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Greek and Latin Prefixes and Suffixes Used in Science Flashcards

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em-

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inside

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neur(o)-

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nerve

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radio-

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ray

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amyl-

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starch

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-lyt

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dissolvable

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zygo-

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join (as a pair)

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-yl

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wood

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orni-

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bird

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infra-

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under

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phag(o)-

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eat

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-phage

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eat

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dors-

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back

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archi-

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primitive

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-phyll

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leaf

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patho-

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disease

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lact(i)- or lacto-

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milk

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meta-

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after, transition

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leuc(o)-

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white

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cyt(o)-

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cell

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-sis

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a condition

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histo-

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web

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lys(o)-

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break up

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-oid

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like

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hepa(t)-

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liver

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archae(o)-

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ancient

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melan-

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black

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gastr(o)-

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stomach

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glyc-

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sweet

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-pod

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foot

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-mere

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share

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-oma

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tumour

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pale(o)-

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ancient

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ana-

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up

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intra-

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inside of, within

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-gen

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born, agent

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-logy

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the study of

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-osis

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a condition

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astr(o)-

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star

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meg(a)-

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great

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photo-

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light

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-blast

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budding

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derm-

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skin

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neo-

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new

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-graph(y)

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to write

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iso-

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equal

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intro-

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inward

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abd-

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led away

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bio-

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life

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cut-

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skin

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baro-

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weight (pressure)

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uro-

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tail, urine

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-stas, -stasis

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halt

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holo-

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whole

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nas-

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nose

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mamm-

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breast

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ec(to)-

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outside

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-ty

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state of

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-pathy

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suffering

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erythro-

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red

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micr(o)-

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small

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telo-

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end

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-cut

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skin

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hetero-

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different

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meningo-

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membrane

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halo-

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salt

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cyan-

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blue

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noct-

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night

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morpho-

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form, shape

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-cide

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kill

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chrom(o)-

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colour

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hem(a)- or hemato-

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blood

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amphi-

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around, both

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pneum-

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air

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poly-

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many

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adip-

A

fat

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an-

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without

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-emia

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blood

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ovi-

A

egg

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spermato-

A

seed

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-zyme

A

ferment

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phono-

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sound

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mes(o)-

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middle

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therm(o)-

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termperature, heat

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tox-

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poison

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-some

A

body

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squam-

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scale

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-tone, -tonic

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strength

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-aceous

A

like

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dent(i)-

A

tooth

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chlor(o)-

A

green

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bi-

A

twice

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equi-

A

equal

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vitro-

A

glass

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-metry

A

measure

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blast(o)-

A

sprout (budding)

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gamet- or gamo-

A

marriage, united

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pseud(o)-

A

afalse

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-stat

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to stand, stabilize

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macro-

A

larger

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mono-

A

one

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rhizo-

A

root

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cardio- or cardia-

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heart

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pyr(o)-

A

fire

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alb-

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white

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haplo-

A

single

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trich-

A

hair

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sacchar(o)-

A

sugar

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sym- or syn-

A

with, together

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ameb-

A

change

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andro-

A

man

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anth-

A

flower

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vita-

A

life

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ren-

A

kidney

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xer(o)-

A

dry

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petro-

A

rock

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en-

A

in

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sporo-

A

seed

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pod-

A

foot

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trans-

A

across

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-crin

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secrete

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gemi-

A

half

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vas(o)-

A

vessel

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lip(o)-

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fat

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-itis

A

inflammation

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ab-

A

away from

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lymph(o)-

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clear water

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sub-

A

beneath

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-ol

A

alcohol

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acro-

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end, tip

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-mnesia

A

memory

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ant(i)-

A

opposite

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peri-

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around

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-lysis

A

loosening

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carcin-

A

cancer

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flag-

A

whip

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ultra-

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beyond

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oligo-

A

few

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inter-

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between

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di-

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two

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hyper-

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above

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hypo-

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below

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super- or supra-

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above

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aut(o)-

A

self

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muc(o)-

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slime

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agg-

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to clump

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-phyte

A

plant

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pharmaco-

A

drug

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odont(o)-

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tooth

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-ole

A

oil

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-ped

A

foot

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-gynous

A

woman

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sapr(o)-

A

rotten

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hydro-

A

water

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end(o)-

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within

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homeo-

A

same

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necro-

A

corpse

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geo-

A

earth

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soma-

A

body

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cosmo-

A

order, world

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agro-

A

land

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myo-

A

muscle

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-troph

A

nourishment

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-cyte

A

cell

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dendr(i)- or dendro-

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tree

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aer(o)-

A

air

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xyl-

A

wood

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a-

A

not, without

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allo-

A

other

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co-

A

with

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-genesis

A

formation

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epi-

A

at, on, over

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vivi-

A

alive

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oo-

A

egg

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-vorous

A

eat

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zoo-

A

animal

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xanth(o)-

A

yellow

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oss(eo)- or osteo-

A

bone

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multi-

A

many

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ex(o)-

A

away, out

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