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Pain terms end with -algia.
Blood terms end in -emia.
Inflammation is -itis.
A breaking down is -lysis.
Relating to disease is -opathy.
Breathing terms end with -pnea.

Brachi/o – Arm
Cardi/o – Heart
Cyt/o – Cell
Derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o – Skin
Encephal/o – Brain
Gastr/o – Stomach
Hemat/o – Blood
Hist/o, histi/o – Tissue
Intestin/o – Intestine
Lapar/o – Abdomen, loin or flank
My/o – Muscle
Neur/o – Nerve
Ocul/o – Eye
Ophthalm/o – Eyes
Or/o – Mouth
Ot/o – Ear
Pulmon/o – Lungs

Mono/uni – One
Bi – Two
Tri – Three

Ab – Away from
Ad – Toward
Ecto/exo – Outside
Endo – Inside
Epi – Upon