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combing forms, prefixes, and suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
09/11/2010

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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out, outside

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en-, endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hypo-

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deficient, below normal

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in-

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not

 

into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in, within, into

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macro-

 

 

 

Definition

 

 

 

Large

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micro-

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small

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Mal-

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bad

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meta-

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change, beyond

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pseudo-

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false

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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carp/o

Definition

 

 

 

wrist bones

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cib/o

Definition

 

 

 

meals

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cis/o

Definition

 

 

 

to cut

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

Definition

 

 

skin

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dactyl/o

Definition

 

 

 

fingers, toes

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duct/o

Definition

 

 

 

to lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

Definition

 

 

 

forking, branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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immun/o

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protection

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morph/o

Definition

 

 

 

shape, form

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mort/o

Definition

 

 

 

death

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nat/i

Definition

 

 

 

birth

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nect/o

Definition

 

 

to bind, tie, connect

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

Definition

 

 

 

oxygen

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pub/o

Definition

 

 

 

pubis (pubic bone)

anterior protion of the pelvic

or hip bone

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seps/o

Definition

 

 

 

infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

Definition

 

 

 

to put, place

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thel/o

Definition

 

 

 

nipple

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thyr/o

Definition

 

 

 

thyroid gland; shield

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top/o

Definition

 

 

 

place, position, location

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tox/o

Definition

 

 

 

poison

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trache/o

Definition

 

 

 

windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

Definition

 

 

 

urethra

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-blast

 

Definition

 

 

embryonic, immature

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-crine

Definition

 

 

 

to secrete

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-cyesis

Definition

 

 

 

pregnancy

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-drome

Definition

 

 

 

to run

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-fusion

Definition

 

 

 

coming together, to pour

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-gen

Definition

 

 

 

substance that produces

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-lapse

Definition

 

 

 

to slide, fall or sag

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-lysis

Definition

 

 

 

breakdown, seperate or destroy

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-meter

Definition

 

 

 

to measure

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-mission

Definition

 

 

 

to send

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-or

Definition

 

 

 

one who

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-partum

Definition

 

 

 

birth, labor

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-phoria

Definition

 

 

 

to bear, carry; feeling

(mental state)

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-physis

Definition

 

 

 

to grow

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-plasia

Definition

 

 

 

development, formation, growth

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-plasm

Definition

 

 

 

structure, or formation

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-pnea

Definition

 

 

 

breathing

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-ptosis

Definition

 

 

 

falling, dropping, prolapse

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-rrhea

Definition

 

 

 

flow discharge

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-stasis

Definition

 

 

 

stopping, controlling

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-trophy

Definition

 

 

 

development, nourishment

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