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248 Cards in this Set
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a- |
Prefix
not, without, lacking, deficient |
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anti- |
Prefix
against, opposed to, preventing, relieving |
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di- |
Prefix
two, twice, double |
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dys- |
Prefix
difficult, painful, defective, abnormal |
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ec- |
Prefix
out of, away from |
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ecto- |
Prefix
outside of |
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en- |
in, into, within |
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endo- |
Prefix
within |
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epi- |
Prefix
upon, over, above |
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exo- |
Prefix
outside, from the outside, toward the outside |
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hemi- |
Prefix
half, partial; (often) one side of the body |
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hyper- |
Prefix
over, above, excessive, beyond normal |
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hypo- |
Prefix
under, deficient, below normal |
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mono- |
Prefix
one, single |
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peri- |
Prefix
around, surrounding |
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syn- |
Prefix
together, with, joined |
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acanth- |
Combining Form
thorn, spine |
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alg- |
Combining Form
pain |
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alges- |
Combining Form
sensitivity to pain |
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all- |
Combining Form
other, divergence, difference from |
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angi- |
Combining Form
(blood) vessel, duct |
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arteri- |
Combining Form
[air passage] artery |
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arthr- |
Combining Form
joint |
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bi- |
Combining Form
life |
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brady- |
Combining Form
slow |
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cardi- |
Combining Form
heart |
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cephal- |
Combining Form
head |
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crani- |
Combining Form
skull |
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cyt- |
Combining Form
[hollow container] cell |
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encephal- |
Combining Form
brain |
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erythr- |
Combining Form
red, red blood cell |
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lept- |
Combining Form
thin, fine, slight |
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leuk- |
Combining Form
white, white blood cell |
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lith- |
Combining Form
stone, calculus |
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log- |
Combining Form
word, study |
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malac- |
Combining Form
soft |
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mes- |
Combining Form
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery |
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-meter, metr- |
Combining Form
measure, measuring device |
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nephr- |
Combining Form
kidney |
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necr- |
Combining Form
[tendon] nerve, nervous system |
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oste- |
Combining Form
bone |
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prosop- |
Combining Form
face |
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prot- |
Combining Form
first, primitive, early |
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scler- |
Combining Form
hard |
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sten- |
Combining Form
narrow |
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stere- |
Combining Form
solid, having 3 diminsions |
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tachy- |
Combining Form
rapid |
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tox(i)- |
Combining Form
poison |
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amphi-, ampho- |
Prefix
on both sides, around, both |
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ana- |
Prefix
up, back, against |
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apo- |
Prefix
away from |
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cata- |
Prefix
downward, disordered |
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dia- |
Prefix
through, across, apart |
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eso- |
Prefix
within, inner, inward |
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eu- |
Prefix
good, normal, healthy |
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heter-, hetero- |
Prefix
different, other, relationship to another |
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homo-, homeo- |
Prefix
same, likeness |
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meta- |
Prefix
change, transformation, after, behind |
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para- |
Prefix
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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pro- |
Prefix
before |
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pros, prosth- |
Prefix
in place of |
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acr- |
Combining Form
acr-
[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet) |
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ambly- |
Combining Form
dull, faint |
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carcin- |
Combining Form
[crab] carcinoma, cancer |
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-cel- |
Combining Form
hernia, tumor, swelling |
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cheir-, chir- |
Combining Form
hand |
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chol(e)- |
Combining Form
bile, gall |
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col(i)-, colon- |
Combining Form
colon |
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cyan- |
Combining Form
blue |
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cyst(i)-, -cystis |
Combining Form
bladder, cyst |
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diplo- |
Combining Form
double, twin |
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enter- |
Combining Form
small intestine |
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erg- |
Combining Form
action, work |
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gastr- |
Combining Form
stomach |
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hem-, hemat-, -em- |
Combining Form
blood |
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lip- |
Combining Form
fat |
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macr- |
Combining Form
(abnormally) large or long |
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mega-, megal- |
Combining Form
(abnormally) large or long |
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melan- |
Combining Form
dark, black |
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micr- |
Combining Form
abnormally small |
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nyct- |
Combining Form
night |
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odyn- |
Combining Form
pain |
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onc- |
Combining Form
tumor |
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pachy- |
Combining Form
thick |
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pseud- |
Combining Form
false |
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py- |
Combining Form
pus |
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sacr- |
Combining Form
soft tissue |
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spasm- |
Combining Form
spasm, involuntary muscle contraction |
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splen- |
Combining Form
spleen |
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stom-, stomat- |
Combining Form
mouth, opening |
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arachn- |
Combining Form
spider, web; arachnoid membrane |
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chlor- |
Combining Form
green |
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chondr- |
Combining Form
cartilage |
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dactyl- |
Combining Form
finger, toe |
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derm(at)-, -derma |
Combining Form
skin |
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(h)elc- |
Combining Form
ulcer |
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hidr(ot), -idr |
Combining Form
sweat |
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hist(i)- |
Combining Form
[web] tissue |
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hydr- |
Combining Form
water, fluid |
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hypn- |
Combining Form
sleep |
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icter- |
Combining Form
jaundice |
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in-, inos- |
Combining Form
fiber, muscle |
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is- |
Combining Form
equal, same, similar, alike |
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mening-, -meninx |
Combining Form
meningeal membrane, meninges |
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my(s)- |
Combining Form
[mouse] muscle |
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myc(et)- |
Combining Form
[mushroom] fungus |
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myel- |
Combining Form
bone marrow, spinal cord |
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narc- |
Combining Form
stupor, numbness |
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necr- |
Combining Form
corpse, dead |
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olig- |
Combining Form
few, deficient |
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onych- |
Combining Form
fingernail, toenail |
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pod- |
Combining Form
foot |
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poli- |
Combining Form
[gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord |
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poly- |
Combining Form
many, excessive |
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por- |
Combining Form
passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity |
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psych- |
Combining Form
[soul] mind |
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som(at)-, -soma |
Combining Form
body |
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sthen- |
Combining Form
strength |
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tracheal- |
Combining Form
neck, cervix |
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xanth- |
Combining Form
yellow |
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aut- |
Combining Form
self |
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crin- |
Combining Form
[seperate] secrete, secretion |
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esthe(s)- |
Combining Form
sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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gen(e), -gen |
Combining Form
come into being, produce |
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gram- |
Combining Form
[something written] a record |
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graph- |
Combining Form
write, record |
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iatr- |
Combining Form
healer, physician; treatment |
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idi- |
Combining Form
of one's self |
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kine- |
Combining Form
move |
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kines(i)- |
Combining Form
movement, motion |
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ly(s)- |
Combining Form
destroy, breakdown |
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my(x)- |
Combining Form
mucus |
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orth- |
Combining Form
straight, erect; normal |
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ot- |
Combining Form
ear |
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path- |
Combining Form
[suffering] disease |
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phil- |
Combining Form
love; have affinity for |
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pt- |
Combining Form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse |
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pyr- |
Combining Form
[fire] fever, burning |
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pyret- |
Combining Form
fever |
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pyrex- |
Combining Form
be feverish |
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rhe- |
Combining Form
[run] flow, secrete |
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rhag- |
Combining Form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage |
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rhex- |
Combining Form
rupture |
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rhin- |
Combining Form
nose |
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scop- |
Combining Form
look at, examine |
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sep- |
Combining Form
[be putrid] be infected |
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ta- |
Combining Form
stretching |
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tel- |
Combining Form
end, completion |
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ten-, tenon(t)- |
Combining Form
tendon |
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therap(eu)- |
Combining Form
treat medically, heal |
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tom- |
Combining Form
a cutting, slice, incision |
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ton- |
Combining Form
[a stretching] (muscular tone), tension |
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acous-, acu(s)- |
Combining Form
hear |
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amni-, |
Combining Form
fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion |
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asc-, ascit- |
Combining Form
[leather bag] bladder, sac, bag |
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bary- |
Combining Form
heavy, dull, hard |
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cente- |
Combining Form
pierce |
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chrom-, chroma-, chromat- |
Combining Form
color, pigment |
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dips- |
Combining Form
thirst |
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echo- |
Combining Form
reverberating sound, echo |
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edema-, edemat- |
Combining Form
swelling |
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eme- |
Combining Form
vomit |
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gno(s)- |
Combining Form
know |
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lal- |
Combining Form
speak |
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lapar- |
Combining Form
abdomen, abdominal wall |
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lex- |
Combining Form
read |
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mne- |
Combining Form
remember |
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ne- |
Combining Form
new |
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no- |
Combining Form
mind, mental activity, comprehension |
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orec-, orex- |
Combining Form
have an appetite |
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ox(y)- |
Combining Form
acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oyxgen |
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pha- |
Combining Form
speak |
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phag- |
Combining Form
swallow |
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pharmac(eu)- |
Combining Form
medicine, drug |
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phem- |
Combining Form
speech |
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phob- |
Combining Form
(abnormal) fear |
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phon- |
Combining Form
voice, sound |
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phrac- phrag- |
Combining Form
enclose, obstruct |
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phras- |
Combining Form
speak |
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phren- |
Combining Form
mind; diaphragm |
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phylac- |
Combining Form
protection (against disease) |
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phys(i)- |
Combining Form
nature, appearance |
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phyt- |
Combining Form
plant (organism), growth |
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poie- |
Combining Form
produce, make |
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sapr- |
Combining Form
rotten, putrid, decaying |
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stear-, steat- |
Combining Form
fat, sebum, sebaceous glands |
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andr- |
Combining Form
man, male |
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ankyl, ancyl |
Combining Form
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked |
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aphrodis(i)- |
Combining Form
[of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of Love] sexual desire |
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brachy- |
Combining Form
short |
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crypt- |
Combining Form
hidden, latent |
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dem- |
Combining Form
people, population |
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dolich- |
Combining Form
long, narrow, slender |
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drom- |
Combining Form
a running |
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er-, erot- |
[Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire |
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gyn(ec)- |
Combining Form
woman, female |
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helmint(h)- |
Combining Form
(intestinal) worm |
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nemat- |
Combining Form
thread (worm) |
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nos- |
Combining Form
disease, illness |
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odont- |
Combining Form
tooth |
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pali(n)- |
Combining Form
back, again |
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pan(t)- |
Combining Form
all, entire, everything |
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phor- |
Combining Form
bearing, carrying |
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phos-, phot- |
Combining Form
light, daylight |
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plec-, pleg- |
Combining Form
strike, paralyze |
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r(h)achi- |
Combining Form
spine |
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schiz-, schist-, -schisis |
Combining Form
split, cleft, fissure |
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spondyl- |
Combining Form
vertebra |
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-staxis, -staxia |
Combining Form
dripping, oozing (of blood) |
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than(at)- |
Combining Form
death |
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the- |
Combining Form
place, put |
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trich- |
Combining Form
hair |
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troph- |
Combining Form
nourishment |
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aden- |
Combining Form
gland |
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aer- |
Combining Form
air, gas |
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blenn- |
Combining Form
mucus |
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cel(i)- |
Combining Form
abdomen |
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ch(e)il- |
Combining Form
lip |
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chron- |
Combining Form
time, timing |
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cla(s)-, -clast |
Combining Form
break (up), destroy |
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-desis |
Combining Form
binding |
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desm- |
Combining Form
[binding] ligament, connective tissue |
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dynam- |
Combining Form
force, power, energy |
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ger- |
Combining Form
old age |
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gnath- |
Combining Form
(lower) jaw |
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isch-, -sche- |
Combining Form
suppress, checl |
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klept- |
Combining Form
steal |
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lei- |
Combining Form
smooth |
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lep- |
Combining Form
attack, seizure |
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man- |
Combining Form
be mad |
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mel- |
Combining Form
limb |
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morph- |
Combining Form
form, shape |
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Combining Form
nom- |
Combining Form
law |
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omphal- |
Combining Form
navel, umbilicus |
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ped- |
Combining Form
child |
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pen- |
Combining Form
decrease, deficiency |
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-pex- |
Combining Form
fixing (surgical) attachment |
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plas(t)- |
Combining Form
form, develop |
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presby- |
Combining Form
old, old age |
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prostat- |
Combining Form
[one who stands before] prostate gland |
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pty- |
Combining Form
spit |
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ptyal- |
Combining Form
saliva |
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-rrhaph |
Combining Form
suture |
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sit- |
Combining Form
food |
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sta(t)- |
Combining Form
stand, stop |
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tax- |
Combining Form
muscular coordination |
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therm- |
Combining Form
heat (body) temperature |
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trop- |
Combining Form
turning |