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191 Cards in this Set
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prefix
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to fix before or to fix to the beginning of a word, P
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wood root
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a word or word element from which other words are formed, W
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combining form
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is a word root to which a vowel has been added. CF
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combining vowel
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a vowel links the root to the suffix or the word root to another root, most common "o"
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Suffix
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to fasten on, beneath, or under. a syllable or group of syllables united with or placed at the end of a word
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ante-
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before, forward
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anti-
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against
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ecto-
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out, outside, outer
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endo-
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within, inner
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hyper-
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above, beyond, excessive
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hypo-
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below, under, deficient
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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para-
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beside, alongside, abnormal
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peri-
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around
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per-
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through
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pre-
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before, in front of
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-poiesis
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formation
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-ptosis
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prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling down
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-rrhagia
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to burst forth, bursting forth
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-rrhage
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to burst forth, bursting forth
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-scope
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instrument for examining
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-scopy
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visual examination, to view, examine
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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pro-
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before
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super-
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above, beyond
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supra-
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above, beyond
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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medical terminology
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the study of terms that ares in the art and science of medicine
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the origin of most of the terms
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latin and greek
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"father of medicine"
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hippocrates
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-algesia
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condition of pain
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-ant
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forming
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-ase
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enzyme
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-ate
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use, action
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-blast
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immature cell, germ cell
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-cide
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to kill
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-crit
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to seperate
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-cuspid
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point
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-cyst
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bladder, sac
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-cyte
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cell
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-drome
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that which runs together
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-er
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relating to one who
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-gen
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formation
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-genesis
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formation, produce
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-ide
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having a particular quality
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-ive
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nature of, quality of
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-liter
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liter
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-logy
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study of
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-lymph
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clear fluid, serum, pale fluid
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-or
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one who, a doer
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-ad
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ile
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ose
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-us
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pertaining to
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-y
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pertaining to, condition of, process
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-esis
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condition of
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-ia
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condition of
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-iatry
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treatment of
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-ician
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specialist
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-ism
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condition in
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-ist
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specialist
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-osis
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condition of
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-cle
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small, minute
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-icle
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small, minute
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-ole
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small, minute
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-ula
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small, minute
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-ule
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small, minute
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-ate
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use, action, having the form of, possessing
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-ectasis
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dilatation, dilation, stretching, expanding
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-genic
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formation, produce
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-gram
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a weight, mark, record
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-lysis
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destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening
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-penia
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lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction
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-plasm
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a thing formed, plasma
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-plegia
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stroke, paralysis, palsy
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-spasm
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tension, spasm, contraction
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-staxis
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dripping, trickling
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-algia
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pain, ache
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-asthenia
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weekness
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-betes
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to go, (diabetes)
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-cele
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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-cusis
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hearing
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-derma
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skin
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-dynia
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pain, ache
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-ectasis
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dilation, distention, (what eye doctors do when examining the eye)
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-edema
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swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting, (what bad food do to you and your stomach)
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-ion
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process
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-itis
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inflamation
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-kinesis
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motion
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-lepsy
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seizure, (epilepsy)
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-lexia
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diction, word, phrase, (dyslexia)
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-malcia
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softening
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-mania
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madness
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-megaly
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enlargement, large
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-mnesia
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memory, (amnesia)
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-noia
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mind, (paranoia, mental)
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-oid
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resemble
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-oma
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tumor
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-opia
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sight, vision (optometrist)
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-pathy
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disease, emotion
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-penia
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deficiency
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-pepsia
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to digest
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-phagia
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to eat, to swallow
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-phasia
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to speak, speech
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-phobia
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fear
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-pnea
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breathing
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-centesis
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surgical puncture (amniocentesis-- of the amniotic sac)
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-clasis
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a break
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-desis
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binding
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-ectomy
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surgical excision, surgical removal, resection
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--graph
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instrument for recording
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-ize
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to make, to treat or combine with
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-meter
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instrument to measure, measure
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-metry
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measurement
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-opsy
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to view
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-pheresis
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remove
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-stomy
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new opening
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a, an-
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no, without, lack of, aprt
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anti-, contra-
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against
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auto-
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self
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brachy-
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short (a-pnea)
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brady-
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slow (a-pnea)
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cac, mal-
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bad
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dia-
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through, between
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dys-
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bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
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eu-
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good, normal
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ex-, exo-
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out, away from
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hetero-
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different
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homeo-
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similar, same
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hydro-
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water
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micro-
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small
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oligo-
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scanty, little
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pan-
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all
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pseudo-
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false
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sym-, syn-
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together, with
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward, near, to
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ana-
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up, apart, backward
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cata-
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down
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circum-, peri-
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around
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endo-
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within, inner
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epi-
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upon, above, over
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ex-
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out, away from
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extra-
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outside, beyond
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meso-
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middle
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para-
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beside, alongside
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retro-
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backward
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sub-
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below, under, beneath
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supra-
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above, beyond, superior
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ambi-
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both
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bi-
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two, double
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bin-
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twice, two
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centi-
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one hundredth
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deca-
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ten
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di(s)-
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two, apart
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milli-
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one thousandth
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mono-
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one
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multi-
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many, much
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nulli-
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none
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poly-
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many
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primi-
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first
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quadri-
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four
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semi-, hemi-
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half
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tri-
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three
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uni-
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one
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in-
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in, into, not
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mega-
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large, great
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meta-
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beyond, over, between, change
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post-
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after, behind
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tachy-
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rapid (- pnea)
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-therapy
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treatment of
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