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arthr/o joint cardi/o heart chondr/o cartilage colon/o, col/o colon, large intestine dent/i teeth dermat/o skin gastr/o stomach hemat/o blood hepat/o liver hydr/o water hyster/o uterus immun/o safe, immune lith/o stone mast/o breast nephr/o kidney neur/o nerve oste/o bone ot/o ear tympan/o eardrum rhin/o nose scler/o hardening splen/o spleen therm/o heat enter/o intestine erythr/o red phleb/o vein hyper- excessive, above normal macro- large micro- small post- after, behind -ectomy excision, removal -edema swelling -ist specialist -itis inflammation -lith stone -logist specialist -rrhage bursting forth (usually of blood) -rrhea discharge, flow -toxic poison a-, an- no, not, without intra- within -al, -ar, -ic, -tic, -ous pertaining to (adjective ending) -algia pain -centesis surgical puncture (to remove fluid) -clasis to break, surgical fracture -desis surgical fixation -dynia pain -emesis vomiting -emia blood condition -gram a record -graph instrument used for recording -graphy process of recording -ia condition -logy study of -lysis separation, loosening, destroying -malacia softening -megaly enlargement -meter instrument for measuring -metry process of measuring -oma tumor, mass -osis abnormal condition -pathy disease process -pexy fixation -plasty surgical repair -rrhaphy suture -scope instrument for examining -scopy visual examination -stomy forming a new opening (mouth) -tome an instrument used to cut -tomy incision, to cut into -tripsy crushing