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Chrom/o

Color

Coccyg/o

Coccyx (tailbone)

Crani/o

Skull

Chrond/o

Cartilage, type of connective tissue

Cervic/o

Neck of the body or neck of the uterus

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Adip/o

Fat

Anter/o

Front

Dist/o

Far, distant

Dors/o

Back portion of the body

Hist/o

Tissue

Ili/o

Ilium, (upper part of the pelvic bone)

Inguin/o

Groin

Kary/o

Nucleus

Later/o

Side

Lumb/o

Lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)

Medi/o

Middle

Nucle/o

Nucleus

Pelv/i

Pelvis

Poster/o

Back, behind

Proxim/o

Nearest

Sacr/o

Sacrum flesh

Spin/o

Spine, backbone

Thel/o


Theli/o

Nipple

Thorac/o

Chest

Trache/o

Trachea, windpipe

Umbilic/o

Navel, umbilicus

Ventr/o

Belly side of the body

Vertebr/o

Vertebra(e)


Backbone(s)

Viscer/o

Internal organs

Cephal/o

Head

Cardi/o

Heart

Carcin/o

Cancerous, cancer

Bi/o

Life

Arthr/o

Joint

Aden/o

Gland

Cis/o

To cut

Cerebr/o

Cerebum,


Largest part of the brain

Crin/o

To secrete,


(To form and give off)

Cyst/o

Urinary bladder


A sac or a cyst


(Sac containing fluid)

Cyt/o

Cell

Derm/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Skin

Electr/o

Electricity

Encephal/o

Brain

Enter/o

Intestines


(Usually the small)

Erythr/o

Red

Gastr/o

Stomach

Glyc/o

Sugar

Gnos/o

Knowledge

Gynec/o

Woman, female

Hemat/o

Blood

Hem/o

Blood

Hepat/o

Liver

iatr/o

Treatment


Physician

Leuk/o

White

Log/o

Study of

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Onc/o

Tumor


(Cancerous)

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Oste/o

Bone

Path/o

Disease

Ped/o

Child

Psych/o

Mind

Radi/o

X rays

Ren/o

Kidney

Rhin/o

Nose

Sarc/o

Flesh

Sect/o

To cut

Thromb/o

Clot


Clotting

Ur/o

Urinary tract


Urine

Acr/o

Extremities, top, extreme point

Amni/o

Amnion


(Sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus