Root words, prefixs and suffixs
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| adeno (ah dee no) | gland
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| calculi (cal cue lie) | stone
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| cele (sell) | tumor
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| glyco (gl eye co) | sugar
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| homeo (hoe me oh) | same
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| lingue (ling wha) | tongue
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| lip | fat
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| lith | stone
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| pedia | child
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| psych (sike) | mind
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| pyo (pie oh) | pus
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| radi (ray dee) | rays
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| thermic | heat
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| arthro (are throw) | joint
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| carpo (car poe) | wrist
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| chondro (con droh) | cartilage
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| costa (cost uh) | rib
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| cranio (crane knee oh) | skull
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| dactyl (dact tell) | finger
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| ili (ill lee) | hip
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| manus (man us) | hand
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| myel (my el) | bone marrow
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| myo (my oh) | muscle
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| ortho (or thoh) | straighten
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| osteo (ah stee oh) | bone
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| pedi | foot
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| spondyl (spawn dill) | vertebra
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| cutis (cue tis) | skin
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| dent | teeth
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| derma | skin
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| hapsia (hap see uh) | touch
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| odont | teeth
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| onco (on caw) | tumor
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| onychia (oh nick ee uh) | nail beds
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| pedicular (puh dick you ler) | lice
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| psora (sore uh) | itch
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| prugrigo (pru rig oh) | itching
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| sarco (s ark oh) | flesh
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| sclero (s clear oh) | hard
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| squama (skway ma) | scaly
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| tricho (trick oh) | hair
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| chole (coal lee) | bile
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| colon | large intestine
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| emesis (emmy sis) | vomiting
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| entero (en tear oh) | intestine
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| gastro (gas tr oh) | stomach
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| glosso (gloss oh) | tongue
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| hepat (he pat) | liver
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| ile (ill lee) | ileum
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| laparo (lap uh row) | abdomen
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| myxo (mix oh) | mucus
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| procto (prock toe) | anus
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| pyloro (pie lore oh) | pylorus, gatekeeper
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| stoma(stow muh) | opening
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| visero (vis ur oh) | body organs
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| angio (an gee oh) | vessel
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| aortal (ay or tuh) | aorta
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| arterio (ar teer ee oh) | artery
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| cardio (car dee oh) | heart
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| emboli (em bo lie) | obstruction
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| emia (em ee uh) | blood
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| hema (he muh) | blood
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| phleb (fleab) | vein
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| thrombo (throm bow) | blood clot
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| varico (vair ee co) | varicose veins
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| vaso (vay so) | blood vessel
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| vena | vein
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| ventricu (ven trick you) | heart cavity
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| broncho (bronk oh) | bronchi
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| cili (sill ee) | hairlike processes
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| ectasis (ek ta sis) | expansion
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| laryngo (la ring go) | voice box, larynx
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| naso (nay so) | nose
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| oro (ore oh) | mouth
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| oxy (ox ee) | oxygen, keen
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| pector (pec tore) | breast chest
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| pleura (pluh rah) | rib side
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| pneumo (new mow) | lung
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| ptysis (tie sis) | to spit
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| pulmo (pull moe) | lungs
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| rhin (rine) | nose
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| tracheo (tray key oh) | widepipe
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| creatinine (kree at in in) | waste material in urine
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| cysto (sis toe) | bladder
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| glomerulo (glum uh rule oh) | nephron part/little ball
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| nephro (nef row) | kidney
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| peritoneo (pear uh toe knee oh) | lining of abdominal organs
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| pyelo (pie el oh) | pelvis
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| reni (ree knee) | kidney
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| uretero (your uh tuh row) | ureter
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| urethro (your ee throw) | urethra
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| uri (your ee) | urine
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| uric (your ick) | pertaining to urine
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| urina (your ee nuh) | urine
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| uro (your oh) | urine
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| bulbo (bull bow) | bulblike
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| cervi (serve ee) | neck, uterus
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| galacto (guh lack toe) | milk
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| genito (gen it oh) | reproductive system
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| hyster (his tear) | uterus
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| lactin (lack tin) | milk
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| mast | beast
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| metr (me tur) | uterus
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| natal (nah tul) | born
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| oophoro (ooh four oh) | ovary
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| orchido (or kid oh) | testicle
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| ova (oh vuh) | egg
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| salping (sal ping) | fallopian tubes
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| sperma (spur ma) | seed
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| vas (vahs) | duct, vessel
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| audio (awe dee oh) | sound
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| cerebro (suh re bro) | brain
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| encephalo (in sef uh low) | brain
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| esthesia (es tea juh) | sensation
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| medulla (muh due la) | brain middle
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| meningo (men ing oh) | membranes, spinal cord
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| neuro (new row) | nerves
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| occiput (awk see put) | back of skull
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| oculo (ah cue low) | eye
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| ophthalmo (op thal moe) | eye
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| oto (o toe) | ear
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| parietes (pa rye en tease) | wall part of brain
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| pons (pawns) | bridges in brain
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| tempora (temp pore a) | temporal
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| a, an | without (prefix)
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| ab | away from (prefix)
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| ad | toward (prefix)
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| algia | pain (both)
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| ante | before (both)
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| anti | against (prefix)
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| bi | two (prefix)
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| brady | slow (both)
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| circum | around (prefix)
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| con | together (both)
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| de | down (both)
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| desis | binding (both)
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| dia | through (both)
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| dys | difficult, abnormal (prefix)
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| ecto | outside (prefix)
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| ectomy | excision (both)
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| endo | within (prefix)
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| epi | outer, on top of, over (prefix)
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| exo | away from (prefix)
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| extra | outside, beyond (both)
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| ferro | iron (prefix)
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| fore | before (both)
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| form | shape of (both)
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| graphy | writing, record (both)
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| hemi | half (prefix)
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| hydra, hydro | water (prefix)
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| hyper | above (prefix)
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| hypo | below (prefix)
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| iasis | condition of (suffix)
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| iatric (ee at trick) | medicine (suffix)
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| ic | pertaining to (suffix)
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| inter | between (prefix)
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| intra | within (prefix)
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| isis, asis | condition of (suffix)
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| itis | inflammation of (suffix)
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| juxta | near (prefix)
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| kinesis | movement (both)
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| kypho | humped (prefix)
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| logia, logy | science of (suffix)
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| lysis | disintergration (suffix)
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| macro | large, long (prefix)
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| malacia | softening (both)
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| med, medi, medio | middle (both)
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| mega, megaly | enlargement (both)
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| micro | small (mostly prefix)
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| mono | single, one (prefix)
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| multo | many (prefix)
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| neo | new (prefix)
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| ob | against (prefix)
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| oid | like, shape (suffix)
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| oligo | few (both)
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| ology | study of (suffix)
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| oma | tumor (suffix)
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| osis | condition (suffix)
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| otomy | incision (suffix)
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| pachy | thick (both)
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| para | near (prefix)
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| path | disease (both)
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| penia | deficiency (suffix)
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| peri | around (prefix)
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| pexy | fixation (suffix)
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| phobia | fear of (suffix)
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| phoresis | transmission (suffix)
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| plasty | plastic surgical correction (suffix)
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| plegia | paralysis (suffix)
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| poly | many (both)
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| post | after (both)
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| pre | before (prefix)
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| pro | in front of (prefix)
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| pseudo | false (prefix)
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| ptosis (toe sis) | falling (suffix)
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| re | back, again (prefix)
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| retro | backwards (prefix)
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| rrhaphy (raf ee) | suture (suffix)
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| rhexis | rupture (suffix)
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| scopy | exam (suffix)
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| semi | half (prefix)
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| sphygmo (shfigmo) | pulse (prefix)
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| sub | below (prefix)
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| super, supra | above (prefix)
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| sym, syn | together (both)
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| tachy | fast (prefix)
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| tele | distance (prefix)
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| toxo | toxic (both)
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| trans | across (both)
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| tri | three (prefix)
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| ultra | above (prefix)
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| uni | one (prefix)
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| xeno (zen o) | foreign (prefix)
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| xero (zero) | dry (prefix)
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| albus | white (both)
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| chloro | green (both)
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| chrom (crow) | color (both)
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| cirrhos (cir roe s) | yellow (both)
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| cyano (sigh an o) | blue (both)
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| erythr (er rith er) | red (prefix)
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| leuko | white (prefix)
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| melano | black (prefix)
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| polio | gray (prefix)
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| purpura | purple (prefix)
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| rhodo | rose (prefix)
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| rubeo | red (prefix)
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| xantho | yellow (prefix)
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