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BOTH PREFIX OR SUFFIX WORDS

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a, an (PREFIX)   without (go WITHOUT somthing)  
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ab (PREFIX)   away from (walk AWAY FROM something)  
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ad (PREFIX)   toward (walk TOWARD someone)  
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algia (PREFIX OR SUFFIX mostly suffix)   pain (labor PAIN)  
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ante (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   before, wall part (labor BEFORE birth)  
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anti (PREFIX)   against  
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bi (PREFIX)   two, double  
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brady (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   slow (heart beating SLOW)  
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circum (PREFIX)   around (go AROUND it)  
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co, con (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   together (puzzel pieces go TOGETHER)  
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de (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   down or away from (he went DOWNstairs and AWAY FROM them)  
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desis (PREFIX OR SUFFIX mostly suffix)   binding, fixation of (surgery to BIND the joints)  
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dia (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   through (cutting THROUGH the skin)  
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dys (PREFIX)   difficult, abnormal (blood work came back ABNORMAL) (surgery was DIFFICULT)  
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ecto (PREFIX)   outside (cut was on the OUTSIDE)  
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ectomy (PREFIX OR SUFFIX mostly suffix)   excision (her tonsils was REMOVED)  
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endo (PREFIX)   within (tube was put WITHIN the throat)  
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epi (PREFIX)   outer, on top of, over (the shirt was ON TOP OF the dresser)  
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exo (PREFIX)   away from (the tiger walked AWAY FROM us)  
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extra (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   outside, beyond (she went OUTSIDE and BEYOND her way)  
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ferro (PREFIX)   iron (ANEMIA)  
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fore (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   before (his cut was be -FORE his lip)  
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form (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   shape of (kidney is a SHAPE OF bean)  
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graphy (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   writing, record  
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hemi (PREFIX)   half (paralysised on HALF of the body)  
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hydra, hydro (PREFIX)   water  
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hyper (PREFIX)   above (HYPERACTIVE)  
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hypo (PREFIX)   below (-2)  
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iasis (SUFFIX)   condition of  
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iatric (SUFFIX)   medicine  
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ic (SUFFIX)   pertaining to  
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inter (PREFIX)   between  
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intra (PREFIX)   within  
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isis, asis (SUFFIX)   condition of  
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itis (SUFFIX)   inflammation of  
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juxta (PREFIX)   near  
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kinesis (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   movement  
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kypho (PREFIX)   humped  
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logia, logy (SUFFIX)   science (study) of  
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lysis (SUFFIX)   disintegration (breakdown)  
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macro (PREFIX)   large, long  
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malacia (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   softening  
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med, medi, medio (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   middle  
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mega, megaly (PREFIX OR SUFFIX)   enlargement, large  
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micro (MOSTLY PREFIX)   small  
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mono (PREFIX)   single, one  
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multi (PREFIX)   many  
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