Define each of the following word parts.

1. cis/o
2. dermat/o
3. hemat/o
4. neur/o
5. pulmon/o
6. auto-
7. brady-
8. inter-
9. peri-
10. post-
11. trans-
12. eu-
13. poly-
14. hemi-
15. hypo-
16. -cyte
17. -osis
18. -malacia
19. -logy
20. -sclerosis
21. -rrhea
22. -ectomy
23. -ostomy
24. -scope
25. -metry


1. to cut
2. skin
3. blood
4. nerve
5. lung
6. self
7. slow
8. among, between
9. around
10. after
11. through, across
12. normal, good
13. many
14. half
15. under, below
16. cell
17. abnormal condition
18. abnormal softening
19. study of
20. hardening
21. flow, discharge
22. surgical removal
23. create a new opening
24. instrument to view
25. process of measuring

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