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suffixes prefixes, word roots

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a-   without, not  
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an-   without, not  
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anti-   against  
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dys-   bad,painful, difficult  
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eu-   normal, even  
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hyper-   above normal, excessive  
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hypo-   below, under, deficient  
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sub-   below, under  
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super-   above, under  
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supra-   above, excessive, superior  
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extra-   outside  
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endo-   in, within  
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intra-   in,within  
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para-   near,beside,beyond  
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mono-   one  
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bi-   two  
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tri-   three  
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quad   four  
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poly-   many,much  
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multi-   many, much  
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pre-   before, in front of  
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post-   after, behind  
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peri-   aound  
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epi-   above, upon  
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macro-   large  
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micro-   small  
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tachy-   rapid  
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brady-   slow  
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-centesis   surgical punture  
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-ectomy   remove, excision  
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-0/tomy   incision  
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-o/ stomy   forming of an opening (mouth)  
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-scope   instrument for examination  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-plasty   surgical repair, reconstruction  
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-o/metry   act of measuring  
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0/meter   instrument of measuring  
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-graph   instrument of recording  
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-gram   writing, recording  
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0/graphy   process of recording  
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0/lysis   separating, loosening, destruction  
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-pexy   fixation (of an organ)  
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o/rrhaphy   structure  
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rrhea   flow, discharge  
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algia   pain  
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dynia   pain  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-gen   producing, forming, origin  
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-genesis   producing, forming, origin  
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-iasis   abnormal condition, produced by something specific  
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-osis   abnormal condition increasing, blood cells  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargment  
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-oma   tumor  
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-0/pathy   disease  
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-rrhage   bursting forth of  
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-rrhagia   rupture  
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-sclerosis   abnormal hardening condition  
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-spasm   involuntary contractions, twitching  
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-stenosis   narrowing stricture  
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-o/logy   study of  
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-o/logist   specialist in the study of  
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abdomin   abdomen  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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enter/   intestine small  
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carcin/   cancer  
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cardi/   heart  
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dermat/   skin  
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derm/   skin  
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arth   joint  
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hem/   blood  
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hemat/   blood  
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leuk/   white  
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lip   fat  
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lipid   fat  
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nas/   nose  
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o/pnea   breathing  
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rhin/   nose  
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cost/   ribs  
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path   disease  
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pulmon   lungs  
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pneumon   air lung  
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