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Prefix
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Definition
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a-
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not, without, lack of, absence
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ab-
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away from
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acro-
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extremity, end
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ad-
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toward, near
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ambly-
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dim
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an-
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not, without, lack of, absence
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ante-
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before
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anti-
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against
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atel/o-
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incomplete
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auto-
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self
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bi-
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two, twice
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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circum-
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around
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contra-
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against, opposite, opposed
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counter-
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against, opposite, opposed
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cyan/o-
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blue
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de-
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down, without, removal, loss
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dextr/o-
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right
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di-
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two, twice
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dia-
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through
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dipl/o-
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double
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dis-
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absence, removal, separation
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dys-
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abnormal, painful, difficult
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ec-
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out, outside
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ecto-
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out, outside
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end/o-
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in, within
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epi-
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on, over
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equi-
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equal, same
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erythr/o-
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red
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eu-
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true, good, easy, normal
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ex/o-
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away from, outside
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extra-
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outside
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hemi-
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half, one side
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hetero-
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other, different, unequal
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homo-, homeo-
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same, unchanging
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hyper-
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over, excess, increasedm abnormally high
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hypo-
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under, below, decreased, abnormally low
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im-
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not
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in-
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not
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infra-
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below
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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in, within
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iso-
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equal, same
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juxta-
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near, beside
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leuk/o-
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white, colorless, white blood cell
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macro-
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large, abnormally large
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mal-
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bad, poor
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mega-, megal/o-
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large, abnormally large
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melan/o-
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black, dark, melanin
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mes/o-
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middle
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met/a-
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change, after, beyond
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micro-
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small, one millionth
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mon/o-
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one
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multi-
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many
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neo-
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new
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non-
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not
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normo-
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normal
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nulli-
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never
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olig/o-
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few, scanty, deficiency of
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ortho-
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straight, correct, upright
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pachy-
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thick
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pan-
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all
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para-
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near, beside, abnormal
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per-
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through
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peri-
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around
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poikilo-
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varied, irregular
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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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presby-
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old
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prim/i-
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first
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pro-
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before, in front of
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pseudo-
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false
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quadr/i-
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four
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re-
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again, back
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retro-
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behind, backward
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semi-
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half, partial
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sinistr/o-
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left
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staphyl/o-
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grape-like cluster, staphlylococos
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strept/o
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twisted chain, streptococcus
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sub-
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below, under
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super-
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above, excess
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supra-
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above
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syn-, sym-
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together
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tachy-
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rapid
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tel/e-, tel/o-
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end, far, at a distance
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tetra-
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four
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trans-
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through
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tri-
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three
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un-
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not
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uni-
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one
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xanth/o-
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yellow
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xer/o-
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dry
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