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198 Cards in this Set
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-er, -ist |
one who
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-itritian |
practitioner
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-logist |
one who studies; speacialist
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical |
pertaining to
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-logic, -logical |
pertaining to the study of |
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-iatrics, -iatry |
medical profession or treatment |
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-logy |
study or science of |
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cardi-o |
heart |
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crin/o |
to secrete |
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dermat/o |
skin |
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esthisi/o |
feeling or sensation |
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gastr/o, enter/o |
stomach, intestines |
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o |
elderly |
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gynec/o |
female |
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immu/o |
immune |
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ne/o, nat/o |
new, birth |
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neur/o |
nerve |
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obstetr/o |
midwife
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onc/o |
tumor |
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ophthalm/o |
eye |
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orth/o, ped/o |
straight, child |
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ot/o, laryng/o |
ear, larynx |
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path/o |
disease |
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psych/o |
mind |
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radi/o |
radiation (radius) |
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rheumat/o |
rheumatism |
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rhin/o |
nose |
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ur/o |
urinary tract (urine) |
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-centesis |
surgical puncturing to aspirate or remove fluid |
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-ectomy |
excision (removal or cutting out) |
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-lysis |
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rraphy |
suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
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-scopy |
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) |
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-stomy |
formation of an opening |
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-tome |
an instrument used for cutting |
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-tomy |
incision (cutting into tissue) |
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing |
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aden/o |
gland |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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append/o, appendic/o, |
appendix |
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bi/o |
life or living |
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blephar/o |
eyelid |
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cerebr/o*, encephal/o |
brain * sometimes used as cerebrum |
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chir/o |
hand |
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col/o |
colon or large intestine |
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cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o |
skin |
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faci/o |
face |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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mamm/o, mast/o |
breast |
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muscul/o, my/o |
muscle |
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myel/o |
bone marrow or spinal cord |
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oste/o |
bone |
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pulm/o, pulmen/o, pneum/o*, pnmeumon/o |
lungs * sometimes means air or gas |
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tonsill/o |
tonsil |
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vas/o |
vessel, ductus deferens (vas deferens) |
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-algia, -dynia |
pain |
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-cele |
hernia (protrusions of all or part of an organ through wall of cavity that contains it) |
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-ectesia, -ectasis |
dilation (enlarging or stretching of a structure or part) |
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-edema |
swelling |
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-emesis |
vimiting |
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-emia |
condition of blood |
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-ia, -iasis |
condition |
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-itis |
inflimation |
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-lith |
stone or calculus |
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-malacia |
soft, softeing |
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-mania |
excessive preoccupation |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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-oid (adj's & n's) |
resembling |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-osis |
condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase) |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-penia |
deficiency |
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-phobia |
abnormal/ irrational fear |
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-ptosis |
prolapse (sagging) |
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-rrhage, -rrhagia |
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
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-rrhea |
flow or discharge |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-spasm |
twitching, cramp |
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-stasis |
stopping, controlling |
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-able, -ible |
capable of, able to
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic -ive -tic |
pertaining to |
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-ase |
enzyme |
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-eum, -ium |
membrane |
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-ia, -ism |
condition or theory |
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-iac |
one who suffers |
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-opia |
vision
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-ose |
sugar |
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-ous |
pertaining to or characterized by |
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-y |
state or condition |
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adip/o, lip/o |
fat |
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amyl/o |
starch |
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glyc/o |
sugar |
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hemat/o |
blood |
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lact/o |
milk |
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lith/o |
stone |
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micro- |
small |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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prote/o, protein/o |
proteins |
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pyr/o |
fire |
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albumin/o |
albumin |
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-ation |
process |
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-esis |
action, process, or result of |
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glycos/o |
sugar |
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olig/o |
few, scanty |
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ur/o |
urine / urinary tract |
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urin/o |
urine |
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-uria |
urine or urination |
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cyst/o |
bladder (cyst or sac) |
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glomerul/o |
glomerolus |
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nephr/o, ren/o |
kidney |
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pyel/o |
renal pelvis |
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ureter/o |
ureter |
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urethr/o |
urethra |
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cervic/o |
cervix |
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colp/o, vagin/o |
vagina |
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gynec/o |
female |
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hyster/o, uter/o |
uterus
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metr/o (metr/i) |
uterine tissue |
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oophor/o, ovar/o |
ovary |
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salping/o |
uterine tube |
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vulv/o |
vulva |
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-cidal |
killing |
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cyst/o, vesic/o |
bladder, cyst, sac |
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genit/o |
genitals |
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gonad/o |
genitals or reproduction |
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men/o |
month |
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-plasia |
development or formation |
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rect/o |
rectum |
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urethr/o |
urethra |
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urin/o |
urine |
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amni/o |
amnion (fetal membrane) |
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fet/o |
fetus |
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nat/i |
birth |
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par/o |
to bear offspring |
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-para |
a woman who has given birth |
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gon/o |
genitals or reproduction |
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orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o |
testes
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pen/o |
penis |
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prostat/o |
prostate |
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scrot/o |
scrotum, bag |
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semin/o |
semen |
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ser/o |
serum |
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spermat/o |
spermatozoa (sperm) |
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urethr/o |
urethra |
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vas/o |
vessel or duct; vas deferens |
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adip/o, lip/o |
fat |
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axill/o |
axilla |
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bacteri/o, bater/i |
bacteria
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cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/a, derm/o |
skin |
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erythemat/o |
erythema or redness |
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follicul/o |
follicle |
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ichthy/o |
fish |
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kerat/o |
horny tissue |
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onych/o, ungu/o |
nail |
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pil/o, trich/o |
hair |
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seb/o |
sebum |
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seps/o |
infection |
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sept/o |
infection or septum |
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xer/o |
dry |
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-static |
keeping stationary |
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arachn/o |
spider |
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claustr/o |
barrier, or closed space |
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pseud/o |
false |
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zo/o |
animal |
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agora- |
open marketplace |
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-asthenia |
weakness |
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-esthesia |
sensation, perception |
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-lexia |
words, phrases |
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-orexia |
appetite |
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chroid/o |
choroid |
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chrom/o |
color |
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conjunctiv/o |
conjuctiva |
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corne/o, kerat/o |
cornea |
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dacry/o, lacrim/o |
tear |
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ir/o, iridi/o |
iris |
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ocul/o, opthalm/o |
eye |
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opt/o, optic/o |
vision |
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presby/o |
old or old age |
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pupill/o |
pupil |
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retin/o |
retina |
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ton/o |
tone or tension |
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acoust/o, audi/o |
hearing
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adenoid/o |
adenoids |
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aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o |
ear |
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cerumin/o |
ear wax |
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cochle/o |
cochlea |
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salping/o |
eustachian tube |
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-ory |
pertaining to |
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aden/o |
gland |
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adren/o |
adrenal gland |
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andr/o |
male or masculine |
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gigant/o |
giant |
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gonad/o |
gonad |
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insulin/o |
insulin |
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iod/o |
iodine |
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myx/o |
mucus |
