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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| andre/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| artei/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| audio | hearing |
| bio | life |
| blasto | immature form, growing form |
| branchi/o | arm |
| bronchio | bronchus |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cerebro | brain |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/ | neck, cervix |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cleido | clavicle |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cysto | sac,bladder |
| cyto | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat | skin |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestine |
| gastr | stomach |
| genesis | origin |
| glomerul | glomerulus |
| gloss | tongue |
| hemo, hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hist | tissue |
| hydro | WATER |
| hyster | unterus |
| ile | ileum |
| ili | ilium |
| kerat | cornea, horny layer of the skinn |
| labi | lip, labium |
| lact | milk |
| laryng | larynx |
| lith | stone |
| lymph | lymph |
| masto | breat |
| medull | central part, medulla oblongata |
| men | menses |
| mening | meninges |
| metr | uterus |
| my | muscles |
| myc | fungus |
| myel | marrow,spinal cord |
| myring | tympanic membrane |
| nas | nose |
| necr | death |
| nephr | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| odont | tooth |
| onc | tumor, swelling |
| onych | nail |
| oo | egg, ovum |
| oophor | ovary |
| ophthalm | eye |
| orchi, orchid | testis |
| os,oste | bone |
| ot | ear |
| ovari | ovary |
| path | disease |
| ped | child, foot |
| phag | eating |
| phak, phac | lens of the eye |
| phleb | vein |
| pneum,pheumon | lung, air, breathing |
| proct | rectum |
| psych | mind |
| ptosis | dropping |
| py | pus |
| pyel | pelvis, renal pelvis |
| pylor | pylorus |
| rachi | spine |
| ren | kidney |
| rhin | nose |
| salping | tube,oviduct |
| scler | harding |
| thorac | chest, thorax |
| thromb | blood clot |
| tox, toxic | poison |
| trache | trachea |
| trich | hair |
| ureter | uterer |
| urethr | urethra |
| ur | urine |
| vas | vessel,duct |
| vesic | urinary bladder |