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| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| my/o, muscul/o, myos/o | muscle |
| fat | adip/o, lip/o, steat/o |
| Dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o | skin |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| seb/o, sebace/o | oil |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| kerat/o | hard or horny |
| xer/o | dry |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o, alb/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| cyan/o | blue |
| eye | ocul/o, opthalm/o, opt/o |
| lacrim/o, dacry/o | tear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
| conjunctiva | conjuctiv/o |
| scler/o | sclera |
| vitreous liquid | vitre/o |
| cycl/o | cillary body |
| retin/o | retina |
| Ir/o, irid/o | Iris |
| lens | phac/o, phak/o |
| ear | aur/o, ot/o |
| sound or hearing | acous/o, audi/o |
| cerumin/o | earwax |
| eardrum | tympan/o, myring/o |
| mastoid process | mastoid/o |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
| vestibule | vestibul/o |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| oste/o | bone |
| crain/o | head, skull |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| lumb/o | loin/lower back |
| brachi/o | arm |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| wrist | carp/o |
| rib | cost/o |
| femor/o | femur |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| ankle | tars/o |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| joint | arthr/o |
| burs/o | bursa |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| brain | cerebr/o, encephal/o |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| lobe | lob/o |
| head | cephal/o |
| meninges | mening/o, meningi/o |
| dur/o | dura |
| neur/o | nerve |
| gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| cortic/o | outer surface |
| gonads | gonad/o |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pituitary gland | pituitar/o, hypophys/o |
| thymus | thym/o |
| thyroid | thyr/o, thyroid/o |
| sugar | gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| coagulation | coagul/o |
| thromb/o | clot |
| cell | cyt/o |
| vein | ven/o, phleb/o |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| spleen | splen/o |
| immun/o | immune system |
| valve | valvul/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| septum | sept/o |
| cardi/o, | heart |
| ventricle | ventricul/o |
| coron/o | heart's blood supply |
| vessel | angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o |
| aorta | aort/o |
| artery | arteri/o |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| adenoid | adenoid/o |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| pharynx (throat) | pharyng/o |
| trachea (wind pipe) | trache/o |
| sinus | sin/o, sinus/o |
| air or lungs | pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| bronchus | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| bronchiole | bronchiol/o |
| alveolus (air sac) | alveol/o |
| stern/o | sternum |
| chest | thorac/o, pector/o(also pectus), steth/o |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| diaphragm. | phren/o |
| stomat/o, or/o | mouth |
| gums | gingiv/o |
| tooth | dent/o, odont/o |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| phag/o | eat |
| enter/o | intestines |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| jejunum | jejun/o |
| ile/o | ileum |
| colon | col/o, colon/o |
| rectum | rect/o |
| anus | an/o |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| saliva | sial/o |
| sigmoid colon | sigmoid/o |
| bile(gall) | bli/i, chol/e |
| abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
| duct | doch/o |
| liver | hepat/o, hepatic/o |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| kidney | ren/o, nephr/o |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| lith/o | stone |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| meat/o | opening |
| penis | balan/o |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o | testicles |
| prostate | prostat/o |
| sperm/o, spermat/o, sperm/i | sperm |
| vagina | colp/o, vagin/o |
| vulva | episi/o, vulv/o |
| perineum | perine/o |
| gyn/o, gynec/o | woman |
| mast/o, mamm/o | breast |
| lact/o | milk |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| uterus | hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o |
| pelvis | pelv/i |
| ovary | oophor/o, ovari/o |
| men/o | menstruation |
| salping/o | eustacian tubes, fallopian tubes |
| dips/o | thirst |
| path/o | suffering/disease |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| troph/o | nourishment/development |
| mind | psych/o, phren/o |
| amni/o | amnion |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
| labor | toc/o |
| fetus | fet/o |
| part/o, nat/o | birth |