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1
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Aero

A

Air

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Amine/amino

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Nitrogen related

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Amylo

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Starch

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Andro

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Male

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Anth

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Flower

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Arb

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Tree related, tree-like

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Ase

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Found at end of most enzyme names

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Aud

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Hearing

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Bio

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Biological

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Blast

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Germ-bud

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Brachio

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Branching, arm related

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Brachy

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Short

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Carbo

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Carbon

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Cardio

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Heart

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Carn

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Meat

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Chem

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Chemical

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Chloro

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Green/yellow

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Chrom

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Colour

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Coll

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Glue

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Cyst

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Bag

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Cyt

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Cell

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Dem

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Person

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Derm

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Skin

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Dont

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Tooth

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Electro

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Electronic

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Entero

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Intestinal

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Estro/oestro

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Egg related

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Gen

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Genesis

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Geo

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Earth

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Gloss

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Tongue, mouth

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Gluc

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Sugar related

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Glyco

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Sweet (sugar related)

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Gonad

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Sex organ

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Gyn

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Female related

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Haem

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Blood related

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Herb

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Plant related

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Histo

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Tissue

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Hydro

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Water

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Ic

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Having to do with something, made of

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Id

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Belonging to, a part of something

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In

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Many proteins end with in

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Karyo

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Nucleus related

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Lacuna

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A space or depression

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Lamina

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Sheet like

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Leuko

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White, clear

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Lith

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Stone

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Lumen

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An inner space

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Lyse

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Break apart

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Mar

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Seawater, salt related

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Mat

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Maternal

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Mechano

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Mechanical related

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Morph

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Shape

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Mort

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Death

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Myco

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Fungal related

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Myo

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Muscle related

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Nemat

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Thread

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Nephr

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Kidney related

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Neuro

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Brain related

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Neutro

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Neutral, neither

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Nitro

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Nitrogen related

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Noct

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Night

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Nucleo

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Nucleus; center

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Occular

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Eye

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Ology

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Study of

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Ose

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Sugar subunit

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Osis

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A process

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Osmo

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Related to osmosis

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Ost

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Bone

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Oto

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Ear/hearing related

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Ox

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Oxygen related

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Pat

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Paternal

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Path

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Disease

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Pept

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Protein related

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Phag

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Eat

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Phore

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A part of something

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Phosph

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Phosphorus

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Photo

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Light

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Phyll

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Leaf related

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Phyt

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Plant

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Plasm

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A substance, molded, created

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Plast

A

Object, usually plant related

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Ploid

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Chromosomal copies

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Pneumo

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Air related

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Pod

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Foot

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Prot

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Protein related

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Proteo

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Protein related

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Psych

A

Mind

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Pulmo

A

Lung related

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Reticul

A

Net

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Rhizo

A

Root related

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Ribo

A

Ribose (the sugar) related

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Sacch

A

Sugar

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Schizo

A

Split

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Scler

A

Hard

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Septic

A

Putrefaction, infected

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Septum

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A partition

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Somni

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Sleep related

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Sonic

A

Sound related

99
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Sperm

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Seed

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Stat

A

Steady; same

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Stoma

A

Mouth; opening

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Synth

A

Regarding generation of something

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Taxi

A

Movement

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Therm

A

Temperature

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Tonic

A

Water balance related

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Trach

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Pipe

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Tricho

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Hair

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Troph

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Food, nourishment

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Tropic

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Movement

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Vasc

A

Vein related

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Viv

A

Living

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Vore

A

Eats

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Zoo/zoa

A

Animal related

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Zygo

A

Yoke

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Bi

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Two

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Di

A

Two

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Hemi

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Half (Greek)

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Hept

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Seven

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Hex

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Six

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Macro

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Large

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Max

A

To the highest degree

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Mega

A

Very large

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Meta

A

Between

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Metric

A

Measure

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Micro

A

Invisible to unaided eye; small

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Min

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To the least degree

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Mono

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One; alone

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Multi

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Many

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Nano

A

Precise reference to nanoscale things

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Oct

A

Eight

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Oligo

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A few

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Omni

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All

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Pent

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Five

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Poly

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Many

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Quad

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Four

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Quaternary

A

Four

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Semi

A

Half (Latin)

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Tempo

A

Time

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Tertiary

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Third

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Tetra

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Four

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Tri

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Three

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Uni

A

One

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Chron

A

Time

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A

A

Negates the word

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Ab

A

Below

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Acti

A

Radial

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Ad

A

Above

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Amphi

A

Having two sides

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Ana

A

Up, new, again

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Anteri

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Head

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Anti

A

Opposite

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Apical

A

Top

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Apo

A

Apart from, away from

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Aqua

A

Water

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Arch

A

To rule

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Archeo

A

Beginning, old

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Ate

A

Like

158
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Auto

A

Self

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Axial

A

Along the long axis

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Basal

A

Bottom

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Cata

A

Down, downward

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Co

A

Links two or more things

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De

A

Negative

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Dend

A

Branching, treelike

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Dist

A

Away from

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Ecto

A

On the outer surface

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Endo

A

Inside

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Epi

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Above

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Eu

A

True, good

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Exo

A

Outside

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Extra

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External

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Hetero

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Different

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Homeo

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Same

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Homo

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Same

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Hyper

A

More, above

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Hypo

A

Less, below

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Infra

A

Below

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Inter

A

Between things

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Intra

A

Within something

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Iso

A

Same

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Ite

A

Belonging to something

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Lateral

A

Side

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Medial

A

Middle of something

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Meso

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Middle

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Orthro

A

Straight; upright

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Pan

A

Across all

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Para

A

Beside

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Peri

A

Around

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Philic

A

Loving

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Phobic

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Fearing

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Post

A

After

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Posterio

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Rear

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Pre

A

Before

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Primary

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First; main

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Pro

A

Before or positive

196
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Proto

A

Before/origin

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Proxi

A

Nearby

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Pseudo

A

Like something

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Radial

A

Along the radius; in to out

200
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Retro

A

Previous; old

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Secondary

A

Second or among nonprimary things

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Situ

A

Inside tissue

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Sub

A

Below, or part of something

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Super

A

Above, or comprised of subparts

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Sym

A

Same

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Syn

A

Same

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Terra

A

Earth related

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Topo

A

Place; location

209
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Toti

A

All; total

210
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Trans

A

Across

211
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Ule

A

A sub item of something

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Ultra

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Beyond

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Urnal

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Day

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Vitro

A

Outside of the organism

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