USF Medical Terminol

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Acou-, Acu-

Hear

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Amni

Fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion

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Asc-, Ascit-

[Leather bag], bladder, sac, bag

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Bary-

Heavy, full, hard

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Cente-

Pierce

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Chrom-, Chroma-, Chromat-

Color, pigment

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Dips-

Thirst

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Echo-

Reverberating sound, echo

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Edema, Edemat-

Swelling

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Eme-

Vomit

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Gno(s)-

Know

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Lal-

Talk

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Lapar-

Abdomen, abdominal wall

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Lex-

Read

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Mne-

Remember

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Ne-

New

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No-

Mind, metal activity, comprehension

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Orec-, Orex-

Have an appetite

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Ox(y)-

Acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oxygen

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Pha-

Speak, communicate

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Phag-

Swallow, eat

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Pharmac(eu)-

Medicine, drug

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Phem-

Speech

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Phob-

(abnormal) Fear

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Phon

Voice, sound

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Phrac-, Phrag-

Enclose, obstruct

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Phras-

Speak

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Phren-

Mind; diaphragm

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Phylac-

Protection (against disease)

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Phy(s)

Nature, appearance

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Phyt-

Plant (organism), growth

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Poie-

Produce, make

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Sapr-

Rotten, putrid, decaying

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Stear-, Steat-

Fat, sebum, sebaceous glands

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Aut-

Self

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Crin-???

[Separate] ?????? , secrete, secretion

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Esthe(s)-

Sensation, sensitive, sense

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Gen(e)-, -Gen

Come into being; produce

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Gram-

[Something written], a record

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Graph-

Write, record

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Iatr-

Healer, physician, treatment

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Idi-

Of one's self

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Kine-

Move

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Kines(i)-

Movement, motion

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Ly(s)-

Destroy, break down

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Myx-

Mucus

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Orth-

Straight, erect; normal

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Ot-

Ear

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Path-

[Suffering] Disease

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Phil-

Love; have an affinity for

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Pt-

Fall, sag, drop, prolaps

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Pyr-

[Fire] fever, burning

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Pyret-

Fever

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Pyrex

Be Feverish

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Rhe-

[Run] flow, secrete

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Rhag-

[Burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

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Rhex-

Rupture

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Rhin-

Nose

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Scop-

Look at, examine

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Sep-

[Be putrid] be infected

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Ta-

Stretching

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Tel-

End, completion

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Ten-, Tenon(t)-

Tendon

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Therap(eu)-

Treat medically, heal

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Tom-

A cutting, slice, incision

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Ton-

[A stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

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-gen

Substance that produces (something)

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-genesis

Formation, origin

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-genic

Causing, producing, caused

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-genous

By; produced by or in

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-gram

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

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-graph

An instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

(1)The recoding of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination) (2)A descriptive treatise (on a subject)

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-lysis

Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

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-pathy

Disease

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-ptosis

Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

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-rrhagia

Profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

Profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

Bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

An instrument for examining

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-scopy

Examination

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-tome

A surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Surgical incision

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Is-

Equal, same, similar, alike

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Mening-, -meninx

Meningeal membrane, meninges

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My(s)-

[Mouse] muscle

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Myc(et)-

[Mushroom] fungus

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Myel-

Bone marrow, spinal cord

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Narc-

stupor, numbness

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Necr-

Corpse; dead

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Olig-

Few, deficient

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Onych-

Fingernail, toenail

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Pod-

Foot

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Poli-

[Gray] gray matter of the brain and the spinal cord

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Poly-

many , excessive

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Por-

Passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

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Psych-

[Soul] mind

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Som(at)-, -soma

Body

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Sthen-

Strength

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Trachel-

Neck, cervix

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Xanth-

Yellow

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Archn-

Spider, web; arachnoid membrane

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Chlor-

Green

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Chondr-

Cartilage

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Dactyl-

Finger, toe

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Derm(at)-, -derma

Skin

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(H)elc-

Ulcer

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Hidr(ot)-, -idr

Sweat

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Hist(i)-

[Web] tissue

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Hypn-

Sleep

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Icter-

Jaundice

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In-, Inos-

Fiber, muscle

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Acr-

[Highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)

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Ambly-

Dull, faint

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Carcin-

[Crab] carcinoma, cancer

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-cel-

Hernia, tumor, swelling

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Cheir-, Chir-

Hand

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Chol(e)-

bile, gall

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Col(i)-, Colon-

Colon

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Cyan-

Blue

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Cyst(i)-, -cystis

Bladder, cyst

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Diplo-

Double, twin

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Enter-

(Small) intestine

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Erg-

Action, work

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Gastr-

Stomach

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Hem-, Hemat-, -em-

Blood

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Hepar-, Hepat-

Liver

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Lip-

Fat

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Macr-

(abnormally) large or long

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Mega-, Megal-

(abnormally) large or long

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Melan-

Dark, black

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Micr-

(abnormally) small

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Nyct-

Night

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Odyn-

Pain

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Onc-

Tumor

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Pachy-

Thick

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Pseud-

False

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Py-

pus

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Sarc-

Flesh, soft tissue

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Spasm-

Spasm, involuntary muscular contractions

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Splen-

Spleen

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Stom-, Stomat-

Mouth Opening

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Cata-

Downward, disordered

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Dia-

Through, across, apart

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Eso-

Within, inner, inward

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Eu-

good, normal, healthy

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Heter-, Herero-

Different, other, relationship to another

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Homo-, Homeo-

Same, Likness

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Meta-

Change, transformation, after, behind

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Para-

Alongside, around

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Pro-

Before

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Pros-, Prosth

In place of

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-al

Pertaining to, located in

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-ase

Forms names of enzymes

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-asia, -asis

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition

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-ema

Forms abstract nouns: state. condition

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-esis

Forms abstract nouns: state. condition, procedure???????

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-etic

Froms adjectives, often from nouns ending in in ???????

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-ics, -tics

Forms nouns indicating a particular science or study:science or study of

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-ism

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality

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-ismus

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition; muscular spasm

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-oid(rarely) -ode, -id

Form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance:like, resembling

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-oma, -omata

Forms abstract nouns: usually tumorl occasionally disease

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-ose

Used to form names of chemicals substance: full of, resembling

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-ous

Pertaining to the characterized by, full of

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-us

Condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

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Amphi-, Ampho

On both sides, around, both

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Ana-

Up, bac, against

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Apo-

away from

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-logy

Study, Science, the study of science of

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-logist

One who specializes in a certain study or science

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-malacia

The Softening (of tissues)

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-sclerosis

The hardening (of tissues)

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-stenosis

The narrowing (of a part of the body)

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-toxic

Poisonous (to an organ)

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-toxin

A substance poisonous to (a part of the body)

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Lept-

Thin, fine, slight

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Leuk-

White, white blood cell

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Lith-

Stone, calculus

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Log-

Word, study

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Malac-

Soft

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Mes-

Middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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-meter, Metr-

measure, measuring device

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Nephr-

Kidney

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Neur-

[Tendon] nerve, nervous system

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Oste-

Bone

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Phosop-

Face

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Prot-

First, primitive, early

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Scler-

Hard

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Sten-

Narrow

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Stere-

Solid, having three dimensions

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Tachy-

Rapid

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Tox(i)-

Posion

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Acanth-

Thorn, spine

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Alg-

Pain

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Alges-

sensitivity to pain

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All-

Other, divergence, difference form

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Angi-

(Blood) vessel, duct

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Arteri-

[Air passage] Artery

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Arthr-

Joint

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Bi-

Life

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Brady-

Slow

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Cardi-

Heart

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Cephal-

Head

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Crani-

Skull

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Cyt-

[Hollow container] cell

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Encephal-

Brain

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Erythr-

Red, red blood cell

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Peri-

Around, surrounding

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Syn-

Together, with, joined

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-a

Forms abstract nous: state, condition

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-ac

Forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in

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-ia

Forms abstract nouns; often the suffix -ia appears as a -y: state, condition

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-iac

Forms nouns: person affliced with

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-iasis

Forms Abstract nouns: disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of

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-ic???

Forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in ?????

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-in, -ine

From names of substances

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-ist

Forms nouns: a person interested in

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-itic

Forms adjectives: pertaining to; pretending to inflammation

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-itis

Forms nouns including and inflamed conditions: Inflammation

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itides

Is the plural form of words ending in -itis

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-ium (rarely -eum)

Forms nouns: membrane, connective tissue

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-ma

Forms nouns: (often) abnormal or diseased condition.

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-osis

Forms nouns: abnormal or diseased condition

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-otic

Forms adjectives from nouns ending in -osis: pertaining to

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-sia

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition

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-sis

Forms abstract nouns:state, condition

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-tic

Forms adjectives from nouns ending in -sis: pertaining to; words ending in -tic can be used as both adjectives and nouns and as nouns, often indicates a drug or agent

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A-, An-

Not, without, lacking, deficient

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Anti-, Ant-

Against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

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Di-

Two, twice, double

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Dsy-

Difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

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Ec-, Ex-

Out of, away from

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Ecto-, Ect-

Outside of

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En-, Em-

In, into, whithin

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Endo-, Ento-, End-, Ent-

Within

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Epi-, Ep-

Upon, over above

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Exo-

Outside, from the outside, toward the outside

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Hemi-

Half, Partial; one side of the body

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Hyper-

Over, above, excessive, beyond normal

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Hypo-, Hyp-

Under, deficient, below normal

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Mono-, mon-

one, single

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