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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -glosso-
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  • tongue
    • hypoglossal
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    • hypo-
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  • under, less than
    • hyposecretion
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • epi-
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  • on, above, upon
    • epiglottis
      • above the glottis
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    • cerebro-
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  • brain
    • cerebrospinal
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    • -ole
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  • small
    • bronchiole
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -ped
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  • foot
    • pseudoped
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -ad-
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  • to, toward
    • dorsad
    • adhere
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • tricho-
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  • hair-like
    • trichostrongylus
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    • ab-
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  • from, away
    • ex: abnormal
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    • -ectomy
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  • cut out
    • appendectomy
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    • kin-
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  • to move; to activate
    • kinetic
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    • -meter
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  • measure
    • manometer
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    • -tropic
    • tropism
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  • turning
    • phototropic
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    • -iasis
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  • infestation
    • onchocerciasis
      • parasitic disease
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • peri-
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  • around, near
    • pericardium
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    • ante-
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  • before, in front of
    • anterior
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • anti-
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  • against, opposed to
    • antitoxin
    • antibody
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    • homo-
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  • alike, same
    • homozygous
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    • pseudo-
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  • false
    • pseudoped
      • “false foot”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -renal
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  • kidney
    • adrenal
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • corpus-
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  • body
    • corpuscule
    • corpus luteum
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    • di-
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  • two,twice
    • dichromic
      • “two colors”
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    • -oma
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  • swelling, tumor
    • sarcoma
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • post-
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  • after, behind
    • postganglionic
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    • -plasm-
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  • substance
    • cytoplasm
    • plasmolysis
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    • dys-
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  • bad, difficult, defective, abnormal
    • dysentery
      • =an inflammation of the intestine causing diarrhea with blood
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • entero-
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  • intestine
    • enterokinase
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • neur-
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  • relating to nerves
    • neurilemma
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    • proprio-
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  • one’s own
    • proprioception
    • proprioreceptors
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    • ana-
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  • up, upon
    • anabolism (building UP)
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -pnea
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  • breathing
    • dyspnea
      • “bad/difficult breathing”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • pneumo-
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  • air, lungs
    • pneumonia
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    • pro-
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  • before, giving rise to
    • proenzyme
    • proinsulin
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    • a-
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  • not, without
    • ex: atypical
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    • -graph
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  • to write
    • cardiograph
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    • psycho-
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  • mind
    • psychology
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cyte, cyto
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  • cell
    • cytoplasm
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -tode
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  • like
    • nematode
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -gastro-
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  • stomach
    • pneumogastric
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • leuco- / leuko-
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  • white
    • leukocyte
      • “white cell”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • acantho-
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  • spine
    • acanthocephala (spiny-headed parasitic worm)
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    • os-
    • oste-
    • osteo-
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  • bone
    • osteology
      • “bone study”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -ule
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  • small
    • saccule
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    • myo-
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  • muscle
    • myosin
    • myoglobin
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • stoma-
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  • mouth
    • ancylostoma
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • platy-
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  • platyhelminthes
    • “broad worm”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -helminth
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  • worm
    • anthelminthic
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    • -emia
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  • blood
    • anemia
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    • -opia
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  • sight
    • hyperopia
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    • bi-
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  • two, twice
    • biceps
    • bifocal
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -zoite
    • -zoon
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  • animal
    • trophozoite
      • ​“feeding animal”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -gnath-
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  • jaw, cheek
    • gnathstoma
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -rrhea
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  • flow
    • diarrhea
      • ​“through,between+flow”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • ir-
A
  • not
    • irregular
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -chezia
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  • defacate (SHIT)
    • ​hematochezia (bloody shit)
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -fract-
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  • to break
    • fracture
    • refraction
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • oo-
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  • egg
    • oocyte
      • “egg cell”
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • bio-
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  • life
    • biology
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -thrombo-
A
  • clot, coagulation
    • thrombosis
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -uris
A
  • tail
    • trichuris
      • ​“hair-like tail”
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • apo-
A
  • off, from, away from
    • apoplexy
      • unconsciousness due to a seizure or stroke (“-plexy”)
    • apolipoprotein
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • auto-
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  • self
    • autosuggestion
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -phil-
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  • loving
    • basophil
    • eosinophil
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cephal-
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  • head
    • acanthocephala (“spiny head”)
    • cephalic
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • calor-
A
  • heat
    • calorimeter
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • lymph- / lympho-
A
  • (the actual, literal) lmyph
    • lymphocyte
      • “lymph cell”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -tome
    • -tomy
A
  • to cut
    • tonsillectomy
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -uria
A
  • pertains to urine
    • glycosuria
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cerca
A
  • tail
    • onchocerca
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • piro-
A
  • pear
    • piroplasm
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • stercor-
A
  • SHIT (“Feces”)
    • ​stercorolith
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • phago-
A
  • to eat
    • phagocyte
      • “cell eater”
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • brachy-
A
  • short
    • brachycardia
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • hemo-
A
  • blood
    • hemorrhage
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -dermic
A
  • skin
    • hypodermic
      • “under the skin”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -osis
A
  • condition or process
    • phagocytosis
      • ​”process of eating a cell”
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -thymia
A
  • mind (or will)
    • dysthymia
      • “bad mind”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • albi-
A
  • White
    • ex: albicans (one of the yeast/fungi that live in the GI tract)
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • kata- / cata-
A
  • down
    • catabolism
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -fer-
A
  • to carry; to transport
    • afferent
    • efferent
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • oncho-
A
  • hook
    • onchocerca
      • “hook tail”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • amyl-
A
  • Starch
    • ex: amylopsin
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • an-
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  • not, without
    • anhydrous
    • anaerobic respiration
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -lysin
    • -lysis
    • -lytic
A
  • dissolve, destroy
    • hemolysis
      • “destroy blood”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -strongyl
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  • cylinder
    • trichostrongylus
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cera
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  • horn
    • brachycera
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -ology
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  • science, knowledge
    • physiology
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cidal
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  • killing
    • bacteriocidal
    • spermicide
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -gnosis
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  • knowledge; to know
    • diagnosis
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -monas
A
  • a unit
    • trichomonas
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cardia-
A
  • heart
    • bradycardia
      • ​”Slow heart”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • melan-
    • melen-
A
  • black
    • melanoma
    • melena
      • Refers to the black, “tarry” feces that are associated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • erythro-
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  • red
    • erythrocyte
      • “red (blood) cell”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -oid
A
  • like
    • lymphoid
    • ameboid
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -algia
A
  • pain
    • ex: neuralgia
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -trophic
    • tropho-
A
  • feeding
    • autotrophic
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • inter-
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  • between, together
    • intercostal
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • chrom-
A
  • color
    • chromosome
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cyst-
A
  • Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder
    • Cystotomy
    • ocyst
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • intra-
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  • within
    • intrathoracic
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -gen-
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  • to produce; to begin
    • genetics
    • glycogen
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • mono-
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  • one
    • monocyte
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -some
A
  • body
    • chromosome
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -stadial
A
  • stage, period
    • transstadial
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • hyper-
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  • over, more than
    • hypersecretion
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • nephr-
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  • kidneys
    • nephritis
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • hydro-
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  • water
    • hydrolytic
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -ase
A
  • designating an ENZYME
    • amylase
      • starch+enzyme
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • seta
    • setae
A
  • bristle
    • trailing setae
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • toxi-
    • toxo-
A
  • poison
    • toxin
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • para-
A
  • near, by, beside
    • paracrine
    • parathyroid
      • “beside (the) thyroid”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • ovi-
A
  • egg
    • oviduct
      • “egg duct”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • soma-
A
  • body
    • somatic cell
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • macro-
A
  • large
    • macrophage
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • glyc-
A
  • glucose; sugar
    • glycosuria
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • patho-
A
  • disease, suffering
    • pathology
      • “study of disease”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -taxis
A
  • arrangement, directional movement in response to a stimulus
    • chemotaxis
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • angio-
A
  • vessel
    • angiocarditis (inflammation of heart & blood vessels)
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • poly-
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  • many
    • polysaccharide
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • hetero-
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  • different, other
    • heterozygous
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • pulmo-
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  • lung
    • pulmonary
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -lac-
A
  • milk
    • lactase
    • prolactin
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • ancylo-
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  • bent
    • ancylostoma (hookworms that have bent mounts)
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • aqua-
A
  • water
    • aquatic
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • sarco-
A
  • flesh, muscle
    • sarcoplasm
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • -cara
A
  • head
    • Toxocara
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • brady-
A
  • slow
    • bradycardia
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • pyri-
A
  • pear
    • pyriform
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • onco-
A
  • mass, bulk
    • oncosphere
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • schizo-
A
  • to divide
    • schizophrenic
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • nema-
A
  • thread
    • nematode
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • em- / en- / endo-
A
  • in, into
    • embolism
    • endoskeleton
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • tri-
A
  • three
    • triploid
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • trans-
A
  • across, over, through
    • transstadial
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  • Prefix​es & Suffixes
    • dia-
A
  • through, between
    • diaphragm
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • vaso-
A
  • pertains to blood vessel
    • vasodilation
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • micro-
A
  • small
    • microorganism
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • steato-
    • stea-
A
  • fat
    • steatorrhea
      • “fat flow”
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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -zygote
A

“the first cell of a new organism”

  • Heterozygote
140
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Sulfonic acid

A

–SO3H

141
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Thioaldehydes

How does it differ from an Aldehyde, -CHO?

A

–CHS

​Prefix: thioformyl

  • (Normal Aldehyde is just -CHO)
142
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Thiones

How does it differ from a Ketone, =O?

A

=S

Normal Ketone:

=O

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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -ploidy
A

The number of SETS of chromosomes within a cell or organism

  • haploid
    • (“single”+”Set of chromosomes”)

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