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a
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without, not
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ab
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from/off, away from
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abdomen/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities
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actin/o
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ray
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acu
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a needle, sharp, clear
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ad
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prefix: addition to, intensification, to, toward
suffix: toward
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aden/o
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gland
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aer/o
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air, gas
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alges/i
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sensitivity to pain
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algia
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pain, painful condition
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all/o
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other, different
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amb/i
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both or both sides
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amni/o
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amnion (sac holding fetus)
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an
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without, not
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andr/o
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man, male
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angi/o
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vessel
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anis/o
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unequal, asymmetric, dissimilar
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ankly/o
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stiff
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ante
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before, forward
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anter/o
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in front of
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anti
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against
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antro
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cavity, antrum, sinus
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appendic/o
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appendix, attached to a larger part
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arteri/o
artery, vessel carrying blood from heart
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arthr/o
joint, articulation
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atel/o
incomplete development, imperfect
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ather/o
porridge-like
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audi/o
hear, hearing
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aut/o
self
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bar/o
weight, heavy, pressure
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bi
two, double, twice
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bi/o
life
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blast/o
germ or embryonic
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brachi/o
upper arm
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brady/o
slow
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bronch/o
windpipe
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burs/o
bursa, sac
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cac/o
bad, diseased, abnormal
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calcane/o
heel
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carcin/o
cancer
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cardi/o
heart
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cari/o
decay
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carp/o
wrist
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cat/a
down, downward, under, against, lower, with
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caud/o
tail
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cele
a rupture or hernia, a swelling or tumor
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centesis
puncture
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cephal/o
head
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cer
wax
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cerebr/o
brain
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cervic/o
neck or neck of organ, cervix
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cheil/o
lip
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chir/o
hand
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chlor/o
green
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chol/e
gall, bile
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chrom/o
color
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chron/o
time
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circum
around
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clas/ia
breaking
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clys/o
washing, irrigation
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cocc/o
bacteria
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col/o
large intestine, colon
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colp/o
vagina
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con
with, together with
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condyl/o
condyle
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contra
against
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cor/e
pupil
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core/o
pupil
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corne/o
portion of eye, cornea
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cortic/o
outer layer, cortex
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull, cranium
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cry/o
cold, freezing
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crypt/o
hidden, small sac
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cyan/o
blue
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cycl/o
ciliary body, circular
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cyst/o
bladder, fluid filled sac
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cyt/o
cell
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dacry/o
tear
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dactyl/o
fingers or toes, digits
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de
from, to do the opposite, away, off, to remove entirely, down
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dent/o
tooth
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derm/o
skin
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dermato
skin
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dextr/o
right
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di/a
through, two, twice, apart, away from
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dipl/o
double
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dips/o
thirst
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dis
to free of, to separate, to undo
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dors/o
back
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drom/o
running
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dyn/ia
pain
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dys
bad, difficult, painful
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ect/o
outer, outside
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ectas/ia
stretching, dilation
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ectas/is
stretching, dilation
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ectomy
excision, removal
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ectop/o
out of place
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edema
swelling
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electr/o
electrical
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emesis
vomit
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emia
blood
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encephal/o
brain
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end/o
inner, inside
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enter/o
small intestine
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epi
over, upon
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erg/o
work
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erythr/o
red
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es/o
within, inward
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esophag/o
food pipe, esophagus
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esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
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eti/o
cause
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eu
well, easy, good
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ex
out from
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external
outer
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extra
outside, beyond, in addition to
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febr/i
fever
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femor/o
thigh
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fibr/o
fiber, threadlike
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gangli/o
a mass of tissue, ganglion
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gastr/o
stomach, abdomen
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gen/o
origin, produce, bear
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geri
old age
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geronto
old age
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sen
old age
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gingiv/o
gums
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gli/o
glue, neuroglia
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gloss/o
tongue
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glyc/o
sugar
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gnath/o
jaw
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gnos/ia
knowledge
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goni/o
joint, angle
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gram/o
record, drawing
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graph/o
instrument for recording
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gynec/o
woman
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hem/o
blood
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hemat/o
blood
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hemi
half
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hepat/o
liver
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heter/o
different, another
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hidr/o
sweat
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hist/o
tissue
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hom/o
same
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humer/o
upper arm bone, humerus
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hyal/o
glassy, transparent
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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hyper
above, excessive, beyond
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hypo
less than normal, below, deficient
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hyster/o
uterus
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ichthy/o
fish
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idi/o
personal, one's own, private, distinctive, peculiar
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in
within, not
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in/o
fiber, fibrous
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infra
below, under, beneath
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inter
between
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intr/a
within
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ir/o
iris of eye
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irid/o
iris of eye
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is/o
equal
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ischi/o
ischium, portion of pelvis
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itis
inflammation
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kerat/o
horny, cornea
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kinesi/o
movement, motion
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labi/o
lip
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lacrim/o
tear
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lal/o
speech, disordered speech, babble
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lapar/o
abdominal wall
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laryng/o
organ of voice, larynx
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later/o
side
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leps/y
seizure
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lept/o
thin, light, slender
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leuk/o
white
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lip/o
fat
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lith/o
stone
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calculus
stone
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log/o
science, study of
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lumb/o
lumbar, low back and sides, loins
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lymph/o
lymph
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lys/o
breaking down, destruction
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macr/o
large, abnormal size
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mal
bad, poor, abnormal
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malac/o
soft
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mania
madness
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medi/o
middle
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megal/o
large, enlarge, great, huge
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metr/o
uterus
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metri
uterus
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micr/o
small
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mon/o
one
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morph/o
form
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muc/o
mucus
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mel/o
limb
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melan/o
black, dark
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men/o
menses, menstruation
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mening/o
membranes covering spinal cord and brain, meninges
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mes/o
middle
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met/a
after, change
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mult/i
many
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my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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myring/o
ear drum, tympanic membrane
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narc/o
sleep
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nas/o
nose
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ne/o
new
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necr/o
death
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve, neuron
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nev/o
birthmark, mole
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noct/i
night
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null/i
none
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nyct/o
night, darkness
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o/o
egg
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ocul/o
eye
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odont/o
tooth
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oid
resemble, like
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olig/o
few, little, scant
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oma
tumor
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omphal/o
umbilicus, navel
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onc/o
tumor, mass, swelling
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onych/o
nail
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oophor/o
ovary
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opthalm/o
eye, visual condition
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opia
vision
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opt/o
vision
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optic/o
vision
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orchid/o
testes, testicle
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orrhagia
hemorrhage, excessive flow
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orrhaphy
suturing, stitching
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orrhea
flow, discharge
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orrhexis
rupture, hernia
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orth/o
correct, straight, normal
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osis
condition
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osm/o
odor, sense of smell
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oste/o
bone
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ostomy
forming an opening
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ot/o
ear
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otomy
incision
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ox/y
sharp, acute, acid
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pach/y
thick
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pan
all
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papill/o
nipple-like, papilla
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par
near, beside
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par/a
near, beside
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paralysis
loss of voluntary function
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par/o
to bear
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path/o
disease, suffering
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pelv/i
pelvis bone, basin shaped
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penia
decrease, deficiency
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peps/o
digestion
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per
through
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peri
around
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perine/o
perineum, pelvic floor
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pex/o
fixation, fastening
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phag/o
to eat, ingestion
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plat/y
flat, broad
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pleg/o
paralysis
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pleur/o
ribs, pleura, side
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plic/i
fold
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pne/o
breathe, breathing
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pneum/o
lung
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pneumon/o
lung
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pod/o
foot
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pol/y
many
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poli/o
gray
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post
after, behind
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poster/o
after, behind
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pre
before
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phalang/o
bones of finger or toes
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phall/o
penis
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pharyng/o
throat
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phas/o
speech
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phil/o
attraction to
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phleb/o
vein
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phob/o
fear of
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phon/o
voice, sound
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phor/o
carry, bear
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phot/o
light
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phren/o
diaphragm, mind
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phyt/o
plant
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pil/o
hair
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plas/o
formation, molded
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plasm/o
formation, molded
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plast/o
repair, surgically molded
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prim/i
first
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pro
before, in front of
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proct/o
anus, rectum
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prot/o
first
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pseud/o
false
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psych/o
soul, mind
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pteryg/o
wing
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ptosis
prolapse, dropping, drooping
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pub/o
pubis portion of pelvis, grown up
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py/o
pus
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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pyro
fire, heat, fever
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salping/o
fallopian tubes
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sanguine/o
blood
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sarc/o
flesh
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schiz/o
split
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scler/o
hard
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scoli/o
curved, curvature, twisted, crooked
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scop/o
examine
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scot/o
darkness
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seb/o
fatty secretion, sebum
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semi
half
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sept/o
infection
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sinister/o
left, left handed
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sit/o
food
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somat/o
body
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somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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spasm
twitch, twitching
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spermat/o
seed
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sphygm/o
pulse
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spir/o
breath
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
spine
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staphyl/o
cluster; uvula
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stasis
stopping, slowing
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sten/o
narrowness, constriction
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stere/o
solid, solid body
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stern/o
sternum, chest
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steth/o
chest
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sthen/o
strength
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stigmat/o
mark, point
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stomat/o
mouth
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strept/o
twisted
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sub
under, below
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super
above, more than normal
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supra
above, more than normal
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sym
together, joined, union
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syn
together, joined, union
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tach/y
fast, rapid
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tel/e
distant, far
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ten/o
tendons
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thel/o
nipple
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therap/o
treatment
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therm/o
heat
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thorac/o
thorax, chest
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thromb/o
clot
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tome
cutting
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trache/o
wind pipe, neck, trachea
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terat/o
monster, wonder
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tetr/a
four
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thanat/o
death
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trans
across, over, through
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tri
three
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trich/o
hair
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trips/y
crushing
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trop/o
turning
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troph/o
nourishment (development)
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tympan/o
eardrum
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ultra
beyond
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uni
one
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ur/o
urine
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ureter/o
tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder, ureter
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urethr/o
tube for discharge or urine from bladder, urethra
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varic/o
vein, twisted, varicose
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vas/o
vessel
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ven/o
vein, vena cava
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ventr/o
belly, front
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vesic/o
bladder
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viscer/o
internal organs, viscera
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xanth/o
yellow
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xen/o
strange, foreign
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xer/o
dry
