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Word Roots Pertaining to Cells, Tissues and Organs
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| morph/o | form |
| cyt/o | cell |
| nucle/o or kary/o | nucleus |
| hist/o or histi/o | tissue |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| reticul/o | network |
| aden/o | gland |
| papill/o | nipple |
| myx/o | mucus |
| muc/o | mucus, mucus membrane |
| somat/o | body |
| blast/o | immature cell, productive cell, or embryonic cell |
| gen | origin, formation |
| phag/o | eat, ingest |
| phil | attract, absorb |
| trop | act on, affect |
| troph/o | feeding, growth, nourishment |
| plas | formation, molding, development |
| some | small body |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| -ase | suffix meaning enzyme |
| -ose | suffix meaning sugar |
| lip/o | lipid, fat |
| adip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fatty |
| gluc/o | glucose |
| glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
| amyl/o | starch |
| prote/o | protein |
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