Afisas e radises medical
From LFN
Vide ance parolas medical.
Contenida |
Prefisas
| engles | LFN | sinifia en engles | sinifia en LFN |
| a, an | a, an | without or absence of | sin |
| ab | a | from; away from | de (spasial) |
| ad | a | to; toward | a |
| ana | ana | up; again; backward | supra, ance, retro |
| ante | ante | before | ante |
| anti | anti | against | contra |
| apo | apo | upon | a la suprafas |
| bi, bin | bi, bin | two | du |
| brady | bradi | slow | lenta |
| cata | cata | down | su |
| con | con | with, together | con |
| contra | contra | against | contra |
| de | de | from; down from; lack of | de, su; sin |
| dia | dia | thorough; complete | tra; completa |
| dis | des | to undo; free from | des-; libre de |
| dys | dis | difficult; labored; painful; abnormal | nonfasil, laboros, dolos, nonormal |
| ecto | eto | outside; outer | estra |
| endo | endo | within | en |
| epi | epi | on; upon; over | supra |
| eso | eso | inward | en, interna |
| eu | eu | normal; good | normal, bon |
| ex, exo | es, eso | outside; outward | estra, esterna |
| extra | estra | outside of; beyond | estra, traversa |
| hemi | emi | half | di |
| hexa | esa | six | ses |
| hyper | iper | above; excessive | supra; tro |
| hypo | ipo | below; incomplete; deficient | su; noncompleta; mancante |
| in | in | in, into; not | en; no |
| infra | infra | under; below | su |
| inter | inter | between | entre |
| intra | intra | within | en, interna |
| mal | mal | bad | mal |
| meso | meso | middle | media |
| meta | meta | after; beyond; change | pos, traversa; cambia |
| micro | micro | small | poca |
| multi | multi | many | multe |
| neo | neo | new | nova |
| nulli | nuli | none | zero |
| pan | pan | all; total | tota |
| penta | penta | five | sinco |
| para | para | beside; beyond; around | asta; traversa; sirca |
| per | per | through | tra |
| peri | peri | surrounding (outer) | sirca |
| poly | poli | many; much | multe |
| post | pos | after | pos |
| pre | pre | before; in front of | ante |
| pro | pro | before, in agreement with | ante; acorda con |
| re | re | back, again | retro, ancora |
| retro | retro | back; behind | retro, ante |
| semi | semi | half | media |
| sub | su | under; below | su |
| super, supra | super | over; above | supra |
| sym, syn | sim, sin | together; joined | con |
| tachy | taci | fast; rapid | rapida |
| tetra | tetra | four | cuatro |
| trans | trans | through; across; beyond | tra, traversa |
| tri | tri | three | tre |
| ultra | ultra | beyond; excess | traversa, tro |
| uni | uni | one | un |
Sufisas
| engles | LFN | sinifia en engles | sinifia en LFN |
| ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ial | al | pertaining to | pertinente a |
| ic | ica | belonging to | de, propria de |
| ous | os | full of | plen de |
| agra | agra | excessive pain | tro dole |
| algia | aljia | pain | dole |
| apheresis | aferese | removal | sutrae |
| ase | ase | enzyme | enzime |
| asthenia | astenia | weakness | debilia |
| atresia | atresia | absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure | asentia de un abri normal de la corpo; clui |
| capnia | capnia | carbon dioxide | carbon dioxide |
| cele | sele | hernia; protrusion | protende |
| centesis | sentese | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid | un perfora sirurjial per estrae licuide |
| cidal | sidal | killing | matante |
| clasia, clasis | clasia | break | rompe |
| clast | clase | breaker | rompente |
| clysis | clise | irrigating; washing | irigante, lavante |
| coccus (pl. cocci) | coco | berryshaped (a form of bacterium) | forma de un baca (un forma de baterio) |
| crine | crine | separate; secrete | seperada, escreta |
| crit | crite | to separate | sepera |
| cyte | site | cell | selula |
| desis | dese | surgical fixation; fusion | fisa sirurjial, fusa |
| drome | drom | run; running | core, corente |
| ectasis | etase | stretching out; dilatation; expansion | streti, dilata, crese |
| ectomy | etomia | excision or surgical removal | estrae sirurjial |
| ectopia | etopia | displacement | desloca |
| emesis | emese | vomiting | vomita |
| emia | emia | blood condition | un state de la sangue |
| er | or | one who | un ci |
| esis, iasis | ese, iase | condition | state medical |
| gen | jen | substance or agent that produces or causes | materia ce produi o causa |
| genesis | jenese | origin; cause | orijin, causa |
| genic | jenica | producing; originating; causing | produinte, veninte de, causante |
| gram | gram | record; x-ray film | enscrive, recorda, filma de x-raio |
| graph | graf | instrument used to record | strumento per enscrive |
| graphy | grafia | process of recording; xray filming | prosede de enscrive, filma de x-raio |
| ia | ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state | state de maladia, state nonormal |
| iatry | iatria | physician; treatment | dotor medical, trata |
| ician | iste | one who | un ci |
| ictal | ital | seizure; attack | ataca |
| ism | isme | state of | state de |
| itis | ite | inflammation | inflama |
| lepsy | lepsia | seizure | ataca |
| lysis | lise | loosening; dissolution; separating | laxi, disolve, sepera |
| lytic | litica | destroy; reduce | destrui, redui |
| malacia | malasia | softening | molinte |
| mania | mania | madness; insane desire | dementia, desira demential |
| megaly | megalia | enlargement | grandi |
| meter | meter | instrument used to measure | strumento per mesura |
| metry | metria | measurement | mesura |
| morph | morfe | form; shape | forma |
| odia | odia | smell | ole, odor |
| odynia | odinia | pain | dole |
| oid | oide | resembling | sembla |
| ologist | olojiste | one who studies and practices (specialist) | un ci studia e pratica (spesialiste) |
| ology | olojia | study of | studia de |
| oma | oma | tumor; swelling | tumor, infla |
| opia | opia | vision (condition) | vide (state) |
| opsy | opsia | to view | vider |
| oorhagia | orajia | rapid flow of blood | flue rapida de sangue |
| orrhaphy | orafia | suturing; repairing | sutura, repara |
| orrhea | orea | flow; excessive discharge | flue, tro multe descarga |
| orrhexis | orexe | rupture | rompe, ernia |
| osis | ose | abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) | state nonormal (sinifia aumenta cuando usada con radises per celula de sangue) |
| ostomy | ostomia | creation of an artificial opening | crea de un abri artifisial |
| otomy | otomia | cut into or incision | corti en |
| oxia | oxia | oxygen | osijen |
| paresis | parese | slight paralysis | paralise partal |
| pathy | patia | disease | maladia |
| penia | penia | abnormal reduction in number | redui nonormal en cuantia |
| pepsia | pepsia | digestion | dijeri |
| pexy | pexia | surgical fixation; suspension | fisa sirurjial, suspende |
| phagia | fajia | eating; swallowing | come, engoli |
| philia, phily | filia | love | ama |
| phobia | fobia | abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things | teme o desgusta nonormal per cosas spesifada |
| phonia | fonia | sound or voice | sona o vos |
| phoria | foria | feeling | senti, emosia |
| physis | fise | growth | crese |
| plasia | plasia | formation; development; a growth | forma, developa, un crese |
| plasm | plasme | growth; substance; formation | crese, materia, forma |
| plasty | plastia | plastic or surgical repair | repara plastical o sirurjial |
| plegia | plejia | paralysis | paralise |
| pnea | pnea | breathing | respira |
| poiesis | poese | formation | forma |
| porosis | porose | passage | coredor |
| prandial | prandial | meal | un come |
| praxia | praxia | in front of; before | ante |
| ptosis | tose | dropping; sagging; prolapse | cade, pende, prolaso |
| ptysis | tise | spitting | sputa |
| salpinx | salpinxe | fallopian tube | trompa de utero |
| sarcoma | sarcoma | malignant tumor | tumor canseros |
| schisis | scise | split; fissure | fende, fesur |
| sclerosis | sclerose | hardening | durinte |
| scope | scopio | instrument used for visual examination | strumento per esamina vidal |
| scopy, scopic | scopia, scopial | visual examination | esamina vidal |
| sepsis | sepse | infection | infeta |
| sis | se | state of | state de |
| spasm | spasmo | sudden involuntary muscle contraction | contrata subita de un musculo, nonvolante |
| stasis | stase | control; stop | controla, para |
| stalsis | stalse | contraction | contrata |
| stenosis | stenose | constriction; narrowing | magri, diminuinte |
| thorax | torax | chest | torax, peto |
| tocia | tosia | birth; labor | nase, labora |
| tome | tomio | instrument used to cut | strumento per corti |
| tripsy | tripsia | surgical crushing | crase sirurjial |
| trophy | trofia | nourishment | nuri |
| ule | ula | little | poca |
| uria | uria | urine; urination | urina |
Radises
| engles | LFN | sinifia en engles | sinifia en LFN |
| abdomin | adomen | abdomen | adomen |
| acanth | acant | thorny, spiny | spinos |
| acetabul | asetabul | acetabulum (hip socket) | caveta de anca |
| acou | acu | hearing | la oi |
| acr | acr | extremities; height | estremias; altia |
| actin | atin | ray; radius | raio |
| adenoid | adenoid | adenoids | adenoides |
| aden | aden | gland | glande |
| adrenal, adren | adrenal, adren | adrenal gland | glande suprarenal |
| aer | air | air; gas | aira, gas |
| albumin | albumin | albumin | albumina |
| algesi | aljesi | pain | dole |
| alveol | alveol | alveolus | alveol |
| ambly | ambli | dull; dim | oscur |
| amni, amnion | amni, amnion | amnion | amnion |
| amyl | amil | starch, amyl | amidon, amil |
| andr | andr | male | om |
| angi | anji | vessel | vaso |
| anis | anis | unequal; dissimilar | nonegal, nonsimile |
| ankyl | ancil | crooked; stiff; bent | curvada, rijida |
| antr | antr | antrum | antro, caveta en oso o otra partes |
| an | an | anus | ano |
| aort | aort | aorta | aorta |
| aponeur | aponeur | aponeurosis | aponeurose |
| appendic | apendis | appendix | apendis |
| arche | arce | first; beginning | prima, la comensa |
| arteri | arteri | artery | arteria |
| arteriol | arteriol | arteriole (small artery) | arterieta |
| arthr, articul | artr, articul | joint | junta (anatomial) |
| atel | atel | imperfect; incomplete | nonperfeta, noncompleta |
| ather | ater | yellowish; fatty plaque | jalin, placa grasos |
| atri | atri | atrium | atrio |
| aur | aur | ear | oro |
| aut | aut | self | se mesma |
| axill | axil | armpit | axila |
| azot | azot | urea; nitrogen | urea, nitrojen |
| bacteri | bateri | bacteria | bateria |
| balan | balan | glans penis | glande de penis |
| bi | bi | life | viva |
| bil | bil | bile | bile |
| blast | blast | developing cell | selula developante |
| blephar | blefar | eyelid | palpebra |
| brachi | braci | arm | braso |
| bronch | bronc | bronchus | bronco |
| bronchiol | bronciol | bronchiole | branciol |
| bucc | buc | cheek | jena |
| burs | burs | bursa (cavity) | bursa (caveta) |
| calc | calc | calcium | calsio |
| cancer, carcin | canser, carsin | cancer | cancar |
| cardi | cardi | heart | cor |
| carp | carp | carpals (wrist bones) | carpos (osos de la polso) |
| caud | caud | tail; toward the lower part of the body | coda; a la partes plu basa de la corpo |
| cec | sec | cecum | seco |
| celi | seli | abdomen (abdominal cavity) | adomen (caveta adomenal) |
| cephal | sefal | head | testa |
| cerebell | serebel | cerebellum | serebreta |
| cerebr | serebr | cerebrum, brain | serebro |
| cerumin | serumin | cerumen (earwax) | serumen (sira de orea) |
| cervic | servic | cervix | colo de utero |
| cheil | cel | lip | labio |
| chir | cir | hand | mano |
| cholangi | colangi | bile duct | duto de bile |
| chol | col | gall; bile | bile |
| choledoch | coledoc | common bile duct | duto comun de bile |
| chondr | condr | cartilage | cartilaje |
| chori | cori | chorion, outer fetal membrane | corion, membrana fetal esterna |
| chrom | crom | color | color |
| clavic, clavicul | clavic, clavicul | clavicle (collarbone) | clavicula (oso de colar) |
| col | col | colon | colon |
| colp | colp | vagina | vajina |
| coni | coni | dust | polvo |
| conjunctiv | conjuntiv | conjunctiva | conjutiva |
| cor, core | cor, core | pupil | pupil |
| corne | corne | cornea | cornea |
| coron | coron | heart | cor |
| cortic | cortic | cortex (outer layer of body organ) | cortex (la parte plu esterna de un organo de la corpo) |
| cost | cost | rib | costela |
| crani | crani | cranium (skull) | cranio |
| cry | cri | cold | fria |
| crypt | crit | hidden | ascondeda |
| cutane | cutane | skin | pel |
| cyan | sian | blue | azul |
| cyes | sies | pregnancy | ensintia |
| cyst | sist | bladder; sac | vesica, saco |
| cyt | sit | cell | selula |
| dacry | dacri | tear, tear duct | larma, duto de larma |
| dactyl | datil | finger or toe | dito |
| dent | dent | tooth | dente |
| derm, dermat | derm, dermat | skin | pel |
| dextr | destr | right | destra |
| diaphor | diafor | sweat | sua |
| diaphragmat | diaframat | diaphragm | diaframa |
| dipl | dipl | two; double | du, duple |
| dips | dips | thirst | setia |
| disk | disc | intervertebral disk | disco intervertebral |
| diverticul | diverticul | diverticulum | diverticulo |
| dors | dors | back (of the body) | dorso |
| duoden | duoden | duodenum | duodeno |
| dur | dur | hard; dura mater | dur; duramadre |
| dynam | dinam | power or strength | potia o fortia |
| ech | ec | sound | sona |
| ectop | etop | located away from usual place | no en la loca normal |
| electr | eletr | electricity, electrical activity | eletrica, ativia eletrical |
| embry | embri | embryo; to be full | embrio; es plena |
| emmetr | emetr | normal measure | mesura normal |
| encephal | ensefal | brain | serebro |
| endocrin | endocrin | endocrine | endocrina |
| enter | enter | intestine | intestin |
| epididym | epididim | epididymis | epididimo |
| epiglott | epiglot | epiglottis | epiglote |
| episi | episi | vulva | vulva |
| epitheli | epiteli | epithelium | epitelio |
| erythr | eritr | red | roja |
| esophag | esofag | esophagus | esofago |
| esthesi | estesi | sensation, sensitivity, feeling | sensa, sensos, senti |
| eti | eti | cause (of disease) | causa (de un maladia) |
| faci | fasi | face | fas |
| femor | femor | femur (upper leg bone) | femor (oso de gama alta) |
| fet | fet | fetus; unborn child | feto; enfante nonnaseda |
| fibr | fibr | fibrous tissue, fibers | fibre, teseda fibros |
| fibul | fibul | fibula (lower leg) | fibulo (gama basa) |
| gangli, ganglion | gangli, ganglion | ganglion | ganglio |
| gastr | gastr | stomach | stomaco |
| ger, geront | jer, jeront | old age; aged | vea |
| gingiv | jinjiv | gum | jenjiva |
| glomerul | glomerul | glomerulus | glomerulo |
| gloss | glos | tongue | lingua |
| gluc, glyc, glycos | gluc, glic, glicos | sweetness; sugar | dulsia, zucar |
| gnath | gnat | jaw | mandibula |
| gnos | gnos | knowledge | conoose |
| gon | gon | seed | seme |
| gravid | gravid | pregnancy | ensintia |
| gyn, gynec | gin, ginec | woman | fema |
| hem, hemat | em, emat | blood | sangue |
| hepat | epat | liver | figato |
| herni | erni | hernia | ernia |
| heter | eter | other | otra |
| hidr | idr | sweat | sua |
| hist | ist | tissue | teseda |
| hom, home | om, ome | same, unchanging | mesma, noncambiante |
| humer | umer | humerus (upper arm bone) | omero (oso de braso alta) |
| hydr | idr | water | acua |
| hymen | imen | hymen | imen |
| hypn | ipn | sleep | dorma |
| hyster | ister | uterus | utero |
| iatr | iatr | medicine; physician | medica; dotor medical |
| ichthy | iti | fish | pex |
| ile | ile | ileum | ileo |
| ili | ili | ilium | ilio |
| immun | imun | immune | imune |
| iri, irid | iri, irid | iris | iris |
| ischi | isci | ischium | iscio |
| isch | isc | deficiency; blockage | manca; bloca |
| is | is | equal; same | egal, mesma |
| jejun | jejun | jejunum | jejuno |
| kal | cal | potassium | potasio |
| kary | cari | nucleus | nucleo |
| kerat | cerat | horny tissue, hard, cornea | teseda cornos, dur, cornea |
| kin, kinesi | cin, cinesi | movement | move |
| kyph | cif | hump | bulto |
| labi | labi | lip | labia |
| labyrinth | labirint | labyrinth | labirinte |
| lacrim | lacrim | tear, tear duct | larma, duto de larma |
| lact | lat | milk | lete |
| lamin | lamin | lamina (thin, flat plate or layer) | lama (fina plata o strato) |
| lapar | lapar | abdomen | adomen |
| laryng | larinj | larynx | larinje |
| later | later | side | lado |
| lei | le | smooth | lisa |
| leuk | leuc | white | blanca |
| lingu | lingu | tongue | lingua |
| lip | lip | fat | gras |
| lith | lit | stone; calculus | petra, calculo |
| lob | lob | lobe | lobe |
| lord | lord | bent forward | curvada a ante |
| lymph | limf | lymph | limfa |
| macr | macr | abnormal largeness | grandia nonormal |
| mamm | mam | breast | seno |
| mandibul | mandibul | mandible | mandibula |
| mast | mast | breast | seno |
| mastoid | mastoid | mastoid | mastoide |
| maxill | maxil | maxilla | maxila |
| meat | meat | meatus (opening) | meato (un obri) |
| melan | melan | black | negra |
| mening | meninj | meninges | meninjes |
| menisc | menisc | meniscus (crescent) | menisco (cresente) |
| men | men | menstruation | menstrua |
| ment | ment | mind | mente |
| metr | metr | uterus | utero |
| mon | mon | one | un |
| morph | morf | form; shape | forma |
| muc | muc | mucus | muco |
| myc | mic | fungus | fungo |
| myel, myelon | miel, mielon | bone marrow; spinal cord | medula de oso, medula spinal |
| my, myos | mi, mios | muscle | musculo |
| myring | miring | eardrum | timpan de orea |
| narc | narc | stupor | stupor |
| nas | nas | nose | nas |
| nat | nat | birth | nase |
| necr | necr | death (cells; body) | moria (de selulos o corpo) |
| nephr | nefr | kidney | ren |
| neur | neur | nerve | nervo |
| noct, nyct, nyctal | not, nit, nital | night | note |
| ocul | ocul | eye | oio |
| olig | olig | scanty; few | poca |
| omphal | omfal | umbilicus; navel | ombilico |
| onc | onc | tumor | tumor |
| onych | onic | nail | ungia |
| oo | o | egg; ovum | ovo, ovulo |
| oophor | ofor | ovary | ovario |
| ophthalm | oftalm | eye | oio |
| opt | opt | vision | vide |
| orchid | orcid | testis; testicle | |
| orch, orchi | orc, orci | testis; testicle | testis |
| organ | organ | organ | organo |
| or | or | mouth | boca |
| orth | ort | straight | reta |
| oste | oste | bone | oso |
| ot | ot | ear | orea |
| ov | ov | egg | ovo |
| ox | os | oxygen | osijen |
| pachy | paci | thick | spesa |
| palat | palat | palate | palato |
| pancreat | pancreat | pancreas | pancreas |
| papill | papil | nipple | teta |
| parathyroid | paratiroid | parathyroid gland | paratiroide |
| par, part | par, part | bear; give birth to; labor | nase, labora |
| patell | patel | patella (kneecap) | rotula |
| path | pat | disease | maladia |
| pector | petor | chest | peto |
| ped | ped | child; foot | enfante; pede |
| pelv | pelv | pelvis; pelvic bone | pelvis, oso de pelvis |
| perine | perine | perineum | perineo |
| peritone | peritone | peritoneum | peritoneo |
| petr | petr | stone | petra |
| phac, phak | fac | lens of the eye | lente de la oio |
| phag | fag | eat; swallow | come, engoli |
| pharyng | farinj | pharynx | farinje |
| phas | fas | speech | parla |
| phleb | fleb | vein | veno |
| phot | fot | light | lus |
| phren | fren | mind | mente |
| physi | fisi | nature | natur |
| plasm | plasm | plasma | plasma |
| pleur | pleur | pleura | pleura |
| pneum, pneumat, pneumon | pneum, pneumat, pneumon | lung; air | pulmon, aira |
| pod | pod | foot | pede |
| poli | poli | gray matter | materia gris |
| poikil | poicil | varied; irregular | variada, nonregula |
| polyp | polip | polyp; small growth | polipo, crese poca |
| poster | poster | back (of body) | dorso |
| prim | prim | first | prima |
| proct | prot | rectum | reto |
| prostat | prostat | prostate gland | prostata |
| pseud | pseud | fake; false | falsa |
| psych | psic | mind | mente |
| pub | pub | pubis | pubis |
| puerper | purper | childbirth | nasia |
| pulmon | pulmon | lung | pulmon |
| pupill | pupil | pupil | pupil |
| pyel | piel | renal pelvis | pelvis renal |
| pylor | pilor | pylorus (pyloric sphincter) | piloro (sfinter piloral) |
| py | pi | pus | pus |
| pyr | pir | fever; heat | febre, caldia |
| quadr | cuadr | four | cuatro |
| rachi | raci | vertebra; spinal or vertebral column | vertebra, spina dorsal, colon vertebral |
| radic, radicul | radic, radicul | nerve root | radis de nervo |
| radi | radi | radius (lower arm bone) | radio (oso de braso basa) |
| rect | ret | rectum | reto |
| ren | ren | kidney | ren |
| retin | retin | retina | retina |
| rhabd | rad | rodshaped, striated | forma de un bara, raios |
| rhin | rin | nose | nas |
| rhytid | ritid | wrinkles | plieta |
| rhiz | riz | nerve root | radis de nervo |
| salping | salpinj | fallopian (uterine) tube | tubo de utero |
| sarc | sarc | flesh; connective tissue | carne, teseda juntante |
| scapul | scapul | scapula (shoulder bone) | omoplata (oso de spala) |
| scler | scler | sclera | sclera |
| scoli | scoli | crooked, curved | vagante, curvada |
| seb | seb | sebum (oil) | seba (olio) |
| sept | set | septum | divide |
| sial | sial | saliva | saliva |
| sigmoid | sigmoid | sigmoid | sigmoide |
| sinus | sinus | sinus | sino |
| somat | somat | body | corpo |
| somn | somn | sleep | dormi |
| son | son | sound | sona |
| sperm, spermat | sperm, spermat | spermatozoan; sperm | sperma |
| sphygm | sfigm | pulse | pulsa |
| spir | spir | breathe; breathing | respira |
| splen | splen | spleen | spleno |
| spondyl | spondil | vertebra; spinal or vertebral column | vertebra, spina dorsal, colon vertebral |
| staped | staped | stapes (middle ear bone) | stribo |
| staphyl | stafil | grapelike clusters | grupo uvin |
| stern | stern | sternum (breastbone) | sterno (oso de peto) |
| steth | stet | chest | peto |
| stomat | stomat | mouth | boca |
| strept | stret | twisted chains | cadenas torseda |
| synovi | sinovi | synovia; synovial membrane | sinovia, membrano sinovial |
| system | sistem | system | sistem |
| tars | tars | tarsal (instep), tarsals (ankle bones) | tarso, osos de tarso, borda de palpebra |
| ten, tend, tendin | ten, tend, tendin | tendon | tendon |
| test | test | testis; testicle | testis |
| therm | term | heat | caldia |
| thorac | torac | thorax (chest) | peto, torax |
| thromb | tromb | clot | trombo |
| thym | tim | thymus gland | timo |
| thyr, thyroid | tir, tiroid | thyroid gland | glande tiroide |
| tibi | tibi | tibia (lower leg bone) | tibia (oso de gama basa) |
| tom | tom | cut; section | corti, sesion |
| ton | ton | tension, pressure | tensa, presa |
| tonsill | tonsil | tonsil | tonsil |
| top | top | place | loca |
| toxic | tosic | poison | venena |
| trachel | tracel | neck; necklike | col, colin |
| trache | trace | trachea | tracea |
| trich | tric | hair | capel |
| tympan | timpan | eardrum; middle ear | timpan, orea media |
| uln | uln | ulna (lower arm bone) | ulna (oso de braso basa) |
| ungu | ungu | nail | ungia |
| ureter | ureter | ureter | ureter |
| urethr | uretr | urethra | uretra |
| ur, urin | ur, urin | urine; urinary tract | urina, sistem urinal |
| uter | uter | uterus | utero |
| uvul | uvul | uvula | uvula |
| vagin | vajin | vagina | vajina |
| valv, valvul | valv, valvul | valve | valva |
| vas | vas | vessel; duct | vaso, duta |
| ven | ven | vein | vena |
| ventricul | ventricul | ventricle | ventriculo |
| vertebr | vertebr | vertebra; spinal or vertebral column | vertebra, medula spinal, colon vertebral |
| vesic | vesic | bladder; sac | vesica, saco |
| vesicul | vesicul | seminal vesicle | vesica semenal |
| viscer | viser | internal organs | organas interna |
| vulv | vulv | vulva | vulva |
| xanth | xant | yellow | jala |
| xer | xer | dry | seca |
Comentas
List of roots and affixes from the website of Dr. Murray Jensen's Human Anatomy and Physiology class at University of Minnesota, at http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/1135/Worksheets/medterms/default.html
"A medical term must have at least one root, but does not have to have a prefix andr a suffix. An example of this is the term "sternocleidomastoid", which is a muscle that has attachments at the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid. The term sternocleidomastoid can be divided into three parts (three roots, in this case): stern - o - cleid - o - mastoid. Notice that there are vowels between the three roots. These are "linking or combining vowels", which serve to make a term easier to pronounce. The vowel used most of the time is "o", but other vowels such as "i" and "a" are also used. Combining vowels are often used between roots and suffixes or roots and other roots, but they are NOT used between prefixes and roots."
It might be in the best interest of LFN to consistently use o as the linking vowel in all greek technical terms. (i is the linking vowel in technical terms of latin origin.) If the root ends in a vowel, an o is nevertheless added! On the other hand, if the suffix begins with a vowel, o is not added. Note that a root without a suffix also needs a vowel, usually o.

