Chapters 1-4 Combining Form, Prefixes, & Suffixes Flashcards
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
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vessel
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anter/o
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front
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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axill/o
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armpit
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bi/o
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life
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bol/o
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to cast (throw)
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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carcin/o
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cancerous; cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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carp/o
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wrist bones
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cervic/o
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neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chondr/o
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cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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chrom/o
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color
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chron/o
time
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cib/o
meals
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cis/o
to cut
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
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col/o
colon (large intestine)
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
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cutane/o
skin
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cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
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cyt/o
cell
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dactyl/o
fingers, toes
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derm/o, dermat/o
skin
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dist/o
far, distant
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dors/o
back portion of the body
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duct/o
to lead, carry
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electr/o
electricity
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encephal/o
brain
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enter/o
intestines (usually small intestine)
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erythr/o
red
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flex/o
to bend
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furc/o
forking, branching
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gastr/o
stomach
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gloss/o
tongue
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glyc/o
glucose; sugar
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gnos/o
knowledge
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gynec/o
woman; female
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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hepat/o
liver
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hist/o
tissue
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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iatr/o
physician; treatment
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ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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immun/o
protection
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inguin/o
groin
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isch/o
to hold back
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kary/o
nucleus
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
larynx
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later/o
side
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leuk/o
white
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log/o
study
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lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
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lymph/o
lymph
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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medi/o
middle
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morph/o
shape, form
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mort/o
death
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muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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nat/i
birth
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necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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norm/o
rule, order
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nucle/o
nucleus
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onc/o
tumor
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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ox/o
oxygen
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path/o
disease
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ped/o
child
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pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
aplastic - unable to form or regenerate (develope) tissue
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pleur/o
pleura
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pneumon/o
lungs
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poster/o
back, behind
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proxim/o
nearest
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psych/o
mind
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pub/o
pubis (pubic bone)
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pulmon/o
lungs
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radi/o
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sacr/o
sacrum
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sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
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sect/o
to cut
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seps/o
infection
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somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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spin/o
spine, backbone
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clusters
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strept/o
twisted chains
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the/o
to put, place
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thel/o, theli/o
nipple
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
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thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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top/o
place, position, location
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tox/o
poison
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trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
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ur/o
urine; urinary tract
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urethr/o
urethra
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ven/o
vein
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ventr/o
belly side of the body
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vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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viscer/o
internal organs
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-ac
pertaining to
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-ac, -iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-cele
hernia
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus (-cocci)
berry-shaped bacterium
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-crine
to secrete
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-cyte
cell
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-drome
to run
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-dynia
pain
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
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-emia
blood condition
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-er
one who
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-fusion
coming together; to pour
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-gen
substance that produces
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-genesis
condition of producing, forming
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-globin
protein
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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-ia
condition
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-iac
pertaining to
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ion
process
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-ior
pertaining to
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-ism
process, condition
catabolism
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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-logy
study of (process)
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-meter
to measure
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-mission
to send
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-oid
resembling
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-ole
little, small
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-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
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-opsy
view of
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-ous
pertaining to
mucous
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-partum
birth, labor
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-pathy
disease condition
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-penia
deficiency
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-phobia
fear
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-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis
to grow
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
structure or formation
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
drooping, falling, sagging, prolaps
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
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-sis
state of; condition
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-somes
bodies
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-stasis
stopping, controlling
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-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
treatment
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tomy
process of cutting, incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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-ule
little, small
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-um, -ium
structure, tissue
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-us
structure, substance
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-y
condition; process
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-or
one who
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-type
picture, classification
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a-, an-
no; not; without
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ana-
up, apart
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ante-
before, forward
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anti-
against
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aut-, auto-
self; own
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bi-
two
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brady-
slow
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cata-
down
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con-
with, together
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contra-
against, opposite
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de-
down, lack of
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dia-
complete; through
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-
out, outside
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en-, endo-
in, within
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epi-
above; upon; on
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-, exo-
out; outside of; outward; away from
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
above; excessive; more than normal
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hypo-
deficient; below; under; less than normal
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in-
in; into; not
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in-
into, within, not
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infra-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond, change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
abnormal, beside, near
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding; around
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before; forward
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pros-
before, forward
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re-
back; again; backward
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retro-
behind; back; backward
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sub-
under; below
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supra-
above, upper
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syn-, sym-
together, with
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tachy-
fast
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trans-
across; through
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ultra-
beyond, excess
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uni-
one
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a-, an-, in-
not; no; without
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ante-, pre-, pro-
before; forward; in front of
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anti-, contra-
against; opposite
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con-, syn-, sym-
with; together
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de-, cata-
down, lack of;
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dia-, per-, trans-
through; complete; across
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dys-, mal-
bad; abnormal; difficult; painful
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ec-, ecto-, ex-
out; outside
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endo-, in-, intra-
in; within; into
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epi-, hyper-, supra-
upon; on; above; excessive; upper
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
under; deficient; beneath
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re-, retro-, post-
back; again; behind; backward; after
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ultra-, meta-
beyond; excess; change
