Phlebotomy 4 Flashcards
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a word ending
suffix
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vessel
angi, vas
artery
arteri
joint
arthr
heart
cardi
blue
cyan
bladder
cyst
cell
cyt, cyte
red
erythr
glucose, sugar
glyc
blood
hem, hemat
liver
hepat
tissue
hist
white
leuk
muscle
my
bone marrow, spinal chord
myel
kidney
nephr, ren
nerve
neur
tumor
onc
bone
oste
oxygen
ox
disease
path
child
ped
vein
phleb
air, lung
pneumon
lung
pulmon
hard
scler
clot
thromb
poison
tox
urine
ur, urin
vein
ven
around
peri-
rapid, fast
tachy-
pain
-algia
within
-intra
between
inter-
pertaining to
-ar, -ary
surgical puncture, remove fluid
-centesis