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Abdomin/o
abdomen - abdominopelvic
Acr/o
top, extreme point - acromion
Acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden - acute
Aden/o
gland - adenohypophysis
Adip/o
fat - adipocere
Amni/o
amnion - amniocentesis
Angi/o
vessel - angiogram
Arteri/o
artery - arteriole
Arthr/o
joint - arthropod
Axill/o
armpit - axillary
Bi/o
life - biology
Blephar/o
eyelid - blepharoptosis
Bronch/o
bronchial tubes - bronchiole
Carcin/o
cancer - carcinogenic
Cardi/o
heart - cardiology
Chem/o
chemical, drug - chemotherapy
Chondr/o
cartilage - achondroplasia
Chron/o
time - chronognosis
Col/o
colon (large intestine) - colic
Cyst/o
urinary bladder - cystitis
Encephal/o
brain - encephalitis
Erythr/o
red - erythrocyte
Hem/o
blood - hemoglobin
Hepat/o
liver - hepatocyte
Hydr/o
water, fluid - hydrocephalic
Inguin/o
groin - inguinal
Isch/o
to hold back - ischemia
Lapar/o
abdomen - laparoscopy
Laryng/o
larynx - laryngitis
Leuk/o
white - leukocyte
Lymph/o
lymph - lymphocyte
Mamm/o
breast - mammogram
Mast/o
breast - mastoid process
Morph/o
shape, form - morphology
Muc/o
mucus - mucin
My/o
muscle - myoblast
Myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord - myelocele
Necr/o
death - necrotic
Nephr/o
kidney - nephrologist
Neur/o
nerve - neurobiology
Neutr/o
neutral - neutrophil
Ophthalm/o
eye - ophthalmologist
Oste/o
bone - osteoblast
Ot/o
ear - otitis
Path/o
disease - pathogen
Peritone/o
peritoneum - peritoneal
Phag/o
to eat - phagocyte
Phleb/o
vein - phlebotomy
Plas/o
formation, living substance - plasmacyte
Pleur/o
pleura - pleurisy
Penumon/o
lung (also air) - pneumonia
Pulmon/o
lung - pulmonary
Radi/o
x-ray - radiology
Rect/o
straight, rectum - rectalgia
Rhin/o
nose - rhinoplasty
Sarc/o
flesh - sarcolemma
Splen/o
spleen - splenectomy
Staphyl/o
cluster - staphylococcus
Strept/o
twisted chain - streptococcus
Thorac/o
chest - thoracotomy
Thromb/o
clot - thrombin
Tonsill/o
tonsil - tonsillitis
Trache/o
trachea - tracheotomy
Ven/o
vein - venous
-algia
pain - neuralgia
-cele
hernia - cystocele
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid - amniocentesis
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria) - streptococcus
-cyte
cell - leukocyte
-dynia
pain - pleurodynia
-ectomy
excision, removal - nephrectomy
-emia
blood condition - anemia
-genesis
condition of producing, forming - carcinogensis
-gram
record - mammogram
-graph
instrument for recording - electroencephalograph
-graphy
process for recording - electroencephalography
-itis
inflammation - tonsillitis
-logy
study of - morphology
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation - hemolysis
-malacia
softening - chondromalacia
-megaly
enlargement - splenomegaly
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid - multiple myeloma
-opsy
to view - biopsy
-osis
condition, usually abnormal - necrosis
-pathy
disease condition - cardiomyopathy
-penia
deficiency - erythropenia
-phobia
fear - acrophobia
-plasia
development, formation, growth - achondroplasia
-plasty
surgical repair - angioplasty
-ptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse - blepharoptosis
-sclerosis
hardening - arteriosclerosis
-scope
instrument for visual examination - laparoscope
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope) - laparoscopy
-stasis
stopping, controlling - metastasis
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma) - colostomy
-therapy
treatment - hydrotherapy
-tomy
incision, cutting into - tracheotomy
-trophy
development, nourishment - hypertrophy
-er
one who - radiographer
-ia
condition - leukemia
-ist
specialist - nephrologist
-ole
little, small - arteriole
-ule
little, small - venule
-um, -ium
structure, tissue - pericardium
-us
structure, substance - mucus
-y
condition, process - nephropathy
-ac, -iac
pertaining to - cardiac
-al
pertaining to - inguinal
-ar
pertaining to - tonsillar
-ary
pertaining to - pulmonary
-eal
pertaining to - laryngeal
-genic
pertaining to, producing, produced by, in - osteogenic
-ic, -ical
pertaining to - chronic
-oid
resembling - mucoid
-ose
pertaining to, full of - adipose
-ous
pertaining to - mucous membrane