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Prefixes and suffixes (M-Z)

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macro-, macr-   enlargement - elongated part  
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mal   bad - ill  
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melano-   dark - colored - related to melanin  
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meno-   month  
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mes-, medi-, mesio-   middle - intermediate  
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meta-, met-   over - beyond - transformation  
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metro-, metra-   uterus  
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metry-   measure  
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micro-, micr-   small  
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mono-   one - single  
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morpho-, morph-   form - shape  
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muco-, muc-   relating to mucous membrane  
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myo-, my-   muscle  
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naso-   nose  
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necr-   death  
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neo-, ne   new - recent  
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nephro-, nephr-   kidneys  
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neuro-, neuri, neur   pertaining to nerves  
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nucleo-, nucle-   pertaining to nucleus  
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ob-   against - toward  
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odonto-, odont-   tooth  
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-oid   like - resembling  
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-oma   swelling - tumor  
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-opia, -opy   sight - eye defect  
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oro-   mouth - oral  
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ortho-, orth-   straight - normal  
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-osis   condition - state  
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osteo-, oste-   bone  
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oto-, ot-   ear  
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-ous   full of having  
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ovi-, ovo-, ovu-   egg  
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pan-   all - every - general  
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para-   beyond - beside - near  
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patho-, path-   disease  
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pedia-, pedo-(paedo)   child  
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per-   throughout - completely  
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peri-   around - near  
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phago-   to eat  
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-phile, -phil   loving  
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phlebo-, phleb-   vein  
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-phobe, -phobia   fear - dread  
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-plas-   mold - shape  
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plasmo-   plasm form  
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-plegia, -plexy   paralysis - stroke  
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-pnea (-pnoea)   breathing  
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pneumo-   air - lung  
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poly   many - much  
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pont-   bridge  
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post   behind - after  
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pre   before - in front of  
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pro   before - in front of  
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proprio   one's own  
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pseudo   false - deceptive  
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psycho-, psych-   mind - mental processes  
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pulmo-   lung  
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pur-, pyo-   pus  
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pyro-   fever - heat  
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re-   back - again  
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-renal   kidney  
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retro-   back - backward - behind  
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-rhage   breaking - bursting forth - produce - flow  
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-rhea, (rhoea)   flow - discharge  
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rhino-, rhin-   nose  
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rube-   red  
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sarco-   flesh - muscle  
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-sclero-   hard  
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-scopy   examination - inspection  
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semi-   half  
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sial-, sialo-   saliva  
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-some-   body  
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-squam   scale  
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stomat   mouth  
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sub-   beneath - under - deficient  
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super-   above - upon - excessive  
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syn   with - together  
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tachy   swift  
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tact   touch  
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thermo-   heat  
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thrombo-, thromb-   clot - coagulation  
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trans-   beyond - through - across  
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tropho-, -trophic   nutrition - nourishment  
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-tropic   turning toward - changing  
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-ule   diminutive - small  
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-uria   urine  
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vaso-   blood vessels  
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vita   life  
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xero-   dry  
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