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prefixes,suffixes,wordroots

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Prefix,Suffix,Wordroot
Answer
brady-   slow  
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eu-   good,normal,well,easily  
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pneu-   lungs and air  
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tachy-   fast,rapid  
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dys-   painful,bad,difficult  
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an-   without,less than  
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extra-   outside  
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per-   through  
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pro-   before,in behalf of  
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trans-   across  
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anti-   against  
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epi-   upper,above  
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endo-   within  
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peri-   around  
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albumin/o   protein  
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aneurysm/o   widened blood vessel  
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angi/o   vessel  
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aort/o   aorta  
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arteri/o   artery  
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arteriol/o   arteriole  
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ather/o   plaque,fatty substance  
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atri/o   atrium  
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bilirubin/o   bile pigment  
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cardi/o   heart  
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coron/o   heart  
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ech/o   repeated sound  
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electr/o   electricity  
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embol/o   embolus,plug  
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erythr/o   red  
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fibrill/o   muscular twitching  
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fibrin/o   threads of clots  
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hem/o   blood  
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hemangi/o   blood vessel  
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hemat/o   blood  
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isch/o   hold back  
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leuk/o   white  
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lip/o   fat  
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lipid/o   fat  
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macr/o   large  
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my/o   muscle  
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phag/o   eating  
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phleb/o   vein  
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reticul/o   net,mesh  
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scler/o   hardening  
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ser/o   serum  
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sept/o   septum  
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septi/o   seven  
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septic/o   poison  
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sten/o   narrowing  
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sphygm/o   pulse  
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thromb/o   blood clot  
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valv/o   valve  
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valvul/o   valve  
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vas/o   vessel  
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vascul/o   vessel (usually blood or lymph)  
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ventricul/o   ventricle (heart or brain)  
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ven/o   vein  
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septic/o   poison  
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scler/o   hardening  
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reticul/o   network  
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alveol/o   alveolus,air sac  
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adenoid/o   adenoids  
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bronch/o   bronchus (plural bronchi)  
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bronchial/o   bronchiole  
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coni/o   dust  
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laryng/o   larynx (voice box)  
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nas/o   nose  
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ox/o   oxygen  
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ox/y   oxygen  
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ox/   oxygen  
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orth/o   straight  
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pector/o   chest  
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pneumon/o   air,lung  
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pulmon/o   lung  
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phren/o   diaphragm  
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rhin/o   nose  
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tonsill/o   tonsils  
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thorac/o   instrument to measure(-meter) the chest, chest  
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atel/o   incomplete,imperfect  
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anthrac/o   black  
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bronchi/o   bronchial tube  
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cyan/o   blue  
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lob/o   lobe  
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or/o   oral,mouth  
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olfact/o   smell  
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pharyng/o   pharynx (throat)  
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pneum/o   lung  
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pulm/o   lungs  
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pleur/o   pleura,side of body  
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phon/o   sound  
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steth/o   instrument to measure(-meter) the chest  
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sinus/o   sinus,cavity  
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spir/o   breathe  
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trache/o   trachea (windpipe)  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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-cyte   cell  
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-crasia   mixture,blending  
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-fusion   pour  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-gram   record  
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-graph   instrument to record  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-oma   tumor  
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-penia   deficiency of  
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-phage   cell that destroys, eats  
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-spasm   sudden involuntary contraction  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling  
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-stenosis   narrowing, stricture  
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-capnia   carbon dioxide  
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-ectasis   stretching,dilation,enlargement  
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-meter   measure  
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-osmia   smell  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-phonia   voice  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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-spasm   sudden involuntary contraction  
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-thorax   chest,pleural cavity  
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intra-   within  
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-lysis   loosening,seperating  
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-algia   pain  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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kary/o   nucleus  
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hyper-   excessive  
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-pathy   disease of  
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-rrhaphy   suture of  
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malac/ia   softening  
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-ia   pertaining to  
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-rrhythm   rhythm  
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enter/o   within  
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sub-   under,below  
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a-   without,absence of  
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