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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | blood, lymph vessel |
| arteri/0 | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| carcin | cancerous |
| cardi | hart |
| chol | bile, gall |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| col | colon |
| colp | vagina |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder, sac of fluid |
| derm | skin |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestine |
| episi | vulva |
| erythro | red |
| esophag | esophagus |
| fasci | fascia |
| gastro | stomach |
| gynec | woman, female |
| hem, hemat | blood |
| hist | tissue |
| hyster | uterus, womb |
| ile | ileum, distal portion of small intestine |
| ili | hip bone, ilium |
| immun | immune, protected, safe |
| laryg | larynx |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat, lipid |
| lith | stone |
| lymph | lymph |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| melan | black |
| men | menstruation, menses |
| my | muscle |
| myel | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| nephr | kindey |
| neru | nerve |
| oculo | eye |
| onc | tumor |
| oophor, ovari | ovary |
| ot | ear |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| phleb | vein |
| pneum | lung |
| proct | rectum, anus |
| pulm | lung |
| ren | pertaining to the kidney |
| rhin | nose |
| sarc | flesh, connective tissure |
| splen | spleen |
| ten, tendin | tendon |
| thorac | chest, thorax |
| tympan | eardrum, middle ear |
| vagin | vagina |
| ven | vein |