Medical Word Parts - Letter: h

Term	Definition
halit/o	breath
hapl/o	simple, single
hect-	one hundred
hedon/o	pleasure
helc/o	ulcer
heli/o	sun
hem/o	blood
hemat/o	blood
hemi-	half
hepat/o	liver
hepta-	seven
heredo-	heir, heredity
herni/o	hernia
heter-	different, other
hex-	six
-hexia	condition
hiat/o	gap, opening, pause
hidr/o	sweat
hist/o	tissue
hod-	pathway
holo-	entire, complete
home/o	same, not changed
horm-	impulse, urge
hyal/o	glass-like
hydr-	water
hydr/o	water, fluid
hygr/o	moisture
hymen/o	membrane
hyper-	excessive, above
hypn/o	sleep
hypo-	deficient, under
hypsi-	high
hyster/o	uterus

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