Prefixes and Suffixes extra credit.
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| a-, an- | Without, lack of, absence of...
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| Ante- | Before, forward, in front of...
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| anter(i), anter(o) | Front, forward...
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| anti- | against...
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| -ase | Enzyme
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| audi(o) | Hearing
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| cephal(o) | Head
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| cerebr(o) | Cerebrum, brain
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| cervic(o) | Neck, cervix
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| circum- | Around, about, encircling
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| -coccus, -cocci | Bacterium, bacteria
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| contra- | Against
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| diplo- | Double, twofold
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| dors(o) | Dorsal, back
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| dys- | Difficult, abnormal, bad, painful
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| -ectomy | Excision, excise, to cut out...
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| encephal(o) | Brain, inside the head
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| endo- | Inside, inner, within
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| epi- | Outer, upon
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| eu- | Normal, easy, good
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| extra- | Outside, beyond
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| ger(o) | Old age
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| -gram | Picture, graph, record
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| -graph | recording instrument
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| -graphy | Process of making an image
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| mal- | Bad, abnormal
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| -pathy | Disease
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| -plegia | Paralysis
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| -ptosis | Prolapse, sagging, sagged
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| pyr-, pyro- | Fever, fire
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| -tomy | Incision, incise, to cut into
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| lapar(o) | Abdomen
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| -logist | One who studies or specializes
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| -lysis | Destruction, dissolution, breakdown
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| -osis | Condition, increase
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| poly- | Much, many
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| thorac(o) | Chest, thorac
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| later(o) | Side, lateral
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| -logy | The study of...
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| mast(o) | Breast, mammary gland
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| -meter | Instrument to measure or count
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| -metry | Process of measuring or counting
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| myc(o) | Fungus, fungi
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| non- | Not
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| Ophthalm(o) | Eye
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| ot(o) | Ear
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| para- | Beside, near, beyond, abnormal
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| -phobia | Fear
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| physi(o) | Body function
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| -plasia | Development, formation
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| -plasty | Surgical repair
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| pod(o) | Foot
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| post(o) | After
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| presby(o) | Old age
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| psych(o) | Mind, mental
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| radi(o) | X-Ray
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| -rrhea | Flow, discharge
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| semi- | Half, partly, partially
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| sub- | Under, below
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| supra- | Above, over, at the top of
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| -trophy | Development, growth, nutrition
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| hemi- | Half
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| iso- | Equal, same
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| peri- | Near, around, surrounding
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| hypo- | Deficient, low, below, down
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| -iasis | Condition of disease
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| inter- | Between, among
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| intra- | Within, inside
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| megalo- | Large, enlarged
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| homo- | Same, alike
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| hydr | Water
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| hydro- | Water
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| infra- | Below, beneath
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| -itis | Inflammation
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| mamm(o) | Breast, mammary gland
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| -megaly | Enlargement
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| -opia | Vision
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| -penia | Deficiency, low number
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| -pexy | Fixation
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| poster(i), poster(o) | Back, behind
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| retro- | Behind, backward, in back of
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| -scope | Instrument used to examine or look
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| -scopy | Process of examining
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| syn- | Together, with, joined, fused
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| tox-, toxi-, toxo- | Poison, toxin, toxic
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| trans- | Across, over, through
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| hyper- | Excessive, high, above, upward
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