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  1. oste/0
    bone
  2. arthr/0
    joint
  3. chondr/o
    cartilage
  4. burs/o
    sac, bursa
  5. my/o
    muscle
  6. viscer/o
    organ
  7. vas/o
    vessel
  8. cutane/o:
    Skin
  9. melan/o:
    dark hue
  10. kerat/o:
    hard tissue
  11. arteri/o
    artery
  12. ven/o
    veins
  13. thromb/o
    clot
  14. angi/o
    blood vessel
  15. carcin/o
    cancer
  16. lymph/o
    lymph
  17. immuno/o
    immunity
  18. py/o
    pus
  19. leuk/o
    white
  20. splen/o
    spleen
  21. neur/o
    nerve
  22. crani/o
    skull, cranium
  23. cerebr/p
    cerebrum
  24. cephal/o
    head
  25. vertebr/o
    vertebrae
  26. audi/o
    hearing
  27. corne/o
    pupil
  28. esthesi/o
    sensation
  29. gloss/o
    tongue
  30. kinesi/
    motion
  31. lingu/o
    tongue
  32. nas/o
    nose
  33. opthalm/o
    eye
  34. ot/o
    ear
  35. aden/o
    gland
  36. adren/o
    adrenal
  37. andr/o
    male
  38. crin/o
    to secrete
  39. dips/o
    thirst
  40. endocrin/o
    endocrine
  41. gluc/o
    sugar
  42. glyc/o
    sugar
  43. gyn/o
    woman
  44. gastr/o
    stomach
  45. chol/o
    bile, gallbladder
  46. hepat/o
    liver
  47. proct/o
    anus, rectum
  48. peps/o
    digestion
  49. duoden/o
    duodenum
  50. polyp/o
    polyp
  51. col/o
    colon
  52. ur/o
    urine
  53. cyst/o
    bladder, sac
  54. nephr/o
    ren/o
    kidney
  55. lith/o
    stone
  56. glomerul/o
    glomerulus
  57. urine/o
    urethra

    (ur/o = urine)
  58. ureter/o:
    ureter
  59. py/o
    pus
  60. hem/a:
    blood
  61. gluc/o
    sugar
  62. amni/o
    amniotic fluid
  63. nat/o
    birth
  64. episi/o
    vulva
  65. gravid/o
    pregnancy
  66. gyn/o
    woman
  67. hyster/o
    uterus
  68. lact/o
    milk
  69. orchid/o
    testicle
Author
teriann
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