ab
away from
ad
toward
ana
up
ante
before
cata
down
circum, peri
around
endo
within, innermost
epi
upon, above
ex
out, away from
extra
outside, beyond
hypo
below, deficient
infra
below
inter
between
intra
within
meso
middle
para
beside
retro
backward
sub
below, under
supra
above, beyond
trans
across, through
ambi
both
bi
two, double
brady
slow
centi
a hundred
deca
ten
dipl
double
di(s)
two
hyper
above, more than normal
milli
one-thousandth
mono
one, single
multi
many, much
nulli
none
poly
many
primi
first
quadri
four
quint
five
semi, hemi
half
tachy
fast
tetra
four
tri
three
uni
one
a, an
without, lack of
ante, anti, contra
against
auto
self
brachy
short
cac, mal
bad
de
reversal of, without
dia
through
dys
bad, before, difficult
eu
good, normal
hepat
related to liver
hetero
different
homeo
similar, same
hydro
water
mal
bad, inadequate
mega
large, great
micro
small
nephr
related to kidney
oligo
scanty, little
pan
all
pseudo
false
re
again and again
sym, syn
together
ang/i, angi/o, vas/o
vessel
angin
to choke
arter, arteri/o
artery
ather/o
fatty substance or deposit
capillus
hairlike
card, card/i, cardi/o
heart
lipid
fat
logos
study
man/o
thin
my/o
muscle
phleb, phleb/o
vein
pulmonar
lung
cubitum
elbow, forearm
cyte
cell
derm
skin
diastol/o
dilating
electr/o
electricity
embol
to cast, to throw
erg/o
work
erythr/o
red
hem/o
blod
rrhythm
rhythm
scler
hardening
sera
serum
sphygm/o
pulse
steth/o
chest
systol/o
contracting
tens
tension
thromb
clot
ven/i
vein
-algia, dynia
pain
-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-itis
inflammation
-lysis
destruction, separation
-megaly
enlargement, large
-oid
resemble
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-ptosis
drooping
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition of
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-centesis
surgical puncture
-desis
binding
-ectomy
surgical excision
-gram
a weight, or picture
-graph
to write, record
-meter, metry
measure
-opsy
to view
-plasty
surgical repair
-plexy
surgical fixation
-rrhaphy
suture
-scope
instrument
-scopy
to view
-stasis
control, stopping
-stomy
surgically created opening
-therapy
treatment
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
incision
-blast
immature cell, germ cell
-cyte
cell
-ist
one who specializes, agent
-logy
study of
-phasia
to speak
-phagia
to eat
-philia
attraction
-phraxis
to obstruct development
-physis
growth
-plasia
formation, produce
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation
-trophy
nourishment, development
-uria
urine
Cardiology
The study of diseases of the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries
Cytology
The study of cellular structure and functions
Dermatology
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Endocrinology
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Gastroenterology
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Gynecology
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Hematology
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Immunology
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Microbiology
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Neurology
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Virology
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Appendicitis
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Dermatitis
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Meningitis
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Osteomyelitis
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