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Latin prefix/suffix
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Language - Latin
8th Grade
09/06/2012
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artho-
 Definition
joint (think arthritis)
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astro-
 Definition
star (think astronaut)
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bacter-
 Definition
bacteria,club,stick (think bacteria)
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baro-
 Definition
weight or pressure (think barometer)
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calor-
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heat (think calorie which heats humans)
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capill-
 Definition
hair (think capillary)
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cardio-
 Definition
heart (think cardiovascular surgery)
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cerebr-
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brain (think cerebral)
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chlor-
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green (think chlorophyll which makes leaves green)
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chrom-
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color (think of chrome the color)
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chrono-
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time (think of a chronograph)
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contra-
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against (think contrary)
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-cule
 Definition
small (think molecule)
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cumul-
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heaped or gathered (think cumulative)
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dent-
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teeth (think denture)
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-duct
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tunnel or lead (think air-duct)
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dys-
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bad or abnormal (think dyslexia)
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extra-
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beyond (think extra credit)
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fiss-
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split or break (think fissure)
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-fllex
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bend (think flexible)
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flor-
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flower (think flora)
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foli-
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leaf (think foliage)
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gastro-
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stomach (think gastric juice)
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gene-
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origin or birth (think genetics)
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gon-
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angle or corner (think hexagon)
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grad-
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step (think gradual)
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ium-
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refers to part of the body (think cranium)
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kines-
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movement (think kinesiology)
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lat-
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side (think lateral)
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lipi-
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fat (think liposuction)
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mis-
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wrong or incorrect (think mistake)
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mort-
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death (think mortician)
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mut-
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change (think mutation)
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myo-
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muscle (think myofacial)
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neo-
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new (think neopets)
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noct-
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night (think nocturnal)
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oo-
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egg (think oogenesis)
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition (think cystic fibrosis)
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pan-
 Definition
all (think pangea)
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par,para
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near,equal,beside (think par as in golf)
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path-
 Definition
disease (think pathogen)
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permea-
 Definition
Go (think permeable)
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Phyto
 Definition
Plant (think photosynthesis)
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Plasm,plast
 Definition
Form(Ed) (think plaster)
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Por-
 Definition
Opening (think pore)
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Port-
 Definition
Carry (think portable)
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Prim-
 Definition
First (think primary)
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Pro-
 Definition
Forward,before (think professional)
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Pseudo-
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False,deceptive
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Pysch-
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Mind (think psychology)
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-sis
 Definition
Condition of (think cystic fibrosis)
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-stasis
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Staying,standing
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Super
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Above (think superb)
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Sym,syn
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Same,together (think symbol)
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Tele
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Far,distant (think television)
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Ultra-
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Beyond (think ultraviolet)
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-verge
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