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1
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A-, An-

A

Not, absent

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Ab-, Abs-

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Away from

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Allo-

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Another

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Anti-

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Against, opposed to

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Aqua-

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Water

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Arch-

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First, earliest

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Arthr-

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Pertaining to a joint

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-ase

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Enzyme

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Auto-

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Self

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Bi-

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Two

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Bio-

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Life

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Blast-

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Sprout or shoot, embryo

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Brach-

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Arm

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Bronchi-

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Pertaining to the trachea

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Carni-

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Flesh

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Centro-

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Center

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-cide

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Kill

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Chloro-

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Green

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Chrom-

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Color

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Co-, con

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Together, along with

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Coel-

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Hollow cavity

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Cyt

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Cell

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-cyst

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Bladder

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Dent-

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Teeth

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Demo-

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People

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Derm-

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Skin

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Di-

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Two

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Dis-

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Apart

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E-, Ec-, Ex-, Ecto

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Outside, away from

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-ectomy

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Excision, exaection

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-emia

A

Denotes a condition of the blood

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Endo-, ento

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Inside

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Erythro

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Red

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Epi-

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Upon, over

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Eu-

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True

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Ex-

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Out

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Geno-

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Give birth, beget

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Gastro-

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The stomach

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-graph, -graphy

A

An instrument, a description

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Glyco-

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Sweet

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Haemto-, Hemo-

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Blood

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Hetero-

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Mixed, unlike

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Homo-, Homeo-

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Same

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Hydr-

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Water

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Hyper-

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Above

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Hypo-

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Below

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Infra-

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Beneath, below

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Inter-

A

Between

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Intra-

A

Within, inside

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Iso-

A

Same

51
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Kary-

A

Nucleus

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Leuko-

A

Whiteness

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Locus

A

Place

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-lysis

A

Separation into constituent parts

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Macro-

A

Big

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Mal-

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Bad

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Mega

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Large

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-mere

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Part

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Mesen-, Meso

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Middle

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Meta

A

With, after, over, between, change

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-meter

A

An instrument for measuring

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Mito-

A

Thread

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-meter

A

Measure

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Micro-

A

Small

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Mono-

A

One

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Multi-

A

Number, many

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Neo-

A

New

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Nephr-

A

Pertaining to the kidney

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Neuro-

A

Relating to a nerve

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Olig-

A

Few

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Omni-

A

All

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Oo-

A

Egg

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Os-, Osteo

A

Referring to bone

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-ose

A

Sugar

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-oid

A

Similar is shape

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Oxy-

A

Presence of, oxygen, or acidity

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Ovo-

A

Egg

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Para-

A

Through, near, by

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Ped-, Pod

A

Foot

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Phago-, -phag

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Eat

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Pheno-

A

To appear

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-phil, -phile

A

Love

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-phobia

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Fear

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Photo

A

Light

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-phore

A

Bearer

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-phyll

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Leaf

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-phyte

A

Plant

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Plasm-, -plasm

A

Form

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-ploid

A

Times

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Poly-

A

Many

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Post-

A

After, behind

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Pre-

A

Before

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Pro-

A

Before

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Proto-

A

First

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Pseudo-

A

False, spurious

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-scope

A

An instrument for examinations

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Semi-

A

Half, paltry, almost

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Soma-, -some

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Body

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Stom-

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Mouth

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Sub-

A

Beneath, under, partial

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Super-, supra-

A

Above, upon

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Sym-, syn-

A

Together, same

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Tetra-

A

Four

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Trans-

A

Above, beyond

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-trophy

A

Nutrition

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Ultra-

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Beyond

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Vivi-

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Alive

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-vore

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To devour

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Zoo-

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Animal

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Zygo-

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