A1 Combining forms and suffixes
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| acr/o | extremities, extreme point, top
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| acut/o | sharp, severe, sudden
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| amini/o | aminion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus)
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| angi/o | vessel
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| arteri/o | artery
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| axill/o | armpit
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| bronch/o | 2 tubes left & right (bronchial)from the trachea to enter the lungs
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| chem/o | drug, chemical
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chron/o | time
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| col/o | colon
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| hydr/o | water, fluid
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| lapar/o | abdomen,abdominal wall
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| laryng/o | larynx
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| lymph/o | clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces contained in vessels and nodes throughout the body
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| mamm/o, masto | breast
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| morph/o | shape, form
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| muc/o | mucous
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | marrow of the spinal cord
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| necr/o | cells or the whole body
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| nuetr/ophil | a white blood cell
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| ot/o | ear
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| peritoni/o | peritonium (transparent membrane lining cavity of the abdomen and pelvic viscera-folded)
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| phag/o | to eat, swallow
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| phleb/o | vein
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| plas/o | formation, development
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| pleural | thin membrane to protect lungs
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| pneumon/o | lungs
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| rect/o | rectum
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| splen/o | spleen
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| staphy/o | closters
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| strept/o | twisted chains, curved (usually referring to organisms)
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| thorac/o | chest
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| tonsil/o | tonsils
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| cele/o | hernia (bulging)
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| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| coccus,cocci | berry shaped bacteria (single, plural)
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| dynia | pain
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| emia | blood condition
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| genesis | condition of producing or forming
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| lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation
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| malacia | softening
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| megaly | enlargement
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| penia | deficiency
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| phobia | fear
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| plasia | formation, growth, development
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| ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse
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| sclerosis | hardening
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| stasis | controlling or stopping
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| stomy | opening to form a mouth
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| therapy | treatment
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| trophy | development, nourishment
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| er | one who
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| ia | condition
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| ule,ole | little, small
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| um,ium | structure, tissue
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| us | structure, substance
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| y- | condition, process
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| oid | resembling, derived from
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| ose | full of, pertaining to
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| cib/o | meals
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| cost/o | ribs
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| cutane/o | skin
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| dacy/o | fingers, toes
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| flex/o | to bend
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| duct/o | to carry, to lead
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| furc/o | forking,branching
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| glyc/o | sugar
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| immun/o | protection
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| mort/o | death
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| nat/o | birth
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| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect
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| norm/o | rule, order
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| ox/o | oxygen
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| pu/o | pubis,anterior portion of the pubis or hip bone
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| seps/o | infection
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| somn/o | sleep
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| son/o | sound
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| the/o | to put, to place
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| thyr/o | thyroid gland
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| tep/o | place, position, location
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| tox/o | poison
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| -blast | embryonic, immature
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| -crine | to secrete
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| -drome | to run
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| -fusion | coming together, to pour
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| -gen | substance that produces
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| -lapse | to slide, fall or sag
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| -lysis | breakdown, destruction or separation
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| -meter | to meaqsure
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| -mission | to send
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| -or | one who
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| --partum | birth, labor
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| -pheria | to bear or carry (mental state)
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| -physis | to grow
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| -plasia | development, formation
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| -plasm | formation (structure of)
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptosis | falling, drooping, prolapse
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | toward
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| ana- | up, apart
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| ante- | before, forward
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| anti- | against
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| bi- | two
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| brady- | slow
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| cata | down
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| con- | with, together
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