Prefixes and Combining Forms
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carp/o | wrist bones
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cib/o | meals
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cis/o | to cut
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cost/o | rib
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cutane/o | skin
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dactyl/o | fingers, toes
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duct/o | to lead; carry
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flex/o | to bend
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furc/o | forking; branching
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gloss/o | tongue
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glyc/o | sugar
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immun/o | protection
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morph/o | shape; form
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mort/o | death
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nat/i | birth
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nect/o | to bind; tie; connect
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norm/o | rule; order
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ox/o | oxygen
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pub/o | pubis
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seps/o | infection
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somn/o | sleep
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son/o | sound
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the/o | to put; place
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thel/o | nipple
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thyr/o | shield (the thyroid gland resembled a shield to those who named it...)
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top/o | place; position; location
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tox/o | poison
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trache/o | trachea; windpipe
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urethr/o | urethra
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-blast | embryonic; immature
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-cyesis | pregnancy
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-drome | to run
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-fusion | coming together; to pour
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-gen | producing; forming
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-lapse | to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening
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-meter | to measure
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-mission | to send
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-or | one who
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-partum | birth, labor
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-phoria | to bear; carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis | to grow
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-plasia | development; formation
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-plasm | development; formation
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-pnea | breathing
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-ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse
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-rrhea | flow; discharge
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-stasis | stop, control; place
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-trophy | nourishment, development
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a-, an- | no, not, without
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ab- | away from
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ad- | toward
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ana- | up, apart
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ante- | before, forward
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antepartum | before labor
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anti- | against
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antispepsis | anti-infection
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auto- | self, own
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bi- | two
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brady- | slow
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bradycardia | slow heartrate
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cata- | down
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con- | with, together
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contra- | against, opposite
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de- | down, lack of
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dehydration | lack of water
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dia- | through, complete
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dys- | bad, painful, difficult
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dyspnea | painful/ difficult breathing
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ec- | out, outside
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ecto- | out, outside
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en- | in, within
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endo- | in, within
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epi- | upon, on, above
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eu- | good, normal
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euphoria | (exaggerated) feeling of well-being
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euthyroid | normal thyroid function
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ex- | out, away from
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hemi- | half
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hyper- | excessive, above
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hypo- | deficient, under
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in- | not
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insomniac | not sleeping...
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in- | into, within
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incision | to cut into
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infra- | beneath
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inter | between
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intra- | into, within
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macro- | large
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mal- | bad
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malaise | feeling bad
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meta- | beyond, change
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micro- | small
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neo- | new
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pan- | all
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pancytopenia | deficiency of erthrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes.
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para- | abnormal, beside, near
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per- | through
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percutaneous | through the skin
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peri- | surrounding
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poly- | many, much
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polyneuritis | inflammation of many nerves
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post- | after, behind
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pre- | before, in front of
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pro- | before, forward
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prodrome | before illness. (prodromal symptoms appear before the actual illness.. and signal its onset)
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pseudo- | false
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pseudocyesis | false pregnancy
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re- | back, again
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relapse | return of symptoms after recover
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retro- | behind, backward
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sub- | under
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supra- | above, upper
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syn-, sym- | together, with (ex: symphysis)
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syn- | together, with
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tachy- | fast
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tachycardia | rapid heartbeat
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trans- | across, through (ex: transfusion)
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ultra- | beyond, excess
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uni- | one
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unilateral | one side
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