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Aden/o

Gland

Arth/o

Joint

Bi/o

Life

Cardin/o

Cancerous, cancer

Cardi/o

Heart

Cephal/o

Head

Cerebr/o

Cerebrum ( largest part of brain).

Cis/o

To cut

Crin/o

To secrete

Cyst/o

Urinary bladder

Cyt/o

Cell

Derm/o Dermat/o

Skin

Electr/o

Electricity

Encephal/ o

Brain

Enter/o

Intestines

Erythr/o

Red

Gastr/o

Stomach

Glyc/o

Sugar

Gnos/o

Knowledge

Gynec/o

Woman or female

Hemat/o Hem/o

Blood

Hepat/o

Liver

Iatr/o

Treatment

Leuk/o

White

log/o

Study of

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Onc/o

Tumor (cancerous)

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Oste/o

Bone

Path/o

Disease

Ped/o

Child

Psych/o

Mind

Radi/o

X-ray

Ren/o

Kidney

Rhin/o

Nose

Sarc/o

Flesh

Sect/o

To cut

Thromb/o

Clot , clotting

Ur/o

Urinary tract , urine

-ac

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-algia

Pain

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

Excision removal

-emia

Blood condition

-genic

Pertaining to producing

-globin

Protein

-gram

Record

-ic -ical

Pertaining to

-ion

Process

-ist

Specialist

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Process of study

-oma

Tumor, mass , swelling

-opsy

Process of viewing

-osis

Condition usually abnormal

-pathy

Disease condition

-scope

Instrument to visual examine

-scopy

Process of visually examining

-sis

State of condition

-tomy

Process of cutting , incision

-y

Process condition

A- An-

No not without

Aut- Auto-

Self , own

Dia-

Complete through

Endo-

Within

Epi-

Above , upon

Ex- , Exo-

Out , outside, outward

Hyper-

Excessive, above , more than normal

Hypo-

Deficient , below, under , less than normal

In-

Into in

Peri-

Surrounding around

Pro-

Before , forward

Re-

Back, backward , again

Retro-

Behind

Sub-

Below , under

Trans-

Across, through