinder structures develop
NEUR- nerve, nervous system, tendon neurotomy – the division of a nerve
NOS- disease nosologic – pertaining to the science of classification of diseases
NOT- the back stenonotal – with a very small thorax
NYCT- night nyctophonia – hysterical loss of voice during the day in one who is capable of speaking at night
OCT(A)- eight octopus, octode – a vacuum tube with eight electrodes
ODONT- tooth orthodontist
ODYN- pain anodyne, odynophobia – morbid dread of pain
OLIG- few, scanty oligarchy
OM- shoulder omitis – obsolete word for the inflammation of the shoulder
OMPHAL- naval omphalion – center of the umbilicus
ONC- -ONCUS tumor, swelling adenoncus – an enlargement or tumor of a gland
ONT- being, individual meront – a uninucleate schizont stage
ONYCH- finger or toenail, claw acronychous – having claws, nails and hoofs
ONYM- name anonymous, synonym, hyponym – a generic name not based on a type of species
OO- egg oozoid – any individual which develops from an egg
OP- OPT- eye, to see PROSOP- face autopsy, optic, myopia
OPHTHALM- eye megalophthalmus – excessive largeness of the eye
OPISTH- behind opisthodont – having back teeth only
ORCHI(I)- ORCHID- testicle orchid, cryptorchism – failure of the testes to descend
ORNIS- ORNITH- bird archaeornis – extinct birds
ORTH- straight, correct orthodox
OSM- smell anosmia – absence of the sense of smell
OST(E)- bone osteoporosis
OT- ear diotic – pertaining to both ears
OXY- OX- sharp, acid, oxygen oxydactyle – having slender, tapering digits
PACHY- thick pachyderm, pachycladous – thick branched
PALE- PALAE- old, ancient paleontology, paleoanthropus – a hominid more primitive than homosapiens
PALI(N)- again, back palirrhea – recurrence of mucus discharge
PAN- PANT- all, complete panacea, pangamic – indiscriminate mating
PATH- disease, suffering, feeling sympathy, pathetic, idiopathic
PED- PAED- child pediatrician
PEN- deficiency, want pancytopenia – reduction of all three formed elements of blood
PENT(A)- five pentagon, pentactinic – five rayed
PEP(S)- PEPT- to digest pepsid ac, pepto bismol
PETR- rock petrify, petrophilous – attached to or living on rocks
PEX- to fasten PAG- united craniopagus – conjoined twins united by their heads
PHA- PHAN- to appear, to show epiphany
PHA- to speak PHEM- voice aphemia – an inability to articulate works or sentences due to central lesion
PHAG- to eat esophagus
PHIL- to love, have an affinity for Philadelphia
PHLEB- vein phlebismus – undue prominence or swelling of a vein
PHON- sound, voice telephone, dysphonia – an impaiment of voice
PHOR- PHER- to bear, to go phosphorous, metaphor
PHOT- light photo, photopsia – sparks or flashes of light manifested in certain pathological conditions of the optic nerve or brain
PHRA- to speak phrase, paraphrase, aphrasia – loss of power to utter connected phrases
PHRAG- to block up, to wall in diaphragm, metaphragma – an internal metathoracic septum in insects
PHREN- mind, diaphragm hypophrenia – feeblemindedness
PHTHI- to waste away phthisiogyne – pupal female ant parasitized by an Orasema larva
PHY- to grow physics, physical, apophysis – a process, outgrowth or projection of some part or organ
PHYC- seaweed, algae Drepanophycus – genus of fossil plants
PHYL- race, class monophyletic – derived from a single common parent form
PHYLAC(T)- to guard, to protect exophylaxis – protection afforded against pathogenic organisms by skin secretions
PHYLL- leaf chlorophyll
PHYT- plant, growth autophyte – a self-nourished plant
PLAN- wandering planet, planoblast – a free-swimming hydroid individual
PLAS(T)- to form, to mold plastic, plaster, chloroplast
PLASY(S)- broad, flat platysma – a subcutaneous muscle in the neck
PLEUR- side, rib, pleura anisopleural – bilaterally asymmetrical
PLEX- stroke PLEG- paralysis paraplegia
-PLO folded, fold diploma, polyploidy – with a reduplication of chromosome number
PNE(A)- PNEUST- breathing holopneustic – with all spiracles open for respiration
PNEUM- PNEUMAT- air, gas pneumonia, pneumatocele – a sac or tumor containing gas
PNEUMON- PHEUM- lung pneumonia, pneumolith – a calculus or concretion occurring in a lung
POD- PUS- foot tripod, octopus
POIE- to make onomatopoeia, hidropoiesis – formation of sweat
POIKIL- varied, irregular, mottled poikilocyte – a large red blood cell of irregular shape
POLI- gray polioplasm – granular cytoplasm
POLY- many, much polygon
POR- passage, pore blastopore – channel leading into archenteron of gastrula
PORPHYR- purple porphyrin – a heterocyclic ring derived from porphin
PRESBY- old Presbyterian, presbycusis – progressive hearing loss occurring with age
PROCT- anus, rectum proctology
PROT- first, original, primitive prototype, proton, protoplasm – living cell substance
PSEUD- false pseudocode
PSYCH- mind, soul psychopathic
PTER- PTERYG(I)- wing, fin helicopter, hyalopterous – having transparent wings
PTO- to fall symptom, proptosis – falling downward
PTY- to spi PTYAL- saliva ptyalin – diastatic enzyme found in saliva
PY- pus pyorrhea – a purulent discharge
PYCN- PYKN- thick, frequent pycnopodia – a genus of starfishes including the twenty rayed stars
PYEL- pelvis, especially of the kidney pyelostomy – incision of the renal pelvis
PYG- buttocks pygidium – the terminal abdominal segment of a beetle
PYL(E)- gate, entrance apopyle – exhalant pore of a sponge
PYR- PYRET- fire, fever PYREX- fever pyrotoxin – a toxic agent generated in the course of the febrile processes
RHABD- rod rhabdomyoma – tumor of striated muscle
RHACH(I)- RACH(I)- -RRHACH- the spine rachiocampsis – curvature of the spine
RHAPH- -RRHAPH- to sew, to suture dysrhaphism – defective raphe formation
RHE- -RRH to slow, current rheophore – an electrode
RHIN- -RRHIN- nose rhinoceros
RHIZ- -RRHIZ- root rhizome – a thick horizontal stem running partly along and partly under ground
-RRHAG- excessive discharge, usually of blood enterorrhagia – intestinal hemorrhage
SALPING- tube, Eustachian or fallopian tube salpingocyesis – tubal pregnancy
SAPR- rotten saprozoic – living on decaying or dead organic matter
SARC- flesh sarcobiont – living on flesh
SAUR- lizard saurian – resembling a lizard
SCHIZ- SCHIS(T)- to split schism, schist – division along parallel planes
SCLER- hard otosclerosis – laying down of new bone around the oral window
SCOP- to view scope, endoscope – instrument used to examine an internal body
SEP- to rot, to putrify antiseptic – preventing sepsis or poisoning by destruction of exclusion of microoraganisms from body tissue
SIAL- saliva glycosialia – presence of glucose in saliva
SIT- foot sitotropism – tendency to turn in direction of food
SOM- SOMAT- body somesthesia – sensibility to bodily sensations
SPA- to draw, to jerk spasmophemia – obsolete term for stuttering
SPERM(A)- SPERMAT- seed, semen spermatozoon – a male reproductive cell
SPHEN- wedge sphenoid – a basal compound skull bone of some vertebrates
SPHYGM- pulse sphygmogram – the tracing made by the sphygmograph
SPIR- coil spiral, spiraster – a spiral and ragged sponge spiracle
SPLANCHN- entrails, viscera somaticosplanchnic – relating to the body and viscera
SPLEN- spleen gastrosplenic – relating to the stomach and the spleen
SPONDYL- vertebra polyspondyly – condition of having multiple vertebral parts
SPOR- seed, spore acrospore – spore on end of sporophore
STA- to stand, to stop, to fix, to regulate static, thermostat
STAPHYL- bunch of grapes, uvula staphylococcus – nonmotile, gram positive, spherical bacteria sometimes occurring in clusters
STEAR- STEAT- fat, tallow asteatosis – absence of sebaceous secretion
STEN- narrow stenocardia – obsolete term for angina pectoris
STERE- solid, three-dimensional stereotype, stereo, stereoplasm – more solid part of protoplasm
STERN- chest, breastbone eusternum – a sternal sclerite of insects
STETH- chest microstethophone – a stethoscope which amplifies the sounds heard
STHEN- strength anisosthenic – not of equal power
STIG- pricking, mark, point osteostixis – surgical puncturing of a bone
STOL- STAL- STLE- tosend, to contract systole – contraction of heart
STOM- STOMAT- mouth, opening stomach, microstome – small opening
STREPT- STROPH- turned, twisted apostrophe, phlebostrepsis – the twisting of a vein
STYL- pillar styloid – processes of the temporal bone
SYRING- SYRINX- pipe, tube syringadenoma – a sweat-gland tumor
TA- to stretch myotasis – muscular tension or toxicity
TAC- TAX- to arrange, to put in order tactics, syntax
TACH(Y)- swift tachyphagia – rapid-eating
TARS- instep, edge of the eye tarsoptosia – flat foot
TEL(E)- completion, end, purpose atelosis – dwarfism
TELE- afar, operating at a distance telegraph, telephone, telescope, teleopsia – a disorder in a visual perception of space
TETR(A)- four tetracheirus – having four hands
THALL- young shoot merithallus – a stem unit
THANAT- death thanatophobia – a morbid fear of death
THE- to put, to place thesis, hypothesis, parenthesis
THEC(A)- case, sheath podotheca – a foot-covering
THEL- nipple mesothelium – tissue lining body cavities
THERM- heat hypothermia
THI- sulfur thiogenic – applies to sulfur producing bacteria
THORAC- chest, thorax thoracocrytosis – excessive curvature of the thorax
THROMB- clot thrombocyte – blood platelet
THYM- mind, emotions euthymia – joyful but tranquil mood
TOC- TOK- childbirth oligotocous – bearing few young
TOM- to cut, section enTOM- insect anatomy
TON- stretching, tension tonic, isotonic – of equal tension
TOP- place topography
TOX- poison toxin, cytotoxin – a cell poisoning substance found in blood serum
TRACHEL- neck trachelagra – rheumatic or gouty pain in the neck
TRE(T)- to bore, to perforate atertostomia – inperforation of the mouth
TRI- three tricycle, tricoccus – a three carpel fruit
TRIB- TRIP- to rub, to crush osteotribe – a bone rasp
TRICH- THRIX- hair schizotrachia – splitting of the hair
TROCH- wheel, disk telotroch – pre-anal tuft of cilia of trochosphere
TROP- TREP- to turn, response to stimulus tropic
TROPH- nourishment, development autotroph
UR- tail urosthenic – having tail strongly developed for propulsion
UR- URE- urine, urinary system, to urinate ureter
XANTH- yellow xanthopsin – yellow pigment in an insect eye
XEN- host, stranger, foreigner xenophobia, monoxenous – confined to a single species of hosts
XER- dry xeric – characterized by a scanty supply of moisture
XYL- wood xylophone, melanoxylon – black wood
ZO- animal, living being zoology, zodiac
ZYG- yoke azygomelous – having unpaired appendages
ZYM- ferment, enzyme zymosis – fermentation
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(H)APT- to touch (H)APH- sense of touch aphephobia – morbid fear of contact with other persons
ACANTH- thorn, pricle hexacanth – having six hooks
ACOU- ACU- to hear acoustic
ACR- extremity, summit acropolis, acrobat
ACTIN- ray actinogenic – producting radiation
ADELPH- brother Philadelphia, adelphogamy – brother and sister mating
ADEN- gland adenophore – the stalk of a nectar gland
AER- air, gas aerosol, aeroplane
AGOG(UE)- inducing the flow of, expelling cholagogue – an agent which promotes the flow of bile
-AGRA painful seizure arthragra – muscular pain in the joints
ALEX- to ward off alexin – a complement
ALG- pain analgesic – remedy for relieving pain
ALL- other, different parallel, allogamy – cross-fertilization; opposite of autogamy
AMBLY- dull
AMYGDAL- almond, tonsil amygdalitis – inflammation of the tonsils
AMYL- starch amyloid – a starchlike chemical
ANCON- elbow anconeus – a small muscle at the back of the elbow joint
ANDR- man, male android
ANGI- vessel angiitis – inflammation of blood or lymph vessel
ANKYL- bent, stiff, adhesion of parts ankylocheilia – adhesion of the lips
ANTH- flower chrysanthemum
ANTHROP- man, human being anthropology
ANTR- cavity, sinus antritis – maxillary sinusitis
ARACHN- spider arachnidium – apparatus by which a spider web is produced
ARCH(E)- ancient, beginning, primitive archeology, archenteron – embryonic alimentary cavity
ARGYR- silver argyria – dusty gray discoloration of skin
ARTHR- joint, speech sound, articulation arthritis
ASC- bag ascogenous – producing asci
ASTR- ASTER- star asterisk, astrology
AUT- self automobile
AUX(E)- increase auxesis – increase in size or bulk
BA- to step, to go, to walk acrobat, base, basis, basophobia
BALAN- acorn, the glans penis balanoid – acorn shaped
BALL- BOL- BLE- to throw, to put metabolism
BAR- weight, pressure BARY- heavy barometer, baritone
BI- life biography
BLAST- bud, germ, embryonic cell astroblast – a primitive cell which develops into an astrocyte
BLENN- mucus oligoblennia – a deficient secretion of mucus
BLEP- to see ablepsia – loss of vision
BLEPHAR- eyelid ablephary – absence of the eyelids
BRACHI- arm brachiopod – member of a subclass of marine mulluscs having many foliaceous appendages
BRACHY- short brachypodous – possessing a short foot or stalk
BRADY- slow bradycardia – abnormal slowness of the heart
BRANCHI- gills arthrobranchial – pertaining to joint gills
BROM- stench, bromine bromide bromopnea – fetid breath
BRONCH(I)- air tube bronchitis – inflammation of mucous membrane of bronchial tubes
BRY- moss bryophyte – any of the mosses or liverworts
BUL- BOUL- will hyperbulia – exaggerated willfulness
CAC- KAK- bad cacesthesia – any morbid sensation
CALYPT(R)- hidden calyptobranchiate – with gills not visible from exterior
CAMP(T)- CAMPYL- bent acampsia – inflexibility or rigidity of a joint or limb
CARCIN- cancer carcinogen – any cancer producing substance
CARDI- heart
CARP- fruit actinocarpous – plants with flowers and fruit radially arranged
CARP- wrist carpitis – arthritis of the carpal joint in domestic animals
CAU- CAUS- to burn holocaust, cryocautery – destruction of tissues by application of extreme cold
CEL(I)- COEL- -COEL cavity, abdominal cavity celiotomy – opening of the abdominal cavity
-CELE hernia, swelling enterocele – hernia containing a loop of intestine
CENTE- to puncture enterocentesis – surgical puncture of the intestine
CEPHAL- head enCEPHAL- brain acrocephaly – deformity of the head
CERC- tail circus – jointed appendage at end of abdomen occurring in many arthropods
CHEIL- CHIL- lip acheilia – absence of the lips
CHIR- CHEIR- hand chiropractor, chirography – handwriting
CHLAMYD- cloak, envelope haplochlamydeous – having rudimentary leaves in connection with sporophylls
CHLOR- green, chlorine chloroplast
CHOL(E)- bile, gall melancholy, cholochrome – any bile pigment
CHONDR- CHONDRI- cartilage, granule hypochondriac
CHOR(I)- fetal membrane, tunic of the eyeball chorioblastosis – abnormal proliferation of cells of the chorion
CHORD- cord chorditis – inflammation of the spermatic cord
CHROM- CHROMAT- CHRO- color monochrome
CHRON- time chrono trigger, chronological
CHY- to pour CHYM- CHYL- juice chylophyllous – with fleshy leaves
CLAD- branch cladode – branch arising from axil of leaf or green
CLAS- to break arthroclasia – breaking down of ankylosis of joint
CLEID- clavicle hypocleidium – the interclavicle
CLI- CLEI- to close CLEIST- closed iridenclaisis – stretching of the iris
CLON(US)- muscle spasm logoclonia – explosive or spasmodic enunciation of words
CLY(S)- to wash enteroclysis – injection of a fluid preparation into the rectum
COCC- berry-shaped organism cytococcus – nucleus of a fertilized egg
COL- colon colic
COLL(A)- glue collagen – the albuminoid substance of the white fiber of connective tissue
COLP- vagina aerocolpos – distention of the vagina with air or gas
CONDYL- knob, knuckle amphicondylous – having two ccipital condyles
CONI- dust conidiophore – bearing condia, a fungal spore
COPR- excrement coprolite – petrified feces
COR(E)- pupil of the eye cornea, corediastasis – dilation of the pupil
CORM- trunk of a tree or body schistocormus – a monster having a cleft thorax
CRA- to mix crater, hematodyscrasia – diseased state of the blood
CRANI- cranium amphicrania – headache affecting both sides of head
CRI- to separate, to distinguish CRIN- to secrete critic, hypocrite, endocrine – secreting internally
CROT- pulse beat anacrotism – the condition in which two or more notches occur on the ascending limb of the pulse curve
CRY- CRYM- cold, ice crystal
CRYPT- hidden
CYAN- blue cyan, cyanide, cyanochrous – having a blue skin
CYCL- circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye cycle, cyclone, acryclia – state of arrested circulation of body fluids
CYE- to be pregnant cyophoria – pregnancy, gestation
CYN- dog cynic, cynopodous – with nonretractile claws
CYST- bladder, cyst, sac polycystic – containing many cysts
CYT- cell cytosome
DACRY- tear dacryocystitis – inflammation of the lacrimal sac
DACTYLE- finger, toe
DE- to bind DESM- ligament adesmy – a break or a division in an organ
DEC(A)- ten decathlon, decapod – having ten legs
DEM- people, country democracy, epidemic
DENDR- tree zoodendrium – a treelike branched stalk of certain colonial infusorians
DERM- DERMAT- skin dermatologist
DEUT- DEUTER- second deuterogenesis – second phase of embryonic development
DI- twice, double dilemma, dibranchiate – having two gills
DICH- in two dichoptic – having the borders of the compound eye separate
DIDYM- twin, testicle didymospore – a two-celled spore
DIPS- thirst adipsia – absence of thirst
DOCH- to take or receive sialodochoplasty – plastic surgery of a salivary gland duct
DOLICH- long dolichorrhine – having a long nose
DREPAN- sickle drepanocyte – a crescent shaped cell
DROM- running, course syndrome
DYNAM- DYN- power dynasty, dyno
EC- OEC- OEK- OIK- OIC- house economy, ecology, zooecium – a chamber or sac enclosing a polyzoan nutritive zooid
ECH- echo, repetition echolalia – the meaningless repetition of words spoken by others
EDE- to swell edema – excessive accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces
EME- to vomit hyperemesis – excessive vomiting
ENNE(A)- nine ennead – a group of nine
ENTER- intestine anenterous – having no alimentary tract
EO(S)- dawn or early age, rosy Eolithic – relating to earliest period of the Stone Age
ER- EROT- love zooerastia – sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
ERG- work energy, allergy
ERYTHR- red photerythrous – sensitivity to the red end of the spectrum
ESTHER- AESTHE- ESTHE- to feel, to perceive aesthetics
EURY(S)- wide euryphagous – subsisting on a wide variety of foods
GALACT- GALA- milk galaxy, galactose, galactorrhea – excessive flow of milk
GAM- marriage, union monogamy
GANGLI- mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling gangliocyte – a ganglion cell outside the central nervous system
GATR- GASTER- stomach, belly of a muscle gastronomic
GE- earth geography
GEN(E)- GON- to be produced, to produce GON- seed genesis, hydrogen, genocide, gonad – sexual gland
GENY- jaw, cheek GENI- chin genyplasty – surgical reconstruction of the jaw
GER- GERONT- old person, old age gerodontia – dentistry for the aged
GEU- to taste dysgeusia – perversion of the sense of taste
GLAUC- silver, gray-green glaucophane – blue, bluish black, grayish silicate of sodium
GLI- glue angiogliomatosis – a glioma rich in blood vessels
GLOSS- GLOT(T)- tongue, language glossary
GLYC- sugar GLYCOS- sugar, glucose glycogen
GNATH- jaw
GNO- to know diagnosis
GON(I)- angle trigonometry, pentagon, hexagon, trigonid – triangle of cusps of the lower molar teeth
GON(Y)- GONAT- knee gonalgia – pain in the knew joint
GRAPH- to write -GRAM thing written graph, biography, paragraph, cardiogram
GYMN- naked, uncovered gymnasium
GYN(E)- GYNEC- GYNAEC- female ergatogyne – a female ant
GYR- circle, ring gyroidal – spiral in arrangement
HAL- salt halite – rock salt
HAPL- single haploid – having the number of chromosomes characteristic of mature germ cells for the organism in question
HECT- hundred hectare, hectogram – one hundred grams
HELI- sun helium, heliocentric, heliopsis – a flower resembling the sunflower
HELIC- HELIX spiral helicopter, helix
HELMINTH- worm helminthoma – a tumor caused by the presence of a parasitic worm
HEM- HEMAT- HAEM- HAEMAT- blood haematobic – living in blood
HEMI- half hemisphere, hemibranch – a gill having filaments on one side only
HEPAT- HEPAR- liver hepatitis
HEPT(A)- seven heptagynous – having seven pistils
HETER- other, different heterogeneous
HEX(A)- six hexagon, hexagynous – having six pistils
HIDRO(S)- sweat chromhidrosis – a rare condition in which the sweat is colored
HIPP- horse hippopotamus, Hippidion – genus of extinct Pleistocene horses
HIST- HISTI- tissue histozoic – living on or within the tissues
HOD- OD- road, way method, cathode
HOL- whole, entire holocaust, hologynic – sex linked characteristics transmitting directly from female to female
HOM- HOME- same, similar homosexual, homochromous – of one color
HYAL- glass, vitreous body of the eye hyalinosis – hyaline degeneration
HYDR- water, fluid hydrant, hydrogen
HYGR- moisture hygroscopic – readily absorbing moisture
HYPN- sleep hypnosis, hypnotherapy – treatment of disease by hypnosis
HYSTER- uterus, hysteria hysterotomy – incision of the uterus
IATR- physician, medical treatment psychiatry
ICHTHY- fish ichthyotoxismus – food poisoning from fish
IDE- idea, mental image idea, ideophobia – morbid fear of ideas
IDI- one’s own, peculiar, distinct idiot, idiom, ideology, idiotype – individual genotype
IN- fiber, muscle inosemia – excess of fibrin in blood
IRID- IRIS- iris, rainbow
IS- equal, same isozoic – inhabited by similar forms of animal life
ISCH- to suppress ischuria – retention or suppression of the urine
ISCHI- hip ischiodidymus – conjoined twins united at the hip
KARY- CARY- nucleus, nut caryoclastic – agent which splits the cell nucleus
KERAT- CERAT- KER- CER- horn, horny tissue, cornea rhinoceros, brachycerous – short horned
KILO- one thousand kilogram – one thousand grams
KINE- CINE- to move cinema, kinetic
KYM- CYM- wave cymotrichous – having wavy hair
LAL- to talk bradylalia – flowness of utterance
LARYNG- larynx laryngopathy – any disease of the larynx
LECITH- yolk centrolecithal – with yolk aggregated in the center
LEI- smooth leiodermatous – smooth-skinned
LEMM(A)- sheath, husk neurolemma – delicate elastic membrane outside medullary sheath of nerve fiber
LEP- to seize nympholepsy – ecstacy of an erotic type
LEPID- scale lepidosteoid – a ganoid scale lacking cosmine
LEPT- thin, delicate leptocyte – a thin erythrocyte of decreased volume
LEUK- LEUC- white leukotrichia – whiteness of the hair
LEX- to read dyslexia
LIP- fat liposuction
LITH- -LITE stone monolithic, lithium, lithophyll – a fossil leaf
LOG- word, speech, reason analogy, dyslogia – difficulty in expression of ideas by speech
LOPH- crest, ridge tuft LOPHI- small crest, lophion dilophous – atetractinal spicule with two rays forked like a crest
LY- to loosen, to dissolve, to break up lysine – a cell-dissolving substance
LYMPH- water, lymph cytolymph – the fluid part of protoplasm
MACR- large, long acromacria – spider fingers
MALAC- soft malacology – study of mulluscs
MAST- MAZ- breast acromastitis – inflammation of a nipple
MASTIG- MASTIX- whip, flagellum Mastigophora – a class of flagellated protozoa
MEGA- MEGAL- large, one million megabyte, megaphone, megaphyllous – having relatively large leaves
MEL- limb symmelia – coalescence of the lower extremities
MELAN- black, dark melancholy
MEN- moon, menstruation meniscectomy
MENING- membrane meningosis – union of bones by membranes
MER- part eumerism – an aggregation of like parts
MES- middle mesocarp – middle layer of the pericarp
METR- uterus metremia – congestion of the uterus
MICR- small, one millionth micro, microscope, micromelia – abnormal smallness of the limbs
MIS- hate misanthropy – hatred or distrust of mankind
MIT- thread mitosis – indirect or karyokinetic cell division
MNE- to remember amnesia
MOGI- difficult mogilalia – difficulty in speech
MON- single, one monorail, monochromic – occurring or originating only once
MORPH- form metamorphosis
MY- MYS- MYOS- muscle myochrome – any muscle pigment
MYC- MYCET- fungus neomycin – antibiotic produced by a soil actinomycete
MYEL- spinal cord, marrow myeloblastoma – a tumor composed of precursors of bone marrow cells
MYI- fly myiasis – disease caused by the invasion of the larvae of flies
MYX- mucus, slime myxopodium – a slimy pseudopodium
NARC- stupor narcohypnosis – a state of deep sleep produced by hypnosis
NE- new, new and different form of neon, neo
NECR- corpse, dead tissue necromancer
NEM- NEMAT- thread chromonema – a fine chromatin thread which constitutes the prophase chromosome
NEPHR- kidney nephrotome – section of embryo which kinder structures develop
NEUR- nerve, nervous system, tendon neurotomy – the division of a nerve
NOS- disease nosologic – pertaining to the science of classification of diseases
NOT- the back stenonotal – with a very small thorax
NYCT- night nyctophonia – hysterical loss of voice during the day in one who is capable of speaking at night
OCT(A)- eight octopus, octode – a vacuum tube with eight electrodes
ODONT- tooth orthodontist
ODYN- pain anodyne, odynophobia – morbid dread of pain
OLIG- few, scanty oligarchy
OM- shoulder omitis – obsolete word for the inflammation of the shoulder
OMPHAL- naval omphalion – center of the umbilicus
ONC- -ONCUS tumor, swelling adenoncus – an enlargement or tumor of a gland
ONT- being, individual meront – a uninucleate schizont stage
ONYCH- finger or toenail, claw acronychous – having claws, nails and hoofs
ONYM- name anonymous, synonym, hyponym – a generic name not based on a type of species
OO- egg oozoid – any individual which develops from an egg
OP- OPT- eye, to see PROSOP- face autopsy, optic, myopia
OPHTHALM- eye megalophthalmus – excessive largeness of the eye
OPISTH- behind opisthodont – having back teeth only
ORCHI(I)- ORCHID- testicle orchid, cryptorchism – failure of the testes to descend
ORNIS- ORNITH- bird archaeornis – extinct birds
ORTH- straight, correct orthodox
OSM- smell anosmia – absence of the sense of smell
OST(E)- bone osteoporosis
OT- ear diotic – pertaining to both ears
OXY- OX- sharp, acid, oxygen oxydactyle – having slender, tapering digits
PACHY- thick pachyderm, pachycladous – thick branched
PALE- PALAE- old, ancient paleontology, paleoanthropus – a hominid more primitive than homosapiens
PALI(N)- again, back palirrhea – recurrence of mucus discharge
PAN- PANT- all, complete panacea, pangamic – indiscriminate mating
PATH- disease, suffering, feeling sympathy, pathetic, idiopathic
PED- PAED- child pediatrician
PEN- deficiency, want pancytopenia – reduction of all three formed elements of blood
PENT(A)- five pentagon, pentactinic – five rayed
PEP(S)- PEPT- to digest pepsid ac, pepto bismol
PETR- rock petrify, petrophilous – attached to or living on rocks
PEX- to fasten PAG- united craniopagus – conjoined twins united by their heads
PHA- PHAN- to appear, to show epiphany
PHA- to speak PHEM- voice aphemia – an inability to articulate works or sentences due to central lesion
PHAG- to eat esophagus
PHIL- to love, have an affinity for Philadelphia
PHLEB- vein phlebismus – undue prominence or swelling of a vein
PHON- sound, voice telephone, dysphonia – an impaiment of voice
PHOR- PHER- to bear, to go phosphorous, metaphor
PHOT- light photo, photopsia – sparks or flashes of light manifested in certain pathological conditions of the optic nerve or brain
PHRA- to speak phrase, paraphrase, aphrasia – loss of power to utter connected phrases
PHRAG- to block up, to wall in diaphragm, metaphragma – an internal metathoracic septum in insects
PHREN- mind, diaphragm hypophrenia – feeblemindedness
PHTHI- to waste away phthisiogyne – pupal female ant parasitized by an Orasema larva
PHY- to grow physics, physical, apophysis – a process, outgrowth or projection of some part or organ
PHYC- seaweed, algae Drepanophycus – genus of fossil plants
PHYL- race, class monophyletic – derived from a single common parent form
PHYLAC(T)- to guard, to protect exophylaxis – protection afforded against pathogenic organisms by skin secretions
PHYLL- leaf chlorophyll
PHYT- plant, growth autophyte – a self-nourished plant
PLAN- wandering planet, planoblast – a free-swimming hydroid individual
PLAS(T)- to form, to mold plastic, plaster, chloroplast
PLASY(S)- broad, flat platysma – a subcutaneous muscle in the neck
PLEUR- side, rib, pleura anisopleural – bilaterally asymmetrical
PLEX- stroke PLEG- paralysis paraplegia
-PLO folded, fold diploma, polyploidy – with a reduplication of chromosome number
PNE(A)- PNEUST- breathing holopneustic – with all spiracles open for respiration
PNEUM- PNEUMAT- air, gas pneumonia, pneumatocele – a sac or tumor containing gas
PNEUMON- PHEUM- lung pneumonia, pneumolith – a calculus or concretion occurring in a lung
POD- PUS- foot tripod, octopus
POIE- to make onomatopoeia, hidropoiesis – formation of sweat
POIKIL- varied, irregular, mottled poikilocyte – a large red blood cell of irregular shape
POLI- gray polioplasm – granular cytoplasm
POLY- many, much polygon
POR- passage, pore blastopore – channel leading into archenteron of gastrula
PORPHYR- purple porphyrin – a heterocyclic ring derived from porphin
PRESBY- old Presbyterian, presbycusis – progressive hearing loss occurring with age
PROCT- anus, rectum proctology
PROT- first, original, primitive prototype, proton, protoplasm – living cell substance
PSEUD- false pseudocode
PSYCH- mind, soul psychopathic
PTER- PTERYG(I)- wing, fin helicopter, hyalopterous – having transparent wings
PTO- to fall symptom, proptosis – falling downward
PTY- to spi PTYAL- saliva ptyalin – diastatic enzyme found in saliva
PY- pus pyorrhea – a purulent discharge
PYCN- PYKN- thick, frequent pycnopodia – a genus of starfishes including the twenty rayed stars
PYEL- pelvis, especially of the kidney pyelostomy – incision of the renal pelvis
PYG- buttocks pygidium – the terminal abdominal segment of a beetle
PYL(E)- gate, entrance apopyle – exhalant pore of a sponge
PYR- PYRET- fire, fever PYREX- fever pyrotoxin – a toxic agent generated in the course of the febrile processes
RHABD- rod rhabdomyoma – tumor of striated muscle
RHACH(I)- RACH(I)- -RRHACH- the spine rachiocampsis – curvature of the spine
RHAPH- -RRHAPH- to sew, to suture dysrhaphism – defective raphe formation
RHE- -RRH to slow, current rheophore – an electrode
RHIN- -RRHIN- nose rhinoceros
RHIZ- -RRHIZ- root rhizome – a thick horizontal stem running partly along and partly under ground
-RRHAG- excessive discharge, usually of blood enterorrhagia – intestinal hemorrhage
SALPING- tube, Eustachian or fallopian tube salpingocyesis – tubal pregnancy
SAPR- rotten saprozoic – living on decaying or dead organic matter
SARC- flesh sarcobiont – living on flesh
SAUR- lizard saurian – resembling a lizard
SCHIZ- SCHIS(T)- to split schism, schist – division along parallel planes
SCLER- hard otosclerosis – laying down of new bone around the oral window
SCOP- to view scope, endoscope – instrument used to examine an internal body
SEP- to rot, to putrify antiseptic – preventing sepsis or poisoning by destruction of exclusion of microoraganisms from body tissue
SIAL- saliva glycosialia – presence of glucose in saliva
SIT- foot sitotropism – tendency to turn in direction of food
SOM- SOMAT- body somesthesia – sensibility to bodily sensations
SPA- to draw, to jerk spasmophemia – obsolete term for stuttering
SPERM(A)- SPERMAT- seed, semen spermatozoon – a male reproductive cell
SPHEN- wedge sphenoid – a basal compound skull bone of some vertebrates
SPHYGM- pulse sphygmogram – the tracing made by the sphygmograph
SPIR- coil spiral, spiraster – a spiral and ragged sponge spiracle
SPLANCHN- entrails, viscera somaticosplanchnic – relating to the body and viscera
SPLEN- spleen gastrosplenic – relating to the stomach and the spleen
SPONDYL- vertebra polyspondyly – condition of having multiple vertebral parts
SPOR- seed, spore acrospore – spore on end of sporophore
STA- to stand, to stop, to fix, to regulate static, thermostat
STAPHYL- bunch of grapes, uvula staphylococcus – nonmotile, gram positive, spherical bacteria sometimes occurring in clusters
STEAR- STEAT- fat, tallow asteatosis – absence of sebaceous secretion
STEN- narrow stenocardia – obsolete term for angina pectoris
STERE- solid, three-dimensional stereotype, stereo, stereoplasm – more solid part of protoplasm
STERN- chest, breastbone eusternum – a sternal sclerite of insects
STETH- chest microstethophone – a stethoscope which amplifies the sounds heard
STHEN- strength anisosthenic – not of equal power
STIG- pricking, mark, point osteostixis – surgical puncturing of a bone
STOL- STAL- STLE- tosend, to contract systole – contraction of heart
STOM- STOMAT- mouth, opening stomach, microstome – small opening
STREPT- STROPH- turned, twisted apostrophe, phlebostrepsis – the twisting of a vein
STYL- pillar styloid – processes of the temporal bone
SYRING- SYRINX- pipe, tube syringadenoma – a sweat-gland tumor
TA- to stretch myotasis – muscular tension or toxicity
TAC- TAX- to arrange, to put in order tactics, syntax
TACH(Y)- swift tachyphagia – rapid-eating
TARS- instep, edge of the eye tarsoptosia – flat foot
TEL(E)- completion, end, purpose atelosis – dwarfism
TELE- afar, operating at a distance telegraph, telephone, telescope, teleopsia – a disorder in a visual perception of space
TETR(A)- four tetracheirus – having four hands
THALL- young shoot merithallus – a stem unit
THANAT- death thanatophobia – a morbid fear of death
THE- to put, to place thesis, hypothesis, parenthesis
THEC(A)- case, sheath podotheca – a foot-covering
THEL- nipple mesothelium – tissue lining body cavities
THERM- heat hypothermia
THI- sulfur thiogenic – applies to sulfur producing bacteria
THORAC- chest, thorax thoracocrytosis – excessive curvature of the thorax
THROMB- clot thrombocyte – blood platelet
THYM- mind, emotions euthymia – joyful but tranquil mood
TOC- TOK- childbirth oligotocous – bearing few young
TOM- to cut, section enTOM- insect anatomy
TON- stretching, tension tonic, isotonic – of equal tension
TOP- place topography
TOX- poison toxin, cytotoxin – a cell poisoning substance found in blood serum
TRACHEL- neck trachelagra – rheumatic or gouty pain in the neck
TRE(T)- to bore, to perforate atertostomia – inperforation of the mouth
TRI- three tricycle, tricoccus – a three carpel fruit
TRIB- TRIP- to rub, to crush osteotribe – a bone rasp
TRICH- THRIX- hair schizotrachia – splitting of the hair
TROCH- wheel, disk telotroch – pre-anal tuft of cilia of trochosphere
TROP- TREP- to turn, response to stimulus tropic
TROPH- nourishment, development autotroph
UR- tail urosthenic – having tail strongly developed for propulsion
UR- URE- urine, urinary system, to urinate ureter
XANTH- yellow xanthopsin – yellow pigment in an insect eye
XEN- host, stranger, foreigner xenophobia, monoxenous – confined to a single species of hosts
XER- dry xeric – characterized by a scanty supply of moisture
XYL- wood xylophone, melanoxylon – black wood
ZO- animal, living being zoology, zodiac
ZYG- yoke azygomelous – having unpaired appendages
ZYM- ferment, enzyme zymosis – fermentation
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