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inter-

Between
intra-

in, within, into
macro-

large
mal-

bad
meta-

beyond, change
micro-

small
neo-

new
pan-

all
para-

abnormal, beside, near
per-

through
peri-

surrounding
poly-

many, much
post-

after, behind
pre-

before, in front of
pro-

before, forward
pseudo-

false
re-

back, again
retro-

behind, backward
sub-

under
syn-
sym-

together, with
tachy-

fast
trans-

across, through
ultra-

beyond, excess
uni-

one
-blast

embryonic, immature
-cyesis

pregnancy
-fusion

coming together, to pour
-lapse

to slide, fall, sag
-meter

to measure
-or

one who
-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
-plasia

development, formation, growth
-pnea

breathing
-rrhea

flow, discharge
-trophy

develment, nourishment
a-
an-

no, not, without
ad-

toward (face toward)
ante-

before, forward
auto-

self, own
brady-

slow
con-

with, together
de-

down, lack of
dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
en-
endo-

in, within
eu-

good, normal
hemi-

half
hypo-

deficient, under
in-

into, within
-crine

to secrete
-drome

to run
-gen

substance that produces
-mission

to send
-partum

birth, labor
-physis

to grow
-plasm

structure or formation
-ptosis

falling, droooping, prolapse
-stasis

stopping, controlling
ab-

away from (faces away)
ana-

up, apart
anti-

against
bi-

two
cata-

down
contra-

against, opposite
dia-

through, complete
ec-
ecto-

out, outside
epi-

upon, on, above
ex-

out, outside, away from
hyper-

excessive, above
in-

not
infra-

beneath, under
rect/o

rectum
rhin/o

nose
spen/o

speen
strept/o

twisted chains
thromb/o

clot
trache/o

trachea
ren/o

kidney
sarc/o

flesh
staphyl/o

clusters
thorac/o

chest
tonsil/o

tonsils
ven/o

vein
carp/o

wrist bones
cis/o

to cut
cutane/o

skin
duct/o

to lead, carry
furc/o

forking, branching
glyc/o

sugar
morph/o

shape, form
nat/i

birth
norm/o

rule, order
pub/o

pubis
somn/o

sleep
the/o

to put, place
top/o

place, position, location
trache/o

windpipe, trachea
cib/o

meals
cost/o

rib
dactyl/o

fingers, toes
flex/o

to bend
gloss/o

tongue
immun/o

protect
mort/o

death
nect/o

to bind, tie, connect
ox/o

oxygen
son/o

sound
thyr/o

thyroid gland
tox/o

poison
urethr/o

urethra
-algia

pain
-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cyte

cell
-ectomy

exceision, removal, resection
-genesis

condition of producing, forming
-graph

strucment for recording
-cele

hernia
-coccus

berry shaped bacterium
-dynia

pain
-emia

blood condition
-gram

record
-graphy

process of recording
-itis

inflammation
-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation
-megaly

enlarge
-opsy

to view
-pathy

disease condition
-phobia

fear
-plasty

surgical repair
-scierosis

hardening
-scopy

process of visual examination
-stomy

open to form a mouth (stoma)
-tomy

incision, cutting into
-er

one who
-ist

specialist
-ule

little, small
-us

structure, substance
-logy

study of
-malacia

softening
-oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-osis

condition, usually abnormal
-penia

deficiency
-plasia

development, formation, growth
-ptosis

falling, dropping, prolapse
-scope

instrument for visual viewing
-stasis

stopping, controlling
-therapy

treatment
-trophy

development, nourishment
-ia

condition
-ole

little, small
-um
-ium

structure, tissue
-y

condition, process
-y, -ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic, -genic, -oid, -ose

pertaining to
-genic

producing, produced by, or in
-oid

resembling
-ose

full of
abdomin/o

abdomen
acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden
adip/o

fat
angi/o

vessel
arthr/o

joint
bi/o

life
bronch/o

bronchial tubes
cardi/o

heart
chondr/o

chartilage
col/o

colon
encephal/o

brain
hem/o

blood
hydr/o

water, fluid
isch/o

to hold back
laryng/o

larynx
lymph/o

lymph
mast/o

breat
muc/o

mucus
myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow
neutr/o

neutrophil
opthalm/o

eye
ot/o

ear
peritone/o

peritoneum
phleb/o

vein
pleur/o

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs)
pulmon/o

lungs
acr/o

extremities, top, extreme point
aden/o

gland
amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
arteri/o

artery
axill/o

armpit
blephar/o

eyelid
carcin/o

cancer
chem/o

chemical, drug
cyst/o

urinary bladder
erythr/p

red
hepat/o

liver
inguin/o

groin
lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall
leuk/o

white
mamm/o

breast
morph/o

shape, form
my/o

muscle
necr/o

death
neur/o

nerve
nucle/o

nucleus
oste/o

bone
path/o

disease
phag/o

to eat, swallow
plas/o

formation, develpment
pneumon/o

lungs
radi/o

x-rays

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2012-09-07T17:22:52Z

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