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arthr/o joint
hepat/o liver
ven/o vein
oste/o bone
aden/o gland
cyt/o cell
epitheli/o epithelium
fibr/o fiber
hist/o tissue
kary/o nucleus
lip/o fat
my/o muscle
neur/o nerve
organ/o organ
sarc/o flesh, connective tissue
system/o system
viscer/o internal organs
cancer/o, carcin/o cancer
eti/o cause (of disease)
gno/o knowledge
iatr/o physician, medicine, treatment
lei/o smooth
onc/o tumor, mass
path/o disease
rhabd/o rod-shaped, striated
somat/o body
chlor/o green
chrom/o color
cyan/o blue
erythr/o red
leuk/o white
melan/o black
xanth/o yellow
anter/o front
caud/o tail; downward
cephal/o head; upward
dist/o away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
dors/o back
infer/o below
later/o side
medi/o middle
poster/o back, behind
proxim/o near (the point of attachment of a body part)
super/o above
ventr/o belly; front
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o skin
hidr/o sweat
kerat/o horny tissue (keratin), hard; also used to refer to the cornea of the eye
onchy/o, ungu/o nail
seb/o sebum (oil)
aut/o self
bi/o life
coni/o dust
crypt/o hidden
heter/o other
myc/o fungus
necr/o death (cells, body)
pachy/o thick
rhytid/o wrinkles
staphyl/o grapelike clusters
strept/o twisted chains
xer/o dry, dryness
adenoid/o adenoids
alveol/o alveolus
bronch/o, bronchi/o bronchus
diaphragmat/o, phren/o diaphragm
epiglott/o epiglottis
laryng/o larynx
lob/o lobe
nas/o, rhin/o nose
pharyng/o pharynx
pleur/o pleura
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o lung, air
pulmon/o lung
sept/o septum (wall off, fence)
sinus/o sinus
thorac/o thorax, chest, chest cavity
tonsill/o tonsil
trache/o trachea
atel/o imperfect, incomplete
capn/o carbon dioxide
hem/o, hemat/o blood
muc/o mucus
orth/o straight
ox/i oxygen
phon/o sound, voice
py/o pus
radi/o x-rays, ionizing radidation
somn/o sleep
son/o sound
spir/o breathe, breathing
tom/o to cut, section, or slice
cyst/o, vesic/o bladder, sac
glomerul/o glomerulus
meat/o meatus (opening)
nephr/o, ren/o kidney
pyel/o renal pelvis
ureter/o ureter
urethr/o urethra
albumin/o albumin
azot/o urea, nitrogen
blast/o developing cell, germ cell
glyc/o, glycos/o sugar
hydr/o water
lith/o stone, calculus
noct/i night
olig/o scanty, few
urin/o, ur/o urine, urinary tract
cyst/o, vesic/o bladder, sac
glomerul/o glomerulus
meat/o meatus (opening)
nephr/o, ren/o kidney
pyel/o renal pelvis
ureter/o ureter
urethr/o urethra
albumin/o albumin
azot/o urea, nitrogen
blast/o developing cell, germ cell
glyc/o, glycos/o sugar
hydr/o water
lith/o stone, calculus
noct/i night
olig/o scanty, few
urin/o, ur/o urine, urinary tract
andr/o male
balan/o glans penis
epididym/o epididymis
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o testis, testicle
prostat/o prostate gland
sperm/o, spermat/o sperm, spermatozoon (pl. spermatozoa)
vas/o vessel, duct (vas deferens in terms describing the male reproductive system)
vesicul/o seminal vesicle(s)
arche/o first, beginning
cervic/o, trachel/o cervix
colp/o, vagin/o vagina
endometri/o endometrium
episi/o, vulv/o vulva
gynec/o, gyn/o woman
hymen/o hymen
hyster/o, metr/o uterus
mamm/o, mast/o breast
men/o menstruation
oophor/o ovary
pelv/i pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity
perine/o perineum
salping/o uterine/fallopian tube
amni/o, amnion/o amnion; amniotic fluid
chori/o chorion
embry/o embryo
fet/o, fet/i fetus, unborn offspring
gravid/o pregnancy
lact/o milk
nat/o birth
omphal/o umbilicus; navel
par/o, part/o bear; give birth to; labor; childbirth
puerper/o childbirth
cephal/o head
esophag/o esophagus
prim/i first
pseud/o false
pylor/o pylorus; pyloric sphincter
terat/o malformations
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