Suffixes, prefixes and comb forms
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| intra- | within
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| dia- | between; through; complete
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| ana- | up; apart
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| ex- | out, out from
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| infra- | below; inferior to
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| para- | beside; along side, near
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| ab- | away from
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| ultra- | beyond; in excess
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| poster/o- | posterior, behind, toward the back
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| contra- | against; opposite
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| ect/o- | outside; outward
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| per- | through
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| super- | above; upper, excessive
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| inter- | between
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| ad- | to; toward
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| ante- | before; in front of; forward
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| de- | lack of; down; away from
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| peri- | around; surrounding
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| ec- | out, out from
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| extra- | outside; outward
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| meta- | change; beyond, after, over
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| pachy- | thick
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| tetra- | four
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| dys- | painful; difficult; bad
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| amphi- | both sides
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| hydr/o- | water
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| dipl/o- | double; two-fold
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| mal- | bad
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| dextr/o- | right side
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| epi- | upon; above
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| pan- | all
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| syn- | together; with, joined
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| primi- | first
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| an- | without; lack of
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| auto- | self
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| medi- | middle
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| tachy- | fast
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| dipl- | double; two-fold
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| multi- | many, much
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| sub- | under, below
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| meso- | middle
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| ambi- | both
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| sinistr/o- | left side
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| retro- | behind; backward
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| pseud/o- | false
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| im- | not; in
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| anti- | against
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| com- | together
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| quad- | four
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| ex/o- | outside, outward
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| mon/o- | one
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| homo- | same
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| poly- | many, much
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| mid- | middle
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| post- | after; behind
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| macro- | large; visible to the naked eye
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| re- | back; again
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| semi- | part of; half
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| pro- | before
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| endo- | within
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| brady- | slow
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| ar- | without; lack of
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| sym- | together; with, joined
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| hyper- | above, excessive; beyond
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| con- | together
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| di- | two
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| hyper- | below; deficient; under
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| bi- | two
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| in- | not, in
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| neo- | new
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| hemi- | half
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| co- | together
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| tri- | three
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| pre- | before; in front of
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| em- | in
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| cata- | down
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| micro- | small; not visible to the naked eye
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| en- | in
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| trans- | through, across
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| anter/o- | front
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| is/o- | equal
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| later/o- | side
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| anis/o- | unequal; dissimilar
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| hidr/o- | sweat
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| uni- | one
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| circum- | around
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| a- | without; lack of
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| dors/o- | back
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| heter/o- | different
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| scler/o- | hard
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| quadri- | four
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| tuber- | swelling
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| ur/o- | urine
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| crypt/o- | hidden
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| meat/o- | meatus
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| albumin/o- | albumin
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| ureter/o- | ureter
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| bacteri/o- | bacteria
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| noct/o- | night
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| py/o- | pus
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| cyst/o- | bladder
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| glomerul/o- | glomerulus
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| ren/o- | kidney
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| vesic/o- | bladder
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| nephr/o- | kidney
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| urethr/o- | urethra
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| pyle/o- | renal pelvis
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| olig/o- | scanty
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| -genesis | forming, producing, origin
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| ket/o-, keton/o- | ketones, acetone
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| azot/o- | urea, nitrogen
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| medull/o- | medulla
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| cortic/o- | cortex
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| cali/o | calyx, calyces
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| gluco- | sugar
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| glyco- | sugar
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| cephal/o- | head
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| brachi- | arm
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| chole- | bile; gall
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| carp- | wrist
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| cheil- | lip
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| cerebr/o- | brain
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| cervico- | neck
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| cholangi/o- | bile duct
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| chir/o- | hand
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| chlor/o- | green
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| ather/o- | plaque; fatty substance
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| auro/o- | ear
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| bi/o- | life
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| arteri/o- | artery
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| acr/o- | extremity
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| aden/o- | gland
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| albin/o- | white
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| blephar/o- | eyelid
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| ambly/o- | dimness
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| andr/o- | male
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| angi/o- | vessel
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| cardi/o- | heart
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| arthr/o- | joint
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| coron/o- | heart
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| dips/o- | thirst
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| cyan/o- | blue
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| cyst/o- | cyst, bladder, sac
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| cyt/o- | cell
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| gen/o- | producing; produced by
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| derm/o-, dermat/o- | skin
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| cost/o- | rib
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| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder
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| chondr/o- | cartilage
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| dacry/o- | tear
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| colp, colp/o- | vagina
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| erythr/o- | red
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| estr/o- | female
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| gastr/o- | stomach
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| enter/o- | small intestine
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| gloss/o- | tongue
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| dactyl/o- | fingers, toes
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| cis/o- | to cut
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| gynec/o- | female
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| encephal/o- | brain
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| mening/o- | membrane
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| ment- | mind
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| metr/o- | uterus
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| my/o- | muscle
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| lacrim/o- | tear
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| hyster/o- | uterus
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| myel/o- | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| is/o- | equal
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| leuk/o- | white
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| lip/o- | fat
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| onc/o- | tumor
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| neur/o- | nerve
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| lith/o- | stone, calculus
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| mamm/o- | breast
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| inguin/o- | groin
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| hem/o-, hemat/o- | blood
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| mast/o- | breast
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| hepat/o- | liver
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| hist/o- | tissue
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| port/o- | liver
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| proct/o- | rectum
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| somat/o- | body
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| phleb/o- | vein
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| proxim/o- | toward; nearer
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| pyr/o- | fever; fire
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| vas/o- | vessel
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| rhin/o- | nose
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| spondyl/o- | vertebrae
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| ophthalm/o- | eye
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| orchid/o- | testes
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| ventr/o- | belly side of the body
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| ot/o- | ear
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| ped- | foot
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| oste/o- | bone
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| steth/o- | chest
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| viscer/o- | internal organs
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| ven/o- | vein
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| phag/o- | eat
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| salping/o- | tube
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| juxta- | near
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| uni- | one
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| myc/o- | fungus
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| vir/o- | virus
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| coccyg/o | coccyx
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| illi/o- | illium
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| mega-, megal/o- | large
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| rachi/o- | spine
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| syring/o- | tube
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| ammon/o- | ammonium
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| urin/o- | urine
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| aneurysm/o- | aneurysm
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| aort/o- | aorta
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| arteriol/o- | arteriole
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| atri/o- | atrium
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| embol/o- | embolus
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| isch/o | suppress, restrain
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| palpitat/o- | flutter
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| presby/o- | aging
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| valv/o-, valvul/o- | valve
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| varic/o- | varicose veins
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| ventricul/o- | ventricle of the heart, or brain
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| venul/o- | venule
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| phren/o- | diaphragm
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| col/o-, colon/o- | colon
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| esophag/o- | esophagus
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| or/o- | mouth
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| nas/o- | nose
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| rect/o- | rectum
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| granul/o- | granules
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| kal/i- | potassium
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| neutr/o- | neutral
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| norm/o- | normal
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| poikil/o- | irregular, varied
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| eosin/o- | red, rosy
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| thromb/o- | blood clot
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| toxic/o- | poison
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| cutane/o- | skin
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| kerat/o- | cornea, horny tissue
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| onych/o- | nail
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| trich/o- | hair
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| ungu/o- | nail
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| alveol/o- | alveoli
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| bronch/o- | bronchus
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| bronchiol/o- | bronchiole
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| capn/o- | carbon dioxide
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| ox/o- | oxygen
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| coni/o- | dust, pollutant
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| anthrac/o- | coal dust
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| epiglott/o- | epiglottis
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| laryng/o- | larynx
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| lob/o- | lobe
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| mediastin/o- | mediastinum
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| pector/o- | chest
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| phas/o- | speech
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| phon/o- | voice, sound
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| phren/o- | diaphragm, mind
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| pleur/o- | pleura
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| pneum/o-- | lung, air
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| pneumon/o- | lung, air
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| pulmon/o- | lung
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| sept/o | septum, partition
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| sinus/o- | sinus cavity
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| spir/o- | breathe
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| therm/o- | heat
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| thorac/o- | chest
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| trache/o- | trachea
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| asthen/o- | weakness
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| muscul/o- | muscle
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| acous/o- | hearing
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| acoust/o- | hearing, sound
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| audi/o- | hearing
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| cochle/o- | cochlea
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| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva
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| cor/o- | pupil
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| ir/o-, irid/o- | iris
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| myring/o- | eardrum
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| ocul/o- | eye
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| phac/o, phak/o- | lens
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| phot/o- | light
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| pupill/o- | pupil
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| retin/o- | retina
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| scler/o | sclera
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| staped/o | stapes
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| tympan/o- | eardrum
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| uve/o- | uvea
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| vitri/o- | vitreous body, glassy
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| adenoid/o- | adenoids
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| axill/o- | armpit
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| splen/o- | spleen
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| lymph/o- | lymph
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| tonsill/o- | tonsils
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| pharyng/o- | pharynx
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| atel/o- | incomplete, imperfect
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| oxy/o- | oxygen
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| sphygm/o- | pulse
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| cholesterol/o- | cholesterol
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| hemangi/o- | blood vessel
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| ab- | away from
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| ana- | up
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| scler- | hard
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| eu- | good, normal
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| denti-, odonto- | tooth, teeth
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| glauc/o- | gray
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| iatr/o | relationship to a MD,physician; medicine
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| aer/o- | air
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| carcin/o- | Ca, cancerous
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| caud/o- | tail
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| chem/o | chemical, drug
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| chrom/o- | color
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| ichthyl/o- | scaly, dry
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| kinesi/o | movement
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| lumb/o | lower back
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| melang/o- | black
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| mening/o- | membrane
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| ortho- | straight, upright
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| poikio- | variable, irregular
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| psych/o- | mind
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| rachi/o | spine
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| radi/o- | x-rays
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| top/o- | place, position, location
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| inhal- | to breathe in
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| cric- | ring (cricoid cartilage)
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| -algia | pain
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| -lith | stone, calculus
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| -ia | condition
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| -crit | to separate
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| -arche | beginning
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| -capnia | carbon dioxide
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| -desis | fixation, binding (of bone,joint)
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| -gen | born, or producing
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -dynia | pain
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| -kinesis | movement, motion
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ist | one who specializes
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling
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| -icle | small
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| -glia | glue
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| -emia | blood
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| -centesis | puncture
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| -cide | to kill
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| -ecstasis | dilation, stretching, expansion
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| -clasis | break, fracture
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| -cusis | hearing
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -globin | protein
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| -clysis | injection
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| -cyte | cell
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| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| -ectomy | removal, excision
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| -gnosis | knowledge
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -gram | record, a writing
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| -logist | specialist (in the study of)
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| -malacia | softening
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -oid | like, resembling
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -y | process
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| -logy | study of
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| -mania | madness
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| -ole | small
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| -para | to bear offspring
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| -rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth
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| -oma | tumor
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -metry | act of measuring
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| -paresis | partial paralysis
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| -plasm | formation
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -opia | vision
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| -version | to turn
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| -pexy | fixation; to put in place (of an organ)
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| -ula, -ule | small
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| -osis | abnormal (morbid) condition; increase (as with blood cells)
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| -pathy | disease, emotion
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -scope | instrument for visual examination
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| -stomy | new opening, forming an opening
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| -metry | act of measuring
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| -mnesia | memory
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| -penia | deficiency, decrease
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| -phagia | eat, swallow
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| -rraphy | suture
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -scopy | visual inspection
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -phasia | speech
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| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement
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| -philia | attraction for
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| -toxic | poison
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -phonia | sound, voice
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| -plasia | development; formation, growth
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| -poiesis | formation, production
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| -stasis | stopping, control, standing still
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| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture
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| -plasy | surgical repair
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tomy | incision, cutting into
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| -tome | instrument for cutting
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| -phoresis | borne, carried
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| -stitial | pertaining to space
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| -blast | embryonic cell
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| blast/o- | embryonic cell
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| agranul/o- | without granules
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| spher/o- | sphere
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| immun/o- | immunity, safe
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| reticul/o- | net, mesh
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| thym/o- | thymus
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| morph/o- | shape
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| bas/o- | base, basic
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| nucle/o- | nucleus
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| sider/o- | iron
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| thrombocyt/o- | platelet
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| -algesia | pain
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| calc/o- | calcium
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| -uria | urine
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| -chrome | color
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| -tension | pressure
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| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure
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| Reticulocyte | immature red blood cell
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| -osmia | smell
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| -plakia | plate
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| scirr/o- | hard
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| sarc/o- | flesh
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| onc/o- | tumor, mass
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| bast/o- | embryonic
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| cry/o- | frozen
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| papill/o- | wart; nipple-like protuberance or elevation
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| leiomy/o- | smooth visceral muscle
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| kerat/o- | nucleus
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| rrhabdomyo | striated skeletal muscle
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| labyrinth/o | maze, labyrinth, inner ear
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| mastoid/o- | mastoid process
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| salping/o- | eustachian tube, oviduct
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| staped/o- | stapes
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| tympang/o- | tympanic membrane
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| acous/o- | hearing
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| bar/o- | pressure, weight
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| cerumin/o- | cerumen, ear wax
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