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743 Cards in this Set
- Front
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acu-
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Needle
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-algia
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Pain
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Anomal/o
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irregular
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Antr/o
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Antrum
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Aque/o
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Water
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axi/o
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Axis
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Bar/o
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Weight, Pressure
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Bio-, Bi/o
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Life, living
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-Blast, Blast/o
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Early embryonic stage, immature
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Calor/i
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Heat
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Carcin/o
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Cancer
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cata-
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down, downward
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caud/o
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tail
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Chem/o
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chemical, chemistry
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Chron/o
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time, timing
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-coma
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deep sleep
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corpor/o
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body
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cry/o
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cold
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cyt/o, -cyte
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cell
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dors/o
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back
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duct/o
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to lead
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dynam/o
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power, strength
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-dynia
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pain
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equi-
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equality, equal
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eti/o
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cause
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fil/i, fil/o
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thread
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-form
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specified shape, form
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-genesis
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production, formation
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ger/o, geront/o
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aged, old age
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gymn/o
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naked
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-hexia
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condition
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hist/o
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tissue
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hydr/o
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water, hydrogen
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iatr/o
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treatment, physician
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-ician
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specialist
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ion/o
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ion
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kary/o
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nucleus
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kel/o
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tumor, fibrous growth
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-labile
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unstable, perishable
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later/o
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side
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-logist
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specialist
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-logy
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study of
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-lucent
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light-admitting
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lumin/o
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light
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ly/o
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dissolve, loosen
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medi/o
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middle
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medic/o
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heal, healing
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mer/o
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part
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meso-
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middle
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morph/o
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shape, form
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nom/o
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custom, law
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nomen-
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name
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nos/o
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disease
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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nutri/o
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to nourish
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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onc/o
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tumour, mass
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organ/o
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organ
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path/o
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disease
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pharmac/o
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drugs
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physi/o
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nature
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-plasm
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formation, growth
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-poiesis
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formation
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prote/o
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protein
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psamm/o
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sand, and-like material
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-puncture
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to pierce a surface
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pyr/o
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fire, fever, heat
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pyret/o
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fever
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sanit/a
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health
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schirr/o
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hard
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somat/o
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body
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-some
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body
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spectr/o
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image, spectrum
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system/o
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system
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techn/o
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art, skill
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temp/o, tempor/o
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time, the temples
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the/o
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a god
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-therapy, therapeut/o
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treatment
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therm/o
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heat
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-tumescene, tumesc/o
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swelling
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-type, typ/o
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class, representative, form
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ventr/o
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belly, front of body
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-verse
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turn
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vir/o
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virus
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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vit/o
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life
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zyg/o
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union, junction
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward, near
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ambi-
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around, on both sides
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amphi-
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around, on both sides
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ana-
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upward, backward
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ante-
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before, forward
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anter/o
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front
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anti-
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against
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apo-
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away, seperation
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cata-
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down, downward
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circum-
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around
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dextr/o
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right
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dia-
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through, apart
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dis-
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apart, seperate
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ec, ecto-
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outside, out
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en-, endo-
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inside, within
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epi-
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above, over, upon
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eso-
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within
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ex-
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out, away from
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exo-
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outside of, outward
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extra-
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outside
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fore-
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before, in front of
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hyper-
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above, excessive, beyond
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hypo-
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under, deficient, below
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infra-
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below, beneath
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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juxta-
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near
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later/o
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side
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levo-
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left
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medi/o
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middle
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meso-
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middle
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para-
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alongside, near, beyond, abnormal
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per-
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through, throughout
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peri-
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around, surrounding
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post-
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after, behind
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poster/o
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behind, towards the back
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pre-
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before, in front of
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pro-
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before
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proxim/o
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NEAR
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retro-
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behind, backwards
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sinistr/o
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left
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sub-
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under, beneath
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super-
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above, beyond
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supra-
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above, beyond
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tel/e
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distant, end
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trans-
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across
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-rrhagia, -rrhage
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excessive flow
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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rrhythm/o
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rhythm
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demi-
semi- hemi- |
half
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mono-
uni- |
one
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sesqui-
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one-and-a-half
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bi-
di- |
two
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tri-
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three
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tetra-
quadri- |
four
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quinque-
pent- penta- |
five
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hex-
hexa- sex- |
six
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hepta-
sept- septi- |
seven
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octa-
octi- |
eight
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noni-
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nine
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deca-
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ten
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hecto-
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hundred
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kilo-
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thousand
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mega-
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million
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giga-
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billion
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tera-
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trillion
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peta-
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quadrillion
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exa-
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quintillion
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deci-
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one tenth
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centi-
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one hundreth
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milli-
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one millionth
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nano-
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one billiontth
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pico-
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one trillionth
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femto-
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one qundrillionth
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atto-
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one quintillionth
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-centesis
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surgical puncture of a cavity
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-desis
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surgical fixation, fusion
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-pexy
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fixation
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-plasty
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surgical correction/repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-sect
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to cut
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-stomy
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surgical opening
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-tomy
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surgical incision
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-tripsy
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to crush, to break
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acar/o
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mites
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arachn/o
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spider
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacterium
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fung/i
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fungus, mushroom
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helminth/o, -helminth
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worm
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hirud/i, hirudin/i
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leech
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ixod/i
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ticks
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myc/o
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fungus
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parasit/o
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parasite
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pedicul/o
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louse
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scolec/o
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worm
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verm/i
|
worm
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vir/o
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virus
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ankyl/o
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stiff, crooked, bent
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
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joint
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brachi/o
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arm
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burs/o
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bursa
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calcane/o
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heel
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carp/o
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wrist
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centr/o
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center
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cephal/o
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head
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix
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chir/o, cheir/o
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hand
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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cleid/o
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clavical
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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cost/o
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rib
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cox/o
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hip
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crani/o
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skull
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cubit/o
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elbow, forearm
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dactyl/o
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digit (finger or toe)
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eury-
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wide, broad
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faci/o
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face
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femor/o
|
femur
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fibul/o
|
fibula
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geni/o
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chin
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gnath/o
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jaw
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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goni/o
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angle
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gyr/o
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circle/spiral
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holo-
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entire, complete
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humer/o
|
humerus
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hypsi-
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high
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ili/o
|
ilium
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ischi/o
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ischium
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ithy-
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erect, straight
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kyph/o
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humpback
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lamin/o
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lamina
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lip/o
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fat
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-listhesis
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slipping
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lord/o
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curvature, bending
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lox/o
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oblique, slanting
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lumb/o
|
loin
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maxill/o
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maxilla
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mega-, megalo-
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large
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-megaly
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enlargement
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mel/o
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limb, limbs
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om/o
|
shoulder
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opisth/o
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backward, behind
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oste/o
|
bone
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pan-
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all
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patell/o
|
patella
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ped/o
|
foot
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pelv/i
|
pelvis
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perone/o
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fibula
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petr/o
|
stone, petrous region of the temporal bone
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phalang/o
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phalanges
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-physis
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growth, growing
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pod/o
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foot
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-porosis
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porous, decrease in density
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pub/o
|
pubis
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rachi/o
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spine
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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scapul/o
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scapula
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scoli/o
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crooked, twisted
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skelet/o
|
skeleton
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spin/o
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spinal cord, spine
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae
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stern/o
|
sternum
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synov/o
|
synovia, synovial membrane
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tal/o
|
talus
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tars/o
|
tarsus, edge of eyelid
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tibi/o
|
tibia
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vertebr/o
|
vertebra
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xiph/o
|
sword-shaped, xiphoid
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-algesia, alges/o
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pain sensitivity
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astr/o
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star, star-shaped
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atel/o
|
incomplete, imperfect
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-bulia, -boulia
|
will
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cerebell/o
|
cerebellum
|
|
cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain
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-crasia
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mixture (good or bad), temperament
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drom/o, -drome
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running
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encephal/o
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brain
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esthesi/o, -esthesia
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sensation, feeling
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gangli/o, ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gli/o
|
glue, neuralgia
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heli/o
|
sun
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hydr/o
|
water, hydrogen
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hypn/o
|
sleep
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hypothalm/o
|
hypothalamus
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keraun/o
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lightening
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klept/o
|
theft, stealing
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-lemma
|
confining membrane
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-lexia
|
speech, word
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log/o, -log, -logue
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word, speech, thought
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-mania
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madness, obsessive preoccupation
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medull/o
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medulla, marrow
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mening/o
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meninges, membranes
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ment/o
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mind
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-mnesia
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memory
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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narc/o
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numbness, stupor
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neur/o
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nerve
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noci-
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to cause harm, injury or pain
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-noia
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mind, will
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-paresis
|
partial paralysis
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phaner/o
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visible, apparent
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-phobia, phob/o
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fear, aversion
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phren/o
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mind, diaphragm
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picr/o
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bitter
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piez/o, pies/i, -piesis
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pressure
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-plegia
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paralysis
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poli/o
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grey (matter)
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-pore
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opening, passageway
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-praxia
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action, activity
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psych/o
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mind
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psychr/o
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cold
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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rhiz/o
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root
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schiz/o
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split, division
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somn/i, -somnia
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sleep
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syring/o
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tube, fistula
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tauto-
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identical, same
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-taxia, tax/o
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arrangement, coordination
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tel/o
|
end
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tephr/o
|
gray (ashen)
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thanat/o
|
death
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thec/o
|
sheath
|
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vag/o
|
vagus nerve
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andr/o
|
male
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balan/o
|
glans penis
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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-cide
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killing, agent which kills
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crypt/o
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hidden, concealed
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epididym/o
|
epididymis
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genit/o
|
reproduction
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gon/o
|
genitals
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gonad/o
|
gonads
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oblig/o
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scanty, few, little
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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
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testis
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osche/o
|
scrotum
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phall/o
|
penis
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phim/o
|
muzzle
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prostat/o
|
prostate gland
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semin/i
|
semen
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sperm/o, spermat/o
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spermatoza
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test/o, testicul/o
|
testis
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vas/o
|
vas deferens, vessel
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venere/o
|
sexual intercourse
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vesicul/o
|
seminal vesicle
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|
zo/o
|
animal
|
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a-, an-
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without, not
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albumin/o
|
albumin
|
|
ammon/o
|
ammonium
|
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-atresia
|
closure, occlusion
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atreto-
|
closed, lacking opening
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azot/o
|
nitrogen, urea
|
|
calci/o
|
calcium
|
|
cupr/o
|
copper
|
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cyan/o
|
blue
|
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cyst/o
|
bladder, cyst
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-ectasis, ectasia
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dilation, expansion
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|
fusc/o
|
dark brown
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glomerul/o
|
glomerulus
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keton/o
|
ketones
|
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lith/o
|
stone, calculus
|
|
nephr/o
|
kidney
|
|
noct/i
|
night
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py/o
|
pus
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|
pyel/o
|
renal pelvis
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|
ren/o
|
kidney
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ur/o
|
urine
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uric/o
|
uric acid
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-uresis
|
urination
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ureter/o
|
urethra
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-uria
|
urine condition
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urin/o
|
urine
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|
vesic/o
|
urinary bladder
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amni/o
|
amnion
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cervic/o
|
neck, cervix
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chori/o
|
chorion
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-clasis, -clast, -clasia
|
break, breaking
|
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colp/o
|
vagina
|
|
culd/o
|
cul-de-sac
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|
-eyesis
|
pregnancy
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|
embry/o
|
embryo
|
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episi/o
|
vulva
|
|
fet/o
|
fetus
|
|
galact/o
|
milk
|
|
gravid/o
|
pregnancy
|
|
-gravida
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pregnant woman
|
|
gynec/o
|
woman, female
|
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helc/o
|
ulcer
|
|
hymen/o
|
hymen
|
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hyster/o
|
uterus
|
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lact/o
|
milk
|
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lecith/o
|
yolk, ovum
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-lipsis
|
omit, fail
|
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mamm/o
|
breast
|
|
mast/o
|
breast
|
|
men/o
|
menses, mestration
|
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metr/o
|
uterus
|
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nat/o
|
birth
|
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neo-
|
new
|
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nulli-
|
none
|
|
o/o
|
egg, ovum
|
|
obstetr/o
|
mid wife
|
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omphal/o
|
navel
|
|
oophor/o
|
ovary
|
|
ov/o, ov/i
|
egg, ovum
|
|
ovari/o
|
ovary
|
|
-para, parous-
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to bear, bring forth
|
|
-partum
|
childbirth, labour
|
|
perine/o
|
perineum
|
|
per/o
|
deformed, maimed
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phys/o
|
air, gas
|
|
sacchar/o
|
sugar
|
|
salping/o
|
fallopian tube
|
|
terat/o
|
monster
|
|
thel/o
|
nipple
|
|
toc/o, tocia-
|
childbirth, labour
|
|
tub/o
|
tube
|
|
uter/o
|
uterus
|
|
vagin/o
|
vagina
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|
viv/i
|
life, alive
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|
vulv/o
|
vulva
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aneurysm/o
|
aneursym
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angi/o
|
vessel
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aort/o
|
aorta
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arteriol/o
|
artery
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ather/o
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fatty substance, plaque
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artri/o
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atruim
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brady-
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slow
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cardi/o
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heart
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cine-
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movement
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-clysis
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irrigation, washing
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coron/o
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heart
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embol/o
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embolous
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isch/o
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supress, restrain
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-magaly
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enlargement
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mi/o
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less, smaller
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-motor
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movement, motion
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palpit/o, palpitat/o
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flutter, throbbing
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phleb/o
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vein
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presby-
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aging, elderly
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rhe/o
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flow, current stream
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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-sphyxia
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pulse
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-stenosis
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narrowed, constricted
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tachy-
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fast
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tel/e
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end, distant
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-tension
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stretched, strained
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valv/o, valvul/o
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valve
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varic/o
|
varicose veins
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vas/o
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vessel, vas deferans
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vascul/o
|
vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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ventricul/o
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ventricle of the heart or brain
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venul/o
|
venule
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-agogue
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producer, leader
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amyl/o
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startch
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an/o
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anus
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arsenic/o
|
arsenic
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atel/o
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incomplete, imperfect
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bil/i
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bile
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bucc/o
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cheek
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cec/o
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cecum
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celi/o
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abdomen
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cheil/o, chil/o
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lip
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-chezia,, -chesia
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defecation
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chol/e
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gall, bile
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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chyl/o
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chyle
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col/o
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colon
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dent/i
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tooth
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dips/o
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thirst
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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-emesis
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vomitting
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enter/o
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intestines (small intestine)
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esophag/o
|
esophagus
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gastr/o
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stomach
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ge/o
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earth, soil
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gingiv/o
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gums
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gloss/o
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tongue
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gluc/o
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glucose, sugar
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glyc/o
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glucose, sugar
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hepat/o
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liver
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idi/o
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individual, distinct, unknown
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ile/o
|
ileum
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jejun/o
|
jejunum
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdomen wall
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lingu/o
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tongue
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loph/o
|
ridge
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odont/o
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tooth
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or/o
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mouth
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-orexia
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appetite
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orth/o
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straight, normal, correct
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palat/o
|
palate
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-pepsia
|
digestion
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peritone/o
|
peritoneum
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phag/o, phagia
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eating, ingestion
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-posia
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drinking
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-prandial
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meal
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proct/o
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rectum, anus
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ptyal/o
|
saliva
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pyl/e
|
portal vein
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pylor/o
|
pylorus
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pyr/o
|
heat, fire, fever
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rect/o
|
rectum
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sial/o
|
saliva
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sigmoid/o
|
sigmoid colon
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sit/o
|
food
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splanchn/o
|
viscera
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-stalis
|
contraction
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staphyl/o
|
uvula, grapelike, clusters
|
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stomat/o
|
mouth
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-tresia
|
opening, perforation
|
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typhl/o
|
cecum, blindness
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uran/o
|
palate
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zym/o
|
enzyme, ferment
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aggultin/o
|
clumping
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anis/o
|
unequal
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bas/o, basi/o
|
base, foundation
|
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coagul/o
|
coagulation, clotting
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-crit
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seperate
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-emia
|
blood condition
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eosin/o
|
red, rosy, dawn
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erythr/o
|
red
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ferr/i, ferr/o
|
iron
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gigant/o
|
huge
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-globin
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protein
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granul/o
|
granules
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hem/o, hemat/o
|
blood
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kal/i
|
potassium
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leuk/o
|
white
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myel/o
|
bone marrow, spinal cord
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natr/o
|
sodium
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neutr/o
|
neutral
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norm/o
|
normal usual
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-pheresis
|
removal
|
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-phil, -philia
|
affinity for, tendency towards
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-phore
|
bearer, processor
|
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-phoresis
|
bearing, transmission
|
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phosphat/o
|
phosphate
|
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poikil/o
|
variation, irregular
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pykn/o, pync/o
|
thick, dense
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rhod/o
|
red, rosy
|
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sangu/i, sangui/o
|
blood
|
|
sapr/o
|
rotten, decay
|
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schist/o,-schisis
|
split, cleft
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ser/o
|
serum, serous
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spher/o
|
round, sphere
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strept/o
|
twisted, curved
|
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thromb/o
|
clot, thrombus
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-volemia
|
blood volume
|
|
acr/o
|
extremities
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|
aden/o
|
gland
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adren/o
|
adrenal glands
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cortic/o
|
cortex
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crin/o
|
secrete, seperate
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hirsut/o
|
hairy
|
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hormon/o
|
hormone
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medull/o
|
medulla, marrow
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myx/o
|
mucus
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|
pancreat/o
|
pancreas
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|
parathyroid/o
|
parathyroid
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phe/o
|
dusky
|
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pineal/o
|
pineal gland
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pituitar/o
|
pituitary gland
|
|
thym/o
|
thymus gland
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|
thyr/o
|
thyroid gland
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|
tox/o, toxic/o
|
poison
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-trophy, throph/o
|
nourishment, growth
|
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acanth/o
|
thorny, spiny
|
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actin/o
|
ray, radiation
|
|
brom/o
|
bromine containing compound, odor
|
|
caus/o, cauter/o
|
burn, burning
|
|
-chroia
|
skin coloration
|
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chrom/o
|
color
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chrys/o
|
gold
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cutane/o
|
skin
|
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derm/o, dermat/o
|
skin
|
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erythem/o
|
flushed, redness
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|
eschar/o
|
scab
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|
graph/o
|
writing
|
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hidr/o
|
sweat
|
|
ichthy/o
|
fish
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|
iod/o
|
iodine
|
|
kerat/o
|
horny tissue, cornea
|
|
koil/o
|
hollow, concave, depressed
|
|
lepid/o
|
flakes, scales
|
|
lepr/o
|
leprosy
|
|
onych/o
|
nail
|
|
pachy-
|
thick
|
|
papul/o
|
papule, pimple
|
|
perspir/o
|
breathe through
|
|
phyt/o
|
plant
|
|
pil/o
|
hair
|
|
prurit/o
|
itching
|
|
pseud/o
|
false
|
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psor/o
|
itching
|
|
py/o
|
pus
|
|
rhytid/o
|
wrinkle
|
|
seb/o
|
sebum
|
|
streat/o
|
fat
|
|
sud/o
|
sweat
|
|
trich/o
|
hair
|
|
ul/o
|
scar, scarring
|
|
ungu/o
|
nail
|
|
verruci
|
wart
|
|
xer/o
|
dry
|
|
alveol/o
|
alveoulous
|
|
aspir/o, aspirat/o
|
inhaling, removal
|
|
blenn/o
|
mucus
|
|
brachy-
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short
|
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bronch/o
|
bronchus
|
|
bronchiol/o
|
bronchiole
|
|
-capnia, capn/o
|
carbon dioxide
|
|
coni/o
|
dust
|
|
epiglott/o
|
epiglottis
|
|
lal/o. -lalia
|
speech, babble
|
|
lampr/o
|
clear
|
|
laryng/o
|
larynx
|
|
lept/o
|
slender, thin, delicate
|
|
lob/o
|
lobe
|
|
mediastin/o
|
mediastinum
|
|
mogi-
|
difficult
|
|
nas/o
|
nose
|
|
osm/o, - osmia
|
sense of smell, odor
|
|
osphresi/o, -ophresia
|
sense of smell, odor
|
|
ox/o, -oxia
|
oxygen
|
|
-pagus
|
conjoined twins
|
|
pector/o
|
chest
|
|
phas/o, -phasia
|
speech
|
|
phon/o, -phonia
|
voice, sound
|
|
phren/o
|
mind, diaphragm
|
|
pimel/o
|
fat, fatty
|
|
pleur/o
|
pleura
|
|
-pnea
|
breathe
|
|
pneum/o
|
lung, air
|
|
pneumon/o
|
lung, air
|
|
-ptosis
|
prolapse, drooping
|
|
-ptysis
|
spitting
|
|
pulmon/o
|
lung
|
|
respir/o, respirat/o
|
breathe, breathing
|
|
rhin/o
|
nose
|
|
sept/o
|
partition
|
|
silic/o
|
silica, quartz
|
|
sinus/o
|
cavity, sinus
|
|
span/o
|
scanty, scarce
|
|
spir/o
|
breathe
|
|
steth/o
|
chest
|
|
therm/o
|
heat
|
|
thorac/o
|
chest
|
|
trache/o
|
trachea
|
|
traumat/o
|
trauma, injury, wound
|
|
xen/o
|
strange, foreign
|
|
-asthenia, asthen/o
|
weakness
|
|
aux/o
|
growth, acceleration
|
|
-chalasia
|
relaxation
|
|
erg/o
|
work
|
|
fasci/o
|
fascia
|
|
fibr/o
|
fibre, fibrous
|
|
flex/o
|
bend
|
|
ide/o
|
idea, mental images
|
|
kinisi/o, kinesia, -kinetic
|
movement
|
|
lei/o
|
smooth
|
|
ligament/o
|
ligament
|
|
-lysis
|
dissolution, breakdown
|
|
muscul/o
|
muscle
|
|
my/o, myos/o
|
muscle
|
|
pale/o
|
old
|
|
palin-, pali-
|
recurrence, repetition
|
|
pyg/o
|
buttocks
|
|
rhabd/o
|
rod
|
|
rhabdomy/o
|
striated/skeletal muscle
|
|
rot/o, rotat/o
|
turn, revolve
|
|
-stasis
|
standing still, standing
|
|
sthen/o, -stehnia
|
strength
|
|
-stroma
|
supporting tissue of an organ
|
|
syndesm/o
|
ligament, connective tissue
|
|
ten/o
|
tendon
|
|
tenont/o
|
tendon
|
|
-therapy, therapeut/o
|
treatment
|
|
ton/o
|
tone, tension
|
|
acous/o
|
hearing
|
|
acoust/o
|
hearing, sound
|
|
ambly/o
|
dim, dull
|
|
audi/o, audit/o
|
hearing
|
|
aur/o, auricul/o
|
ear
|
|
blephar/o
|
eyelid
|
|
cochle/o
|
cochlea
|
|
conjuntiv/o
|
conjuntiva
|
|
cor/o
|
pupil
|
|
corne/o
|
cornea
|
|
-cusis
|
hearing
|
|
cycl/o
|
ciliary body, circular
|
|
dacry/o
|
tear
|
|
dipl/o
|
double
|
|
hygr/o
|
moisture
|
|
ir/o, irid/o
|
iris
|
|
kerat/o
|
cornea, horny tissue
|
|
lacrim/o
|
tear, lacrimal duct
|
|
logad/o
|
whites of eyes
|
|
myring/o
|
eardrum
|
|
ocul/o
|
eye
|
|
ophry/o
|
eyebrow
|
|
opthalm/o
|
eye
|
|
-opia, -opsia
|
vision
|
|
opt/o
|
eye, vision
|
|
ot/o
|
ear
|
|
palpebr/o
|
eyelid
|
|
phac/o
|
lens
|
|
phak/o
|
lens
|
|
phot/o
|
light
|
|
platy-
|
broad, flat
|
|
-pterygium
|
abnormality of the conjunctiva
|
|
pupill/o
|
pupil
|
|
retin/o
|
retina
|
|
scler/o
|
sclera
|
|
scot/o
|
darkness
|
|
son/o
|
sound
|
|
staped/o
|
stapes
|
|
stich/o, stichia
|
rows
|
|
stigmat/o
|
mark, point
|
|
-tropia
|
to turn
|
|
tympan/o
|
eardrum
|
|
uve/o
|
uvea
|
|
vitre/o
|
glassy, vitreous body
|
|
adenoid/o
|
adenoids
|
|
allo-
|
other, different
|
|
auto-
|
self
|
|
axill/o
|
armpit
|
|
-edema
|
swelling
|
|
-emphraxis
|
stoppage, obstruction
|
|
immun/o
|
protection, immune
|
|
inguin/o
|
groin
|
|
lien/o
|
spleen
|
|
lymph/o
|
lymph
|
|
nod/o
|
knot
|
|
-penia
|
definiciency
|
|
peri-
|
around
|
|
-phylaxis
|
protection
|
|
ple/o
|
more
|
|
sarc/o
|
flesh
|
|
-sepsis
|
putrefaction
|
|
splen/o
|
spleen
|
|
tetan/o
|
tetanus
|
|
thym/o
|
thymus
|
|
tonsill/o
|
tonsils
|
|
top/o
|
particular place or area
|
|
vaccin/o
|
vaccine
|