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gen/o
- -- = beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
- -genic = produced by or in
- -genesis = producing or forming
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gram/o
- -- = to record
- -gram = a record
- -graph = instrument for recording
- -graphy = process of recording
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kinesi/o
- -- = movement
- -kinesia, -kinesis = movement, motion
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leps/o
- -- = seizure
- -lepsy = seizure
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lys/o
- -- = destruction, dissolving
- -lysin = that which destroys
- -lysis = process of destroying
- -lytic (note change of s to t) = capable of or producing destruction
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malac/o
- -- = soft, softening
- -malacia = abnormal softening
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megal/o
- -- = large, enlarged
- -megaly = enlargement
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metr/o
- -- = measure, uterine tissue
- -meter = instrument used to measure
- -metry = process of measuring
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phag/o
- -- = eat, ingest
- -phagia, -phagic, -phagy = eating, swallowing
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pleg/o
-plegia = paralysis
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
-schisis = split, cleft
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scler/o
- -- = hard
- -sclerosis = hardening
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scop/o
- -- = to examine, to view
- -scope = instrument used for viewing
- -scopy = process of examining visually
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troph/o
-trophic, -trophy = nutrition
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