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| a-
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Absence of. without, not |
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| ab- |
From,
away, to open |
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| -ac |
Pertaining
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| ad- |
To,
toward, near |
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| -al |
Pertaining
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| -algia |
Pain |
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| allo- |
Another
(human) |
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| -aneurysm- |
Aneurysm |
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| -angi- |
Vessel |
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| ante- |
Before,
anterior |
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| anti- |
Against |
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| ambi- |
Both,
two |
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| -arter- |
Artery |
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| -arthr- |
Joint |
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| -ary |
Pertaining
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| auto- |
Self |
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| -atri- |
Atrium
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| bi- |
Two |
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| bio- |
Life,
alive |
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| bradi- |
Slow |
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| circum- |
Around |
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contra- |
Against,
opposite |
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| -cardi- |
Heart |
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| -celi- |
Cavity |
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| -centesis |
Needle
aspiration, needle drainage |
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| -cephal- |
Head |
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| -cerebr- |
Brain |
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| -cervic- |
Neck |
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| -chondr- |
Cartilage |
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-chole- |
Bile |
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| -choledoch- |
Bile
duct |
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| -cholelith- |
Bile
stones |
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| circum- |
Around |
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| -col-,-colon- |
Colon,
large intestine |
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| contra- |
Against |
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| -corp- |
Body |
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| cortico- |
Cortex,
Cortical |
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| -cost- |
Rib |
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| -cut- |
Skin |
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| -cutic- |
Epidermis |
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| -cyst- |
Sac,
bladder |
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| -cyte |
Cell |
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| -derma- |
Skin |
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| -desis |
Fusion |
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| di- |
Two |
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| dis- |
The
opposite of, to take apart |
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| dors- |
Back |
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| -dur- |
Hard,
tough |
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| dys- |
Abnormal |
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| -eal |
Pertaining
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| ect- |
External |
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| -ectomy |
Removal |
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| -emia |
Blood |
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| en- |
In,
internal |
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| end- |
Inner,
within |
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| ent- |
Inner,
within |
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| -enter- |
Intestine,
small intestine |
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| epi- |
Outer,
above, on |
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| erythr- |
Red |
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| -esophag- |
Esophagus
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| -esthesia |
Sensation |
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| ex- |
External,
out, outside |
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| extra- |
Outside,
in addition |
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| -fibr- |
Fiber,
fibrous |
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| -gastr- |
Stomach |
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| -genic |
Cause,
origin |
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| -gram |
Something
written, examination of |
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| -graph |
Something
written, examination of |
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| -hem-,
-hema- |
Blood |
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| hemi- |
Half |
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| -hepat- |
Liver |
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| heter- |
Other |
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| -hist- |
Tissue |
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| hist- |
Tissue |
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| hom- |
Same |
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| hyp- |
Below,
more than normal |
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| hyper- |
Excessive,
more than normal |
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| -iasis |
Condition
of, state of disease |
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| in- |
Within,
into, not |
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| infra- |
Inferior,
below |
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| inter- |
Between |
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| intra- |
Within,
inside |
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| iso- |
Normal,
same |
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| -itis |
Inflammation,
infection |
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| jejun- |
Jejunum |
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| lapar- |
Abdomen,
flank |
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| -lapar- |
Abdomen,
flank |
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| leuk- |
White |
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| -lip-,
lip- |
Fat |
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| -listhesis |
Displacement |
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| -lith- |
Stone |
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| -lithiasis |
Condition
of stones |
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| -lithectomy |
Removal
of stones |
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| -logy |
Scence
of, study of |
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| -lumb- |
Lumbar |
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| -lysis |
Break
down, |
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| -ma |
Tumor,
mass |
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| macro- |
Large,
gross |
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| mal- |
Disordered,
bad |
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| -mening- |
Membrane |
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| mes- |
A
two-layered peritoneal membrane |
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| micro- |
Small |
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| -muscul- |
Muscle |
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| -my- |
Muscle |
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| -myel- |
Bone
marrow, spinal cord |
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| -nephr- |
Kidney |
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| -neur- |
Nerve |
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| -os-,
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Bone |
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| para- |
Beside,
alongside, parallel |
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| -paresis |
Mild
paralysis |
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| path- |
Disease |
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| -pathy |
Disease |
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| ped- |
Children |
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| per- |
Through,
across |
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| peri- |
Around |
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| -pexy |
Fixation,
suture fixation |
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| -pharyng- |
Pharynx,
throat |
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| -phleb- |
Vein |
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| -plasty |
Reshaping,
surgical formation of |
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| -plegia |
Paralysis |
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| -pneumon- |
Air,
lung |
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| poly- |
Many |
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| post- |
After |
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| pre- |
Before,
anterior |
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| pro- |
Forward |
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| pseudo- |
False |
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| -psy |
Examination |
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| -pulmon- |
Air,
structures related to the lung |
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Four |
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| -radicul- |
Root
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| retro- |
Posterior,
behind |
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| -rraphy |
Surgical
repair |
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| -rrhea |
Discharge,
flow |
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| -sacr- |
Sacrum |
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| -scope |
Instrument
used for viewing |
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| -scopist |
He/she
who uses a scope |
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| -scopy |
To
view |
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| semi- |
Half |
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| -septi- |
Poison |
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| -sis |
Abnormal
condition, state of |
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| -spondyl- |
Vertebra |
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| -stasis |
Control,
stop |
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| -sthenia |
Weakness |
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| -stomy |
Drainage,
to drain |
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| sub- |
Under,
below |
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| super- |
Above,
greater, over |
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| supra- |
Above,
upon, superior |
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| sym-,
syn- |
With,
together |
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| -thec- |
Roof.
(refers to dura mater and arachnoid together) |
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| -thorac- |
Chest |
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| -tome |
A
cutting instrument, a section |
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| -tomy |
An
opening, cutting into |
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| trans- |
Across,
beyond, through |
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| tri- |
Three |
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one,
once |
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