Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
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| ab | away from
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| acr/o | extremities
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| ad | towards
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| aden/o | glands
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| aer/o | air
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| algesia | oversensitive to pain
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| algia | pain
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| amb/l | both
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| angi/o | vessel
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| anis/o | unequal
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| anterior | front
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| anti | against
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| arteri/o | arteries
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| arthr/o | joint
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| aut/o | self
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| bi/o | life
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| blast/o | embryonic
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| brad/y | slow
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| caudal | downward
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| cele | hernia
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| centesis | puncture/tapping
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| cephal/o | heard
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| cephalic | upward
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| cerebrum | part of brain where thought occurs
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| cheil/ia | lips
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chlor/o | green
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| chole/e | gall/bile
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chrom/o | color
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| circum | around
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| clys/o | irrigation
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| coccl/l /us | bacteria
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| col/o | colon
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| colp/o | vagina
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| contra | against
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| cost/o | ribs
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| crani/o | skull/cranium
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| cyan/o | blue
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| cyst/o | bladder/fluid sac
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| cyt/o | cellular
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| dactyl | fingers and toes
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| de | from/down from/taking away from
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| dent/o | teeth
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| derm(at)/o | skin
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| di/a | through
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| dipl/o | double
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| dips | thirst
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| dorsal | back
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| drom/o | running
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| duct | middle
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| duoden/o | small intestine
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| dyn/ia | pain/ache
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| dys | bad
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| ect/o | outer/outside
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| ectasia | dilation
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| ectomy | removal
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| em | blood
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| emesis | vomiting
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| encephal/o | brain
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| end/o | inner
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| enter/o | small intestine
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| epi | over/upon
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| errant | wandering
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| erythr/o | red
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| esthesi/a | sensation
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| esthesia | feeling/sensation
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| eu | well/easy
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| ex | out from
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| external | outer
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| extra | outside of
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| genesis | forming
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| gingiv/o | gums
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| gloss/ia | tongue
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| glyc/o | glucose
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| gnosis | knowledge
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| gram | record
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| gynec/o | diseases of women
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| hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| heter/o | different
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| hom/o | same
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| hydr/o | water
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| hyper | more/over
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| Hypo | less/under
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| Hyster/o | Uterus
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| ile/o | ileum
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| in | in/not
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| infra | below/under
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| inter | between
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| internal | inner
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| is/o | equal
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| itis | inflammation
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| jejun/o | Jejunum
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| Kinesi/o | motion
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| lanryg/o | larynx
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| lapar/o | abdominal wall
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| lateral | side
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| leuk/o | white(ness)
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| lip/o | fat
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| lith/o | stone/calculus
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| logy | study
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| lumb/o | lower back/loin
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| lys/o | breaking down
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| lysis | destruction
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| macr/o | large
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| magal/o | enlarged
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| malac/o | softening
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| malan/o | black
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| mania | madness
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| median | middle
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| melan/o | black
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| men/o | referring to mensus
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| mening/o | meninges
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| mes/o | middle
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| metr/o | pertaining to the uterus
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| mon/o | one/single
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| muc/o | mucus
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| multi/i | many/more than one
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| my/o | muscle
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| myc/o | fungus
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| myel/o | bone marrow/spinal cord
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| narc/o | sleep
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| necr/o | pertaining to death
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neuro/o | nerve/neuron
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| null/i | none
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| o/blast/o | germ/embryonic/gives rise to
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| o/o | egg
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| o/spasm/o | twitch
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| oid | resembling
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| ology | the study of
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| oma | tumor
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| oophor/o | ovary
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| opia | vision
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| orchid/o | testicles
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| orrhagia | hemorrhage/ bursting
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| orrhaphy | suturing/stitching
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| orrhea | flow/discharge
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| orrhexis | rupture
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| osis | makes the word a noun and condition
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| ostomy | form an opening (mouth)
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| ot/ia | ear
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| ot/o | ear
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| otomy | cut into/ temporary opening
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| ous | adjectival ending
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| par/a | beside/beyond/near/abnormal
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| par/o | bear
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| path/o | disease
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| pause | cessation
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| pelv/i | pelvis
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| penia | decrease in/not enough
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| pepsis | digestion
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| per | through
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| peri | around
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| pex/o | fixation
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| pex/y | surgical fixation
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| phag | eat/swallow
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| phag/ia | eating
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| phania | first
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| phas/o | speech
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| phil/o | attraction to
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| phleb/o | vein
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| phob/ia | abnormal fear
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| phon/o | voice/sound
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| plas/ia | formation/change
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| plast/y | surgical repair
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| pleg/a | paralysis
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| pne/o | breath(ing)
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| pneumon/o | lung
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| pol/y | many/much
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| posterior | behind (location)
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| pro | before/ in front of
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| procto | rectum
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| pseud/o | not true/false
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| psych/o | mind
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| ptosis | prolapse
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| pub/o | pubis
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| py/o | pus
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| pyr/exia | heat/fever
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| rect/o | rectum
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| retr/o | backward/behind
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| rhin/o | nose
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| salping/o | fallopian tube(s)
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| scler/o | hard
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| sepsis | poisoned bloodstream
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| spermat/o | seed
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| splen/o | pertaining to the spleen
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| staphyl/o | clusters/bunches
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| stasis | suppression
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| stomato/o | mouth
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| strept/o | twisted chains
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| sub | below/under
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| super | above
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| superior | above
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| supra | above
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| supra | beyond
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| syn/sym | together
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| syphil/o | referring to syphilis
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| tach/y | fast/rapid
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| therap/y | treatment
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| therm/o | heat
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| thorac/o | thorax/chest
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| tocia | labor
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| trans | over/across
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| trips/y | rub/massage
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| troph/o | development
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| ur/o | urine
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| ureter/o | ureter
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| urethr/o | urethra
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| ventral | belly (location)
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| viscer/o | internal organs
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| xanth/o | yellow
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