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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a, an | lack |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| adeno | gland |
| angio | vessel |
| aqua, aque | water |
| arthr, arthro | joint |
| artic | joint |
| aut, auto | self |
| bacterio | bacteria |
| bi | two |
| life | bio |
| blast | bud, germ |
| brady | slow |
| carcin | cancer |
| caud | tail |
| circum | around |
| co, con | together |
| corp | body |
| cost | rib |
| crani | skull |
| cutic | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | sac, bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| de | reversal, loss |
| derma | skin |
| di | twice, double |
| dia | through, between |
| dys | difficult, painful |
| ec, ex, ecto | outside, away from |
| ectop | displaced |
| edem | swelling |
| ef | away |
| encephal | brain |
| endo | within, inner |
| entero | intestine |
| epi | over, above |
| erythr | red |
| extra | outside, beyond |
| foram | opening |
| gastr | stomach |
| gene | beginning, origin |
| germin | grow |
| hema, hemato, hemo | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepat | liver |
| hetero | different, other |
| hist | tissue |
| hom, homo | same |
| inter | between |
| intra | within, inside |
| iso | equal, same |
| kinesio | movement |
| lact | milk |
| lat | wide |
| later | side |
| leuko | white |
| logy | study of |
| lymph | lymph vessels, fluid |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad, abnormal |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| medi | middle |
| mega | large |
| melan | black |
| men, menstru | month |
| meso | middle |
| meta | beyond, between, transition |
| micro | small |
| mono | single |
| multi | many |
| muta | change |
| myo | muscle |
| necro | death |
| neo | new |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| nutri | feed, nourish |
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