Mrs. Brown's A&P Prefixes/Suffixes
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a, an-, ar- | without; lack of
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ab | away from
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ad | to; toward
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ambi | both
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amphi | both sides
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ana | up; apart
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ante | before; in front of; forward
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anter/o | in front, before
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anti | against
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anis/o | unequal, dissimilar`
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auto | self
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bi | two
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brady | slow
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cata | down
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circim | around
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co, com, con | together
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contra | against; opposite
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de | lack of; down; away from
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dextr/o | right side
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di | two
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dia | between; through; complete
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dipl, dipl/o | double, two fold
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dors/o | back
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dys | painful; difficult, bad
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ex, ec | out, out from
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exct/o, exo, extra | outside, outward
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em, en | in
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endo | within
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epi | upon, above
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eu | good; normal
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extra | outside
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hemi | half
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heter/o | different
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hidr/o | sweat
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homo | same
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hydr/o | water
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hyper | above; excessive; beyond
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hypo | below; deficient; under
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in, im | not, in
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infra | below; inferior to
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inter | between
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intra | within
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is/o | equal
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later/o | side
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macro | large; visible to the naked eye
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mal | bad
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meso, med, medi | middle
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meta | change; beyond, after, over
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micro | small; not visible to the nake eye
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mon/o | one
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multi | many, much
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neo | new
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pachy | thick
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pan | all
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para | beside along side; near
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per | through
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peri | around; surronunding
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poly | many, much
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post | after; behind
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poster/o | posterior, behind, toward the back
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pre | before; in front of
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primi | first
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pro | before
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pseud/o | false
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quad, quadri | four
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re | back; again
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retro | behind; backward
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scler/o | hard
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semi | part of; half
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sinistr/o | left side
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sub | under; below
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super | above, upper, excessive
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supra | above; upon
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sym, syn | together, with, joined
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tachy | fast
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tetra | four
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trans | across, through
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tri | three
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ultra | beyond; in excess
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uni | one
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algesia | pain
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algia | pain
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arche | beginning
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ase | enzyme
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asthenia | weakness
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capnia | carbon dioxide
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cele | hernia; protrusion; swelling
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centesis | puncture
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cide | to kill
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clasis | break, fracture
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clysis | injection
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crit | to seperate
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cusis | hearing
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cyesis | pregnancy
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cyte | cell
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desis | fixation, binding (of a bone or joint)
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dynia | pain
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ectasis | dialtion; stretching, expasion
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ectomy | removal; excision
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emesis | vomiting
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emia | blood
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gen | born or producing
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genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin
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glia | glue
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globin | protein
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gnosis | knowledge
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gram | record, a writing
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graph | instrument for recording
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graphy | process of recording
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ia | condition
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iasis | abnormal condition (usually produced by s'thing specific)
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ic | pertaining to
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icle | small
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ist | one who specializes
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itis | inflammation
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kinesis | movement, motion
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lith | stone, calculus
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logist | specialist in the study of
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logy | study of
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lysis | breaking up; seperation, destruction
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malacia | softening
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mania | madness
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megaly | enlargement
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metry | act of measuring
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meter | instrument for measuring
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mnesia | memory
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oid | like; resembling
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ole | small
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oma | tumor
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opia | vision
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osis | abnormal (morbid) condition, increase (used primarily w/ blood cells)
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para | to bear (offspring)
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paresis | partial paralysis
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pathy | disease; emotion
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penia | deficiency, decrease
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pexy | fixation, to put in place (of an organ)
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phagia | eat; swallow
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phasia | speech
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philia | attraction for
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phobia | fear of
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phonia | sound; voice
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plasia | development; formation, growth
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plasm | formation
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plasty | surgical repair
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plegia | paralysis
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pnea | breathing
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poiesis | formation, production
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ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement
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ptysis | spitting
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rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth
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rrhaphy | suture
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rrhea | flow; discharge
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rrhexis | rupture
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sclerosis | hardening
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scope | instrument for visual examination
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scopy | visual inspection
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spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching
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stasis, static | stopping; control, standing still
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stenosis | stricture, narrowing
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stomy | new opening, forming an opening
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therapy | treatment
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tome | instrument for cutting
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tomy | incision, cut into
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toxic | poison
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tripsy | crushing
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trophy | noursihment development
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ula | small
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ule | small
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uria | urine
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version | to turn
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y | process
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