| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (small) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | cutting out, removal, excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor,mass |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually exam |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting into, incision |
| a- | no, not |
| an- | no,not |
| aut- | self |
| dia- | complete, through |
| dys- | bad, painful, abnormal, difficult |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside, out of, away from |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal, too much |
| hypo- | below, less than normal, under |
| pro- | before |
| re- | back |
| retro- | behind,back |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
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