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| A-, An- | show 🗑
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| Andr/o- | show 🗑
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| Anti- | show 🗑
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| Auto- | show 🗑
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| Bio- | show 🗑
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| Chem/o- | show 🗑
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| show | =Against
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| show | = Cell
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| Dis- | show 🗑
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| show | = Difficult; Abnormal
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| show | = Good; Well
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| show | = Fiber
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| show | = Glucose; Sugar
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| show | = Female
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| Hydr/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Self; One’s own
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| Lyso-, Lys- | show 🗑
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| show | = Bad; Abnormal
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| show | = Fungus
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| Necr/o- | show 🗑
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| Neo- | show 🗑
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| show | = Sharp; Acute; Oxygen
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| show | = All or everywhere
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| Pharmaco- | show 🗑
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| Re- | show 🗑
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| show | = Body; Bodily
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| General Prefixes Above --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body Part Prefixes Below | show 🗑
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| Acous/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Gland
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| Adip/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Gland
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| show | = Blood vessel
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| Arteri/o- | show 🗑
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| Arthr/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Cheek
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| show | = Bronchus
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| Burs/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Cancer
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| show | = Heart
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| Cephal/o- | show 🗑
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| Chol- | show 🗑
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| Chondri- | show 🗑
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| show | = Heart
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| Cost- | show 🗑
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| Crani/o- | show 🗑
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| Cutane- | show 🗑
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| show | = Bladder or sac
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| Derm-, Dermat/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Duodenum
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| Gastr- | show 🗑
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| Gloss- | show 🗑
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| Hem-, Hema-, Hemat-, Hemo-, Hemat/o- | show 🗑
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| Hepat/o-, Hepatico- | show 🗑
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| show | = Tissue
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| show | = Uterus
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| show | = Ileum
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| Ischi/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Cornea (eye or skin)
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| show | = Tear (from your eyes)
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| show | = Milk
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| Laryng/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Tongue
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| show | = Fat
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| show | = Lymph
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| show | = Breast
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| Mening/o- | show 🗑
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| Muscul/o- | show 🗑
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| My/o- | show 🗑
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| Myel/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Kidney
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| show | = Nerve
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| Oculo- | show 🗑
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| Onco- | show 🗑
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| show | = Fingernail; Toenail
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| show | = Egg; Ovary
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| Oophor/o- | show 🗑
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| Op-, Opt- | show 🗑
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| Ophthalm/o- | show 🗑
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| Orchid/o-, Orchio- | show 🗑
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| show | = Straight; Normal; Correct
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| show | = Bony
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| Ossi- | show 🗑
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| Ost-, Oste/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Ear
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| Ovar/i-, Ovario-, Ovi-, Ovo- | show 🗑
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| show | = Phalanx
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| Pharyng/o- | show 🗑
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| Phleb/o- | show 🗑
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| Phren/i-, Phreno-, Phrenico- | show 🗑
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| show | = Rib, pleura
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| Pneum/a- Pneumat/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Anus; Rectum
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| Prostat- | show 🗑
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| show | = False
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| show | = Mind
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| Radio- | show 🗑
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| show | =Kidney
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| show | = Retina (of the eye)
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| show | = Nose
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| Salping/o- | show 🗑
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| Sarco- | show 🗑
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| show | = Split; Cleft
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| Sclera-, Sclero- | show 🗑
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| show | = Sigmoid colon
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| Sperma-, Spermo-, Spermato- | show 🗑
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| show | = Spleen
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| Sten/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Sternum
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| show | = Mouth
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| show | = Chest
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| Thromb/o- | show 🗑
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| Thyr/o- | show 🗑
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| Trache/o- | show 🗑
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| Tympan/o- | show 🗑
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| Ur/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Vagina
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| Varic/o- | show 🗑
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| Vasculo- | show 🗑
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| Ven/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Vertebra; Spine
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| show | Body Part prefixes Above
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Color Prefixes Below
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| Chlor/o- | show 🗑
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| Chrom-, Chromato- | show 🗑
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| Cyano- | show 🗑
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| Erythr/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = White
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| show | = Black
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| show | = Color Prefixes Above
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Physical Property & Shape Prefixes Below
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| show | = Cold
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| Elect- | show 🗑
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| Kin/o-, Kine-, Kinesi/o- | show 🗑
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| Kyphy/o- | show 🗑
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| Rhabd/o- | show 🗑
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| show | = Light
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| show | = Net
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| show | = Twisted
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| Therm/o- | show 🗑
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| Physical property & Shape prefixes Above --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Direction & Position prefixes Below | show 🗑
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| show | = Away from
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| show | = Towards
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| Ante- | show 🗑
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| Circum- | show 🗑
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| Cycl- | show 🗑
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| show | = Away from; Ending
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| Dia- | show 🗑
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| show | = Outer; Outside
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| show | = Within; Inner
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| show | = Upon; Outside of
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| show | = Beyond
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| Infra- | show 🗑
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| Inter- | show 🗑
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| Intra- | show 🗑
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| Meso- | show 🗑
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| Meta- | show 🗑
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| Para- | show 🗑
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| show | = Disease
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| show | = Around
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| show | = Behind; After
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| Pre- | show 🗑
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| show | = Backward; Behind
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| Sub- | show 🗑
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| show | = Above
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| Supra- | show 🗑
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| Sy-, Syl-, Sym-, Syn-, Sys- | show 🗑
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| Trans- | show 🗑
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| show | Direction & Position Prefixes Above
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Quantity Prefixes Below
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| Bi- | show 🗑
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| Brady- | show 🗑
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| Diplo- | show 🗑
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| show | = Half
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| Hetero- | show 🗑
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| Homo- | show 🗑
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| Hyper- | show 🗑
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| Hypo- | show 🗑
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| show | = Equal; Like
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| show | = Large; Long; Big
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| show | = Small
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| show | = One
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| Olig/o- | show 🗑
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| Poly- | show 🗑
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| Quadri- | show 🗑
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| show | = Half
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| show | = Fast
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| Tetra- | show 🗑
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| show | = Three
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| show | = One
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| Quantity Prefixes Above --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Suffixes Below | show 🗑
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| show | = Pertaining to
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| -blast, -blasto, -blastic | show 🗑
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| -cyte, -cytic | show 🗑
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| show | = Pain; Swelling
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| -eal, -ial | show 🗑
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| -ectasis | show 🗑
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| show | = Blood condition
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| -ia | show 🗑
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| -iasis | show 🗑
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| show | = Condition
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| -ites, -itis | show 🗑
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| -ity | show 🗑
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| -ium | show 🗑
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| -lysis, -lytic | show 🗑
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| show | = Softening
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| show | = Enlargement
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| -oid | show 🗑
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| -oma | show 🗑
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| show | = Condition; Usually abnormal
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| show | = Pertaining to
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| show | = Disease
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| -penia | show 🗑
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| show | = Eating; Swallowing
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| show | = Speech
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| show | = Growth
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| show | = Paralysis
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| -pnea | show 🗑
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| show | = Production
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| show | = Falling; Drooping
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| -rrhage, -rrhagic | show 🗑
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| show | = Flow or discharge
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| -sclerosis | show 🗑
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| show | = Condition
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| show | = Level; Unchanging
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| show | = Growth
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| show | = In the urine
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| Common Suffixes Above --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Procedure Suffixes Below | show 🗑
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| -centesis | show 🗑
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| -desis | show 🗑
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| -ectomy | show 🗑
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| show | = Record; Picture
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| show | = Instrument used to create a record or picture
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| -graphy | show 🗑
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| -meter | show 🗑
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| show | = Visual examination
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| show | = Opening
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| show | = Incision
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| -pexy | show 🗑
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| show | = Surgical reconstruction
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| -scope | show 🗑
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| -scopy | show 🗑
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| show | Procedure Suffixes Below
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Extra Below
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| gnos- | show 🗑
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| show | = Stone
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| show | = Pus
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| dendro | show 🗑
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