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69 Cards in this Set
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anthropo- |
human being |
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anti- |
situated opposite; opposing; preventing |
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aristo- |
best; high-ranking; superior |
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astr-, astro- |
star; the heavens |
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auto- |
self; same one |
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baro- |
weight; pressure |
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biblio- |
book; of books |
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caco- |
bad; incorrect; unpleasant; diseased |
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calli-, calis- / kallos- kaleido- |
beauty |
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cephal-, cephalo- |
head; of or relating to the head |
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encephal-, encephalo- |
brain; relating to inside of head |
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chiro- |
hand |
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chole-, cholo- |
bile; gall |
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cymo- |
wave; cluster |
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-dactyl |
finger or toe |
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demo- |
people, populace, population |
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deutero- |
second; secondary |
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en-, em- |
in; within; inside |
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ergo, erg-, -ergic, -ergy |
work |
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ergato- |
worker |
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gam-, gama-, -gamy, -gamic, -gamous |
married; united; joined; sexual |
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hydro-, hydato- |
water; a water-loving organism |
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ideo- |
idea |
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lepid-, lepido-, -lepis |
scale; flake |
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morph-, -morph, -morphy, -morphous |
form; shape; structure; type |
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phil-, philo-, -philia, -philic, -philous |
loving; having an affinity for |
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-algia |
pain |
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-algic |
painful condition |
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-clasm |
a breaking; destruction |
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-clast |
one that breaks or destroys |
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-cracy |
form of government; a state of having such a form; social or political class; theory of government or social organization |
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-crat |
advocate of a government; members of a dominate class |
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-drome |
running; a place where running occurs |
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-dromous |
swift moving; migratory |
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-ectomy |
surgical removal of all or part of |
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-gram |
a drawing, record, or writing |
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-graph |
something written |
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-graphy |
writing on a subject in a specified field; writing in a specified manner |
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-grapher |
one who writes about material in a specified way |
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-iatry |
medical treatment; healing |
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-ism |
act, practice, or process; abnormal state or condition resulting from excess |
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-itis |
inflammation of |
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-latry |
worship of or fanatical devotion to a specified object |
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-lith |
stone or rock |
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-lithic |
relating to or characteristic of a stage in man;s use of stone as a cultural tool |
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-logy |
oral or written expression; doctrine; theory; science |
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-lysis |
loosening, destruction, decomposition, dissolution |
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-machy |
warfare; battle; contest between |
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-mancy |
the practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events in a specified manner |
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-meter |
instrument or means for measure |
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-ology |
the study of; a branch of knowledge; a science |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-onym |
name; word |
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-opsis |
relating to vision |
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-opsia |
possession of an eye or eyes with defect; vision |
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-osis |
an abnormal or diseased condition |
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-pathy |
feeling; suffering; disease |
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-phagia |
desire for food |
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-phile |
desirer or lover; one that loves, desires, or has an attraction for |
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-phony, -phone |
sound; voice; speech; tone |
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-plegia |
paralysis of a specified nature |
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-polis |
city |
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-rrh, -rrhea |
flow, discharge |
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-rrhexis |
burst; rapture; splitting |
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-rrhagia |
abnormal or excessive flow or discharge |
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-scope |
an instrument for observing |
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-scopy |
a means for observing with the eye or observing in any way |
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-sophy |
knowledge or wisdom concerning something specific |
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-stat |
device for regulating or maintaining something in a constant state; apparatus for keeping something stable |
