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  1. acr/o
    Extremities, top, extreme point
  2. acu/o
    Sharp, severe, sudden
  3. aden/o
    Gland
  4. adip/o
    Fat
  5. amni/o
    Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
  6. angi/o
    Vessel
  7. arteri/o
    Artery
  8. arthr/o
    Joint
  9. axill/o
    Armpit
  10. bi/o
    Life
  11. Blephar/o
    Eyelid
  12. bronch/o
    Bronchial tubes
  13. carcin/o
    Cancer
  14. cardi/o
    Heart
  15. Chem/o
    Drug, chemical
  16. Chondr/o
    Cartilage
  17. col/o
    Colon (large intestine)
  18. chron/o
    Time
  19. cyst/o
    Urinary bladder
  20. encephal/o
    Brain
  21. erythr/o
    Red
  22. hem/o
    Blood
  23. hepat/o
    Liver
  24. hydr/o
    Water
  25. inguin/o
    Groin
  26. isch/o
    To hold back
  27. lapar/o
    Abdomen, abdominal wall
  28. laryng/o
    Larynx
  29. larynx
    Voice box
  30. leuk/o
    White
  31. lymph/o
    Lymph
  32. mamm/o
    Breast
  33. mast/o
    Breast
  34. morph/o
    Shape, form
  35. muc/o
    Mucus
  36. my/o
    Muscle
  37. myel/o
    Spinal cord, bone marrow
  38. necr/o
    Death (of cells or whole body)
  39. nephr/o
    Kidney
  40. neur/o
    Nerve
  41. neutr/o
    Neutrophil (a white blood cell)
  42. nucle/o
    Nucleus
  43. Ophthalm/o
    Eye
  44. oste/o
    Bone
  45. ot/o
    Ear
  46. path/o
    Disease
  47. peritone/o
    Peritoneum
  48. phag/o
    To eat, swallow
  49. phleb/o
    Vein
  50. plas/o
    Formation, development
  51. pleur/o
    Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
  52. pneumon/o
    Lungs
  53. pulmon/o
    Lungs
  54. radi/o
    X-rays
  55. rect/o
    Rectum
  56. ren/o
    Kidney
  57. rhin/o
    Nose
  58. sarc/o
    Flesh
  59. splen/o
    Spleen
  60. staphyl/o
    Clusters
  61. strept/o
    Twisted chains
  62. thorac/o
    Chest
  63. thromb/o
    Clot
  64. tonsill/o
    Tonsils
  65. trache/o
    Trachea (windpipe)
  66. ven/o
    Vein
  67. -algia
    Pain
  68. -cele
    Hernia
  69. -centesis
    Surgical puncture to remove fluid
  70. -coccus (singular), cocci (plural)
    Berry-shaped bacterium (plural; bacteria)
  71. -cyte
    Cell
  72. -dynia
    Pain
  73. -ectomy
    Excision, removal, resection
  74. -emia
    Blood condition
  75. -genesis
    Condition of producing, forming
  76. -gram
    Record
  77. -graph
    Instrument for recording
  78. -graphy
    Process of recording
  79. -itis
    Inflammation
  80. -logy
    Study of
  81. -lysis
    Breakdown, destruction, separation
  82. -malacia
    Softening
  83. -megaly
    Enlargement
  84. -oma
    Tumor, mass, collection of fluid
  85. -opsy
    To view
  86. -osis
    Condition, usually abnormal
  87. -pathy
    Disease condition
  88. -penia
    Deficiency
  89. -phobia
    Fear
  90. -plasia
    Development, formation, growth
  91. -plasty
    Surgical repair
  92. -ptosis
    Drooping, falling, prolapse
  93. -sclerosis
    Hardening
  94. -scope
    Instrument for visual examination
  95. -scopy
    Process of visual examination
  96. -stasis
    Controlling, stopping
  97. -stomy
    Opening to form a mouth (stoma)
  98. -therapy
    Treatment
  99. -tomy
    Incision, cutting into
  100. -er
    One who
  101. -ia
    Condition
  102. -ist
    Specialist
  103. -ole
    Little, small
  104. -ule
    Little, small
  105. -um, ium
    Structure, tissue
  106. -us
    Structure, substance
  107. -y
    Condition, process
  108. -ac, iac
    Pertaining to
  109. -al
    Pertaining to
  110. -ar
    Pertaining to
  111. -ary
    Pertaining to
  112. -eal
    Pertaining to
  113. -genic
    Pertaining to producing, producing by or in
  114. -ic, ical
    Pertaining to
  115. -oid
    Resembling, derived from
  116. -ose
    Pertaining to, full of
  117. -ous
    Pertaining to
  118. -tic
    Pertaining to

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Author:
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Filename:
 LOM3
Updated:
2014-02-23 02:56:42
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Language of Medicine chapter 3
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