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med terms (phlebotomy)

  1. aden/o
    gland
  2. arthr/o
    joing
  3. bi/o
    life
  4. carcin/o
    cancer, cancerous
  5. cardi/o
    heart
  6. cephal/o
    head
  7. cerebr/o
    cerebrum, largest part of the brain
  8. cyst/o
    urinary bladder
  9. cyt/o
    cell
  10. derm/o
    skin
  11. dermat/o
    skin
  12. elect/o
    electricity
  13. encephal/o
    brain
  14. enter/o
    intestines (often small intestines)
  15. erytho/o
    red
  16. gastr/o
    stomach
  17. gnos/o
    knowledge
  18. gynec/o
    woman, female
  19. eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte are all...
    leukocytes
  20. thrombocytes are...
    platelets
  21. hem/o
    hemat/o
    blood
  22. hepat/o
    liver
  23. lapar/o
    abdomen
  24. leuk/o
    white
  25. kidney
    nephr/o and ren/o
  26. neur/o
    nerve
  27. onc/o
    tumor
  28. ophthalm/o
    eye
  29. oste/o
    bone
  30. path/o
    disease
  31. psych/o
    mind
  32. rhin/o
    nose
  33. sarc/o
    flesh
  34. thromb/o
    clotting
  35. -al
    pertaining to
  36. -algia
    pain
  37. -cyte
    cell
  38. -ectomy
    cutting out; removal, excision
  39. -emia
    blood condition
  40. -globin
    protein
  41. -gram
    record
  42. -ia
    condition
  43. -ic
    pertaining to
  44. -ism
    condition, process
  45. -itis
    imflammation
  46. -logist
    specialist in the study of
  47. -oma
    tumor, mass
  48. -opsy
    to view
  49. -osis
    abnormal condition
  50. -scope
    instrument to visually examine
  51. -scopy
    process of visual examination
  52. -isis
    state of
  53. -tomy
    process of cutting into; incision
  54. a-, an-
    no, not
  55. aut-
    self
  56. dia-
    complete, through
  57. dys-
    bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
  58. endo-
    within
  59. exo-
    outside
  60. hyper-
    excessive, more than normal, too much
  61. hypo-
    below, less than normal, under
  62. pro-
    before, forward
  63. re-
    back
  64. retro-
    behind
  65. sub-
    below, under
  66. trans-
    across, through
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med terms (phlebotomy)
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