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299 Cards in this Set
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BIBLI-
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book
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CANON-
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rule
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CRYPT-, CRYPH-
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hidden, secret (cryptograph)
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CYCL-
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circle, wheel
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GLOSS-, GLOT(T)-
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tongue, language
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ICON-
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image
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MIM-
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to imitate
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OD-
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song, poem
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PYR-
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fire
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TOM-
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to cut (anatomy)
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a- (an- before vowels or h)
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not, without (abyss, anodyne, anarchy, anemic)
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amphi-
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both, on both sides of, around (amphitheater, amphibious)
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ana- (an- before vowels or h)
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up, back, again (analysis, anatomy(to cut up), anode) (anabolic - substances that throw upward or increase mass)
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anti- (ant- before vowels or h)
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against, opposite (antiseptic, antiaircraft, antarctic, antagonist)
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apo- (ap- before vowels or h)
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from, off (apology, apostle, aphelion)
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cata- (cat- before vowels or h)
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down, against, very (cataract, catastrophe(turning down), cathode, catholic) (catabolic - substances that throw downward or decrease mass)
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dia- (di- before vowels or h)
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though, across, between (diameter, diagnosis, diocese)
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ALG-
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pain (neuralgia, nostalgia)
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BI-
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life (biology, biography)
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CHRON-
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time (chronic, chronicles)
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D(A)EMON-
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spirit, evil spirit (demon)
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GE-
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earth (geography, geology)
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LOG-
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speech, word, proportion, reasoning (apology, epilogue, prologue)
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LY-
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to loosen (analysis, paralysis)
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MNE-
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to remember (amnesia)
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PAN(T)-
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all, every (Pan-American, panorama, pantomime)
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POD-
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foot (podium, tripod)
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THE-
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god (theology, monotheism)
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TROPH-
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to nourish, grow (atrophy)
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Dys-
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bad, disordered, difficult (dysentery, dysfunction)
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Ec-, (ex- before vowels or h)
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out, out of (eccentric, ecstasy, exodus)
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En- (em-, el-)
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in, into (energy, enthusiasm, emblem, emphasize, elliptical)
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Endo-, ento-, (end-, ent- before vowels or h)
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within (endocrine, endogamy, entophyte, endamoeba)
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Epi- (ep- before vowels or h)
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upon, to, in addition to (epidemic, epidermis, epode)
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Eu- (ev- before vowels)
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good, well (eugenics, euphony, evangelist)
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Exo-, ecto-
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outside, external (exogamy, exotic, ectoparasite)
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AGON-
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struggle, contest (agony, protagonist)
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ANGEL-
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messenger, message (angelic)
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CENTR-
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center (concentric)
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DEM-
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people (democracy, demagogue)
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GAM-
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marriage (bigamy, polygamy)
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HEM(AT)-, HAEM(AT)-
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blood (hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hematology, leukemia)
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HEMER-
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day (ephemeral, Decameron)
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OD-, HOD-
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way, road (odometer, electrode, cathode)
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STOL-, STAL-, STLE-
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to send, draw (epistolary, peristalsis, epistle)
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TAPH-
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tomb (cenotaph, epitaph)
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THANAT-, THANAS-
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death (thanatopsis)
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Hyper-
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over, excessive (hypercritical, hypersonic, hypertension)
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Hypo- (hyp- before vowels or h)
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below, less than normal (hypodermic, hypothesis, hyphen) (hypoglycemia)
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Meta- (met- before vowels or h)
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after, changed (metabolism, metamorphosis, method)
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Para- (par- before vowels or h)
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beside, disordered (paralysis, parasite, parenthesis, parody) (parallel - lie side by side)
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Peri-
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around, near (perimeter, periscope)
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Pro-
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before, in front of (program, prologue)
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Pros-
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toward, in addition to (proselyte, prosthetic)
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Syn- (sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-)
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with, together (syndicate, synonym, synthetic, sympathy, symphony (musical), syllable, systole, system)
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BALL-, BOL-, BLE-
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to throw, put (ballistics, symbol, emblem, problem)
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DERM(AT)-
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skin (epidermis, pachyderm, dermatologist, dermatitis)
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DOX-, DOG-
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opinion, teaching (heterodox, orthodox, dogma)
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GNO(S)-
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to know (gnomic, diagnosis)
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HOM(E)-
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same, similar, regular (homogenized, homosexual, homeopathy)
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MORPH-
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form, shape (morphology, metamorphosis)
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ONYM-
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name, word (anonymous, synonym)
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PHER-, PHOR-
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to bear, go (periphery, semaphore, phosphorescent)
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TACT-, TAX-
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to arrange, put in order (tactics, taxonomy, taxidermy)
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-ic (-ac after the letter i), -tic
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pertaining to, like (despotic, epidemic, cardiac, static)
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-ics, -tics
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art, science, or study of (ethics, physics, genetics)
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-oid
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like, having the shape of (adenoid, spheroid)
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AESTHE-, ESTHE-
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to feel, perceive (aesthete, anesthetic)
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ANTHROP-
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human being (anthropology, philanthropy)
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ARCHA(E)-, ARCHE-
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ancient, primitive, beginning (archaeology, Archeozoic)
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AST(E)R-
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star (astronomy, asterisk, disaster)
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GEN(E)-, GON-
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to produce, originate (hydrogen, genesis, gene, theogeny)
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GER(ONT)-
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old age, old people (geriatric, gerontocracy)
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HOL-
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whole (holocaust)
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IATR-
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physician, medicine (psychiatric, pediatric)
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PEP(T)-
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to digest (peptic, pepsin)
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TECHN-
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art, skill, craft (technical, polytechnic)
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(adjective-forming) pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (ideal, diagonal, ethical)
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-an, (-ian)
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(adjective-forming) pertaining to, like, one connected with (barbarian, utopian, theologian)
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-ous (-ious)
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(adjective-forming) full of, pertaining, like (barbarous, amphibious, anonymous)
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CHROM(AT)-
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color (chromosome, chromatic)
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CRI-
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to judge, decide, separate (critic, crisis, endocrine)
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ETHN-
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race, cultural group (ethnology, ethnography)
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LECT-
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to speak, choose (dialect, analects)
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PHA(N)-
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to show, appear (phantom, epiphany, phase, emphasis, fantasy)
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PHIL-
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to love (philharmonic, philosophy)
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PHON-
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sound, voice (phonetic, telephone)
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POLY-
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many, much (polyglot, polygamy)
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TAUT-
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the same (tautology, tautomerous)
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THERM-
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heat (thermometer, thermodynamics)
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-ician
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(noun-forming) specialist in, practitioner of (technician, electrician, tactician)
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-ism
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(noun-forming) belief in, practice of, condition of (communism, despotism, antagonism, alcoholism)
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-ist
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(noun-forming) one who believes in, one engaged in (communist, antagonist)
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-ite
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(noun-forming) one connected with, inhabitant of (sybarite, Israelite, dynamite, sybaritic)
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AGOG(UE)-
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to lead (demagogic, synagogue)
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CH(E)IR-
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hand (chiropractor)
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COSM-
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universe, order (cosmic, cosmetic)
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HETER-
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other, different (heterogeneous, heterosexual)
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NE-
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new, new and different form of (neon, neoclassic, Neoplatonism)
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ODONT-
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tooth (orthodontia, mastodon)
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OP(T)-
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eye; to see (optic, autopsy)
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ORTH-
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straight, correct (orthodox)
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P(A)ED-
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child (pediatrician)
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PEDIA-
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education (encyclopedia)
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POL(IS)-
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city, state (politician, policy, Annapolis)
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-ast, -st
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(noun-forming) one who does (gymnast, enthusiast, analyst)
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-t, -te
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(noun-forming) he who, that which (poet, prophet, athlete, pirate)
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-y, -ia
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(noun-forming) quality of, state of, act of (agony, philanthropy, anemia)
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ALL-
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other (allegory, parallel)
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CAC-
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bad (cacogenics, cacophony)
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CAU(S)-
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to burn (cauterize)
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CLA-
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to break (iconoclast)
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DO-
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to give (dose, antidote)
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DYM(AM)-
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force, power (dynasty, dynamic, dynamo)
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ERG-, URG-
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work (erg, energy, metallurgy)
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LAT(E)R-
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to worship excessively, be fanatically devoted to (idolater, idolatry)
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PATH-
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to feel, suffer; disease (sympathy, telepathy, pathology)
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PHY-
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to grow (neophyte)
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PHYSI-
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nature (physics, physiology)
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STA-
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to stand, stop (static)
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THE-
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to place, put (thesis, theme, synthetic)
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-ma, -m, -me
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(noun-forming) result of, thing that is the result of (drama, problem, diadem, theme)(follows additional suffix becomes –mat-)
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-sis, -se, -sy, -sia
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(noun-forming) act of, state of, result of (analysis, diagnosis, dose, autopsy, amnesia) (adjective form –tic and –stic)
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ANDR-
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man, male (androgenic, philander)
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KINE-, CINE-
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to move (kinetic, cinema)
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GEN(E)-
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kind, race (genealogy)
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GYN(E)-, GYN(A)EC-
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women, female (gynarchy, gynecology)
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IDI-
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one’s own, peculiar (idiot, idiosyncrasy)
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LITH-, LITE-
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stone (lithograph, phonolite)
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MIS-
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hatred (misanthrope)
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PHE(M)-, PHA-
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to speak (prophet, aphasia)
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SCHIZ-, SCHIS-
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to split (schizophrenia, schism)
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STERE-
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solid, three-dimensional (stereograph, stereopticon)
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TYP-
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stamp, model (typographical, typical)
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-logy
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science of, systematic study of (biology/biologist, theology, astrology)
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-nomy
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science of, system of laws governing (astronomy, economy, agronomy, astronomical)
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-cracy
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rule by, type of government (democracy, aristocracy, bureaucracy)
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-crat
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one who advocates or practices rule by (democrat, aristocrat)
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AUT-
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self (automobile, automatic)
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GASTR-
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stomach (gastric, gastrointestinal)
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HELI-
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sun (helium, heliocentric)
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IDE-
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thought, idea (ideal, ideation)
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MANC-, MANT-
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to divine by means of (bibliomancy, pyromancy, mantic)
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MICR-
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small, one millionth part of (microphone, microscope, microgram)
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NECR-
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the dead, corpse, dead tissue (necrosis, necropolis)
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PAL(A)E-
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old (paleontology, paleography)
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PSEUD-
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false (pseudoscientific, pseudointellectual)
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PSYCH-
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mind (psychology, psychosis)
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TROP-
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to turn (tropic, phototropic)
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-archy
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rule by (monarchy, matriarchy)
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-arch
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one who rules (monarch, matriarch) (arch(i)- chief, leading (archangel, archbishop, architect)
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-mania
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madness about, passion for (kleptomania, dipsomania)
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-maniac
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one having a madness or passion for (kleptomaniac, dipsomaniac)
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-phobia
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abnormal fear or hatred of (claustrophobia, agoraphobia)
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-phobe
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one who fears or hates (Anglophobe, francophobe)
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ACR-
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highest, the extremities (acrobat, acrostic)
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EGO- (latin)
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I (egotism, egoism)
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HIER-
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sacred (hieroglyphic, hieratic)
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HYDR-
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water (hydroelectric, hydraulic)
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MEGA(L)-
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large; a million (megaphone, megacycle, megalomania)
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OLIG-
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few (oligarchy)
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PATR-
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father (patriot, patristic)
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PATRI-
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family, clan (patriarch)
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SOPH-
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wise (philosophy, sophomore)
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TELE-
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afar, operating at a distance (telephone, telegraph)
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XEN-
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stranger, foreigner (xenogamy)
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ZO-
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animal (zoology)
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-meter
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measure, instrument for measuring, number of feet in poetry (perimeter, diameter, pentameter)
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-metry
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art or science of measuring (geometry)
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-graph
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writing, instrument for writing (telegraph, photograph)
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-graphy
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writing, art or science of writing (autobiography, telegraphy, photography) (calligraphy)
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-gram
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thing written (telegram, diagram)
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-scope
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instrument for viewing, to view (periscope, microscope/microscopy, telescope/telescopic)
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BAR-
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weight, pressure (barometer, barograph)
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CAL(L)-, KAL(L)-
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beauty (calisthenics, kaleidoscrope)
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IS-
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equal (isomerous, isosceles)
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MACR-
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large, long (macron, macrocosm)
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ORA-
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to see (panorama)
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PETR-
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rock (petrify, petroleum)
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PHOT-
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light (photograph, photosynthesis)
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TOP-
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place (topic, utopia)
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-ize
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(verb-forming) to make, to do something with, to subject to (antagonize, criticize, Americanize, anglicize)
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GON-
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angle, angled figure (pentagon, trigonometry) (generative, reproductive, sexual)
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LAB-, LEP-, LEM-
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to take, seize (syllable, catalepsy, dilemma)
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MES-
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middle (Mesopotamia, mesoderm)
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PHRA-
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to speak (phrase, phraseology)
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STROPH-
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to turn (strophe, catastrophe)
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HEMI-
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half (hemisphere)
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MON-
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one, single (monotome, monorail)
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PROT-
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first, original, primitive (protoplasm, protein) (prototype)
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DI-, DIPL-
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twice, double (dioxide, diploma)
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DICH-
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in two (dichogamy)
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DEUTER-
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second (deuterogamy, deuteragonist)
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TRI-
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three (tripod, tricycle)
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TETR(A)-
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four (tetraethyl)
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PENT(A)-
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five (pentathlon, pentagon, Pentecost)
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HEX(A)-
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six (hexagonal)
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HEPT(A)-
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seven (heptamerous)
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OCT(A)-
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eight (octopus, octane, octagonal)
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DEC-
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ten (decathlon, decaliter)
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HECT-
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one hundred (hectograph)
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KILO-
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one thousand (kilocycle)
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CHORE-
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dance (chorus, choreograph)
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ER(OT)-
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love (erotic)
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GLYPH-
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to carve (hieroglyphic, triglyph)
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NAUT-
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sailor (nautical, Argonaut)
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NES-
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island (Indonesia, Melanesia)
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-itis
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inflammation of, inflammatory disease of (appendicitis, arthritis, tonsillitis)
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-oma
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usually – tumor arising in or composed of, occasionally – swelling containing, rarely – diseased condition, result of (melanoma, osteoma, hematoma, trachoma, carcinomatous, trachomatous)
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-osis
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diseased condition of, sometimes – act of, process of, like –sis, of which this is a form (psychosis, tuberculosis, hypnosis) –otic (psychotic, hypnotic)
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ARTHR-
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joint, speech sound or articulation (arthritis, arthropod, anarthria) (articulation)
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CARDI-
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heart (electrocardiogram, cardiologist, pericardium)
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CHONDR-
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cartilage (hypochondriac, chondrocyte, synchondrosis)
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CYAN-
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dark blue (cyanophil, anthocyanin, cyanide)
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CYT-
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cell (cytology, hemocytozoan, anisocytosis)
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ENTER-
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intestine (dysentery, archenteron, exenterate)
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HEPAT-
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liver (heptomegaly, hepatization, hepatica)
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MELAN-
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black, dark (melanin, melanosis, melangeophilous, Melanesia, melancholy)
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MYC(ET)-
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fungus, mold (mycology, mycotrophic, Aureomycin, Chloromycetin, neomysin, mycotoxin)
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NEPHR-
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kidney (nephritis, pronephros, nephrolith)
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OST(E)-
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bone (osteopath, osteotome, acrostealgia)
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SCLER-
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hard (multiple sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, sclerometer)
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-ectomy
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surgical removal of (appendectomy, tonsillectomy)
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-tomy
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surgical operation on, surgical cutting of (glossotomy, gastrotomy, lobotomy)
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-rrhea (-rrhoea)
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abnormal discharge (diarrhea, pyorrhea, logorrhea)
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ADEN-
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gland (adenoid, lymphadenitis, ectadenia)
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ANGI-
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vessel (cholangiotomy, sporangium, angiitis) angiogram
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CEPHAL-
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head (mesocephalic, cephalopod, electroencephalograph, archencephalon)
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CHOL(E)-
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bile, gall (cholangitis, cholelith, cholagogue, choleric, melancholy)
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HYSTER-
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uterus, hysteria (hysterotomy, hysteroepilepsy) hysterectomy
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LIP-
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fat (lipase, lipophil, lipuria)
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MAST-, MAZ-
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breast (mastectomy, mastoid, mastodon)
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OO-
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egg (ootheca, oosphere, oophoritis)
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OT-
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ear (otoscope, otorrhea, dichotic)
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PHLEB-
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vein (phlebectomy, phlebosclerosis)
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PY-
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pus (arthroempyesis, pyogenesis, pyonephritis)
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UR-
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urine (melanuria, dysuria)
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-path
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one who suffers from a disease of, (one who treats a disease) (psychopath, osteopath)
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-pathy
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disease of, treatment of disease of or by (neuropathy, hydropathy, osteopathy)
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-iasis
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diseased condition (psoriasis, elephantiasis, amebiasis)
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-therapy
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treatment of or by (chemotherapy, heliotherapy, psychotherapy)
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BRACHY-
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short (brachyglossal, brachypodous, brachylogy) (brachycephalic - short head)
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BRADY-
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slow (bradycardia, bradylogia, bradykinesia)
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CHLOR-
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green, yellowish-green, chlorine (chlorophyll, achlorhydria)
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DOLICH-
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long (dolichofacial, dolichomorphic) (dolichocephalic - long headed breed (dog))
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ERYTHR-
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red (erythrocyte, erythrophilous, hemoerythrin)
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EURY(S)-
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wide, broad (eurybaric, eurycephalic(broad head)
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LEUC-, LEUK-
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white (leukemia, leukoderma, leucoma)
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MER-
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part (hexamerous, dysmerogenesis, merogony)
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PLATY-
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flat, broad (platyhelminth (flat worm), platysma, amphiplatyan)
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STEN-
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narrow (stenography, stenothermic, stenopetalous) (stenosis - narrowing of a canal or duct)
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TACH(Y)-
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speed, swift (tachylogia, tachistoscope) tachycardia
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XANTH-
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yellow (xanthoderma, xanthodont, xanthin)
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-emia
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condition of the blood, occasionally – congestion of blood in (leukemia, anoxemia, hypoglycemia, tularemia)
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-hedron
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solid figure with a (specified) number of faces (polyhedron, octahedron, isosahedron)
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AC(O)U-
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to hear (acoustics, paracusia, acoumetry)
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MENING-
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membrane, specifically – the membranes around the brain and spinal cord, the meninges (meningoencephalitis, meningomyelitis)
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MY(S)-, MYOS-
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muscle (myograph, myomere, amyotaxia, myositis) (myocardium - heart muscle)
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MYEL-
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bone marrow, the spinal cord (poliomyelitis, myelocyte, myelencephalon) (myelogram - radiograph of spinal cord)
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NEUR-
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nerve, the nervous system (neuralgia, neurosis, neuropsychiatry, neurosurgery)
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OPHTHALM-
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eye (ophthalmia, ophthalmologist, photophthalmia)
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PHREN-
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mind, diaphragm (phrenogastric (stomach & diaphragm), hebephrenia, bradyphrenia (slowness of mental activity), phrenology) (phrenospasm - hiccups) (phrenic nerve - controls diaphragm)
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PLEG-
PLEX- |
paralysis, PLEX- (paralytic) stroke (paraplegia, diplegia, apoplexy)
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R(R)HIN-
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nose (rhinitis, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinoceros, rhinencephalon)
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SOM(AT)-
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body (chromosome, somatology, merosome) (somatotropin - stimulates body growth)
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STHEN-
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strength (asthenopia (weakness of the eyes), anisosthenic, adenohypersthenia)
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THYM-
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mind, strong feeling (dysthymia (depression), hyperepithymia, prothymia)
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TON(US)-
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a stretching, tension (tonic, ophthalmotonometer, angiohypertonia, peritonitis)
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-in, -ine
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chemical substance (antitoxin, melanin, hemocyanin, epinephrine)
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-ium
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part, lining or enveloping tissue, region (endocardium, perinephrium, epineurium)
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BLAST-
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bud, formative substance, embryonic cell (blastomere, blastula (embryo in early stages of development), myoblast)
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COCC(US)-
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berry, seed, spherical bacterium (pentacoccous, streptococcus, meningocoocemia)
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CYST-
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bladder, sac, sac containing morbid matter (cholecystitis, cystolithiasis, cystectomy, statocyst) (cystitis - inflammation of urinary bladder)
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DACTYL-
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digit, finger or toe (dactylosmphysis, hexadactylism, brachydactyly)
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DROM-
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a running, a course (hippodrome (horse racing track), dromomania, homodromy)
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HIST(I)-
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tissue (histamine, histometaplastic, histozoic) (histology)
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ICHTHY-
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fish (ichthyosaur, Chondroichtyes)
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ORNIS-, ORNITH-
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bird (ornithophilous, archaeornis, ichthyornis) (ornithology)
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PHAG-
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to eat (sarcophagus, geophagy, glossophagine) (phagocyte)
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PLAS(T)-
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to form (plasma, encephalodysplasia, hyperplasia)
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PTER(YX)-
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wing, fin (helicopter, Lepidoptera, coleopterous, ichthyoptergia)
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STOM(AT)-
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mouth, opening (amphistomous, stomatoplasty, exostome) (-stomy make artificial opening)
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-ium, -ion
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little (bacterium, podium, thecium, asterion, stomion)
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-idium
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little (basidium, oophoridium, stomidium)
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-arium, -arion
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little (conarium, hipparion)
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-isk, -iscus
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little (asterisk, meniscus)
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ACTIN-
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ray, radiating structure (actinobiology, actinodromous, actinodermatisis - skin inflammation caused by exposure to sunlight)
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ANTH-
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flower (chrysanthemum, anthema, anthology, anthophilous)
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CARP-
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fruit (amphicarpous, carpolith (fossil fruit), angiocarp)
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DENDR-
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tree, tree-like structure (dendrolatry, dendrite, philodendrion)
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GON-
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generative, reproductive, sexual (related to GON- to be produced) (archegonium, gonorrhea, gonoblast)
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GYMN-
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naked (gymnasium, gmnorhinal, gymnanthous)
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HIPP-
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horse (hippopotamus, hippodrome)
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HYGR-
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wet, moist (hygroscope - indicates humidity), hygrophyte, euryhygric)
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PHYLL-
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leaf (chlorophyll, phyllophagous, oligophyllous)
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THEC(A)-
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case (related to THE- to place) (bibliotheca (library), amphithecium, pterotheca, neurothecitis)
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THROMB-
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a clot (thrombin, thromboangitis, thrombocyte)
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TOX-
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poison (intoxicate, toxin, antitoxin, zootoxin)
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XYL-
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wood (xylophone, xylocarp, xylophyte) (xylene - aromatic hydrocarbon from wood tar)
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