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Medical Terminology

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Prefix/Suffix
Meaning
a-   without or lack of  
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ab-   away (away from)  
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abdomin/o-   belly  
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-able   capable of  
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abort/io   to miscarry or miscarrying (natural or induced)  
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abrupt/io-   to tear away from  
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abcess   a going away  
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-ac   refers to or pertains to  
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-ory   refers to or pertains to  
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-us   refers to or pertains to  
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acanth/o-   thorny (skin growth)  
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access/o-   supplemental  
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acetabul/o-   vinegar cup or hip joint (for femur)  
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acne   pointed  
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acoust/i-   hearing  
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acr/o-   extremities, height and pointed  
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acrom/i-   extremities, height and pointed  
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actin/o-   sun, ray, radium  
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acu-   sharp  
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acus-   sharp  
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ad-   near or beside  
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aden/o-   gland  
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adhes/io-   to stick (together)  
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adip/o-   fat  
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aer/o-   air or gas  
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af-   toward  
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-age   relates to or pertains to  
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aggglutnin/o-   to clump  
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-agogue   inducing or leading  
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-agon   walls  
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-agra   pain  
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-al   refers to  
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alb/o-   white  
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albumin/o-   egg white  
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alges/i-   pain  
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-algia   pain  
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alimento/o   to nourish  
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alopec/i-   fox mange or baldness  
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alveol/i-   cavity  
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ambi-   both  
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amblyo-   dull  
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ambul/o-   to walk  
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-amine   nitrogen compound  
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amino-   organic compound  
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amnesi/o-   forgetful  
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amnio-   lambs caul 'small cap'  
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amphi-   both  
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amylo-   starch  
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an-   lack of or without  
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an/o-   ring  
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ana-   apart or up  
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ancone-   elbow  
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andr/o-   man or male  
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anecto-   without expansion or dilation  
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angi/o-   vessel  
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angin/o-   to choke  
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anil/i-   old women  
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anis/o-   unequal  
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ankyl/o-   fuse or bind  
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anomal/y   abnormal  
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ante-   before  
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anter/o-   before or foremost (in front)  
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anthr/o-   coal or carbuncle  
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anthrac/o-   coal or carbuncle  
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anthrop/o-   human  
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anti-   against  
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antr/o-   cavity  
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antr/um-   cavity or cavern  
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anuerysm-   dilation or ballooning  
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anxio-   restlessness, uneasy, apprehensive  
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-apheresis   to remove or separate  
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apo-   above or upon  
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aponeur/o-   upon tendon (sheet or sheath around tendon)  
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append/o-   appendage  
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aqua-   water  
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-ar   refers to  
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ar-   without or lack of  
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acrachn/   spider  
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arachino-   spider  
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arche/o-   first  
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arche-   first  
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-aria   air  
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arteri/o-   artery  
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arthr/o-   joint  
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articul/o-   jointed  
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-ary   refers to  
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asbest/o-   unquenchable  
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ascar/i-   worm  
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asco-   bag  
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-ase   enzyme  
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aspergill/o-   to sprinkle  
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aster/o-   star  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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asthma-   panting  
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-ate   refers to or action  
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atelo-   incomplete, without end, imperfect (ending)  
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athero-   porridge or yellow fat  
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-ation   process of or procedure of  
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-ition   process of or procedure of  
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atm/o-   vapor or steam  
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-artresia   closure  
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atri/o-   chamber  
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attrit/i-   wearing out  
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audi-   hearing  
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aur/i-   ear  
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auricul/o-   ear  
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auscult/o-   to listen  
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auto-   self  
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aut-   self  
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avuls/i-   to tear  
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axill/o-   armpit or central  
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axio-   axle or axis  
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axo-   axle or axis  
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azoto-   urea nitrogen  
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azygo-   single  
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Bacill/o   ROD-LIKE  
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Bacteri/o-   ROD  
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Balan/o-   PENIS (GLANS PENIS)  
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Baro-   WEIGHT  
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Bary-   HEAVY  
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Bas/o-   basic  
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Bas/io-   at a base  
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Bene-   good or normal  
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Benign/i-   kind  
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Beri-   weakness  
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Bi-   two  
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Bil/i- (bil-)   bile or gall  
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Bin-   two  
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bio-   life  
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-blast   beginning or young  
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bleb/o- (bulla-)   blister  
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blenno-   mucus  
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blepharo- (palpebro-)   eyelid  
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bol/o-   lump or ball  
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-borg   orgasm  
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brach/i-   arm  
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brachy-   short  
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brady-   slow  
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brevi-   short  
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bronch/i-   windpipe or tracea-like  
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brux-   grinding  
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brucca-   cheek  
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bulba-   bister or vesicle  
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bula-   blister or vesicle  
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bulimo-   hunger  
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burs/o-   sac, wine-sac, or pouch  
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cac/o-   diseased or bad  
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cal/o-   heat, heated or hot  
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calcane/o-   heel  
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calcin/o-   calcium  
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calco-   pebbles or granules (of calcium mineral)  
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caligi/o-   dim vision  
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calyx-   cups  
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calix-   cups  
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call/o-   hardened skin  
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calx-   heel or lime  
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candid/i-   glowing white  
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canth/o-   corner of eye  
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capill/o-   hair-like  
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capit/o-   head  
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capn/o-   carbon dioxide  
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capsulo-   little box  
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caput-   head  
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carb/o-   carbon atoms, coal, or charcoal  
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carbun/o-   glowing ember  
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carbuncul/o-   glowing ember  
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carcin/o-   crab-like  
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cardi/o-   heart  
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carp/o-   wrist  
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cata-   breakdown or down  
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cataract   waterfall or cloudiness  
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catarrh-   to flow down  
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catheter/o-   to let down into  
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caud/o-   tall or toward tall  
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caust/o-   burn or heat  
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cau-   burn or heat  
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caus-   burn or heat  
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cav-   hollow  
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cebo-   meal or food  
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cec/o-   blind pouch  
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-cece   navel  
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-cele   swelling or tumor  
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cell/o-   abdomen or belly  
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cellul/o-   chambers  
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cement/o-   hard  
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ceno-   empty or common  
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keno-   empty or common  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to drain fluid  
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centi-   one-hundredth apart  
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centr/i-   center  
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centro-   center  
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cephalo-   head  
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-cept-   receiver  
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cerbr/o-   brain  
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ceru-   wax  
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cerv/i-   neck  
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chalas/i-   relaxation  
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chalaz/io-   hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst)  
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chancr/o-   ulcer (sore)  
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cheil/o-   lip  
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chilo-   lip  
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chiasma   a crossing  
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chiro-   hand  
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chlamyd/i-   to cloak or cover  
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chlor/o-   green  
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cholangio-   bile duct  
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chole-   bile or gall (ingredient of)  
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cholecyst/o-   gallbladder  
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choledoch/o-   gallbladder duct (canal)  
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cholera-   billary acute diarrhea  
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chondr/o-   cartilage  
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chordo- (cordo-)   cord  
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chorea-   dancing (shaking)  
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chrom/o-   colored  
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chyme-   juice  
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chyle-   juice  
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-cicatrix   scar  
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-cid   to kill  
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cil/i-   eyelash-like  
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cili-   eyelash or eyelash like  
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cimex-   bug  
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cine/o-   movement filming  
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circum-   around  
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cirrh/o-   yellow-oranged (jaundiced)  
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-cis   cut or to cut  
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cistern/o-   cavity  
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-clalasia   relaxation  
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-clast   breakdown  
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-clas   breakdown  
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clavicul/o-   collar bone (little key shape)  
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cleido-   hook, clavicle or collar bone  
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clino-   bent  
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clon/o-   turmoil  
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clubb/o-   rounding  
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-clysis   irrigation or injection  
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co-   two  
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coagulo/o-   clotting or clot  
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-coccus   berry  
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coccyg/o-   tailbone  
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cochle/o-   snail-like  
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coel-   hollow belly (cavity)  
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coit/o-   to come together (sexual union; inter/course "between/a flowing")  
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col/o-   colon big or large intestine  
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colon/o-   colon big or large intestine  
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colla/o-   glue  
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-collis   twisted  
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colob/o-   to mutilate  
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colpo-   vagina  
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com-   together  
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comato-   deep sleep  
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con-   together  
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conch/a-   shell  
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concuss/i-   violent shaking  
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condyl/o-   knuckle (nob)  
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coni/o-   dust  
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-conis   cone shaped  
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conjuctiv/o-   together joined (united)  
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-continence   contained  
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contra-   against  
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contrecoup   counter blow  
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contus/i-   bruise  
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convolo-   to roll together  
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corac/o-   crows beak (shape)  
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cord-   vocal chords cord  
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core/o-   pupil or iris (rainbow)  
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cori/o-   skin  
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corne/o-   cornea or horn (shape)  
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cornu-   horn or horny  
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coron/o-   crowning  
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coronal plane (aka: frontal plane)   crowning frontal body cut  
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corp/o-   body  
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cortic/o-   bark, outer bark, rind, or cortex  
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cost/o-   rib  
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cox/a-   hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur)  
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cox/o-   hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur)  
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crani/o-   skull  
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cras/o-   mixture  
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-creas   fleshy or flesh  
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crenat/o-   notched  
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cric/o-   ring  
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-crine   secrete  
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-crin   secrete  
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-crit   separate  
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cruc/i-   cross or cross-like  
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crur/o-   leg thigh or femur  
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crus/o-   leg thigh or femur  
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crust/-   scab or outer coat  
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cryo-   cold  
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crypto-   secret  
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cub/o-   cube or cube shaped  
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cubit/o-   elbow  
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culd/o-   blind pouch  
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-cule   little  
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cune/i-   wedge  
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currett/o-   scooping or scraping  
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-cusis   hearing  
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cusp/i-   pointed  
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cuti/o- (cut-)   skin  
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cutis-   skin  
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cyan/o-   blue  
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cycl/o-   circle  
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-cyesis   pregnancy  
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cyst/o-   bladder or sac  
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cyst-   bladder or sac  
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cyst/i-   bladder or sac  
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cystido-   bladder or sac  
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cyte-   cell or chamber  
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cyt-   cell or chamber  
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cyth-   cell or chamber  
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-cytosis   increase (in number)  
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dacryo-   tear  
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dactylo-   digits (fingers and toes)  
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de-   away  
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debride-   removal  
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deca-   one/tenth (1/10)  
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decem-   one/tenth (1/10)  
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decub/o-   to lie down  
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deep   most inward  
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deka-, dek-   ten  
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delta   fan shaped or triangular  
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dem/o-   people  
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demi-   half  
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dendr/o-   tree-shaped  
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DENT/O-   TOOTH OR TEETH  
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DON'T/O-   TOOTH OR TEETH  
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DEPRESS-   LOWER  
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DERM/O-   SKIN  
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DERMAT/O-   SKIN  
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-DESIS   BINDING, TO BAND OR A BAND  
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desmo-   ligament (also tendon)  
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deuter/o-   second or secondary  
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dextr/o-   rght  
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di-   two  
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dia-   across, through, total or complete, or between  
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diaphoro-   excessive sweating  
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-didymis   testis or teste  
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different-   to separate or apart  
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-deferens   to separate or apart  
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digit-   finger or toe  
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diplo-   double or two  
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dips/o-   thirst or thirsty  
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dipther/i-   membrane  
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dis-   away from or reversed  
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dist/o-   farther from  
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diverticul/o-   outpouching  
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doch/o-   duct or canal  
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doct/o-   to teach or teacher  
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dol/o-   pain  
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dolich/o-   long, seperation, dislocation  
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dors/o-   back  
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dos/e- (dose)   a giving  
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-dote   what is given  
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dracuncul/o-   little dragon (worm)  
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dromo-   running  
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du/o-   two  
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duct/o-   to draw or to lead (motion) away  
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duoden/o-   twelve  
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dura-   hard  
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dwarf/o-   small  
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dy/o-   two or a pair  
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dynam/o-   work or strength  
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-dynia   pain  
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dys-   diffucult, faulty or painful  
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-e   instrument  
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e-   out or remove  
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-eal   refers to  
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ec-   outside, outward, outer or out  
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ect-   outside, outward, outer or out  
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ecto-   outside, outward, outer or out  
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ecchymo/-   juice out  
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eccrine-   secreting or to secrete  
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echin/o-   prickly, spiny or notched  
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echo-   sound  
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-ectasis   dilation  
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-estasy   dilation  
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-ectomy   excisio or removal  
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eczema   to boil out  
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edema-   swelling  
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ef-   away or out  
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effer-   away or out  
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effus-   away or out  
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electr/o-   electrical  
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-ellum   lesser or smaller  
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em-   in  
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emac/i-   to grow thin  
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embryo-   early  
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-emesis   vomit  
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ernia   blood  
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emmetr/o-   normal or correct  
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emphysema   puffed up  
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en-   in  
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enamel   hard  
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encephal/o-   within head brain  
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-enchyma   anything poured in (essential organ part)  
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endo-   within or inside  
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enema   injection  
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entero-   intestine (usually refers to small intestine)  
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enuresis-   to void (expel) urine  
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eosin/o-   rose red (color)  
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epi-   upon  
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episi/o-   pubic region  
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-er   one who  
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-or   one who  
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-ergo   work or labor  
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eruct/o-   belching  
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erythermat/o-   red or flushed  
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erthr/o-   red  
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eschar   scab  
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eso-   toward  
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esthes/i-   feeling (physical)  
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estr/o-   female  
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ethm/o-   sieve  
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eti/o-   cause  
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eti/o-   cause  
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eu-   good or normal  
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ex-   out, outside, outward  
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exo-   out, outside, outward  
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extra-   out, outside, outward  
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facet   face  
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fac-   face  
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faci/o-   face  
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-facient   making  
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fasc/i-   band  
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febr/o-   fever  
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fec/o-   stool, fecal matter, or dung  
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scato-   stool, fecal matter, or dung  
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sterco-   srool, fecal matter or dung  
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femor/o-   thigh  
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fenestr/o-   window  
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-ference   to carry  
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ferro-   iron  
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fet/o-   young  
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fibrill/o-   to quiver  
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fibrin/o-   fiber-like  
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fibro-   fiber  
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fibul/o-   to clasp  
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fil-   thread  
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fila-   thread  
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fili-   thread  
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filar/i-   thread  
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fimbri/o-   fingers  
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fiss-   to split or splitting  
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fistul/o-   pipe or pipe-stem  
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flacci/o-   soft  
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flagell/o-   whip  
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flat/o-   to blow  
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flex-   to bend  
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-flect   to bend  
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flu-   flowing  
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-flux   to flow  
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foc/o-   center or hearth  
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fontan/o-   little fountain  
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formamen/o-   opening  
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fore-   before  
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-form   shaped shape or form  
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fossa-   furrow or shallow depression  
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fract/o-   to break  
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front/o-   forehead or before  
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-fuge   to flee  
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fulgur/o-   to lighten (with sparks burning tissue)  
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fulv/o-   brown  
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fund/o-   base or lage part (organ body)  
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fungi-   mushroom  
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furc/o-   branch or fork  
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furun/o-   boil  
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galact/o-   milk  
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gamet/o-   to marry, unite, or sexual union  
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gam/o-   to marry, unite, or sexual union  
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gangli/o-   knot swelling or collection knot  
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gangren/o-   eating sore  
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gastr/o-   stomach  
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gelat/o-   freeze or congeal  
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gelatino-   freeze or congeal  
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