root word, suffixes, prefixes

• cardio


  heart
• myo


  muscle
• arterio


  artery
• pyo

  pus
• cranio

  skull
• thrombo


  clot
• cyto

  cell
• arthro

  joint
• heap/hepato


  liver
• pyro


  fever
• cryo

  cold
• nephro


  kidney
• osteo


  bone
• iso


  same
• micro


  small
• macro


  large
• intra


  inside/within
• pseudo


  false
• mono/uni


  one
• nano

  billionth
• hypo

  decreased
• hyper


  increased
• extra


  outside
• anaero

  without oxygen
• homo


  same, like
• new


  neo
• -itis


  inflammation of
• -megaly


  enlargement
• -blast

  young
• -cidal


  killing of
• -poiesis

  formation
• -meter


  measure
• -ectomy


  surgical removal
• -emia

  blood condition
• -pathy


  disease
• -penia


  deficiency
• -oma


  tumor, growth
• -tome

  cutting instrument