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prefix, suffix, root,
vasc or vas
veins and arteries
hemo or hem or sangu
blood
angi or angio
blood vessels
ven or veno or phleb or phlebo
veins
aort
aorta
arteri or arterio
arteries
macro
large
micro
small
megalo or megaly
very large
peri
around
trans
across
endo
within or inside
inter
between
chloro
green
leuk/o
white
eryth
red
cyan
blue
dys
normally
mal
bad
emia
blood condition
itis
inflammation
otis
condition or disease
hyper-
above normal
hypo
below normal
tachy
fast
brady
slow
echo
ultrasonic waves
ectomy
removal of
gram
picture
graph or graphy
process of taking a picture
otomy
making a cut in/ removal
scopy
use of instrument for viewing
stomy
create an opening in
plasty
modifying the shape of/ repairing
ology
study of
ologist
specialist
iatry
medical treatment
ceph or enceph
brain
rhino- or nas/o
nose
tympan or myringo
eardrum
odont or dento
tooth
crani
skull
oto
ear
opthalm or oculo
eye
lingu
tounge
hepat or hepato
liver
cholecyst
gallbladder
esoph or esopha
esophagus
colo
large intestine
gastr or gastro
stomach
ileo or duodeno or jejuno
small intestine
my/o
muscle
scapula
shoulder
brachi or brachio
arm
carp or carpo
wrist
cost or costo
rib
dorsa
back
oste or osteo
bones
pod or ped
foot
thorac
chest
pneumo or pleura
lung
mamm or mammo
best
thromb or thrombo
blood clot
neph
kidney
cardi
heart
ostomy
opening of
esophag
esophagus
acr/acro
extremities
axill/axillo
armpits
blephar
eyelid
bucc
cheek
derm or derma
skin
irid or irido
iris of the eye
lapar or laparo
abdomen
ophthal or ophthalmo
eyes
pelv ot pelvo
pelvis
somat/o
body
carcin/o
cancer
cost/o
rib
cyt/o
cell
enter/o
intestine
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
hist/o
tissue
hyster/o or metr/o
uterus
laryng/o
larynx
necr/o
death
lymph/o
lymph vessels
melan
black
oophor/o
ovaries
oss or osseo
bones
pathy
disease
phleb
vein
pneum
lungs
sacr/o
sacrum
splen
spleen
ten or tend
tendon