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1
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A / an meaning

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Without, absence of, lacking

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Ab meaning

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From, away from, absent, decrease

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Ad meaning

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Two, toward, near, increase

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Ante meaning

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Front, before, toward

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Anti meaning

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Contra, against, opposite

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Ecto meaning

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Outside, outer

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Endo

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Within, inside

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Epi meaning

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On, upon, over, in addition too

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Ex meaning

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Outside, outward

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Extra meaning

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Outside of, beyond

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Hypo meaning

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Deficient, under, less than

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Intra meaning

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Within

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Meso meaning

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Middle

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Meta meaning

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After, beyond, change

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Pro

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Before, front

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Re/retro

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Back, behind, again

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Algia

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Pain

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Crine

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Separate, secrete

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Cyte

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Cell

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Gen

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Substance or agent that produces or causes

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Genic

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Producing, originating, causing

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Ism

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State of

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Morph

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Form, shape

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Ologist

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One who studies and practises

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Ology

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Study of

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Oma

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Tumor , swelling

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Pathy

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Disease

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Plasm

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Growth, substance, formation

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Sarcoma

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Malignant tumour

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Sis

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State of

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Stasis

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Control, stop

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Thorax

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Chest

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34
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Aden/o

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Gland

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Aut/o

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Self

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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Caud/o

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Tail, toward the lower part of the body

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Eti/o

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Cause of (disease)

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Hom/o

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Same

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Home/o

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Sameness, unchanging

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42
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Later/o

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Side

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43
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Lip/o

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Fat

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44
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Macr/o

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Abnormal largeness

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Melan/o

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Black

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46
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Menisc/o

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Crescent

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Mon/o

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One

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Morph/o

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Form/shape

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49
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Cerumin

A

Cerumen (earwax)

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Clavicul/o

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Clavicle, collarbone

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Cutaneo, dermato, dermo

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Skin

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Cyto

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Dorso

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Back (of the body)

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Onc/o

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Path/o

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Ped/o

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Child/foot

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Phag/o

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Eat,swallow

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Poster/o

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Back (of body)

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Seb/o

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Sebum (oil)

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Somat/o

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Therm/o

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Thorac/o

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Thorax/ chest

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Hyper

A

High, above normal, elevated

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Hypo

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Low,below normal, decreased

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Eu-

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Pan/omni

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Megalo

A

Large, larger than average

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Tachy

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Rapid, fast

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Brady, brachy

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Epi, peri, circum

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Endo, intra

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Inside, inner, interior

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Exo, extra

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Outside, outer, exterior

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Inter

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Trans

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Dia/per

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Through, complete

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Para

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Alongside, nearby

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Juxta

A

Next to, beside, adjacent

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Ab/abduction

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Adduction/ad

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Dis/displace

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To separate

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Chromo

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Leuko

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Erythro

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Cyano

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Chloro

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Plasia

A

Process of Growth, growing

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Mal

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Plasm

A

Growth, formation

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Penia

A

Decreased, below, lower then normal

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Trophy

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Growth, typically involving cellular growth

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Emia

A

Blood condition

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Osis

A

Condition (abnormal)

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Ism

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Dynamic

A

Changing (continually)

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Lytic/lysis

A

Destruction

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Stasis/static

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Maintenance of “normal” conditions

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Ectomy

A

Excision, removal

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Otomy

A

Incision, cutting

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Ostomy

A

To make a hole

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Scopy

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Graph/y

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Process of recording

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Gram

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Plasty

A

Surgical repair

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Therapy

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Chemo

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Echo/sono

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Masto/mammo

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Mammary gland

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Pulmo/pneumo

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Gastro

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Hepato

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Cholecysto

A

Gallbladder

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Nephro

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Entero

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Intestines

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Philia

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Phobia

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Xia

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Capnea

A

Carbon dioxide

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Pnea

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Ase

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Cephalo

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Cerv

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Hemo

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Myo/sarco

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Osteo

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Ventral

A

Front side

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Ipsilateral/homolateral

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Contralateral

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Opposite side

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Anabolism

A

Synthesizing

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Catabolism

A

Breaking down

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