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ML 7 - Dermatology - prefixes, combining forms, suffixes

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abras/o   scrape off  
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actin/o   rays of the sun  
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adip/o   fat  
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-al   pertaining to  
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albin/o   white  
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all/o   other; strange  
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an-   without, not  
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ana-   apart from; excessive  
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-ancy   state  
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angi/o   blood vessel; lymphatic vessel  
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-ant   pertaining to  
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anti-   against  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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aspir/o   to breathe in, to suck in  
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-ate   composed of; pertaining to  
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-ation   a process; being or having  
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auto-   self  
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bas/o   base of a structure  
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bi/o   life; living organism  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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cellul/o   cell  
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-cere   waxy substance  
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chem/o   chemical, drug  
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-cle   small thing  
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coll/a   fibers that hold together  
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contus/o   bruising  
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cortic/o   cortex (outer region)  
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-crine   a thing that secretes  
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crin/o   secrete  
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cry/o   cold  
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cutane/o   skin  
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cut/i   skin  
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cyan/o   blue  
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-cyte   cell  
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-dactyly   condition of the fingers or toes  
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de-   reversal of, without  
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-derma   skin  
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derm/a   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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derm/o   skin  
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desicc/o   to dry up  
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diaphore/o   sweating  
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dynam/o   power; movement  
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dys-   painful, difficult, abnormal  
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ecchym/o   blood in the tissues  
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-ectomy   surgical incision  
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-elasma   platelike structure  
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elast/o   flexing, stretching  
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electr/o   electricity  
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-eon   one who performs  
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epi-   upon, above  
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erect/o   to stand up  
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erg/o   activity; work  
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-ergy   activity; process of working  
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erythemat/o   redness  
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esthes/o   sensation, feeling  
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ex-   out, away from  
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excis/o   to cut out  
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excori/o   to take out skin  
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exo-   away from, external, outward  
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extra-   outside of  
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exud/o   oozing fluid  
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fer/o   to bear  
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foli/o   leaf  
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follicul/o   follicle (small sac)  
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fulgur/o   spark of electricity  
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fung/o   fungus  
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gangren/o   gangrene  
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-gen   that which produces  
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-graft   tissue for implant or transplant  
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hemat/o   blood  
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hem/o   blood  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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hirsut/o   hairy  
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hyper-   above; more than normal  
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hypo-   below; deficient  
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-ia   state, condition, thing  
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-iasis   state of; process of  
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-iatic   pertaining to a state or process  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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icter/o   jaundice  
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-ile   pertaining to  
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-in   substance  
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incis/o   to cut into  
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integument/o   skin  
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integu/o   to cover  
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intra-   within  
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-ion   action; condition  
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-ism   process; disease from a specific cause  
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-ist   one who specializes in  
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-itis   inflammation of  
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-ity   state; condition  
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kel/o   tumor  
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kerat/o   hard, fibrous protein  
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lacer/o   tearing  
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lip/o   lipid (fat)  
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loc/o   in one place  
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log/o   word; the study of  
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-logy   the study of  
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lun/o   moon  
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malign/o   intentionally causing harm; cancer  
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melan/o   black  
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-ment   action; state  
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micr/o   small  
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myc/o   fungus  
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necr/o   death  
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ne/o   new  
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nid/o   nest, focus  
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-oid   resembling  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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onych/o   nail  
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-opsy   the process of viewing  
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-ose   full of  
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-osis   condition, abnormal condition  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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papill/o   nipplelike protrusion  
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par-   beside  
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pedicul/o   lice  
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per-   through, throughout  
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petechi/o   petechiae  
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phot/o   light  
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phylact/o   guarding or protecting  
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-phylaxis   condition of guarding or protecting  
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-phyma   tumor, growth  
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pigment/o   pigment  
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pil/o   hair  
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-plasm   growth; formed substance  
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plas/o   growth, formation  
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plast/o   growth, formation  
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-plasty   process of reshaping by surgery  
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poly-   many, much  
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pre-   before, in front of  
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prurit/o   itching  
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psor/o   itching  
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rhin/o   nose  
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rhytid/o   wrinkle  
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-rrhage   excessive flow or discharge  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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rrhe/o   flowing discharge  
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sarc/o   connective tissue  
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schiz/o   split  
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scler/o   hard; sclera (white of the eye)  
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sebace/o   sebum (oil)  
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seb/o   sebum (oil)  
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sect/o   to cut  
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sen/o   old age  
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sensitiv/o   affected by, sensitive to  
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-sis   condition; abnormal condition  
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spir/o   breathe  
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squam/o   scalelike cell  
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-steroid   steroid  
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sub-   below, underneath, less than  
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suct/o   to suck  
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sudor/i   sweat  
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surg/o   operative procedure  
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syn-   together  
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system/o   the body as a whole  
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theli/o   cellular layer  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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-tome   instrument used to cut; an area with distinct edges  
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topic/o   a specific area  
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trans-   across, through  
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trich/o   hair  
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-ula   small thing  
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-um   a structure  
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ungu/o   nail  
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vas/o   blood vessel; vas deferens  
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vesic/o   bladder; fluid-filled sac  
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vesicul/o   bladder; fluid-filled sac  
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vir/o   virus  
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xanth/o   yellow  
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xen/o   foreign  
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xer/o   dry  
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-ery   process of  
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