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  • Prefixes & Suffixes
    • -glosso-
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  • tongue
    • hypoglossal
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    • hypo-
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  • under, less than
    • hyposecretion
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    • epi-
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  • on, above, upon
    • epiglottis
      • above the glottis
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    • cerebro-
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  • brain
    • cerebrospinal
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    • -ole
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  • small
    • bronchiole
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    • -ped
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  • foot
    • pseudoped
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    • -ad-
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  • to, toward
    • dorsad
    • adhere
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    • tricho-
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  • hair-like
    • trichostrongylus
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    • ab-
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  • from, away
    • ex: abnormal
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    • -ectomy
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  • cut out
    • appendectomy
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    • kin-
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  • to move; to activate
    • kinetic
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    • -meter
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  • measure
    • manometer
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    • -tropic
    • tropism
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  • turning
    • phototropic
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    • -iasis
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  • infestation
    • onchocerciasis
      • parasitic disease
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    • peri-
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  • around, near
    • pericardium
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    • ante-
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  • before, in front of
    • anterior
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    • anti-
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  • against, opposed to
    • antitoxin
    • antibody
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    • homo-
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  • alike, same
    • homozygous
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    • pseudo-
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  • false
    • pseudoped
      • “false foot”
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    • -renal
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  • kidney
    • adrenal
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    • corpus-
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  • body
    • corpuscule
    • corpus luteum
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    • di-
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  • two,twice
    • dichromic
      • “two colors”
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    • -oma
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  • swelling, tumor
    • sarcoma
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    • post-
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  • after, behind
    • postganglionic
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -plasm-
* substance * cyto**plasm** * **plasm**olysis
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * dys-
* bad, difficult, defective, abnormal * **dys**entery * =an inflammation of the intestine causing diarrhea with blood
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * entero-
* intestine * **entero**kinase
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * neur-
* relating to nerves * **neur**ilemma
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * proprio-
* one's own * **proprio**ception * **proprio**receptors
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * ana-
* up, upon * **ana**bolism (building UP)
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -pnea
* breathing * dys**pnea** * "bad/difficult breathing"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * pneumo-
* air, lungs * **pneu****mo**nia
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * pro-
* before, giving rise to * **pro**enzyme * **pro**insulin
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * a-
* not, without * ex: **a**typical
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -graph
* to write * cardio**graph**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * psycho-
* mind * **psycho**logy
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cyte, cyto
* cell * **cyto**plasm
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -tode
* like * nema**tode**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -gastro-
* stomach * pneumo**gastric**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * leuco- / leuko-
* white * **leuko**cyte * "white cell"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * acantho-
* spine * **acantho**cephala (spiny-headed parasitic worm)
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * os- * oste- * osteo-
* bone * **oste**ology * "bone study"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -ule
* small * sacc**ule**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * myo-
* muscle * **myo**sin * **myo**globin
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * stoma-
* mouth * ancylo**stoma**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * platy-
* **platy**helminthes * "broad worm"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -helminth
* worm * ant**helminth**ic
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -emia
* blood * an**emia**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -opia
* sight * hyper**opia**
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * bi-
* two, twice * **bi**ceps * **bi**focal
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -zoite * -zoon
* animal * tropho**zoite** * **​**"feeding animal"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -gnath-
* jaw, cheek * **gnath**stoma
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -rrhea
* flow * dia**rrhea** * **​**"through,between+flow"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * ir-
* not * **ir**regular
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -chezia
* defacate ***(SHIT)*** * ​hemato**chezia** (bloody shit)
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -fract-
* to break * **fract**ure * re**fract**ion
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * oo-
* egg * **oo**cyte * "egg cell"
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * bio-
* life * **bio**logy
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -thrombo-
* clot, coagulation * **thrombo**sis
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -uris
* tail * trich**uris** * **​**"hair-like tail"
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * apo-
* off, from, away from * **apo**plexy * unconsciousness due to a seizure or stroke ("-plexy") * **apo**lipoprotein
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * auto-
* self * **auto**suggestion
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -phil-
* loving * baso**phil** * eosino**phil**
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cephal-
* head * acantho**cephala** ("spiny head") * **cephal**ic
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * calor-
* heat * **calor**imeter
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * lymph- / lympho-
* (the *actual*, *literal*) lmyph * **lympho**cyte * "lymph cell"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -tome * -tomy
* to cut * tonsillec**tomy**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -uria
* pertains to urine * glycos**uria**
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cerca
* tail * oncho**cerca**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * piro-
* pear * **piro**plasm
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * stercor-
* **SHIT ("Feces")** * ​**stercor**olith
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * phago-
* to eat * **phago**cyte * "cell eater"
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * brachy-
* short * **brachy**cardia
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * hemo-
* blood * **hemo**rrhage
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -dermic
* skin * hypo**dermic** * "under the skin"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -osis
* condition or process * phagocyt**osis** * **​"**process of eating a cell"
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -thymia
* mind (or will) * dys**thymia** * "bad mind"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * albi-
* White * ex: **albi**cans (one of the yeast/fungi that live in the GI tract)
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * kata- / cata-
* down * **cata**bolism
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -fer-
* to carry; to transport * af**fer**ent * ef**fer**ent
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * oncho-
* hook * **oncho**cerca * "hook tail"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * amyl-
* Starch * ex: **amyl**opsin
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * an-
* not, without * **an**hydrous * **an**aerobic respiration
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -lysin * -lysis * -lytic
* dissolve, destroy * hemo**lysis** * "destroy blood"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -strongyl
* cylinder * tricho**strongyl**us
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cera
* horn * brachy**cera**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -ology
* science, knowledge * physi**ology**
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cidal
* killing * bacterio**cidal** * spermi**cid**e
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -gnosis
* knowledge; to know * dia**gnosis**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -monas
* a unit * tricho**monas**
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cardia-
* heart * brady**cardia** * **​"**Slow heart"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * melan- * melen-
* black * **melan**oma * **melen**a * *Refers to the black, "tarry" feces that are associated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding*
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * erythro-
* red * **erythro**cyte * "red (blood) cell"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -oid
* like * lymph**oid** * ameb**oid**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -algia
* pain * ex: neur**algia**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -trophic * tropho-
* feeding * auto**trophic**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * inter-
* between, together * **inter**costal
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * chrom-
* color * **chrom**osome
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cyst-
* Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder * **Cyst**otomy * o**cyst**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * intra-
* within * **intra**thoracic
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -gen-
* to produce; to begin * **gen**etics * glyco**gen**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * mono-
* one * **mono**cyte
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -some
* body * chromo**some**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -stadial
* stage, period * trans**stadial**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * hyper-
* over, more than * **hyper**secretion
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * nephr-
* kidneys * **nephr**itis
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * hydro-
* water * **hydro**lytic
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -ase
* designating an ***ENZYME*** * amyl**ase** * starch+enzyme
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * seta * setae
* bristle * trailing **setae**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * toxi- * toxo-
* poison * **toxi**n
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * para-
* near, by, beside * **para**crine * **para**thyroid * "beside (the) thyroid"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * ovi-
* egg * **ovi**duct * "egg duct"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * soma-
* body * **soma**tic cell
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * macro-
* large * **macro**phage
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * glyc-
* glucose; sugar * **glyc**osuria
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * patho-
* disease, suffering * **patho**logy * "study of disease"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -taxis
* arrangement, directional movement in response to a stimulus * chemo**taxis**
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * angio-
* vessel * **angio**carditis (inflammation of heart & blood vessels)
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * poly-
* many * **poly**saccharide
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * hetero-
* different, other * **hetero**zygous
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * pulmo-
* lung * **pulmo**nary
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -lac-
* milk * **lac**tase * pro**lac**tin
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * ancylo-
* bent * **ancylo**stoma (hookworms that have bent mounts)
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * aqua-
* water * **aqua**tic
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * sarco-
* flesh, muscle * **sarco**plasm
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * -cara
* head * Toxo**cara**
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * brady-
* slow * **brady**cardia
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * pyri-
* pear * **pyri**form
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * onco-
* mass, bulk * **onco**sphere
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * schizo-
* to divide * **schizo**phrenic
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * nema-
* thread * **nema**tode
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * **em- / en- / endo-**
* in, into * **em**bolism * **endo**skeleton
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * tri-
* three * **tri**ploid
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * trans-
* across, over, through * **trans**stadial
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* Prefix​es & Suffixes * dia-
* through, between * **dia**phragm
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * vaso-
* pertains to blood vessel * **vaso**dilation
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * micro-
* small * **micro**organism
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * steato- * stea-
* fat * **steato**rrhea * "fat flow"
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -zygote
**"the first cell of a new organism"** * Hetero**zygote**
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**Sulfonic acid**
**–SO3H**
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**Thio**aldehydes How does it differ from an Aldehyde, **-CHO**?
**–CHS** ## Footnote ​Prefix: thioformyl * (Normal Aldehyde is just **-CHO**)
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**Thio**nes How does it differ from a Ketone, **=O**?
**=S** ## Footnote *Normal **Ketone**:* ***=O***
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* Prefixes & Suffixes * -ploidy
The number of **SETS** of chromosomes within a cell or organism * ha**ploid** * ("single"+"Set of chromosomes")
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