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Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point. |
| aden/o | gland |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus. |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs). |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephala/o | brain |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall. |
| lymph/o | lymph. Lymph is clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes surrounding the body. |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle. |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear. |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| plas/o | formation, development. |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles). |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |