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| -megaly | enlargement
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| somo(o),somni | sleep
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| macr(o) | large; long
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| mega(o), megal(o) | large; million
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| melan(o) | black; dark
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| mes(o) | middle; median
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| ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fish
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| iatr(o) | physician; treatment
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| hypo- | below normal
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| hyper- | above normal; overly
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| hypn(o) | sleep
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| andro | masculine
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| micr(o) | small; one-millionth; tiny
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| morph(o) | structure; shape
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| -malacia | softening
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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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| nucle(o) | nucleus
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| orth(o) | straight; normal
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| pachy | thick
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| pharmaco | drugs; medicine
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| hydr(o) | hydrogen, water
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| phago | eating; devouring; swallowing
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| path(o) | disease
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| -emia | blood
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| normo | normal
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| xanth(o) | yellow
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| tropho | food; nutrition
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| sono | sound
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| oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen
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| micr(o)- | small, microscopic
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| mes(o)- | middle, median
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| meg(a)-, megal(o)- | large
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| mal- | bad; inadequate
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| cyan(o) | blue
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| contra- | against
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| co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- | together
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| circum- | around
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| chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice
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| latero | lateral, to one side
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| lact(o), lacti | milk
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| kinesi(o), kineso | motion
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| ket(o), keton(o) | ketone; acetone
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| immun(o) | safe, immune
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| eu- | well, good, normal
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| ergo | work
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| oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen
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| micr(o)- | small, microscopic
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| mes(o)- | middle, median
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| meg(a)-, megal(o)- | large
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| mal- | bad; inadequate
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| cyan(o) | blue
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| contra- | against
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| co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- | together
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| circum- | around
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| chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice
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| latero | lateral, to one side
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| lact(o), lacti | milk
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| kinesi(o), kineso | motion
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| ket(o), keton(o) | ketone; acetone
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| immun(o) | safe, immune
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| eu- | well, good, normal
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| ergo | work
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| elctr(o) | electricity; electric
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| ect(o)- | outside
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| echo | reflected sound
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| dors(o), dorsi | back
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| dys- | abnormal; difficult
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| ambi- | both, around
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| ana- | up, toward
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| an- | without
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| cycl(o) | circle; cycle; ciliary body
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| inter- | between
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| scler(o) | hardness; hardening
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| scolio | crooked; bent
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| calc(o), calci(o) | calcium
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| lith(o) | stone
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| lip(o) | fat
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| -pathy | disease
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| cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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| fibr(o) | fiber
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| gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women
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| fluor(o) | light; luminous; flourine
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| fungi | fungus
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| hemi- | helf
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| galact(o) | milk
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| gero(o), geronto(o) | old age
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| gluco | glucose
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| granulo | granular
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| calc(o), calci(o) | calcium
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| lith(o) | stone
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| lip(o) | fat
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| -pathy | disease
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| cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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| fibr(o) | fiber
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| gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women
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| fluor(o) | light; luminous; flourine
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| fungi | fungus
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| hemi- | helf
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| galact(o) | milk
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| gero(o), geronto(o) | old age
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| gluco | glucose
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| granulo | granular
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| -blast | immature, forming
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| extra- | without, outside of
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| cata- | down
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| schiz(o) | split; division
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| athero | plaque; fatty substance
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| super- | more than. above, superior
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| bi- | twice, double
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| ante- | before
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| exo- | external, on the outside
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| somat(o) | body
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| anti- | against
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| carcin(o) | cancer
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| brachy- | short
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| -derma | skin
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| -dynia | pain
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| brady- | slow
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| phon(o) | sound; voice; speech
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| pseud(o) | false
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| -phrenia | of the mind
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| pyo | pus
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| pyro | fever; fire; heat
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| -oma (pl.-omata) | tumor, neoplasm
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| dips(o) | thrist
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| bas(o), basi(0) | base
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| -somnia | sleep
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| schisto | split
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| spiro(o) | breath; breathe
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| pluri | several; more
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| -stomy | opening
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| -tropic | turning toward
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| -uria | urine
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| -tomy | cutting operation
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| -phage, -phagia, -phagy | eating, devouring
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| -phonia | sound
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| -phasia | speaking
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -clasis | breaking
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| -clast | instrument
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| kyph(o) | humpback
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| kin(o), kine | movement
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| ethmo | ethmoid bone
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| epi- | over
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| esthesio | sensation; perception
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| eosin(o) | red; rosy
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| top | place; topicial
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| tox(i), toxico, toxo | poision; toxin
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| acanth(o) | spiny; thorny
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| peri | around, about near
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| multi- | many
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| a | without
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| actin(o) | light
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| therm(o) | heat
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| aer(o) | air; gas
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| bacill(i) | bacteria
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| bacteri(o) | bacteria
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| bar(o) | weight; pressure
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| -pnea | breath
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| bio | life
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| blasto | immature cells
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| chem(o) | chemical
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| chore(o) | dance
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| chym(o) | chyme, semifluid present during digestion
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| cry(o) | cold
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| crypt(o) | hidden; obscure
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| uni- | one
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| alge, algesi, algio, algo | pain
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| pre- | before
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| retro- | behind, backward
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| semi- | half
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| quadra-, quardri | four
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| post | after, following
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| pro- | before, forward
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| un | not
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| trans- | across, through
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| leuko(o) | white
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| chrono | time
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| squamo | scale
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| -edma | swelling
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| nyct(o) | night
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| chrom, chromat, chromo | color
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| media(o) | middle; medial plane
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| -cidal | destroying, killing
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| -cide | destroying, killing
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| syring(o) | tube
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| cyt(o) | cell
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| terato | monstor(as a malformed fetus)
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| pyreto | fever
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| radio | radiation; x-ray; radius
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| salping(o) | tube
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| mio | smaller; less
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| -mania | obsession
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| spasmo | spasm
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| chlor(o) | cholorine, green
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| -ectomy | removal of
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| -cyte | cell
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| spher(o) | round; spherical
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| plasma, plasmo | formative plasma
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| ad- | toward, to
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| -metry | measurement
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| -logist | one who practices
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| -gloubulin | protein
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| -graph | recording
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| -esthesia | sensation
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| -genic | producing
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| -ema | condition
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| -gen | producing, coming to be
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| -plastic | forming
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| -poietin | one that forms
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| -plegic | one who is paralyzed
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| -plasm | formation
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| re- | again, backward
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| poly- | many
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| styl-(o) | peg-shaped
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| sub | less than, under inferior
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| ultra- | beyond, excessive
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| tachy- | fast
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| syl-, sym-, syn-, sys- | together
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| supra- | above, over
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| coni(o) | dust
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| log(o) | speech, words, thought
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| chlondrio, chondro | Cartilage, grainy, gritty
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| cac(o) | bad; ill
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| amyl(o) | starch
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| pan-, pant(o)- | all, entire
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| dynamo | force; energy
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| zym(o) | fermentation, enzyme
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| iso- | equal; same
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| intra- | within
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| scoto | darkness
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| idio | distinct; unknown
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| gonio | angle
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| glyco | sugars
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| oncho, onco | tumor
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| phot(o) | light
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| physo | air; gas; growing
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| phyt(o) | plant
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| poikilo | varied; irregular
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| erythro(o) | red, redness
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| etio | cause
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| ex- | out of, away from
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| -phil | attraction; affinity for
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| -philia | attraction; affinity for
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| -pheresis | removal
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| -static | maintaining a state
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| per- | through, intensely
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| mon(o)- | single
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| par(a)- | beside; abnormal; involving two parts
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| tono | tension; pressure
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| tel(o) tele(o) | distant; end; complete
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| strepto | twisted chains; streptococci
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| steno | narrowness
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| -stalsis | contraction
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| -stat | agent to maintain a state
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -porosis | lessening in density
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| -poietic | forming
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| -scopy | use of an instrument for observing
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| -lepsy | condition of
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| -ism | condition, disease doctrine
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge
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| -tropy | condition of turning toward
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| -lyctic | destroying
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| -crit | separate
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| -cytosis | condition of the cells
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -desis | binding
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| -ecstasia | expansion; dilation
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| -phoresis | carrying
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| -physis | growing
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| -phthisis | wasting away
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| -plasia | formation
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| -parous | producing; bearing
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| -penia | deficiency
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| de- | away from
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| dextro(o) | right, toward the right
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| dia | through
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| di-, dif-, dir-, dis- | not, separated
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| infra- | positioned beneath
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| karyo | nucleus
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| lepto | light, frail, thin
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| sito | food; grain
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| sidero | iron
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| apo- | derived, separate
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| kal(i) | potassium
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| ab-, abs- | away from
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| cine(o) | movement
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| lys(o) | dissolution
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| meta- | after
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| -tome | cutting instrument, segment
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| -pexy | fixation, usually done surgically
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| -cele | hernia
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| end(o)- | within
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| crin(o) | secrete
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| zo(o) | life
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| xiph | sword xiphoid,
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| xer(o) | dry
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| xeno | stranger
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| vivi | life
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| aut(o)- | self
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| home(o), homo | same; constant
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| gen(o) | producing; being born
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| -rrhagia | heavy discharge
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| -spasm | contraction
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| -trophy | nutrition
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| -trophic | nutritional
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| -tropia | turing
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| -version | turing
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| staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters
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| stero(o) | three-dimensional
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| olig(o) | few; little; scanty
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| itit (pl. -itides) | inflammation
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| -kinesis | movement
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| -paresis | slight paralysis
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| -para | bearing
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| -ostomy | opening
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -phoria | feeling; carrying
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| -phylaxis | protection
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| -plakia | plaque
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| -form | in the shape of
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gram | a recording
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| -emic | relating to blood
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| -globin | protein
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| -genesis | production of
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| -opia | vision
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| -opsy | view of
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| -oid | like, resembling
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| -logy | study, practice
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| -meter | measuring device
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| -leptic | having seizures
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| -opsia | vison
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| -lysis | destruction of
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| -iasis | pathological condition or state
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| -kinesia | movent
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| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing
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| -rrhage | discharging heavily
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| -schisis | splitting
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| -scope | instrument for observing
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| -crine | secreting
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| -plasty | surgial repair
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| -stasis | stopping; constant
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| -rrhea | a flowing, a flux
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| -ptosis | falling down; drooping
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| -osis | condition, state, process
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