plurals, prefixes, suffixes, combining forms
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amygdalo/o | almond shaped structure
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chemonucle/o | chemical/dissolution
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cistern/o | reservoir
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dendr/o | tree, branching
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plex/o | interweave
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sulc/o | furrow/ditch
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hypn/o | sleep
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phil/o | love, attraction to
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epidur/o | upon or outside dura mater
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lamin/a and /o | thin flat plate/layer
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lob/o | well-defined part of organ
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rhiz/o | relating to a root
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thalam/o | brain division/ovoid mass
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cata- | down
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listhesis- | slippage
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ana- | up (anabolism: building up of body substance)
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blast- | embryonic, immature (as in cell)
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cata- | down
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choledoch/o | common bile duct
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enter/o | intestines
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hidr/o | sweat (hidropoiesis: formation of sweat)
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hist/o | tissues
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-ior | pertaining to (ex. anterior)
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celi/o | belly, abdomen
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proct/o | anus, rectum
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pylor/o | pyloric sphincter
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sialaden/o | salivary gland
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stomat/o | mouth
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amyl/o | starch
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steat/o | fat
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-ic | pertaining to (adjective)
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-eal | pertaining to (adjective)
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-ac | pertaining to (adjective)
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-ive | pertaining to (adjective)
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-al | pertaining to (adjective)
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-an | pertaining to (adjective)
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-ar | pertaining to (adjective)
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-ay | pertaining to (adjective)
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-able | capable of (adjective)
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-ible | capable of (adjective)
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-ia | condition (noun)
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-iasis | condition (noun)
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-ism | condition (noun)
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kerat- | cornea
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blenn- | mucus
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noci- | pain, injury
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cholangi/o | bile vessel
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vesic/o | urinary bladder
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-clasis | fracture/break
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desis | binding or fixation of a bone or joint
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-icle | small, minute, little
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-ole | small, minute, little
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-ula | small, minute, little
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-ule | small, minute, little
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-in | not
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dys- | difficult/abnormal
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-ine | a substance (endocrine)
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-tropin | stimulating the function (endocrine)
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-uria | urine condition (endocrine)
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oxy- | rapid, sharp (oxytocia: rapid birth)
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-physis | growth (as in the bone, ex. diaphysis)
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spir/o | to breathe
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cytosis | condition of cells
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-in | not (ex. inability)
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dys- | difficult/abnormal
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-asthenia | lacking strength
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-porosis | porous
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-schisis | a splitting
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iso- | equal
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-latry | worship of
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-phore | bearer/producer
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aesthet- | perception (ex. anesthetic is without perception)
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ast- | star
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gyro- | circle (gyroscope)
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helio- | the sun
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amo/ami- | love
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fibor- | fiber
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plic/plex- | interweave, fold (ex. complicated, perplex)
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furc/o | forking
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ipsi- | same
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thec/o | sheath
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desm/o | fibrous connection, ligament
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-agra | sudden onslaught of acute pain
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-emphraxis | obstruction
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-tocia | childbirth (ex. oxytocia, means rapid childbirth)
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omo- | shoulder
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epipl/o | omentum
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rhytid/o | wrinkle (ex. rhytidectomy or removal of wrinkles)
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-y | condition or process
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zo/o | animal life (NOT as in sperm or spermatozoa)
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kary/o | nucleus
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myx/o | mucus (ex. myxopoeisis or production of mucus)
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spondyl/o | vertebra
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myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow (as in myelography diagnoses spinal cord/nerve root problems)
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my/o | muscle
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iatr/o | physicians, treatment, medicine
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omphal/o | umbilicus
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pyel/o | renal pelvis
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phren/o | mind or diaphragm
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metr/i | uterine tissue
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articul/o | joint
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arthr/o | joint
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roentgen/o | x-ray, as in roentgenology
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scint/i | spark, as in scintigraphy (note the spelling is with an āiā)
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cine- | movement, as in cineradiogram
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-ptysis | spitting (ex. hemoptysis)
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olig/o | scanty
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terat/o | monster (ex. teratoma - germ cell tumor such as dermoid cyst)
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kary/o | nucleus
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poikil/o | varied, irregular
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sider/o | iron
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plasm/o | formation
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ple/o | more, many
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rube/o | red
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scirrh/o | hard
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myx/o | mucus
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acr/o | extremity
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crin/o | secrete
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kerat/o | hard, horny tissue or cornea
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myc/o | fungus
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trich/o | hair
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pil/o | hair
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thel/o | nipple
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squam/o | scaly
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eosin/o | rosy
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lute/o | yellow
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poli/o | gray
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sudor- | sweat
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-plasia | formation, growth
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ana- | anew, again, backward
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apo- | away, off
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-emia | blood condition
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-globin | protein
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-phoresis | carried
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-poesis | formation
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aniso- | unequal
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