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| without, negative. Ex. a/men/orrhea: without a monthly flow |
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| from, away from. Ex. ab/normal: away from normal |
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| to, toward. Ex. ad/duct: carry toward |
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| before, in front. Ex. ante/natal: before birth |
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| against. Ex. anti/bacteri/al: pertaining to against bacteria |
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| two. Ex. bi/lateral: two sides |
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| life. Ex. bio/logy: study of life |
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| short. Ex. brachy/dactylism: short fingers/toes |
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| slow. Ex. brady/cardia: slow heart rate |
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| hundred. Ex. cent/meter: one one hundredth of a meter |
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| around. Ex. circum/cis/ion: cutting around |
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| with, together. Ex. con/genital: born with |
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| against. Ex. contra/indicated: against indicatiion |
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| down from. Ex: de/hydrate: lose water |
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| right. Ex. dextr/o/gastria: stomach displaced to right |
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| through. Ex. dia/rrhea: flow through |
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| apart. Ex. dis/sect: to cut apart |
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| bad, difficult. Ex. dys/pnea: difficult breathing |
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| out, out from. Ex. ex/cise: to cut out |
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| outside. Ex. extra/corpore/al: pertaining to outside the body |
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| in, on. Ex. en/capsulated: in a capsule |
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| within. Ex. endo/scopy: visualization within |
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| upon. Ex. epi/dermis: upon the skin |
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| good. Ex. eu/phonic: good sound |
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| half. Ex. hemi/gastr/ectomy: surgical removal of half the stomach |
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| over, above. Ex. hyper/kinetic: overactive |
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| under, below. Ex. hypo/glossal: under the tongue |
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| beneath. Ex. infra/mammary: beneath the cells |
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| thousand. Ex. kilo/gram: one thousand grams |
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| large. Ex. macro/cyte: large cell |
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| bad. Ex. mal/nutrition: bad nourishment |
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| middle. Ex. mes/entery: middle of intestine |
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| after, beyond. Ex. meta/carpals: beyond the carpals (wrist) |
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| small. Ex. micro/cephal/ic: having a small head |
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| one one-thousandth. Ex. milli/liter: one one-thousandth of a liter |
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| many. Ex. multi/para: one who has many children |
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| new. Ex. neo/plasm: new growth |
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| scanty, few. Ex. olig/uria: scanty amount of urine |
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| tumor. Ex. onc/ology: study of tumors |
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| beside. Ex. para/median: beside the median |
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| through. Ex. per/cutaneous: through the skin |
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| around. Ex. peri/tonsillar: around the tonsil |
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| much, many. Ex. poly/cystic: having many cysts |
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| after. Ex. post/mortem: after death |
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| before. Ex. pre/nat/al: pertaining to before birth |
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| old. Ex. presby/opia: old vision |
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| first. Ex. primi/gravida: woman in first pregnancy |
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| before. Ex. pro/gnosis: foreknowledge, prediction of outcome |
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| back, again. Ex. re/generate: produce or develop again |
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| behind. Ex. retro/stern/al: pertaining to behind the sternum |
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| under, below. Ex: sub/lingu/al: pertaining to under the tongue |
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| above. Ex. supra/pelvic: above the pelvis |
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| with, together. Ex. syn/ergism: working together |
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| fast. Ex. tachy/phasia: fast speech |
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| across, beyond. Ex. trans/urethr/al: pertaining to across the urethra |
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| one. Ex. uni/lateral: one side |
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