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  1. angio-
    blood vessel
  2. arthro-
    joint
  3. brady-
    slow
  4. cardio-
    heart
  5. carcino-
    canerous
  6. cholecysto
    gallbladder
  7. colo-
    colon
  8. cutaneo-,
    dermato-
    skin
  9. duodeno-
    duodenum
  10. entero-
    intestine
  11. gastro-
    stomach
  12. hemato-
    blood
  13. hepato-
    liver
  14. hystero-
    uterus
  15. ictero
    jaudiced, yellow
  16. ileo
    relating to intestines (ileum)
  17. inter-
    between
  18. leuko-
    white
  19. lith-
    stone
  20. myelo-
    spinal cord
  21. myo-
    muscle
  22. nephro-
    kidney
  23. neuro-
    nerve
  24. oophoro-
    ovary
  25. osteo-
    bone
  26. oto-
    ear
  27. pharyngo-
    pharynx
  28. pneumo-
    lung, air
  29. pyelo-
    kidney
  30. rhino-
    nose
  31. pyr
    fever, hot, fire
  32. salpingo
    tube
  33. stoma
    mouth
  34. supra
    above
  35. tachy
    fast
  36. thrombo-
    clot
  37. uretero-
    ureter
  38. uro-
    urine
  39. vaso
    vessel (as in blood vessels)
  40. a-, an-
    without, away from, not, no
  41. ab-
    away from, absent
  42. ante-
    before
  43. contra-
    opposite, against
  44. dys-
    difficult, painful, abnormal
  45. endo-
    within
  46. epi-
    above
  47. hyper
    excessive, above
  48. hypo-
    below, deficient
  49. ortho-
    straight, upright
  50. peri-
    around, surroundings, about
  51. pro-
    before, in front of
  52. re-
    back, again
  53. retro-
    behind, backward
  54. trans-
    across, through, behind
  55. -ac
    pertaining to
  56. -al
    pertaining to
  57. -algia
    painful conditon, pain
  58. -cele-
    hernia, swelling, sac
  59. -centesis
    puncture of a cavity
  60. -cyte
    cell
  61. -ectomy
    excision, removal of a body part
  62. -emia
    blood
  63. -graphy
    process of recording
  64. -ia
    condition
  65. -itis
    inflammation
  66. -lysis
    dissolution, setting free
  67. -megaly
    enlargement
  68. -oma
    tumor
  69. -orrhaphy
    repair
  70. -oscopy
    exam using a scope
  71. -osis
    condition, disease
  72. -otomy
    opening into
  73. -pathy
    disease, suffering
  74. -penia
    deficiency, lack of, decrease
  75. -plasty
    mold, shape, repair
  76. -pnea
    breathing
  77. -ptosis
    downward, displacement, falling
  78. -rhea
    flow, discharge
  79. -scope
    instrument to visually examine
  80. -stasis
    control, constant level
  81. -stomy
    creation of an opening
  82. -tomy
    process of cutting
  83. -uria
    pertaining to urine

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