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roots, prefixes, & suffixes

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Term
Definition
a- , an-   absence  
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ab-   departing from  
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ad-   toward  
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anti-   preventing  
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ante-   preceding  
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cochlea   snail shell  
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cyst   sac, bladder  
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endo   within, inner  
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epi   over, above  
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exo   outside, outer layer  
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hist   tissue  
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hyper   excess  
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hypo   below, deficint  
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inter   between  
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medi   middle  
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mega   large  
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meta   beyond, between  
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myo   muscle  
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peri   around  
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soma   body  
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tunic   covering  
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ac   referring to / extreme or extremity  
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clast   break  
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blast   bud.... immature form of a cell  
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lemma   sheath, husk  
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logy   the study of  
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stitia   come to stand  
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vermis    
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gastric   stomach  
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hepatic   liver  
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renal   kidney  
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neuro   nerve  
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derm   skin  
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papilla   nipple  
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terminal   at the end  
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plexus   network  
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intra   within, inside  
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inter   between  
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fissure    
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sulcus   furrow or groove  
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medulla   inner or deep part of an organ or structure  
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cortex   outer or superficial part of an organ or body structure  
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osteo   bone  
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di   double, twice  
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bi   two  
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tri   three  
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trabeculae   small bar, rod, bundle of fibers  
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lobe   curved or rounded projection or division  
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fiber   threadlike  
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filament   single thread  
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glycol    
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gluco   glucose  
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cleft    
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transverse   being across  
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longitudinal   lengthwise dimension  
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