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aden/o - gland

angio -> vessels


ankyl/o - crooked, bent or stiff
arthr/o - joint
cardi/o - heart
chondr/o - cartilage
cephal/o - head
cerebro - brain
col/o - colon
cost/o - rib
cyst -> bladder, cyct (=cist)
cyt/o - cell
epith- - laid oncovering
gastro
gyneco-, gyn-, gyne-, gyno- woman
hemat/o - blood
hemo - blood
hepato - liver
hyster - uterus
hist/o - tissue
kyph/o - hump
laring/o - lariynx

mamo/masto - breast
my/o - heart: myocardium, bone marrow
my/o - muscle
myel/o - spinal cord
nephro - kydney
neuro - nerve
olecran/o - elbow
oss - bone
oste/o - bone
ot/o - ear
pepsi - digestion
peri - around (perioperative care)
phleb/o - vein
pulmo(no), pneumo - lung
pyo - pus
rhino - nas
salpingo - salpinx
scolio - curved

spondyl/o = vertebra

For colllors
cyano - blue
cloro - verde
erythro - rosu
leuko - alb inchis
eosino - roz
melano - black
polio - grey
xanto/flavo - galben
cirrho - portocaliu

ana- (from Greek) - up , against , back


re- (from Latin) - again, back
dys- abnormal
a- (an-) - not, without
ab- - away from
post
ante,pre,post

mono,uni,primi
bi,di,diplo
qudri/tetra
pulri/poli

algia - pain
dinea - more severe pain

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