Terminology (comb.forms/prefix/suffix)
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| ambly/o | dull, dim
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| aque/o | water
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| audi/o | hearing
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| choroid/o | choroid
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| chrom/o | colour
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| chromat/o | colour
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| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva
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| core/o | pupil
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| corne/o | cornea
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| crani/o | cranium, skull
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| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, cycle, circular
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| dacry/o | tear, lacimal apparatus
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| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac
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| dendr/o | tree
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| dipl/o | double
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| encephal/o | brain
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| erythr/o | red
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| gangli/o | ganglion
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| glauc/o | gray
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| gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue
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| goni/o | angle
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| hydr/o | water
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| irid/o | iris
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| kerat/o | cornea, hard, horny tissue
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| kinesi/o | movement
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| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear)
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| lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus
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| later/o | side, to one side
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| lept/o | thin, slender
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| lex/o | word, phrase
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| mastoid/o | mastoid process
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| medull/o | medulla
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| mening/o | meninges, membrane covering the brain
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| meningi/o | meninges, membrane covering the brain
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| my/o | muscle
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| myc/o | fungus
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| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| myring/o | tympanic membrane (ear drum)
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| narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep
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| neur/o | nerve
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| noct/o | night
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| nyctal/o | night
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| ocul/o | eye
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| opthalm/o | eye
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| opt/o | eye, vision
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| optic/o | eye, vision
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| ot/o | ear
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| phac/o | lens
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| phot/o | light
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| poli/o | gray, gray matter
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| presby/o | old age
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| pseud/o | false
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| pupill/o | pupil
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| radicul/o | nerve root
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| retin/o | retina
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| salping/o | tube, eustachian tube (auditory)
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| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of eye)
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| scot/o | darkness
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| somn/o | sleep
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| staped/o | stapes
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| sthen/o | strength
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| synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact
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| thalam/o | thalamus
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| thec/o | sheath (usually refers to meninges)
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| ton/o | tension
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| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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| ventricul/o | ventricle, heart or brain
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| vitr/o | vitreous body (of eye)
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| -acusia | hearing
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| -al | P2
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| -algesic | pain
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| -algia | pain
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| -ary | P2
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| -asthenia | weakness, debility
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| -cele | swelling, hernia
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| -cusis | hearing
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal
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| -esthesia | feeling
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -ia | condition
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| -ic | P2
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| -ion | the act of
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| -ism | c/o
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -kinesia | movement
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -logist | specialist in the study of
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | destruction, loosening, seperation
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| -malacia | softening
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | act of measuring
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| -oid | resembling
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | vision
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| -opsia | vision
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| -osis | ab c/o
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| -ous | P2
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| -paresis | partial paralysis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -pexy | fixation (of an organ)
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| -phasia | speech
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement
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| -rrhagia | bursting forth
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| -rrhapy | suture
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -scope | instrument to examining
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching
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| -stomy | forming an opening
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| -taxia | order, coordination
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| -tic | P2
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tomy | incision
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| -tropia | turning
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| a-,an- | without, not
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| bi- | two
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| brady- | slow
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| contra- | against, opposite
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| di- | double
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| dipl-, diplo- | double
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| dys- | bad, painful, difficult
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| eso- | inward
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| exo- | outward, outside
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| hemi- | one half
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| heter-, hetero- | different
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| hyper- | excessive, above normal
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| hypo- | defient, under, below
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| intra- | in, within
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| necr-, necro- | death, necrosis
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| pachy- | thick
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| para- | near, beside, beyond
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| presby- | old age
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| quadri- | four
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| syn- | union, together, joined
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| uni- | one
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| psych/o | mind
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| ment/o | mind
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