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Derm/o - ✔✔skin
Dermat/o - ✔✔skin
Hidr/o - ✔✔sweat, perspiration
Kerat/o - ✔✔Keratin, horny layer of skin
Melan/o - ✔✔dark, black, melanin
Onych/o - ✔✔nail
Seb/o - ✔✔sebum, sebaceous gland
Trich/o - ✔✔hair
Arthr/o - ✔✔joint
Burs/o - ✔✔bursa, sac of fluid near joint
Chondr/o - ✔✔cartilage
Erg/o - ✔✔work
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,Fasci/o - ✔✔fascia
Kin/o, kinesi/o - ✔✔movement
Muscul/o - ✔✔muscle
My/o - ✔✔muscle
Myel/o - ✔✔bone marrow, spinal cord
Oste/o - ✔✔bone
Synov/i - ✔✔synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
Ten/o, tendin/o - ✔✔tendon
Ton/o - ✔✔tone; pressure
Bronch/o - ✔✔bronchus
Laryng/o - ✔✔larynx
Pharyng/o - ✔✔pharynx
Phren/o - ✔✔diaphragm
Phrenic/o - ✔✔phrenic nerve
Pleur/o - ✔✔pleura
Pneumon/o - ✔✔lung
Pneum/o, pneumat/o - ✔✔air, gas; respiration, lung
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, Pulm/o, pulmon/o - ✔✔lungs
Rhin/o - ✔✔nose
Spir/o - ✔✔breathing
Trache/o - ✔✔trachea
Angi/o - ✔✔Vessel
Aort/o - ✔✔aorta
Arter/o, arteri/o - ✔✔artery
arteriol/o - ✔✔arteriole
Atri/o - ✔✔atrium
Cardi/o - ✔✔heart
Phleb/o - ✔✔vein
Valv/o, valvul/o - ✔✔valve
Vas/o, vascul/o - ✔✔vessel, duct
Ven/o, ven/i - ✔✔vein
Ventricul/o - ✔✔cavity, ventricle
Erythr/o, erythocyt/o - ✔✔red blood cell
Hem/o, hemat/o - ✔✔blood
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