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Anatomy
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Steams
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Hepat- | Liver |
| Hem- | Blood |
| Hetero- | Different; other |
| Hist- | Tissue |
| Holo- | Entire; whole |
| Homo- | Man |
| Hydr- | water |
| Hyper- | above, beyond; over |
| Infra- | below; beneath |
| Intra- | within; inside |
| Iso- | same; equal |
| Lachry- | tear |
| Lat- | side; flank |
| Leuc- | white; bright; light |
| Liqu- | fluid |
| -logy | study |
| Macr- | large |
| Mamm- | breast |
| Meg- | great; million |
| Med- | half |
| Micro- | small |
| Mito- | thread; filament |
| Mort- | death |
| Multi- | many |
| Myo- | muscle |
| Hypo- | beneath |
| In- | to; toward; into |
| Inter- | between |
| -ism | a state or condition |
| -itis | inflammation; disease |
| Lact- | milk |
| -less | without |
| Lign- | wood |
| Lip- | fat |
| -lys; -lyst | dissolve, take part |
| Mal- | bad; evil |
| Med- | middle |
| Mela-; melan | dark |
| Meta- | between |
| Mis- | wrong; incorrect |
| Mono- | one; single |
| Morph- | shape |
| Mycel- | threadlike |