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hipp
iatric
horse
doctor
hippiatric – specializing in horse diseases
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neuro
some
nerve
body
neurosome – a cell body of nerves
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peri
hepat
around
liver
itis
inflammation of
perihepatitis – inflammation around the liver
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xantho
yellow
dontous
tooth
xanthodontous – having yellow teeth
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tachy
dromous
swift
running
tachydromous – able to run swiftly
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gastro
scope
stomach
look
gastroscope – an instrument for viewing the
interior of the stomach
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phlebo
tomy
vein
cut
phlebotomy – a surgical incision into a vein
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di
hysteria
two
uterus
dihysteria – a condition of having two uteruses
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aden
algia
gland
pain
adenalgia – a painful swelling of a gland
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melano
cyte
black
cell
melanocyte – a darkly pigmented cell
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dys
photic
bad
light
dysphotic – poorly lighted
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nephro
pathic
kidney
diseased
nephropathic – pertaining to a diseased kidney
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entero
lith
intestine
stone
enterolith – a stony mass in the intestines
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schisto
glossia
split
tongue
schistoglossia – a fissure or cleft of the tongue
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poly
mastism
many
breast
polymastism – the condition of having extra
breasts
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brady
logia
slow
speech
bradylogia – slowness of speech
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rhino
plasty
nose
to form
rhinoplasty – plastic surgery on the nose
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pan
all
ichthyo
fish
phagous
to eat
panichthyophagous – characterized by
eating all kinds of fish
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erythr
red
(h)emia
blood
erythremia – an excess of red blood cells
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blasto
phyllum
embryo
leaf
blastophyllum – a membrane surrounding an
embryo
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Terms from Linguistics
orientate, lase, respirate
Back Formation
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coalesce, obsolescent, nascent
Inchoative
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angel, progress, urbane
Elevation
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air, heir, err
Homonym
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affluenza, cybrarian, hazmat
Blend
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ad-fective, sub-fuse, in-legal
Assimilation
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lunal, turtur, piity
Dissimilation
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splash, zip, meow
Onomatopoeia
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shouting, running, caught
Participle
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liquor, rape, radish
Specialization
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cubicle, capsule, pupil
Diminutive
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neutralize, dysfunctional, visit a site
Circumlocution
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to panhandle, make a run, the blues
Functional Change
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gentle/genteel, hostile/host, fiddle/viola
Doublets
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allowance, generation, ordnance
Abstract to Concrete
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Sources of Words
with flying colors, son of a gun, junk
Sea-Terms
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fifth column, salary, harbinger
Military Terms
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fetish, juggernaut, termagant
Non-Christian Terms
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orchestra, explode, namby-pamby
Literary Terms
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iconoclast, talent, encyclical
Christian Terms
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peculiar, paraphernalia, size
The Law
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desultory, haggard, crestfallen
Sports and Games
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tarantula, cologne, peach
Place Names
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flamboyant, maudlin, grotesque
The Arts
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flash in the pan, crocodile tears
sold down the river
Expressions