Prefixes, suffixes, root words
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| a- an- | away from; without; not
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| -encephaly | condition of the brain
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| phas/o- | speech
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| express/o- | communicative
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| -ive | pertaining to
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| recept/o- | receive
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| glob/o- | globe
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| -al | pertaining to
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| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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| -ia | condition; state; thing
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| arteri/o- | artery
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| ven/o- | vein
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| mal- | bad
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| format/o- | structure; arrangement
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| -ion | action; condition
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| malign/o- | cancer
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| -ant | pertaining to
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| intra- | within
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| crani/o- | skull
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| cephal/o- | head
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| alg/o- | pain
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| cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| astr/o- | starlike structure
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| cyt/o- | cell
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| -oma | tumor; mass
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| ependym/o- | cellular lining
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| gli/o- (glue cells) | cells that support
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| blast/o- | immature; embryonic
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| lymph/o- | lymph; lymphatic system
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| meningi/o- | meninges
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| olig/o- | scanty; few
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| dendr/o- | branching structure
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| vascul/o- | blood vessel
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| infarct/o- | area of dead tissue
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| isch/o- | keep back; block
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| -emia | condition or substance in the blood
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| hemi- | one half
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| -paresis | condition of weakness
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| pleg/o- | paralysis
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| comat/o- | unconsciousness
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| -ose | full of
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| concuss/o- | violent shaking and jarring
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| contus/o- | bruising
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| de- | reversal of; without
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| ment/o- | mind; chin
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| sen/o- | old age
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| -ile | pertaining to
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| fibrill/o- | muscle fiber; nerve fiber
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| pre- | before; in front of
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| retard/o- | slow down; delay
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| lex/o- | word
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| phot/o- | light
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| phob/o- | fear; avoidance
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| convuls/o- epilept/o- ict/o- | seizure
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| post- | after; behind
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| ton/o- (tens/o-) | tone; pressure
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| clon/o- | rapid contracting and relaxing
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| psych/o- | mind
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| mot/o- kines/o- | movement
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| foc/o- | point of activity
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| hemat/o- | blood
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| ventricul/o- | ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain)
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| sub- | below; underneath; less than
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| dur/o- | dura mater
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| hydr/o- | water; fluid
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| -cephalus | head
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| nuch/o- | neck
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| narc/o- | stupor; sleep
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| syncop/o- | fainting
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| -cele | hernia
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| myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin
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| radicul/o- rhiz/o- | spinal nerve root
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| herni/o- | hernia
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| trans- | across; through
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| sect/o- | to cut
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| para- | beside; apart from; two parts of a pair; abnormal
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| -lysis | breaking; destroying; separating
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| spast/o- | spasm
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| my/o- | muscle
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| troph/o- | development; nourishment
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| scler/o- | hard; sclera (white of the eye)
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| carp/o- | wrist
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| hyper- | above; more than normal
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| gemin/o- | set or group
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| caus/o- | burning
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| alg/o- | pain
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| poly- | many; much
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| fibr/o- | fiber
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| -omatosis | abnormal condition of multiple tumors or masses
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| -pathy | disease; suffering
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| diabet/o- | diabetes
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| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gram | record or picture
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| axi/o- | axis
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| tom/o- | cut; slice; layer
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| magnet/o- | magnet
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| emiss/o- | to send out
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| electr/o- | electricity
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| potent/o- | being capable of doing
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| somat/o- | body
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| sens/o- | sensation
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| conduct/o- | carrying; conveying
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| somn/o- | sleep
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| lumb/o- | lower back; area between ribs and pelvis
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| punct/o- | hole; perforation
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| man/o- | thin; frenzy
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| -meter | instrument used to measure
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| tract/o- | pulling
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| cutane/o- | skin
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| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| excis/o- | to cut out
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| endo- | innermost; within
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| -ectomy | surgical excision
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| -tomy | surgical incision
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| disk/o- | disk
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| lamin/o- | lamina (flat area of the vertebra)
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| stere/o- | three dimensions
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| tact/o- | touch
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| surg/o- | surgery
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| peritone/o- | peritoneum
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| alges/o- | sensation of pain
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