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abdomin o abdimin
ren o renal, kidney
angi o vessel
sarc o flesh
bio life
thromb o clot
carcin o cancer
trache i trachea
cardi o heart
chephal o head
cyt o cell
enter o intestines
gynec o woman
hemat o blood
inid o iris
lip o fat
necr o death
onc o tumor
pelvi o pelvic
urer o uterus
cyst o sac containing fluid
electr o electriccity
fibrin o fiber
hem o blood
hepat o liver
kerat o keratin (protein)
mast o breast
nephr o kidney
path o disease
radi o x-ray
a-, an- without/not
ad- toward, to near
ante-pre-pro- before
bi- two
bio- life
circum- around
con- with, together
syn- together
trans- across
dis- apart, separate
dys- faulty, painful, difficult
ec- out, away
ecto- outside
en- intra- inside
eu- normal
semi- half
hypo- below, under
sub- under
mal- bad
meta- beyond
mono- one
neo- new
pan- all
ab- away from
ambi- both
anti- against
contra- against
auto- self
di- two
brady- slow
peri- around
sym- together
de- not, from, down
dia- across
super- above
e- out away
ex- out away
extra- outside
endo- indise
epi- upon
hemi- half
hyper- above, excessive
infra- between
inter- between
meso- middle
micro- small
uni- one
pachy- thick
para- abnormal, alongside
peri- through
multi- many
quadri- four
re- against, back
supra- outside, beyond
tri- three
poly- many
posi- after
tetra four
retro- backwards, behind
tachy- fast
ultra- beyond
-blast immature
-e noun maker
-graph instrument for recordeing
-metry process of measuring
-iatry study of
-oligist specialist in the study
-ium, -eum tissue
-or one who
-scope instrument to examine
-stasis stop, stand still
-cele sac, pouch
-emia condition of blood
-genic beginning, origin
-ism condition of
-itis inflamation
-malacia softening
-oma tumor
-penia lack of
-phagy eat, devour
-philia love for
-plasia formation
-lysis breaking down
-megaly enlargement
-osis condition
-ptosis drooping, falling
-rrhagia to burst forth
-rrhea discharge
-spasm involuntary contraction
-y condition
-ectomy excision
-plasty surgical repair
-stomy surgical creation of opening
-tripsy crushing
-cyte cell
-gram record
-meter instrument fo rmeasuring
-iatric treatment
-ology study of
-icle -ole -ula all mean small
-ize, -ate make, use
-poiesis formation
-scopy examine
-algia -dyna pain
-emesis vomit
-form like, resembling
-genesis production
-iasis formation
-phage eat, devour
-phile love for
-phobia fear of
-pnea breathing
-rrhage, -rrhagic to burst forth
-rrhexis rupture
-trophy development
-centesis puncture to remove fluid
-pexy surgical suspension/fixation
-rrhaphy suture
-tomy incision
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