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prefixes, roots, suffixes

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a-; an-   without; lack of  
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ab-   away from  
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contra-; anti-   against;opposite  
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ante-; pre-   before  
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tri-   three  
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peri-   around  
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para-   beside  
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bi-   two; double  
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sym-; syn-; com-; con-   with; together  
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ec-; ex-; extra-; ecto-   out from; outside  
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in-; im-   not  
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em-; en-; im-; in-   in; within  
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intra-; intro-   within  
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inter-   between  
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hemi-; semi-   half  
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hype-r; super-; supra-   above; excessive  
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hypo-; infra-; sub-   under; below; deficient  
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trans-   across  
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dys-   painful; difficult  
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re-; retro-   back; backward  
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ad-   to; toward  
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epi-   on; upon  
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end-; endo-   in; within; inside  
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aden   gland  
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angi   vessel  
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arthr   joint  
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cardi; card   heart  
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cerebr   brain  
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cephal   head  
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cerv   neck  
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chondr   cartilage  
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cost   rib  
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crani   skull  
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cyst   bladder  
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cyt   cell  
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derm   skin  
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enter   intestine  
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gastr   stomach  
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glyc   sweet  
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hem; hemat   blood  
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hepat   liver  
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hyster; metr   uterus  
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leuk   white  
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lip   fat  
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lith   stone  
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mening   membrane  
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myel   marrow  
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my; myos   muscle  
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nephr   kidney  
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neur   nerve  
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oste   bone  
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pneum   lung; air  
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proct   rectum; anus  
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psych   mind  
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py   pus  
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ten; tend; tendin   tendon  
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viscer   organ  
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-itis   inflammation of  
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-oma   tumor; neoplasm  
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-cele   swelling; herniation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-pathy   diseased  
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-rhexis   rupture  
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-ectasis   stretching  
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-ectomy   cutting out; excision  
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-otomy   incision into  
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-ostomy   making a permanent opening  
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-scopy   inspection; examination  
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-plasty   surgical correction; plastic repair of  
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-rhaphy   suture  
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-desis   fixation; binding  
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-pexy   fixation; suspension  
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-centesis   puncture  
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-lysis   loosening; breaking down  
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-algia   pain  
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-dynia   pain  
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-genic   origin  
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-penia   decrease; lack of  
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-osis   increase; condition  
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-oid   like  
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-emia   blood (like)  
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-iasis   presence of  
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