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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