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  • Root word: Cyst/o
    cheek
    gallbladder
    fluid sac or pouch, urinary bladder
    vein
  • Prefix: Ab-
    after
    away from
    before
    towards, near
  • Prefix: Poly-
    one
    in, within
    out, outside
    many, much
  • Suffix: -desis
    crushing
    puncture, tap
    excision, surgical removal
    binding, fusion
  • Root word: Pulm/o, Pulmon/o
    joint
    vein
    lungs
    brain
  • Prefix: Ante-
    toward, near
    after
    away from
    before
  • Root word: Onych/o
    nail
    spinal cord, bone marrow
    lungs
    bone
  • Root word: Enter/o
    intestines
    vein
    muscle
    brain
  • Suffix: -ectomy
    binding, fusion
    crushing
    excision, surgical removal
    surgical fixation
  • Prefix: Post-
    in, within
    out, outside
    after, behind
    many, much
  • Suffix: -pexy
    crushing
    binding, fusion
    puncture, tap
    surgical fixation
  • Suffix: -tripsy
    crushing
    puncture, tap
    excision, surgical removal
    binding, fusion
  • Root word: Myel/o
    vein
    spinal cord, bone marrow
    muscle
    bone
  • Suffix: -plasty
    binding, fusion
    puncture, tap
    crushing
    plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
  • Prefix: Ec-, Ecto-
    away from
    in, within
    toward, near
    out, outside
  • Root word: My/o
    spinal cord, bone marrow
    brain
    intestine
    muscle
  • Root word: Phleb/o
    spinal cord, bone marrow
    nail
    lung
    vein
  • Suffix: -graphy
    act of recording data
    surgical fixation
    crushing
    plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
  • Prefix: Ad-
    away from
    toward, near
    before
    after
  • Prefix: Mon/o-
    in, within
    many, much
    after, behind
    one
  • Suffix: -centesis
    crushing
    puncture, tap
    binding, fusion
    excision, surgical removal
  • Root word: Colp/o
    vagina
    cheek
    nail
    gallbladder
  • Prefix: End/o-
    in, within
    toward, near
    away from
    out, outside
  • Root word: Oste/o
    vein
    nose
    lung
    bone
  • Root word: Derm/o
    lung
    muscle
    brain
    skin
  • Root word: Synov/i
    muscle
    bone
    vein
    synovial fluid, joint, membrane
  • Root word:Encephal/o
    vein
    brain
    bone
    intestine
  • Root word: Cholecyst/o
    a fluid sac or pouch, urinary bladder
    gallbladder
    eyelid
    cheek
  • Root word: Blephar/o
    cheek
    nail
    eyelid
    vagina
  • Root word: Bucc/o
    lung
    gallbladder
    Cheek
    vagina
  • Root word: Hem/o, Hemat/o
    muscle
    vein
    blood
    brain
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