Chapters 1-5 Flashcards
(292 cards)
1
Q
base
A
middle
meaning, makes sense on own
essential
often more than one
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Q
suffix
A
end
adds to meaning, does not make sense on own
essential
sometimes more than 1
3
Q
prefix
A
beginning
adds to meaning, no sense on own
not essential
rarely more than 1
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Q
combining vowels
A
a, e, i, o, u, y
adds no meaning, just makes it easier to pronounce
5
Q
ambi-, ambo-
A
both
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Q
apo-
A
away from
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Q
contra-
A
opposite, against
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Q
ecto-
A
outside, outer
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Q
endo-
A
inside, inner
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Q
inter-
A
between
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Q
intra-
A
within
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Q
meso-
A
middle
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Q
sub-
A
below, underneath
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Q
super-
A
upper, above, beyond
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Q
trans-
A
across, through
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Q
-ad
A
toward
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Q
-an
A
pertaining to
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Q
-al
A
pertaining to
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Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
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Q
-ial
A
pertaining to
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Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
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Q
-ion
A
action, condition, act of
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Q
-ior
A
pertaining to
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Q
-ous
A
pertaining to, like, full of, having
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-tic
pertaining to
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-verse
to turn, to travel, turned
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vent
front, abdomen, belly
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dors
back
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anter
front, before
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poster
back, behind
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front
front, forehead
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later (as in lateral)
side
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medi
middle, midline
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mes
middle, midline
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centr
center, mid-point
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dextr
right, right-handed
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sinistr
left, left-handed
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laev, lev
left, left-handed
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super
above, in the top part of
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infer
below, in the bottom part of
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cephal
head
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caud
tail, tail bone, coccyx
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proxim
near to, near a point of attachment, near the beginning of a structure
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dist
away from, away from a point of attachment, away from the beginning of a structure
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intern
inside
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extern
outside
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faci, fici
face, surface
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pariet
wall (of a body cavity)
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ax
axis, central line
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vers, vert
travel, turn
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coron
crown, like a crown
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sagitt
arrow
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morph
form, shape
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derm, dermat
skin, layer
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som, somat
body
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corp, corpor, corpus
body
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a-
without, non, non-
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anti-
against, opposite
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circum-
around
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de-
down, downward, away from, from, without, out of
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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en-
in, inward
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epi-
upon, on the surface
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eu-
good, well, normal
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hyper-
over, above, more than normal
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peri-
around, near
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-al, -eal, -ial
pertaining to
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-alis
pertaining to
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-aris
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to, having the character of
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-ate
pertaining to, having, having the shape of, to(...)
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-etic
pertaining to
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-ety
condition, state, quality
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-ia
condition of, quality of, state of, act of
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-ile
pertaining to, able to
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-ity
condition, state, quality
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-ive
pertaining to, tending to
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-oid
resembling, shaped, like, shaped like
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-orium
place for
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-osis
process of, condition of, abnormal condition of
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-sia
process of, condition of, act of
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-sis
process of, condition of, act of
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-ure
result of, act of
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-y
condition of, quality of, state of, act of
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crani
cranium, skull (does not include jawbone)
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tempor
temple, time
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occipit
occiput (back of head)
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sphen
wedge
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pter, pteryg
wind
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ethm
sieve
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zygomat
yoke
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squam
scale-like bone, scale-like cell, squama
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lambd
lambda (sort of looks like n)
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sigm
sigma (like s)
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cav
hollow space
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cerebr
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
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cerebell
cerebellum
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encephal
brain
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lob
lobe
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fiss
split, splitting
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thalam
chamber, thalamus
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mening
membrane, meninges
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arachn
spider, spider's web
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limb
border, edge
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gyr
circle, coil
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sulc
groove, furrow
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cingul
girdle, belt, structure that surrounds
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amygdal
almond
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pituit
mucus, phlegm, discharge
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ment
mind, or reason, or chin
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psych
mind
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thym
emotion, mind
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phren
mind or diaphragm
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schis, schist, schiz
split, division
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san, sanit
healthy, sound
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man
frenzy, or hand, or thin, or loose
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press
to press, pressing
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phor
to bear, to carry, bearing
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phob
fear
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phil
loving, affinity to, craving for
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anxi
worry
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mne
to remember
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-mania
condition of madness, compulsion, obsession
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-mnesia
condition of memory, memory
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-philia
condition of attraction, attraction, abnormal craving for
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-phobia
condition of fear, abnormal fear of
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andr
man, male
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gyn, gynaec, gynec
woman, female
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necr
death, dead
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xen
foreign
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pseud
false
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crypt
hidden
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-verse
to turn, to travel, turned
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amphi-, ampho-
both, on both sides
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an-
without, not, non-
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dia-
through, apart, in a line
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extra-, extro-
outside of, beyond
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in-
in, into, over
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meta-
after, change, transition
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non-
not
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ob-
toward, in front of, against
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par-
beside, beyond, abnormal
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per-
through
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poly-
many, much
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re-
again and again, backward
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semi-
half, partly
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syn-
together, with, concurrent
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-aceous
pertaining to, belonging to, having
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-atic
pertaining to
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-ation
process
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-atory
pertaining to
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-cle
small
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-cyte
cell
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-escent
beginning to be, becoming
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-esis
condition, abnormal condition, process
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-gen
that which produces
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-in
substance
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-ment
action of, product of
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-oma
tumor, mass
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-ose
full of, having the quality of
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-ula
small
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-um
structure, substance
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cut, cutane
skin
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tect, teg
to cover
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sarc
flesh, soft tissue
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thel
nipple, or cellular layer, or tissue
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cyt
cell
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hist, histi
tissue
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kerat
horn, or horny tissue, or cornea
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melan
black
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coll
glue
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elast
flexible, stretchy
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sud, sudor
sweat
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fer
to bear, to carry, to produce
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hidr
sweat
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spir
to breathe or coil
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lip
fat
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adip
fat
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stear, steat
fat
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trich
hair
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pil
hair
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medull
innermost part, medulla
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cort, cortic
outer layer, cortex
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foll
sac, container
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seb
grease, tallow
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ungu
nail
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onych
nail
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lun
moon, moon-shaped
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chro, chrom, chromat
colour
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nigr
black
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alb, albid
white, whitish
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leuc, leuk
white
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can
white, gray
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cand
white, glowing white
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poli
gray
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erythr
red
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rub, rubr
red
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rose
pink, rosy-red
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rhod
rosy-red
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purpur
purple
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porphry
purple
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fusc
brown, dark
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carrh
yellow, tawny
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flav
golden yellow, reddish yellow
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lute
yellow
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xanth
yellow
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chlor
green
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glauc
bluish-gray, silvery-gray
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cyan
blue
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ante-
before, in front of
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cata-, cat-
down, complete
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con-
together, with
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ec-, ex-
out, outside
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eiso-, eso-
inward
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ento-, ent-
inside, within
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hemi-
half
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infra-
below
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multi-
many, much
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post-
behind, after
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pros-
toward
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supra-
above
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-duct
duct, channel, tube
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-ema
condition
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-esce
to begin, to become
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-form
having the form of, like
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument used to record
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-iasis
state of, process of, abnormal condition
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-iatic
pertaining to a state, pertaining to a process
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-ible, -ibil
able to be
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-ical
pertaining to
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-itis
inflammation
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-ize
to make, to affect
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-scope
instrument used to examoine
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-ual
pertaining to
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phot
light
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scot
darkness
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blep, bleps
to see, sight
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vid, vis
to see, sight
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op, ops, opt
eye, sight
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prosop
face
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ocul
eye, sight
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ophthalm
eye, sight
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orbit
wheel track, circle, ring
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orbit
orbit of the eye
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blephar
eyelid
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palpebr
eyelid
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gen, genit
to produce, to beget
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cili
eyelid, eyelash, hair-like structures
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junct
to join
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conjunctiv
conjunctiva (membrane of the eye)
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scler
hard, firm, thick
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corn, corne
horn
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corne
cornea of the eye
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ret
net, network
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retin
retina (of the eye)
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chor, chori
membrane
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chori, chorion, choroid
chorion, choroid
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troch, trochle
wheel, round shaped, pulley shaped
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trochle
trochlea
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cyst
bladder, cyst, sac
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phac, phak
lentil bean or eye lens
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lent, lenticul
lentil bean or eye lens
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irid, iris
rainbow
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irid, iris
iris/coloured portion of eye
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uv
grape
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uvul
uvula
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uve
uvea
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sten
narrow, contracted
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ton
tone, tension, stretching
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cor, core
pupil of the eye
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pupill
pupil
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lacrim
tears
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dacry
tears
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vitr, vitre
glass
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vitr, vitre
vitreous humor
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hyal
glass
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hyal
vitreous humor
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aqu, aque
water, watery fluid
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mei, mi
lesser, smaller
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myop
short-sighted, near-sighted
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trop
to turn, turning
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-blepsia
condition of sight
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-opia
condition of sight
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-opsia
condition of sight
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graph
to write, to record
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metr
measurement or womb, uterus
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scop
to view, to examine
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-graphy
process of recording
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-metry
process of measuring
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-scopy
process of examining with an instrument
