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246 Cards in this Set
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af- |
toward |
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agora- |
marketplace |
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ambly- |
dull, dim |
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ana- |
against, up, back |
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aniso- |
unequal, dissimilar |
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ante- |
before, in front of |
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-ate |
having the form of, possessing |
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-ation |
process of |
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ax- |
axis, axon |
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azot/o |
nitrogenous compound |
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balan/o |
glans penis |
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bil/i |
bile, gall |
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-blast |
embryonic cell |
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blast/o |
embryonic cell |
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brachi/o |
arm |
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brachy- |
short |
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-cardia |
heart condition |
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carp/o |
carpus (wrist bone) |
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cata- |
down |
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-ceps |
head |
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chalic/o |
limestone |
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cine- |
movement |
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cinemat/o |
things that move |
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-clasia |
to break, surgical fracture |
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-clasis |
to break, surgical fracture |
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-clast |
to break |
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-cleisis |
closure |
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clon/o |
clonus (turmoil) |
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-clysis |
irrigation, turmoil |
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coni- |
dust |
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-continence |
to hold back |
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contra- |
against, opposite |
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corpor/o |
body |
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cost/o |
ribs |
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crin/o |
secrete |
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crypt/o |
hidden |
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culd/o |
cul-de-sc |
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-cusia |
hearing |
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cycl/o |
ciliary body of eye; circular; cycle |
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-cyesis |
pregnancy |
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dacry/o |
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
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dacryocyst/o |
lacrimal sac |
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de- |
cessation |
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dendr/o |
tree |
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dips/o |
thirst |
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-dipsia |
thirst |
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duct/o |
to lead, carry |
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-duction |
act of leading, bringing, conduction |
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dur/o |
dura matter; hard |
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-eal |
pertaining to |
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ec- |
out, out from |
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-ectasis |
dilation, expansion |
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ecto- |
outward, outside |
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ef- |
away from |
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-ema |
state of, condition |
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emphys/o |
to inflate |
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en- |
in, within |
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eosin/o |
dawn (rose colored) |
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episi/o |
vulva |
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eschar/o |
scab |
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eso- |
inward |
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ex- |
out, out from |
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extra- |
outside |
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fasci/o |
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
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-ferent |
to carry |
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fluor/o |
luminous, fluorescence |
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gen/o |
forming, producing, origin |
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gest/o |
pregnancy |
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glauc/o |
grey |
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gli/o |
glue; neuroglial tissue |
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-glia |
glue; neuroglial tissue |
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-globin |
protein |
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gnos/o |
knowing |
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-gonsis |
knowing |
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goni/o |
angle |
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gon/o |
seed (ovum or spermatozoon) |
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-grade |
to go |
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-gravida |
pregnant woman |
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gyn/o |
woman, female |
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gynec/o |
woman, female |
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hedon/o |
pleasure |
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hyp- |
under, below, deficient |
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hypn/o |
sleep |
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-ia |
condition |
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iatr/o |
physician; medicine; treatment |
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-iatry |
medicine, treatment |
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-ice |
noun ending |
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ichthy/o |
dry, scaly |
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-icle |
small, minute |
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in- |
in, not |
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-ion |
the act of |
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-ior |
pertaining to |
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-is |
noun ending |
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isch/o |
to hold back, to block |
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ischi/o |
ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
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-ism |
condition |
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-isy |
state of; condition |
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-itic |
pertaining to |
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-ive |
pertaining to |
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-ization |
process of |
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kal/i |
potassium (an electrolyte) |
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karat/o |
horny tissue; hard; cornea |
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kern/o |
kernel, nucleus |
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kinesi/o |
movement |
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-kinesia |
movement |
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kinet/o |
movement |
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klept/o |
to steal |
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kyph/o |
humpback |
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lacrim/o |
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
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-lalia |
speech, babble |
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lapar/o |
abdomen |
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lei/o |
smooth |
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leiomy/o |
smooth muscle, visceral |
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-lepsy |
siezure |
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lept/o |
thin, slender |
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-listhesis |
slipping |
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log/o |
study of |
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lord/o |
curve, swayback |
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-lucent |
to shine, clear |
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lumb/o |
loins (lower back) |
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-mania |
state of mental disorder, frenzy |
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mast/o |
breast |
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meat/o |
opening, meatus |
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men/o |
menses, menstruation |
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meningi/o |
meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
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ment/o |
mind |
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meso- |
middle |
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meta- |
change, beyond |
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metr/o |
uterus (womb); measure |
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metri/o |
uterus (womb) |
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mi/o |
smaller, less |
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mut/a |
genetic change |
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mydr/o |
widen, enlarge |
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myel/o |
bone marrow; spinal cord muscle |
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myos/o |
muscle |
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myring/o |
tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
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myx/o |
mucus |
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narc/o |
stupor; numbness; sleep |
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nat/o |
birth |
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natr/o |
sodium (an electrolyte) |
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nid/o |
nest |
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nulli- |
none |
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nyctal/o |
night |
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obstetr/o |
midwife |
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-ole |
small, minute |
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olig/o |
scanty (small or insufficient in quantity or amount) |
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omphal/o |
navel (umbilicus) |
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onc/o |
tumor |
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oophor/o |
ovary |
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-opaque |
obscure |
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ophthalm/o |
eye |
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-opsy |
view of |
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orch/o |
testis (plural, testes) |
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orchi/o |
testis (plural, testes) |
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orchid/o |
testis (plural, testes) |
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oxy- |
quick, sharp |
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-pachy |
thick |
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-para |
to bear (offspring) |
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para- |
near, beside; beyond |
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-paresis |
partial paralysis |
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-partum |
childbirth, labor |
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pedicul/o |
lice |
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per- |
through |
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phac/o |
lens |
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pharmaceutic/o |
drug, medicine |
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phe/o |
dusky, dark |
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-phil |
attraction for |
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phil/o |
attraction for |
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-philia |
attraction for |
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phim/o |
muzzle |
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-phonia |
voice |
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-phoresis |
carrying, transmission |
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-phoria |
feeling (mental state) |
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-phylaxis |
protection |
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-physis |
growth |
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-plakia |
plaque |
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plas/o |
formation, growth |
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-plexy |
stroke |
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polyp/o |
small growth |
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-potence |
power |
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presby/o |
old age |
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primi- |
first |
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ptyal/o |
saliva |
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pub/o |
pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone) |
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pyel/o |
renal pelvis |
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pyr/o |
fire |
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rachi/o |
spine |
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radicul/o |
nerve root |
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rhytid/o |
wrinkle |
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roentgen/o |
x-ray |
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rube/o |
red |
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salping/o |
tube (usually fallopian or eusteachian (auditory) tube) |
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-salpinx |
tube (usually fallopian or eusteachian (auditory) tube) |
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sarc/o |
flesh (connective tissue) |
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-sarcome |
malignant tumor of connective tissue |
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-schisis |
a splitting |
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schiz/o |
split |
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scoli/o |
crooked, bent |
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scot/o |
darkness |
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semi- |
one half |
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semin/o |
semen, seed |
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semin/i |
semen, seed |
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sequestr/o |
separation |
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silic/o |
flint |
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-sis |
state of; condition |
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-social |
society |
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-spadias |
split, fissure |
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sphygm/o |
pulse |
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spondyl/o |
vertebra (backbone) |
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staped/o |
stapes |
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sten/o |
narrowing, stricture |
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sthen/o |
strength |
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stigmat/o |
point, mark |
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tax/o |
order, coordination |
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-taxia |
order, coordination |
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-tension |
to stretch |
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thalass/o |
sea |
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thec/o |
sheath (usually refers to meninges) |
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thel/o |
nipple |
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therapeut/o |
treatment |
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-thymia |
mind, emotion |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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till/o |
to pull |
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-tocia |
childbirth, labor |
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ton/o |
tension |
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trich/o |
hair |
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trigon/o |
trigone (triangular region at base of bladder) |
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-tropia |
turning |
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-tropin |
stimulate |
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tubercul/o |
a little swelling |
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-ula |
small, minute |
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-ule |
small, minute |
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-um |
structure, thing |
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-us |
condition, structure |
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vas/o |
vessel, vas deferens, duct |
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-version |
turning |
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vesic/o |
bladder |
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vesicul/o |
seminal vesicle |
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vest/o |
clothes |
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vitr/o |
vitreous body (of eye) |
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vitre/o |
glassy |
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voyeur/o |
to see |
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xiph/o |
sword |
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-y |
condition, process |
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-ose |
pertaining to; sugar |
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-ory |
pertaining to |
