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Abdomin/o
Abdomin
Adren/o
Adrenal glands
Agglutin/o
Clumping/sticking together
Adip/o
Clumping/sticking together
-algia
Pain
Angi/o
Blood Vessels
Arteri/o
Artery
-blast
Immature cell; sprout
Brachi/o
Arm
Brady-
Slow
Calc/o or calci/o
Calcium
Carcin/o
Cancerous
Cardi/o
Heart
Cephal/o
Head
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum (largest area of the mammalian brain)
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Cirrh/o
Orange-yellow in color
-clast
To break; destroy
Corn/o
Heart
Cutane/o
Skin
Cyt/o
Cell
-cyte
cell
Derm/o
skin
-derma
skin
Epi-
Above; upon; on
Erythr/o
Red
Firbro- or Fibr/o
Fiber
Gastr/o
Stomach
-genesis
Producing; forming
Gest/o
Pregnancy
Gluc/o or glycol/o
Glucose; sugar
Hem/o or hemat/o
Blood
Hepat/o
liver
Hist/o
Tissues
Hydro- or hydr/o
Water
Hyper-
Above; too much; greater than
Hypo-
Deficient; below; less than; under
-iac
Pertaining to
Inter-
Between
Intra-
Within
-itis or -sis or ia
Condition
Kal/i
Potassium
-lemma
Sheath; covering
Leuk/o
White
-lysis or -lytic
Breakdown; destroy; separate
-malacia
Softening
My/o
Muscle
Nas/o
Nose
Nephr/o
Kidney
Noci-
To cause harm, pain or injury
Oste/o
Bone
Palp/o
To touch
Peri-
Surrounding
Phag/o
Eat; swallow
-phage
Eat; swallow
-physis
Grows; becomes; develops
-porosis
Porous
Pro-
Before; foward
Pseudo-
False
Pulmon/o
Lungs
Ren/o
Kidney
Sarc/o
Flesh
-sclerosis
Hardening
Somat/o or Corpus
Body
Tachy-
Fast
Thorac/o
Chest
-thorax
Chest
-tropin
Stimulate; act on
Vas/o or vascul/o
Blood vessel
Ven/o
Vein
Vertebr/o
Vertebrae (backbone)
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