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What are angi/o or vas/o ?
pre-
What is the word for before?
-ectomy
What is surgical removal?
The word for fast
What is tachy?
gastr/o
What is the word for stomach?
-osis
What is the word for a condition?
hematuria
What is blood in the urine?
hemat/o: blood
-uria: urine
The word meaning kidney
What is nephr/o ?
post
What is the word for after?
erythr/o
What is the word for red?
The word for slow
What is brady?
heme
What is the word for blood?
-pathy
What is the word for disease?
appendectomy
What is the removal of the appendix?
-ectomy: removal
The word meaning joint
What is arthr/o ?
sub
What is the word for below?
-itis
What is the word for inflammation?
oligo, hypo
What is the word for few or little?
oste/o
What is the word for bone?
-oma
What is the word for tumor?
hepatitis
What is the word for liver inflammation?
hepat/o: liver
-itis: inflammation
The word meaning head
What is cephal/o?
super, supra
What is the word for above?
-pexy
What is surgical fixation?
hemi
What is the word for half?
my/o
What is the word for muscle?
-algia
What is the word for pain?
dyspnea
What is the word for difficulty breathing?
dys-: difficult, painful
pnea: air, breathing
The word meaning chest
What is thorac/o?
endo
What is the word for inside, inner or interior?
-otomy
What is to create an opening in?
poly, hyper
What is the word for many or much?
nephr/o
What is the word for kidney?
-cele
hernia
suprarenal
What is the word for above the kidney?
supra: above
The word meaning brain
What is cerebr/o?
peri
What is the word for around?
a, an
What is the prefix for without?
Ab
What is the word for away from?
pulm/o, pneum/o
What is the word for lung?
stasis, static
What is the word for maintenance of normal conditions?
oliguria
What is the word for not producing enough urine?
olig/o: few
-uria: urine