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  • derma-, dermato-

    Skin

  • Dorsi-

    Back

  • dys-

    Abnormal, difficult, painful

  • ec-, ecto-

    Outside, out

  • encephalo-

    Brain

  • Endo-

    Within, inside

  • Epi-

    Upon, on, above

  • eryth-, erythro-

    Red

  • Eu-

    Good, normal

  • Exo-

    Outside, outward

  • -form

    Resembling, shaped like

  • Gastro-

    Stomach

  • -gen, -genesis

    Producing, formation, origin

  • glia-

    Glial cells; supporting nervous tissue

  • Gluco-

    Glucose, sugar

  • Glyco-

    Sugar

  • Hemi-

    Half

  • Hemo-

    Blood

  • Hetero-

    Different, other

  • Histo-

    Tissue

  • Homeo-

    Same, constant

  • Homo-

    Same, alike

  • Hydro-

    Water

  • Hyper-

    Excessive, above normal

  • Hypo-

    Below normal, deficient

  • -ia

    Condition, state

  • -ic

    Pertaining to

  • Infra-

    Below, beneath

  • Inter-

    Between