Roots, Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes
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| show | without, lack of ex. - asymptomatic (absence of symptoms)
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| show | hearing ex. - acoustics (science of sound)
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| show | pertaining to ex. cardiac (the heart), myocardial (heart muscle)
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| ad- | show 🗑
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| aden-, adeno- | show 🗑
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| show | toward ex. - afferent (moving toward)
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| albi- | show 🗑
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| show | painful condition ex. - myalgia (muscle pain)
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| show | without, lack of ex. - anesthesia (absence of pain)
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| show | male ex. - androgens (male hormones)
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| show | vessel ex. - angiopathy (disease of blood vessel)
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| show | before ex. - antepartum (before birth)
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| anti- | show 🗑
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| show | separated from, off ex. - apodia (congenital absence of feet)
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| show | joint ex. - arthritis (inflammation of joint)
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| -ary | show 🗑
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| show | condition or state of ex. - homeostasis (state of metabolic balance)
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| audio- | show 🗑
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| auri- | show 🗑
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| auto- | show 🗑
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| baro- | show 🗑
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| bi- | show 🗑
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| show | germ, bud ex. - chondroblast (cartilage-producing cell)
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| show | arm ex. - brachial (of the arm)
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| brady- | show 🗑
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| bucc- | show 🗑
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| callo- | show 🗑
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| show | cancer ex. - carcinogenic (causing cancer)
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| cardio- | show 🗑
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| show | tail ex. - caudal (by the tail)
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| cepahl- | show 🗑
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| show | brain ex. - cerebrospinal (of the brain and spinal cord)
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| chondro- | show 🗑
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| show | kill ex.- spermicide (agent that kills sperm)
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| show | around ex. - circumduction (movement forming a circle)
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| show | break ex. - osteoclast (cell that breaks down bone)
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| co-, com- | show 🗑
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| contra- | show 🗑
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| show | rib ex. - intercostals (between ribs)
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| crani- | show 🗑
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| show | wedge ex. - cuneiform (wedge shaped)
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| cuti- | show 🗑
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| cyan- | show 🗑
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| show | sac, bladder ex. - cystoscope (instrument for examining the inside of the bladder
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| -cyte, cyto- | show 🗑
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| demi- | show 🗑
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| derm- | show 🗑
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| show | two ex. - diploid (two sets of chromosomes)
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| duct-, -duct | show 🗑
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| show | hard ex. - dura mater (tough menix of CNS)
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| e-, ec-, ef-, ex- | show 🗑
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| ecto- | show 🗑
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| -ectomy | show 🗑
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| ede-, -edem | show 🗑
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| endo- | show 🗑
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| entero- | show 🗑
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| epi- | show 🗑
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| show | outside ex. - exhale (breathe out), exocrine (gland that secretes to outside)
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| show | outside ex. - extracellular (outside the cell)
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| show | carry ex. - afferent (carries, toward)
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| -form | show 🗑
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| show | stomach ex. - gastric ulcer (stomach ulcer)
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| show | tongue ex. - hypoglossal (under the tongue)
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| show | produce, origin ex. - gluconeogenesis (glucose from another molecule), carcinogenic (causes cancer)
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| show | sugar, sweet ex. - glycolysis (breakdown of glucose)
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| gyn- | show 🗑
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| hapto- | show 🗑
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| show | blood ex. - hematology (study of blood)
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| hepato- | show 🗑
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| hetero- | show 🗑
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| show | tissue ex. - histology (study of tissues)
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| show | whole, entire ex. - hologynic (manifests only in females), holocrania (absence of all bones of skull vault)
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| show | same ex. - homeostasis (constancy of body parameters)
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| show | water ex. - hydroadipsia (absence of thirst for water)
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| show | over, above ex. - hypertrophy (overgrowth of cells or part)
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| hypo- | show 🗑
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| show | self, distinct ex. - idiopathic (disease of unknown cause)
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| show | below ex. - infraspinatus (below the spine of scapula)
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| inter- | show 🗑
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| intra- | show 🗑
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| show | equal, same ex. - isotonic (same concentration)
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| -itis | show 🗑
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| show | near ex. - juxtaglomerular (near the glomerulus)
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| show | lip ex. - labia major (thickened fold of skin and connective tissue in female external genitalia)
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| lacto- | show 🗑
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| show | white ex. - leukocyte (white blood cell)
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| lip- | show 🗑
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| show | study ex. - urology (study of urinary system)
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| show | breaking up , dissolve ex. - hemolysis (breaking up erythrocytes)
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| macro- | show 🗑
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| show | breast ex. - mammary glands, mastectomy (breast removal)
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| medi- | show 🗑
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| melano- | show 🗑
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| -mers, -meres | show 🗑
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| meta- | show 🗑
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| micro- | show 🗑
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| show | one, single ex. - monomer (a single part), monosaccharide (a simple or single sugar)
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| morph- | show 🗑
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| show | muscle ex. - myometrium (muscular wall of uterus)
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| necro- | show 🗑
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| show | new ex. - neonatal (newborn)
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| show | kidney ex. - nephrology (study of kidneys)
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| show | nerve ex. - neurilemma (nerve cell membrane)
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| show | eyes ex. - oculomotor (movement of the eye), ophthalmology (study of the eye)
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| odonto- | show 🗑
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| -ole | show 🗑
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| oligo- | show 🗑
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| show | tumor ex. - carcinoma (cancerous tumor), osteoma (benign bone tumor)
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| oo- | show 🗑
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| show | condition of ex. - osteoporosis (having bones that are porous)
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| show | bone ex. - osteoblast (bone-forming cell)
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| oto- | show 🗑
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| para- | show 🗑
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| -pathy | show 🗑
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| show | basin ex. - renal pelvis (collection area in kidney)
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| -penia | show 🗑
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| show | around ex. - periosteum (membrane covering bones)
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| show | eat ex. - phagocytosis (cellular eating)
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| phil- | show 🗑
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| -plegia | show 🗑
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| show | make, formation of ex. - erythropoietin (hormone that stimulates erythrocyte production)
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