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Term
Definition
Acanth(o)   Spiny; thorny  
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Actin(o)   Light  
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Aer(o)   Air; gas  
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Alge, algesi, algio, algo   Pain  
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Amyl(o)   Startch  
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Andro   Masculine  
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Athero   Plaque; fatty substance  
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Bacill(i)   bacilli; bacteria  
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bacteri(o)   bacteria  
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bar(o)   weight; pressure  
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bas(o), basi(o)   base  
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bio-   life  
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blasto   immature cells  
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cac(o)   bad; ill  
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calc(o), calci(o)   calcium  
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carcin(o)   cancer  
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chem(o)   chemical  
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chlor(o)   chlorine, green  
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chondrio, chondro   cartilage, grainy, gritty  
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chore(o)   dance  
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chrom, chromat, chromo   color  
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chrono   time  
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chyl(o)   chyle, a digestive juice  
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chym(o)   chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach  
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cine(o)   movement  
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coni(o)   dust  
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crin(o)   secrete  
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cry(o)   cold  
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crypt(o)   hidden; obscure  
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cyan(o)   blue  
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cycl(o)   circle; cycle; ciliary body  
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cyst(o), cysti   bladder, cyst, cystic, duct  
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cyt(o)   cell  
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dextr(o)   right, toward the right  
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dips(o)   thirst  
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dors(o), dorsu   back  
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dynamo   force; energy  
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echo   reflected sound  
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electr(o)   electricity; electric  
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eosin(o)   red; rosy  
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ergo   work  
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erythr(o)   red, redness  
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esthesio   sensation, perception  
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ethmo   ethmoid bone  
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etio   cause  
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fibr(o)   fiber  
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fluor(o)   light; luminous; flourine  
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fungi   fungus  
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galact(o)   milk  
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gen(o)   producing; being born  
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gero, geront(o)   old age  
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gluco   glucose  
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glyco   sugars  
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gonio   angle  
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granulo   granular  
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gyn(o), gyne, gyneco   women  
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home(o), homo   same; constant  
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hydr(o)   hydrogen, water  
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hypn(o)   sleep  
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iatr(o)   physician; treatment  
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ichthy(o)   dry; scaly; fish  
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idio   distinct; unknown  
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immun(o)   safe; immune  
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kal(i)   potassium  
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karyo   nucleus  
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ket(o), keton(o)   ketone, acetone  
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kin(o), kine   movement  
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kinesi(o), kineso   motion  
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kyph(o)   humpback  
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lact(o), lacti   milk  
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latero   lateral, to one side  
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lepto   light, frail, thin  
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leuk(o)   white  
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lip(o)   fat  
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lith(o)   stone  
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log(o)   speech, words, thought  
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lys(o)   dissolution  
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macr(o)   large; long  
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medi(o)   middle; medial plane  
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meg(a), megal(o)   large; million  
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melan(o)   black; dark  
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mes(o)   middle; median  
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micr(o)   small; one-millionth; tiny  
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mio   smaller; less  
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morph(o)   structure; shape  
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narco   sleep; numbness  
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necr(o)   death; dying  
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noct(i)   night  
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normo   normal  
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nucle(o)   nucleus  
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nyct(o)   night  
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oncho, onco   tumor  
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orth(o)   straight; normal  
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oxy   sharp; acute; oxygen  
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pachy   thick  
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path(o)   disease  
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phago   eating; devouring; swallowing  
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pharmaco   drugs; medicine  
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phon(o)   sound; voice; speech  
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phot(o)   light  
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physi, physio   physical; natural  
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physo   air; gas; growing  
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phyt(o)   plant  
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plasma, plasmo   formative; plasma  
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poikilo   varried; irregular  
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pseud(o)   false  
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pyo   pus  
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pyreto   fever  
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pyro   fever; fire; heat  
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radio   radiation; x-ray; radius  
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salping(o)   tube  
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schisto   split  
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schiz(o)   split; division  
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scler(o)   hardness; hardening  
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scolio   crooked; bent  
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scoto   darkness  
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sidero   iron  
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sito   food; grain  
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somat(o)   body  
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somn(o), somni   sleep  
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sono   sound  
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spasmo   spasm  
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spher(o)   round; spherical  
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spir(o)   breath; breathe  
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squamo   scale; sqamous  
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staphyl(o)   grapelike clusters  
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steno   narrowness  
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stere(o)   three-dimensional  
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strepto   twisted chains; streptococci  
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styl(o)   peg-shaped  
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syring(o)   tube  
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tel(o), tele(o)   distant; end; complete  
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terato   monster (as a malformed fetus)  
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therm(o)   heat  
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tono   tension; pressure  
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top(o)   place; topical  
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tox(i), toxico, toxo   poison; toxin  
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tropho   food; nutrition  
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vivi   life  
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xanth(o)   yellow  
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xeno   stranger  
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xer(o)   dry  
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xiph(o)   sword; xiphoid  
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zo(o)   life  
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zym(o)   fermentation; enzyme  
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