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  1. a-/an-
    without
  2. ab-
    away
  3. ad-
    toward
  4. anti-
    against
  5. brady-
    slow
  6. contra-
    against
  7. dis-
    free of
  8. dys-
    difficult
  9. en-/endo-
    within
  10. epi-
    upon, at, after
  11. eu-
    healthy
  12. ex-/exo-/extra-
    away from, without, outside of
  13. hemi-
    half
  14. hyper-
    excessive, above
  15. hypo-
    under
  16. infra-
    inferior
  17. inter-
    between
  18. intra-
    within
  19. macro-
    large
  20. mal-
    bad, poor, abnormal
  21. micro-
    small
  22. neo-
    new or recent
  23. para-
    beside
  24. per-
    troughout
  25. peri-
    around
  26. post-
    after
  27. pre-
    before, in front
  28. retro-
    backward
  29. semi-
    half
  30. sub-
    less than normal
  31. supra-
    above
  32. syn-
    joined, together
  33. tachy-
    swift, rapid
  34. trans-
    across, over, beyond
  35. -al
    relating to
  36. -algia
    pain
  37. -cele
    swelling
  38. -centesis
    punture and aspiration
  39. -cide/-cidal
    killing or destroying
  40. -cise
    to cut
  41. -cyte
    denoting cell
  42. -desis
    fusion
  43. -ectomy
    surgical excision
  44. -edema
    swelling
  45. -emesis
    vomitting
  46. -emia
    blood condition
  47. -genic
    generation or production
  48. -gram
    write or record
  49. -graphy
    drawn or written
  50. -iasis
    state of or condition of
  51. -ist
    specialist
  52. -itis
    inflammation
  53. -ium
    membrane
  54. -lysis
    loosen or dissolve
  55. -malacia
    softening
  56. -megaly
    enlargement
  57. -meter
    measure
  58. -necrosis
    state of death
  59. -oid
    resembling, form shape
  60. -ologist
    one who studies
  61. -ology
    study, knowledge, science of
  62. -oma
    tumor
  63. -oscopy
    view
  64. -osis
    condition, status, process
  65. -ostomy
    surgical opening
  66. -otomy
    surgical incision
  67. -pathy
    disease
  68. -pexy
    fixation
  69. -plasty
    surgical repair
  70. -plegia
    paralysis, stroke
  71. -pnea
    breath, breathing
  72. -ptosis
    drooping
  73. -rrhagia
    rupture, profuse fluid discharge
  74. -rrhaphy
    suture, surgical repair
  75. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  76. -sclerosis
    hardening
  77. -scope
    view, examine
  78. -spasm
    convulsion
  79. -stasis
    stoppage or normal flow of fluids
  80. -tome
    cutting
  81. -tripsy
    frixtion
  82. -trophy
    development
  83. aden/o
    gland
  84. aer/o
    air
  85. angi/o
    blood vessels
  86. arthr/o
    joint
  87. blephar/o
    eyelid
  88. bronch/o
    bronchus
  89. cardi/o
    heart
  90. cephal/o
    head
  91. cerebr/o
    brain
  92. cervic
    neck
  93. cheil/o
    lip
  94. chir/o
    hand
  95. chol/o
    bile
  96. cholecyst/o
    gallbladder
  97. chondr/o
    cartilage
  98. col/o
    colon
  99. colp/o
    vagina
  100. cost/o
    ribs
  101. crani/o
    cranium
  102. cry/o
    cold
  103. crypt/o
    hidden
  104. cutan
    skin
  105. cyst/o
    bladder
  106. dacry/o
    tear
  107. dactyl/o
    finger/toe
  108. dent/o
    teeth
  109. derm/o, dermt/o
    skin
  110. doch/o
    duct
  111. encephal/o
    brain
  112. enter/o
    intestine
  113. gastr/o
    stomach
  114. gingiv/o
    gums
  115. gloss/o
    tongue
  116. glyc/o,gluc/o
    sugar
  117. gravid
    pregnant
  118. gynec/o
    woman
  119. hem/a, hemat/o
    blood
  120. hepat/o
    liver
  121. herni/o
    rupture
  122. hist/o
    tissue
  123. hydr/a
    water
  124. hyster/o
    womb/uterus
  125. lacrim/o
    tear gland
  126. lact/o
    milk
  127. lapar/o
    abdomin
  128. larying/o
    larynx
  129. lingu/o
    tongue
  130. lip/o
    fat
  131. lith/o
    stone
  132. mamm/o, mast/o
    breast
  133. men/o
    menstration
  134. my/o
    muscle
  135. myel/o
    spinal cord
  136. myring/o
    eardrum
  137. naso/o, rhin/o
    kidney
  138. ocul/o, ophthalm/o
    eye
  139. oophor/o
    ovary
  140. orchi/o, orchid/o
    testicle
  141. oste/o
    bone
  142. ot/o
    ear
  143. para
    beside
  144. path/o
    disease
  145. phag/o
    eating, ingestion
  146. pharyng/o
    throat
  147. phleb/o
    vein
  148. phren/o
    diaphragm
  149. pneum/o
    lung or air
  150. proct/o
    rectum
  151. pulmon/o
    lung
  152. py/o
    pus
  153. pyel/o
    renal pelvis
  154. pyl/o
    pylorus, stomach
  155. salping/o
    tube
  156. scler/o
    hardening
  157. sten/o
    narrowed, constricted
  158. thorac/o
    chest
  159. thromb/o
    clot
  160. trache/o
    windpipe
  161. vesic/o
    bladder
  162. viscer/a
    internal organs
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