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| A-, AN- | without, away from, negative, not
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| ANTI- | against
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| BRADY- | slow
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| DYS- | bad, difficult, painful
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| END-, ENDO- | within, in, inside
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| EX- | out of, outside, away from
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| HEMI- | half
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| HYPER- | excessive, increased
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| HYPO- | deficient, decreased
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| INTER- | between, among
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| INTRA- | within, inside
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| MACRO- | large, abnormal size, long
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| NEO- | new, strange
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| PERI- | surrounding, around
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| POLY- | many
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| POST- | after, behind
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| PRE- | before, in front of, forward
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| SUB- | under, less, below
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| SUPER-, SUPRA- | above, excessive
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| TACHY- | fast, rapid
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| -AC, -AL | pertaining to, relating to
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| -ALGIA | pain, suffering, painful condition
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| -ARY | pertaining to
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| -CELE | hernia, tumor, swelling
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| -CENTESIS | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -CYTE | cell
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| -DESIS | to bind, tie together
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| -ECTOMY | surgical removal, cutting out
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| -ECTASIS | stretching, dialation, enlargement
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| -EMIA | blood, blood condition
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| -ESTHESIA | sensation, feeling
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| -GRAM, -GRAPH | picture or record
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| -GRAPHY | process of producing a picture or record
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| -IA | abnormal condition, disease
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| -IC | pertaining to
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| -ITIS | inflammation
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| -LYSIS | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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| -MALACIA | abnormal softening
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| -MEGALY | enlargement
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| -NECROSIS | tissue death
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| -STENOSIS | abnormal hardening
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| -OLOGIST | specialist
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| -OLOGY | science or study of
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| -OMA | tumor, neoplasm
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| -OSIS | abnormal condition, disease
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| -OSTOMY | surgical creation of an opening to the body surface
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| -OTOMY | cutting, surgical incision
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| -PATHY | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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| -PAUSE | stopping
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| -PEXY | surgical fixation
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| -PLASTY | surgical repair
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| -TRIPSY | to crush
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| -PLEGIA | paralysis
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| -PNEA | breathing
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| -PTOSIS | prolapse, drooping forward
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| -RRHAGIA, -RRHAGE | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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| -RRHAPHY | surgical suturing
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| -RRHEA | flow or discharge
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| -RRHEXIS | rupture
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| -SCLEROSIS | abnormal hardening
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| -SCOPE | instrument for visual examination
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| -SCOPY | visual examination
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| -URIA | urination, urine
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| ANGI/O | pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
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| AORT/O | aorta
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| ARTERI/O | artery
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| ATHER/O | plaque, fatty substance
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| CARD/O, CARDI/O | heart
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| ECH/O | sound
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| HEM/O, HEMAT/O | blood, pertaining to the blood
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| PHLEB/O | vein
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| THROMB/O | clot
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| VEN/O | vein
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| RADI/O | radiation, x-rays
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| CHOLECTYST/O | gallbladder
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| COL/O, COLON/O | colon, large intestine
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| PROCT/O | anus & rectum
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| ENTER/O | small intestine
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| ESOPHAG/O | esophagus
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| GASTR/O | stomach
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| HEPAT/O | liver
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| SIGMOID/O | sigmoid colon
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| ADIP/O | fat
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| ALBIN/O | white
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| CEPHAL/O | head
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| CERVIC/O | neck, cervix
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| CORON/O | coronary, crown
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| CYAN/O | blue
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| CYT/O | cell
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| ERYTHR/O | red
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| HIST/O | tissue
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| LAPAR/O | abdomen, abdominal wall
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| LEUK/O | white
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| LIP/O | fat, lipid
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| MELAN/O | black, dark
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| MYC/O | fungus
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| PATH/O | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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| PY/O | pus
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| PYR/O | fever, fire
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| SARC/O | flesh, connective tissue
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| CARCIN/O | cancerous
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| ONC/O | tumor
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| ADEN/O | lymphatic system, gland
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| ADREN/O | adrenal glands
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| GONAD/O | sex gland
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| PANCREAT/O | pancrease
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| THYR/O, THYROID/O | thyroid gland
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| CUTANE/O | skin
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| DERM/O, DERMAT/O | skin
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| HIDR/O | sweat
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| SEB/O | sebum
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| UNGU/O | nail
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| XER/O | dry
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| SPLEN/O | spleen
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| FASCI/O | fascia, fibrous band
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| MY/O | muscle
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| TEN/O, TEND/O, TENDIN/O | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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| ENCEPHAL/O | brain
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| MENING/O | meninges, membranes
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| NEUR/I, NEUR/O | nerve, nerve tissue
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| COLP/O | vagina
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| HYSTER/O | uterus
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| MEN/O | menstruation, menses
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| BRONCH/O, BRONCHI/O | bronchial tube, bronchus
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| LARYNG/O | larynx, throat
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| PHARYNG/O | throat, pharynx
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| PLEUR/O | pleura, side of body
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| PNEUM/O, PNEUMON/O | lung, air
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| PULM/O, PULMON/O | lung
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| TRACHE/O | trachea, windpipe
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| ANKLY/O | crooked, bent, stiff
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| ARTHR/O | joint
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| CHONDR/O | cartilage
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| METR/O, METRI/O | uterus
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| OV/O | egg
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| OOPHOR/O, OVARI/O | ovary
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| ORCH/O, ORCHID/O | testicles, testis, testes
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| SALPING/O | uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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| UTER/O | uterus
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| VAGIN/O | vagina
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| COST/O | rib
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| CRANI/O | skull
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| MYEL/O | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| OSS/E, OSS/I, OST/O, OSTE/O | bone
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| SPONDYL/O | vertebrae, vertebral column
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| THORAC/O | chest
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| KERAT/O | horny, hard, cornea
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| MYRING/O | tympanic membrane, eardrum
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| OPTIC/O, OPT/O | eye, vision
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| OT/O | ear, hearing
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| RETIN/O | retina
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| SCLER/O | sclera, white of eye, hard
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| TYMPAN/O | tympanic membrane, eardrum
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| CYST/O | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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| LITH/O | stone, calculus
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| NEPHR/O | kidney
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| PYEL/O | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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| REN/O | kidney
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| URETER/O | ureter
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| URETHR/O | urethra
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