ad‐
at, increase, on, toward
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adduction
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aden(o)‐, aden(i)‐
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of or relating to a gland
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adenocarcinoma, adenology, adenotome, adenotyphus
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adip(o)‐
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of or relating to fat or fatty tissue
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adipocyte
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ad lib.
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ad libitum
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to the desired amount
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adren(o)‐
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of or relating to adrenal glands
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adrenal artery
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‐aemia
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blood condition
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anaemia
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aer(o)‐
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air, gas
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aerosinusitis
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‐aesthesi(o)‐
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sensation
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anaesthesia
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alb‐
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denoting a white or pale colour
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albino
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‐alge(si)‐
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pain
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analgesic
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‐algia, ‐alg(i)o‐
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pain
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myalgia
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all(o‐)
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denoting something as different, or as an addition
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alloantigen, allopathy
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ambi‐
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denoting something as positioned on both sides
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ambidextrous
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amni‐
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pertaining to the membranous fetus sac (amnion)
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amniocentesis
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ana‐
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back, again, up
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anaplasia
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andr(o)‐
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pertaining to a man
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android, andrology
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angi(o)‐
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blood vessel
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angiogram
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ankyl(o)‐, ancyl(o)‐
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denoting something as crooked or bent
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ankylosis
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ante‐
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describing something as positioned in front of another thing
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antepartum
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anti‐
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describing something as ‘against’ or ‘opposed to’ another
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antibody, antipsychotic
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arteri(o)‐
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of or pertaining to an artery
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arteriole, arterial
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arthr(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the joints, limbs
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arthritis
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articul(o)‐
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joint
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articulation
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‐ase
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enzyme
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lactase
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‐asthenia
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weakness
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myasthenia gravis
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ather(o)‐
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fatty deposit, soft gruel‐like deposit
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atherosclerosis
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atri(o)‐
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an atrium (especially heart atrium)
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atrioventricular
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aur(i)‐
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of or pertaining to the ear
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aural
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aut(o)‐
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self
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autoimmune
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axill‐
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of or pertaining to the armpit (uncommon as a prefix)
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axilla
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b.d. or b.i.d.
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bis in die
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twice a day
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bi‐
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twice, double
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binary
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bio‐
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life
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biology
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blephar(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the eyelid
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blepharoplast
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brachi(o)‐
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of or relating to the arm
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brachium of inferior colliculus
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brady‐
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slow
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bradycardia
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bronch(i)‐
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bronchus
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bronchiolitis obliterans
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bucc(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the cheek
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buccolabial
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burs(o)‐
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bursa (fluid sac between the bones)
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bursitis
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c.
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cum
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with
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carcin(o)‐
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cancer
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carcinoma
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cardi(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the heart
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cardiology
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carp(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the wrist
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carpopedal
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‐cele
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pouching, hernia
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hydrocele, varicocele
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‐centesis
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surgical puncture for aspiration
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amniocentesis
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cephal(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the head (as a whole)
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cephalalgy
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cerebell(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the cerebellum
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cerebellum
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cerebr(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the brain
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