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Melissa's LOM 3&4

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acr/o   extremities, top, extreme point  
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acu/o   sharp, severe, sudden  
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agor/a   marketplace  
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amni/o   amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)  
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angi/o   vessel  
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arteri/o   artery  
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arthr/o   joint  
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axill/o   armpit  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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bronch/o   bronchus  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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chem/o   drug, chemical  
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chrondr/o   cartilage  
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chron/o   time  
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col/o   colon  
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cyst/o   urinary bladder  
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encephal/o   brain  
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hydr/o   water, fluid  
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inguin/o   groin  
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isch/o   to hold back  
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lapar/o   abdomen, abdominal wall  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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lymph/o   lymph  
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mamm/o   breast  
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mast/o   breast  
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morph/o   shape, form  
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muc/o   mucus  
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my/o   muscle  
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myel/o   spinal cord, bone marrow  
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necr/o   death (of cells or whole body)  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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neutr/o   neutrophil  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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oste/o   bone  
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ot/o   ear  
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path/o   disease  
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peritone/o   peritoneum  
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phag/o   to eat, swallow  
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phleb/o   vein  
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plas/o   formation, development  
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pleur/o   pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)  
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pneumon/o   lungs  
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pulmon/o   lungs  
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rect/o   rectum  
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ren/o   kidney  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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splen/o   spleen  
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staphyl/o   clusters  
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strept/o   twisted chains  
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thorac/o   chest  
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thromb/o   clot  
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tonsill/o   tonsils  
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trache/o   trachea (windpipe)  
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ven/o   veins  
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-cele   hernia  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-coccus   berry-shaped bacterium  
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-cyte   cell  
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-dynia   pain  
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-ectomy   excision, removal, resection  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-genesis   condition of producing, forming  
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-genic   pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in  
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-gram   record  
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-graph   instrument used for recording  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-logy   study of  
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-lysis   breakdown, destruction, separation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor, mass, collection of fluid  
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-opsy   to view  
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-osis   condition, usually abnormal  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-phobia   fear  
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-plasia   development, formation, growth  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-ptosis   drooping, sagging, prolapse  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-scope   instrument for visual examination  
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-scopy   process of visual examination  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling  
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-stomy   opening to form a mouth (stoma)  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tomy   incision, to cut into  
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-trophy   development, nourishment  
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-er   one who  
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-ia   condition  
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-ist   specialist  
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-ole   small, little  
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-ule   little, small  
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-um   structure, tissue, thing  
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-ium   structure, tissue, thing  
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-y   condition, process  
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-ac   pertaining to  
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-iac   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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-ical   pertaining to  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ose   pertaining to, full of  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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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   ribs  
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cutane/o   skin  
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dactyl/o   digit (finger or toe)  
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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   relating to sugars  
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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   pubic bone; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone  
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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   thyroid  
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top/o   place, position, location  
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tox/o   poison  
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trache/o   windpipe, trachea  
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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-   no, not, without  
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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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anti-   against  
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auto-   self, own  
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bi-   two  
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brady-   slow  
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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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dia-   through, complete  
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dys-   bad, difficult; painful, abnormal  
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ecto-   out, outside  
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ec-   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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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, into, within  
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infra-   beneath  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within, into  
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macro-   large  
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mal-   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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para-   abnormal, beside, near  
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per-   through  
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peri-   surrounding  
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poly-   much, many  
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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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pseudo-   false  
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re-   back, again  
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retro-   behind, backward  
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sub-   under  
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supra-   above, upper  
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sym-   together, with  
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syn-   together, with  
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tachy-   fast  
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trans-   across, through  
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ultra-   excess, beyond  
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uni-   one  
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