Medical terminology: Animals/Plants/Misc
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- arachn/o
- spider, spider-like
- caud/o
- tail
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cyn/o
L* can/- - dog
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flocc/-
floccul/- - tuft of hair
- formic/-
- ant
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helminth/o
L* verm/-
L* vermin/- - worm
- hipp/o
- horse
- ichthy/o
- fish, scaly
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nemat/o
nem/o - threadlike structure, roundworm
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onych/o
onyx/o
L* ungu/-
L* ungul/- - nail, hoof, claw
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pter/o
pteryg/o
L* pinn/-
L* penn/-
L* al/- - wing, fin, wing-shaped
- rostr/-
- beak, beak-like
- zo/o
- animal, living organism
- acanth/o
- thorn, prickle
- anth/o
- flower
- blast/o
- bud, germ, embryonic cell
- clad/o
- branch
- cortic/o
- bark, outer layer
- phyt/o
- plant, growth
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rhiz/o
L* radic/-
L* radicul/- - root, nerve root
- spor/-
- spore, reproductive cell
- anthrac/o
- coal
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argyr/o
L* argent/- - silver
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chrys/o
L* aur/- - gold
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chalc/o
chalk/o
L* cupr/- - copper
- petr/o
- rock
- plumb/-
- lead
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sider/o
L* ferr/ - iron
- thi/o
- sulphur
- meteor/o
- weather, atmosphere
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nyct/o
L* noct/- - night
- nos/o
- disease
- phot/o
- light
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phylac/o
phylact/o
phylaxi/o - protection
- phyl/o
- tribe, race, group
- psychr/o
- cold
- pyr/o
- heat, fire
- pyret/o
- fever
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sept/o
saept/o - septum (saeptum)
- sthen/o
- strength
- syphil/o
- syphilis
- ton/o
- tone, tension
- tax/o
- order, classifcation, co-ordination
- therm/o
- heat
- trich/o
- hair
- trop/o
- (the act of) turning
- lys/o
- destructive
- -be
- organism, life
- -emesis
- vomiting
- -gnosia, -gnosis
- knowledge, perception
- -som/e
- body
- -taxis, tax/y, tax/ia
- arrangement in response to, classification, co-ordination
- -phyte
- plant
- -nosis
- disease
- anthophobia
- abnormal aversion to flowers
- arachnodactylia
- condition characterized by long, thin fingers; spider fingers
- biotaxia
- arrangement of life
- caudal
- pertaining to the tail
- chronognosis
- perception of time
- chrysotherapy
- treatment by means of gold
- hematemesis
- vomiting of blood
- hypertonic
- pertaining to greater than normal tension
- hyperthermia
- abnormal condition characterized by excessive temperature
- nycturia
- urination during the night
- rhizoid
- root-like
- rostral
- pertaining to the beak
- sthenometer
- device used to measure strength
- tirchosiderin
- substance containing iron found in the hair
- ungual
- pertaining to the nails