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English prefixes and suffixes
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ab
abs
ac
acantho
acet
aceto
acro
actino
ad
adeno
adreno
aero
af
afore
Afro
after
ag
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al
algo
all
allo
alti
alto
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Ameri
amido
amino
ammino
ammono
amphi
amyl
amylo
an
ana
andro
anemo
angio
Anglo
aniso
ant
ante
antho
anthropo
anti
ap
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ar
arch
archaeo
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archi
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arterio
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audio
Austro
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auto
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bacci
bacterio
baro
batho
bathy
be
benz
benzo
bi
biblio
bin
bio
bis
blasto
blepharo
bor
boro
brachio
brachy
brady
branchio
brevi
brom
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bronch
broncho
bull
by
C
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caco
calci
carb
carbo
cardi
cardio
carpo
caryo
cata
cath
ceno
centi
centimilli
centr
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centro
cephal
cephalo
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cerebro
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chaeto
chalco
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chlor
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chondro
chromato
chromo
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cine
circum
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cis
citri
clin
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com
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epi
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femto
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fibrino
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grand
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hetero
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histo
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hydr
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lymph
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macro
magneto
magni
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medi
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micro
micromicro
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mytho
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