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APPENDIX B
Word Prefix, Root, Suffix
chrom/o
-cidal
cili/o
coagul/o
coni/o
constricto/o
-continence
coron/o
corpor/o
crin/o
-crine
-crit
cry/o
crypt/o
cutane/o
cyst/o
cyt/o
dacry/o
de-
di-
dia-
diaphor/e
dipl/o
-dipsia
dors/o
duct/o
duoden/o
Definition, Pertaining to
color
to kill
hair
to clot, or condense
dust
narrowing or drawing together
stop
crown
body
to secrete
to secrete
to separate
cold
hidden
epidermis
sac; urinary bladder
cell
teardrops
removal, lack of
two
through, across
sweating
double
thirst
back
to draw out
pertaining to duodenum
dur/o
outermost membrane of brain
(dura mater)
-dynai
pain
-dynia
pain
dys-
difficult, painful, poor
e- out, outside of, without
-eal
pertaining to
ec-
out
-ectasis
dilation stretching, widening
ecto-
outward
-ectomy
excision, removal
-edema
pooling of fluid
Word Prefix, Root, Suffix
embol/o
-emesis
-emia
enencephal/o
endoenter/o
epi-
-er
erythemat/o
esoesophag/o
-esthesia
estr/o
euexoextra
fasci/o
fibr/o
flex/o
fluor/o
-flux
galact/o
gastr/o
-gen
-genesis
-genic
gingiv/o
gli/o
glomerul/o
gloss/o
gluc/o
glycogen/o
gonad/o
-gram
granul/o
-graph
-graphy
-gravida
Definition, Pertaining to
plug, clog
vomiting
pertaining to blood
inward
brain
within
intestine
above, upon
specialist
red
inward
esophagus
sensation, feeling
female
normal, good
out, outward
out, outside, outward
fascia
fi brous tissue, fi bers
bending
fl uorescent, luminous
fl ow
milk
stomach
producing
beginning, development
produced
pertaining to gums
gluelike
glomeruli of kidneys
tongue
sugar; glucose
storage of sugar
sex glands
recording, writing
contains granules
instrument for recording
process of recording
pregnancy
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