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151 Cards in this Set
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dermat
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skin
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cutane
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skin
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nephr
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kidney
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ren/o
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kidney
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-ous
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pertaining to
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itis
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inflammation
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-oma
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tumor
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-al
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pertaining to
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stomat/o
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mouth
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or/o
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mouth
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hepat/o
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liver
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immun/o
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immune, immunity
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oste/o
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bone
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-megaly
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enlargement
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a/an
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no not without
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-esthes-
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feeling
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-ia
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condition
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anesthesia
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condition of not feeling
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hyper-
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excessive
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therm/o
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heat
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intra-
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in, within
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muscul/o
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muscle
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-ar
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pertaining to
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para-
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near, beside, beyond
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-nas/o
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nose
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-al
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p/t
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poly-
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many
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ur/o
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urine
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enter/o
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intestine
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-cyte
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cell
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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arthr/o
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joint
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splen/o
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spleen
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hyster/o
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uterus
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neur/o
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nerve
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ot/o
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ear
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hydr/o
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water
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dent/o
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teeth
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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words that contain more than one root are known as
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compound words
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hemat/o
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blood
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-dynia
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pain
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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encephal/o
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brain
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mening/o
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meninges
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-clasis
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to break; surgical fracture
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-desis
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binding, fixation(of a bone or joint)
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-lysis
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separation, destruction, loosening
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-pexy
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fixation (of an organ)
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhapy
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suture
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-stomy
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new opening
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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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-tripsy
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crushing
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-gram
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record, writing
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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act of measuring
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-scope
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instrument for examining
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-edema
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swelling
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen/-genesis
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forming, producing
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-lith
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stone, calculus
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-malacia
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softening
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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-plasia
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formation, growth
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-plasm
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formation, growth
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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-rrhage
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bursting forth
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-rrhagia
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bursting forth
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-rrhesis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-spasm
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twitching
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
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poison
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-ac/-al/-ar
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p/t
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-ary,-eal,ic, -ical,-ile, -ior, -ous, -tic
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p/t
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-iatry
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treatment
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-ician
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specialist
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-y
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condition process
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-icle, -ole, -ule
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small, minute
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episi/o
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perineum
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col/o
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colon
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane
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trache/o
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trachea
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mast/o
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breast
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cyst/o
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bladder
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-pexy
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fixation
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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prefixes of ________ describe a place or location
position number measurement |
position
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prefixes of ________&__________
describe an amount, size, or degree of involvement position number measurement |
number & measurement
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pre-
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before
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peri-
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around
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post-
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after
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epi-
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above, upon
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hypo-
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under, below, deficient
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infra-
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under, below
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sub-
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under, below
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inter-
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between
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pro-
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before, in front of
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retro-
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backward, behind
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bi-
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two
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dipl-/diplo-
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double
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hemi-
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one half
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hyper-
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excessive, above normal
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mono-/ uni-
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one
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multi-/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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tri-
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three
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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circum-
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around
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dia-/trans-
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through
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ecto-/exo-/extra-
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outside, outward
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endo-/intra-
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in, within
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para-
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near, beside, beyond
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super-
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upper, above
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supra-
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above, excessive, superior
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ultra-
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excess, beyond
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a-/an-
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no, not, without
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anti-/contra-
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against
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brady-
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slow
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dys-
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bad, painful difficult
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eu-
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good, normal
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hetero-
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different
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homo-/homeo-
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same
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mal-
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bad
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pan-
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all
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pseudo-
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false
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syn-
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union, together, joined
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tachy-
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rapid
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