Common Word Parts: AP

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a- or an-

Without, lack of; defiecient
-algia

Painful condition
Ante-

Before
anti-

Against
-asis -asia -osis

Condition or state of
arth- arthro-

Joints
aut- auto-

Self
bi-

two, double
blast-

Germ or bud
cardio-

heart
-cid -cide

To cut, kill or destory
chon- chondro-

Cartilage
circum-

Around
clast-

Break or destroy
co- com- con-

With or together
contra-

Against, opposite
cryo-

Cold
cyt- -cyte

Cell
derma-

Skin
dys-

Painful, difficult
e- ef-

Out from; out of
ecto- exo-

Outside
end endo-

Within; inside
epi-

Upon; on; above
extra-

Outside; beyond; in addition to
gastr- or gastro-

Stomach; gastrointestinal tract
-genic

Producing
glyco-

Sugar
hemi-

Half
hist- or histo-

Tissue
homeo- or homo-

Unchanging; the same; steady
hep- or hepato-

Liver
hydro-

Water
hyper-

Over; above; excessive
hypo-

Under; beneath; deficient
infra-

Beneath
inter-

Among; between
intra-

Within; inside
ipsi-

Same
-ism

Condition or state
iso-

Equal; like
-itis

Inflammation
-logy

Study or science of
-lysis

Dissolution; loosening; destruction
macro-

Large
mal-

Bad
micro-

Small
mono-

One
my- or myo-

Muscle
necro-

Corpse or dead
neo-

new
nephr- or nephro-

Kidney
neur- or neuro-

Nerve
-oma

Tumor
-osis

Condition; disease
os- or osteo-

Bone
path- or patho-

Disease
para-

near; beside; beyond
-penia

deficiency
peri-

Around
phleb

Veins
pneumo-

Lung; air
poly-

Much; many
post-

After; beyond
pre- or pro-

Before; in front of
pseudo-

False
retro-

Backward; behind
scler- or sclero-

Hard; harding
semi-

Half
soma- or somato-

Body
stasis- or stat-

Stand still
sten-

Narrow
sub-

Under; beneath; below
super- or supra-

Above; over; beyond
syn- or sym-

With; together
therma-

Heat
thromb-

Clot
trans-

Across; through
vas- or vaso-

Vessel; duct

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Common Word Parts: AP

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common word parts of anatomy and physiology

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2014-09-30T17:25:25Z

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