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chapter 2 & 3 Flashcards

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-er, -ist

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One who

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-iatrician

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practitioner

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-logist

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One who studies; specialist

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-ac, -al, -ic, ical

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Pertaining to

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-logic, -logical

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Pertaining to the study of

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-iatrics, -iatry

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Medical profession or treatment

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-logy

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Study or science of

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cardi/o

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heart

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crin/o

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To secrete

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dermat/o

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skin

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esthesi/o

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Feeling or sensation

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Gastr/o enter/o

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Stomach, intestines

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Ger/a ger/o geront/o

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elderly

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gynec/o

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female

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immun/o

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immune

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Ne/o Nat/o

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New, birth

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neur/o

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nerve

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obstetr/o

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midwife

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onc/o

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tumor

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opthalm/o

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eye

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Orth/o ped/o

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Straight, child (sometimes foot)

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Ot/o laryng/o

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Ear, larynx

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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radiation

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rheumat/o

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rheumatism

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rhin/o

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nose

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ur/o

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Urinary tract

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pathology

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Study of diseases

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intensivists

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Take care of patients in intensive care

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epidemiologist

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Studies the prevention and control of disease

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspiate or remove fluid

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-ectomy

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Excision (surgical removal or cutting out)

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-lysis

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Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-scopy

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Visual examination with a lighted

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-stomy

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Formation of an opening

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-tome

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An instrument used for cutting

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-tomy

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incision

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-tripsy

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Surgical crushing

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aden/o

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gland

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angi/o

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vessel

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append/o

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appendix

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bi/o

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Life or living

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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Cerebr/o encephal/o

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brain

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chir/o

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hand

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col/o

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Colon or large intestine

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Cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

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skin

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faci/o

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face

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hepat/o

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liver

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mamm/o

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breasts

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muscul/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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Bone marrow or spinal cord

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oste/o

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bone

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pulm/o

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lungs

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea

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vas/o

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vessel

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-algia -dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-ectasia –ectasis

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Dialation

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-edema

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swelling

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-emesis

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vomitting

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-emia

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Condition of the blood

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-ia

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condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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Stone or calculus

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-malacia

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Soft, softening

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-mania

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Excessive production

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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defficiency

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-phobia

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Abnormal fear

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-ptosis

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prolapse

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-rrhage

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Excessive bleeding

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-rrhea

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Flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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Twitching, cramp

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-stasis

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Stopping, conditioning

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-able, -ible

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Capable of, able to

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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic

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Pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-eum

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membrane

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-ia, -ism

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Condition or theory

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-iac

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One who suffers

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-opia

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vision

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-ose

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sugar

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-ous

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Pertaining to or characterized by

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-y

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State or condition

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Adip/o

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fat

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amyl/o

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starch

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glyc/o

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sugar

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hemat/o

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blood

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lact/o

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milk

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lith/o

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stone

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Micro-

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small

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muc/o

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mucus

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prote/o

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protein

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pyr/o

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fire

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Mono- uni-

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one

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Bi- di -

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two

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Tri-

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three

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Quad-

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four

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Centi-

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One hundred

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Milli-

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One thousandth

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Diplo-

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double

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Hemi- semi-

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Half, partly

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Hyper-

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Excessive, more than normal

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Hypo-

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Under, less than normal

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Multi-, poly

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many

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nulli

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none

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Pan-

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all

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Primi-

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first

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Super, ultra-

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excessive

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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toward

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Ante- pre-

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Before in time or in place

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Circum- peri-

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around

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Contra-

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Against or opposed

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Dia-

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through

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Ecto-

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Outside, without, away from

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En-

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inside

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Epi-

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Above, on

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Hypo-

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Beneath under

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Inter-

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between

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Intra-

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within

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Ipsi-

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same

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Meso-

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middle

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Para-

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Near, besides, or abnormal

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Per-

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Through or by

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Post-

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After, behind

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Super-, supra-

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Above, beyond

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Sym-, syn-

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Joined together

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Trans-

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across

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Anti-, contra-

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against

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Brady-

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slow

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Dys-

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Bad, difficult

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Eu-

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Good normal

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Mal-

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Bad, abnormal

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Pro-

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Favoring, supporting

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Tachy-

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fast

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Ante-

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before

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Post-

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After behind

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Macro-

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Large or great

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Micro-

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small

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a-, an-

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No, not, without

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In- non-

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Not or inside

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Alb/o

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white

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chlor/o

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green

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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cyt/o

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cell

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Gen/o

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beginning

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gram/o

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To record

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kinesi/o

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Movement, motion

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leps/o

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seizure

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lys/o

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destruction

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malac/o

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-malacia

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megal/o

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Large, enlarged

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metr/o

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measure

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path/o

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disease

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phag/o

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Eat, ingest

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phas/o

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speech

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pleg/o

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Paralysis

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schis/o

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Split, cleft

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scler/o

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Hard, hardening

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scop/o

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To examine

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troph/o

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nutrition

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aer/o

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air

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blast/o

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Embryonic form

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cancer/o

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cancer

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cephal/o

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head

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cry/o

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cold

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crypt/o

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hidden

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dips/o

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thirst

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electr/o

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electricity

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

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tissue

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myc/o

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function

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narc/o

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stupor

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Necr/o

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dead

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optic/o

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vision

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phon/o

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voice

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phot/o

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light

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py/o

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pus

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therm/o

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heat

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top/o

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position

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trache/o

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trachea

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