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<p>a-/an-</p>

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<p>'lack of ' as in:</p>

<p>agranulocyte</p>

<p>anaemia</p>

<p>anuria</p>

<p>asystole</p>

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<p>ab-</p>

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<p>'away from' as in:</p>

<p>abduct</p>

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<p>ad-</p>

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<p>'towards' as in:</p>

<p>adduct</p>

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<p>-aemia</p>

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<p>'of the blood' as in:</p>

<p>anaemia</p>

<p>hypovolaemia</p>

<p>hypoxaemia</p>

<p>uraemia</p>

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<p>angio-</p>

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<p>'vessel' as in:</p>

<p>angiotensin</p>

<p>haemangioma</p>

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<p>ante-</p>

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<p>'before, in front of' as in:</p>

<p>anterior</p>

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<p>anti-</p>

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<p>'against' as in:</p>

<p>anticoagulant</p>

<p>antidiuretic</p>

<p>antigen</p>

<p>antimicrobial</p>

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<p>baro-</p>

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<p>'pressure' as in:</p>

<p>baroreceptor</p>

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<p>-blast</p>

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<p>'germ, bud' as in:</p>

<p>osteoblast</p>

<p>fibroblast</p>

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<p>brady-</p>

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<p>'slow' as in:</p>

<p>bradycardia</p>

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<p>broncho-</p>

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<p>'bronchus' as in:</p>

<p>bronchiole</p>

<p>bronchitis</p>

<p>bronchus</p>

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<p>card-</p>

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<p>'heart' as in:</p>

<p>cardiac</p>

<p>myocardium</p>

<p>tachycardia</p>

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<p>chole-</p>

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<p>'bile' as in:</p>

<p>cholangitis</p>

<p>cholecystitis</p>

<p>cholecystokinin</p>

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<p>circum-</p>

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<p>'around' as in:</p>

<p>circumduction</p>

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<p>cyto-/-cyte</p>

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<p>'cell' as in:</p>

<p>cytoplasm</p>

<p>cytosol</p>

<p>cytotoxic</p>

<p>erythrocyte</p>

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<p>derm-</p>

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<p>'skin' as in:</p>

<p>dermatitis</p>

<p>dermatome</p>

<p>dermis</p>

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<p>di-</p>

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<p>'two' as in:</p>

<p>diencephalon</p>

<p>disaccharide</p>

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<p>dys-</p>

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<p>'difficult' as in:</p>

<p>dysmenorrhoea</p>

<p>dysplasia</p>

<p>dyspnoea</p>

<p>dysuria</p>

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<p>-ema</p>

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<p>'swelling' as in:</p>

<p>emphysema</p>

<p>lymphoedema</p>

<p>oedema</p>

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<p>endo-</p>

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<p>'inner' as in:</p>

<p>endocrine</p>

<p>endocytosis</p>

<p>endothelium</p>

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<p>enter-</p>

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<p>'intestine' as in:</p>

<p>enterokinase</p>

<p>gastroenteritis</p>

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<p>epi-</p>

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<p>'on, upon' as in:</p>

<p>epicardium</p>

<p>epimysium</p>

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<p>erythro-</p>

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<p>'red' as in:</p>

<p>erythrocyte</p>

<p>erythropoiesis</p>

<p>erythropoietin</p>

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<p>exo-</p>

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<p>'outside' as in:</p>

<p>exocytosis</p>

<p>exophthalmos</p>

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<p>extra-</p>

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<p>'outside' as in:</p>

<p>extracellular</p>

<p>extrapyramidal</p>

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<p>-fferent</p>

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<p>'carrying' as in:</p>

<p>afferent</p>

<p>efferent</p>

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<p>gast-</p>

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<p>'stomach' as in:</p>

<p>gastric</p>

<p>gastrin</p>

<p>gastritis</p>

<p>gastrointestinal</p>

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<p>-gen</p>

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<p>'origin/production' as in:</p>

<p>allergen</p>

<p>antigen</p>

<p>gene</p>

<p>genetic</p>

<p>genome</p>

<p>pathogen</p>

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<p>-globin</p>

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<p>'protein' as in:</p>

<p>haemoglobin</p>

<p>myoglobin</p>

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<p>haem-</p>

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<p>'blood' as in:</p>

<p>haemolytic</p>

<p>haemorrhage</p>

<p>haemostasis</p>

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<p>hepat-</p>

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<p>'liver' as in:</p>

<p>hepatic</p>

<p>hepatitis</p>

<p>hepatocyte</p>

<p>hepatomegaly</p>

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<p>hetero-</p>

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<p>'different' as in:</p>

<p>heterozygous</p>

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<p>homo-</p>

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<p>'the same, steady' as in:</p>

<p>homologous</p>

<p>homozygous</p>

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<p>-hydr-</p>

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<p>'water' as in:</p>

<p>dehydration</p>

<p>hydrocephalus</p>

<p>hydrostatic</p>

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<p>hyper-</p>

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<p>'excess/above' as in:</p>

<p>hypercapnia</p>

<p>hypertension</p>

<p>hypertrophy</p>

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<p>hypo-</p>

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<p>'below/under' as in:</p>

<p>hypoglycaemia</p>

<p>hypotenstion</p>

<p>hypovolaemia</p>

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<p>intra-</p>

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<p>'within' as in:</p>

<p>intracellular</p>

<p>intracranial</p>

<p>intraocular</p>

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<p>-ism</p>

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<p>'condition' as in:</p>

<p>embolism</p>

<p>hyperthyroidism</p>

<p>rheumatism</p>

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<p>-itis</p>

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<p>'inflammation' as in:</p>

<p>appendicitis</p>

<p>cystitis</p>

<p>gastritis</p>

<p>hepatitis</p>

40
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<p>lact-</p>

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<p>'milk' as in:</p>

<p>lactation</p>

<p>lacteal</p>

<p>lactic</p>

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<p>lymph-</p>

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<p>'lymph tissue' as in:</p>

<p>lymphatic</p>

<p>lymphocyte</p>

<p>lymphoedema</p>

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<p>lyso-/-lysis</p>

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<p>'breaking down' as in:</p>

<p>glycolysis</p>

<p>lysosome</p>

<p>lysozyme</p>

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<p>-mega-</p>

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<p>'large' as in:</p>

<p>acromegaly</p>

<p>hepatomegaly</p>

<p>megaloblast,splenomegaly</p>

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<p>micro-</p>

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<p>'small' as in:</p>

<p>microbe</p>

<p>microtubule</p>

<p>microvilli</p>

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<p>myo-</p>

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<p>'muscle' as in:</p>

<p>myocardium</p>

<p>myoglobin</p>

<p>myopathy</p>

<p>myosin</p>

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<p>neo-</p>

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<p>'new' as in:</p>

<p>gluconeogenesis</p>

<p>neonate</p>

<p>neoplasm</p>

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<p>nephro-</p>

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<p>'kidney' as in:</p>

<p>nephroblastoma</p>

<p>nephron</p>

<p>nephrosis</p>

<p>nephrotic</p>

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<p>neuro-</p>

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<p>'nerve' as in:</p>

<p>neuralgia</p>

<p>neurone</p>

<p>neuropathy</p>

49
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<p>-oid</p>

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<p>'resembling' as in:</p>

<p>myeloid</p>

<p>sesamoid</p>

<p>sigmoid</p>

50
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<p>olig-</p>

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<p>'small' as in:</p>

<p>oliguria</p>

51
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<p>-ology</p>

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<p>'study of' as in:</p>

<p>cardiology</p>

<p>neurology</p>

<p>physiology</p>

52
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<p>-oma</p>

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<p>'tumour' as in:</p>

<p>carcinoma</p>

<p>osteoma</p>

<p>melanoma</p>

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<p>-ophth-</p>

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<p>'eye' as in:</p>

<p>exophthalmos</p>

<p>ophthalmic</p>

<p>xerophthalmia</p>

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<p>-ory</p>

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<p>'referring to' as in:</p>

<p>auditory</p>

<p>gustatory</p>

<p>secretory</p>

<p>sensory</p>

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<p>os-, osteo-</p>

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<p>'bone' as in:</p>

<p>osteoarthritis</p>

<p>osteocyte</p>

<p>osteoporosis</p>

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<p>-path-</p>

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<p>'disease' as in:</p>

<p>nephropathy</p>

<p>neuropathy</p>

<p>pathogenesis</p>

57
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<p>-penia</p>

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<p>'deficiency of' as in:</p>

<p>leukopenia</p>

<p>thrombocytopenia</p>

58
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<p>phag(o)-</p>

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<p>'eating' as in:</p>

<p>phagocyte</p>

<p>phagocytic</p>

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<p>-plasm</p>

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<p>'substance' as in:</p>

<p>cytoplasm</p>

<p>neoplasm</p>

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<p>pneumo-</p>

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<p>'lung/air' as in:</p>

<p>pneumonia</p>

<p>pneumothorax</p>

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<p>poly-</p>

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<p>'many' as in:</p>

<p>polycythaemia</p>

<p>polypeptide</p>

<p>polyuria</p>

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<p>-rrhagia</p>

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<p>'excessive flow' as in:</p>

<p>menorrhagia</p>

63
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<p>-rrhoea</p>

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<p>'discharge' as in:</p>

<p>diarrhoea</p>

<p>dysmenorrhoea</p>

<p>rhinorrhoea</p>

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<p>sarco-</p>

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<p>'muscle' as in:</p>

<p>sarcomere</p>

<p>sarcoplasm</p>

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<p>-scier</p>

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<p>'hard' as in:</p>

<p>arteriosclerosis</p>

<p>scleroderma</p>

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<p>sub-</p>

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<p>'under' as in:</p>

<p>subarachnoid</p>

<p>sublingual</p>

<p>subphrenic</p>

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<p>tachy-</p>

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<p>'excessively fast' as in:</p>

<p>tachycardia</p>

<p>tachypnoea</p>

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<p>thrombo-</p>

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<p>'clot' as in:</p>

<p>thrombin</p>

<p>thrombocyte</p>

<p>thrombosis</p>

<p>thrombus</p>

69
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<p>-tox-</p>

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<p>'poison' as in:</p>

<p>cytotoxic</p>

<p>hepatotoxic</p>

<p>toxin</p>

70
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<p>tri-</p>

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<p>'three' as in:</p>

<p>trigeminal</p>

<p>tripeptide</p>

<p>trisaccharide</p>

71
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<p>-uria</p>

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<p>'urine' as in:</p>

<p>anuria</p>

<p>haematuria</p>

<p>nocturia</p>

<p>polyuria</p>

<p>oliguria</p>

72
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<p>vas, vaso-</p>

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<p>'vessel' as in:</p>

<p>vascular</p>

<p>vasoconstriction</p>

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