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| -algia | pain
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| ambul/o | walk
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| ante- | before, in front of
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| anti- | against
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| asthenia | weakness, debility
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| athet/o | uncontrolled
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| melan/o, anthrac/o | black
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| cyan/o | blue
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| brady- | slow
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| caus/o | burning
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| cephal/o | head
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| chloro-, chlor/o | green
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| contus/o | bruise
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| convulsants | seizures
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| convult/o | coiled & twisted
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| crani/o | cranium (skull)
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| -cusis | hearing
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| anthrac/o | black, coal
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| ech/o | sound
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| erthr/o | red
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| faci/o | face
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| hemat/o | blood
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| -osis | abnormal condition of
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| audi/o | hearing
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| -ology | study of
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| bi- | two
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| -itis | inflammation
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| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (white part of eye)
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| dendr/o | branching
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| -cele | hernia, swelling
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chlor/o | green
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| chem/o | chemical; drug
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| -cide | killing
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| cine- | movement
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| circum- | around
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| cirrh/o | yellow
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| -cision | a cutting
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| -cyte, cyt/o | cell
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| cyst/o | bladder
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| cutane/o | skin
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| -cusis | hearing
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| -cusia | hearing
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| cruci/o | cross
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| cost/o | ribs
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| cortic/o | cortex (means outer layer)
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| core/o | pupil
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| hom/o | same
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| home-, home/o | same, alike
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| herni/o | hernia
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| ichthy/o | scaly, dry
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| irid/o, irit/o | iris
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| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard cornea
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| kinesi/o | movement, motion
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| macro- | larger
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| metr/o | uterus (womb) measurement
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| -metry | measurement
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| mening/o | meninges
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| micro- | small
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| myring/o | middle ear
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| tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear
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| mono-, mon/o | one
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| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| narc/o | stupor
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| neur/o | nerve
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| noct/o, nyctal/o, nyct/o | night
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| uni-, mono-, mon/o | one
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| -opia | vision
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pexy | surgical fixation, put in place
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| -phagia | eatting, swallowing
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| -phasia, phas/o | speech
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| phleb/o | vein
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| poli/o | grey matter
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| poly- | many, much
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| ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse
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| ptysis | spitting
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| py/o | pus
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| phas/o | speech
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| ven/o | vein
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| retin/o | retina
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| eosin/o | rose or dawn coloured
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| -rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -ologist | specialist in study of
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| myel/o | spinal cord
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| sub- | below, under
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| sulc/o | groove
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| synaps/o | point of contact
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| tachy- | fast, rapid, swift
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| deca- | ten
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| tri- | three
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tropia | turning
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| -version | turning
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| -trophy | nourishment
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| -schisis | a splitting
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| phren/o | mind
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| psych/o | mind
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| ment/o | mind
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| dipl/o | two, double
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| schiz/o | split
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| -desis | surgical fixation
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| par/o | to bear, labour, give birth to
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| pachy/o | thick
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| son/o | sound
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| xanth/o | yellow
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| -pathy | disease
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| aur/o | ear
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| dys- | bad, painful, difficult
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| -ectomy | excision, removal
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| exo- | outside, outward
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| extra- | outside
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| ocul/o | eye
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| blephar/o | eye lid
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| dendr/o | branching
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| quadr/o, quadri- | four
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| genesis | production, formation, origin
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| -glia, gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue
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| gyn/o | woman
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| gynec/o | woman
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| hist/o | tissue
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| hydr/o | water
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| aque/o | water
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| ger/o | old age; aged
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| gangli/o | ganglion
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| eti/o | cause (of disease)
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| encephal/o | brain
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| acoust/o | hearing
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| audit/o | hearing
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| audi/o | hearing
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| acous/o | hearing
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| -acusis | hearing
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| sial/o | saliva
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| puerper- | childbirth
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| glauc/o | grey
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| asbest/o | asbestos
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| aur/o | ear
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| auricul/o | ear
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| cirrh/o | yellow
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| -cision | a cutting
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| onc/o | tumor
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| spir/o | breathe, breathing
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -physis | growth
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| pyr/o | fever, heat
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| somn/o | sleep
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| son/o | sound
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| chromat/o | green
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| contra- | against, opposite
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| concuss/o | shaken (shaken baby syndrome)
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| -scope | instument for examining
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| -scopy | process of viewing; visual exam
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| -lysis | destruction, separtation, loosening
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| -tomy | incision
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| -spasm | twitching, involuntary contractions
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| -ist | specialist
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| -tropia | turning
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| -para | to bear (off spring)
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| -epi | above, upon, on top
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| log/o | study of
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| -ism | condition
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| iso- | same, equal
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| -ia | condition
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| -gram | record
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -oma | tumor
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| -oid | resembling
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| -penia | decrease, deficiency
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| mi/o | smaller
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| micr/o, micro- | small
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| muc/o | mucus
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| multi- | many, much
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| myx/o | mucus
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| -phobia | fear
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| neo- | new
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| -ectasis | dilation, expansion
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| nulli- | none
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| de- | cessation
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| -plasty | plastic, surgical repair
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| -opsy | view of
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| -ostomy | creation of artificial opening
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| -isy | state of condition
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| -er, -ician | one who
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| pyr/o | fire
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| -us | condition, structure
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| -acusia | deafness
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| dendr/o | branching
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| dipl/o | double, two
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| ot/o | ear (also aur/o, auricul/o)
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| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal
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| exo- | outside, outward, (also ect/o)
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| spir/o | breathe, breathing
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -physis | growth
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| pyr/o | fever, heat
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| somn/o | sleep
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| sial/o | saliva
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| puerper- | childbirth
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| glauc/o | grey / gray
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| aur/o, auricul/o | ear
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| cauter/o | heat, burn
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| -cision | a cutting
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| hist/o | tissue
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| gyr/o | turning, folding
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| ophthalm/o, ocul/o | eyeball, eye
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| extra- | outside, outward, (also ecto-)
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| -acusia | deafness
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| crani/o | cranium (skull)
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| convolut/o | coiled & twisted
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| cephal/o | head
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| convulsants | seizures
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| brady- | slow
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| ambul/o | walk
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| ambly/o | dim, dull
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| contus/o | bruising
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| aque/o | water
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| genisis | formation, production, orgin
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| asbest/o | asbestos
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| irit/o | iris (also irid/o, ir/o)
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| lysis- | loosening, destruction, separation
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| kinesi/o | movement, motion
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| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard, cornea
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| macro- | large
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| mening/o | meninges
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| neur/o | nerve
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| sub- | below, under
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| synaps/o | point of contact
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| eosin/o | rose or dawn coloured
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| -ologist | specialist in the study of...
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| retin/o | retina
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| phleb/o | vein (ven/o)
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| -phasia | speech (phas/o)
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| -phagia | eatting, swallowing, (phag/o)
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| -pexy | put in place, fixation
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| tympan/o | eardrum
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| -opia | vision
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| narc/o | stupor
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| -itis | inflammation
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| noct/o | night (nyctal, nyct/o)
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| ptysis | spitting
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| py/o | pus
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| sulc/o | groove
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| tachy- | fast, rapid, swift
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tropia | turning (-version)
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| trophy- | nourishment
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| -schisis | a splitting
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| phren/o | mind
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| psych/o | mind
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| ment/o | mind
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| -desis | surgical fixation, fushion
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| par/o | to bear, labour, give birth to
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| pachy/o | thick
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| xanth/o | yellow
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| ton/o | tone, tension, pressure
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| poli/o | grey matter (bone marrow, spinal cord)
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| poly- | many, much
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| phleb/o | vein
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| -opia | vision
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| a or an | without, not
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| -osis, iasis | abnormal condition of
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| anti-, contra- | against, opposite
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| -dynia | pain
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| -algia | pain
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| aque/o | water
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| peri-, circum- | around
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| -asthenia | weakness, debility, loss of strength
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| hem/o, hemat/o | blood
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| cephal/o | head
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| encephal/o | brain
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| chrom/o | colour
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| circum- | around
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| convolut/o | coiled & twisted
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| concuss/o | shaken together
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| -ia, -esis | condition of
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| -iasis | abnormal condition of
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| contra- | against, opposite
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| core/o | pupil
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| corne/o | cornea
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| cortic/o | cortex, outer region
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| crani/o | cranium (skull)
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| -cusis | hearing
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| athet/o | uncontrolled
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| caus/o, caust/o | burning
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| conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva
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| anis/o | unequal
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| ambly/o | dull, dim
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| eti/o | cause (of disease)
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| dors/o | back (of body)
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| dacry/o | tear, tear duct
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| lacrim/o | tear, tear duct
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| scot/o | darkness
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| necr/o | death
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| -penia | deficiency of
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| hypo- | deficiency of
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| dendr/o | branching
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| dermat/o | skin
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| dys- | difficult, painful
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| hyper- | excessive, above
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| -rrhagia, -rrhage | excessive flow, bursting forth
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| exo- | outside, outward, (ecto-)
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| -genic | production, orgin, formation
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| -pexy | fixation of
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| -desis | fixation of
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| sulc/o | groove
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| cardi/o | heart
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| hem/o | blood (hemat/o)
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| hemi- | one half
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| esthesia- | feeling, sensation
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| epi- | above, upon
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| fove/o | pit
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| ocul/o | eye
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| eso- | inward
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| hist/o | tissue
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| ger/o | aged, old age
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| phoria- | feeling (mental state)
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| phac/o | lens
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| ax/o | mainstream, axis
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| goni/o | angle
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| dur/o | dura mater
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| -cele | hernia, swelling, herniation
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| lact/o | milk
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| phac/o | lens (of eye)
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| leuk/o | white
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| phot/o | light
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| mening/o | meninges
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| galact/o | milk (lact/o)
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| my/o | muscle
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| narc/o | stupor
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| -juxta | near, beside
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ology | study of
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| oma- | tumor
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| onc/o | tumor
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| -opsia | vision (-opia)
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| -lepsy | seizures
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| myc/o | fungus
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| intra- | within, in
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| ot/o | ear
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| cortex | outer region (cortic/o)
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| supra- | over, above
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| epi- | over, above
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| para- | beside, beyond, around
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| -penia | decrease, deficiency of
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| presby/o | old age
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| pseudo/o | false, fake
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| -ptosis | drooping, sagging
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| core/o | pupil
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| radicul/o | nerve, nerve root
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| scler/o | sclera (white of eye - hardening)
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| -scope | instrument for examination
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| pinn/o | external ear
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| somat/o | body
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| plex/o | plexus, network
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| -esthesia | feeling, sensation
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| -phoria | feeling (mental state)
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| phac/o | lens (lens of eye)
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| cutane/o | skin (dermat/o)
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| somn/o | sleep
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| phas/o | speech (-phasia)
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| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve
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| syn- | together, joined, union
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| synapt/o | point of contact (synaps/o)
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| tachy- | fast, rapid, swift
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| con- | together, with
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| -tropia | turning
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| gyr/o | turning, folding
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| leuk/o | white
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| tars/o | edge of eylid
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| -stomy | surgical opening
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| thalam/o | thalamus, chamber
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| ventricul/o | ventricle
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| -ptosis | drooping
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| extra- | outside
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| -glia | glue, neuroglial tissue
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| gyr/o | folding, turning
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| hydro- | water
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| somn/o | sleep
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| asbest/o | asbestos
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| aur/o | ear
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| aque/o | water
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| ophthalm/o | eyeball
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| caust/o | burning
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| brady- | slow
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| scot/o | darkness
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| phil/o | love, attraction
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| ot/o, aur/o, auricul/o | ear
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| exo- | outside, outward
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| ecto- | outside, outward
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| dys- | pain
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| spir/o, -penia | breathing
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| cirrh/o | yellow
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| irit/o | iris
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| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard cornea
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| kinesi/o | movement
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| -lysis | destruction, separation
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| macro- | large
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| irid/o | iris
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| myring/o | middle ear
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| micro- | small
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| ir/o | iris
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| myel/o | bone marrow
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| narc/o | stupor, numbness
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| neur/o | nerve
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| -acusia | deafness
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| goni/o | angle
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| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva
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| caust/o | burning
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| sthen/o | strength
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| idi/o; -gnosis | unknown, knowing
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| -tax | order, coordination
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| lex/o | word of phrase
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| -later | side, to one side
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| -cata | down
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| lept/o | thin, slender
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| -taxia | order, coordination
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| thee/o | sheath (refer to meninges)
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| gangli/o | ganglion (knotted mass)
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| -iatry | medicine, treatment
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| canth/o | corner of your eye
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| vitre/o | glassy
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| stab/o | strabismus
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| -dextra | means "right"
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