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a-

an-

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Not

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Against (action)

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Auto-

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Self

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Hyper-

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Too much

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Hypo-

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Too little

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Neo-

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New

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Post-

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After

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Before

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Re-

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Again

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Ab-

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Away from (abduct)

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Ad-

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Toward (adduct)

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Ana-

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Up

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Ante-

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Before, in front of

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Apo-

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From, away from

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Circum-

Peri-

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Around

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Con-

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With or together

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Contra-

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Against (place)

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De-

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Down or away from

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Dia-

Trans-

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Through

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E-

Ec-

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Out of

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Ecto-

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Outside

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En-
Endo-
Intra-

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In or inside

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Epi-

Supra-

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Upon; on top of

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Ex-
Exo-
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Out or outside

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Hyper-

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Over

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Hypo-
Infra-
Infro-

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Under

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Inter-

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Between

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Pre-

Pro-

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Before; in front of

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Retro-

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Behind

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Sub-

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Underneath

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Sym-

Syn-

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With or together

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Xeno-

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Foreign

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Dys-

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Bad

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Eu-

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Perfect, good, true

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Macro-

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Large

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Mega-

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Enlarged

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Micro-

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Small

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Hemi-

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Half

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Mono-

Uni-

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One

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Two

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Three

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Quad-

Tetra-

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Four

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Penta-

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Five

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Hexa-

Hexo-

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Six

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Pluri-

Poly-

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Several; more than one

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Oligo-

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Several; a handful

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Multi-

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Many

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Pan-

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All

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Brady-

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Slow

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Chron/o-

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Time-dependent

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Tachy-

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Fast

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  • ac
  • al
  • ar
  • ary
  • eal
  • ic
  • ous
  • tic
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Pertaining to

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  • algia

- dynia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)

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-centesis

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Puncture

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-cide

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Killing

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-cyte

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Cell

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-desis

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Binding (by a disease process)

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-ectomy

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Removal (notice ec- in prefixes list means “out of” and -tomy in this list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”)

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-genic

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Creating; giving rise to

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-gram

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Visual record

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-graph

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Instrument used to produce a visual record

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-graphy

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Procedure used to produce a visual record

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  • ia

- y

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Condition; disease; literally, “place” (Bulgaria is the place of the Bulgars; Arabia is the place of the Arabs; Germany is the place of the Germans; etc.)

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-iasis

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Presence of

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  • iatrics

- iatry

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Medical science

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-iatrist

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Specialist in the practice of

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  • icle
  • ole
  • ule
  • ula
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Diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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  • ise

- ize

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Ending that makes a noun into a verb (ex. Strategy vs strategize)

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-ism

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Condition or procedure or belief

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-ist

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Specialist

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ium

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Tissue or structure

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-lith

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Stone

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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Breakdown; destruction

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-malacia

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Softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-meter

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Instrument for measurement

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-metry

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The process of using an instrument for measurement

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor or swelling

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-osis

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Condition

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-pathy

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Disease

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-penia

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Deficiency; lack of

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure (compare -desis)

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-plasty

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Surgical reconstruction or reformation

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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  • rrhage

- rrhea

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Excessive flow

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-rrhaphy

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Surgical formation of a seam; suturing

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-scope

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Instrument for visualizing something

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-scopy

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Process of using an instrument to visualize something

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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-stomy

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Creation of an opening (see stoma = mouth)

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-tion

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Word ending that makes a noun into a process (form vs formation)

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-tomy

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Cut; incision

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-us

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Condition

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Afferent

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Going towards

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Bacteri/o

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Bacteria

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Bio

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Life

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Blast

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Rapidly dividing cell

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Carc/i
Carc/in
Carc/ino

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Cancer (Greek work that literally means “crab”)

107
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Card/i

Card/io

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Heart

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Caud/o

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Tail

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Caud/o

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Tail

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Chole

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Bile (bodily humor in Greek medical practice)

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Constrict

Sten/o

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Narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)

113
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Cyst/o

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Bladder; fluid-filled space

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Dilate

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Increasing the size of an opening

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Efferent

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Going away from

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Enceph/a

Encephal/o

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En- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”

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Eti/o

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How something came to be, from Greek aitia, “cause” + o + -logy

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Gen/o

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Cause, origin

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Genetic

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Inheritance

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Hem/o

Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Morph/o

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Change

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Muscul/o

My/o

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Muscle

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Necr/o

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Dead

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Neur/o

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Nervous system

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Orth/o

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Straight, at right angles

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Ost/e

Ost/eo

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Bone

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Path/o

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Disease (literally, “suffering”)

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Ped/o

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Children

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Phag/o

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Eating

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Plas/o

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Formation

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Py/o

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Pus

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Sarc/o

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Flesh, muscle

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Stom/a/t

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Mouth

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Therm/o

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Temperature

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Troph/o

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Nourishment (ex. A trophy is nourishment for a job well done)

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Trop/o

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Moving toward or acting on

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Ur

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Urine

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Valv/ulo

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Valve

144
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Singular: Pericardium
Plural: ______________

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Pericardia

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Singular: Periosteum
Plural: ______________

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Periostea

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Singular: Nucleolus
Plural: ______________

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Nucleoli

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Singular: Mitochondrion
Plural: ______________

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Mitochondria

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Singular: Carcinoma
Plural: ______________

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Carcinomata

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Singular: Sarcoma
Plural: ______________

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Sarcomata

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Singular: Iris
Plural: ______________

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Rides

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Singular: Diagnosis
Plural: ______________

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Diagnoses

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Singular: Necrosis
Plural: ______________

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Necroses

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Singular: Cystocentesis
Plural: ______________

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Cystocenteses

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Singular: Mycosis
Plural: ______________

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Mycoses

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Singular: Thorax
Plural: ______________

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Thoraces

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