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98 Cards in this Set
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a-
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no, not, without, away from ,negative
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-a
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noun ending
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-able
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capable of , able to
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abort/o
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premature expulsion of a non viable fetus
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abrad/o abras/o
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rub, scrape off
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abrupt/o
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broken away from
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abs-
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away from
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abscess/o
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collection of pus, going away
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absorpt/o
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suck up, suck in
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-ac
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pertaining to
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acanth/o
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spiny, thorny
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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-acious
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characterized by
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acne/o
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point or peak
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acous/o, acoust/o
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hearing, sound
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acquir/o
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get, obtain
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acr/o
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extremities (hands and feet) top extreme point
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acromi/o
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acromion, point of shoulder blade light
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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acuit/o , acut/o
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sharp, shrapness
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acust/o , -acusia, -acusis
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hearing, sense of hearing
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ad-
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toward, to, in the direction of
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adhes/o
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stick to, cling to
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adip/o
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fat
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adnex/o
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bound to
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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aer/o
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air ,gas
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aesthet/o
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sensation, sense of perception
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af-
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toward to
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affect/o
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exert influence on
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agglutin/o
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clumping, stick together
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aggress/o
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attack, step forward
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-ago
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abnormal condition, disease
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agor/a
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marketplace
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-agra
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excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain
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-aise
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comfort, ease
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-al
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pertaining to
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alb/I, alb/o
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white
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albumin/o
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albumin, protein
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alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o
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painful, pain sense
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Algia |
Pain , painful condition |
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Align/o |
Bring into line or correct position |
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Aliment/o |
To nourish |
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All/o all- |
Other, different from normal, reversal |
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Alopec/o |
Baldness, mangy |
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Alveol/o |
Alveolus, air sac, small sac |
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Ambi- |
Both sides, around or about, double |
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Ambly/o |
Dull dim |
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Ambul/o, ambulat/o |
Walk |
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Ametr/o |
Out of proportion |
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-amine |
Nitrogen compound |
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Amni/o |
Amnion, fetal membrane |
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Amph- |
Around, on both sides, doubly |
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Amput/o, amputat/o |
Cut away, cut off a part of the body |
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Amyl/o |
Starch |
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An- |
No, not, without |
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An-, ana- |
Up, apart, backwards,excessive |
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An/o |
Anus, ring |
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-an |
Characterisrics of, pertaining to |
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-ancy |
State of |
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Andr/o |
Relationship to the male |
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Aneurysm/o |
Aneurysm |
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Angi/o |
Blood or lymph vessel |
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Angin/o |
Angina, choking, strangling |
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Anis/o |
Unequal |
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Ankyl/o |
Crooked, bent, stiff |
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Anomal/o |
Itregularity |
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Ante- |
Before, in front of |
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Anter/o |
Before, front |
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Anthrac/o |
Coal, coal dust |
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Anti- |
Against |
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Anxi/o , anxiet/o |
Anxiety, anxious, uneasy |
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Aort/o |
Aorta |
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Ap- |
Toward to |
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-apheresis |
Removal |
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Aphth/o |
Ulcer |
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Apic/o |
Apex |
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Ap-, apo- |
Selaration, away from,opposed, detached |
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Aplast/o |
Defective development, lack of development |
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Aponeur/o |
Aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
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Apoplect/o |
A stoke |
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Append/o, appendic/o |
Appendix |
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Aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o |
Water |
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-ar |
Pertaining to |
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Arachn/o |
Spider web, spider |
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Arc/o |
Bow, arc or arch |
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-arche |
Beginning |
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Areat/o |
Occuring in patches or circumscrined areas |
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Areol/o |
Little open space |
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-aria |
Connected with |
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Arrect/o |
Upright, lifted up, raised |
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Arter/o, arteri/o |
Artery |
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Arthr/o |
Joint |
