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acanth
- thorn, spine
- ex. acanthocytosis
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alges
- sensitivity to pain
- ex. algesia
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all
- other, divergence, difference from
- ex. alloplasia
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angi-
- (blood) vessel, duct
- ex. angiocarditis
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arteri-
- (air passage) artery
- ex. arteriogram
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cyt
- (hollow container) cell
- ex. leukocyte
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erythr
- red, red blood cell
- ex. erythrocyte
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lept
- thin, fine, slight
- ex. leptomeninges
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leuk
- white, white blood cell
- ex. leukemia
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lith
- stone, calculus
- ex. angiolith
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mes
- middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
- ex. mesoderm
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-meter; metr-
- measure, measuring device
- ex. biometry, cytometer
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neur
- nerve, nervous system
- ex. neurology
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prot
- first, primitive, early
- ex. protoneuron
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stere-
- solid, having three dimensions
- ex. stereotropism
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logy
- suffix form
- study, science, the study or science of
- ex. cardiology
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logist
- suffix form
- one who specializes in a certain study or science
- ex. neurologist
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malacia
- suffix form
- the softening (of tissues) of
- ex. nephromalacia
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sclerosis
- suffix form
- the hardening (of tissues) of
- ex. arteriosclerosis
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stenosis
- suffix form
- the narrowing (of a part of the body)
- ex. angiostenosis
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toxic
- suffix form
- poisonous (to an organ)
- ex. cardiotoxic
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toxin
- suffix form
- a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)
- ex. neurotoxin
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