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| -ites | dropsy or drooping
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| -itis | inflamed or inflammation; glossitis- inflmation of the toungue
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| -ity | state of; sterility- a state of being barren
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| -ize | state of or acts like; cauterize- state of burning
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| jejuno- | to empty (2nd part of small intestine); jeujunum- to emby the second part of the samll intestine
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| junctiv/o- | joing or to join; conjuctivitis- inflamtion of the portion that joines together the eyelid and ocular parts
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| kali- | potassium; kalipenia- decrease of potasium
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| kary/o- | nucleus; karyokinesis- nucleus/movement or motion
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| kel/o- | scar; keloid- reseembling a scar, a rasied hard reddened scar
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| kerat/o- | cornea or horny; kerataomalacia- refering to the softening of the cornea
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| ket/o- | sour or acid; ketosis- conditon of being sour or acid
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| kil/o- | one thousand; kilogram- a thousand grams
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| kine- | movement or motion; kinetic- condition of movement
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| kraur/o- | dryness; kraurosis- condition of dryness
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| kypho- | hunchback; kyphosis- conditon of being hunchback
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| labio- | lip; labioma- lip tumor
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| labrynitho- | maze; labrynithitis- inflammation of maze
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| lacer/o- | to tear; lacerate- refering to a tear
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| lacrimo- | tearing or tear; lacrimal- refering to a tear or tearing
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| lact/o- | milk; lactose- sugar milk
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| lamin/o- | thin flat plate or layer; laminectomy- removal of a thin flat plate or layer
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| lap/i- | stone; lapis- refering to a stone
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| -lapse | falling or slippage; prolapse- before something falls and slips, meaning the normal before hand
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| laryngo- | voice box; laryngitis- inflmmation of the voice box
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| lat- | side; lateral- refering to the side
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| lax- | to loosen or loosening; relaxation- process of loosening up
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| lei/o- | smooth; leiomyoma- smooth muscle tumor
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| lent/o- | freckle
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| lepr/o- | scaly; leprosy- the process of getting scaly growths
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| -lepsy | seizure or convulsion; epilepsy- process of creating seizures
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| lepto- | thin or slender; leptomorphic- refers to thin or slend shape
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| leuk/o- | white; leukapheresis- seperating white blood cells
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| levat/o- | lift up; levator- one who lifts up
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| libid/o- | desire
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| lichen/i- | plant, its a type of moss
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| lieno- | spleen; lienitis- inflamtion of the spleen
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| liga- | to bind; ligament- a state of binding bone to bone
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| lingu- | tongue; bilingual- pertains to knowing two tongues
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| lip/o- | fat; lipoma- fat tumor
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| -listhesis | slippage; spondylolisthesis- condition where the veterbrae are slipping
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| liter | liter
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| lith/o- | stone, calculus or rock; nephrolith- kidney stones
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| lob/o- | lobe; lobectomy- procedure of cutting out usually a lung
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| lord/o- | swawyback (to bend); lordosis- conditon of swayback
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| lumb/o- | loin; lumbar- loin
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| lump- | small mass; lumpectomy- removal of a small mass
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| luna- | moon or crescent-shaped
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| lupus | wolf
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| lute/o- | yellow; luteal- yellow body like a corpus luteum
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| lux- | to dislocate; subluxation- refering to a dislocate
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| lymph/o- | watery; lymphoma- welling of the tumor with watery fluid
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| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, declinging; autolysis- self destruction
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| macer/o- | to make soft; maceration- process of making soft
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| macro- | large or huge; macrophage- large or huge eaters
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| macul/o- | large spot or flat skin freckle; macula lutea- yellow large skin freckle
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| magni- | large or greater; magnification- to make bigger
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| mal- | bad, harm, injury; malignant- refering to a harmful injury
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| malac/o- | soft or softening; osteromalacia- pertaiing to the softening of bones
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| mall/e/olus | little hammer; malleolus- small hammer
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| malle/o- | hammer; malleus- middle ear bone
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| mamm/o- | breast; mammary- refers to the breast
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| man/o- | hand; manual- pertaining to the hand
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| mand/i- | chew or chewer; mandible- the part of your body that chews
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| -mania | madness; kleptomaniac- madness of stealing
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| masset/o- | chewer or to chew; masseter- one who chews
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| masseur | male massager; masseur- giving massages
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| mast/o- | breast; mastectomy- removal of breasts
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| mastic/o- | to chew or chwing; mastication- process of chewing
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| -mata | multiple; carcinomata- multiple crab-like growths
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| maxill/o- | upper jaw; maxillary- referring to the jaw
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| measles | rubella, reddish or red
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| meat/o- | opening; meatus- refering to an opening
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| medi- | middle; median- refering to middle
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| mega- | great or big; megacolon- great or big large intestine
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| megalo- | huge or large; hepatomegally- creation of huge liver
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| mei/o and mio- | lesser, smaller, fewer and constrict; meiosis- to make smaller by splitting
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| mel- | sweet, honey, cheek, limb; melitis, inflammation of the cheek.
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| melan/o- | black; melanoma- skin cancer caused by a black tumor
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| men/o- | monthly or month; menopause- monthlies
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| mening/o- | membrane; menigitis- inflammation of the CNS membrane
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| menisc/o- | cresecnt- knee cartilage that is in the shape of half moon or c
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| ment/o- | mind; mental- pertains to mind
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| -mentum | chin; antementum- before the chin
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| mes/o- | middle; mesoderm- the middle layer of skin
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| meta- | beyond or change; metastasis- changing from standing cancer or spreading of cancer
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| -meter | measurement; spirometer- a breath measurement
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| metr/a- | uterus or womb, endometritis- inflmation within the womb
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| -metry | measurement procedure; optometry- a measuring process of vison
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| micro- | small; microglossia- refering to a small tongue
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| mictur/o- | to make water or urinate; micturition- proces of making water or urinate
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| milli- | one-thousandth
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| minimus- | smallest; minimum- refers to smallest
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| minute- | small
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| -mitr/e | head band or mitre box; mitral- refering to a head band
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| molo- | to mill or grind; molar- refer to mill or grinding
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| mon/o- | one; monocucleosis- condition of one nucleous
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| morpho- | shape; amorphous- wihtout shape or form
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| mort/o- | death; mortal- refering to death
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| -motor | movement or motion; oculomotor- eye movement
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| muc/o- | slime; mucoid- resembles slime
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