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mono-, uni-

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one

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bi-, di-

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two

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tri-

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three

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quad-, quadri-, tetra-

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four

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centi-

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one hundred, one-hundredth

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milli-

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one-thousandth

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diplo-

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double

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hemi-, semi-

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half, partly

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hyper-

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excessive, more than normal

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hypo-

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under, less than normal

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multi-, poly-

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many

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nulli-

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none

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pan-

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all

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primi-

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first

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super-, ultra-

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excessive

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ante-, pre-

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before in time or in place

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circum-, peri-

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around

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contra-

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against or opposed

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dia-

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through

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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-

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outside, without, away from

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en-, end-, endo-

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inside

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epi-

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above, on

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hypo-, infra-, sub-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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ipsi-

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same

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meso-, mid-

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middle

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para-

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near, beside, or abnormal

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per-

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through or by

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post-

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after, behind

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retro-

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behind, backward

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super-, supra-

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above, beyond

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sym-, syn-

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joined, together

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trans-

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across

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anti-, contra-

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against

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Brady-,

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slow

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dys-

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bad, difficult, disordered

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eu-

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good, normal

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mal-

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bad, abnormal

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pro-

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favoring, supporting

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tachy-

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fast

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ante-, pre-, pro-

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before

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post-

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after or behind

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macro-, mega-, megalo-

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large or great

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micro-

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small

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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in-

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not or inside

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non-

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not

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alb/o, Albin/o, leuk/o

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white

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chlor/o

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green

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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cyt/o

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-cyte (cell)

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gen/o

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-genic, -genesis (beginning, origin, produced by)

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gram/o

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-gram, -graph,- graphy (to record, a record, instrument for recording, process of recording)

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kinesi/o

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-kinesia, -kinesis (movement, motion)

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leps/o

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-lepsy (seizure)

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lys/o

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-lysin, -lysis, -lytic (destruction, dissolving, that which destroys, process of destroying, capable of or producing destruction

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malac/o

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-malacia (soft, softening, abnormal softening)

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Megal/o

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-megaly (large enlarged, enlargement)

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metr/o

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-meter, -metry (measure, uterine tissue, instrument used to measure, process of measuring)

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path/o

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-pathy (disease)

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phag/o

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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy (eat, ingest, eating, swallowing

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phas/o

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-phasia (speech)

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pleg/o

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-plegia (paralysis)

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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o

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-schisis (split, cleft)

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scler/o

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-sclerosis (hard, hardening)

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scop/o

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-scope, -scopy (to examine, to view, instrument used for viewing

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troph/o

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-trophic, -trophy (nutrition)

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aer/o

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air

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blast/o

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embryonic form

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cancer/o, carcin/o

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cancer

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cephal/o

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head

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cry/o

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cold

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crypt/o

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hidden

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dips/o

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thirst

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electr/o

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electricity

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

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tissue

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Myc/o

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fungus

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narc/o

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stupor

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necr/o

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dead

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optic/o, opt/o

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vision

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phon/o

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voice

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phot/o

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light

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py/o

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pus

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therm/o

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heat

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top/o

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position, place

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

Medical Term CH.2 (4 decks)

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