Studied by 4 people
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ase
enzyme
-logy
study of
-dipsia
thirst
-graphy, -graph
instrument for recording
-gram
record
-genic
producing
-pathy
disease
-itis
inflammation of
-osis
condition
-rrhage
excessive flow
-oid
resembling, like
-ectomy
surgical removal
-stasis
control
-logist
specialist
-scopy
viewing of
-rrhea
flowing discharge
-scope
instrument
-sclerosis
hardening
-spasm
twitching, involuntary contraction
-oma
tumor
-emia
blood condition
-plasty
surgical repair
-uria
urine
-iatry
treatment
-lepsy
seizure
-lysis
breaking down
-lytic
destroy
-megaly
enlarged
-meter
measuring instrument
-penia
decreased number
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-philia
attraction to
-phobia
fear of
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-stenosis
narrowing
-stomy
artificial opening
-trophy
nourishment, development
-ule, -ula, micro-
small
acous/o
hearing
aden/o
gland
adip/o, lipid
fat
alb, leuk/o
white
ambul/o
walk
andr/o
male
angi/o
vessel
arthr/o
joint
bucc/o
cheek
carcin/o
cancer
cardi
heart
cereb
brain
chem/o
chemistry
cyan
blue
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o, cyte
cell
derm/a
skin
duoden/o
duodenum, first part of small intestine
enter/o
intestine
erythr/o
red
esophag/o
esophagus
fibr/o
fiber
gastr/o
stomach
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
gynec/o
woman
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hist/o
body tissues
hyster/o, uter/o
uterus
lact/o
milk
lapar/o
abdomen
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast tissue
myel/o, my/o
muscle
necr/o
dead
neur/o
nerve
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
ox, oxy
oxygen
pancreat/o
pancreas
pelv/o
pelvis
prostat/o
prostate
psych/o
mind
pulm/o, pneum/o
lungs
ren/o, nephr/o
kidney
retin/o
retina
rhin/o, nas/o
nose
thromb/o
blood clot
tox/o, toxic
poisonous
urethr/o
urethra
ven/o, phleb/o
vein
vas, vascul/o
blood vessel
vesic, vesicul/o
vesicle, bladder
proct/o
rectum
a-, an-
without, not, no
auto-
self
bi-
two
bio-
life
brady-
slow
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