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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leauk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| aer/o | air/gas |
| hem/o , hemat/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| lip/o | fat |
| py/o | pus |
| ur/o, urine /o | urine |
| abdomin/o,lapar/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| aden/o | gland |
| angie/o,vas/o, vascul/o | Vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| col/o, colon/o | colon |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| my/o, muscul/o | muscle |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| or/o | mouth |
| oste /o | bone |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air or lung |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gen/o | origin or production |
| gynec/o | woman |
| lith/o | stone |
| morph/o | form |
| necr/o | death |
| onc/o | tumor or mass |
| orth/o | straight, normal, or correct |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child or foot |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| phas/o | speech |
| phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
| plas/o | formation |
| psych/o | mind |
| scler/o | hard |
| son/o | sound |
| sten/o | narrow |
| therm/o | heat |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| troph/o | nurishment or development |
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