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prefixes and suffixes

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a, an   without  
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ab   away from  
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ad   toward  
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ante   before  
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anti   against  
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aut   self  
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bi   both, two  
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brady   slow  
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circum   round  
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contra   against  
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di   two  
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diplo   double  
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dys   painful, difficult  
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ecto   outside  
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endo, intra   inside  
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epi   upper, above  
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hemi   half  
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hyper   excessive, above, more than  
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hypo   deficient, below, less than  
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inter   between  
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later   side  
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lipo   fat  
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mal   bad, difficult  
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mega/macro   large  
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micro   small  
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mono, uni   one, single  
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neo   new  
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ortho   straight  
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peri   around  
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poly   many, much  
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post   behind, after  
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pre   before, in front of  
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pro   forward  
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pseudo   false  
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retro   backward, behind  
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semi   half  
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sub   below  
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tachy   fast  
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tele   distant, far  
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trans   across  
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ultra   beyond, excess  
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-a, -ac, -al   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-ase   enzyme  
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-centre   puncture  
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-cide   causing death  
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-cente   puncture  
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-dipsia   thirst  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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-emesis   vomit  
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-emia   blood  
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-esthesia   sensation  
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-genesis, -genic   origin, source  
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-gram, -graph   pictures, record  
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-ia   disease  
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-iasis   abnormal condition  
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-ism   state of  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lysis   destruction  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlarged  
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-oid   like, similar  
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-ologist   specialist  
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-ology   study of  
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-oma   tumor  
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-orrhagia   hemorrhage  
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-orrhea   flow  
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-osis   condition of  
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-ostomy   surgical opening  
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-pathy   disease  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-phobia   fear  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-plegia   stroke, paralysis  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-ptosis   drooping down  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-scope   picture, inspection  
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-stasis   stoppage  
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-toxic   poisonous  
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-trophy   development, growth  
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-uria   urine  
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