plurals, prefixes, suffixes, combining forms
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| amygdalo/o | almond shaped structure
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| chemonucle/o | chemical/dissolution
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| cistern/o | reservoir
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| dendr/o | tree, branching
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| plex/o | interweave
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| sulc/o | furrow/ditch
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| phil/o | love, attraction to
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| epidur/o | upon or outside dura mater
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| lamin/a and /o | thin flat plate/layer
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| lob/o | well-defined part of organ
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| rhiz/o | relating to a root
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| thalam/o | brain division/ovoid mass
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| cata- | down
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| listhesis- | slippage
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| ana- | up (anabolism: building up of body substance)
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| blast- | embryonic, immature (as in cell)
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| cata- | down
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| enter/o | intestines
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| hidr/o | sweat (hidropoiesis: formation of sweat)
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| hist/o | tissues
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| -ior | pertaining to (ex. anterior)
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| celi/o | belly, abdomen
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| proct/o | anus, rectum
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| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter
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| sialaden/o | salivary gland
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| amyl/o | starch
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| steat/o | fat
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| -ic | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -eal | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -ac | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -ive | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -al | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -an | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -ar | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -ay | pertaining to (adjective)
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| -able | capable of (adjective)
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| -ible | capable of (adjective)
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| -ia | condition (noun)
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| -iasis | condition (noun)
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| -ism | condition (noun)
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| kerat- | cornea
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| blenn- | mucus
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| noci- | pain, injury
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| cholangi/o | bile vessel
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| vesic/o | urinary bladder
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| -clasis | fracture/break
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| desis | binding or fixation of a bone or joint
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| -icle | small, minute, little
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| -ole | small, minute, little
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| -ula | small, minute, little
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| -ule | small, minute, little
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| -in | not
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| dys- | difficult/abnormal
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| -ine | a substance (endocrine)
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| -tropin | stimulating the function (endocrine)
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| -uria | urine condition (endocrine)
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| oxy- | rapid, sharp (oxytocia: rapid birth)
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| -physis | growth (as in the bone, ex. diaphysis)
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| spir/o | to breathe
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| cytosis | condition of cells
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| -in | not (ex. inability)
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| dys- | difficult/abnormal
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| -asthenia | lacking strength
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| -porosis | porous
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| -schisis | a splitting
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| iso- | equal
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| -latry | worship of
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| -phore | bearer/producer
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| aesthet- | perception (ex. anesthetic is without perception)
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| ast- | star
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| gyro- | circle (gyroscope)
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| helio- | the sun
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| amo/ami- | love
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| fibor- | fiber
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| plic/plex- | interweave, fold (ex. complicated, perplex)
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| furc/o | forking
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| ipsi- | same
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| thec/o | sheath
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| desm/o | fibrous connection, ligament
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| -agra | sudden onslaught of acute pain
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| -emphraxis | obstruction
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| -tocia | childbirth (ex. oxytocia, means rapid childbirth)
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| omo- | shoulder
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| epipl/o | omentum
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| rhytid/o | wrinkle (ex. rhytidectomy or removal of wrinkles)
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| -y | condition or process
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| zo/o | animal life (NOT as in sperm or spermatozoa)
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| myx/o | mucus (ex. myxopoeisis or production of mucus)
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| spondyl/o | vertebra
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| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow (as in myelography diagnoses spinal cord/nerve root problems)
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| my/o | muscle
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| iatr/o | physicians, treatment, medicine
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| omphal/o | umbilicus
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| phren/o | mind or diaphragm
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| metr/i | uterine tissue
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| articul/o | joint
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| arthr/o | joint
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| roentgen/o | x-ray, as in roentgenology
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| scint/i | spark, as in scintigraphy (note the spelling is with an “i”)
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| cine- | movement, as in cineradiogram
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| -ptysis | spitting (ex. hemoptysis)
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| olig/o | scanty
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| terat/o | monster (ex. teratoma - germ cell tumor such as dermoid cyst)
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| poikil/o | varied, irregular
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| sider/o | iron
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| plasm/o | formation
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| ple/o | more, many
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| rube/o | red
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| scirrh/o | hard
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| myx/o | mucus
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| acr/o | extremity
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| crin/o | secrete
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| kerat/o | hard, horny tissue or cornea
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| myc/o | fungus
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| trich/o | hair
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| pil/o | hair
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| thel/o | nipple
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| squam/o | scaly
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| eosin/o | rosy
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| lute/o | yellow
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| poli/o | gray
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| sudor- | sweat
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| -plasia | formation, growth
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| ana- | anew, again, backward
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| apo- | away, off
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -globin | protein
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| -phoresis | carried
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| -poesis | formation
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| aniso- | unequal
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