Roots, Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes
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a- | show 🗑
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show | away from ex. - abstinence (to hold back from)
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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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show | to, toward, near to ex. - adduction (move toward midline)
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show | gland ex. - adenoma (tumor of a gland)
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af- | show 🗑
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show | white ex. albinuria (passing of pale or white urine)
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an- | show 🗑
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andro- | show 🗑
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show | vessel ex. - angiopathy (disease of blood vessel)
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ante- | show 🗑
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show | against ex. - anticoagulant (prevents blood clotting)
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show | separated from, off ex. - apodia (congenital absence of feet)
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arthr-, arthro- | show 🗑
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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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show | hearing ex. - auditory (belonging to the hearing sense)
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auri- | show 🗑
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auto- | show 🗑
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show | weight, pressure ex. - baroreceptor (receptor for pressure change)
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bi- | show 🗑
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show | germ, bud ex. - chondroblast (cartilage-producing cell)
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brachi- | show 🗑
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brady- | show 🗑
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bucc- | show 🗑
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show | thick ex. - callosity ( thickening of keratinized layer of epidermis)
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show | cancer ex. - carcinogenic (causing cancer)
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cardio- | show 🗑
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caud- | show 🗑
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cepahl- | show 🗑
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show | brain ex. - cerebrospinal (of the brain and spinal cord)
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show | cartilage, gristle ex. - chondrocyte (cartilage cell)
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-cide | show 🗑
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show | around ex. - circumduction (movement forming a circle)
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-clast | show 🗑
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show | with, together ex. - cooperate, gray commissure (connects right/left horns)
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show | against, opposite ex. - contralateral (opposite side)
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cost- | show 🗑
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show | skull ex. - cranial cavity (where the brain is)
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cune- | show 🗑
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show | skin ex. - subcutaneous (under the skin)
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cyan- | show 🗑
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cysti-, cysto- | show 🗑
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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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show | lead, draw ex. - ovarian duct, adduct (to lead away from)
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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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show | to cut out ex. - appendectomy (removal of appendix)
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show | swelling ex. - myoedema (muscle swelling)
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-el, -elle | show 🗑
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endo- | show 🗑
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show | intestine ex. - enteritis (inflammation of intestines)
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show | upon, on ex. - epicardium (membrane covering heart)
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ex-, exo- | show 🗑
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show | outside ex. - extracellular (outside the cell)
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-ferent | show 🗑
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-form | show 🗑
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gastr-, gastro- | show 🗑
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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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hem-, hemato- | show 🗑
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show | liver ex. - hepatitis (inflammation of liver)
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hetero- | show 🗑
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hist-, histo- | show 🗑
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holo- | show 🗑
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homo-, homeo- | show 🗑
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hydro- | show 🗑
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hyper- | show 🗑
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show | below, under ex. - hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
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idio- | show 🗑
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infra- | show 🗑
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show | between ex. - interosseous (between two bones)
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show | within ex. - intracellular (within the cell)
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show | greatest ex. - latissimus (widest)
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iso- | show 🗑
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-itis | show 🗑
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show | near ex. - juxtaglomerular (near the glomerulus)
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labi- | show 🗑
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lacto- | show 🗑
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leuko- | show 🗑
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show | fat ex. - lipid (an operational term denoting solubility characteristics; "fat soluble")
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show | study ex. - urology (study of urinary system)
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-lysis | show 🗑
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show | large ex. - macrophage (certain large leukocytes)
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mamm-, mast- | show 🗑
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show | middle ex. - medial (toward the midline)
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melano- | show 🗑
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show | parts ex. - polymers (larger molecules made of monomers)
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meta- | show 🗑
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micro- | show 🗑
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mono | show 🗑
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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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nephro- | show 🗑
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show | nerve ex. - neurilemma (nerve cell membrane)
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oculo-, ophthalm | show 🗑
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show | tooth ex. - odontoid (shaped like a tooth)
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show | little ex. - arteriole (small artery-like vessel)
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oligo- | show 🗑
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-oma | show 🗑
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show | egg ex. - oocyte (egg cell)
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-osis | show 🗑
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show | bone ex. - osteoblast (bone-forming cell)
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show | ear ex. - otogenic (originating within the ear)
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show | near, beside ex. - paranasal (by the nose)
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show | disease ex. - neuropathy (nerve disease)
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pelv- | show 🗑
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show | deficiency ex. - leucopenia (deficiency of leukocytes)
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peri- | show 🗑
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show | eat ex. - phagocytosis (cellular eating)
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show | have an affinity for ex. - lipophilic (associates with fat)
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-plegia | show 🗑
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pneumo- | show 🗑
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show | make, formation of ex. - erythropoietin (hormone that stimulates erythrocyte production)
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