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What does carp/o refer to?

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Wrist bones

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What does cib/o mean?

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Meals

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What does cis/o signify?

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To cut

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What does cost/o refer to?

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Rib

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What does cutane/o mean?

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Skin

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What does dactyl/o signify?

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Fingers, toes

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What does duct/o refer to?

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To lead, carry

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What does flex/o mean?

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To bend

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What does furc/o signify?

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Forking, branching

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What does gloss/o refer to?

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Tongue

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What does glyc/o mean?

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Sugar

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What does immun/o signify?

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Protection

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What does morph/o refer to?

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Shape, form

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What does mort/o mean?

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Death

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What does nat/i signify?

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Birth

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What does nect/o refer to?

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To bind, tie, connect

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What does norm/o mean?

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Rule, order

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What does ox/o refer to?

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Oxygen

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What does pub/o mean?

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Pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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What does seps/o signify?

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Infection

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What does somn/o refer to?

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Sleep

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What does son/o mean?

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Sound

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What does the/o signify?

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To put, place

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What does thel/o, theli/o refer to?

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Nipple

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What does thyr/o mean?
Thyroid gland; shield
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What does top/o signify?
Place, position, location
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What does tox/o refer to?
Poison
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What does trache/o mean?
Windpipe, trachea
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What does urethr/o signify?
Urethra
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What does -blast mean?
Embryonic, immature
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What does -crine refer to?
To secrete
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What does -drome mean?
To run
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What does -fusion signify?
Coming together; to pour
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What does -gen mean?
Substance that produces
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What does -lapse refer to?
To slide, fall, sag
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What does -lysis mean?
Breakdown, destruction, separation
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What does -meter signify?
To measure
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What does -mission mean?
To send
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What does -or refer to?
One who
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What does -oxia mean?
Oxygen
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What does -partum signify?
Birth, labor
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What does -phoria mean?
To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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What does -physis refer to?
To grow
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What does -plasia mean?
Development, formation, growth
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What does -plasm signify?
Structure or formation
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What does -pnea mean?
Breathing
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What does -ptosis refer to?
Falling, drooping, prolapse
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What does -rrhea mean?
Flow, discharge
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What does -stasis signify?
Stopping, controlling
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What does -trophy mean?
Development, nourishment
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What does a-, an- refer to?
No, not, without
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What does ab- mean?
Away from
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What does ad- signify?
Toward
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What does ana- mean?
Up, apart
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What does anti- refer to?
Against
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What does auto- mean?
Self, own
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What does bi- signify?
Two
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What does brady- mean?
Slow
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What does cata- refer to?
Down
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What does con- mean?
With, together
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What does contra- signify?
Against, opposite
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What does de- refer to?
Down, lack of
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What does dia- mean?
Through, complete
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What does dys- signify?
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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What does ec-, ecto- mean?
Out, outside
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What does endo- refer to?
In, within
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What does epi- mean?
Upon, on, above
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What does eu- signify?
Good, normal
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What does ex- mean?
Out, outside, away from
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What does hemi- refer to?
Half
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What does hyper- mean?
Excessive, above
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What does hypo- signify?
Deficient, under
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What does in- mean?
Not
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What does infra- refer to?
Beneath, under
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What does inter- mean?
Between
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What does intra- signify?
In, within, into
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What does macro- mean?
Large
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What does mal- refer to?
Bad
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What does meta- mean?
Beyond, change
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What does micro- signify?
Small
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What does neo- mean?
New
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What does pan- refer to?
All
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What does para- mean?
Abnormal, beside, near
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What does per- signify?
Through
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What does peri- mean?
Surrounding
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What does poly- refer to?
Many, much
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What does post- mean?
After, behind
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What does pre- signify?
Before, in front of
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What does pro- mean?
Before, forward
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What does re- refer to?
Back, again
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What does retro- mean?
Behind, backward
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What does sub- signify?
Under
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What does supra- mean?
Above, upper
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What does syn-, sym- refer to?
Together, with
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What does tachy- mean?
Fast
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What does trans- signify?
Across, through
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What does ultra- mean?
Beyond, excess
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What does uni- refer to?
One

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