Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes
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| -ac, -al, -ic, -ary, -ar | pertaining to, related to, located in
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| -algia | pain
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -emesis | vomit
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -ia | abnormal state
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| -esis, -ia, -a, -ism, -ity, -y, -osis, -tion, -sis, -iasis, -sia | state or condition, disease
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| -genesis | beginning, origin
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument that records
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -ician | one who
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| -ictal | seizure, attack
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| -ist, -ologist | a specialist in
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| -ites, -itis | inflammation
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| -logy | science, study of
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| -lysis, -lytic | destroy, dissolution, separation
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -paresis | slight paralysis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | deficient, lack of
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow
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| -rrhaphy | suturing in place
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -sarcoma | malignant tumor
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument for examining
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| -stomy | surgical opening
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| -tomy | cutting, incision
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| Adren/o | adrenal glands
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| Appendic/o | appendix
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| Arthr/o | joints
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| Blephar/o | eyelid
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| Bronch/o | bronchial tube, bronchus
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| Bucc/o | cheek
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| Cardi/o | heart
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| Cephal/o | head
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| Chole/o | bile, gall
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| Col/o | colon, large intestine
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| Crani/o | skull
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| Derm/o | skin
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| Enter/o | small intestine
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| Gastr/o | stomach, belly
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| Gingival | gingival tissue, gums
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| Hem/o | blood, relating to the blood
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| Hepat/o | liver
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| My/o | muscle
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| Nephr/o | kidney
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| Neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue
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| Odont/o | tooth
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| Opthalm | eye, vision
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| Oste/o | bone
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| Ot/o | ear, hearing
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| Ped/o | child, foot
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| Proct/o | anus and rectum
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| Pulmon/o | lung
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| Rhin/o | nose
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| Splen/o | spleen
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| Thorac/o | chest
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| a-, an- | without, lacking, deficientab, not
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| ab- | away from
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| ad-, af- | toward, to, near
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| ante- | before, in front of, forward
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| anti-, ant- | against, opposing, preventing
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| brady- | slow
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| contra- | against, opposed
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| dia- | through, between, apart, across
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| dis- | apart, free from
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| dorso- | to the back
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| dys- | difficult, bad, painful, abormal
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| ect-, ecto-, exo- | outside of
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| end-, endo-, ent-, ento- | within, inside
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| ep-, epi- | upon, on, over
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| eu- | normal, good, healthy
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| extra-, extro- | outside of, beyond, outward
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| hemi- | half, partial
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| hyper- | excessive, above, beyond
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| hyp-, hypo- | under, beneath
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| inter- | between
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| intra-, intro- | within, into
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| mal- | bad, abnormal
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| mega-, megalo- | large, big
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| micr-, micro- | small
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| mult-, multi- | many
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| neo- | new, recent
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| oligo- | little, few
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| para- | beside, beyond, after
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| peri- | around, surrounding
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| poly- | many, much, excessive
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| post- | after, behind
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| pre-, pro- | before, in front of
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| pyo- | pus
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| steno- | narrow
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| sub- | under, below, beneath
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| super-, supra- | above, excess, superior
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| tachy- | fast
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| therm- | heat
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| trans- | across, through, beyond
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| cyano- | blue
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| erythro- | red
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| leuko- | white
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| melano- | black
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| nulli- | none
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| mon-, mono- | one
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| bi-, di-, dipl- | two, double, twice
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| tri- | three
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