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  1. abdomin/o
    stomach cavity
  2. acr/o
    extremities
  3. aden/o
    glad
  4. angi/o vascul/o
    vessel
  5. arteri/o
    arteri
  6. arthr/o
    joint
  7. blephar/o
    eyelid
  8. carcin/o
    cancer
  9. cardi/o
    heart
  10. cephal/o
    head
  11. cervic/o
    neck
  12. cheil/o, labi/o
    lip
  13. chlor/o
    green
  14. chol/e
    bile/gall
  15. chondr/o
    cartiliage
  16. chron/o
    time
  17. cost/o
    rib
  18. crani/o
    skull/ cranium
  19. cyan/o
    blue
  20. cyst/o vesic/o
    urinary bladder
  21. phalangi/o
    fingers and toes
  22. dent/i odont/o
    teeth
  23. derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o
    skin
  24. orchid/o
    testicle
  25. encephal/o
    brain
  26. enter/o
    small intestine
  27. erythr/o
    red
  28. flex/o
    bend
  29. galact/o, lact/o
    milk
  30. gastr/o
    stomach pouch
  31. geri/o, geront/o
    aged or ederly
  32. gingiv/o
    gums
  33. gloss/o , lingu/o
    tongue
  34. gluc/o, glyc/o, sucr/o
    sugar
  35. gynec/o
    women or female
  36. hem/o, hemat/o
    blood
  37. hepat/o
    liver
  38. heter/o
    different or opposite
  39. hydr/o
    water or fluid
  40. hyster/o, uter/o, metr/o
    uterus
  41. ile/o
    ileum (3rd part of small intestine)
  42. ili/o
    hip
  43. lapar/o
    stomach wall
  44. laryng/o
    voice box, larynx
  45. leuk/o
    white
  46. lith/o calcul/o
    stone
  47. mamm/o, mast/o
    breast
  48. my/o
    mussle
  49. melan/o
    black or dark
  50. men/o, mens/o
    monthly
  51. myel/o
    bone marrow/ spinal cord
  52. nephr/o, ren/o
    kidney
  53. neur/o
    nerves
  54. obstetr/i, obstetr/o
    to stand to receive
  55. onych/o
    nails
  56. oophor/o, ovari/o
    ovaries
  57. onc/o
    tumor
  58. opt/o, optic/o viso
    vision or sight
  59. or/o, stom/o
    mouth
  60. orth/o
    straight
  61. oss/e, ost/o, oste/o
    bone
  62. ot/o
    ear
  63. path/o
    disease
  64. ped/o, pedia
    kids
  65. phag/o
    ear or swallow
  66. pharyng/o
    throat
  67. phleb/o, ven/o
    vein
  68. pneum/o, pneumon/o
    lungs, air or wind, breath
  69. psych/o
    mind or soul
  70. py/o
    pus
  71. pyel/o
    renal pelvisradi
  72. radi/o
    xray
  73. rhin/o, nas/o
    nose
  74. salping/o
    fallopian tubes
  75. scler/o
    hardening
  76. thorac/o
    chest
  77. thromb/o
    clot
  78. trache/o
    wind pipe
  79. xanth/o, lute/o
    yellow
  80. clot
    thromb/o
  81. hardening
    scler/o
  82. stomach cavity
    abdomin/o
  83. joint
    arthr/o
  84. cancer
    carcin/o
  85. neck
    cervic/o
  86. brain
    encepal/o
  87. time
    chron/o
  88. small intestine
    enter/o
  89. red
    erythr/o
  90. gastr/o
    stomach pouch
  91. liver
    hepat/o
  92. ileum
    ile/o
  93. hip
    illi/o
  94. stomach wall
    lapar/o
  95. white
    leuk/o
  96. mussle
    my/o
  97. nails
    onych/o
  98. mouth
    or/o stom/o
  99. straight
    orth/o
  100. bone
    oste/o
  101. disease
    path/o
  102. eat or swallow
    phag/o
  103. pneum/o, pneumon/o
    lungs, air breathe
  104. pus
    py/o
  105. xray
    radi/o
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combining forms
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