Medical - Prefixes, Combining Forms + Suffixes - A thru D
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| a- | no, not, without, away from, negative
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| -a | noun ending
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| ab- | away from, negative, absent
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| -able | capable of, able to
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| abort/o | premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
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| abrad/o, abras/o | rub or scrape off
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| abrupt/o | broken away from
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| abs- | away from
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| abscess/o | collection of pus, going away
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| absorpt/o | suck up, suck in
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| acanth/o | spiny, thorny
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| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket)
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| -acious | characterized by
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| acous/o, acoust/o | hearing, sound
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| acquir/o | get, obtain
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| acr/o | extremities (hands+feet), top, extreme point
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| acromi/o | acromion, point of shoulder blade
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| actin/o | light
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| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden
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| acuit/o, acut/o | sharp, sharpness
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| acust/o, -acusia, -acusis | hearing, sense of hearing
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| ad- | toward, to, in the direction of
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| aden/o | gland
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| adenoid/o | adenoids
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| adhes/o | stick to, cling to
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| adip/o | fat
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| adnex/o | bound to
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| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal glands
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| aer/o | air, gas
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| aesthet/o | sensation, sense of perception
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| af- | toward, to
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| affect/o | exert influence on
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| agglutin/o | clumping, stick together
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| aggress/o | attack, step forward
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| -ago | abnormal condition, disease
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| agor/a | marketplace
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| -agra | excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain
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| -aise | comfort, ease
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| -al | pertaining to
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| alb/i, alb/o, albin/o | white
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| albumin/o | albumin, protein
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| alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o | relationship to pain
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| -algesia, -algesic | painful, pain sense
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| -algia | pain, painful condition
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| align/o | bring into line or correct position
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| aliment/o | to nourish
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| all/o, all- | other, different from normal, reversal
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| alopec/o | baldness, mangy
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| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac, small sac
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| ambi- | both sides, around or about, double
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| ambly/o | dull, dim
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| ambul/, ambulat/o | walk
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| ametr/o | out of proportion
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| -amine | nitrogen compound
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| amni/o | amnion, fetal membrane
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| amph- | around, on both sides, doubly
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| amput/o, amputat/o | cut away, cut off a part of the body
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| amyl/o | starch
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| an- | no, not, without
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| an-, ana- | up, apart, backward, excessive
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| an/o | anus, ring
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| -an | characteristic of, pertaining to
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| -ancy | state of
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| andr/o | relationship to the male
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| aneurysm/o | aneurysm
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| angi/o | blood or lymph vessels
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| angin/o | angina, choking, strangling
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| anis/o | unequal
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| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff
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| anomal/o | irregularity
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| ante- | before, in front of
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| anter/o | before, front
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| anthrac/o | coal, coal dust
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| anti- | against
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| anxi/o, anxiet/o | anxiety, anxious, uneasy
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| aort/o | aorta
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| ap- | toward, to
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| ap-, apo- | separation, away from, opposed, detached
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| -apheresis | removal
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| aphth/o | ulcer
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| apic/o | apex
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| aplast/o | defective development, lack of development
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| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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| apoplect/o | a stroke
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| append/o, appendic/o | appendix
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| aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o | water
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| arachn/o | spider web, spider
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| arc/o | bow, arc or arch
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| -arche | beginning
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| areat/o | occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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| areol/o | little open space
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| -aria | connected with
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| arrect/o | upright, lifted up, raised
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| arter/o, arteri/o | artery
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| arthr/o | joint
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| articul/o | joint
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| as- | toward, to
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| asbest/o | asbestos
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| -ase | enzyme
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| aspir/o, aspirat/o | to breathe in
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| asthen-, -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength
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| asthmat/o | gasping, choking
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| astr/o | star, star shaped
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| at- | toward, to
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| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect
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| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance
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| athet/o | uncontrolled
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| atop/o | strange, out of place
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| atres/i | without an opening
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| atri/o | atrium
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| attenuat/o | diluted, weakened
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| aud-, audi/o, audit/o | ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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| auri/i, aur/o | ear, hearing
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| auscult/a, auscult/o | listen
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| aut/o | self
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| -ax | noun ending
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| ax/o | axis, main stem
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| axill/o | armpit
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| azot/o | urea, nitrogen
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| bacill/o | rod-shaped bacterium (plural, bacteria)
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| bacteri/o | bacteria (singular, bacterium)
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| balan/o | glans penis
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| bar/o | pressure, weight
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| bartholin/o | Bartholin's gland
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| bas/o | base, opposite of acid
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| bi- | twice, double, two
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| bi/o | life
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| bifid/o | split, divided into two parts
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| bifurcat/o | divide or fork into two branches
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| bil/i | bile, gall
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| bilirubin/o | bilirubin
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| bin- | two by two
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| -blast | embryonic, immature, formative element
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| borborygm/o | rumbling sound
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| brachi/o | arm
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| brachy- | short
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| brady- | slow
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| brev/i, brev/o | short
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| bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchial tube, bronchus
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| bronchiol/o | bronchiole, bronchiolus
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| brux/o | grind
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| burs/o | bursa, sac of fluid near joint
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| byssin/o | cotton dust
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| cadaver/o | dead body, corpse
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| calc/i | calcium, lime, the heel
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| calcane/o | calcaneus, heel bone
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| calci-, calc/o | calcium
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| calcul/o | stone, little stone
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| cali/o, calic/o | cup, calyx
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| call/i, callos/o | hard, hardened and thickened
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| calor/i | heat
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| canalicul/o | little canal or duct
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| canth/o | corner of the eye
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| capill/o | hair
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| capit/o | head
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| capn/o | carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
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| capsul/o | little box
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| carb/o | carbon
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| carbuncl/o | carbuncle
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| carcin/o | cancerous
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| cardi/o, card/o | heart
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| cari/o | rottenness, decay
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| carot/o | stupor, sleep
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| cartilag/o | cartilage, gristle
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| caruncul/o | bit of flesh
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| cat-, cata-, cath- | down, lower, under, downward
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| catabol/o | a breaking down
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| cathart/o | cleansing, purging
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| cathet/o | insert, send down
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| caud/o | lower part of body, tail
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| caus/o, caust/o | burning, burn
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| cauter/o, caut/o | heat, burn
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| cavi/i, cav/o | hollow, cave
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| cavern/o | containing hollow spaces
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| cec/o | cecum
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| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling
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| celi/o, cel/o | abdomen, belly
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| cement/o | cementum, a rough stone
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| cent- | hundred
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| cephal/o, -ceps | head
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| cera- | wax
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain
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| cerumin/o | cerumen, earwax
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| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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| cheil/o | lip
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| cheir/o | hand
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| chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o | drug, chemical
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| chir/o | hand
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| chlor/o | green
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| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid
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| chol/e | bile, gall
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| cholangi/o | bile, duct
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| cholesterol/o | cholesterol
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| chondri/i, chondr/o | cartilage
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| chord/o | spinal cord, cord
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| chore/o | dance
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| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion, membrane
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| choroid/o | choroid layer of eye
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| chrom/o, chromat/o | color
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| chron/o | time
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| chym/o | to pour, juice
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| cib/o | meal
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| cicatric/o | scar
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| -cidal | pertaining to killing
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| -cide | causing death
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| cili/o | eyelashes, microscopic hairlike projections
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| cine- | relationship to movement
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| circ/i | ring or circle
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