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Prefix Root Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Hemo/o | Blood |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Vaso | Vessel |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Pneum/o | Lung |
| Pulmon/o | Lung |
| Sten/o | narrowing |
| Cadio/o | Heart |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Patho/o | Disease |
| Pertaining to | ac, al, ary , -ous, -ic, -ar, -eal |
| Condition of | -ai, osis, -ism |
| small | -icle, -ole , -ule |
| pain | -algia, -dynia |
| inflammation | -itis |
| blood condition | emia |
| lysis | loosen or breakdown |
| megaly | enlargement |
| penia | deficiency |
| rrhage | excessive flow |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking |
| ectomy | removal |
| plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair |
| stomy | creation of an opening |
| tomy | incision or cut |
| a not | no, not, without |
| anti | against |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| peri | around |
| trans | through |
| intra , endo | inside |
| epi | upon |
| sub | beneath |
| inter | between |
| hyper | over |
| hypo | under |
| oligo | few |
| dys | bad, difficult, painful |
| poly | many |
| extra | outside |
| dia | through |
| de | down, away |
| enter/o | inflammation |
| scler/o | hard |
| neur/o | nerve |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| dermat/o | skin |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| geno | produce |