Common Medical Term Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes
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| show | heart
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| show | skin
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| show | small intestines
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| show | cheek
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| show | loin (lower part of the back)
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| myc/o | show 🗑
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| show | life
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| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | show 🗑
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| arteri/o | show 🗑
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| show | joint
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| axill/o | show 🗑
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| show | eyelid
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| show | head
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| show | cerebrum, brain
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| show | neck
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| cholecyst/o | show 🗑
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| show | large intestine
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| cost/o | show 🗑
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| crani/o | show 🗑
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| cyst/o | show 🗑
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| show | cell
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| derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | show 🗑
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| show | esophagus
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| gastr/o | show 🗑
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| hem/o, hemat/o | show 🗑
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| hepat/o | show 🗑
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| show | abdominal wall
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| show | larynx, voice box
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| myel/o | show 🗑
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| show | muscle
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| show | nose
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| show | nerve
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| show | eye
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| show | mouth
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| show | bone
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| ot/o | show 🗑
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| pancreat/o | show 🗑
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| show | throat
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| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o | show 🗑
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| show | kidneys
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| show | spleen
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| thorac/o | show 🗑
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| show | thyroid gland
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| trache/o | show 🗑
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| show | vein
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| show | vertebra
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| show | blue
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| show | red
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| leuk/o | show 🗑
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| show | black
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| show | gray
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| show | diaphragm
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| appendic/o | show 🗑
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| show | rectum
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| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ia, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic | show 🗑
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| -algia | show 🗑
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| show | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -cide | show 🗑
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| show | cell
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| show | surgical removal of
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| -emia | show 🗑
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| show | written record
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| -graph | show 🗑
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| show | process of recording
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| show | condition, especially an abnormal state
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| show | condition
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| -ism | show 🗑
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| show | inflammation of
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| -lithiasis | show 🗑
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| -logy | show 🗑
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| show | enlargement
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| show | resembling
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| -oma | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal condition or disease
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| -otomy | show 🗑
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| show | disease
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| -plasty | show 🗑
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| -plegia | show 🗑
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| -pnea | show 🗑
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| show | surgical suturing
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| show | draining, flow, discharge,
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| -rrhexis | show 🗑
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| show | instrument used to look
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| show | examination using a scope, process of looking
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| -sis | show 🗑
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| -stasis | show 🗑
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| show | surgically create an artificial opening (mouth or stoma)
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| show | without, not, absence of
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| show | against
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| show | self
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| show | two, double
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| brady- | show 🗑
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| dys- | show 🗑
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| show | over, above, upon
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| eu- | show 🗑
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| hemi- | show 🗑
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| hyper- | show 🗑
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| hypo- | show 🗑
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| inter- | show 🗑
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| intra- | show 🗑
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| multi- | show 🗑
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| non- | show 🗑
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| peri- | show 🗑
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| show | many, much
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| show | after, behind
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| show | before, in front
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| pseudo- | show 🗑
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| quadri- | show 🗑
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| show | half
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| show | under, below
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| show | above, over
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| show | fast, rapid
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| tri- | show 🗑
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| endo- | show 🗑
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| ecto- | show 🗑
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| show | blood vessel
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| -meter | show 🗑
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| show | process of measuring
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| show | again
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| show | against
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| show | before, on behalf of
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| show | down, away from
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| show | before
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| gen/o | show 🗑
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| hydr/o | show 🗑
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| morph/o | show 🗑
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| show | fungus
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| necro | show 🗑
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| show | straight
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| path/o | show 🗑
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| show | eat
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| show | formation
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| py/o | show 🗑
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| show | hard
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| show | narrowing
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| show | nourishment, development
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| xen/o | show 🗑
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| show | small, diminutive suffixes
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| show | condition
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| -ium | show 🗑
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| -y | show 🗑
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| -tomy | show 🗑
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| show | to cut
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| -ectomy | show 🗑
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| show | out
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| -ist | show 🗑
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| show | specialist in medicine of
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| show | medical science
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| show | specialist in the study of
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| -logy | show 🗑
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| show | down, away from
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| ante-, pre- | show 🗑
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| show | before, on behalf of
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| show | away
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| ad- | show 🗑
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| circum-, peri- | show 🗑
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| dia-, trans- | show 🗑
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| show | out
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| show | outside
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| show | in, inside
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| show | upon
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| sub- | show 🗑
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| show | between
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| oligo- | show 🗑
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| show | all
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| show | small
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| macro- | show 🗑
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| mono- | show 🗑
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| hemi-, semi- | show 🗑
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| con-, syn-, sym- | show 🗑
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