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Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes Flashcards

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1
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abdomin/o-

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abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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front

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bol/o

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to cast (throw)

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or uterus)

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chondr/o

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color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tail bone)

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o-

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of the body

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histo/o-, histi/o-

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tissue

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ili/o-

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ilium (of the pelvic bone)

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inguin/o-

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groin

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kary/o-

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nucleus

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later/o-

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side

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lumb/o-

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lower back

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medi/o-

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middle

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nucle/o-

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nucleus

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pelv/i-

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pelvis

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poster/o-

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back, behind

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proxim/o-

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nearest

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sacr/o-

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sacrum

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sarc/o-

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flesh

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spin/o-

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spine, backbone

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thel/o-, theli/o-

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nipple

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thorac/o

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chest

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trache/o-

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trachea, wind pipe

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umbilic/o-

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navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

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belly side of the body

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vertebr/o-

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vertabra(e), back bone

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viscer/o-

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internal organs

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ana-

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up

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cata-

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down

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epi-

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above

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hypo-

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below

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inter-

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between

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meta-,

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change

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-iac

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pertaining to

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ism

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process condition

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

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formation

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-sumes

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bodies

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-type

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picture, classification

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acu/o-

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amin/o-

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amnion

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angi/o-

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vessel

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arteri/o-

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artery

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axill/o-

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armpit

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blephar/o-

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eyelid

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bronch/o-

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o-

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o-

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cartilage

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chron/o-

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time

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col/o-

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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hydr/o-

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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lymph/o-

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lymph

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mamm/o-

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breast

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mast/o-

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breast

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morph/o-

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shape, form

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muc/o-

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mucus

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my/o-

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muscle

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myel/o-

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o-

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death (of cells or whole body)

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nephr/o-

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kidney

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neur/o-

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nerve

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neutr/o-

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neutrophil

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nucle/o-

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nucleus

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opthalm/o-

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eye

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oste/o-

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bone

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ot/o-

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ear

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path/o-

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disease

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peritone/o-

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peritoneum

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phag/o-

A

to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o-

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pnemon/o-

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lungs

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pulmon/o-

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lungs

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splen/o-

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spleen

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staphyl/o-

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clusters

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strept/o-

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twisted chains

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