| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding embryo in uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilege |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larnyx (voice box) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal chord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death of cells or whole body |
| neutr/o | neutrophil |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |
Combine with other sets
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