Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms Flashcards
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a-
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no, not, w/o, away from, negative
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-able
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capable of, able to
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abrad/o, abras/o
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rub/scrape off
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abrupt/o
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broken away from
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abs-
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away from
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abscess/o
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collection of pus
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-acious
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characterized by
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acid/o
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acid
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acous/o, acoust/o
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hearing, sound
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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ad-
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toward, to, in the direction of
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adhes/o
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stick to, cling to
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adip/o
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fat
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adnex/o
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bound to
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adren/o, adrenal/o
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adrenal gland
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aer/o
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air, gas
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af-
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toward, to, near
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affect/o
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exert influence on
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agor/a
marketplace
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-agra
excessive pain, seizure
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agglutin/o
clumping, sticking, together
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-aise
comfort, ease
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alb/o, albin/o
white
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albumin/o
albumin, protein
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alg/o, alges/o
pain, relationship/sensitivity to pain
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-algesia
pain, sensitivity
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-algia
pain, suffering, painful condition
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align/o
bring into line/correct position
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aliment/o
to nourish, nutrition, nourishment
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all/o, all-
other, different than normal, reversal
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alopec/o
baldness
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alveol/o
alveolus, air sac, small sac
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ambi-
both sides, around/about, double
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ambly/o
dull, dim
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ambulat/o
walking, to move about
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-amine
nitrogen compound
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amni/o
amnion, fetal membrane
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amput/o
cut away, cut off body part
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amyl/o
starch, carbohydrate
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an-
not, without
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ana-
up, apart, excessive
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an/o
anus, ring
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-ancy
state of
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andr/o
male, masculine
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aneurysm/o
aneurysm
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angi/o
blood/lymph vessels
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anis/o
unequal
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ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff, fused together
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anomal/o
irregularity
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-ant
substance that promotes
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ante-
before, in front of, forward
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anter/o
before, front
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anti-
against
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anxi/o
anxiety, anxious, uneasy
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aort/o
aorta
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ap-
toward, to
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-apheresis
removal
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aphth/o
ulcer
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apic/o
apex, tip
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ap-, apo-
separation, away from, opposed, detached
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append/o, appendic/o
appendix
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aque/o
water
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-arch, -arche
beginning
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areat/o
in patches/circumscribed areas
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areol/o
little open space, space around nipple
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-aria
connected w/
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arter/o, arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole
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arthr/o
joint
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articul/o
joint
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as-
toward, to
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-ase
enzyme
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aspir/o, aspirat/o
to breathe in, removal
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assay
to analyze
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-asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
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asthm/o
asthma
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astr/o
star, star-shaped
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at-
toward, to
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atel/o
imcomplete, imperfect
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ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
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-ation
state/action, process/condition
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atri/o
atrium (of heart)
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attenu/o
diluted, weakened
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audi/o, audit/o
ear, hearing, sense of hearing
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aur/i
ear, hearing
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auscult/a, auscult/o
listen
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aut/o
self
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axill/o
armpit
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azot/o
nitrogen
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bacteri/o
bacteria
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balan/o
glans penis
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bar/o
pressure, weight
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bas/o
base, opposite of acid (alkaline)
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bi/o
life
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bi-
twice, double, two, both
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bifid/o
split, divided into 2 parts
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bil/i
bile, gall
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bilirubin/o
bilirubin
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bin-
two
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-blast
embryonic, immature, formative element, developing cell
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belphar/o
eyelid
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bol/o
cast, throw
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brachi/o
arm
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brachy-
short
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brady-
slow
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bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole, bronchiolus
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brux/o
grind
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bucc/o
cheek
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burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near joint
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calcane/o
calcaneus, heel bone
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calc/i
calcium, line, the heel
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cacli0, calc/o
calcium
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calcul/o
stone, little stone
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cali/o, calic/o
cup-like structure, calyx
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calor/i
heat
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canth/o
corner of eye
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capill/o
hair
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capit/o
head
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capn/o
CO2, sooty/smoky appearance
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-capnia
carbon dioxide
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capsul/o
little box
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carb/o
carbon
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carcin/o
cancerous
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-carcinoma
cancerous tumor
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cardi/o, card/o
heart
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cari/o
caries, tooth decay
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carp/o
wrist bones
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catabol/o
breaking down
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caud/o
lower body part, tail
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caus/o
burning, burn, heat
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cauter/o
heat, burn
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cav/o
hollow, cave
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cec/o
cecum
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-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
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celi/o
abdomen, belly
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-ceps
heads
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
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cerumen/o
cerumen
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cervic/o
neck, cervix
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cheil/o
lip(s)
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chem/o
drug, chemical
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-chezia
defecation, elimination of waste
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chir/o
hand
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chol/e
bile, gall
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cholangi/o
bile duct, bile, vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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chondr/i, chondr/o
cartilage
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion, membrane
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choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
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chrom/o
color
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chron/o
time
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-cide
causing death, to kill
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cili/o
eyelashes
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cine-
movement
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circulat/o
circulate, go in circle
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circum-
around
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cirrh/o
orange-yellow, tawny
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cis/o
to cut
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-clasis, -clast
to break down
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claudicat/o
to limp
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claustr/o
barrier, enclosed space
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clavicul/o, cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
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clon/o
violent action
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-clysis
irrigation, washing
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co-
together, with
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coagul/o
clotting, coagulation
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coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
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cocc/o
spherical bacteria
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coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
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cochle/o
spiral, snail, snail shell, cochlea
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coit/o
coming together
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col/o
colon, large intestine
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colp/o
vagina
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coll/a
glue
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colon/o
colon, large intestine
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com-
together, with
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comat/o
deep sleep
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comi/o
to care for
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comminut/o
break into pieces
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communic/o
share, to make common
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con-
together, with
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concav/o
hollow
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concept/o
become pregnant
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concuss/o
shaken together, violently agitated
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coni/o
dust
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congest/o
accumulation of fluid
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conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
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constrict/o, -constriction
draw tightly together, narrowing
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contin/o
hold together
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contra-
against, counter, opposite
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contus/o
bruise
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convex/o
arched, valuted
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convuls/o
pull together
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cor/o
pupil
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cordi/o
heart
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corne/o
cornea
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coron/o
coronary, crown, heart
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corpor/o
body
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cortic/o
cortex, outer region
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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-crasia
mixture, blending
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creatin/o
creatinine
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crin/o, -crine
to secrete, separate
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-crit
to separate
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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cubit/o
elbow
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culd/o
culd-de-sac, blind pouch
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-cusis
hearing
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cusp/o
point
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue
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cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle
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-cyesis
state of pregnancy
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cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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cyt/o, -cyte
cell
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dacry/o
tear, lacrimal duct
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dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
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dactyl/o
finger, toe
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de-
down, lack of, from, not, removal, less
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deci-
ten, tenth
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decidu/o
shedding, falling off
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delt/o
greek letter delta, triangular shape
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delus/o
delude, cheat
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dem/o
people, population
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demi-
half
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dendr/o
branching, resesmbling a tree
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dent/i, dent/o
tooth, teeth
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depress/o
press down, lower, pressed/sunk down
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-derm
embryonic layer
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-derma, dermat/o, derm/o
skin
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desicc/o
drying, to dry
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-desis
to bind, tie together
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dextr/o
right side
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di-
twice, twofold, double
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dia-, di-
through, between apart, complete
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diaphor/o
sweat, profuse sweating
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diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
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didym/o
testes, twins
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digest/o
digest, break down food
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digit/o
digit, finger, toe
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dilat/o
spread out, widen, enlarge, expand
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dipl/o
double
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dips/o, -dipsia
thirst
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dis-
negative, apart, absence of
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dissect/o
cutting apart
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dist/o
far, away from origin, distant
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distend/o
stretch apart, expand
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diverticul/o
diverticulum
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dont/o
tooth
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dors/o, dorsi-
back of body
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-dote
what is given
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-drome,
to run, running
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-duct
opening
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duct/o
to lead, carry
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duoden/o
duodenum
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dur/o
dura mater
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-dynia
pain
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dys-
bad, difficult, painful
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e-
out of, from, away from
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ec-
out, outside
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ecchym/o
pouring out of blood, blood in tissues
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ech/o
sound wave, echo, reflected sound
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-ectasis, -ectasia
stretching, dilation, enlargement
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ecto-
out, outside
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-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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-ectopy
displacement
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-edema
swelling
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edentul/o
without teeth
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ef-
out of, outside
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effus/o
pouring out
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ejaculat/o
throw/hurl out
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electr/o
electricity, electric
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em-
in
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-ema
condition
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embol/o
something inserted/thrown
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embry/o
fertilized ovum, embryo
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-emesis
vomiting
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emet/o
vomit
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-emia
blood, blood condition
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-emic
pertaining to blood condition
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en-
in, within, into
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encephal/o
brain
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end-, endo-
in, within, inside
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enter/o
intestine (small)
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ento-
within
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epi-
above, upon, on, over
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epididym/o
epididymis
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epiglott/o
epiglottis
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episi/o
vulva
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-er
one who
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erect/o
upright
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erg/o
work
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erupt/o
break out, burst forth
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erythemat/o, erythem/o
flushed, redness
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erythr/o
red
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es-
out of, outside, away from
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-esis
action, condition, state of
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eso-
inward
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esophag/o
esophagus
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-esthesia
sensation, feeling
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esthesi/o, esthes/o
nervous sensation
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-esthet/o
feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
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estr/o
female
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ethm/o
sieve, ethmoid bone
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eti/o
cause of disease
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eu-
good, normal, well, easy
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-eurysm
widening
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ex-
out of, outside, away from
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exacerb/o
aggravate, irritate
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excori/o
abrade/scratch
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excret/o
separate, discharge
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exo-
out of, outside, away from, outward
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expector
cough up
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extern/o
outside, outer
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extra-
on the outside, beyond, outside
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extrins/o
from outside, contained outside
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exud/o
to sweat, exude fluid
