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  1. bi/o
    life
  2. encephai/o
    brain
  3. cyt/o
    cell
  4. hemat/o
    blood
  5. leuk/o
    white
  6. erythr/o
    red
  7. cyan/o
    blue
  8. cis/o
    to cut
  9. crin/o
    to secrete
  10. gnos/o
    knowledge
  11. psych/o
    mind
  12. radi/o
    x-rays
  13. sarc/o
    flesh
  14. thromb/o
    clot
  15. glyc/o
    sugar
  16. carcin/o
    cancer
  17. iatr/o
    treatment
  18. aden/o
    gland
  19. pneum/o
    lung
  20. cardi/o
    heart
  21. hepat/o
    liver
  22. gastr/o
    stomach
  23. lip/o, adip/o
    fat
  24. oste/o
    bone
  25. cephai/o
    head
  26. cyst/o
    bladder
  27. arthr/o
    joint
  28. nephr/o
    kidney
  29. dermat/o
    skin
  30. cerebr/o
    cerebrum
  31. Adip/o, Lip/o
    Fat
  32. Derm/o, Dermat/o, Cutane/o
    skin
  33. Caus/o
    Burn, Burning
  34. Cauter/o
    heat, burn
  35. erythem/o, erythemat/o
    redness
  36. diaphor/o
    profuse sweating
  37. Hidr/o
    sweat
  38. Melan/o
    black
  39. myc/o
    fungus
  40. Trich/o, pil/o
    hair
  41. Kerat/o
    hard
  42. xanth/o, jaunt/o
    yellow
  43. seb/o
    sebum
  44. sqaum/o
    scaly-like
  45. calc/o, calci/o
    Calcium
  46. myel/o
    bone marrow
  47. scoli/o
    crooked bent spinal column
  48. vertebr/o
    vertabra
  49. blast
    build
  50. clast
    tear
  51. malacia
    softening
  52. porosis
    pore passage
  53. tome
    instrament to cut
  54. anky/o
    stiff
  55. chondr/o
    cartilage
  56. Rheumatyo/o
    water flow
  57. ten/o, tendin/o
    tendon
  58. -stenosis
    narrowing
  59. my/o
    muscle
  60. myocardio
    heart muscle
  61. fibr/o
    fiber
  62. -asthenia
    lack of strength
  63. -trophy
    develoment, nourishment
  64. ab
    away from
  65. ad
    towards
  66. poly
    many, a lot
  67. cerebu/o
    cerebellum
  68. cerbr/o
    cerebrum
  69. mening/o
    membranes
  70. Thalam/o
    thalamus
  71. kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesis
    movement
  72. -plegia
    paralysis
  73. -phasia
    speech
  74. -paresis
    weakness
  75. syncop/o
    to cut off
  76. angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
    vessel
  77. aort/o
    aorta
  78. arter/o, arteri/o
    artery
  79. brachi/o
    arm
  80. cardi/o
    heart
  81. cyan/o
    blue
  82. ox/o
    oxygen
  83. phleb/o, ven/o, vene
    vein
  84. rrhythm/o
    rhythm
  85. sphygm/o
    pulse
  86. ventricul/o
    ventricle
  87. -gram
    weight, record
  88. -itis
    inflamation
  89. -opsy
    process of viewing
  90. -oma
    tumor, mass, swelling
  91. -scopy
    process of viewing with a instrument
  92. -logy
    process of study
  93. -algia
    pain
  94. -ectomy
    removal excision
  95. -ic,-ac,-cal,-al,-ary
    pertaining to
  96. -genic
    pertaining to or producing
  97. -globin
    protein
  98. -ion
    process
  99. -ist
    specialist
  100. -osis
    condition, usually abnormal (increase when used with blood)
  101. -pathy
    disease
  102. -scope
    instrament to visually examine
  103. in
    into or in
  104. pro
    before or forward
  105. a, an
    no, not, or without
  106. aut, auto
    self, own
  107. hyper
    excessive
  108. peri
    surrounding
  109. epi
    above, upon
  110. trans
    across
  111. hypo
    deficient, below, under, lacking
  112. dia
    complete
  113. end or endo
    within
  114. retro
    behind
  115. re
    back, backwards
  116. sub
    under
  117. ex, exo
    out, outside
  118. Immun/o
    Protection
  119. Lymph/o
    lymph
  120. Splen/o
    Spleen
  121. Thym/o
    Thymus
  122. Tox/o
    Poison
  123. Ana-
    Again, Anew
  124. Inter
    Between
  125. Alveol/o
    Alveolus, air sac
  126. Broncho
    Bronchial, bronchus
  127. Capn/o
    carbon dioxide
  128. Laryng/o
    Larynx
  129. Lob/o
    lobe
  130. Nas/o rhino
    nose
  131. orth/o
    straight
  132. ox/o
    oxygen
  133. phren/o
    diaphram
  134. Pneum/o, Pneumon/o
    lung
  135. Thorac/o
    chest
  136. -ema
    condition
  137. -osmia
    smell
  138. -pnea
    breathing
  139. -ptysis
    spitting
  140. -sphyxia
    pulse
  141. thorax
    chest, pleural cavity
  142. immun/o
    protection
  143. lymph/o
    lymph
  144. splen/o
    spleen
  145. thym/o
    thymus
  146. tox/o
    poison
  147. ana-
    again, anew
  148. inter
    between
  149. bucc/o
    cheek
  150. append/o
    appendix
  151. cheil/o, labi/o
    lips
  152. dent/i, odont/o
    teeth
  153. enter/o
    intestine
  154. cholecyt/o
    gallbladder
  155. rect/o
    rectum
  156. or/o
    mouth
  157. hepat/o
    liver
  158. gloss/o
    tongue
  159. esophag/o
    esophagus
  160. jejun/o
    jejunum
  161. -ase
    enzyme
  162. lith/o
    stone
  163. post
    after
  164. ultra
    beyond, excess
  165. para
    abnormal, beside, near
  166. -phobia
    fear
  167. -emia
    blood condition
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Cadillacman
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Medical Language.txt
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Medical Language Terms
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