prefix, root word, suffix
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a | without, absence of
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de | not
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di | double
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dys | bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
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hemi | one-half
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hydro | excessive, abnormally high, above
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mono | one
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pan | wall, entire
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para | near, alongside, departure from normaal
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par | near, alongside, departure from normal
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poly | many
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pre | before
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sub | below, beneath
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tetra | four
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alges/o | pain
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angi/o | blood vessle
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arachn/o | spider
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arteri/o | artery
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ather/o | fatty substance
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cephal/o | head
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cerebell/o | little brain, cerebellum
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cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum
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cran/o; crani/o | cranium
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dur/o | hard
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embol/o | a plug
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encephal/o | brain
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gangli/o; ganglion/o | knot, swelling
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gli/o | glue
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gnos/o | knowledge
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lumb/o | loin, lower back
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lys/o | break apart, dissolution
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mening/o; mening/i | membrane
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ment/o | the mind
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myel/o | spinal core, medulla, myelin sheath, bone marrow
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narc/o | numbness
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neur/o | sinew or cord; nerve, fasia
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phasi/o; phas/i | speech
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plegi/o | paralysis
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poli/o | gray
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psych/o | the mind
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quadr/o; quadr/i | four
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radic/o; radicul/o | nerve foot
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scler/o | thick, hard, sclera
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somat/o | body
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spin/o | spine, thorn
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thalam/o | inner chamber
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thromb/o | clot
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vascul/o | small vessel
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-algia | pain
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-asthenia | weakness
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-cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion
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-esthesia | sensation, perception
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-gram | a record
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-logist | one who studies
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-lysis | to loosen, dissolve
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-malacia | softening
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-iatry | treatment, specialty
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-ic | pertaining to
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-itis | inflammation
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-lepsy | seizure
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-oid | resembling
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-paresis | paralysis(minor)
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-phagia | eating or swallowing
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-phaSia | speaking(aka root of phas)
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-plegia | paralysis(major)
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-troph | nourishment, development
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