scientific root words, prefixes, and suffixes (part 3) Flashcards

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-escent

A

becoming

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eso-

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inward, within, inner

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eu-

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well, good, true, normal

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eury-

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widen

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ex-

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out of, away from

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extra-

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beyond, outside

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-fer-

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bear, carry, produce

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ferro-

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iron

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fibr-

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fiber, thread

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-fid, fiss-

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split, divide into

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-flect, -flex

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bend

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flor-

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flower

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flu-, fluct-, flux

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flow

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foli-

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leaf

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fract-

A

break

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-gam-

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marriage

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gastr-

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stomach

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geo-

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land, earth

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-gen, -gine

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producer, former

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-gene-

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origin, birth

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-gest-

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carry, produce, bear

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-glen-

A

eyeball

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-glob-

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ball, round

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gloss-

A

tongue

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gluc-, glyc-

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sweet, sugar

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glut-

A

buttock

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gnath-

A

jaw

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-gon

A

angle, corner

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-grad-

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step

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-gram, graph

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record, writing

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grav-

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heavy

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-gross-

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thick

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gymno-

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naked, bare

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gyn-

A

female

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gyr-

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ring, circle, spiral

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-hal-, -hale

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breathe, breath

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halo-

A

salt

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hapl-

A

simple

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hector-

A

hundred

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-helminth-

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worm

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hem-

A

blood

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hemi-

A

half

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hepar-, hepat-

A

liver

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herb-

A

grass, plants

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hetero-

A

different, other

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hex-

A

six

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hibem-

A

winter

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hidr-

A

sweat

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hipp-

A

horse

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hist-

A

tissue

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holo-

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entire, whole

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homo (Latin)

A

man, human

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homo (Greek)

A

same, alike

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hort-

A

garden

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hydr-

A

water

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hygr

A

moist, wet

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hyper-

A

above, beyond over

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hyph-

A

weaving web

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hyphno-

A

sleep

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hypo-

A

below, under, less

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hyster-

A

womb, uterus

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-iae

A

person afflicted with disease

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-iasis

A

disease, abnormal condition

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-ic

A

adjective form - disease, abnormal condition

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-chthy-

A

fish

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ign-

A

fire

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in, il, im, ir

A

not

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in, il, im, ir

A

to, toward, into

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in-

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very, thoroughly

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-ine

A

of or pertainging to

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infra-

A

below, beneath

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inter-

A

within, inside

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intra-

A

between

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-ism

A

a state or condition