roots and suffixes
cephal
head
oste
bone
neur
nerve
enter
intestines
carcin
cancer
path
disease
pathy
disease
-cyte
cell
-osis
abnormal condition
-ectomy
removal or excision
-tomy
cutting into or incision
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
leuk-
white
erythr
red
cyst
bladder
cyt
cell
cis
to cut
bi
life
-opsy
view of
-emia
blood condition
-oma
tumor
-ic
pertaining to
-scopy
visual examination
-ion
process
hemat
blood
aden/o
gland
ren/o
kidney
ur/o
urine;urinary tract
febr/i
fever
bil/i
bile
bi/o
life
lingu/o
tongue
-algia
pain
nephr/o
kidney