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Parts used to build medical language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altho/o | joint |
| cardio/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| near/o | nerve |
| hem/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| angi/o | blood/vessel |
| derm/o | skin |
| pneum/o | lung |
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| hydro/o | water |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| ortho/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering,diease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac ak -ar ar -ary ar-ee -eal ee-al -ic ik -tic tik -ous us | pertaining to |
| -ia,-ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle,-ole,-ule,-ula | small |
| -iatrics,iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -ology | study of |