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Word Part
Definition
mono-, uni-   one  
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bi-, di-   two  
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tri-   three  
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-   four  
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centi-   one hundred or one-hundreth  
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milli-   one-thousandth (1/1000)  
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diplo-   double  
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hemi-, semi-   half, partly  
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hyper-   excessive, more than normal  
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hypo-   beneath or below normal  
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multi-, poly-   many  
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nulli-   none  
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pan-   all  
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primi-   first  
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super-, ultra-   excessive  
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ab-   away from  
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ad-   toward  
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ante-, pre-   before in time or in place  
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circum-, peri-   around  
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dia-   through  
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-   out, without, away from  
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en-, end-, endo-   inside  
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epi-   above, on  
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hypo-, infra-, sub-   beneath, under  
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inter-   bewtween  
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intra-   within  
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ipsi-   same  
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meso-, mid-, medio-   middle  
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para-   near, beside, or abnormal  
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per-   through or by  
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post-   after, behind  
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retro-   behind, backward  
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super-, supra-   above, beyond  
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sym-, syn-   joined together  
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trans-   across  
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a-, an-   no, not, without  
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in-   not or inside  
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macro-, mega-, megalo-   large or great (related to size)  
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micro-   small (related to size)  
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ante-, pre-, pro-   before (related to time)  
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post-   after or behind (related to time)  
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anti-, contra-   against (related to description)  
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brady-   slow (related to description)  
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dys-   bad, difficult (related to description)  
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eu-   good, normal (related to description)  
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mal-   bad (related to description)  
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pro-   favoring, supporting (related to description)  
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tachy-   fast (related to description)  
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anter(o)   front  
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poster(o)   back  
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ventr(o)   ventral, belly side  
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dors(o)   back  
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medi(o)   medial, median, middle or nearer the middle  
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later(o)   lateral, farther from the midline of the body or from a structure  
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super(o)   superior, uppermost or above  
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infer(o)   inferior, lowermost or below  
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proxim(o)   proximal, nearer the origin or point of attachment  
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dist(o), tel(e)   far or distant  
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caud(o)   tail  
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cephal(o)   cephalad, toward the head  
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abdomin(o)   abdomen  
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acr(o)   extremities (arms and legs)  
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cephal(o)   head  
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crani(o)   cranium (skull)  
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dactyl(o)   finger or toe  
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encephal(o)   brain  
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herni(o)   hernia  
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omphal(o), umbilic(o)   umbilicus (naval)  
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pelv(i)   pelvis  
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periton(o)   peritoneum  
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pod(o)   foot  
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som(a), somat(o)   body  
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spin(o)   spine  
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thorac(o)   thorax (chest)  
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viscer(o)   viscera (large abdominal organs)  
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hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o), -emia   blood  
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hidr(o)   sweat, perspiration  
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hydr(o)   water  
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muc(o)   mucus  
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py(o)   pus  
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sial(o)   saliva; salivary glands  
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ur(o)(used to describe cells)   urine; urinary tract  
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cellul(o)   little cell or compartment (used to describe cells)  
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chrom(o)   color (used to describe cells)  
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cyt(o), -cyte   cell  
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hemoglobin(o)   hemoglobin (used to describe cells)  
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kary(o), nucle(o)   nucleus  
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morph(o)   shape; form  
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necr(o)   death  
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norm(o)   normal  
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phil(o)   attraction  
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poikil(o)   irregular  
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spher(o)   round  
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calc(i)   calcium  
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kal(i)   potassium  
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natr(o)   sodium  
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coagul(o)   coagulation  
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fibrin(o)   fibrin  
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thromb(o)   thrombus; clot  
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aer(o)   air or gas  
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angi(o), vascul(o)   vessel  
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home(o)   sameness; constant  
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is(o)   equal  
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lith(o)   stone; calculus  
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necr(o)   death  
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-ant   that which causes  
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-ate   to cause an action or the result of an action  
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-cidal   killing  
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-poiesis   production  
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-poietin   that which causes production  
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iatr(o)   physician or treatment  
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idi(o)   individual  
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immu(o)   immunity  
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nos(o), path(o)   disease  
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seps(o)   infection  
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sept(i), sept(o)*   infection; *also means septum  
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bacter(i), bacteri(o)   bacteria  
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staphyl(o)   grapelike cluster, uvula  
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strept(o)   twisted  
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fung(i), myc(o)   fungus  
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vir(o), virus(o)   virus  
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aut(o)   self  
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-phylaxis   protection  
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vascul(o)   vessel  
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aort(o)   aorta  
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arter(o), arteri(o)   artery  
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arteriol(o)   arteriole  
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cardi(o)   heart  
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phleb(o), ven(i), ven(o)   vein  
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venul(o)   venule  
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endocardi(o)   endocardium  
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myocardi(o)   myocardium  
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pericardi(o)   percardium  
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atri(o)   atrium  
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coron(o)   crown  
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mediastin(o)   mediastinum  
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ox(i)   oxygen  
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pulmon(o)   lung  
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sept(o)*   *septum; partition  
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sin(o)   sinus  
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steth(o), thorac(o)   chest  
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valv(o), valvul(o)   valve  
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ventricul(o)   ventricle  
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-ole   small  
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rhythm(o), rrhythm(o)   rhythm  
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de-   down, from, or reversing  
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-stenosis   narrowing; stricture  
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aneurysm(o)   aneurysm  
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ather(o)   yellowish, fatty plaque  
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embol(o)   embolus  
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aden(o)   gland  
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adenoid(o)   adenoids  
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lymph(o)   lymph, lymphatics  
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lymphaden(o)   lymph node  
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lymphangi(o)   lymph vessel  
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lymphat(o)   lymphatics  
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splen(o)   spleen  
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thym(o)   thymus  
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tonsill(o)   tonsil  
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febrile   fever  
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palm   palm  
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plantar   sole (foot)  
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prone   face laying down  
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supine   lying on back  
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