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A
aababdomin/o
-ac
acanth/o
acetabul/o
acous/o
acr/o
acromi/o
actin/o
acu/o
adaden/o
adenoid/o
adip/o
adren/o
adrenal/o
aer/o
afagglutin/o
-agon
agora-agra
-al
alb/o
albin/o
albumin/o
alges/o
-algesia
-algia
alveol/o
ambly/o
-amine
amni/o
amyl/o
anan/o
anaandr/o
aneurysm/o
angi/o
anis/o
ankyl/o
anteanter/o
anthrac/o
anti-
prefix
prefix
combining form
suffix
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prefix
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combining form
prefix up; apart;
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
prefix
no; not; without
away from
abdomen
pertaining to
spiny; thorny
acetabulum (hip socket)
hearing
extremities; top; extreme point
acromion
light
sharp; severe; sudden
toward
gland
adenoids
fat
adrenal glands
adrenal glands
air
toward
clumping; sticking together
to assemble, gather
marketplace
excessive pain
pertaining to
white
white
albumin (protein)
sensitivity to pain
sensitivity to pain
pain
alveolus; air sac; small swac
dim; dull
nitrogen compound
amnion
starch
no; not; without
anus
backward; excessive
male
aneurysm
vessel
unequal
crooked; bent; stiff
before; forward
front
coal
against
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anxi/o
aort/o
-apheresis
aphth/o
apoaponeur/o
append/o
appendic/o
aque/o
-ar
-arche
arter/o
arteri/o
arteriol/o
arthr/o
-arthria
articul/o
-ary
asbest/o
-ase
-asthenia
atel/o
ather/o
-ation
atri/o
audi/o
audit/o
aur/o
auricul/o
aut/o
autoaxill/o
azot/o
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
prefix
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combining form
suffix
suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
uneasy; anxious
aorta
removal
ulcer
off, away
aponeurosis (type of tendon)
appendix
appendix
water
pertaining to
beginning
artery
artery
arteriole
joint
articulate (speak distinctly)
joint
pertaining to
asbestos
enzyme
lack of strength
incomplete
plaque (fatty substance)
process
atrium
hearing
hearing
ear
ear
self, own
self, own
armpit
urea; nitrogen
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
bacilli (bacteria)
bacteria
glans penis
pressure; weight
Bartholin's glands
base; opposite of acid
two
life
bile; gall
bilirubin
embryonic; immature
eyelid
cast; throw
B
bacill/o
bacteri/o
balan/o
bar/o
bartholin/o
bas/o
bibi/o
bil/i
bilirubin/o
-blast
blephar/o
bol/o
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brachi/o
brachybradybronch/o
bronchi/o
bronchiol/o
bucc/o
bunion/o
burs/o
byssin/o
combining form
prefix
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
arm
short
slow
bronchial tube (bronchus)
bronchial tube (bronchus)
bronchiole
cheek
bunion
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
cotton dust
combining form
combining form
combining form
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combining form
combining form
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suffix
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combining form
prefix
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suffix
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suffix
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combining form
suffix
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combining form
suffix
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combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
bad
calcium
clacium
calcaneus (heel bone)
calyx
calyx
carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide
cancerous
heart
wrist bones
down
tail; lower part of body
burn; burning
heat; burn
cecum
hernia
belly; abdomen
surgical puncture to remove fluid
head
cerebellum
brain; cerebrum
cerumen
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
relaxation
lip
drug; chemical
defecation; elimination of wastes
hand
bile; gall
bile vessel
gallbladder
common bile duct
cholesterol
cartilage
dance
C
cac/o
calc/o
calci/o
calcane/o
cali/o
calic/o
capn/o
-capnia
carcin/o
cardi/o
carp/o
catacaud/o
caus/o
cauter/o
cec/o
-cele
celi/o
-centesis
cephal/o
cerebell/o
cerebr/o
cerumin/o
cervic/o
-chalasia
cheil/o
chem/o
-chezia
chir/o
chol/e
cholangi/o
cholecyst/o
choledoch/o
cholesterol/o
chondr/o
chore/o
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chori/o
chorion/o
choroid/o
chrom/o
chron/o
chym/o
cib/o
-cidal
cine/o
cirrh/o
cis/o
-clasis
-clast
claustr/o
clavicul/o
-clysis
coagul/o
-coccus
coccyg/o
col/o
coll/a
colon/o
colp/o
comat/o
conconi/o
conjunctiv/o
-constriction
contracorcor/o
corne/o
coron/o
corpor/o
cortic/o
cost/o
crani/o
cras/o
crin/o
-crine
-crit
cry/o
crypt/o
culd/o
-cusis
cutane/o
cyan/o
cycl/o
-cyesis
combining form
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suffix
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combining form
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suffix
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prefix
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combining form
combining form
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suffix
suffix
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suffix
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combining form
suffix
chorion
chorion
choroid layer of eye
color
time
to pour
meal
pertaining to killing
movement
orange-yellow
to cut
to break
to break
enclosed space
clavicle (collar bone)
irrigation; washing
coagulation (clotting)
berry-shaped bacterium (-cocci, pl.)
coccyx (tailbone)
colon (large intestine)
glue
colon (large intestine)
vagina
deep sleep
together, with
dust
conjunctiva
narrowing
against; opposite
heart
pupil
cornea
heart
body
cortex, outer region
rib
skull
Mixture; temperament
secrete
secrete; separate
to separate
cold
hidden
cul-de-sac
hearing
skin
blue
ciliary body of eye; cycle, circle, recurring
pregnancy
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cyst/o
cyt/o
-cyte
-cytosis
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
cell
cell
condition of cells; slight increase in numbers
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
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combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
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suffix
prefix
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suffix
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prefix
tear; lacrimal duct; tear duct
tear sac; lacrimal sac
fingers; toes
lack of; down; less; removal of
people
tooth
skin
skin
skin
drying
to bind, tie together
complete; through
sweat
widening; stretching; expanding
double
thirst
far; distant
back (of body)
back
what is given
to run
to lead, carry
duodenum
dura mater
pain
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
suffix
prefix
prefix
suffix
suffix
prefix
suffix
suffix
suffix
combining form
prefix
suffix
suffix
pertaining to
out; outside
reflected sound
stretching; dilation; expansion
stretching; dilation; expansion
out; outside
removal; excision; resection
swelling
flat plate
electricity
in
condition
vomiting
D
dacry/o
dacryocyst/o
dactyl/o
dedem/o
dent/i
derm/o
-derma
dermat/o
desicc/o
-desis
diadiaphor/o
-dilation
dipl/o
dips/o
dist/o
dors/o
dorsi-dote
-drome
duct/o
duoden/o
dur/o
-dynia
dys-
E
-eal
ececho-ectasia
-ectasis
ecto-ectomy
-edema
-elasma
electr/o
em-ema
-emesis
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-emia
-emic
emmetr/o
enencephal/o
endoenter/o
eosin/o
epiepididym/o
epiglott/o
episi/o
-er
erg/o
erythem/o
erythr/o
-esis
esoesophag/o
-esthes/o
esthesi/o
-esthesia
estr/o
ethm/o
eti/o
eu-eurysm
exexanthemat/o
exoextra-
suffix
suffix
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prefix
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combining form
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suffix
prefix
combining form
prefix
prefix
blood condition
pertaining to blood condition
in due measure
in; within
brain
in; within
intestines (usually small intestine)
red; rosy; dawn-colored
above; upon; on
epididymis
epiglottis
vulva
one who
work
flushed; redness
red
condition
inward
esophagus
nervous sensation
feeling (nervous sensation)
nervous sensation
female
sieve
cause
good; normal
widening
out; away from
rash
out; away from
outside
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
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combining form
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suffix
suffix
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suffix
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face
fascia
femur (thigh bone)
to carry
fiber
fibrous connective tissue
fibula
process of making
split
to bend
luminous
follicle; small sac
resembling; in the shape of
fungus; mushroom
forking; branching
F
faci/o
fasci/o
femor/o
-ferent
fibr/o
fibros/o
fibul/o
-fication
-fida
flex/o
fluor/o
follicul/o
-form
fung/o
furc/o
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-fusion
suffix
to pour
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
system
suffix
suffix
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milk
ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies
stomach
producing; produced by
producing; forming
producing; forming
produced by or in
pregnancy
gum
gray
glu; neruoglial tissue-supportive tissue nervous
protein
protein
glomerulus
tongue
glucose; sugar
glucose; sugar
glycogen; animal starch
glucose; sugar
knowledge
seed
sex glands
angle
to go
record
granule(s)
instrument for recording
process of recording
pregnancy
pregnant woman
woman;female
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
hallucination
blood
blood
half
hemoglobin
liver
hernia
habit
sweat
tissue
tissue
G
galact/o
ganglion/o
gastr/o
gen/o
-gen
-genesis
-genic
gester/o
gingiv/o
glauc/o
gli/o
-globin
-globulin
glomerul/o
gloss/o
gluc/o
glyc/o
glycogen/o
glycos/o
gnos/o
gon/o
gonad/o
goni/o
-grade
-gram
granul/o
-graph
-graphy
gravid/o
-gravida
gynec/o
H
hallucin/o
hem/o
hemat/o
hemihemoglobin/o
hepat/o
herni/o
-hexia
hidr/o
hist/o
histi/o
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home/o
hormon/o
humer/o
hydr/o
hyperhypn/o
hypohypophys/o
hyster/o
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
sameness; unchanging; constant
hormone
humerus (upper arm bone)
water
above; excessive
sleep
deficient; below; under
pituitary gland
uterus; womb
suffix
suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
suffix
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prefix
suffix
suffix
prefix
combining form
prefix
prefix
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
prefix
prefix
combining form
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combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
suffix
suffix
condition
pertaining to
abnormal condition
physician; treatment
pertaining to
pertaining to
dry; scaly
unknown; individual; distinct
ileum
ilium
immune; protection; safe
in; into; not
a substance
pertaining to
below; inferior to; beneath
groin
between
within; into
iodine
ion; to wander
process
pertaining to
same
in
iris (colored portion of eye)
iris (colored portion of eye)
same; equal
to hold back; back
ischium (part of hip bone)
process; condition
specialist
inflammation
structure; tissue
combining form
jejunum
I
-ia
-iac
-iasis
iatro/o
-ic
-ical
ichthy/o
idi/o
ile/o
ili/o
immun/o
in-in, -ine
-ine
infrainguin/o
interintraiod/o
ion/o
-ion
-ior
ipsiirir/o
irid/o
is/o
isch/o
ischi/o
-ism
-ist
-itis
-ium
J
jejun/o
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K
kal/i
kary/o
kerat/o
kernket/o
keton/o
kines/o
kinesi/o
-kinesia
-kinesis
klept/o
kyph/o
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
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combining form
potassium
nucleus
horny, hard; cornea
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
ketones; acetones
ketones; acetones
movement
movement
movement
movement
to steal
humpback
combining form
combining form
combining form
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combining form
suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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combining form
lip
tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct
milk
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
abdominal wall; abdoment
to slide, fall, sag
larynx (voice box)
side
smooth (visceral) muscle
sheath, covering
seizure
thin, slender
to seize, take hold of
death
white
word; phrase
word; phrase
ligament
tongue
fat; lipid
slipping
stone; calculus
condition of stones
incision (for removal) of a stone
lobe
study of
study of
curve; swayback
to shine
lower back; loin
to slide
lymph
L
labi/o
lacrim/o
lact/o
lamin/o
lapar/o
-lapse
laryng/o
later/o
leiomy/o
-lemma
-lepsy
lept/o
-leptic
leth/o
leuk/o
-lexia
lex/o
ligament/o
lingu/o
lip/o
-listhesis
lith/o
-lithiasis
-lithotomy
lob/o
log/o
-logy
lord/o
-lucent
lumb/o
lux/o
lymph/o
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lymphaden/o
lymphangi/o
-lysis
-lytic
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
lymph gland
lymph vessel
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
to reduce, destroy
prefix
prefix
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
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prefix
suffix
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combining form
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combining form
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prefix
suffix
suffix
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prefix
combining form
combining form
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prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
large
bad
softening
malleolus
breast
mandible (lower jaw bone)
obsessive preoccupation
breast
mastoid process
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
meatus (opening)
middle
mediastinum
medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow
large
enlargement
black
menses; menstruation
membranes; meninges
membranes; meninges
mind; chin
middle
change; beyond
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatarsals (foot bones)
measure
uterus; womb; measure
uterus; womb
smaller; less
small
mimic; coy
to send
one; single
one; single
shape; form
death
mucus
mucous membrane (mucosa)
many
genetic change
causing genetic change
muscle
M
macromal-malacia
malleol/o
mamm/o
mandibul/o
-mania
mast/o
mastoid/o
maxill/o
meat/o
medi/o
mediastin/o
medull/o
mega-megaly
melan/o
men/o
mening/o
meningi/o
ment/o
mesometametacarp/o
metatars/o
-meter
metr/o
metri/o
mi/o
micro-mimetic
-mission
mon/o
monomorph/o
mort/o
muc/o
mucos/o
multimut/a
mutagen/o
my/o
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myc/o
mydr/o
myel/o
myocardi/o
myom/o
myring/o
myx/o
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
fungus
wide
spinal cord; bone marrow
myocardium (heart muscle)
muscle
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
mucus
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
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prefix
combining form
numbness; stupor; sleep
nose
birth
sodium
death
to bind, tie, connect
new
kidney
nerve
neither; neutral
nest
night
rule; order
nucleus
none
night
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
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combining form
suffix
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suffix
suffix
suffix
midwife
eye
tooth
resembling
little; small
olecranon; elbow
scanty
tumor; mass; fluid collection
shoulder
umbilical cord, navel
tumor
hormone
nail
egg
ovary
obscure
eye
vision
vision
view of
N
narc/o
nas/o
nat/i
natr/o
necr/o
nect/o
neonephr/o
neur/o
neutr/o
nid/o
noct/i
norm/o
nucle/o
nullinyct/o
O
obstetr/o
ocul/o
odont/o
-oid
-ole
olecran/o
olig/o
-oma
om/o
omphal/o
onc/o
-one
onych/o
o/o
oophor/o
-opaque
ophthalm/o
-opia
-opsia
-opsy
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opt/o
optic/o
-or
or/o
orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o
-orexia
orth/o
-ose
-osis
-osmia
ossicul/o
oste/o
-ostosis
ot/o
-otia
-ous
ov/o
ovari/o
ovul/o
ox/o
-oxia
oxyoxysm/o
combining form
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suffix
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combining form
eye; vision
eye; vision
one who
mouth
testis
testis
testis
appetite
straight
full of, pertaining to, sugar
abnormal condition
smell
ossicle (small bone)
bone
condition of bone
ear
ear condition
pertaining to
egg
ovary
egg
oxygen
oxygen
swift; sharp; acid
sudden
prefix
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combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
prefix
prefix
suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
suffix
suffix
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suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
heavy; thick
palate
eyelid
all
pancreas
nipple-like; optic disk (disc)
other than; abnormal
near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of
to bear, bring forth (live births)
to bear, bring forth
parathyroid glands
slight paralysis
sexual intercourse
birth; labor
patella
patella
disease
disease; emotion
chest
child; foot
pelvic bone; hip
P
pachypalat/o
palpebr/o
panpancreat/o
papill/o
parpara-para
-parous
parathyroid/o
-paresis
-pareunia
-partum
patell/a
patell/o
path/o
-pathy
pector/o
ped/o
pelv/i
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pelv/o
pend/o
-penia
-pepsia
perperiperine/o
peritone/o
perone/o
-pexy
phac/o
phag/o
-phage
-phagia
phak/o
phalang/o
pharmac/o
pharmaceut/o
pharyng/o
phas/o
-phasia
phe/o
-pheresis
phil/o
-phil
-philia
phim/o
phleb/o
phob/o
-phobia
phon/o
-phonia
-phoresis
-phoria
-phor/o
phot/o
phren/o
-phthisis
-phylaxis
phys/o
physi/o
-physis
phyt/o
-phyte
pil/o
pineal/o
pituitar/o
-plakia
plant/o
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
prefix
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
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combining form
suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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suffix
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combining form
combining form
suffix
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combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
pelvic cavity; hip
to hang
deficiency
digestion
through
surrounding
perineum
peritoneum
fibula
fixation; to put in place
lens of eye
eat; swallow
eat; swallow
eating; swallowing
lens of eye
phalanges (finger or toe)
drug
drug
throat; pharynx
speech
speech
dusky; dark
removal
like; love; attraction to
attraction for
attraction for
muzzle
vein
fear
fear
voice; sound
voice; sound
carrying; transmission
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
to bear
light
diaphragm; mind
wasting away
protection
growing
nature
to grow
plant
plant
hair
pineal gland
pituitary gland
plaque
sole of the foot
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plas/o
-plasia
-plasm
-plastic
-plasty
ple/o
-plegia
-plegic
pleur/o
plex/o
-pnea
pneum/o
pneumon/o
pod/o
-poiesis
-poietin
poikil/o
pol/o
poliopolypolyp/o
pont/o
-porosis
postposter/o
-prandial
-praxia
prepresby/o
primiproproct/o
prosprostat/o
prot/o
proxim/o
prurit/o
pseudopsych/o
-ptosis
-ptysis
pub/o
pulmon/o
pupill/o
purul/o
py/o
pyel/o
pylor/o
pyr/o
combining form
suffix
suffix
suffix
suffix
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suffix
suffix
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combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
combining form
prefix
prefix
combining form
combining form
suffix
prefix
combining form
suffix
suffix
prefix
combining form
prefix
prefix
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
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suffix
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
development; formation
development; formation; growth
formation
pertaining to formation
surgical repair
more; many
paralysis; palsy
paralysis; palsy
pleura
plexus; network (of nerves)
breathing
lung; air
lung; air
foot
formation
substance that forms
varied; irregular
extreme
gray matter of brain or spinal cord
many; much
polyp; small growth
pons (a part of the brain)
lessening in density
after; behind
back (of body); behind
meal
action
before; in front of
old age
first
before
anus and rectum
before
prostate gland
first
near
itching
fals
mind
droop; sag; prolapse; fall
spitting
pubis (part of hip bone)
lung
pupil
pus-filled
pus
renal pelvis
pylorus; pyloric sphincter
fever; fire
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pyret/o
pyrex/o
combining form
combining form
fever
fever
prefix
four
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
suffix
suffix
suffix
combining form
spinal column; vertebrae
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
nerve root
back; again; backward
rectum
kidney
network
retina
behind; back; backward
striated (skeletal) muscle
watery flow
nose
x-rays
bursting forth of blood
bursting forth of blood
suture
flow; discharge
rupture
rhythm
sacr/o
salping/o
combining form
combining form
-salpinx
sarc/o
scapul/o
-schisis
schiz/o
scintill/o
scirrh/o
scler/o
-sclerosis
scoli/o
-scope
-scopy
scot/o
seb/o
sebace/o
suffix
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
sacrum
uterine (fallopian) tube; oviduct; auditory
(eustachian) tube
uterine (fallopian) tube; oviduct
flesh (connective tissue)
scapula; shoulder blade
to split
split
spark
hard
sclera (white of eye)
hardening
crooked; bent
instrument for visual examination
visual examination
darkness
sebum
saebum
Q
quadri-
R
rachi/o
radi/o
radicul/o
rerect/o
ren/o
reticul/o
retin/o
retrorhabdomy/o
rheumat/o
rhin/o
roentgen/o
-rrhage
-rrhagia
-rrhaphy
-rrhea
-rrhexis
rrhythm/o
S
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sect/o
semisemin/I
seps/o
sial/o
sialaden/o
sider/o
sigmoid/o
silic/o
sinus/o
-sis
-sol
somat/o
-somes
somn/o
-somnia
son/o
-spadia
-spasm
sperm/o
spermat/o
sphen/o
spher/o
sphygm/o
-sphyxia
spin/o
spir/o
splen/o
spondyl/o
squam/o
-stalsis
staped/o
staphyl/o
-stasis
-static
steat/o
-stenosis
ster/o
stere/o
stern/o
steth/o
-sthenia
-stitial
stomat/o
-stomy
strept/o
styl/o
subsubmaxill/o
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
combining form
suffix
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
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combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
to cut
half
semen; seed
infection
saliva
salivary gland
iron
sigmoid colon
glass
sinus
state of; condition
solution
body
bodies
sleep
sleep
sound
to tear, cut
sudden contraction of muscles
spermatozoa; sperm cells
spermatozoa; sperm cells
wedge; sphenoid bone
globe-shaped; round
pulse
pulse
spine (backbone); spinal cord
to breathe
spleen
vertebrae (back bone)
scale
contraction
stapes (middle ear bone)
clusters; uvula
stop; control; place
pertaining to stopping; controlling
fat, lipid, sebum
tightening; stricture
solid structure; steroid
solid; three-dimensional
sternum (breastbone)
chest
strength
to set; pertaining to standing or positioned
mouth
new opening (to form a mouth)
twisted chains
pole or stake
under; below
mandible (lower jaw bone)
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-suppression
suprasymsynsyncop/o
syndesm/o
synov/o
syring/o
suffix
prefix
prefix
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
to stop
above, upper
together; with
together; with
to cut off, cut short
ligament
synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around tendon
tube
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
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suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
suffix
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suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
fast
tarsus (ankle bone)
order; coordination
complete
distant
tendon
tendon
monster; malformed fetus
testis; testicle
four
thalamus
sea
put; place
sheath
nipple
treatment
treatment
heat
chest
pleural cavity; chest
clot
thymus gland
mind
pertaining to mind
thyroid gland; shield
thyroid gland
tibia (shin bone)
pertaining to
process
labor; birth
labor; birth
labor; birth
to cut
instrument to cut
process of cutting
tension
to stretch
tonsil
T
tachytars/o
tax/o
tel/o
tele/o
ten/o
tendin/o
terat/o
test/o
tetrathalam/o
thalass/o
the/o
thec/o
thel/o
therapeut/o
-therapy
therm/o
thorac/o
-thorax
thromb/o
thym/o
-thymia
-thymic
thyr/o
thyroid/o
tibi/o
-tic
-tion
toc/o
-tocia
-tocin
tom/o
-tome
-tomy
ton/o
tone/o
tonsill/o
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top/o
tox/o
toxic/o
trache/o
trans-tresia
tritrich/o
trigon/o
-tripsy
troph/o
-trophy
-tropia
-tropic
-tropin
tympan/o
-type
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
prefix
suffix
prefix
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
suffix
suffix
suffix
suffix
combining form
suffix
place; position; location
poison
poison
trachea (windpipe)
across
opening
three
hair
trigone
to crush
nourishment; development
nourishment; development
to turn
turning
stimulate; act on
tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
classification; picture
suffix
combining form
prefix
suffix
combining form
combining form
prefix
combining form
combining form
combining form
suffix
combining form
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
little; small
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
beyond; excess
structure; tissue; thing
navel; umbilical cord
nail
one
urine; urinary tract
ureter
urethra
urination; condition of urine
urine
thing
uterus;womb
uvea, vascular layer of eye-iris, choroid, ciliary body
uvula
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
vagus nerve
vagina
valve
valve
varicose veins
vessel; duct; vas deferens
blood vessel
vein
sexual intercourse
belly side of body
U
-ule
uln/o
ultra-um
umbilic/o
ungu/o
uniur/o
ureter/o
urethr/o
-uria
urin/o
-us
uter/o
uve/o
uvul/o
V
vag/o
vagin/o
valv/o
valvul/o
varic/o
vas/o
vascul/o
ven/o
venere/o
ventr/o
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ventricul/o
venul/o
-verse
-version
vertebr/o
vesic/o
vesicul/o
viscer/o
vit/o
vitr/o
viv/o
vol/o
vulv/o
combining form
combining form
suffix
suffix
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
ventricle (of brain or heart)
venule; small vein
to turn
to turn
vertebra (back bone)
urinary bladder
seminal vesicle
internal organs
life
glass
life
to roll
vulva
combining form
combining form
combining form
combining form
yellow
stranger
dry
sword
suffix
condition; process
X
xanth/o
xen/o
xer/o
xiph/o
Y
-y
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