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ab- (prefix)
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away from
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abdomin/o (combining form)
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abdomen
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-ac (suffix)
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pertaining to
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acanth/o (combining form)
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spiny; thorny
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acetabul/o (combining form)
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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acous/o (combining form)
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hearing
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acr/o (combining form)
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extremities; top; extreme point
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acromi/o (combining form)
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acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
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actin/o (combining form)
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light
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acu/o (combining form)
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sharp; severe; sudden
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-acusis (suffix)
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hearing
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ad- (prefix)
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toward
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aden/o (combining form)
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gland
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adenoid/o (combining form)
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adenoids
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adip/o (combining form)
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fat
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adren/o (combining form)
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gland
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adenoid/o (combining form)
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adenoids
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adip/o (combining form)
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fat
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adren/o (combining form)
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adrenal gland
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adrenal/o (combining form)
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adrenal gland
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aer/o (combining form)
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air
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af- (prefix)
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toward
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agglutin/o (combining form)
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clumping; sticking together
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-agon (suffix)
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to assemble, gather
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agora- (prefix)
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marketplace
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-agra (suffix)
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excessive pain
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-al (suffix)
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pertaining to
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alb/o (combining form)
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white
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albin/o (combining form)
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white
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albumin/o (combining form)
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albumin (protein)
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alges/o (combining form)
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sensitivity to pain
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-algesia (suffix)
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia (suffix)
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pain
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all/o (combining form)
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other
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alveol/o (combining form)
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alveolus; air sac; small sac
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ambly/o (combining form)
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dim; dull
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-amine (suffix)
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nitrogen compound
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amni/o (combining form)
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amnion (sac surronding the embryo)
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amyl/o (combining form)
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starch
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an/o (combining form)
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anus
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-an (suffix)
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pertaining to
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ana- (prefix)
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up; apart; backward; again; anew
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andr/o (combining form)
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male
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aneurysm/o (combining form)
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aneurysm (widened blood vessel)
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angi/o (combining form)
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vessel (blood)
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anis/o (combining form)
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unequal
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ankyl/o (combining form)
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stiff
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ante- (prefix)
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before; forward
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anter/o (combining form)
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front
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anthrac/o (combining form)
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coal
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anthr/o (combining form)
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antrum of the stomach
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anti- (prefix)
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against
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anxi/o (combining form)
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uneasy; anxious
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aort/o (combining form)
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aorta (largest artery)
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-apheresis (suffix)
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removal
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aphth/o (combining form)
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ulcer
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apo- (prefix)
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off, away
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aponeur/o (combining form)
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aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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append/o (combining form)
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appendix
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appendic/o (combining form)
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appendix
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aque/o (combining form)
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water
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-ar (suffix)
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pertaining to
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-arche (suffix)
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beginning
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arter/o (combining form)
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artery
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arteri/o (combining form)
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artery
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arteriol/o (combining form)
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arteriole (small artery)
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arthr/o (combining form)
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joint
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-arthria (suffix)
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articulate (speak distinctly)
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articul/o (combining form)
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joint
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-ary (suffix)
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pertaining to
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asbest/o (combining form)
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asbestos
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-ase (suffix)
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enzyme
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-asthenia (suffix)
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lack of strength
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atel/o (combining form)
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incomplete
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ather/o (combining form)
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plaque (fatty substance)
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-ation (suffix)
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process; condition
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atri/o (combining form)
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atrium (upper heart chamber)
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audi/o (combining form)
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hearing
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audit/o (combining form)
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hearing
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aur/o (combining form)
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ear
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auricul/o (combining form)
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ear
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auto- (prefix)
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self; own
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axill/o (combining form)
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armpit
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azot/o (combining form)
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urea; nitrogen
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bacill/o (combining form)
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bacilli (bacteria)
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bacteri/o (combining form)
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bacteria
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balan/o (combining form)
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glans penis
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bar/o (combining form)
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pressure; weight
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bartholin/o (combining form)
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Bartholin glands
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bas/o (combining form)
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base; opposite of acid
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bi- rubin (prefix)
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two
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bi/o (combining form)
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life
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bil/i (combining form)
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bile; gall
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bilirubin/o (combining form)
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bilirubin
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-blast (suffix)
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embryonic; immature
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-blastona (suffix)
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immature tumor (cells)
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blephar/o (combining form)
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eyelid
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bol/o (combining form)
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cast; throw
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brachi/o (combining form)
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arm
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brachy- (prefix)
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short
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brady- (prefix)
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slow
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bronch/o (combining form)
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bronchial tube
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bronchi/o (combining form)
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bronchial tube
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bronchiol/o (combining form)
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bronchiole
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bucc/o (combining form)
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check
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bunion/o (combining form)
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bunion
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burs/o (combining form)
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bursa (sac of fluids near joint)
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byssin/o (combining form)
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cotton dust
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cac/o (combining form)
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bad
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calc/o (combining form)
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calcium
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calcane/o (combining form)
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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calci/o (combining form)
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calcium
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cali/o (combining form)
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calyx
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calic/o (combining form)
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calyx
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capillar/o (combining form)
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capillary (tiniest blood vessel)
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capn/o (combining form)
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carbon dioxide
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-capnia (suffux)
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carbon dioxide
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carcin/o (combining form)
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cancerous; cancer
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cardi/o (combining form)
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heart
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carp/o (combining form)
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wrist bones (carpals)
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cata- (prefix)
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down
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caud/o (combining form)
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tail; lower part of bidy
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caus/o (combining form)
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burn; burning
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cauter/o (combining form)
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heat; burning
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cec/o (combining form)
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cecum (first part of the colon)
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-cele (suffix)
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hernia
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celi/o (combining form)
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belly; abdomen
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-centesis (suffix)
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surgical procedure to remove fluid
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cephal/o (combining form)
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head
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carebell/o (combining form)
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cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o (combining form)
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cerumin/o (combining form)
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cerumen
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cervic/o (combining form)
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neck; cervix (neck of the uterus)
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-chalasia (suffix)
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relaxation
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-chalasis (suffix)
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relaxation
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cheil/o (combining form)
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lip
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chem/o (combining form)
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drug; chemical
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-chezia (suffx)
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defecation; elimination of wastes
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chir/o (combining form)
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head
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chlor/o (combining form)
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green
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chlorhydr/o (combining form)
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hydrochloric acid
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chol/e (combining form)
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bile; gall
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cholangi/o (combining form)
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bile vessel
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cholecyst/o (combining form)
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o (combining form)
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common bile duct
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cholesterol/o (combining form)
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cholesterol
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chondr/o (combining form)
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cartilage
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chore/o (combining form)
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dance
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chori/o (combining form)
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chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)
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chorion/o (combining form)
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chorion
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choroid/o (combining form)
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choroid layer of the eye
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chrom/o (combining form)
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color
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chron/o (combining form)
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time
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chym/o (combining form)
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to pour
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cib/o (combining form)
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meal
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-cide (suffix)
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killing
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-cidal (suffix)
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pertaining to killing
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cine/o (combining form)
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movement
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cirrh/o (combining form)
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orange-yellow
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cis/o (combining form)
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to cut
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-clasis (suffix)
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to break
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-clast (suffix)
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to break
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claustr/o (combining form)
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enclosed space
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clavicul/o (combining form)
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clavicle (collar bone)
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-clysis (suffix)
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irrigation; washing
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coagul/o (combining form)
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coagulation (clotting)
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-coccus (suffix)
-Cocci, pl.) |
berry-shaped bacterium
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coccyg/o (combining form)
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coccyx (tailbone)
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cochle/o (combining form)
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cochlea (inner part of the ear)
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col/o (combining form)
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colon (large intestine)
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coll/a (combining form)
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glue
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colon/o (combining form)
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colon (large intestine)
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colp/o (combining form)
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vagina
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comat/o (combining form)
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deep sleep
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comi/o (combining form)
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to care for
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con- (prefix)
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together, with
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coni/o (combining form)
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dust
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conjunctiv/o (combining form)
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conjunctiva (lines of the eyelids)
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-constriction (suffix)
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narrowing
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contra- (prefix)
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against; opposite
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cor/o (combining form)
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pupil
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core/o (combining form)
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pupil
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corne/o (combining form)
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cornea
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coron/o (combining form)
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heart
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corpor/o (combining form)
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body
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cortic/o (combining form)
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cortex, outer region
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cost/o (combining form)
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rib
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crani/o (combining form)
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skull
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cras/o (combining form)
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mixture; temperament
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crin/o (combining form)
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secrete
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-crine (suffix)
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secrete; separate
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-crit (suffix)
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to separate
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cry/o (combining form)
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cold
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crypt/o (combining form)
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hidden
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culd/o (combining form)
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cul-de-sac
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-cusis (suffix)
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hearing
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cutane/o (combining form)
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skin
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cyan/o (combining form)
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blue
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cycl/o (combining form)
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ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle
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-cyesis (suffix)
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pregnancy
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cyst/o (combining form)
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urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
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cyt/o (combining form)
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cell
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-cyte (suffix)
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cell
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-cytosis (suffix)
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condition of cells; slight increase in number
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dacry/o (combining form)
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tear
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dacryoaden/o (combining form)
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tear gland
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dacryocyst/o (combining form)
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tear sac; lacrimal sac
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dactyl/o (combining form)
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fingers; toys
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de- (prefix)
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lack of; down; less; removal of
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dem/o (combining form)
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people
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dent/i (combining form)
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tooth
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derm/o (combining form)
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skin
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-derma (suffix)
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skin
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dermat/o (combining form)
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skin
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desicc/o (combining form)
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drying
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-desis (suffix)
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to bind, tie together
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dia- (prefix)
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complete; through
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diaphor/o
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sweat
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-dilation
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widening; stretching; expanding
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dipl/o (combining form)
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double
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dips/o (combining form)
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thrist
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dist/o (combining form)
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far; distant
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dors/o (combining form)
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back (of body)
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dorsi- (prefix)
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back
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-dote (suffix)
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to give
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-drome (suffix)
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to run
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duct/o (combining form)
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to lead, carry
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duoden/o (combining form)
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duodenum
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dur/o (combining form)
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dura mater
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-dynia (suffix)
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pain
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dys- (prefix)
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bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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-eal (suffix)
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pertaining to
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ec- (prefix)
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out; outside
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echo- (prefix)
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reflected sound
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-ectasia (suffix)
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streching; dilation; expansion
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-ectasis (suffix)
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streching; dilation; expansion
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ecto- (prefix)
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out; outside
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-ectomy (suffix)
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removal; excision; resection
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-edema (suffix)
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swelling
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-elasma (suffix)
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flat plate
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electr/o (combining form)
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electricity
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em- (prefix)
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in
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-ema (suffix)
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condition
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-emesis (suffix)
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vomiting
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-emia (suffix)
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blood condition
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-emic (suffix)
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pertaining to blood condition
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emmetr/o (combining form)
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in due measure
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en- (prefix)
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in; within
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encephal/o (combining form)
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brain
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endo- (prefix)
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in; within
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enter/o (combining form)
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intestines (usually small intestine)
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eosin/o (combining form)
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red; rosy; dawn-colored
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epi- (prefix)
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above; upon; on
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epididym/o (combining form)
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epididymis
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epiglott/o (combining form)
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epiglottis
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episi/o (combining form)
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vulva (external female genitalia)
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epitheli/o (combining form)
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skin; epithelium
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equin/o (combining form)
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horse
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-er (suffix)
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one who
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erg/o (combining form)
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work
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erythem/o (combining form)
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flushed; redness
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erythr/o (combining form)
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red
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-esis (suffix)
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condition
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eso- (prefix)
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inward
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esophag/o (combining form)
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esophagus
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esthes/o (combining form)
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nervous sensation (feeling)
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esthesi/o (combining form)
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nervous sensation
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-esthesia (auffix)
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nervous sensation
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estr/o (combining form)
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female
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ethm/o (combining form)
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sieve
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eti/o (combining form)
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cause
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eu- (prefix)
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good; normal
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-eurysm (suffix)
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widening
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ex- (prefix)
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out; away from
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exanthemat/o (combining form)
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rash
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exo- (prefix)
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out; away from
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extra- (prefix)
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outside
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faci/o (combining form)
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face
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fasci/o (combining form)
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fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
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femor/o (combining form)
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femur (thigh bone)
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-ferent (suffix)
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to carry
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fibr/o (combining form)
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fiber
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fibros/o (combining form)
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fibrous connective tissue
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fibul/o (combining form)
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fibula
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-fication (suffix)
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process of makinh
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-fida (suffix)
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split
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flex/o (combining form)
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to bend
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fluor/o (combining form)
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luminous
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follicul/o (combining form)
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follicle; small sac
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-form (suffix)
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resembling; in the shape of
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fung/i (combining form)
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fungus; mushroom
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furc/o (combining form)
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forking; branching
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-fusion (suffix)
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to pour; to come together
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galact/o (combining form)
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milk
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ganglion/o (combining form)
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ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies
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gastr/o (combining form)
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stomach
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-gen (suffix)
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producing; forming
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-genesis (suffix)
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producing; forming
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-genic (suffix)
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produced by or in
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ger/o (combining form)
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old age
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gest/o (combining form)
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pregnancy
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gester/o (combining form)
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pregnancy
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gingiv/o (combining form)
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gum
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glauc/o (combining form)
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gray
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gli/o (combining form)
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glue; neuroglial tissue (supportive tissue of nervous system)
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-globin (suffix)
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protein
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-globulin (suffix)
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protein
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glomerul/o (combining form)
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glomerulus
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gloss/o (combining form)
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tongue
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gluc/o (combining form)
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glucose; sugar
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glyc/o (combining form)
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glucose; sugar
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glycogen/o (combining form)
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glycogen; animal starch
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glycos/o (combining form)
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glucose; sugar
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gnos/o (combining form)
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knowledge
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gon/o (combining form)
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seed
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gonad/o (combining form)
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sex glands
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goni/o (combining form)
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angle
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-grade (suffix)
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to go
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-gram (suffix)
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record
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granul/o (combining form)
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granule(s)
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-graph (suffix)
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instrument for recording
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-graphy (suffix)
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process of recording
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gravid/o (combining form)
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pregnancy
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-gravida (suffix)
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pregnant woman
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gynec/o (combining form)
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woman; female
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hemi- (prefix)
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half
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hemoglobin/o (combining form)
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hemoglobin
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hepat/o (combining form)
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liver
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herni/o (combining form)
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hernia
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-hexia (suffix)
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habit
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hidr/o (combining form)
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sweat
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hist/o (combining form)
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tissue
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histi/o (combining form)
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tissue
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home/o (combining form)
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sameness; unchanging; constant
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hormon/o (combining form)
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hormone
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humer/o (combining form)
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humerus (upper arm bone)
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hydr/o (combining form)
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water
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hyper- (prefix)
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above; excessive
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hypn/o (combining form)
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sleep
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hypo- (prefix)
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deficient; below; under; less than normal
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hypophys/o (combining form)
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pituitary gland
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hyster/o (combining form)
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uterus; womb
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-ia (suffix)
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condition
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-iac (suffix)
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pertaining to
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-iasis (suffix)
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abnormal condition
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iatr/o (combining form)
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physician; treatment
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-ic (suffix)
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pertaining to
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-ical (suffix)
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pertaining to
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ichthy/o (combining form)
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dry; scaly
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-icle (suffix)
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small
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idi/o (combining form)
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unknown; individual; distinct
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ile/o (combining form)
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ileum
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ili/o (combining form)
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ilium
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immun/o (combining form)
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immune; protection; safe
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in- (prefix)
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in, into; not
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-in, -ine (suffix)
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a substance
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-ine (suffix)
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pertaining to
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infra- (prefix)
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below; inferior to; beneath
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inguin/o (combining form)
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groin
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insulin/o (combining form)
|
insulin (pancreatic hormone)
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inter- (prefix)
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between
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intra- (prefix)
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within; into
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iod/o (combining form)
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iodine
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ion/o (combining form)
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ion, to wander
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-ion (suffix)
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process
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-ior (suffix)
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pertaining to
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ipsi- (prefix)
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same
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ir- (prefix)
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in
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ir/o (prefix)
|
iris (colored portion of the eye)
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irid/o (combining form)
|
iris (colored portion of the eye)
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is/o (combining form)
|
same; equal
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isch/o (combining form)
|
to hold back; back
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ischi/o (combining form)
|
ischium (part of the hip bone)
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-ism (suffix)
|
process; condition
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-ist (suffix)
|
specialist
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-itis (suffix)
|
inflammation
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-ium (suffix)
|
structure; tissue
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jaund/o (combining form)
|
yellow
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jejun/o (combining form)
|
jejunum
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kal/i (combining form)
|
potassium
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kary/o (combining form)
|
nucleus
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kerat/o (combining form)
|
horny; hard; cornea
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kern- (prefix)
|
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
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ket/o (combining form)
|
ketones; acetones
|
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keton/o (combining form)
|
ketones; acetones
|
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kines/o (combining form)
|
movement
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kinesi/o (combining form)
|
movement
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-kinesia (suffix)
|
movement
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-kinesis (suffix)
|
movement
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klept/o (combining form)
|
to steal
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kyph/o (combining form)
|
humpback
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labi/o (combining form)
|
lip
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lacrim/o (combining form)
|
tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct
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lact/o (combining form)
|
milk
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lamin/o (combining form)
|
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
|
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lapar/o (combining form)
|
abdominal wall; abdomen
|
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-lapse (suffix)
|
to slide; fall; sag
|
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laryng/o (combining form)
|
larynx (voice box)
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later/o (combining form)
|
side
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leiomy/o (combining form)
|
smooth (visceral muscle)
|
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-lemma (suffix)
|
sheath; covering
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-lepsy (suffix)
|
seizure
|
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lept/o (combining form)
|
thin; slender
|
|
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-leptic (suffix)
|
to seize; take hold of
|
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leth/o (combining form)
|
death
|
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leuk/o (combining form)
|
white
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lex/o (combining form)
|
word; phrase
|
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-lexia (suffix)
|
word; phrase
|
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ligament/o (combining form)
|
ligament
|
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lingo/o (combining form)
|
tongue
|
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lip/o (combining form)
|
fat; lipid
|
|
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-listhesis (suffix)
|
slipping
|
|
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lith/o (combining form)
|
stone; calculus
|
|
|
-lithiasis (suffix)
|
condition of stones
|
|
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-lithotomy (suffix)
|
incision (for removal) of stone
|
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lob/o (combining form)
|
lobe
|
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log/o (combining form)
|
study of
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-logy (suffix)
|
study of
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lord/o (combining form)
|
curve; swayback
|
|
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-lucent (suffix)
|
to shine
|
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lumb/o (combining form)
|
lower back; loin
|
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lute/o (combining form)
|
yellow
|
|
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lux/o (combining form)
|
to slide
|
|
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lymph/o (combining form)
|
lymph
|
|
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lymphaden/o (combining form)
|
lymph gland (node)
|
|
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lymphangi/o (combining form)
|
lymph vessel
|
|
|
-lysis (suffix)
|
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
|
|
|
-lytic (suffix)
|
to reduce; destroy; separate; breakdown
|
|
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macro- (prefix)
|
large
|
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mal- (prefix)
|
bad
|
|
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-malacia (suffix)
|
softening
|
|
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malleol/o (combining form)
|
malleolus
|
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mamm/o (combining form)
|
breast
|
|
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mandibul/o (combining form)
|
mandible (lower jar bone)
|
|
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-mania (suffix)
|
obsessive preoccupation
|
|
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mast/o (combining form)
|
breast
|
|
|
mastoid/o (combining form)
|
mastoid process (behind the ear)
|
|
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maxill/o (combining form)
|
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
|
|
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meat/o (combining form)
|
meatus (opening)
|
|
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medi/o (combining form)
|
middle
|
|
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mediastin/o (combining form)
|
mediastinum
|
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medull/o (combining form)
|
medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow
|
|
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mega- (prefix)
|
large
|
|
|
-megaly (suffix)
|
enlargement
|
|
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melan/o (combining form)
|
black
|
|
|
men/o (combining form)
|
menses; menstruation
|
|
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mening/o (combining form)
|
meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord and brain)
|
|
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meningi/o (combining form)
|
meninges
|
|
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ment/o (combining form)
|
mind; chin
|
|
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meso- (prefix)
|
middle
|
|
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meta- (prefix)
|
change; beyond
|
|
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metacarp/o (combining form)
|
metacarpals (hand bones)
|
|
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metatasr/o (combining form)
|
metatarsals (foot bones)
|
|
|
-meter (suffix)
|
measure
|
|
|
metr/o (combining form)
|
uterus (womb); measure
|
|
|
metri/o (combining form)
|
uterus (womb)
|
|
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mi/o (combining form)
|
smaller; less
|
|
|
micro- (prefix)
|
small
|
|
|
-mimetic (suffix)
|
mimic; copy
|
|
|
-mission (suffix)
|
to send
|
|
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mon/o (combining form)
|
one; single
|
|
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morph/o (combining form)
|
shape; form
|
|
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mort/o (combining form)
|
death
|
|
|
-mortem (suffix)
|
death
|
|
|
-motor (suffix)
|
movement
|
|
|
muc/o (combining form)
|
mucus
|
|
|
mucos/o (combining form)
|
mucous membrane (mucosa)
|
|
|
multi- (prefix)
|
many
|
|
|
mut/a (combining form)
|
genetic change
|
|
|
mutagen/o (combining form)
|
causing genetic change
|
|
|
my/o (combining form)
|
muscle
|
|
|
myc/o (combining form)
|
fungus
|
|
|
mydr/o (combining form)
|
wide
|
|
|
myel/o (combining form)
|
spinal cord; bone marrow
|
|
|
myocardi/o (combining form)
|
myocardium (heart muscle)
|
|
|
myom/o (combining form)
|
muscle tumor
|
|
|
myos/o (combining form)
|
muscle
|
|
|
myring/o (combining form)
|
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
|
|
|
myx/o (combining form)
|
mucus
|
|
|
narc/o (combining form)
|
numbness; stupor; sleep
|
|
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nas/o (combining form)
|
nose
|
|
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nat/i (combining form)
|
birth
|
|
|
natr/o (combining form)
|
sodium
|
|
|
necr/o (combining form)
|
death
|
|
|
nect/o (combining form)
|
to bind; tie, connect
|
|
|
neo- (prefix)
|
new
|
|
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nephr/o (combining form)
|
kidney
|
|
|
neur/o (combining form)
|
nerve
|
|
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neutr/o (combining form)
|
neither; neutral; neutrophil
|
|
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nid/o (combining form)
|
nest
|
|
|
noct/i (combining form)
|
night
|
|
|
norm/o (combining form)
|
rule; order
|
|
|
nos/o (combining form)
|
disease
|
|
|
nucle/o (combining form)
|
nucleus
|
|
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nulli- (prefix)
|
none
|
|
|
nyct/o (combining form)
|
night
|
|
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obstetr/o (combining form)
|
midwife
|
|
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ocul/o (combining form)
|
eve
|
|
|
odont/o (combining form)
|
tooth
|
|
|
odyn/o (combining form)
|
pain
|
|
|
-oid (suffix)
|
resembling
|
|
|
-ole (suffix)
|
little; small
|
|
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olecran/o (combining form)
|
olecranon (elbow)
|
|
|
olig/o (combining form)
|
scanty
|
|
|
om/o (combining form)
|
shoulder
|
|
|
-oma (suffix)
|
tumor; mass; fluid collection
|
|
|
omphal/o (combining form)
|
umbilicus (naval)
|
|
|
onc/o (combining form)
|
tumor
|
|
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-one (suffix)
|
hormone
|
|
|
onych/o (combining form)
|
nail (of fingers or toes)
|
|
|
o/o (combining form)
|
egg
|
|
|
oophor/o (combining form)
|
ovary
|
|
|
-opaque (suffix)
|
obscure
|
|
|
opthalm/o (combining form)
|
eye
|
|
|
-opia (suffix)
|
vision
|
|
|
-opsia (suffix)
|
vision
|
|
|
-opsy (suffix)
|
view of
|
|
|
opt/o (combining form)
|
eye; vision
|
|
|
optic/o (combining form)
|
eye; vision
|
|
|
-or (suffix)
|
one who
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or/o (combining form)
|
mouth
|
|
|
orch/o (combining form)
|
testis
|
|
|
orchi/o (combining form)
|
testis
|
|
|
orchid/o (combining form)
|
testis
|
|
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-orexia (suffix)
|
appetite
|
|
|
orth/o (combining form)
|
straight
|
|
|
-ose (suffix)
|
full of; pertaining to; sugar
|
|
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-osis (suffix)
|
condition, usually abnormal
|
|
|
-osmia (suffix)
|
smell
|
|
|
ossicul/o (combining form)
|
ossicle (small bone)
|
|
|
oste/o (combining form)
|
bone
|
|
|
-ostosis (suffix)
|
condition of bone
|
|
|
ot/o (combining form)
|
ear
|
|
|
-otia (suffix)
|
ear condition
|
|
|
-ous (suffix)
|
pertaining to
|
|
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ov/o (combining form)
|
egg
|
|
|
ovari/o (combining form)
|
ovary
|
|
|
ovul/o (combining form)
|
egg
|
|
|
ox/o (combining form)
|
oxygen
|
|
|
-oxia (suffix)
|
oxygen
|
|
|
oxy (prefix)
|
swift; sharp; acid
|
|
|
oxysm/o (combining form)
|
sudden
|
|
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pachy- (suffix)
|
heavy; thick
|
|
|
palat/o (combining form)
|
palate (roof of the mouth)
|
|
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palpebr/o (combining form)
|
eyelid
|
|
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pan- (prefix)
|
all
|
|
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pancreat/o (combining form)
|
pancreas
|
|
|
papill/o (combining form)
|
nipple-like; optic disk (disk)
|
|
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par- (prefix)
|
other than; abnormal
|
|
|
para- (prefix)
|
near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of
|
|
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-para (suffix)
|
to bear; bring forth (life births)
|
|
|
-parous (suffix)
|
to bear; bring forth
|
|
|
parathyroid/o (combining form)
|
parathyroid glands
|
|
|
-paresis (suffix)
|
slight paralysis
|
|
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-pareunia (suffix)
|
sexual intercourse
|
|
|
-partum (suffix)
|
birth; labor
|
|
|
patell/a (combining form)
|
patella
|
|
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patell/o (combining form)
|
patella
|
|
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path/o (combining form)
|
disease
|
|
|
-pathy (suffix)
|
disease; emotion
|
|
|
pector/o (combining form)
|
chest
|
|
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ped/o (combining form)
|
child; foot
|
|
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pelv/i (combining form)
|
pelvic bone; hip
|
|
|
pend/o (combining form)
|
to hang
|
|
|
-penia (suffix)
|
deficiency
|
|
|
-pepsia (suffix)
|
digestion
|
|
|
per- (prefix)
|
through
|
|
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peri- (prefix)
|
surronding
|
|
|
perine/o (combining form)
|
perineum
|
|
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perintone/o (combining form)
|
peritoneum
|
|
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perone/o (combining form)
|
fibula
|
|
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-pexy (suffix(
|
fixation; to put in place
|
|
|
phac/o (combining form)
|
lens of eye
|
|
|
phag/o (combining form)
|
eat; swallow
|
|
|
-phage (suffix)
|
eat; swallow
|
|
|
-phagia (suffix)
|
eating; swallowing
|
|
|
phak/o (combining form)
|
lens of eye
|
|
|
phalang/o (combining form)
|
phalanges (fingers and toes)
|
|
|
phall/o (combining form)
|
penis
|
|
|
pharmac/o (combining form)
|
drug
|
|
|
pharmaceut/o (combining form)
|
drug
|
|
|
pharyng/o (combining form)
|
throat (pharynx)
|
|
|
phas/o (combining form)
|
speech
|
|
|
-phasia (suffix)
|
speech
|
|
|
phe/o (combining form)
|
dusky; dark
|
|
|
-pheresis (suffix)
|
removal
|
|
|
phil/o (combining form)
|
like; love; attraction to
|
|
|
-phil (suffix)
|
attraction for
|
|
|
-philia (suffix)
|
attraction for
|
|
|
phim/o (combining form)
|
muzzle
|
|
|
phleb/o (combining form)
|
vein
|
|
|
phob/o (combining form)
|
fear
|
|
|
-phobia (suffix)
|
fear
|
|
|
phon/o (combining form)
|
voice; sound
|
|
|
-phonia (suffix)
|
voice; sound
|
|
|
phor/o (combining form)
|
to bear
|
|
|
-phoresis (suffix)
|
carrying; transmission
|
|
|
-phoria (suffix)
|
to bear; carry; feeling (mental state)
|
|
|
phot/o (combining form)
|
state
|
|
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phren/o (combining form)
|
diaphragm; mind
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-phthisis (suffix)
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wasting away
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-phylaxis (suffix)
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protection
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physi/o (combining form)
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nature; function
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-physis (suffix)
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to grow
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phyt/o (combining form)
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plant
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-phyte (suffix)
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plant
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pil/o (combining form)
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hair
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pineal/o (combining form)
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pineal gland
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pituitar/o (combining form)
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pituitary gland
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-plakia (suffix)
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plaque
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plant/o (combining form)
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sole of the foot
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plas/o (combining form)
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development; formation
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-plasia (suffix)
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development; formationl growth
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-plasm (suffix)
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formation
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-plastic (suffix)
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pertaining to formation
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-plasty (suffix)
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surgical repair
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ple/o (combining form)
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more; many
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-plegia (suffix)
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paralysis; palsy
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-plegic (suffix)
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paralysis; palsy
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pleur/o (combining form)
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pleura
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plex/o (combining form)
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plexus; netwoek (of nerves)
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-pnea (suffix)
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breathing
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pneum/o (combining form)
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lung; air; gas
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pneumon/o (combining form)
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lung; air; gas
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pod/o (combining form)
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foot
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-poiesis (suffix)
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formation
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-poietin (suffix)
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substance that forms
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poikil/o (combining form)
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varied; irregular
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pol/o (combining form)
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extreme
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polio- (prefix)
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gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
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poly (prefix)
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many; much
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polyp/o (combining form)
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polyp; small growth
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pont/o (combining form)
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pons (a part of the brain)
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-porosis (suffix)
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condition of pores (spaces)
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post- (prefix)
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after; behind
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poster/o (combining form)
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back (of body; behind
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-prandial (suffix)
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meal
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-praxia (suffix)
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action
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pre- (prefix)
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before; in front of
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presby/o (combining form)
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old age
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primi- (prefix)
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first
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pro- (prefix)
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before; forward
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proct/o (combining form)
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anus and rectum
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pros- (prefix)
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before; forward
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prostat/ (combining form)
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prostate gland
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prot/o (combining form)
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first
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prote/o (combining form)
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protein
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proxim/o (combining form)
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near
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prurit/o (combining form)
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itching
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pseudo- (prefix)
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false
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psych/o (combining form)
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mind
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-ptosis (suffix)
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droop; sag; prolapse; fall
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-ptysis (suffix)
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spitting
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pub/o (combining form)
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pubis (interior part of the hip bone)
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pulmon/o (combining form)
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lung
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pupill/o (combining form)
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pupil (dark center of the eye)
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purul/o (combining form)
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pus
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py/o (combining form)
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pus
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pyel/o (combining form)
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renal pelvis
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pylor/o (combining form)
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pylotus; pyloric sphincter
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pry/o (combining form)
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fever; fire
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pyret/o (combining form)
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fever
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pyrex/o (combining form)
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fever
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quadri- (prefix)
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four
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rachi/o (combining form)
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spinal column; vertebrae
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radi/o (combining form)
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x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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radicul/o (combining form)
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nerve root
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re- (prefix)
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back; again; backward
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rect/o (combining form)
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rectum
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ren/o (combining form)
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kidney
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reticul/o (combining form)
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network
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retin/o (combining form)
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retina
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retro- (prefix)
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behind; back; backward
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rhabdomy/o (combining form)
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striated (skeletal) muscle
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rheumat/o (combining form)
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watery flow
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rhin/o (combining form)
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nose
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rhytid/o (combining form)
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wrinkle
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roentgen/o (combining form)
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x-rays
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-rrhage (suffix)
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhagia (suffix)
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy (suffix)
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suture
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-rrhea (suffix)
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flow; discharge
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-rrhexis (suffix)
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rupture
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rrhythm/o (combining form)
|
rhythm
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sacr/o (combining form)
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sacrum
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salping/o (combining form)
|
fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx (suffix)
|
fallopian tube; oviduct
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sarc/o (combining form)
|
flesh (connective tissue)
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scapul/o (combining form)
|
scapula (shoulder blade)
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-schisis (suffix)
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to split
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schiz/o (combining form)
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split
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scint/i (combining form)
|
spark
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scirrh/o (combining form)
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hard
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scler/o (combining form)
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sclera (white of the eye)
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-Sclerosis (suffix)
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hardening
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scoli/o (combining form)
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crooked; bent
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-scope (suffix)
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy (suffix)
|
visual examination
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scot/o (combining form)
|
darkness
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seb/o (combining form)
|
sebum
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sebace/o (combining form)
|
sebum
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sect/o (combining form)
|
to cut
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semi- (prefix)
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half
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semin/i (combining form)
|
semen; seed
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seps/o (combining form)
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infection
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sial/o (combining form)
|
saliva
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sialaden/o (combining form)
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salivary gland
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sider/o (combining form)
|
iron
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sigmoid/o (combining form)
|
sigmoid/colon
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silic/o (combining form)
|
glass
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sinus/o (combining form)
|
sinus
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-sis (suffix)
|
state of; condition
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-sol (suffix)
|
solution
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somat/o (combining form)
|
body
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-some (prefix)
|
body
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somn/o (combining form)
|
sleep
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-somnia (suffix)
|
sleep
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son/o (combining form)
|
sound
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-spadia (suffix)
|
to tear; cut
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-spasm (suffix)
|
sudden contraction of muscles
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sperm/o (combining form)
|
spermatozoa; sperm cells
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spermat/o (combining form)
|
spermatozoa; sperm cells
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sphen/o (combining form)
|
wedge; sphenoid bone
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spher/o (combining form)
|
wedge; sphenoid bone
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sphygm/o (combining form)
|
pulse
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-sphyxia (suffix)
|
pulse
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splanchn/o (combining form)
|
viscera (internal organs)
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spin/o (combining form)
|
spine (backbone)
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spir/o (combining form)
|
to breathe
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splen/o (combining form)
|
spleen
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spondyl/o (combining form)
|
viscera (internal organs)
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spin/o (combining form)
|
spine (backbone)
|
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spir/o (combining form)
|
to breathe
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splen/o (combining form)
|
spleen
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spondyl/o (combining form)
|
vertebra (backbone)
|
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squam/o (combining form)
|
scale
|
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-stalsis (suffix)
|
contraction
|
|
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staped/o (combining form)
|
stapes (middle ear bone)
|
|
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staphyl/o (combining form)
|
clusters; uvula
|
|
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-stasis (suffix)
|
to stop; control; place
|
|
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-static (suffix)
|
pertaining to stop; controlling
|
|
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steat/o (combining form)
|
fat; sebum
|
|
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-stenosis (suffix)
|
tightening; sricture
|
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ster/o (combining form)
|
solid structure; steroid
|
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stere/o (combining form)
|
solid; three-dimensional
|
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stern/o (combining form)
|
sternum (breastbone)
|
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steth/o (combining form)
|
chest
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-sthenia (suffix)
|
strength
|
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-stitial (suffix)
|
to set; pertaining to standing or postioned
|
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stomat/o (combining form)
|
mouth
|
|
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-stomia (suffix)
|
condition of the mouth
|
|
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-stomy (suffix)
|
new opening (to form a mouth)
|
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strept/o (combining form)
|
twisted chains
|
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styl/o (combining form)
|
pole or stake
|
|
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sub- (prefix)
|
under; below
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submaxill/o (combining form)
|
mandible (lower jaw bone)
|
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-suppression (suffix)
|
to stop
|
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supra- (prefix)
|
above; upper
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sym- (prefix)
|
together; with
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syn- (prefix)
|
together; with
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syncop/o (combining form)
|
to cut off, cut short; faint ligament
|
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syndesm/o (combining form)
|
ligament
|
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synov/o (combining form)
|
synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
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syring/o (combining form)
|
tube
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tachy- (suffix)
|
fast
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tars/o (combining form)
|
tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)
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tax/o (combining form)
|
order; coordination
|
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tel/o (combining form)
|
complete
|
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tele/o (combining form)
|
distant
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ten/o (combining form)
|
tendon
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tendin/o (combining form)
|
tendon
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-tension (suffix)
|
pressure
|
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terat/o (combining form)
|
monster; malformed fetus
|
|
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test/o (combining form)
|
testis (testicle)
|
|
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tetra- (prefix)
|
four
|
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thalam/o (combining form)
|
thalamus
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thalass/o (combining form)
|
sea
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the/o (combining form)
|
put; place
|
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thec/o (combining form)
|
sheath
|
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thel/o (combining form)
|
nipple
|
|
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therapeut/o (combining form)
|
treatment
|
|
|
tom/o (combining form)
|
to cut
|
|
|
-tome (suffix)
|
instrument to cut
|
|
|
-tomy (suffix)
|
process of cutting
|
|
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ton/o (combining form)
|
tension
|
|
|
tone/o (combining form)
|
to stretch
|
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tonsill/o (combining form)
|
tonsil
|
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top/o (combining form)
|
place; position; location
|
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tox/o (combining form)
|
posion
|
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toxi/o (combining form)
|
posion
|
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trache/o (combining form)
|
trachea (windpipe)
|
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trigon/o (combining form)
|
trigone (area within the bladder)
|
|
|
-tripsy (suffix)
|
to crush
|
|
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troph/o (combining form)
|
nourishment; development
|
|
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-trophy (suffix)
|
nourishment; development
|
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-tropia (suffix)
|
to turn
|
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-tropic (suffic)
|
turning
|
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-tropin (suffix)
|
stimulate; act on
|
|
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tympan/o (combining form)
|
tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
|
|
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-type (suffix)
|
classification; picture
|
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-ule (suffix)
|
little; small
|
|
|
uln/o (combining form)
|
ulna; (medial lower arm bone)
|
|
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ultra- (prefix)
|
beyond; excess
|
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-um (suffix)
|
structure; tissue; thing
|
|
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umbilic/o (combining form)
|
umbilibus (navel)
|
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ungu/o (combining form)
|
nail
|
|
|
uni- (prefix)
|
one
|
|
|
ur/o (combining form)
|
urine; urinary tract
|
|
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ureter/o (combining form)
|
ureter
|
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urethr/o (combining form)
|
urethra
|
|
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-uria (suffix)
|
urination; condition of urine
|
|
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urin/o (combining form)
|
urine
|
|
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-us (suffix)
|
structure; thing
|
|
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uter/o (combining form)
|
uterus (womb)
|
|
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uve/o (combining form)
|
uvea; vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body)
|
|
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uvul/o (combining form)
|
uvula
|
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vag/o (combining form)
|
vagus nerve
|
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vagin/o (combining form)
|
vagina
|
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valv/o (combining form)
|
valve
|
|
|
valvul/o (combining form)
|
valve
|
|
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varic/o (combining form)
|
varicose veins
|
|
|
vas/o (combining form)
|
vessel; duct; vas deferens
|
|
|
vascul/o (combining form)
|
vessel (blood)
|
|
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ven/o; ven/i (combining form)
|
vein
|
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vener/o (combining form)
|
venereal (sexual contact)
|
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ventr/o (combining form)
|
belly side of body
|
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ventricul/o (combining form)
|
ventricle (of heart or brain)
|
|
|
venul/o (combining form)
|
venule (small vein)
|
|
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-verse (suffix)
|
to turn
|
|
|
-version (suffix)
|
to turn
|
|
|
vertebr/o (combining form)
|
vertebra (backbone)
|
|
|
vesic/o (combining form)
|
urinary bladder
|
|
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vesicul/o (combining form)
|
seminal vesicle
|
|
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vestibul/o (combining form)
|
vestibule of the inner ear
|
|
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viscer/o (combining form)
|
internal organs
|
|
|
vit/o (combining form)
|
life
|
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|
vitr/o (combining form)
|
vitreous body (of the eye)
|
|
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vitre/o (combining form)
|
glass
|
|
|
viv/o (combining form)
|
life
|
|
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vol/l (combining form)
|
to roll
|
|
|
vulv/o (combining form)
|
vulva (female external genitalia)
|
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xanth/o (combining form)
|
yellow
|
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xen/o (combining form)
|
stranger
|
|
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xer/o (combining form)
|
dry
|
|
|
xiph/o (combining form)
|
sword
|
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-y (suffix)
|
condition; process
|
|
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zo/o (combining form)
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animal life
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