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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Combining form

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Combination of the root and combining vowel

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Prefix

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A small part added to the beginning of the term

Prefixes give description

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Combining vowel

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Has no meaning of it’s own, but connects the word root and the suffix

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Suffix

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The ending of the word

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Word root

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Gives the essential meaning of the word

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Uria

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Characteristic of urine

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Ule

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Small one

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Tomy

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Incision into

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Therapy

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Treatment

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Stomy

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Surgical creation of a new opening

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Scopy

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Process of visual examination

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Rrhea

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Discharge or flow

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Rrhaphy

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Suturing

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Rrhagia/rrhage

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Excessive flow/ discharge of blood

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Pnea

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Breathing

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Plegia

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Paralysis

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Plasty

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Surgical repair

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Plasia

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Formation/development

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Phobia

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Abnormal fear

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Penia

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Decrease in/deficiency

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Pathy

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Disease

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Osis

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Condition/abnormal condition

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Opsy

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Process of viewing

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Opia

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Visual condition

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Oma

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Tumour

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Ole

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Small or little

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Metry

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Process of measuring

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Meter

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Instrument used to record

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Megaly

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An enlargement

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Lysis

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Separation/breakdown

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Logy

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The study of

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Lithiasis

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Presence/formation of stones

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Lith

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Stone

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Lepsy

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Seizure

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Iasis

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Presence of abnormal condition

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Ian

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Specialist

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Ia

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Condition

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Gravida

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Pregnancy

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Graphy

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Process of recording

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Gram

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Record/picture

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Esis

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Condition of

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Emia

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Blood condition

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Ectomy

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Surgical removal

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Dynia

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Pain

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Desis

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Binding/to tie together

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Cyte

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Cell

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Cide

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To kill/destroy

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Centesis

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Surgical puncture

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Cele

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Swelling/herniation

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Ary

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Pertaining to

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Algia

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Pain

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Algesia

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Sensitivity

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Cirrh/o

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Yellow

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Circum

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Around

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Chlor

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Green

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Brady

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Slow

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Bio

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Life

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Bi

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Two/both

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Anti

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Against

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Ante

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Before/forward

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Ambi

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Both/both sides/around

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Albin/o

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White

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Ad

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Toward/near

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Ab

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Away from

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A

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Without/no/not

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An

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Without/no/not

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Con

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With/together

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Contra

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Against

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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De

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Down

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Dia

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Complete/through

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Dis

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Free of

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Dys

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Painful/difficult

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Ecto

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Outside

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Endo

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Within/inner

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Epi

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Above/upon/on

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Ex

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Out

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Exo

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Outside/outward

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Extra

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Outside of

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Glauc/o

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Grey

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Hemi

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Half

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Hetero

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Different

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Homo

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Same

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Hydro

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Water

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Hyper

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Excessive

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Hypo

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Deficient

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Indio

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Individual

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Infra

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Below

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Inter

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Between

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Intra

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Within

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Jaund/o

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Yellow

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Leuk/o

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White

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Melan/o

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Black

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Meso

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Middle

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Meta

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Change/beyond

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Mono

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One

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Multi

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Many

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Para

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Beside/near

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Peri

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Surrounding

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Poly

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Many/much

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Post

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After/behind

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Pre

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Before

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Primi

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First

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Pseudo

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False

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Retro

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Back/behind

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Semi

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Half

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Sub

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Under/less than

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Supra

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Above/over

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Syn

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Within/together

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Tachy

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Rapid

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Trans

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Across/through

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Ultra

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Beyond

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3 rules to remember

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  1. Read the words from end to front and across
  2. Drop combining vowel before a suffix if it starts with a vowel
  3. Keep combining vowel between word roots even if the second root begins with a vowel

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