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B's prefixes, roots, suffixes

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meaning
apo   away from  
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de   from, down from, lack of  
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dia   through, completely  
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diffus   spreading  
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dys   painful, difficult  
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ec(to)   out of  
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eu   normal, health  
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meta   beyond, change, after  
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olig(o)   few, little  
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par(a)   near, beside, accessory to  
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re   back, contrary  
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acr(o)   extremity, peak  
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aden(o)   gland  
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adipo   fat  
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algia   pain  
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angi(o)   vessel  
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ankyl   crooked, fusion  
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bili   bile  
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blast   to bud, sprout or produce  
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blephar(o)   eyelid  
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ala   wing  
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card   tail  
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chol(e)   bile  
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col(i)(o)   colon  
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cor   heart  
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cyst(i)(o)   bladder/sac containing fluid  
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enter(o)   intestine  
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emia   condition of blood  
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fasci   bundle  
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febri   fever  
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fibro   fibers  
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fil   threadlike  
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genic   origin, cause  
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geront(o)   aging  
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gest   carry  
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gloss(o)   tongue  
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heme(a)(o)   blood/iron  
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hemato   blood  
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ischi(o)   hip  
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kerat(o)   horny tissue, cornea  
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kine(t)(o)   movement  
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krin or crin   to secrete  
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leuk(o)   white  
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lith(o)   stone  
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mast(o)   breast  
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matrix   womb  
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ment   mind  
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mio   less, smaller  
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mito   threadlike  
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myc(o)   fungus  
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myel(o)   marrow, spinal cord  
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myx   mucus  
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nephr(o)   kidney  
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onco   swelling, mass  
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ophthalm(o)   eye  
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orchi(o)   testes  
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ot(o)   ear  
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phleb(o)   vein  
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plasia   growth  
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plege   stroke, paralysis  
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pleur(o)   pleura, rib, side  
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pneum(o)   lung  
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pnoia   breath  
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pnea   breath  
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pod(o)   foot  
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proct(o)   rectum  
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pulmo(n)   lung  
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pyel(o)   renal pelvis  
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sarc(o)   flesh  
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scler(o)   hard  
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scolio   crooked  
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sense   perception, feeling  
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sep   decay  
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sten(o)   narrow  
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tachy   rapid, swift  
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thelium   covering  
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vas(o)   vessel  
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ven(i)(o)   vein  
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vesic(o)   bladder  
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ectomy   surgical removal  
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lys(i)(o)   breakdown  
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osis   condition/process  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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plegia   paralysis  
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pnea   breathing  
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poiesis   production  
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praxia   movement  
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rrhea   fluid discharge  
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stomy   opening  
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tomy   incision  
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tonia   tension  
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tripsy   crushing  
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ly   act, process  
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rrhage   excessive flow  
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diplo   double  
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eosin(o)   rose-coloured  
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purpur(o)   rose-coloured  
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rose(o)   red  
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rube   red  
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xanth(o)   yellow  
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-centesis   puncture & aspiration of fluid  
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-ostomy   surgically create artificial opening  
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-otomy   incision  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   to suture  
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar   pertaining to the word in front of it  
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-eal, -iad, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior   pertaining to word in front  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ory, -ose, -ous, -tic   pertaining to word in front  
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root   disease, procedure, body part  
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prefix   location, number, time  
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suffix   condition, disease, procedure  
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