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243 Cards in this Set
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-EMESIS
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vomit (hememesis)
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-EMIA
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blood (anemia)
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EMPHYSEMA
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puffed up
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EN-
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in (entry)
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ENAMEL
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hard
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ENCEPHAL/O-
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within head (referring to brain)
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ENDO-
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within or inside (endoderm)
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ENEMA
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injection (water forced into colon)
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ENTERO-
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intestine (usually SI; enteritis)
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ENURESIS
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to void or expel urine (involuntary)
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EOSIN/O-
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rose red color (eosinophil)
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EPI-
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upon (epidermis)
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EPISI/O-
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pubic region
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ERGO-
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work or labor (ergot-birthing drug)
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ERYTHERMAT/O-
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red or flushed
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ERYTHR/O-
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red (erythrocyte)
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ESCHAR
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scab (escharia)
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ESO-
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toward (esophagus-"towards eater")
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ESTHES/I-
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physical feeling (anesthetic)
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ESTR/O-
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female (estrogen)
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ETI/O-
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cause (etiology-study of causes of disease)
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EU-
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good (euphoria)
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EX-
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out, ouside, outward (extend)
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FACET/O-
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face (facet)
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FASC/I-
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band (fascia-band b/w muscles)
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FEBR/O-
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fever (febrile)
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FEC/O-
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stool or fecal matter
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FEMOR/O
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thigh (femur)
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-FERENCE
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to carry (vas de/ference-vessel that carries away)
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FERRO-
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iron (ferrous)
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FET/O-
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young (fetus)
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FIBRILL/O-
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to quiver (fibrillation)
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FIBRO-
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fiber
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FIBUL/O-
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to clasp (fibula-smaller lower leg bone)
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FIL-
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thread (filament)
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FISS-
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to split or splitting (fission)
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FISTUL/O-
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pipe or pipe stem
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FLEX-
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to bend
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FLU-
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flowing (influenza-"inward flowing")
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-FLUX
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to flow (reflux-"again flow")
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FISTUL/O-
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pipe or pipe stem (pyofistula-"pus pipe")
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FORAMEN/O-
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opening (foramenal)
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FORE-
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before (forearm)
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FRACT/O-
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to break (facture)
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FRONT/O-
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forehead or before (frontal)
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FURUN/O-
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boil (furuncle-small boil)
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GALACT/O-
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milk
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GANGLI/O-
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knot, swelling, or collection (gangliectomy)
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GANGREN/O-
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eating sore (gangrenous)
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GEN/O-
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race (genotype)
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GENI/O-
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chin
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GENIT/O-
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reproductive or birth (genitals)
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GENU-
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knee (genuclast-"knee breaking')
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-GEN
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origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make (carcinogen)
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GER/O-
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old or old age (geriatrics)
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GEST-
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to bear or separate (gestation)
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GINGIV/O-
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gum (gingivitis)
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GLANDUL/O-
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little acorn or gland (glandular)
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GLAUC/O-
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waterfall or gray (glaucoma)
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GLI/O-
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glue or glue-like (gliocytes-cells that hold nerves together)
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GLOMERUL/O-
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small round mass or tiny ball
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GLOSS/O-
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tongue (glossitis)
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GLOTT/O-
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back of tongue (epiglottis)
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GLUT-
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buttocks
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GLYCO-
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sugar (glycogen)
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-GNOSIS
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knowledge (diagnosis)
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GOITER
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swelling (throat)
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GON/O-
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seed or seed producer (gonorrhea)
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GOUT
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a drop (type of arthritis-drops to lower joints)
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-GRADE
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a step, stage, or degree in a process (degrade)
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-GRAFT-
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to probe or cut with knife
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-GRAM
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to record (cardiogram)
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-GRAPHY
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procedure of using an instrument to do recording (cardiography)
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-GRAPH
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intstrument (myograph)
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GRAVID/O-
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heavy or pregnant (gravidium)
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GROIN
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inguinal region
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GUMM/O-
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gum or gum-like (gumma-lessions of 3rd stage of syphilis)
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GUST/O-
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tasting or to taste (gustation)
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GYNEC/O-
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woman (gynecology)
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HALLUX-
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great or big toe (halluxectomy)
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HAPLO-
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half, single (haploid)
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HEALTH
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wholeness
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HELICO-
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spiral (helical)
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HELIO-
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sun (heliopathy-sun injury)
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HELMINTH/O-
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worm or worms
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HEM/O-
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blood (hemorrhage)
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HEME-
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iron (hemeglobin)
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HEMI
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half or one half (hemisphere)
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HEPAT/O-
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liver (hepatitis)
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HEPT/A-
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seven
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HERNI/O-
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rupture or protrusion (hernia)
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HERPES
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to creep
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HETER/O-
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other or opposite
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HIAT-
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an opening (hiatus)
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HIDR/O-
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sweat (hidrosis- abnormal sweating)
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HIRSUT-
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hairy or profound hair (hirsutism-bearded women)
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-HISCENCE
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to gape open (dehiscence-wounds)
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HISTO-
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web-like or tissue (histology)
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HOLIST/O-
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whole (holistic medicine-treating physical, mental, etc)
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HOMEO-
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same, constant, or unchanged
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HORMON/O-
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to urge on
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HUMER/O-
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upper arm (humerus)
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HYAL/O-
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glassy or glass like (hyalase-sperm)
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HYDRO-
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water
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HYPN/O-
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sleep (hypnosis)
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HYSTER/O-
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uterus (hysterectomy)
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IATR/O-
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treat or cure, procedure of treating (pediatrics)
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-IA
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refers to, condition, state of (dysphagia-difficulty swallowing)
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ICHTHY-
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fish or fish like (ichthyologist)
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-ICIAN
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one who (dietician)
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-ICLE
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small or tiny (icicle)
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-ISY
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inflamed (pleurisy)
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IDE/O-
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idea, thoughts, emotions, image (ideology)
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IDIO-
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unique to ur unknown cause (idiopathic)
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-ID
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state of (lucid)
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ILE/O-
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twisted (ileum-3rd part of SI0
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ILIO-
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flank (ilium)
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IM-
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into or not (implant-place into)
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IMMUN/O-
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safe, protect, immune
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IN SITU
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in position or location ;"on site"
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INCUS
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anvil (tiny ear bone)
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INFARCT-
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to stuff into (cardial infarction-blockage of blood flow to heart)
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INFECT/O-
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to invade
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INFLAMM/O
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flame within (inflmmation)
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INFRA-
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under or below (infrared)
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INGUIN/O-
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groin
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-ING
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procedure of or process of
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INTEGU-
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covering (integumentary)
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INTER-
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between (intercellular)
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INTRA-, INTRO-,INTUS-
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within
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-IN
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substance or chemical (toxin)
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-IOLE
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smaller, lesser, diminutive (bronchiole)
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ION/O-
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going, ion movement (inic)
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-IOR
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one who is (inferior)
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-IOUS
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state of (delerious)
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IPSI-
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equal (ipsilateral-equal sides)
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IR-
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not or lack of (irregular)
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IR/O-
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rainbow
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ISCH/O-
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deficiency, blockage, to hold back (ischemic-blood deficiency)
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ISCHI/O-
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hip joint or hip (ischiodynia)
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-ISH
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resembling or related to
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-ISM
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state of or condition of (albinism)
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ISO-
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equal or same (isotonic)
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-IST
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specialist
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-ITES
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droopsy or drooping (tympanites-drooping ear drums)
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-ITIS
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inflamed or infammation
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-ITY
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state of (sterility)
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-IZE
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state of or acts like (hypnotize)
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JEJUNO-
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to empty (jejunum-2nd part of SI)
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JUNCTIV/O-
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joining or to join (conjunctivitis-ocular)
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KALI-
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potassium (K)
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KARY/O-
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nucleus
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KEL/O-
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scar (keloid)
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KERAT/O-
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cornea or horney (beta keratin)
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KET/O-
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sour or acid (ketois)
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KIL/-
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one thousand (kilogram)
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KINE-
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movement or motion
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KRAUR/O-
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dryness (kraurosis-of mouth and vagina)
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KYPH/O-
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hunchback (kyphosis)
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LABIO-
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lip
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LABRYNITHO-
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maze (labrynithitis-inner ear/balance)
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LACER/O-
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to tear (lacerate)
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LACRIM/O-
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tearing or to tear (lacrimal)
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LACT/O-
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milk (lactose)
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LAMIN/O-
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thin flat plate or layer (laminate)
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LAP/I-
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stone (lapis)
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-LAPSE
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falling or slippae (relapse)
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LARYNGO-
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voicebox (laryngitis-hoarseness)
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LAT-
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side (lateral)
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LAX-, LAXAT/O-
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to losen or loosening (laxatives)
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LEI/O-
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smooth (leiomyoma-smooth muscle tumor)
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LENT/O-
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freckle (lenticle-small skin blemishes)
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LEPR/O-
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scaly (leprosy-skin lesion)
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-LEPSY
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seizure or convulsion (epilepsy)
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LEPTO-
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thin or slender (leptomorphic)
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LEUK/O-
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white
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LEVAT/O-
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lift up (levatate)
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LIBID/O-
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desire (libidal-sex drive)
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LICHEN/I
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plant (lichens)
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LIENO-
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spleen (lienitis)
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LIGA-
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to bind (ligament-binds bone to bone)
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LINGU-
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tongue (bilingual)
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LIP/O-
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fat
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-LISTHESIS
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slippage (spondyloisthesis-vertebrae slippage)
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LITH/O-
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stone, calculus or rock (nephrolith-kidney stone)
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LOB/O-
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lobe
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LORD/O-
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swayback (to bend)
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LUMB/O-
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loin (lumbar-lower back vertebrae)
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LUMP
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small mass (lumpectomy)
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LUNA-
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moon or crescent-shaped (lunar)
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LUPUS
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"wolf" (lupus erythematosus-autoimmune disease w/ skin lesios)
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LUTE/O-
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yellow (luteal)
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LUX-
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to dislocate (subluxation)
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LYMPH/O-
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watery (lymphoma)
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-LYSIS
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destructin, breakdown, declining (hemolysis-blood)
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MACER/O-
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to make soft (maceration)
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MACRO-
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larg or huge
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MACUL/O-
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large spot or flat skin freckle
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MAGNI-
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large or greater (magnification)
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MAL-
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bad, harm, injury (malignant)
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MALAC/O-
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soft or softening (oesteomalacia)
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MALL/E/OLUS
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little hammer (bone protuberace on sides of ankle joint)
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MALLE/O-
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hammer (malleus-middle ear bone)
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MAMM/O-
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breast (mammogram)
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MAN/O-
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hand (manicure)
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MAND/I-
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chew or chewer (mandible)
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-MANIA
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madness (kleptomaniac)
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MASSET/O-
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chewer or to chew (masseter-jaw muscle)
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MASSEUR
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male massager
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MAST/O-
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breast (mastectomy)
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MASTIC/O-
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to chew or chewing(masticate)
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-MATA
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multiple (carcinmata-multiple crablike cancerous growths)
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MAXILL/O-
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upper jaw (maxilla)
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MEASLES
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rubella, reddish, or red
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MEAT/O-
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opening (meatus)
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MEDI-
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middle (median)
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MEGA-
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great or big
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MEGALO-
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huge or large (hepatomegaly)
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MEI/O, MIO-
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lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict (meiosis and miotic)
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MEL-
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sweet, honey, cheek, limb (melon)
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MELAN/O-
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black-skin cancer
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MEN/O-
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monthly or month (menopause)
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MENING/O-
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membrane (meningitis-CNS)
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MENISC/O-
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crescent (meniscus-knee)
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MENT/O-
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mind (mental)
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-MENTUM
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chin (antementum)
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MES/O-
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middle (mesoderm)
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META-
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beyond or change (metacarpal)
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-METER
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measurement (spirometer-of breath)
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METR/A-
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uterus or womb (endometritis)
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-METRY
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measurement procedure (optometry)
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MICRO-
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small (micrococcus)
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MICTUR/O-
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to make water or urinate (micturition)
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MILLI-
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one-thousandth
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MINIMUS-
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smallest (gluteus minimus)
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MINUTE
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small
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-MITRE
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head band or mitre box
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MOL/O-
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to mill or grind (molar)
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MON/O-
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one
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MORPHO-
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shape
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MORT/O-
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death (mortician
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-MOTOR
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movement or motion (oculomotor)
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MUC/O-
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slime
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