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prefix and suffix

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homo   means same  
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hetero   means different  
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aniso   unequal size, iso  
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hypo   hyper  
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syn and sym   together or joined  
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syn   fixed or joined  
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sym   suffering (medical) or feeling (standard)  
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super and supra   above or beyound  
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a and an   without or lack of  
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epi   means upon or over  
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extra   means outside or beyound, in addition to  
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infra   means below or under  
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sub   means under or below  
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meta   beyound, after, occurring later in a series  
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bi   means both or two  
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ultra   means beyound or in excess  
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anti   means against  
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contra   means against  
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trans   means across or over  
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in   means into  
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mal   means bad  
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uni   means one  
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bi   means two  
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tri   means three  
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furco   means branching or dividing  
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multi   means many  
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semi   means half  
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hemi   means half  
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con   means with  
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dis   means to free of, to separate, or to undo  
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dys   means difficult or painful  
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post   means behind or after  
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ante   means before or forward  
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pre   means before or in front of  
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a.m. means ante-meridiem   before noon  
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p.m. means post meridiem   after noon  
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inter   means between  
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intra   means within  
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estasia or ectasis   means dilation or expansion  
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melan/o   means black  
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myc/o   means mushroom or fungus  
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pneum/o   means lung  
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a/pnea   absence of breathing  
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dys/pnea   difficult breathing  
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tach/pnea   rapid breathing  
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brady/pnea   slow breathing  
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ortho/pnea   able to breathe only when sitting up or standing  
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hem/o/pty/sis   expectorating (coughing up) blood  
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hyper/ventil/ation   excessive movement of air in and out of lungs, sighing respirations  
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hyp/oxia   low oxygen levels in organs and tissues  
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cyan/osis   bluish color due to hypoxia  
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pne/o   combining form for breathing or breath  
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ortho   means straight  
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hemo   means blood  
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ptyal   means saliva or sputum  
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hem/o/pyt/sis   condition of bloody sputum  
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ptyal/o/rrhea   means flow of saliva  
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naso   means nasal cavity  
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ment/o   means chin  
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epi   means upon  
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staxis   means dripping or oozing  
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epi/staxis   means nosebleed or hemorrahage from the nose  
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plegia   paralysis  
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ad   means toward  
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sinistr/o   left  
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sinistr/ad   means toward the left  
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dextr/o   means right  
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dextr/ad   means toward the right  
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iatrist and iatric   medical professionals or physicians  
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chir/o   means hands  
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ger/i   means old age  
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nyct/o   means night  
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aden/o   means gland  
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cardi/o   means heart  
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cheil/o   lips  
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dactyl/o   digits  
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dent/o   teeth  
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serm/o   skin  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gloss/o   tongue  
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onych/o   nails  
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ophthalm/o   eyes  
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ot/o   ears  
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phag/o   eat  
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pneumon/o   lung  
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proct/o   anus and rectum  
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urethro   urethra  
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-ia (suffix)   means condition  
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-statis   stopping or controlling  
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schizo and schisto and schisis   split, cleft, or fissure  
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carp/o   wrist  
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meta   beyound  
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tars/o   tarsal bones in the ankle  
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humer/o   bone of the upper arm  
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femor/o   thigh, longest bone in the body  
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tibia   shin bone  
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ileum   part of small intestine of the digestive system  
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ili/o   pelvic bone  
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ischi/o   part of the hip bone known as ischium  
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cost/o   ribs  
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xiph/o   sternum  
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rachi/o   spine  
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spondyl/o   spine  
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lamin/o   thin, flat sheet, plate, or membrane  
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myel/o/gram   spinal x-ray  
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ophthaml/o   eye  
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ocular   eye  
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opt/o   vision  
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-opia   suffix denoting a vison condition  
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cyanopia   defect in vision causes objects to appear blue  
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xanthopia   yellow vision  
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chloropia   green vision  
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erythropia   red vision  
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diplo   double  
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-opia   vision  
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ambi   both or both sides  
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dipl and diplo   double  
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-opter   visible  
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exo   outward  
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eso   toward  
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hypo   downward  
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hyper   upward  
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phac/o   crystalline lens of the eye  
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-cele   herniation or dislocation  
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ir/o and irid/o   iris  
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core/o   pupil  
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kerat   cornea  
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cycl/o   ciliary body  
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lacrimal   tears  
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lacrimation   tearing  
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onych   nails  
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trich/o   hair  
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par/onch/ia   conditon of infection of tissues around the nail  
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phag/o   eat or swallow  
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phagia   condition of eating or swallowing  
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endo   inside  
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oophor/o   ovary  
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testic, orchid/o, orchi/o   testis  
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-emia   condition of the blood or in the blood  
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-emia   in the blood  
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hemat/o   combing form used as a prefix meaning blood  
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traumatology   study of caring for wounds  
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traumatic   pertaining to wounds or woundedness  
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