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Word anatomy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -logy | Study of |
| Dis | Apart, away from |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Physi/o | Nature, physical |
| -tomy | Cutting, incision of |
| Ana | Upward, again, back |
| Cata | Down |
| Extra | Outside, beyond |
| Home/o | Same |
| Intra | Within |
| Stat,stasis | Stand, stoppage, constancy |
| Co | Together |
| Aqu/e | Water |
| Heter/o | Different |
| Home/o | Same |
| Hydro/o | Water |
| -phil | To like |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -ase | Suffix used in meaning enzymes |
| De | Remove |
| Di | Twice, double |
| Glyc/o | Sugar, glucose, sweet |
| Mon/o | One |
| Poly | Many |
| Sacchar/o | Sugar |
| Tri | Three |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Mirc/o | Small |
| Bi | Two |
| Chrom/o | Color |
| End/o | In, within |
| Lys/o | Loosening, dissolving, separating |
| -some | Body |
| Ex/o | Outside, out of, away |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hyper | Above, over, excessive |
| Hypo | Deficient, below, beneath |
| Iso | Same, equal |
| Phag/o | To eat, ingest |
| Pin/o | To drink |
| Semi | Partial, half |
| Inter | Between |
| Meta | Change |
| Pro | Before, in front of |
| Tel/o | End |
| Carcin/o | Cancer, carcinoma |
| -gen | Agent that produces or originate |
| Hist/o | Tissue |
| Epi | On, upon |
| Pseud/o | False |
| Blast/o | Immature cell, early stage cell |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Oss, osse/o, oste/o | Bone, bone tissue |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Neur/o | Nerve, nerve system |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| Peri | Around |
| Pleur/o | Side,rib |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Ant/i | Against |
| Graph/o | Writing |
| Leuk/o | White, colorless |
| Mal | Bad, disordered, diseased, abnormal |
| Neo | New |
| -oma, onc/o | Tumor, swelling |
| Papill/o | Nipple |
| Ultra | Beyond |
| Iatro | Physician, medicine |
| Idio | Self, separate, distinct |
| Pan- | All |
| Pre- | Before |
| Psych/o | Mind |
| Chir/o | Hand |
| Syn- | Together |
| Aer/o | Air,gas |
| An- | Absent, deficient, lack of |
| Diplo- | Double |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Staphylo- | Grapelike cluster |
| Strepto- | Chain |
| Tox/o | Poison |
| -cide | Kill or destroy |
| Septic | Poison, rot, decay |
| Corner/o | Cornified,keratinized |
| Derm/o dermat/o | Skin |
| Melan/o | Dark, black |
| Sub- | Under, below |
| AP/o- | Separation from, derivation from |
| Pil/o | Hair |
| Alb/i | White |
| Bili | Bile |
| Cyan/o | Blue |
| -emia | Condition of blood |
| Eryth | Red |
| -ism | State of |
| -sis | Condition, process |
| Scler/o | Hard |