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1
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-oma

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usually ‘tumour arising in or composed of’ occasionally ‘swelling containing’ rarely ‘diseased condition’ ‘result of’ (related to -ma in Lesson 8) (e.g. carcinoma)

2
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-osis

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diseased condition of, act of, process of (related to -sis in Lesson 8) (e.g. osmosis)

3
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-itis

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inflammation of, inflammatory disease of (e.g. appendicitis)

4
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-in, ine-

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chemical substance (e.g. insulin)

5
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-ium

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part, lining or enveloping tissue, region (e.g. epigastrium)

6
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ADEN-

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gland (e.g. adenophore)

7
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ANGI-

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vessel (e.g. angiitis)

8
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ARACHN-

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spider (occasionally arachnoid membrane) (e.g. arachnida)

9
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ASTR-, ASTER-

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star (e.g. asteroid)

10
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BLAST-

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bud, germ, embryonic cell (e.g. blastoderm)

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CHLOR-

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green, chlorine (e.g. chloroplast)

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COCC-

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berry-shaped organism (e.g. coccolith)

13
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CONI-

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dust (e.g. conidiophore)

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EO(S)-

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dawn or early age, rosy (e.g. eolithic)

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LY-

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to loosen, to dissolve, to break up (e.g. lysin)

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MENING-

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membrane especially ‘meninges, the membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord’ (MENINX) (e.g. meningitis)

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METR-

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uterus (e.g. metremia)

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MYC-, MYCET-

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fungus (e.g. mycoderm)

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MYEL-

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spinal cord, marrow (e.g. myelin)

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NEUR-

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nerve, nervous system, tendon (e.g. neurotomy)

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ORCH(I)-, ORCHID-

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testicle (e.g. orchidectomy)

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PAN-, PANT-

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all, complete (e.g. pangamic)

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PNEUMON-, PNEUM-

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lung (e.g. pneumolith)

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POLI-

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gray (e.g. polioplasm)

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THROMB-

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clot (e.g. thrombocyte)