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combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes

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cancer/o, carcin/o combining form EXAMPLE: cancer/ous   cancer  
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eti/o combining form EXAMPLE: eti/o/logy   cause (of disease)  
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gno/o combining form EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis   knowledge  
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later/o combining form EXAMPLE: later/al   side  
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lei/o combining form EXAMPLE: lei/o/my/oma   smooth  
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onc/o combining form EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist   tumor, mass  
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path/o combining form EXAMPLE: path/o/genic   disease  
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rhabd/o combining form EXAMPLE: rhabd/o/my/oma   rod-shaped, striated  
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somat/o combining form EXAMPLE: somat/o/plasm   body  
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chlor/o combining form EXAMPLE: chlor/oma   green  
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chrom/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic   color  
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cyan/o combining form EXAMPLE: cyan/osis   blue  
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erythr combining form EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte   red  
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melan/o combining form EXAMPLE: melan/oma   black  
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leuk/o combining form EXAMPLE: leuk/o/cyte   white  
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xanth/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic   yellow  
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dys- prefix EXAMPLE: dys/plasia   painful, abnormal,difficult, labored  
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dia- prefix EXAMPLE: dia/gno/sis   through, complete  
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hyper- prefix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia   above, excessive  
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hypo- prefix EXAMPLE: hypo/plasia   below, incomplete, deficient, under  
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meta- prefix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis   after, beyond, change  
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neo- prefix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm   new  
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pro- prefix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis   before  
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-al, -ic, -ous suffix EXAMPLE: epitheli/al   pertaining to  
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-cyte suffix EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte   cell  
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-gen suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/gen   substance or agent that produce or causes  
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-genic suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/genic   producing, originating, causing  
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-logist suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist   one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)  
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-logy suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logy   study of  
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-megaly suffix EXAMPLE: organ/o/megaly   enlargement  
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-oid suffix EXAMPLE: cyt/oid   resembling  
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-oma suffix EXAMPLE: fibr/oma   tumor, swelling  
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-osis suffix EXAMPLE: cyan/osis   abnormal condition (means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots)  
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-pathy suffix EXAMPLE: somat/o/pathy   disease  
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-plasia suffix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia   condition of formation, development, growth  
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-plasm suffix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm   growth, substance, formation  
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-sarcoma suffix EXAMPLE: aden/o/sarcoma   malignant tumor  
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-sis suffix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis   state of  
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-stasis suffix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis   control, stop, standing  
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