MCC Paramedic Prefix/Sufix Terms
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a | without, lacking, not
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ab | away from
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-ac | pertaining to
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acou | hear
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acr(o) | ends of a part
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ad | to, toward
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aden | gland
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adip | fat
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agora | of the market place
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-al | pertaining to
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alb | white
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-alg | pain
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-algia | pain
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all | different
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ambi | both
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ana | up, back, again,excessively
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andr(o) | male
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angi(o) | blood vessel
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aniso | different in size
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ankyl(o) | bent, crooked
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ante | before, forward
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anti | against
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arterio | artery
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arthr(o) | joint
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-ase | enzyme
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asth | short of breath, panting
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asthenia | weakness
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-ate | use, subject to
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aud | hear
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aur | ear, hear
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aus | hear
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auto | self
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baro | pressure
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bi | two, double
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bio | life
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blast | immature cell
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bleph | eye lid
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brachi | arm
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brachy | short
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brady | slow
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bronch | tracheal division
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bucc | cheek
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burs | sac
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call | thick skin
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calca | heel
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can | malignant tumor
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caput | head
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capnia | carbon dioxide
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carbia | carbon dioxide
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carc | cancer
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card | heart
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cardio | heart
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carotid | neck artery
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carp | wrist
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caus | burn
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caut | burn
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-cele | hernia
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cent | center
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cent | 1/100th
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centesis | puncture w/ needle
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cephal | head
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cerebro | brain
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cerv | neck
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chol(e) | bile
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chondr | cartilage
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chrom | color
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chrono | time
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cide | killing
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cil | hair-like
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circum | around
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-cle | small
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cleid | clavicle
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co | with, together
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col | colon
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coll | gelatin, neck
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con | with, together
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cond | knuckle
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contra | against, opposed
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core | pupil
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cori | skin
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corp | body
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cost(o) | rib
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cryo | cold
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crypto | hidden
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cubitus | elbow
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-cule | small
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cuss | shake
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cutaneous | skin
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-cyte | cell
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cyan(o) | blue
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cyc | circle
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cyst(o) | bladder, sac
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de | down, from
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dent | tooth
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derm | skin
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dextro | right
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di | two, twice, double
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dia | through, completely
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dis | apart
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dorsi | posterior
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dromo | running
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duct | guide, tubular path
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dynia | pain
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dys | with pain or difficulty
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ecto | out from
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ectomy | surgical removal
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edem | swelling
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ego | (Gr) goat, (L) self
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electr(o) | electricity
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em | in
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emesis | vomit
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-emia | in the blood
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encephal(o) | brain
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endo | within
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enter | intestine
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ep(i) | on top of
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erythr(o) | red
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-esth | sensation
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eti | cause
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eu | normal
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ex | out of
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facil | easy
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febr | fever
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fibr | fibers
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flex | bend
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foramen | opening
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fract | break
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gastr(o) | stomach
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gen | become, produce
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genic | causing, forming
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gest | carry, produce
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gloss | tongue
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gly | glucose
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gluco | glucose
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-gnosis | knowledge
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gon | become, produce
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-gram | written, recording
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-graph | written, recording
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gyn | women
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gynec | women
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hem(a) | blood
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hemi | half
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hepat(o) | liver
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heter(o) | different
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histo | tissue
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homo | same
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hydro | water
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hygro | moisture
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hyper | excessive
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hypo | deficient
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hyster(o) | uterus
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iatr(o) | physician
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ictal | sudden attack, Sx
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icter | jaundice
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idio | personal, strange
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in | not
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-ine | usually a vasoconstrictor
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infra | below
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ingui | groin
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ino | fiber
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inter | between
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intra | within
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ipsi | same
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ism | condition of
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iso | equal
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-itis | inflammation
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kinesis | motion
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kinetic | motion
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later | side
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lact (o) | milk
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leuk(o) | white
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lev(o) | left
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lith(o) | stone
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ling | tongue
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-lysis | destroying
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lytic | destruction
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macro | large
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mal | bad
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meatus | external opening
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med | middle
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mega | large
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mel | limb
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melan | black
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men | monthly
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mening | lining of brain & spinal cord
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meta | after, beyond, change
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meter | measure
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micro | small
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milli | 1/1000 th
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mime | copy
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morb | disease
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morph | shape
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mono | one
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myco | fungus
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myel | spinal cord, marrow
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my(o) | muscle
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nas(o) | nose
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neo | new
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nephr(o) | kidney
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neur(o) | nerve
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noct | night
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nomen | name
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nomin | name
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occipit | back of head
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ocul | eye
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odon | tooth
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oid | likeness, resembles
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olig(o) | little
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-ology | science of
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-olol | generally a beta blocker
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-oma | tumor
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onc(o) | cancer, tumor
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oo | egg
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oophor | ovary
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ophthal | eye
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orch | testes
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ortho | straight
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-osis | condition of
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os | mouth
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oste(o) | bone
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-ostomy | created opening
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ot(o) | ear
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ov | related to ovary or egg
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oxia | oxygen
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oxy | oxygen
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para | next to, by the side of
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pari | bear offspring
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parie | wall
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part | bear
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path(o) | disease
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ped | child, foot
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per | through
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peri | around
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percuss | strike through
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penia | deficiency
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phago | eat
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phall(o) | penis
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-phasia | speech
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pheo | dusky color
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philia | loves
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philic | loves
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phleb(o) | vein
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-phobia | fear
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-phono | voice, sound
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photo | light
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phylaxis | protection
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pino | to drink
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plasia | to form substance (tissue)
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plastic | substance (formed tissue)
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-plasty | repair of, tying of
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-plegia | paralysis
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pleur(o) | lung cavity membrane
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-pnea | breathing
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pneum(o) | air, lung
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pod | foot
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poikelo | varied
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poly | many
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post | after, behind
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prand | meal
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-pril | generally an ACEI
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pro | before, in front of
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proct | rectum
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pseud(o) | false
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psych(o) | mind
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ptosis | falling down
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pty | cough out
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pulm(o) | lung
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pur | pus
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py(o) | pus
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pyel | renal pelvis
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pyr(o) | fever
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quad | four
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quar | four
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quat | four
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radius | rod
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ren | kidney
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reticulum | network
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retro | backward
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rhin(o) | nose
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-rhythmia | rhythm
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-rrhea | flowing
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-rrhage | excessive flow
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-rrhagia | burst forth
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-rrhaphy | suture repair
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rub | red
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salpin | tube
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sang | blood
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sarco | flesh
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scler | hard
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-scope | instrument to examine
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-scopy | exam with instrument
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sebum | fat
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sect | cut
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semi | half
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sept | wall
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sinister | left, bad
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sinus | cavity, or cycle
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somat(o) | body (coming from the body)
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somn(e) | sleep
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sonic | sound
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spir | coil
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stasis | stopping
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stat | stop
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-static | stopping
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stature | height
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status | condition
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steno | narrowing
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stern(o) | sternum (breastbone)
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stoma | mouth, opening
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-stomy | surgical opening
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sub | under
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sulc | groove
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super | above
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supra | above
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sym | with, together
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tachy | fast
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tact | touch
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talu | ankle
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-taxia | order, arrangement of
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tel | distance
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thermia | relating to temperature
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thorac(o) | chest
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thromb(o) | clot
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toc (o) | uterine contraction
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tome | cut
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-tomy | cutting, incision
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toxic | damaging
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trans | across
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tri | three
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trich | hair
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-trophia | nourishment
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tropic | influence
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tuss | cough
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uni | one
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uria | urine
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varic | dilated vein
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vagin | vagina
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vaso | vessel
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ventr | front, anterior
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venter | abd, belly
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viscer(o) | viscera (Loops of bowel)
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vitro | glass
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vivo | life
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xen(o) | foreign
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xer(o) | dry
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Zoo | non-human animal
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