Chapters 1 - 6 roots, prefixes, & suffixes
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arthr/o | joint
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cardi/o | heart
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enter/o | small intestine
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gastr/o | stomach
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hepat/o | liver
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neur/o | nerve
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hem/o | blood
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hemat/o | blood
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my/o | muscle
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muscul/o | muscle
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angi/o | vessel
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vas/o | vessel
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vascul/o | vessel
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derm/o | skin
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dermat/o | skin
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cutane/o | skin
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pneum/o | lung
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pneumon/o | lung
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pulmon/o | lung
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gen/o | creation, cause
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hydr/o | water
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morph/o | change
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myc/o | fungus
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necr/o | death
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orth/o | straight
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path/o | suffering, disease
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phag/o | eat
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plas/o | formation
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py/o | pus
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scler/o | hard
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sten/o | narrowing
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troph/o | nourishment, development
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xen/o | foreign
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xer/o | dry
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-ac | pertaining to
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-al | pertaining to
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-ar | pertaining to
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-ary | pertaining to
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-eal | pertaining to
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-ic | pertaining to
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-tic | pertaining to
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-ous | pertaining to
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-ia | condition
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-ism | condition
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-ium | tissue, structure
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-y | condition, procedure
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-icle | small
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-ole | small
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-ule | small
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-ula | small
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-iatrics | medical science
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-iatry | medical science
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-iatrist | specialist in medicine of
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-ist | specialist
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-logist | specialist in the study of
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-logy | study of
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-algia | pain
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-dynia | pain
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-cele | hernia
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-emia | blood condition
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-iasis | presence of
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-itis | inflammation
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-lysis | loosen, break down
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-malacia | abnormal softening
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-megaly | enlargement
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-oid | resembling
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-oma | tumor
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-osis | condition
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-pathy | disease
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-penia | deficiency
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-ptosis | drooping
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-rrhage | excessive flow
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-rrhagia | excessive flow
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-rrhea | flow
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-rrhexis | rupture
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-spasm | involuntary contraction
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-centesis | puncture
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-gram | written record
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-graph | instrument used to produce a record
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-graphy | writing procedure
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-meter | instrument used to measure
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-metry | process of measuring
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-scope | instrument used to look
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-scopy | process of looking
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-desis | binding, fixation
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-ectomy | removal
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-pexy | surgical fixation
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-plasty | reconstruction
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-rrhaphy | suture
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-stomy | creation of an opening
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-tomy | incision
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a- | not
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an- | not
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anti- | against
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contra- | against
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de- | down, away from
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ante- | before
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pre- | before
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pro- | before, on behalf of
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brady- | slow
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tachy- | fast
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post- | after
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re- | agin
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ab- | away
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ad- | toward
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circum- | around
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peri- | around
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dia- | through
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trans- | through
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e- | out
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ec- | out
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ex- | out
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ecto- | outside
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exo- | outside
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extra- | outside
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en- | in, inside
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endo- | in, inside
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intra- | in , inside
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epi- | upon
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sub- | beneath
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inter- | between
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bi- | two
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hemi- | half
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semi- | half
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hyper- | over
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hypo- | under
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macro- | large
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micro- | small
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mono- | one
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uni- | one
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oligo- | few
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pan- | all
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poly- | many
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multi- | many
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con- | with, together
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syn- | with, together
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sym- | with, together
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dys- | bad
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eu- | good
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adip/o | fat
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alb/o | white
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crypt/o | hidden
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cutane/o | skin
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dermat/o | skin
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derm/o | skin
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erythr/o | red
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hidr/o | sweat
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ichthy/o | scaly
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kerat/o | hard, horny
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leuk/o | white
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lip/o | fat
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melan/o | black
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onych/o | nail
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pachy/o | thick
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pil/o | hair
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rhytid/o | wrinkle
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sebace/o | oil
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seb/o | oil
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squam/o | scale
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steat/o | fat
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trich/o | hair
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ungu/o | nail
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xanth/o | yellow
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xer/o | dry
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ankyl/o | stiff, bent
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arthr/o | joint
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brachi/o | arm
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burs/o | bursa
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carp/o | wrist
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cervic/o | neck
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chondr/o | cartilage
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cost/o | rib
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crani/o | head, skull
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dactyl/o | finger
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fasci/o | fascia
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femor/o | femur (thigh bone)
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kinesi/o | movement, motion
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lumb/o | loin, lower back
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muscul/o | muscle
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my/o | muscle
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myos/o | muscle
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oste/o | bone
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-physis | growth
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spondyl/o | vertebra
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tars/o | ankle
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tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination
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ten/o | tendon
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tend/o | tendon
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tendin/o | tendon
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tibi/o | tibia (shinbone)
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ton/o | tone, tension
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-asthenia | weakness
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cephal/o | head
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cerebell/o | cerebellum
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cerebr/o | brain
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crani/o | head, skull
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dur/o | tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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encephal/o | brain (inside head)
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esthesi/o | feeling, sensation
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gangli/o | nerve bundle
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gnosi/o | know
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hypn/o | sleep
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kinesi/o | movement, motion
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lob/o | lobe
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-mania | excessive desire
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mening/o | meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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meningi/o | meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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neur/o | nerve
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-paresis | slight or partial paralysis
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phas/o | speech
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-phobia | excessive fear
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phren/o | mind
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-plegia | paralysis
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psych/o | mind
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somn/o | sleep
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somn/i | sleep
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tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination
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-acusis | hearing condition
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acous/o | sound
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audi/o | sound
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aur/o | ear
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blephar/o | eyelid
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cerumin/o | ear wax
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cochle/o | cochlea
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conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva
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corne/o | cornea
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cycl/o | cilliary body
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dacry/o | tear
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irid/o | iris
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ir/o | iris
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kerat/o | cornea
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labyrinth/o | labyrinth
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lacrim/o | tear
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mastoid/o | mastoid process
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myring/o | eardrum
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ocul/o | eye
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opthalm/o | eye
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-opia | vision condition
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-opsia | vision condition
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opt/o | eye
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ot/o | ear
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phac/o | lens
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phak/o | lens
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retin/o | retina
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salping/o | eustachian tube
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scler/o | sclera (the white of the eye)
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tympan/o | eardrum
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vestibul/o | vestibule
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