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139 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland, glandular
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albin/o
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white
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alges/i
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pain
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andr/o
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masculine, male
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ansi/o
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unequal, dissimilar, unlike
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anter/o
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anterior, front
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arthr/o
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joint, an articulation
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arche/e, arch/i
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1. first, chief, extreme
2. primitive, ancestral 3. beginning |
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axill/o
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armpit
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centr/i
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center
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cephal/o
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head, toward the head
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chori/o
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any membrane, especially that which encloses the fetus
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chromat/o, chrom/o
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color
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crytpt/o
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hidden
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cutane/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyst/i, cyst/o
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1. bladder
2. cystic duct 3. cyst |
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ect/o
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out, away, from on the outside
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echin/o
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prickly, spiny
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end/o
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within, inner, absorbing, containing
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ent/o
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inner, within
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erythr/o
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denoting redness, red
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gastr/o
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stomach, abdomen
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ger/o, geront/o
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old age
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hemangi/o
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blood vessel
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hem/o, hemat/o, haem/a
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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heter/o
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the other, different
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hom/o, home/o
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the same, alike
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hydr/o
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1. water, watery
2. containing or combined with hydrogen 3. a hydatid |
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hyp/o
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deficient, below normal, under, less than
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iatr/o
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physicians, medicine, treatment
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icter/o
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icterus
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idi/o
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private, distinctive, peculiar, one's own
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immun/o
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immune, immunity, protection, resistant to an infectious disease
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intestin/o
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intestine
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kal/i
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potassium
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kines/i, kinesi/o
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motion
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later/o
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lateral, to one side
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lei/o
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smooth
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lept/o
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light, thin, frail
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lev/o
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left, toward or on the left side
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lymphaden/o
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lymph nodes
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lymphangi/o
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lymphatic vessels
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macr/o
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large, long
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meat/o
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passage or channel, especially the external opening of a canal
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medi/o
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middle, median
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melan/o
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black
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mes/o
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1. middle, mean, intermediacy
2. mesentery or mesentery-like structure |
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mi/o
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less, smaller
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micr/o
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denotes smallness
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mon/o
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participation or involvement of a single element or part
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muc/i, muc/o
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mucus, mucin
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my/o
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muscle
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myc/o
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fungus
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myx/o
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mucus
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necr/o
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death, necrosis
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nemat/o
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thread, threadlike
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norm/o
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normal, usual
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nyct/o
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night, nocturnal
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oct/a, octi/i, oct/o
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eight
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odyn/o
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pain
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olig/o
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1. a few, a little
2. too little, too few |
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opisth/o
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backward, behind, dorsal
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organ/o
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organ, organic
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osm/o
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1. osmosis
2. smell, odor |
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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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ox/a, ox/o
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oxygen
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pant/o
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entire
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papill/o
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1. nipple-like
2. optic disk |
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pariet/o
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1. relating to the wall of any cavity
2. somatic 3. relating to a parietal bone |
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path/o
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disease
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ped/i, ped/o
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1. child
2. foot, feet |
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petr/o
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stone, stone-like hardness
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phaner/o
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visible, obvious
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pharmac/o
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drugs
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phor/o
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1. carrying, bearing
2. a carrier, a bearer |
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physi/o
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1. physical, physiological
2. natural, relating to physics |
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pimel/o
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fat, fatty
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plasm/a, plasm/o, plasmat/o
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1. formative, organized
2. plasma |
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ple/o
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more
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pless/i
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striking, percussion
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pon/o
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bodily exertion, fatigue, overwork, pain
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por/o
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1. a pore, a duct, an opening
2. going through, a passing through 3. a callus, an induration |
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poster/o
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posterior, at the back of
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presby/o
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old age
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prot/o, prote/o
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1. protein
2. first in a series; highest in rank |
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prox/i, proxim/o
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proximal, nearest, next to
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pseud/o
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false (often used about a decepetive resemblance)
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py/o
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suppuration, accumulation of pus
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rhin/o
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nose
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rubr/i, rubr/o
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red
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schist/o
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cleft, division
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scler/o
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1. hardness (induration)
2. relationship to sclera |
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sider/o
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iron
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sinistr/o
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left, toward the left
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somat/o
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body, bodily
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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spir/o
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1. coil, coil-shaped
2. breathing |
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spongi/o
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sponge, sponge-like, spongy
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squam/o
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squama, squamous (L. a scale)
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sten/o
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narrowness, constriction
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stere/o
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1. a solid
2. a solid condition or state |
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steth/o
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chest
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tel/e, tel/o
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distance, end, other end
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thec/o
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sheath or capsule
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ton/o
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tone, tension, pressure
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ul/e, ul/o
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1. scar, scarring
2. gums 3. curly |
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ventr/o
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ventral (L. belly)
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viv/i
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living, alive
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xanth/o
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yellow, yellowish
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medull/o
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soft marrow-like structure, especially in the center of a part
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a - febrile
afebrile |
without - fever
without fever, denoting apyrexia; having a normal body temperature |
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andr/o - oid
android |
masculine, male - resembling
having a male form or habitus |
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an - icter/o - ic
anicteric |
without - icterus - pertaining to, relating to
not relating to or marked by jaundice |
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arthr/o - algia
arthralgia |
joint, an articulation - pain
pain in a joint, especially one not inflammatory in character |
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contra - later/o - al
contralateral |
opposed, against - to the side - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the opposite side, as when pain is felt or paralysis occurs on the side opposite that of the lesion |
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dys - esthesia
dysethesia |
bad, difficult - perception, feeling
1. impairment of sensation short of anesthesia 2. a condition in which a disagreeable sensation is porduced by oridnary stimuli 3. abnormal sensations experienced in the absense of stimulation |
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dys- phagia
dysphagia |
bad, difficult - eating, devouring
difficulty in swallowing |
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dys - uria
dysuria |
bad, difficult - urine
difficulty or pain in urination |
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eu - thymia
euthymia |
good, well - mind, sould, emotions
1. joyfullness, mental peace and tranquility 2. moderation of mood, not manic or depressed |
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gastr/o - intestin/o - al
gastrointestinal |
stomach, abdomen - intestine - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the stomach and the intestines |
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geront/o - phobia
gerontophobia |
old age - fear
morbid fear of old persons |
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hem/o - ptysis
hemoptysis |
blood - spitting
spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage |
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hepat/o - splen/o - megaly
hepatosplenomegaly |
liver - spleen - enlargement
enlargement of the liver and spleen |
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hyper - emia
hyperemia |
excessive, above normal - blood
the presence of an increased amount of blood flow in a part or organ; congestion |
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lymph/o - aden/o - pathy
lymphadenopathy |
lyphm - gland, glandular - disease
any disease process affecting a lymph node or lymph nodes |
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my/o - algia
myalgia |
muscle - pain
muscular pain |
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norm/o - cephal/o - ic
normocephalic |
normal - head - pertaining to, relating to
having a head of medium length; denoting a skull with a cephalic index between 75 and 80 and with a capacity of 1350 and 1450 ml, or an individual with such a skill |
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nulli - parous
nulliparous |
none - to bear, to bring forth
never having borne a child |
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organ/o - megaly
organomegaly |
organ - large
abnormal englargement of the viscera, such as may be seen in acromegaly and other disorders |
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oste/o - path - ic
osteopathic |
bone - disease - pertaining to, relating to
a disease of bone; relating to osteopathy |
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ot/o - algia
otalgia |
ear - pain
pain in the ear |
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ot/o - rrhea
otorrhea |
ear - discharge, flow
a discharge from the ear |
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rhin/o - itis
rhinitis |
nose - inflammation
inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane |
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rhin/o - rrhea
rhinorrhea |
nose - discharge, flow
a discharge from the nose |
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supra - clavicul/o - ar
supraclavicular |
above - clavicle - pertaining to, relating to
above the clavicle, denoting some cutaneous nerves |
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supra - pub/o - ic
suprapubic |
above - pubic bone - pertaining to, relating to
above the pubic bone |