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-lemma

Husk
Lenti-

Lens
-let, Micro-, -ole

Small
Leuko-

White
Levato-

To raise
Ligo-

To bind
Line-

Line
Litho-

Stone
-logy

Study of
Lucid-

Light, clear
Lun-

Moon, crescent
Lute-

Yellow
Lyso-, Lyto

Split apart, break down
Macro-

Large
Macula-

Spot
Mali-

Bad
Malle-

Hammer
Mammo-, Masto-

Breast
Mano-

Hand
Manubri-

Handle
Medi-

Middle
Medullo-

Marrow, pith
Mega-

Large
Melano-

Black
Meno-

Month
Mento-

Chin
Mero-

Part, segment
Meso-

In the middle
Meta-

Beyond, next in a series
Metabol-

Change
-meter

Measuring device
Metri-

Length, measuring
Mito-

Thread, filament, grain
Mono-

One
Morpho-

Form, shape, structure
Muta-

Change
Myelo-
- 1. Spinal cord
- 2. Bone marrow
Myo-, Mysi-

Muscle
Natri-

Sodium
Neo-

New
Nephro-

Kidney
Neuro-

Nerve
Nucleo-

Nucleus, kernel
Oo-, Ovo-

Egg
Ob-
- 1. Life
- 2. Against, toward, before
Oculo-

Eye
Odonto-

Tooth
-oid

Like, resembling
Oligo-

Few, a little, scanty
-oma

Tumor, mass
Omo-

Shoulder
Onycho-

Nail, claw
Op-

Vision
-opsy

Viewing, to see
Or-

Mouth
Orbi-

Circle
Organo-

Tool, instrument
Ortho-

Straight
-ose
- 1. Full of
- 2. Sugar
-osis
- 1. Process
- 2. Condition
- 3. Increase
Osmo-

Push
Osse-, Oste-

Bone
Oto-

Ear
-ous
- 1. Full of
- 2. Pertaining to
- 3. Like, characterized by
Oxy-
- 1. Oxygen
- 2. Sharp, quick
Palli-

Pale
Palpebro-

Eyelid
Pan-

All
Panni-

Cloth, rag
Papillo-

Nipple
Par-

Birth
Para-

Next to
Parieto-

Wall
Patho-
- 1. Disease
- 2. Feeling
Pecto-
- 1. Chest
- 2. Comblike
Pedi-
- 1. Foot
- 2. Child
Pelvi-

Basin
-penia

Deficiency
Penna-

Feather
Peri-

Around
Perone-

Fibula
Phago-

Eat
Philo-

Loving, attracted to
Phobo-

Fearing, repelled by
Phor-

To carry, bear
Phragm-

Partition
Phreno-

Diaphragm

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