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Basic Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes

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aden/o   gland  
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arthr/o   joint  
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bi/o   life  
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carcin/o   cancerous, cancer  
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Cardi/o   heart  
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cephal/o   head  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum (largest part of the brain)  
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cis/o   to cut  
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crin/o   to secrete  
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cyst/o   urinary bladder  
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cyt/o   cell  
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derm/o   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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electr/o   electricity  
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encephal/o   brain  
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enter/o   sm. intestines  
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erythr/o   red  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gnos/o   knowledge  
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gynec/o   woman, female  
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hemat/o   blood  
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hem/o   blood  
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hepat/o   liver  
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iatr/o   treatment, physician  
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leuk/o   white  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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onc/o   tumor  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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oste/o   bone  
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path/o   disease  
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ped/o   child  
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psych/o   mind  
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radi/o   x-rays  
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ren/o   kidney  
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rhin/o   nose  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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sect/o   to cut  
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thromb/o   clot, clotting  
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ur/o   urinary tract, urine  
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-ac   p2  
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-al   p2  
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-algia   pain  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ectomy   removal, excision  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-genic   p2, producing, produced by, or produced in  
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-globin   protein  
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-gram   record  
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-ic, -ical   p2  
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-ion   process  
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-ist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-logy   process of study  
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-oma   tumor, mass, swelling  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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-osis   condition, usually abnormal  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-scope   instrument to visually examine  
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-scopy   process of visually examining with an endoscope  
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-sis   state of, condition  
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-tomy   process of cutting, incision  
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-y   process, condition  
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a-   no, not, without  
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an-   no, not, without  
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aut-   self, own  
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auto-   self, own  
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dia-   through, complete  
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end-   within  
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endo-   within  
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epi-   above  
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ex-   out  
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exo-   outside of, outward  
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hyper-   excessive, above, more then normal  
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hypo-   deficient, below, less then normal  
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in-   into, in  
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peri-   surrounding, around  
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pro-   before, forward  
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re-   back, backward, again  
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retro-   behind  
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sub-   below, under  
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trans-   across, through  
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