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1
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Eponyms - Describe it. Break it down

A

to put your name on something/a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described.

Epi= upon + onyma = name

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Who were the first people to systematically study human body and develop theories?

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ancient greeks/ continued in rome

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What was the global language of the scientific revolutuion?

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Latin

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ultima =

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last (syllable)

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penult =

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almost the last (syllable)

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pen =

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almost

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Ante =

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before

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antepenults =

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3rd to the last (syllable)

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In most words what syllable does the emphasis usually fall on?

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the third to the last

ex- co/lon/O/sco/py // koh/lawn/AW/skoh/pee

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root (words)

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foundation or subject of the term

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suffix

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ending that gives essential meaning to the term

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prefix

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added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root

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ology

Complex Suffix

A

study of

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ologist

Complex Suffix

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one who studies

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algia

Complex Suffix

A

pain

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dynia

Complex Suffix

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pain

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latry

Complex Suffix

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specialty

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latrist

Complex Suffix

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specialist

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megaly

Complex Suffix

A

enlarged

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arthr/o

root

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joint

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cardi/o

root

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heart

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enter/o

root

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small intestine

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gastr/o

root

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stomach

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hepat/o

root

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liver

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neuro

root

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nerve

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hem/o

root

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blood

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hemat/o

root

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blood

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my/o

root

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muscle

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musculo/o

root

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muscle

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angi/o

root

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vessel

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vas/o

root

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vessel

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vascul/o

root

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vessel

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derm/o

root

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skin

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dermat/o

root

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skin

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cutane/o

root

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skin

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pneum/o

root

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lung

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pulmon/o

root

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lung

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gen/o

root

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creation, cause

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hydr/o

root

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water

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morph/o

root

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change

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myc/o

root

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fungus

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42
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necro/o

root

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death

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orth/o

root

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straight

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path/o

root

A

suffering, disease

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phag/o

root

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eat

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plas/o

root

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formation

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py/o

root

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pus

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scler/o

root

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hard

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sten/o

root

A

narrowing

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troph/o

root

A

nourishment, development

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xen/o

root

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foreign

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ac

Simple suffix

A

pertaining to

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al

Simple suffix

A

pertaining to

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ar

Simple suffix

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pertaining to

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ary

Simple suffix

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pertaining to

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eal

Simple suffix

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pertaining to

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ic

Simple suffix

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pertaining to

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tic

Simple suffix

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pertaining to

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ous

Simple suffix

A

pertaining to

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60
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ia

Simple suffix

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condition

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ism

Simple suffix

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condition

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ium

Simple suffix

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tissue, structure

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y

Simple suffix

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condition/ procedure

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64
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Diminutive

A

when added to a root, these suffixes transform a term;s meaning to a smaller version of the root.

ex- booklet = little book

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icle

Diminutive Suffix

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small

66
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ole

Diminutive Suffix

A

small

67
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ule

Diminutive Suffix

A

small

68
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ula

Diminutive Suffix

A

small

69
Q

iatrics

Complex Suffix

A

medical science

70
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iatry

Complex Suffix

A

medical science

71
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ist

Complex Suffix

A

specialist

72
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cele

Complex Suffix

A

hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)

73
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emia

Complex Suffix

A

blood condition

74
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iasis

Complex Suffix

A

presence of

75
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itis

Complex Suffix

A

inflammation

76
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lysis

Complex Suffix

A

loosen, break down

77
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malacia

Complex Suffix

A

abnormal softening

78
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oid

Complex Suffix

A

resembling

79
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oma

Complex Suffix

A

tumor

80
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osis

Complex Suffix

A

condition

81
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pathy

Complex Suffix

A

disease

82
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penia

Complex Suffix

A

deficiency

83
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ptosis

Complex Suffix

A

drooping

84
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rrhage

Complex Suffix

A

excessive flow

85
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rrhagia

Complex Suffix

A

excessive flow

86
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rrhexis

Complex Suffix

A

rupture

87
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spasm

Complex Suffix

A

involuntary contraction

88
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centesis

Complex Suffix

A

puncture

89
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gram

Complex Suffix

A

written record

90
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graph

Complex Suffix

A

instrument used to produce a record

91
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graphy

Complex Suffix

A

writting procedure

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meter

Complex Suffix

A

instrument used to measure

93
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metry

Complex Suffix

A

process of measuring

94
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scope

Complex Suffix

A

instrument used to look

95
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scopy

Complex Suffix

A

process of looking

96
Q

desis

Complex Suffix

A

binding, fixation

97
Q

ectomy

Complex Suffix

A

removal

98
Q

pexy

Complex Suffix

A

surgical fixation

99
Q

plasty

Complex Suffix

A

reconstruction

100
Q

rrhaphy

Complex Suffix

A

suture

101
Q

stomy

Complex Suffix

A

creation of an opening

102
Q

tomy

Complex Suffix

A

incision

103
Q

Plural of

a

A

ae

104
Q

Plural of

ax

A

aces

105
Q

Plural of

ex

A

ices

106
Q

Plural of

ix

A

ices

107
Q

Plural of

is

A

es

108
Q

Plural of

ma

A

mata

109
Q

Plural of

on

A

a

110
Q

Plural of

um

A

a

111
Q

Plural of

us

A

i

112
Q

Plural of

y

A

ies

113
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a

common prefix

A

not

114
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an

common prefix

A

not

115
Q

anti

common prefix

A

against

116
Q

contra

common prefix

A

against

117
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de

common prefix

A

down, away from

118
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ante

common prefix

A

before

119
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pre

common prefix

A

before

120
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pro

common prefix

A

before, on behalf of

121
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brady

common prefix

A

slow

122
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tachy

common prefix

A

fast

123
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post

common prefix

A

after

124
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re

common prefix

A

again

125
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ab

common prefix

A

away

126
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ad

common prefix

A

toward

127
Q

circum

common prefix

A

around

128
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peri

common prefix

A

around

129
Q

dia

common prefix

A

through

130
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trans

common prefix

A

through

131
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e

common prefix

A

out

132
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ec

common prefix

A

out

133
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ex

common prefix

A

out

134
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ecto

common prefix

A

outside

135
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exo

common prefix

A

outside

136
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extra

common prefix

A

outside

137
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en

common prefix

A

in, inside

138
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endo

common prefix

A

in, inside

139
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intra

common prefix

A

in, inisde

140
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epi

common prefix

A

upon

141
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sub

common prefix

A

beneath

142
Q

inter

common prefix

A

between

143
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bi

common prefix

A

two

144
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hemi

common prefix

A

half

145
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semi

common prefix

A

half

146
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hyper

common prefix

A

over

147
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hypo

common prefix

A

under

148
Q

macro

common prefix

A

large

149
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micro

common prefix

A

small

150
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mono

common prefix

A

one

151
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uni

common prefix

A

one

152
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oligo

common prefix

A

few

153
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pan

common prefix

A

all

154
Q

poly

common prefix

A

many

155
Q

multi

common prefix

A

many

156
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con

common prefix

A

with, together

157
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syn

common prefix

A

with, together

158
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sym

common prefix

A

with, together

159
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dys

common prefix

A

bad

160
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eu

common prefix

A

good

161
Q

Don’t use a combing vowel to…

A

join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel

ex - my - algia // myalgia

162
Q

Do use a combing vowel to…

A

join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant

ex- splen/o -megaly // splenomegaly

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