the prefix adip pronounced adip refers to fat or fatty tissue some examples of words with the prefix adip include adipocyte which is a fat cell adipoma which is a fatty tumor and adipose which is animal fat [Music] the prefixes ima hemo and hemato hema hemo and hemato all refer to blood some examples of words with the prefixes hema hemo or hermato include hemoglobin which is the blood cell protein hematuria which is blood in the urine and hematochesia which is blood through the anus the prefix myo again myo refers to muscle some examples of words with the prefix myo include myology which is the study of muscles myofibril which is a muscle fiber and cardiomyopathy which is heart muscle disease the prefix necro pronounced necro refers to dead tissue or the dead some examples of words with the prefix necro include necrosis which is the death of cells or body tissues necrotomy which is the excision of dead body tissue or dissection of dead bodies and necrophages which is feeding on dead decaying tissue the prefixes or roots century and centro century centro both refer to center some examples of words with the prefixes or roots century or centro include anthropocentric which refers to humans as the center of the universe centripetal which physiologically refers to transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system and centromere which is the region toward the center of chromatids where they join to form a chromosome the prefixes near or narrow again near or narrow refer to nerve or nervous system some examples of words with the prefix near or nero include neuron which is a nerve cell neuralgia which is nerve pain and neuroma which is a nerve tumor or a pinched nerve thank you for watching our medical terminology video of prefixes and suffixes if you enjoyed this video and learned from it you'll like our other videos so don't forget to click our logo in the bottom right corner or the subscribe button and click the bell to receive notifications for new videos