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| word roots | contain the basic meaning of the term |
| suffixes | incidate the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease and comes at the end of a word |
| prefixes | indicate location, time, number or status and comes at the beginning of a word |
| cyan | black |
| erythr | red |
| leuk | white |
| poli | gray |
| neur | nerve |
| -itis | inflammation |
| gastr | stomach |
| enter | small intestine |
| tonsil | tonsills |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| cardi | heart |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| crani | skull |
| -um | noun ending |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| gastrosis | any disease of the stomach |
| pathology | the study of disease |
| -algia | pain and suffering |
| gastralgia | pain in the stomach |
| -dynia | pain and suffering |
| gastrodynia | stomach pain |
| gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| arteriomalacia | abnormal softening of the walls of an artery or arteries |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| hepatomegaly | abnormal enlargement of the liver |
| hepat | liver |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| arterionecrosis | tissue death of an artery or arteries |
| arteriosclerosis | abnormal hardening of an artery or arteries |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| arteriostenosis | abnormal narrowing of an artery or arteries |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid |
| abdominocentesis | surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid |
| appendectomy | surgical removal of the appendix |
| append | appendix |
| -graphy | process of recording a picture or record |
| arteriography | process of recording a picture of an artery or arteries |
| -gram | record or picture |
| arteriogram | record produced by arteriography |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| myoplasty | surgical repair of a muscle |
| myo | muscle |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| endoscopy | visual examination of the interior of a body cavity or organ by means of an endoscope |
| -rrhage | bursting forth - excessive fluid discharge or bleeding |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth - excessive fluid discharge or bleeding |
| hemorrhage | loss of a large amount of blood in a short time |
| hem | blood |
| -rrhaphy | to suture or stitch |
| myorrhaphy | to suture a muscle wound |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge |
| diarrhea | abnormally frequent loose or watery stools |
| dia | through |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| myorrhexis | rupture of a muscle |
