Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Prefix?

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Word that goes before a stem word

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a, an

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absent, deficient

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ab

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away from

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ad

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towards

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ambi

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both

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aniso

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unequal

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ante

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before

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ant(i)

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against

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auto

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self

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baso

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blue

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bi

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two

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bio

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life

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brady

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slow

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circum

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around

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co, com, con

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with, together

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contra

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against

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de

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down, from

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di

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two

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dia

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through

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dipl

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double

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dis

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apart, away from

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dys

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bad, difficult, improper

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e, ecto, ex

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out from

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end(o)

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inside, within

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enter(o)

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intestine

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epi

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upon, after

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equi

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equal

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glyco

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sweet

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hemi

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half

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hyper

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above, excessive

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hypo

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under, deficient

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infra

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beneath

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inter

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among, between

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iso

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equal

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kilo

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one thousand

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macr

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large

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mal

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bad, abnormal

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medi

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middle

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mega

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huge, great

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melan

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black

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meta

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after, next

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micro

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small, one millionth

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milli

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one thousandth

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mon(o)

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one, single

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morph

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shape

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necro

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dead

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neo

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new

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neutro

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neutral, neither

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olig

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few

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orth

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straight, normal

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pan

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all

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para

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beside, accessory to

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per

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through

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peri

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around

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phago

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to eat

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poly

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many

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post

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after

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pre, pro

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before

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pseudo

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false

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psych(o)

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mind

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py(o)

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pus

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quad(r)

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four

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retro

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backward

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semi

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half

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steno

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narrow

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sub

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under

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super, supra

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above

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syn

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together

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tachy

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swift

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therm

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heat

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trans

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through

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tri

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3

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uni

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1

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Stems?

A

Gives major subject to the term

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adeno

A

gland

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alg

A

pain

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arter

A

artery

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arthr

A

joint

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audio

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hearing

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brachi

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arm

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bronch(i)

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air tube in lungs

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calc

A

stone

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carcin

A

cancer

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card

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heart

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caud

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tail

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ceph(al)

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head

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chol

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bile, gallbladder

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chondr

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cartilage

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chrom

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color

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col(o)

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colon

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cran

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skull

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cut

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skin

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cyan

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blue

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cyst

A

bladder, bag

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cyt(o)

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cell

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dactyl

A

finger

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dent, dont

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tooth

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derm

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skin

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edema

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swelling

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erythro

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red

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febr

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fever

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gastr(o)

A

stomach

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genito

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reproductive

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gloss

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tongue

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hem(a), haem

A

blood

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hepat(o)

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liver

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histo

A

tissue

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hystero

A

uterus

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iatro

A

physician

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lip

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fat

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lith

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stone

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mening

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membrane, covering brain

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morph

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shape, form

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myel

A

marrow

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myo

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muscles

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nephro

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kidney

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neur

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nerve

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onc

A

tumor

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ophthal

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eye

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os

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mouth

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os, osteo

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bone

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oto

A

ear

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path

A

disease

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phleb

A

vein

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phob

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fear

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phot

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light

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pneum

A

air

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pod

A

foot

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pulm

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lung

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ren

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kidney

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rhin

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nose

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scler

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hard

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sep

A

poison

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soma(t)

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body

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sperm

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seed

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stoma

A

stomach, opening

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thorac

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chest

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tome

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knife

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tox(i)

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poison

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ur(o), uria

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urine, urinary

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vas

A

vessel

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ven

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vein

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Suffix?

A

Modifiers thats attached to the end of the word

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algia

A

pain

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blast

A

primitive, germ

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centesis

A

puncture, aspiration

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cide

A

death, killer

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ectomy

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excision, cut out

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emia

A

in, or of, the blood

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emesis

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vomitting

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genic

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orgin, producing

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ia

A

state, condition

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iasis

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process, condition

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iole

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small

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itis

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inflammation

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lysis

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free, breaking down

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oid

A

resembling, simlar to

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(o)logy

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study of

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oma

A

tumor

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opathy, pathia

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disease

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oscopy

A

observing, viewing

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osis

A

state, condition, increase

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ostomy

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creating an opening

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otomy

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cut into

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penia

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lack of

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phil

A

affintiy of, liking

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phyte

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plant

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plastic, plasia

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to form, mold

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poiesis

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to make

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rrhage

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excessive flow

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rrhea

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flow

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scope, scopy

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view

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stasis

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same, standing still

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troph(y)

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nourishment