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Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.
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kal/i
A word root that means potassium, from its Latin name kalium.
kerat/o
A word root that means horny tissue (keratin, as in skin and nails) or the cornea of the eye.
ket/o
A word part that means ketones, acids the body makes when it burns fat for fuel.
kinesi/o
A word root that means movement.
kyph/o
A word part that means a hump or a forward curve.
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