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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? carp/o | wrist bones
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? cib/o | meals
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? cis/o | to cut
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? cost/o | rib
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? cutane/o | skin
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? dactyl/o | fingers, toes
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? duct/o | to lead, carry
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? flex/o | to bend
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? furc/o | forking, branching
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? gloss/o | tongue
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? glyc/o | sugar
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? immun/o | protection
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? morph/o | shape, form
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? mort/o | death
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? nat/i | birth
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? nect/o | to bind, tie, connect
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? norm/o | rule, order
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? ox/o | oxygen
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? pub/o | pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? seps/o | infection
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? somn/o | sleep
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? son/o | sound
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? the/o | to put, place
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? thel/o | nipple
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? thyr/o | thyroid gland; shield
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? top/o | place, position, location
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? tox/o | poison
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? trache/o | windpipe, trachea
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| What is the meaning of the following combining form? urethr/o | urethra
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -crine | to secrete
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -blast | embryonic, immature
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -drome | to run
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -cyesis | pregnancy
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -fusion | coming together; to pour
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -gen | substance that produces
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -lysis | breaddown, separation, loosening
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -lapse | to side, fall, sag
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -meter | to measure
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -mission | to send
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -or | one who
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -partum | birth, labor
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -physis | to grow
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -plasia | development, formation
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -pnea | breathing
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -stasis | stop, control
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| What does the following Suffix mean: -trophy | nourishment, development
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ab- | away from
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ad- | toward
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| What does the following Prefix mean: a-, an- | no not, without
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ana- | up, apart
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ante- | before, forward
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| What does the following Prefix mean: anti- | against
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| What does the following Prefix mean: auto- | self, own
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| What does the following Prefix mean: bi- | two
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| What does the following Prefix mean: brady- | slow
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| What does the following Prefix mean: cata- | down
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| What does the following Prefix mean: con- | with, together
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| What does the following Prefix mean: contra- | against, opposite
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| What does the following Prefix mean: de- | down, lack of
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| What does the following Prefix mean: dia- | through, complete
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| What does the following Prefix mean: dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ec-, ecto- | out, outside
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| What does the following Prefix mean: en-, endo- | in, within
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| What does the following Prefix mean: epi- | upon, on, above
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| What does the following Prefix mean: eu- | good, normal
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ex- | out, away from
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| What does the following Prefix mean: hemi- | half
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| What does the following Prefix mean: hyper- | excessive, above
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| What does the following Prefix mean: hypo- | deficient, under
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| What does the following Prefix mean: in- | not
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| What does the following Prefix mean: in- | into, within
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| What does the following Prefix mean: infra- | beneath
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| What does the following Prefix mean: inter- | between
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| What does the following Prefix mean: intra- | into, within
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| What does the following Prefix mean: macro- | large
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| What does the following Prefix mean: mal- | bad
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| What does the following Prefix mean: meta- | beyond, change
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| What does the following Prefix mean: micro- | small
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| What does the following Prefix mean: neo- | new
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| What does the following Prefix mean: pan- | all
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| What does the following Prefix mean: para- | abnormal, beside, near
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| What does the following Prefix mean: per- | through
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| What does the following Prefix mean: peri- | surrounding
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| What does the following Prefix mean: poly- | many, much
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| What does the following Prefix mean: post- | after, behind
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| What does the following Prefix mean: pre- | before, in front of
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| What does the following Prefix mean: pro- | before, forward
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| What does the following Prefix mean: pseudo- | false
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| What does the following Prefix mean: re- | back, again
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| What does the following Prefix mean: retro- | behind, backward
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| What does the following Prefix mean: sub- | under
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| What does the following Prefix mean: supra- | above, upper
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| What does the following Prefix mean: syn-, sym- | together, with
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| What does the following Prefix mean: tachy- | fast
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| What does the following Prefix mean: trans- | across, through
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| What does the following Prefix mean: ultra- | beyond, excess
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| What does the following Prefix mean: uni- | one
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| abductor | Muscle that leads a limb away from the body.
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| adductor | Muscle that leads a limb toward the body.
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| anabolism | Process of building up proteins in cells.
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| anoxia | Without oxygen.
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| ante cibum (a.c.) | Before meals.
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| anteflexion | Bending forward.
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| apnea | Without breathing.
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| bilateral | Pertaining to both or two sides.
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| bradycardia | Slow heartbeat, usually less than 60 beats per minute.
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| congenital anomaly | Abnormality present at birth; birth defect.
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| contralateral | Affecting the opposite side of a part of the body.
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| dehydration | Excessive loss of water.
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| dialysis | Separation of nitrogenous wastes from the blood when kidneys no longer function.
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| dyspnea | Difficult breathing.
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| ectopic pregnancy | Pregnancy that is not in the normal location (uterus); a fallopian tube is the most common ectopic site.
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| endocardium | The inner lining of the heart.
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| hemiglossectomy | Removal (resection) of half the tongue.
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| hypodermic injection | Placement of a needle below the skin.
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| infracostal | Pertaining to below the ribs.
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| intravenous | Pertaining to within a vein.
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| macrocephaly | Condition of a larger than normal head.
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| malignant | Cancerous; harmful.
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| metacarpal bones | Hand bones.
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| neonatal | Pertaining to a newborn infant.
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| pancytopenia | Deficiency of all blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelates).
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| percutaneous | Pertaining to through the skin.
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| periosteum | Membrane surrounding a bone.
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| polyneuritis | Inflammation of many nerves.
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| postmortem | After death.
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| precancerous | Pertaining to occurring before a malignant condition.
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| prenatal | Pertaining to before birth.
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| pseudocyesis | False pregnancy.
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| recombinant DNA | Insertion of a gene (region of DNA) from an organism into the DNA of another organism.
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| retroperitoneal | Pertaining to behind the peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity).
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| subacute | Between acute (sharp, sudden, and severe) and chronic (lasting over a long period of time with little change of symptoms).
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| subcutaneous | Pertaining to under the skin.
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| suprapubic | Pertaining to above the pubic bones.
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| symphysis | Bones that grow together separated by a piece of fibrocartilage. The pubic symphysis of the pelvis is an example.
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| syndactyly | Fusion of fingers or toes; a congenital anomaly.
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| syndactyly | Rapid breathing.
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| transurethral | Pertaining to across or through the urethra.
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| unilateral | Pertaining to one side.
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