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66 Cards in this Set
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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amni/o
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amnion
(sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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axill/o
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armpit
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bi/o
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life
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
(two tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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inguin/o
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groin
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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leuk/o
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white
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lymph/o
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lymph
(clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body) |
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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neutr/o
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neutrophil
(a white blood cell) |
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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path/o
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disease
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
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to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
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vein
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plas/o
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formation, development
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pleur/o
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pleura
(membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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radi/o
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x-rays
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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sarc/o
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flesh
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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thorac/o
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chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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ven/o
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vein
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