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gynecologist
(n) bac si phu khoa

gyn-, gyneco-: woman
gregarious
(adj) song thanh bay, thich giao du

greg: flock, herd. Eg. aggregate (tap hop)
effusive
(adj) dat dao, phun trao; pouring out

e-: out, away from. Eg. eviscerate
fus: pour. Eg. diffuse
fugitive
(adj) chay tron, lanh nan

fuge: flee. Eg. refugee
fratricide
(n) killing brother

frat: brother. Eg. fraternal
fractious
(adj) tending to break rules

frac, frag: break. Eg. fragile, fracture
fortitude
(n) su ngoan cuong

fort-: strong. Eg. fortress
foretell
(v) bao truoc, canh bao

fore-: before. Eg. forefather
forswear
(v) the bo, the chua; the doi, ko giu loi

for-: away. Eg. forbid, forfeit, forsake
pathogenesis
(n) origin of disease

path: disease, feelings
genesis: origin, producing. Eg. genesis
finale
(n) phan ket thuc

fin: end, limit. Eg. finish, confine, finite
infidelity
(n) su ko theo dao, boi tin

fidel, fid: trust. Eg. confident
exophthalmus
(n) eyes out; chung mac loi

exo-: outside, on the outside
eupeptic
(adj) tieu hoa tot

eu-: well, good. Eg. euphoria, eulogize, euphemism
abdicate
(v) renounce

dict: say. Eg. dictation, verdict
dentures
(n) rang ham gia

dent: tooth
dynamo
(n) may phat dien

dynam: power, strength. Eg. dynamite, dynamic
eviscerate
(v) take out viscera

viscer: internal organ
e-, ex-: out, away
epidemic
(adj) on people; benh dich

epi-: on.
dem: people. Eg. demography, demagogue
debenture
(n) bond; giay ghi no

deb, debit: owe. Eg. debt
excursion
(n) cuoc di choi, tham quan

curs, curr: run. Eg. cursor, precursor, cursory
sinecure
(n) position with no responsibility; dia vi ngoi mat an bat vang

cur: care. Eg. curator, secure
cataract
(n) thac nuoc lon, benh duc nhan mat

cata-: down. Eg. catabolism, catastrophe
incognito
(adj) giau ten, ko lo tung tich

cognit: know, recognize. Eg. agnostic, congition
clamorous
(adj) crying out; ho het, lam am y

clam: cry out. Eg. declamation, acclamation
contralateral
(adj) opposite side

contra, contro: opposite. Eg. controversy
corpulent
(adj) having fleshy body

corp: body. Eg. corporeal, corporation, corpse
decadent
(adj) falling; sa sut, dieu tan

cad, cas: fall. Eg. cascade, cadence
cadence
(n) nhip, phach; nhip buoc chan

cad, cas: fall. Eg. cascade, decadent
bytrade
(n) nghe phu

by-: secondary. Eg. byproduct, byway
breviloquent
(adj) brief in speech

breve: short. Eg. brevity, abbreviate
loqu: talk
autodidact
(n) self teaching

auto, aut: self. Eg. autism
autolysis
(n) self breakdown

auto, aut: self. Eg. autism, autonomy
lysis: break. Eg. analysis
aural
(adj) thuoc ve tai, nghe bang tai

aur-: hear. Eg. audition, audience
aurist
(n) bac si khoa tai

aur-, auri-, audi-: hear. Eg. audition, audience
demagogue
(n) false leader of people

dema, demo: people
agog: leader. Eg. pedagogue
ante-war
(adj) before war; truoc chien tranh

ante: before
ante-mortem
(adj) before death; truoc khi chet

ante: before
mort: death
enamor
(v) make s/o love; lam cho yeu, phai long.
enamored: phai long

amo, ami: love
ambulant
(adj) walkable (patient), co the di lai duoc; ko o mot cho

ambula: walk. Eg. ambulatory (cung nghia)
amity
(n) tinh huu nghi, quan he than thien

ami, amo: love
amorous
(adj) full of love; si tinh, say dam

ami, amo: love
alto stratus
(n) cloud of high layer

alto-, alti-, alt-: high. Eg. altitude
status: layer
alienate
(v) turn away from another; lam cho xa lanh ai

ali-, all-: another, different. Eg. alias, allergic
agrarian
(adj) thuoc ruong dat, dat trong trot
peregrination
(n) cuoc hanh trinh, du lich

per: through
agri, agr-: farm, field
acrimonious
(adj) caustic (attitude, talk); chua cay, gay gat

acr, acro: sharp, summit. Eg. acrophobia, acerbic
primeval
(adj) first era; nguyen thuy, thai co

prim: first
ev, aev: era, age. Eg. medieval, coeval
aerobe
(n) vi sinh vat ua khi

aero-: air
aerofoil
(n) canh may bay, hinh mat cat canh may bay

aero-: air
abduct
lead away; bat coc, (giai phau) re~ ra

ab-: away from. Eg. abstract
duct: lead
metaphysics
(n) mon truu tuong, mon hoc sieu hinh

meta-: beyond, after, change
matrilineal
(adj) on the mother's side; mau he

matri: mother. Eg. maternal, matriarch
emancipate
(v) let go from hand; giai phong

man: hand. Eg. manipulate, manusript
mammary
(adj) about breast; thuoc vu
mammary gland: tuyen vu

mamm-: breast. Eg. mammal
endometrisis
(n) inflammation inside the womb

endo: inside
metr, metro: womb
-isis: inflammation
narcotic
(adj) gay me, ma tuy

narco: numbness
moribund
(adj) gan chet, hap hoi

mort, mori: death. Eg. mortuary, immortal
lithology
(n) study of stone; thach hoc

litho, lith-: stone
lithiasis
(n) soi than

lith-, litho: stone
elocution
(n) thuat dien thuyet truoc cong chung

loqu, locut: talk. Eg. loquacious
soliloquy
(n) self-talk

loqu, locut: talk. Eg. loquacious
elucidate
(v) lam sang to, giai thich

luc: light, clear. Eg. lucid, translucent
luminiferous
(adj) producing light; toa sang, truyen sang

lumin: light. Eg. illuminate, luminous
-iferous: producing, bearing
ligament
(n) structure binding bone to bone, day chang

liga: bind
libel
(n) (adj) slander (found in little book)

lib, libr: book. Eg. library
leukocyte
(n) white cell, bach cau

leuko-: white. Eg. leukemia
predilection
(n) choosing before

lect, leg, lig: read, choose. Eg. election, eligible, legible
lactogenic
(adj) milk producing

lacto, lact: milk
gen: birth, race
juxtapose
(v) put near together; dat canh nhau

juxta-: nearness
pose: put
perjure
perjury
(v) swear through; khai man

per: through
jur: swear. Eg. adjuration, jury
interject
(v) throw into, xen vao (cuoc noi chuyen)

inter-: middle, between
ject, jact: throw. E.g. project, ejaculation
intromit
(v) send into, dua vao, dut

intro-: into. Eg. introduce, introvert
mit: send. Eg. emit, transmit
introspect
(v) look into oneself; tu xem xet noi tam

intro-: into. Eg. introduce, introvert.
spect: look, view
facile
(adj) de dang, de dai, hoi hot, luu loat (noi)

-ile: easily
tensile
de cang, co gia~n

-ile: easily. Eg. docile, ductile, fragile
crystalline
giong pha le, ket tinh

-ine: like. Eg. canine, asinine
feline
catlike, nhu meo; gia doi, tham hiem

-ine: like. Eg. canine, asinine
coralline
do nhu san ho, bang san ho; tao san ho

-ine: like. E.g. canine, asinine
coniferous
producing, bearing qua non; thuoc tung bach

-iferous: bearing, producing
auriferous
bearing gold; co vang

-iferous: bearing, producing
vociferous
producing noise; on ao, to tieng

voc: call
-iferous: producing, bearing
pestiferous
truyen benh, truyen nhiem; gay hai (sau bo)
bearing bug

pest: bug
-iferous: producing, bearing
idiopathic
(adj) benh tu phat

idio-: self, unique
-pathy: disease, feeling
idiomorphic
(adj) having unique form

idio-: unique, self
morph: form
histology
study of tissue

hist-: tissue
herbivore
herbivorous
(n) dong vat an co
(adj)

herbi: grass
vore: eat
hemiplegia
chung liet nua nguoi

hemi: half
-plegia: paralyze
hemorrhoids
benh try

hemo-: blood
hemolysis
breakdown of blood

hemo-, hem-: blood. E.g. hemorrhage, hemostasis
-lysis: breaking up, dissolving
heliophilous
sun loving; ua nang (thuc vat)

heli: sun
phil: love
ophthalmology
study of the eye: khoa mat

ophthalm-: eye
adipose
adiposis
(adj) full of fat: beo
(n) chung phat phi

adip-: fat
-ose: full of. E.g. verbose
myopia
near-sighted

op: see
normo-chromic
normal color, a form of anemia

norm, nor: usual
chrom: color
nomenclature
phep goi ten (khoa hoc, hoa hoc)

nomen: name
cognomen
nickname, biet hieu

nomen: name
nominal
in name only, not actual; tren danh nghia

nomen: name
neuritis
inflammation of a nerve

neuro-: nerve. Eg. neuron
-itis: inflammation
neonatal
newly born. (first 4 weeks)

neo-: new. E.g. neophyte, neologism.
nat: born
necrosis
condition of being dead (tissues); hoai tu

necro-: dead. Eg. necropolis
-osis: condition of, process.
prenatal
before birth. E.g. prenatal check-up

pre-: before
nat: born. E.g. native, nature
innate
bam sinh; cogenital

nat: born. E.g. native, nature
oliguria
little urine

olig: few, little
uria: urine
odontoblast
te bao tao rang

odonto-: tooth, teeth
odontomy
cutting a tooth

odonto-: tooth, teeth.
-tomy: cut, inside
oculomotor
movement of the eye

oculo-: eye. E.g. oculist
cardiopathy
heart disease

cardia: heart
-pathy: disease, feelings. E.g. sympathy, empathy
quadruped
4-footed

ped, pod: foot. E.g. pedestrian, tripod
impediment
su can tro, tro ngai

ped, pod: foot. E.g. pedestrian, tripod
paramedic
para-: near to
parity
multiparous
(n) so lan de
(adj) de nhieu con

par: bear
paraclete
(n) nguoi bao chua, benh vuc

par-: opposite. E.g. paradox, parody
panacea
(n) cure-all. thuoc chua moi benh

pan: all, every
protoplasm
chat nguyen sinh

prot-, proto-: first
plasm: shape
protist
protista
dong vat nguyen sinh (don bao)

prot-, proto-: first, nguyen sinh
protophyte
thuc vat nguyen sinh

prot-, proto-: first
primogeniture
being the first born
che do con trai truong thua ke, truong nam

prim: first
gen: birth, race, class
primordial
existing at the dawn of time
nguyen thuy, ban dau.

prim: first
preternatural
more than natural, but finite.
# supernatural (divine)

preter-: more than, beyond
pneumothorax
air in the thorax

pneumo-: air, lungs or gas
podiatry
treatment of foot disorders

pod: foot. E.g. tripod
appetite
su them an; su them muon, khao khat

pet, petit: seek. E.g. compete, petition
perforate
duc lo, khoan thung
(+into, through) xuyen vao, xuyen qua

per: through, excessive
percolate
loc, tham qua

per: through, excessive. E.g. permeate, perfect
appendage
phan phu thuoc, phan them vao

pend: hang. E.g. appendix, pendent, pendulum
putative
(adj) calculated
gia? di.nh, thuong duoc coi la
e.g. putative father

put, putat: calculate. E.g. compute
chromosome
nhiem sac the

chromo-: color
-some, somato-: body
psychosomatic
effect of the mind on the body

psycho-: mind, soul
-some, somato-: body
potentate
ke thong tri, chuyen quyen

potent: able, powerful
acrophobia
chung so do cao

phobia: fear
hemorrhage
su chay mau, xuat huyet

hemo-: blood
-rrhagia, -rhage: bust forth, pour
prerogative
(n) quyen, dac quyen
(adj) co ~

rogat, rog: ask
deride, ridicule
nhao bang, che gieu

rid, ris: to laugh
insurrection
noi day, khoi nghia

rect, reg: rule
regicide
toi giet vua, ke giet vua

reg, rect: rule. Eg. regent
-cide: kill
tachycardia
rapid heart rate

tachy-: fast, swift
cardia: heart
terrestrial
thuoc trai dat, mat dat; o can

terre: land, earth
temporize
tri hoan de co thoi gian; tuy co ung bien

tempor: time
contingent
(adj) ko chac chan, ngau nhien
(n) luc luong gop vao

ting, tang, tact: touch. E.g. tactile, contact, tangent
suprarenal
above kidney

supra-: above
ren: kidney
stricture
su phe phan, chi trich; su that mach, cho nghen

strict: bind
stenography
short hand

steno-: narrow
graphy: writing
stenosis
narrow canal

steno-: narrow
hemostasis
su cam mau (stop bleeding)

hem-, hemo-: blood
-stasis, stat: stop, stand still
circumspect
than trong

circum: around, about
spect: look at, see, view
philosopher
triet hoc

phil: love
soph: wise, wisdom
sorority
hoi nu sinh

soro: sister
somnambulist
sleep walking; nguoi mong du

somn: sleep
somnolent
ngu ga ngu gat, lo mo; gay buon ngu

somn: sleep
insomnia
chung mat ngu

somn: sleep
solitaire
tro choi mot nguoi

sol: one
consignment
su uy thac, giao pho; hang hoa ky gui

sign: mark, sign
sedentary
(adj) ngoi mot cho, ngoi nhieu
(n) nguoi hay o nha

sed, sess: sit. E.g. session
seduce
lead away; quyen ru, du do

se-: away, from
secede
rut ra, ly khai
withdraw from

se-: away, apart
dissect
cat ra tung manh, de nghien cuu; giai phau

dis-: apart from
sect-: cut
endometrium
within the uterus

endo-, end-: within, inside
cytoskeleton
supportive fiber inside a cell

cyto-: cell
cytoplasm
the shape of the contents of the cell: te bao chat

cyto-: cell
plasm, plas, plast: shape
endoplasm
inner, fluid part of cytoplasm: noi chat

endo-, end-: within, inside
plas, plasm, plast: shape
inscribe
viet, khac chu, ghi ten, de tang;
noi tiep

scrib, script: write
endoscope
instrument for examining the inside of a hollow organ.

endo-, end-: within, inside
scope: examine, see
carnal
(adj) thuoc the xac, nhuc duc; tran tuc
e.g. carnal desire, have carnal knowledge of so: an nam

carni: meat, flesh
carnivore
carnivorous
(n) dong van an thit, cay an sau bo
(adj) an thit

carni: meat, flesh
vore: eat
transcendental
sieu viet; mo ho, truu tuong

trans-: accross, beyond
scend: climb
sarcocarp
cu`i, qua thit

sarco-: flesh, fleshy
sarcoma
buou thit

sarco-: flesh, fleshy
salpingitis
viem voi trung
inflammation of the uterine tube

salping: tube
-itis: inflammation of, keeness
xylograph
ban khac go

xylo-: wood
xylophone
dan moc cam, phien go

xylo-: wood
withstand
stand up against, resist

with-: away, against. E.g.: withhold
visceromotor
movement of internal organ

viscer-: internal organ
visceral
thuoc noi tang

viscer-: internal organ
invocation
cau khan, van nai; cau than chu

vocat, voc: call
avocation
secondary occupation

vocat, voc: call
vivisection
Giai phau dong vat song

viv, vit: live
sect-: cut
vivacious
hoat bat, lanh loi (girl)
song dai, lau nam (plants)

viv, vit: live. E.g. vitamin, survive
in evidence
de duoc nhan ra

vid, vis: see. E.g.: vision, vista
invincible
ko the danh bai

vinc, vanq, vict: con quer. e.g.: victory
vanquish
danh bai; vuot qua

vanq, vict, vinc: conquer. e.g. victory
viaduct
cau can

via: way
duct: draw, lead
verbatim
dung nguyen van (word by word)

verb: word
verbiage
su noi dai dong, lam loi

verb: word
verismilar
co ve that

ver: true
verisimilitude
ve that; lam ra ve that

ver: true
veracious
chan thuc, dung su that

ver: true
veracity
honesty

ver: true. e.g.: verify,
intervene
xen vao, can thiep;
xay ra o giua

inter-: between
vene, vent: come
advent
su trong doi, su den mot su kien

ad-: toward, near to
vent, vene: come
venesection
phlebotomy

vene-: vein
sect-: cut
invade, evasive
vad, vas: go
polyuria
excess urine

-uria: urine
gonadotropic
influence the gonads
kich duc

-tropic: changing, influencing
atrophy
wasting away

troph, -trophy, tropho: nourish
a-: without, lack of
hypertrophy
su no to, su phinh truong
enlargement of overnourishment

troph, -trophy, tropho: nourish
traction
luc keo, suc keo

tract: draw away, pull
contract
co lai, teo lai

tract: draw away, pull
transgress
step across rules, what is permitted
pham toi, vuot qua gioi han

trans-: across, beyond
gress: step, move
transection
cut across, mat cat

trans-: across, beyond
sect-: cut
tracheotomy
phau thuat mo khi quan

tracheo: windpipe
-tomy: cut, inside
antitoxin
substance against poison

tox-: poison
tortuous
ngoan ngheo, khuc khuyu. Eg. tortuous road
quanh co, xao tra. Eg. tortuous argument

tort: twist
torsion
su xoan, tinh trang bi xoan

tors, tort: twist
phlebitis
viem tinh mach

phleb-: vein (tinh mach)
-itis: inflammation of (sung, viem)
phlebotomy
incision of a vein

phleb-: vein, tinh mach
-tomy: cut, inside
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