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Chapter 1 Word Building: An Introduction to Prefixes and Suffixes
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Undergraduate 3
08/30/2015
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes (to the lungs)
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cardi/o
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heart
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chrondr/o
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cartilage
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col/o
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colon
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cyst/o
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all bladders, not just urinary
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dent/o
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teeth
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derm/o
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skin
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encephala/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestines
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gastr/o
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stomach or abdomen
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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inguin/o
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groin
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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laryng/o
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larynx
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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nephr/o
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kidney
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nuer/o
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nerve
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opthalm/o
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eye
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orchi/o
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testes
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orth/o
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straight, normal
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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ovari/o
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ovary
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phleb/o
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vein
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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splen/o
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spleen
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steth/o
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chest
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test/
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testicles
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thorac/o
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chest
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tonsil/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea
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uter/o
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uterus
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ven/o
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vein
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andr/o
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male
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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carcin/o
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cancer
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chron/o
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persisting over time
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estr/o
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female
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glyc/o
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sugar
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hydr/o
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water/fluid
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morph/o
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form, shape
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muc/o
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mucus
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necr/o
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death
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orth/o
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straight/normal
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path/o
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disease
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phag/o
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to swallow
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phot/o
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light
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pnea
 Definition
breathing
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psych/o
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mind
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somat/o
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body
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ster/o
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solid structure
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ur/o
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urine
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radi/o
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x-ray
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cyan/o-
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blue

CYANosis (bluish skin discoloration)
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erythr/o-
 Definition
red

ERYTHRocyte (red blood cell)
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leuk/o
 Definition
white

LEUKOcyte (white blood cell)
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melan/o
 Definition
black

MELANoma (skin cancer)
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