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without, not, no
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| from, away from (Example: aberrant; wandering away from) |
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| toward, increase (Example: adduct; movement toward the midline of the body) |
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| white (Example: albino; person who has a marked deficiency of pigment in the eyes, hair, and skin; has abnormally white skin) |
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| white (Example: albinism; condition of abnormally white skin; characterized by absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes.) |
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| both, both sides (Example: ambidextrous; able to use both hands well.) |
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| without, not, no (Example: anesthesia; without feeling.) |
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| before, in front (Example: antecubital; "the space" in front of the elbow.) |
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| against (Example: antidote; a drug or other substance that opposes [works againsts] the action of a poison.) |
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| self (Example: autograft; a graft transferred from one part of a patient's body to another.) |
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| two, double (Example: bicuspid; having two cusps or points.) |
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| life (Example: biology; the study of life.) |
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| slow (Example: bradycardia; slow heartbeat.) |
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| green (Example: chlorophyll; green pigment in plants that accomplishes photosynthesis.) |
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| around (Example: circumduction; movement around in a circle.) |
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| yellow, tawny (Example: cirrhosis; chronic degenerative liver disease with resultant yellowness of the liver and skin.) |
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| together, with (Example: congenital; born with.) |
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| against (Example: contraindication; against what is indicated.) |
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| blue (Example: cyanoderma; slightly bluish, grayish, slatelike, or dark discoloration o the skin.) |
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| down, from (Example: desend; to come down from.) |
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| through (Example: diagnosis; knowledge through testing.) |
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| free of, to undo (Example: dislocation; the displacement [undoing] of any part of the body from its normal placement.) |
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| bad, difficult, painful, disordered (Example: dyspnea; difficuly breathing.) |
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outside (Example: ectopic; outside its normal location as in an ectopic pregnancy, which occurs in the fallopian tubes instead of in the uterus.)
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| within, inner (Example: endoscope; instrument used to look inside the body.) |
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| red, rosy (Example: eosinophil; bilobed leukocyte that stains a red, rosy color with an acid dye.) |
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| upon, over (Example: epigastric; pertaining to the region over the stomach.) |
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| red (Example: erythrocyte; mature red blood cell.) |
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| well, easily, good, normal (Example: eupnea; normal bleeding.) |
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| out, away from, outside (Example: exhale; to breathe out.) |
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| outside, outward (Example: exogenous; originating outside the body.) |
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| outside, beyond (Example: extrahepatic; outside of the liver.) |
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| gray, silver (Example: glaucoma; disorder of the eye due to intraocular pressure; creates a dull gray gleam of the affected eye.) |
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| half (Example: hemiplegia; paralysis of one side [half] of the body.) |
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| different (Example: heterogeneous; composed of different or unlike substances.) |
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| likeness, same (Example: homeostasis; a relative constancy [likeness] in the internal environment of the body.) |
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| same (Example: homogenesis; having the same origins.) |
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| water (Example: hydrocephalus; an abnormal accumulation of fluid [water] withing the head.) |
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| under, beow, beneath, less than normal (Example: hypoxemia; less than normal blood oxygen level.) |
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| excessive (Example: hyperemesis; excessive vomiting.) |
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| under, below, beneath, less than normal (Example: hypoglycemia; less than normal blood sugar; low blood sugar level.) |
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| individual (Example: idiosyncrasy; an individual sensitivity to effects of a drug caused by inherited or other bodily constitution factors.) |
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| not (Example: impotence; an adult males inability [not able] to achieve penile erection.) |
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| in, inside, within, not (Example: inborn; acquired during intrauterine life.) |
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| beneath, below, under (Example: infraorbital; beneath the bony cavity in which the eyeball is located.) |
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| between (Example: intercostal; between the ribs.) |
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| within (Example: intravenous; within the vein.) |
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| yellow (Example: jaundice; yellow discoloration of the skin.) |
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| near, beside (Example: juxta-articular; pertaining to a location near a joint.) |
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| white (Example: leukoplakia; white, hard, thickened patches firmly attached to the mucous membrane in areas such as the mouth, vulva, or penis.) |
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| black (Example: melanoma; a darkly pigmented cancerous tumor.) |
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| middle (Example: mesoderm; the middle of the three layers of skin.) |
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| beyond, after (Example: metacarpals; pertaining to the bones after the carpal [wrist] bone; i.e., the hand bones.) |
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| one-thousandth (Example: milliliter; one thousandth of a liter.) |
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| one (Example: monocyte; a white cell with a singular nucleus.) |
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| many (Example: multipara; to bear many "children.") |
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not (Example:
noninvasive; pertaining to a diagnostic or therapeutic technique that does not require the skin to be broken [not invaded] or a cavity or organ to be entered.) |
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| all (Example: pancarditis; inflammation of the entire heart [all] |
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| near, beside, beyond, two like parts (Example: paracervical; near, or beside, the cervix.) |
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| through (Example: percussion; striking through) |
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| around (Example: perianal; around the anus.) |
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| gray (Example: poliomyelitis; the inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.) |
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| many, much, excessive (Example: polyarthritis; inflammation of many joints.) |
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| after, behind (Example: postcibal; after meals.) |
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| before, in front (Example: precordial; the region "of the chest wall" in front of the heart.) |
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| first (Example: primigravida; first pregnancy.) |
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| false (Example: pseudoanorexia; "false anorexia"; a condition in which an indiviual eats secretly while claiming a lack of appetite and inability to eat.) |
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| purple (Example: purpura; collection of blood beneath in the form of pinpoint hemorrhages appearing as red/purple skin discoloration.) |
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| four (Example: quadriplegia; paralysis of all four extremities.) |
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| back, again (Example: retrocecal; pertaining to the region behind the cecum.) |
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| backward, behind (Example: retrocecal; pertaining to the region behind the cecum. |
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| red (Example: rubella; a contagious viral disease characterized by fever, coldlike symptoms, and a diffuse, fine red rash [also German measles]) |
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| half (Example: semiconscious; half conscious.) |
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| under, below (Example: subcutaneous; under the skin.) |
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| above, over (Example: suprapubic; above, or over the pubic area.) |
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| joined, together (Example: sympathetic; displaying compassion for another's grief; literally, "joined in disease.") |
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| joined, together (Example: syndrome; a group of symptoms joined by a common cause; "running together.") |
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| rapid (Example: tachycardia; rapid heartbeat.) |
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| across, through (Example: transurethral; across, or through, the urethra.) |
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| three (Example: triceps; "a muscle" having three heads.) |
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| beyond, excess (Example: ultrasound; sound waves at the very high frequency of more than 20,000 vibrations per second.) |
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| one (Example: uninuclear; "a cell" having one nucleus.) |
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| yellow (Example: xanthoderma; any yellow coloration of the skin.) |
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