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Root Words

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Root Word
Definition
Ab   Away from  
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Acro   Extremities  
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Amyl   Starch  
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Ambi   Around, on both sides  
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Ante   Before, forward  
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Bi   Two/double  
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Brachio   Arm  
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Brady   Slow  
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Cardio   Heart  
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Cervico   Neck  
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Circum   Around  
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Chondro   Cartilage  
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Crani   Head  
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Cyto   Cell  
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Derma   Skin  
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Dorso   Back  
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Dys   Abnormal, difficult  
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Encephal   Brain  
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Fibro   Fibre  
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Gastro   Stomach  
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Fore   Before, in front of  
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Glyco   Sugar  
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Hepa   Liver  
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Hem   Blood  
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Histo   Tissue  
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Homo   Same  
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Hyper   Too much, high  
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Hypo   Under, decreased  
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Intra   Within  
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Kinesis   Motion  
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Macro   Large, big  
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Leuk   White  
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Lipo   Fat  
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Mast   Breast  
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Medio   Middle  
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Mono   Single  
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Myelo   Bone marrow, spinal chord  
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Myo   Muscle  
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Nephro   Kidney  
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Neuro   Nerve  
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Oculo   Eye  
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Odonto   Tooth  
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Ortho   Straight, normal  
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Osteo   Bone  
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Oto   Ear  
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Para   Beside, accessory to  
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Path   Disease  
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Peri   Around  
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Phlebo   Vein  
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Photo   Light  
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Pneumo   Air, lungs  
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Pod   Foot  
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Poly   Many, much  
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Quadri   Four  
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Rhin   Nose  
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Sarco   Fresh  
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Sclero   Hard, hardening  
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Steno   Narrowing, constriction  
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Sub   Under  
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Supra   Above  
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Algia   Pain  
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Cele   Tumor, swelling  
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Cide   Killing, destructive  
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Cule   Little  
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Ectomy   Excision, surgical removal of  
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Emia   Blood  
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Thoraco   Chest  
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Thrombo   Clot (of blood)  
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Tachy   Fast  
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Trans   Across, over  
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Ism   Condition  
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Itis   Inflammation  
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Oid   Likeness, resemblance  
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Oma   Tumor  
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Osis   Disease, condition of  
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Vaso   Vessel  
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Otomy   To incise  
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Phage   Ingesting  
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Phobia   Fear  
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Plasty   Plastic surgery  
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Plegia   Paralysis  
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Rhea   Excessive discharge  
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Scopy   To examine visually  
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