Roots Prefix Suffix I-N Flashcards

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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ichthy/o

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fish

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-ician

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specialist

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icter/o

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jaundice

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ide/o

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idea, mental images

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idi/o

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individual, distinct, unknown

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ile/o

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ileum

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ili/o

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ilium

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immun/o

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protection, immune

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infra-

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below, beneath

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inguin/o

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groin

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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iod/o

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iodine

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ion/o

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ion

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ipsi-

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same

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ir/o

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iris

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irid/o

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iris

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isch/o

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suppress, restrain

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ischi/o

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ischium

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is/o

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equal

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-ist

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specialist

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ithy-

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erect, straight

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ixod/o
ticks
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jaund/o
yellow
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jejun/o
jejunum
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juxta-
near
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kal/i
potassium
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kary/o
nucleus
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kel/o
tumor, fibrous growth
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ken/o
empty
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kerat/o
horny tissue, cornea
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keton/o
ketones
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kilo-
thousand
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kinesi/o
movement
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-kinesia
movement
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-kinetic
movement
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klept/o
theft, stealing
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koil/o
hollow, concave, depresses
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kraur/o
dry
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kyph/o
humpback
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-labile
unstable, perishable
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lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal duct
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lact/o
milk
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lal/o
speech, babble
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-lalia
speech, babble
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lamin/o
lamina
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lampr/o
clear
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
larynx
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later/o
side
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laxat/o
to slacken, relax, loosen
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lecith/o
yolk, ovum
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-legia
reading
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lei/o
smooth
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-lemma
confining membrane
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lepid/o
flakes, scales
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lepr/o
leprosy
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-lepsy
seizure
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lept/o
slender, thin, delicate
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letharg/o
drowsiness
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leuk/o
white
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levo-
left
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-lexia
speech, word
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lien/o
spleen
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ligament/o
ligament
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ligat/o
binding, tying
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lim/o
hunger
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lingu/o
tongue
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lip/o
fat
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-lipsis
omit, fail
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-listhesis
slipping
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lith/o
stone, calculus
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lob/o
lobe
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logad/o
whites of the eyes
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log/o
word, speech, thought
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-log
word, speech, thought
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-logue
word, speech thought
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-logist
specialist
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-logy
study of
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loph/o
ridge
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lord/o
curvature, bending
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lox/o
oblique, slanting
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-lucent
light admitting
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luc/i
light
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lucid/o
clear
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lumb/o
loin
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lumin/o
light
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lute/o
yellow
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luxat/o
dislocate
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ly/o
dissolve, loosen
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lymph/o
lymph
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-lysis
dissolution, breakdown
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-malacia
softening
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mamm/o
breast
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-mania
madness, obsessive, preoccupation
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-masesis
mastication, chewing
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mast/o
breast
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maxill/o
maxilla
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medi/o
middle
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mediastin/o
mediastinum
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medic/o
healing, heal
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medull/o
medulla, marrow
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mega-
million, large
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magalo-
large
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-megaly
enlargement
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mel/o
limbs, limb
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melan/o
black
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meli-
honey, sugar
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melit-
honey, sugar
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men/o
menses, menstruation
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mening/o
meninges, membranes
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ment/o
mind
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mer/o
part
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meso-
middle
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meta-
after, beyond, change
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metall/o
metal
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-meter
instrument for measuring
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method/o
procedure, technique
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metr/o
uterus
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-metry
process of measuring
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micro-
one millionth, small
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mi/o
less, smaller
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milli-
one thousandth
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-mimesis
imitation, simulation
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mis/o
hatred of, aversion
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-mnesia
memory
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mogi-
difficult
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mono-
one
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morph/o
shape, form
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mort/o
death
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-motor
movement, motor
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muc/o
mucus
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multi-
many, much
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muscul/o
muscle
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mutilat/o
to maim, disfigure
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my/o
muscle
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myos/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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myring/o
eardrum
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myx/o
mucus
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nano-
one billionth
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narc/o
numbness, stupor
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nas/o
nose
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nat/o
birth
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natr/o
sodium
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necr/o
death
150
neo-
new
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutral
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nev/o
mole, birthmark
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noci-
to cause harm, injury or pain
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noct/i
night
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nod/o
knot
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-noia
mind, will
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nom/o
custom, law
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nomen-
name
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noni-
nine
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norm/o
normal, usual
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nos/o
disease
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not/o
the back
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nucle/o
nucleus
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nulli-
none
167
nutri/o
nourish
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nutrit/o
nourish
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nyct/o
night