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216 Cards in this Set
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IS-
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Combining Form: Equal, same, similar, alike
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-OUS
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Full Of
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-OSE
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Full of
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LEI-
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Combining Form: Smooth
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THERAP(EU)
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Combining Form: Healing, treat medically
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TON-
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Combining Form: Tone
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-ECTASIA, -ECTASIS
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Compound Suffix Form: Dilation, enlargement
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-ECTOMY
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Compound Suffix Form: Excision of a whole or partial organ
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-GENESIS
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Combining Form: Origin
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-GEN
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Combining Form: Substance that produces something
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-GENIC
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Combining Suffix Form: Causing, producing, caused
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-GENOUS
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Compound Suffix Form: By, produced by or in
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-GRAPHY
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Compound Suffix Form: The recording of the activity of an organ
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-LYSIS
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Combining Form: Decompose
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-LYTIC
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Compound Suffix Form: Decomposition
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-PATHY
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Compound Suffix Form: Disease
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-PTOSIS
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Compound Suffix Form: Prolapse
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-RRHAGIA
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Compound Suffix Form: Hemorrhage
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-RRHEA
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Combining Form: Profuse discharge
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ODYN-
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Combining Form: Pain
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PY-
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Combining Form: Pus
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SARC-
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Combining Form: Flesh, soft tissue
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STOM-, STOMAT-
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Combining Form: Mouth, opening
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CHONDR -
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Combining Form: Cartilage
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(H)ELC-
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Combining Form: Ulcer
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HIDR(OT)-, -IDR-
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Combining Form: Sweat
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HIST(I)-
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Combining Form: web, tissue
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PHOR -
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Combining Form: Bearing, Carrying
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PHOS-, PHOT,
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Combining Form: Light
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PLEC-, PLEG-
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Combining Form: paraplyze
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R(H)ACHI -
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Combining Form: Spine
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SCHIZ-, SCHIST-, -SCHISIS
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Combining Form: Split, cleft
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SPONDYL-
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Combining Form: Vertebrae
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LEPT-
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Combining Form: Skinny, lean, thin
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LITH-
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Combining Form: stone, calculus
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LOG-
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Combining Form: word, study
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MALAC-
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Combining Form: Soft
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MES-
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Combining Form: Middle, mesentary
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PROSOP-
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Combining Form: Face
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PROT-
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Combining Form: First, primitive
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SCLER-
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Combining Form: Hard
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STEN-
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Combining Form: Narrow
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STERE-
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Combining Form: Solid
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-MALACIA
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Suffix Form: The softening of tissues
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-SCLEROSIS
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Suffix form: the hardening of tissues
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-STENOSIS
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Combining Suffix Form: The narrowing of part of the body
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AMPHI-, AMPHO-
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Prefix: on both sides, around
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CHOL(E)-
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Combining Form: Gall, bile
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-RRHAPH
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Combining Form: Suture
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STA(T)-
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Combining Form: Stand, stop
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TAX-
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Combining Form: muscular coordination
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TROP-
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Combining Form: Turning
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FIBR-
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Combining Form: Fiber, filament
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SON-
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Combining Form: Sound
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VIR-, VIRUS-
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Combining Form: Poison
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AD-
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Prefix: To, toward
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AMBI-
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Prefix: both
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ANTE-
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Prefix: before
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CON-
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Prefix: with
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CONTRA-
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Prefix: against
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DE-
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Prefix: down, away
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DIS-
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Prefix: away from
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EX-
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Prefix: Away from
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EXTRA-
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Prefix: on the outside
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IN-
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Prefix:
1. in 2. Not 3. Very, thoroughly |
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INFRA-
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Prefix: Beneath, below
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INTER-
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Prefix: between
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OB-
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Prefix: against
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PER-
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Prefix: Very, thoroughly
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POST-
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Prefix: After
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SE-
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Prefix: Apart
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ULTRA-
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Prefix: Above and beyond
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ACR-
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Combining Form: high point
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AMBLY:
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Combining Form: Dull, faint
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-CEL-
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Combining Form: Tumor
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CYST(I)-, -CYSTIS
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Combining Form: Bladder
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DIPLO-
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Combining Form: Double
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ENTER-
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Combining Form: small intestine
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ERG-
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Combining Form: Action,
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STAXIS-, -STAXIA
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Combining Form: Dripping, oozing blood
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THAN(AT)-
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Combining Form: Death
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THE-
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Combining Form: Place, put
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TRICH-
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Combining Form: Hair
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TROPH-
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Combining Form: Nourishment
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ADEN-
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Combining Form: Gland
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AER-
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Combining Form: Air, gas
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CEL(I)-
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Combining Form: Abdomen
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CHRON-
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Combining Form: time, timing
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CLA(S)-, -CLAST
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Combining Form: Break up
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-DESIS
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Combining Form: Binding
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DESM-
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Combining Form: Binding ligaments and connective tissues
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-INE
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, located in
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-IVE
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to
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-LENT
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Full of
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DYNAM-
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Combining Form: Force, power, energy
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GER-
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Combining Form: Old Age
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GNATH-
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Combining Form: Lower Jaw
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ISCH-, -SCHE
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Combining Form: Suppress, Check
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LEP-
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Combining Form: Attack, seizure
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MEL-
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Combining Form: Limb
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MORPH-
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Combining Form: Form, shape
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PEN-
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Combining Form: decrease, deficiency
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-PEX-
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Combining Form: Fixing, surgical attachment
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PROSTAT-
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Combining Form: One who stands before
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PTY-
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Combining Form: Spit
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PTYAL-
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Combining Form: Saliva
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-AN
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, located in
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-AR
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, located in
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-ARY
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Adjective Forming Suffix and Noun Forming Suffix:
Pertaining to |
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-ATE
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Having the form, posessing
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-IAN
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Noun Forming Suffix: Indicates an expert in a certain field
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-IC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to
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ANGI-
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Combining Form: (blood) vessel, duct
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ARTH-
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Combining Form: Joint
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BI-
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Combining Form: Life
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BRADY-
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Combining Form: Slow
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CYT-
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Combining Form: (hallow container) cell
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-ITIC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to inflammation
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-IUM, -EUM
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Noun Forming Suffix: Membrane, connective tissue
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-MA
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Noun Forming Suffix: Abnormal or diseased condition
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-OSIS
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Noun Forming Suffix: Abnormal or diseased condition
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-OTIC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to
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-TIC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to
Noun Forming Suffix: Drug or agent |
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ACANTH-
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Combining Form: Spine
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ALGES-
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Combining Form: Sensitivity to pain
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ALL-
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Combining Form: divergence, difference from
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EC-
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Prefix: Out of, away from
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EPI-
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Prefix: Upon, over, above
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PERI-
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Prefix: around, surrounding
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SYN-, SYM-
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Prefix: Together, with, joined
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-ITIS
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Noun Forming Suffix: Indicating an inflamed condition
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-AC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, located in
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-IAC
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Noun Forming Suffix: Person afflicted with
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IASIS-
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Noun Forming Suffix: Disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of
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-IC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, located in
Noun Forming Suffix: Drug or agent |
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-IN, -INE
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Forms names of substances
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DIPS-
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Combining Form: Thirst
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CENTE
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Combining Form: Pierce
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BARY-
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Combining Form: Heavy, dull, hard
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ASC-, ASCIT-
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Combining Form: (leather bag) Bladder sac, bag
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AMNI-
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Combining Form: Fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion
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ACOU(S)-, ACU(S)-
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Combining Form: Hear
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-TOMY
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Compound Suffix Form: A surgical incision
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A-, AN-
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Prefix: Not, without, lacking, deficient
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DI-
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Prefix: two, twice, double
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DYS-
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Prefix: Difficult, painful, defective, abnormal
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PHRAS-
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Combining Form: Speak
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PHRAC-, PHRAG-
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Combining Form: Enclose, obstruct
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PHON-
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Combining Form: Voice, sound
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PHOB-
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Combining Form: (abnormal) Fear
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PHEM-
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Combining Form: Speech
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PHA-
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Combining Form: Speak, communicate
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OREC-, OREX-
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Combining Form: Have an appetite
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NO-
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Combining Form: mind, mental, activity, comprehension
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LEX-
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Combining Form:Read
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LAPAR-
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Combining Form: Abdomen, abdominal wall
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ICTER-
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Combining Form: Jaundice
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IN, INOS-
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Combining Form: Fiber, muscle
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-TOME
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Compound Suffix Form: A surgical instrument for cutting
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-SCOPY
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Compound Suffix Form: Examination
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-RRHEXIS
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Compound Suffix Form: Bursting of tissues, rupture
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POIE-
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Combining Form: Produce, make
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PHYT-
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Combining Form: Plant, organism, growth
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PHYS(I)-
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Combining Form: Nature, appearance
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PHYLAC-
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Combining Form: Protection against disease
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PHREN-
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Combining Form: Mind, diaphragm
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-ESIS
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Noun Forming Suffix: State, condition, process, procedure
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-ASIA, ASIS-
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Noun Forming Suffix: State, condition, process, procedure
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-EMA
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Noun Forming Suffix: State, condition, process, procedure
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-ETIC
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to
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ISMUS-
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Noun Forming Suffix: State, condition, process, procedure
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-OID, -ODE, -ID
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Noun and Adjective Forming Suffix
Indicates a particular shape, form, or resemblance, like, resembling |
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-OSE
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Adjective Forming Suffix:
Full of, resembling |
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-OUS
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Adjective Forming Suffix:
Full of |
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-US
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Noun Forming Suffix: Condition, person, Malformed fetus
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IZE-
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Verb Forming Suffix: to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in
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AUT-
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Combining Form: Self
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ESTHE(S)-
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Combining Form: Sensation, sensitivity, sense
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GEN(E)-, -GEN
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Combining Form: Produce
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GRAM-
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Combining Form: something written
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GRAPH-
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Combining Form: Write, record
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OT-
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Combining Form: EAR
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PT-
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Combining Form: Prolapse
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PYRET-
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Combining Form: Fever
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RHEX-
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Combining Form: Rupture
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SEP-
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Combining Form: infectious
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TA-
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Combining Form: Stretching
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TEL-
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Combining Form: End, completion
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APO-
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Prefix: Away from
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ESO-
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Prefix: within, inner, inward
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EU-
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Prefix: good, normal, healthy
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META-, MET-
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Prefix: Change, transformation, after, behind
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CATA-
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Prefix: Downward, disordered
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DIA-
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Prefix: through, across, apart
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-AL
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, located in
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-ASE
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Forms names of enzymes
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PALI(N)-
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Combining Form: back, again
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PAN(T)-
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Combining Form: Always, all, entire, every
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MYC(ET)-
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Combining Form: (mushroom) Fungus
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MYEL-
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Combining Form: bone marrow, spinal cord
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OLIG-
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Combining Form: Few, deficient
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POR-
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Combining Form: Passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity
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SOM(AT)-, -SOMA
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Combining Form: Body
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STHEN-
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Combining Form: Strength
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TRACHEL-
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Combining Form: Neck
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XANTH-
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Combining Form: Yellow
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-ID
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to
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ILE-
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Adjective Forming Suffix: Pertaining to, capable of
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SAPR-
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Combining Form: Putrid
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STEAR-, STEAT-
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Combining Form: Fat, sebum, sebaceous glands
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ANDR-
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Combining Form: Man
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ANKYL-, ANCYL-
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Combining Form: Crooked, fused, stiffened, hooked
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CRYPT-
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Combining Form: Hidden, latent
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DOLICH-
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Combining Form: Long, narrow, slender
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NEMAT-
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Combining Form: Thread (worm)
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NOS-
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Combining Form: Disease, illness
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