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111 Cards in this Set
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acous/o
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hearing
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-acusis
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hearing
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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-al
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pertaining to, relating to
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
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an-
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without, not
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anti-
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against
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aque/o
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water
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-ar
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pertaining to, relating to
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audi/o
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hearing
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audit/o
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hearing
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aur/o
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ear
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auricul/o
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ear
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bi/o
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life
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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choroid/o
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choroid
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chromat/o
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color
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cochle/o
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cochlea
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
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core/o
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pupil
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corne/o
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cornea
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-cusis
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hearing
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cycl/o
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ciliary body
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cyst/o
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bladder
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dacry/o
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tear, lacrimal sac
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dipl/o
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double
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-dynia
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pain
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-eal
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pertaining to, relating to
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-edema
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swelling
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-emia
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blood condition
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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eso-
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inward
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exo-
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outside, outward
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glauc/o
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gray
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goni/o
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angle
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hemi-
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one half
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hetero-
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different
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hyper-
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excessive, above normal
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-iasis
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abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
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-ic
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pertaining to, relating to
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intra-
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in, within
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irid/o
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iris
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-ism
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condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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kerat/o
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horny tissue, hard, cornea
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labyrinth/o
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labyrinth, inner ear
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lacrim/o
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tear, lacrimal gland
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-malacia
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softening
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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metr/o
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uterus, measure
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-metry
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act of measuring
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mi/o
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smaller, less
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micr/o
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small
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mono-
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one
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mydr/o
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widen, enlarge
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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nas/o
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nose
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ocul/o
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eye
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-oma
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tumor
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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-opia
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vision
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-opsia
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vision
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opt/o
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eye, vision
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optic/o
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eye, vision
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orth/o
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straight
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-ory
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pertaining to, relating to
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ot/o
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ear
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-ous
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pertaining to, relating to
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palat/o
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palate (roof of the mouth)
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-pathy
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disease
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peri-
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around
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phac/o
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lens
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pharyng/o
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pharynx (throat)
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phot/o
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light
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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polyp/o
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small growth
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presby/o
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old age
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-ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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pupill/o
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pupil
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retin/o
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retina
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rhin/o
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nose
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salping/o
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tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
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scler/o
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hardening, sclera
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-scope
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instrument to view or examine
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-scopy
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visual examination
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scot/o
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darkness
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sinus/o
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sinus cavity
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somn/o
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sleep
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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staped/o
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stapes
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steat/o
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fat
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stigmat/o
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a point
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-stomy
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forming an opening (mouth)
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-tic
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pertaining to, relating to
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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ton/o
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tension
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trabecul/o
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trabecula (supporting bundles of fibers)
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trache/o
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trachea
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-tropia
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turning
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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uvul/o
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uvula
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vitre/o
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glassy
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