suffixes, prefixes, combining forms
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| a- | away from, without
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| ab- | away from
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| ablat/o- | take away; destroy
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| -able | able to be
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| abort/o- | stop prematurely
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| abras/o- | scrape off
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| absorpt/o- | absorb or take in
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| access/o- | supplemental or contributing part
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| accommod/o- | to adapt
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| acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket)
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| acid/o- | acid (low pH)
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| acous/o- | hearing, sound
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| acr/o- | extemity; highest point
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| acromi/o- | acromion
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| actin/o- | rays of the sun
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| act/o- | action
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| acu/o- | needle; sharpness
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| -acusis | hearing
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| acus/o- | hearing
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| ad- | toward
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| addict/o- | surrender to; be controlled by
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| -ade | action; process
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| aden/o- | gland
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| adhes/o- | to stick to
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| adip/o- | fat
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| adjuv/o- | giving help or assistance
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| adnex/o- | accessory connecting parts
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| adolesc/o- | the beginning of being an adult
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| adrenal/o- | adrenal gland
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| adren/o- | adrenal gland
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| affect/o- | state of mind; mood; to have an influence on
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| affer/o- | bring toward the center
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| agglutin/o- | clumping, sticking
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| aggreg/o- | crowding together
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| ag/o- | to lead to
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| agon/o- | causing action
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| agor/a- | open area or space
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| -al | pertaining to
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| albin/o- | white
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| albumin/o- | albumin
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| alges/o- | sensation of pain
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| -algia | painful condition
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| alg/o- | pain
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| align/o- | arranged in a staight line
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| aliment/o- | food, nourishment
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| -alis | pertaining to
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| alkal/o- | base (high pH)
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| allerg/o- | allergy
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| all/o- | other; strange
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| alveol/o- | alveolus (air sac)
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| ambly/o- | dimness
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| ambulat/o- | walking
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| amnes/o- | forgetfulness
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| amni/o- | amnion (fetal membrane)
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| -amnios | amniotic fluid
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| amputat/o- | to cut off
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| amput/o- | to cut off
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| amygdal/o- | almond shape
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| amyl/o- | carbohydrate, starch
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| an- | without, not
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| -an | pertaining to
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| ana- | apart from; excessive
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| anabol/o- | building up
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| analy/o- | to separate
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| anastom/o- | unite two tubular structures
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| -ance | state of
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| ancill/o- | servant, accessory
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| -ancy | state of
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| andr/o- | male
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| aneurysm/o- | aneurysm (dilation)
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| angin/o- | angina
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| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| anis/o- | unequal
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| ankyl/o- | fused together, stiff
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| an/o- | anus
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| ant- | against
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| -ant | pertaining to
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| antagon/o- | oppose or work against
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| ante- | forward, before
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| anter/o- | before; front part
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| anthrac/o- | coal
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| anti- | against
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| anxi/o- | fear, worry
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| aort/o- | aorta
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| apher/o- | withdrawal
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| aphth/o- | ulcer
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| apic/o- | apex (tip)
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| apo- | away from
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| appendic/o- | appendix
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| appendicul/o- | limb; small attached part
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| append/o- | small structure hanging from a larger structure; appendix
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| appercept/o- | fully perceived
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| aque/o- | watery substance
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| arachn/o- | spider, spider web
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| -arche | a beginning
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| areol/o- | small area around the nipple
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| -arian | pertaining to a person
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| -aris | pertaining to
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| arteri/o- | artery
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| arteriol/o- | arteriole
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| arter/o- | artery
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| arthr/o- | joint
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| articul/o- | joint
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| asbest/o- | asbestos
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| ascit/o- | ascites
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| -ase | enzyme
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| aspir/o- | to breathe in; to suck in
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| asthm/o- | asthma
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| astr/o- | starlike structure
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| -ate | composed of; pertaining to
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| -ated | pertaining to a condition; composed of
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| atel/o- | incomplete
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| ather/o- | soft, fatty substance
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| atheromat/o- | fatty deposit or mass
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| athet/o- | without position or place
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| -atic | pertaining to
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| -ation | a process; being or having
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| -ative | pertaining to
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| -ator | person or thing that produces or does
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| -atory | pertaining to
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| atri/o- | atrium (upper heart chamber)
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| attenu/o- | weakened
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| -ature | system composed of
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| audi/o- | the sense of hearing
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| augment/o- | increase in size or degree
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| aur/i- | ear
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| auricul/o- | ear
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| auscult/o- | listening
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| aut/o- | self
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| autonom/o- | independent, self-governing
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| axill/o- | axilla (armpit)
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| auto- | self
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| bacteri/o- | bacterium
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| balan/o- | glans penis
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| bar/o- | weight
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| basil/o- | base of an organ
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| bas/o- | base of a structure
basic (alkaline)
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| behave/o- | activity or manner of acting
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| bi- | two
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| bil/i- | bile, gall
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| bilirubin/o- | bilirubin
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| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue
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| -blast | immature cell
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| blast/o- | immature; embryonic
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| blephar/o- | eyelid
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| -body | a structure or thing
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| botul/o- | sausage
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| brachi/o- | arm
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| brachy- | short
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| brady- | slow
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| bronchi/o- | bronchus
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| bronchiol/o- | bronchiole
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| bronch/o- | bronchus
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| brux/o- | to grind the teeth
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| buccinate/o- | cheek
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| bucc/o- | cheek
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| bulb/o- | like a bulb
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| bunion/o- | bunion
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| burs/o- | bursa
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| cac/o- | bad, poor
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| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone)
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| calcific/o- | hard from calcium
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| calci/o- | calcium
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| calc/o- | calcium
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| calcul/o- | stone
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| calic/o- | calix
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| cali/o- | calix
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| calor/o- | heat
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| cancell/o- | lattic structure
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| cancer/o- | cancer
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| candid/o- | Candida (a yeast)
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| can/o- | resembling a dog
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| capill/o- | hairlike structure
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| capn/o- | carbon dioxide
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| capsul/o- | capsule (enveloping structure)
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| carb/o- | carbon atoms
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| carbox/y- | carbon monoxide
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| carcin/o- | cancer
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| card/i- | heart
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| cardi/o- | heart
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| cari/o- | caries (tooth decay)
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| carot/o- | stupor, sleep
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| carp/o- | wrist
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| cartilangin/o- | cartilage
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| cata- | down
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| catabol/o- | breaking down
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| catheter/o- | catheter
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| caud/o- | tailbon; lower part of the body
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| caus/o- | burning
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| cavit/o- | hollow space
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| cav/o- | hollow space
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| cec/o- | cecum (first part of the large intestine)
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| -cele | hernia
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| celi/o- | abdomen
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| cellul/o- | cell
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| -centesis | procedure to puncture
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| centr/o- | center; dominant part
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| cephal/o- | head
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| -cephalus | head
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| -ceps | head
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| -cere | waxy substance
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| cerebell/o- | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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| cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| cervic/o- | neck; cervix
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| cheil/o- | lip
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| chem/o- | chemical, drug
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| chez/o- | to pass stool
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| chir/o- | hand
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