medical prefixes, roots, suffixes, etc.
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| a/n | absence, without
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around, all sides
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| bi | two
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| brady | slow
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| dys | difficult, painful
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| eu | good,normal
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| ex | out of
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| hetero | different
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| homo | same
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| hyper | above, beyond, excessive
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| hypo | low, decrease, deficient, below
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| intra | within, into
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| litho | stone, calculus
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| mal | bad, abnormal
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| mega | great, large
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| micr/o | small
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| mono | one
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| olig/o | few, little
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| poly | much, many
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| pseudo | false
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| tachy | rapid
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| trans | across, through
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| aden/o | gland
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| angi/o | lymph or blood vessel
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| ankyl | crooked, bent, fusion
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| bili | bile
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| branchi/o | arm
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| cervic/i/o | neck
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| chol/e | bile
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| cyst/i/o | bladder
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| derm | skin
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| gastro | stomach
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| heme/a/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| lith/os | stone
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| myel/o | marrow, spinal cord
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neuro | nerve
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| oss, oste/o | bone
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| phryng/o | pharynx
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| pleur/o | side, rib, pleura
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| pnea | breathing
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sten | narrowing
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| thorac/o | chest
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| thromb/o | clot
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| algia | pain
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| centesis | puncture a cavity to remove fluid
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| ectomy | surgical removal
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| itis | inflammation
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| lysis | destruction, breakdown
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| oma | tumor
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| opathy | disease of
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| oplasty | surgical repair
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| orrhagia | hemorrage
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| orrhaphy | surgical repair/suture
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| ostomy | cutting into(incision)
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| otripsy | crushing, destroying
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| paresis | weakness
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| plasia | growth
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| poiesis | production
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| rrhea | fluid discharge
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| scope | observe
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| taxis | movement
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| tripsy | crushing
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| trophy | growth
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| epi | upon
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| infra | below, under
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| ipsi | same
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| meta | after, beyond, transformation
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| peri | surrounding
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| retro | behind, back
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| supra | above, upon
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| trans | across, through
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| anterior or ventral | near or at the front of the body
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| posterior or dorsal | near or at the back of the body
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| superior | above
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| inferior | below
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| lateral | side
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| distal | furthest from origin
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| proximal | nearest to origin
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| medial | middle
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| supine | lying face upward
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| prone | laying face downward
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| sagittal | vertical body plane that divides the body into right and left
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| transverse | horizontal body plane that divides the body into top and bottom sections
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| coronal | vertical body plane that divided the body into front and back sections
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