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1
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Combining form meaning; carp/o?

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Wrist bones.

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Combining form meaning; cis/o?

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To cut.

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Combining form meaning; cost/o?

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Rib.

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Combining form meaning; cutane/o?

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Skin.

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Combining form meaning; dactyl/o?

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Fingers, toes.

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Combining form meaning; duct/o?

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To lead, carry.

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Combining form meaning; flex/o?

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To bend

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Combining form meaning; gloss/o?

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Tongue.

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Combining form meaning; glyc/o?

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Sugar.

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Combining form meaning; immun/o?

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Protection.

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Combining form meaning; morph/o?

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Shape, form:

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Combining form meaning; mort/o?

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Death.

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Combining form meaning; nat/i?

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Birth.

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Combining form meaning; norm/o?

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Rule, order.

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Combining form meaning; ox/o?

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Oxygen.

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Combining form meaning; pub/o?

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Pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone.

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Combining form meaning; seps/o?

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Infection.

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Combining form meaning; somn/o?

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Sleep.

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Combining form meaning; son/o?

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Sound.

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Combining form meaning; the/o?

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To put, place.

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21
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Combining form meaning; thel/o, theli/o?

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Nipple.

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Combining form meaning; thyr/o?

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Thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled (oid) a shield to those who named it).

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Combining form meaning; top/o?

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Place, position, location.

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Combining form meaning; tox/o?

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Poison.

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Combining form meaning; trache/o?

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Windpipe, trachea.

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Combining form meaning; urethr/o?

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Urethra.

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Suffix meaning; -blast

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Embryonic, immature.

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Suffix meaning; -crine

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To secrete.

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Suffix meaning; -drome

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To run.

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Suffix meaning; -fusion?

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Coming together; to pour.

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Suffix meaning; -gen?

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Substance that produces.

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Suffix meaning; -lapse?

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To slide, fall, sag.

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Suffix meaning; -lysis?

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Breakdown, destruction, separation.

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Suffix meaning; -meter?

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To measure.

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Suffix meaning; -mission?

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To send.

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Suffix meaning; -or?

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One who.

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Suffix meaning; -oxia?

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Oxygen.

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38
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Suffix meaning; -partum?

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Birth, labour.

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Suffix meaning; -phoria?

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To bear, carry; feeling (mental state).

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Suffix meaning; -physis

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Suffix meaning; -plasia?

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Development, formation, growth.

42
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Suffix meaning; -plasm?

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Structure or formation.

43
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Suffix meaning; -pnea?

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Breathing.

44
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Suffix meaning; -ptosis?

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Falling, drooping, prolapse.

45
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Suffix meaning; -rrhea?

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Flow, discharge.

46
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Suffix meaning; -stasis?

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Stopping, controlling.

47
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Suffix meaning; -trophy?

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Development, nourishment.

48
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Prefix meaning; a-, an-?

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No, not, without.

Ie) apnea - not breathing

49
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Prefix meaning; ab-?

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Away from.

Ie) an abductor is a muscle that draws a limb away from the body.

50
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Prefix meaning; ad-?

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Toward.

An adductor is a muscle that draws a limb towards the body,

51
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Prefix meaning; ana-?

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Up, apart.

Ie) anabolism

Analysis -

52
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Prefix meaning; ante-?

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Before, forward.

Ante cibum - before meals (cibum). A.c on meds.

53
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Prefix meaning; anti-?

54
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Prefix meaning; auto-?

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Self, own.

55
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Prefix meaning; bi-?

56
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Prefix meaning; -brady?

57
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Prefix meaning; -cata?

58
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Prefix meaning; con-?

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With, together.

59
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Prefix meaning; contra-?

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Against, opposite.

60
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Prefix meaning; de-?

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Down, lack of.

61
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Prefix meaning; dia-?

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Through, complete.

62
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Prefix meaning; dys-?

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Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal.

63
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Prefix meaning; ec-?

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Out, outside.

64
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Prefix meaning; endo-?

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In, within.

65
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Prefix meaning; epi-?

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Upon, on, above.

66
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Prefix meaning; eu-?

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Good, normal.

67
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Prefix meaning; ex-?

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Out, outside.

68
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Prefix meaning; hemi-?

69
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Prefix meaning; hyper-?

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Excessive, above.

70
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Prefix meaning; hypo-?

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Deficient, under.

71
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Prefix meaning; in-?

72
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Prefix meaning; in-?

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Not.

Ie) insomniac -

73
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Prefix meaning; in-?

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Into, within.

Ie)incision - process of cutting in

74
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Prefix meaning; infra-?

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Beneath, under.

Ie) infracostal -

75
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Prefix meaning; inter-?

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Between.

Ie) intercostal - intercostal muscles lie between adjacent ribs.

76
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Prefix meaning; intra-?

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In, within, into.

Ie) intravenous - in veins

77
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Prefix meaning; macro-?

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Large.

Macrocephaly - congenital anomaly.

78
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Prefix meaning; meta-?

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Beyond, change.

79
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Prefix meaning; micro-?

80
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Prefix meaning; neo-?

81
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Prefix meaning; pan-?

82
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Prefix meaning; para-?

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Abnormal, beside, near.

Paralysis - abnormal disruption of connection between nerve and muscle.

Parathyroid gland - beside thyroid gland (behind).

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Prefix meaning; per-?

84
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Prefix meaning; peri-?

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Surrounding.

Ie) pericardium - structure surrounding the heart.

85
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Prefix meaning; poly-?

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Many, much.

Ie) polymorphonuclear

86
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Prefix meaning; post-?

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After, behind.

Ie) postmortem - after death (autopsy)

87
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Prefix meaning; pre-?

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Before, in front of.

Prenatal - before birth

88
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Prefix meaning; pro-?

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Before, forward.

Ie) prodrome -

89
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Prefix meaning; pros-?

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Before, forward.

Ie) prosthesis

90
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Prefix meaning; re-?

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Back, again.

Ie) relapse - falling again, back again. A disease or it’s signs and symptoms return after an apparent recovery.

91
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Prefix meaning; retro-?

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Behind, backward.

Retroperitoneal - pertaining to behind the peritoneum

92
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Prefix meaning; sub-?

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Under.

Ie) subcutaneous

93
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Prefix meaning; supra-?

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Above, upper.

94
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Prefix meaning; syn-, sym-?

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Together, with.

Ie) syndactyly - toes/fingers together.

Syndrome -

95
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Prefix meaning; tachy-?

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Fast.

Ie) tachypnea

96
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Prefix meaning; trans-?

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Across, through.

Ie) transfusion- transfer of blood or blood parts from one person to another.

97
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Prefix meaning; ultra-?

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Beyond, excess.

Ie) ultrasonography -

98
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Prefix meaning; uni-?

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One.

Ie) unilateral - pertaining to one side

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