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Suffixes and Prefixes Flashcards

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Indication and Prefix: Night

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time, noct-

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Indication and Prefix: adjoining, near to

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place, juxta-

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Indication and Prefix: around

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other parts, circum-

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Indication and Prefix: larg (e)?

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size, macro-

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Indication and Prefix: different from

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type or character, allo-

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Indication and Prefix: many

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quantity, poly

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Indication and Prefix: blue

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color, cyan

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excessive urination during the
night

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nocturia

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adjoining or near the
glomerulus

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juxtaglomerular

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around the cornea

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circumcorneal

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plastic surgery with non-human tissue

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alloplasty

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Indication and Suffix: removal

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procedure, -ectomy

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Indication and Suffix: opening

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procedure, -stomy

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Indication and Suffix: examination of

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procedure, -scopy

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Indication and Suffix: disease

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diagnosis, -pathy

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Indication and Suffix: enlargement of

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diagnosis, -megaly

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Indication and Suffix: inflammation of

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diagnosis, -itis

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Indication and Suffix: decrease, lack of

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condition or symptom, -penia

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Indication and Suffix: vomiting

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condition or symptom, -emesis

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Indication and Suffix: flowing

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condition or symptom, -rrhea

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21
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suffixes used to pertain to certain body parts or organ (5)

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-al, -ary, ous, eal, or –ic

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(hypo + cal + emia)

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prefix meaning
low, cal, a root word for calcium, emia, condition of blood.
The term means “low levels of calcium in the blood”

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(nephro + lith + omy )

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nephro, prefix for
kidney, lith, stone, omy, incision of. The expression means
incision of the kidney for removal of stone

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(card + ia)

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card-, a root meaning “heart”
-ia, a suffix meaning “a state or condition of”. This
expression means “in the region of the heart”

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(co + enzyme)

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co means together with

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(an + emia)

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an-, prefix meaning “without”
-emia, suffix meaning “condition of blood”. It means a
reduction in the number of red blood cells.

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27
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give some combination forms

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  1. prefix, root, suffix
  2. root, prefix, suffix
  3. root, suffix
  4. prefix, root
  5. prefix, suffix
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part and meaning: a, an

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prefix, without; as avitaminosis

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part and meaning: ab

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prefix, away from; as abnormal

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part and meaning: ad

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prefix, near, toward; as adrenal

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part and meaning: ana

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prefix, upward; anabolism

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part and meaning: anti

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prefix, against; as antibiotic

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part and meaning: auto

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prefix, self; as autodigestion

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part and meaning: bio

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prefix, life; as biology

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part and meaning: brady

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prefix, slow; bradycardia

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36
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part and meaning: calor

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prefix, heat; as calorimeter

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part and meaning: cata

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prefix, downward; as catabolism

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38
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part and meaning: chole

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prefix, bile, gall; as cholagogue

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39
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part and meaning: chroma

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prefix, color; as chromatosis

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part and meaning: co

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prefix, together; coenzyne

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part and meaning: de

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prefix, down, from, away

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42
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part and meaning: demi

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prefix, half

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part and meaning: di

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prefix, two, double; as diplopia

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part and meaning: dis

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prefix, ill, negative; as disease

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part and meaning: dys

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prefix, difficult; as dyspepsia

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46
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part and meaning: ec

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prefix, outside; as ectopic

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47
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part and meaning: encephal

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prefix, brain; as encephalogram

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48
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part and meaning: endo

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prefix, inside; as endogenous

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part and meaning: epi

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prefix, on; as epigastric

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part and meaning: exo

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prefix, outside; as exogenous

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51
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part and meaning: hemi

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prefix, half

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52
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part and meaning: hemo

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prefix, blood; as hemopoiesis

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53
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part and meaning: hyper

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prefix, excessive; as hyperacid

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54
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part and meaning: hypo

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prefix, little; as hypofunction

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55
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part and meaning: im, in

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prefix, not; as immature

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part and meaning: inter

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prefix, between; as interstitial

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57
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part and meaning: intra

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prefix, within; as intravascular

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part and meaning: meso

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prefix, middle; mesomorph

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part and meaning: meta

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prefix, change; as metaplasia

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part and meaning: necro

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prefix, dead; necrosis

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part and meaning: para

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prefix, beside; as paravertibral

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part and meaning: peri

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prefix, around; as pericardium

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part and meaning: poly

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prefix, many; polyphagia

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part and meaning: post

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prefix, after; as postmortem

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part and meaning: pre

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prefix, before; as prenatal

66
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part and meaning: syn

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prefix, union; as synthesis

67
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part and meaning: algia

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suffix, pain in; as neuralgia

68
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part and meaning: ase

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suffix, enzyme; as amylase

69
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part and meaning: cide

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suffix, kill;as bactericide

70
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part and meaning: cule

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suffix, small; as molecule

71
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part and meaning: cyte

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suffix, cell; as erythrocyte

72
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part and meaning: ectasis

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suffix, dilation of; bronchiectasis

73
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part and meaning: ectomy

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suffix, cut off; as appendectomy

74
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part and meaning: ectopy

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suffix, displacement of

75
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part and meaning: emesis

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suffix, vomiting; as hematemesis

76
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part and meaning: emia

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suffix, blood; as anemia

77
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part and meaning: esthesia

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suffix, sensation; as anesthesia

78
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part and meaning: iasis

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suffix, presence of; as lithiasis

79
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part and meaning: ism

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suffix, condition; as alcoholism

80
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part and meaning: itis

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suffix, inflammation; as appendicitis

81
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part and meaning: lysis

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suffix, destruction; as hemolysis

82
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part and meaning: malacia

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suffix, softening; as osteomalacia

83
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part and meaning: megaly

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suffix, enlargement of; cardiomegaly

84
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part and meaning: oma

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suffix, tumor, swelling: as adenoma

85
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part and meaning: opsy

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suffix, to view; as biopsy

86
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part and meaning: osis

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suffix, condition; as tuberculosis or
increase; as leukocytosis

87
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part and meaning: pathy

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suffix, disease of; as neuropathy

88
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part and meaning: penia

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suffix, decrease; as leucopenia

89
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part and meaning: phagia

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suffix, to eat; as polyphagia

90
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part and meaning: phil

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suffix, to love; as basophil

91
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part and meaning: phobia

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suffix, fear of; as photophobia

92
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part and meaning: pnea

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suffix, breath; as dyspnea

93
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part and meaning: poiesis

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suffix, to produce; as erythropoiesis

94
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part and meaning: ptysis

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suffix, to spit; as hemoptysis

95
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part and meaning: rrhea

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suffix, to discharge; as diarrhea

96
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part and meaning: scopy

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suffix, examination of; as gastroscopy

97
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part and meaning: spasm

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suffix, involuntary contraction; as
cardiospasm

98
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part and meaning: stomy

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suffix, opening; as ileostomy

99
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part and meaning: tomy

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suffix, to cut; as vagotomy

100
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part and meaning: trophy

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suffix, growth; as hypertrophy

101
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part and meaning: uria

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suffix, urine; as glucosuria

102
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part and meaning: adeno

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root, gland

103
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part and meaning: ano

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root, anus

104
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part and meaning: anterio

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root, artery

105
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part and meaning: arthr

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root, joint

106
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part and meaning: -blast

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root, immature form or sprout

107
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part and meaning: broncho

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root, bronchus

108
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part and meaning: carc, canc

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root, malignant tumor

109
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part and meaning: cardi

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root, heart

110
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part and meaning: cephal

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root, head

111
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part and meaning: cerebr

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root, brain

112
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part and meaning: chol

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root, bile

113
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part and meaning: cholecysto

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root, gallbladder

114
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part and meaning: cheil

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root, lips

115
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part and meaning: chondro-

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root, cartilage

116
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part and meaning: chro

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root, color

117
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part and meaning: col

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root, lower intestine

118
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part and meaning: cyst

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root, bladder

119
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part and meaning: derm, dermato

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root, skin

120
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part and meaning: dors

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root, back

121
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part and meaning: encephalo

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root, brain or skull

122
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part and meaning: entero

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root, intestine

123
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part and meaning: galact

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root, galactose

124
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part and meaning: gastr

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root, stomach

125
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part and meaning: glosso

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root, tongue

126
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part and meaning: glyc

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root, sweet

127
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part and meaning: hepat

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root, liver

128
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part and meaning: hyster

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root, womb or uterus

129
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part and meaning: idio-

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root, unknown or strange

130
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part and meaning: ileo

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root, ileum

131
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part and meaning: laryngo

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root, larynx

132
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part and meaning: leuc, leuk

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root, white

133
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part and meaning: lipo

134
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part and meaning: lith

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root, stone

135
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part and meaning: lymph

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root, waterlike

136
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part and meaning: malac

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root, softening

137
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part and meaning: mast

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root, breast

138
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part and meaning: mea

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root, passage

139
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part and meaning: meg

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root, large or strong or great

140
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part and meaning: menin

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root, membrane

141
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part and meaning: myo

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root, muscle

142
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part and meaning: myelo

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root, marrow

143
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part and meaning: naso

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root, nose

144
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part and meaning: necro

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root, dead

145
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part and meaning: neur

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root, nerve

146
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part and meaning: nephr

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root, kidney

147
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part and meaning: oligo

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root, few or scant

148
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part and meaning: ophthalm

149
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part and meaning: osteo, oss, os

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root, bone

150
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part and meaning: ot

151
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part and meaning: pharyng

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root, pharynx

152
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part and meaning: phleb

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root, vein

153
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part and meaning: pseudo

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root, false

154
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part and meaning: pulmo

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root, lung

155
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part and meaning: pyel

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root, pelvis

156
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part and meaning: rhin

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root, nose

157
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part and meaning: sept

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root, thin wall

158
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part and meaning: septic

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root, poison

159
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part and meaning: stomato

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root, mouth

160
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part and meaning: thorac

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root, chest

161
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part and meaning: tracheo

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root, trachea

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