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general abrev
abriviation n meanings
| General abreviation | meaning |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| albin/o | white |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| coron/o | coronary, crown |
| cyan/o | blue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| erythr/o | red |
| path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| cephal/o | head |
| py/o | pus |
| sarc/o | flesh(connective tissue) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| thromb/o | clot |
| splen/o | spleen |
| ven/o | vein |
| phleb/o | vein |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| angi/o | pertaining to blood or lymph vessels |
| aort/o | aorta |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood, pertaining to the blood |