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a-
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no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-ac
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pertaining to
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acanth/o
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spiny; thorny
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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acous/o
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hearing
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acr/o
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extremities; top; extreme point
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acromi/o
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acromion
(the outer end of the spine of the scapula that protects the glenoid cavity, forms the outer angle of the shoulder, and articulates with the clavicle) also called acromial process, acromion process |
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o
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sudden; sharp; severe
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ad-
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toward
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adip/o
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fat
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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aer/o
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air
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af-
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toward
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agglutin/o
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clumping; sticking together
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-agon
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to assemble; gather
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agora-
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marketplace
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-agra
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excessive pain
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-al
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pertaining to
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ala/o
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blind
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alb/o
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white
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albin/o
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white
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albumin/o
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albumin (protein)
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alges/o
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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-algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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alveol/o
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alveolus; air sac; small sac
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ambly/o
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dim; dull
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-amine
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nitrogen compound
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amni/o
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amnion
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amyl/o
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starch
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an-
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no; not; without
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an/o
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anus
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anis/o
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unequal
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ana-
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up; apart; backward; excessive
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andr/o
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male
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aneurysm/o
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aneurysm
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angi/o
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vessel
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ankly/o
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crooked; bent; stiff
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ante-
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before; forward
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anter/o
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front
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anthrac/o
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coal dust
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anti-
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against; opposed
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anxi/o
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uneasy; anxious
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aort/o
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aorta (the large arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body)
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-apheresis
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removal
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis (a type of tendon)
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append/o
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vermiform appendix
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appendic/o
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vermiform appendix
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aque/o
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water
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-arche
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beginning
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arter/o
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artery
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arteri/o
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artery
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arteriol/o
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arteriole (small artery)
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arthr/o
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joint
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-arthria
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articulate (speak distinctly)
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articul/o
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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asbest/o
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asbestos
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-ase
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enzyme
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-asthenia
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lack of strenght
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atel/o
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incomplete
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ather/o
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plaque (fatty substance)
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-ation
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process
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atri/o
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atrium
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audi/o
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hearing
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audit/o
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hearing
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aur/o
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ear
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aricul/o
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ear
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aut/o
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self; own
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auto-
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self; own
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axill/o
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armpit
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azot/o
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urea (a.k.a. carbamide); nitrogen
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bacill/o
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bacilli (bacteria)
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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balan/o
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glans penis
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bar/o
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pressure; weight
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bartholin/o
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Bartholin's glands
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bas/o
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base (opposite of acid)
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bi-
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two
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bi/o
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life
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bil/i
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bile; gall
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin
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-blast
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embryonic; immature
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bol/o
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cast; throw
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brachi/o
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arm
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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bronch/o
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bronchial tube
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bronchi/o
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bronchial tube
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bucc/o
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cheek
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bunion/o
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bunion
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burs/o
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bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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byssin/o
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cotton dust
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calc/o
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calcium
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calci/o
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calcium
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calcane/o
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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cali/o
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calyx
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calic/o
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calyx
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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cardi/o
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heart
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carp/o
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carpus (wrist bone)
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cata-
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down
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caud/o
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tail; lower part of body
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caus/o
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burn; burning
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cauter/o
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heat; burn
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cec/o
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cecum
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-cele
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hernia
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celi/o
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belly; abcomen
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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brain; cerebrum
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cerumin/o
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cerume (earwax)
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix
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-chalasis
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relaxation
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cheil/o
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lip
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chem/o
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drug; chemical
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-chezia
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to defecate
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chir/o
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hand
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chol/e
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bile; gall
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
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cholesterol
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chori/o
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chorion (the highly vascular outer embryonic membrane that is associated with the allantois in the formation of the placenta)
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chorion/o
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chorion (highly vascular outer embryonic membrane)
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choroid/o
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choroid layer of eye
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chrom/o
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color
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chron/o
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time
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chym/o
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to pour
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cib/o
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meal
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-cidal
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pertaining to killing
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cine/o
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movement
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cirrh/o
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orange-yellow
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cis/o
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to cut
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-clasis
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to break
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-clast
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to break
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claustr/o
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barrier
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collar bone)
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-clysis
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irrigation; washing
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coagul/o
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coagulation (clotting)
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacterium
(-cocci, pl.) |
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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coll/a
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glue
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colon/o
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colon (large intestine)
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colp/o
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vagina
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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con-
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together; with
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coni/o
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dust
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva (mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids and is continued over the forepart of the eyeball)
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-constriction
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narrowing
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contra-
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against; opposed
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cor-
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heart
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cor/o
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pupil
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corne/o
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cornea (the transparent part of the coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior)
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coron/o
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heart
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cortic/o
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cortex; outer region
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cost/o
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rib
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crani/o
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skull
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cras/o
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mixture; temperament
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crin/o
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secrete
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-crine
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secrete; separate
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-crit
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to separate
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cry/o
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cold
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crypt/o
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hidden
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culd/o
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cul-de-sac
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-cusis
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hearing
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cutane/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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cycl/o
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ciliary body of eye; cycle, circle, recurring
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
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cyt/o
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cell
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-cyte
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cell
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-cytosis
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condition of cells; slight increase in numbers
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dacry/o
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tear; lacrimal duct; tear duct
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dacryocyst/o
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tear sac; lacrimal sac
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dactyl/o
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digit (finger or toe)
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de-
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lack of; down; loss; removal of
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dem/o
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people
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dent/i
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tooth
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derm/o
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skin
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-derma
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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desicc/o
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drying
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-desis
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to bind, tie together
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dia-
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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
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dipl/o
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double
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dips/o
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thirst
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dist/o
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far
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dors/o
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back
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dorsi-
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back
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-dote
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what is given
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-drome
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to run
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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duoden/o
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duodenum (1st part of small intestine)
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dur/o
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dura mater
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-dynia
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pain
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult
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-eal
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pertaining to
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ec-
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out; outside
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echo-
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sound
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-ectasia
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stretching; dilation
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-ectasis
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stretching; dilation
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ecto-
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out; outside
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-ectomy
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removal; excision; resection
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-edema
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swelling
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-elasma
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flat plate
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electr/o
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electricity
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em-
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in
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-ema
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condition
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-emic
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pertaining to blood condition
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emmetr/o
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in due measure
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en-
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in; within
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encephal/o
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brain
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endo-
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in; within
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enter/o
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intestines (usually small intestine)
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eosin/o
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red; rosy; dawn-colored
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epi-
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above; upon; on
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epididym/o
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epididymis
(part of the human male reproductive system, it is a system of ductules emerging from the back of the testis that holds sperm during maturation and that forms a tangled mass before uniting into a single coiled duct which is continuous with the vas deferens) |
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
(A leaf-shaped plate of elastic cartilage, covered with mucous membrane, at the root of the tongue, which serves as a diverter valve over the superior aperture of the larynx during the act of swallowing; it stands erect when liquids are being swallowed, but is passively bent over the aperture by solid foods being swallowed) |
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episi/o
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vulva
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-er
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one who
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erg/o
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work
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erythem/o
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flushed; redness
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erythr/o
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red
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-esis
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condition
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eso-
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inward
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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esthes/o
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feeling (nervous sensation)
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esthesi/o
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feeling (nervous sensation)
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-esthesia
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feeling (nervous sensation)
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estr/o
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female
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ethm/o
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sieve
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eti/o
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cause
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eu-
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good; normal
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ex-
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out; away from
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exanthamat/o
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rash
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exo-
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out; away from
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extra-
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outside
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fasci/o
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fascia
(a sheet of connective tissue covering or binding together a set of body structures, such as muscles; also tissue of this character) |
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femor/o
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femur (thigh bone)
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-ferent
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to carry
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fibr/o
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fiber
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fibros/o
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fibrous connective tissue
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fibul/o
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fibula (the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and ankle)
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-fication
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process of making
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-fida
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split
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flex/o
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to bend
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fluor/o
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luminous
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follicul/o
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follicle; small sac
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-form
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resempling; in the shape of
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fung/o
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fungus; mushroom
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furc/o
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forking; branching
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-fusion
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to pour
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galact/o
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milk
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gangli/o
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ganglion
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ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gastr/o
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stomacy
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gen/o
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producing; produced by
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-gen
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producing; forming
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-genesis
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producing; forming
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-genic
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produced by or in
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gester/o
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pregnancy
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gingiv/o
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gum
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glauc/o
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grey
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gli/o
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glue; neuroglial tissue
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-globin
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protein
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-globulin
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protein
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus (a small convoluted or intertwined mass, as of organisms, nerve fibers, or capillaries)
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gloss/o
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tongue
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gluc/o glyc/o
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glucose; sugar
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glycogen/o
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glycogen; animal starch
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glycos/o
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glucose; sugar
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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gon/o
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seed
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gonad/o
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sex glands
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goni/o
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angle
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-grade
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to go
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-gram
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record
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granul/o
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granule(s)
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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gravid/o
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pregnancy
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-gravida
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pregnant woman
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gynec/o
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woman; female
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hallucin/o
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hallucination
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hem/o hemat/o
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blood
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hemi-
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half
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hemoglobin/o
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hemoglobin (an iron-containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that functions primarily in the transport of oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body)
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hepat/o
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liver
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herni/o
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hernia
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hidr/o
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sweat
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hist/o
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tissue
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histi/o
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tissue
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home/o
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sameness; unchanging; constant
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hormon/o
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hormone
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humer/o
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humerus (upper arm bone)
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hydr/o
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water
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hyper-
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above; excessive
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hypn/o
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sleep
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hypo-
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below; under; deficient
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hyster/o
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womb; uterus
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-ia
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condition
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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iatr/o
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physician; treatment
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-ic -ical
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pertaining to
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ichthy/o
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dry; scaly
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idi/o
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unknown; individual; distinct
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ile/o
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ileum (third part of small intestine)
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ili/o
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ilium (the dorsal, upper, and largest one of the three bones composing either lateral half of the pelvis)
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immun/o
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immune; protection; safe
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in-
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in; into; not
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-in -ine
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a substance
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infra-
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below; interior to; beneath
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inguin/o
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groin
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within; in
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iod/o
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iodine
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ion/o
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ion; to wander
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-ion
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process
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-ior
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pertaining to
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ipsi-
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same
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ir/o
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iris (colored portion of eye)
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irid/o
|
iris (colored portion of eye)
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is/o
|
same; equal
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isch/o
|
to hold back
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ischi/o
|
ischium (part of hip bone)
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-ism
|
process; condition
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-ist
|
specialist
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-itis
|
inflammation
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-ium
|
structure; tissue
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jejun/o
|
jejunum (second part of small intestine)
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kal/i
|
potassium
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kary/o
|
nucleus
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kerat/o
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horny; hard; cornea
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kern-
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nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
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ket/o
|
ketones; acetones
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kines/o
|
movement
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kinesi/o
|
movement
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-kinesia
|
movement
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-kinesis
|
movement
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klept/o
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to steal
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kyph/o
|
humpback
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labi/o
|
lip
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lacrim/o
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tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct
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lact/o
|
milk
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lamin/o
|
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall; abdomen
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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laryng/o
|
larynx (voice box)
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later/o
|
side
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leiomy/o
|
smooth (visceral) muscle
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-lemma
|
sheath, covering
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leps/o
|
seizure
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-lepsy
|
seizure
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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-leptic
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to seize, take hold of
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leth/o
|
death
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leuk/o
|
white
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-lexia
|
word; phrase
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lex/o
|
word; phrase
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ligament/o
|
ligament
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lingu/o
|
tongue
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lip/o
|
fat; lipid
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-listhesis
|
slipping
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-lithotomy
|
incision (for removal) of a stone
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lob/o
|
lobe
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log/o
|
study of
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-logy
|
study of
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lord/o
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curve; swayback
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-lucent
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to shine
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lumb/o
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lower back; loin
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lux/o
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to slide
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lymph/o
|
lymph
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lymphaden/o
|
lymph gland
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lymphangi/o
|
lymph vessel
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-lysis
|
breakdown; separation; distruction; loosening
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-lytic
|
to reduce, destroy
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bronchiol/o
|
bronchiole
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keton/o
|
ketones; acetones
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lith/o
|
stone; calculus
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-lithiasis
|
condition of stones
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macro-
|
large
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mal-
|
bad
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-malacia
|
softening
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malleol/o
|
malleolus
(an expanded projection or process at the distal extremity of each bone of the leg:) |
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mamm/o
|
breast
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mandibul/o
|
mandible (lower jaw bone)
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-mania
|
obsessive preoccupation
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mast/o
|
breast
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|
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mastoid/o
|
mastoid process
(the nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal b) |
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maxill/o
|
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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meat/o
|
metus (opening)
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medi/o
|
middle
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medull/o
|
medulla (inner section);
middle; soft, marrow |
|
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mega-
|
large
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-megaly
|
enlargement
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melan/o
|
black
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men/o
|
menses; menstruation
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mening/o
|
membranes; meninges
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|
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meningi/o
|
membranes; meninges
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ment/o
|
mind; chin
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|
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meso-
|
middle
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meta-
|
change; beyond; between
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metacarp/o
|
metacarpals (hand bones)
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|
|
metatars/o
|
metatarsals (foot bones)
|
|
|
-meter
|
measure
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|
|
metr/o
|
uterus; womb; measure
|
|
|
metri/o
|
uterus; womb
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|
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mi/o
|
smaller; less
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|
micro-
|
small
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|
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-mimetic
|
mimic; copy
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|
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-mission
|
to send
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mon/o
|
one; single
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mono-
|
one; single
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morph/o
|
shape; form
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mort/o
|
death
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|
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muc/o
|
mucus
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|
|
mucos/o
|
mucous membrane (mucosa)
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|
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multi-
|
many
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mut/a
|
genetic change
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mutagen/o
|
causing genetic change
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my/o
|
muscle
|
|
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myc/o
|
fungus
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mydr/o
|
wide
|
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myel/o
|
spinal cord; bone marrow
|
|
|
myocardi/o
|
myocardium (heart muscle)
|
|
|
myom/o
|
muscle tumor
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|
|
myos/o
|
muscle
|
|
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myring/o
|
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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|
|
myx/o
|
mucus
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|
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narc/o
|
numbnes; stupor; sleep
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|
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nas/o
|
nose
|
|
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nat/i
|
birth
|
|
|
natr/o
|
sodium
|
|
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necr/o
|
death
|
|
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nect/o
|
to bind, tie, connect
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|
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neo-
|
new
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nephr/o
|
kidney
|
|
|
neur/o
|
nerve
|
|
|
neutr/o
|
neither; neutral
|
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nid/o
|
nest
|
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noct/i
|
night
|
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norm/o
|
rule; order
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|
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nucle/o
|
nucleus
|
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nulli-
|
none
|
|
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nyct/o
|
night
|
|
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obstetr/o
|
midwife
|
|
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ocul/o
|
eye
|
|
|
odont/o
|
tooth
|
|
|
-oid
|
resembling
|
|
|
-ole
|
little; small
|
|
|
olecran/o
|
olecranon (the large process of the ulna that projects behind the elbow, forms the bony prominence of the elbow, and receives the insertion of the triceps muscle); elbow
|
|
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olig/o
|
scanty
|
|
|
-oma
|
tumor; mass
|
|
|
om/o
|
shoulder
|
|
|
onc/o
|
tumor
|
|
|
-one
|
hormone
|
|
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onych/o
|
nail
|
|
|
o/o
|
egg
|
|
|
oophor/o
|
ovary
|
|
|
-opaque
|
obscure
|
|
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ophthalm/o
|
eye
|
|
|
-opia
|
vision
|
|
|
-opsia
|
vision
|
|
|
-opsy
|
view of
|
|
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opt/o
|
eye; vision
|
|
|
optic/o
|
eye; vision
|
|
|
-or
|
one who
|
|
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or/o
|
mouth
|
|
|
orch/o
|
testis
|
|
|
orchi/o
|
testis
|
|
|
-orexia
|
appetite
|
|
|
orth/o
|
straight
|
|
|
-ose
|
full of; abounding; carbohydrate, usually sugar
|
|
|
-osis
|
abnormal condition
|
|
|
-osmia
|
smell
|
|
|
oste/o
|
bone
|
|
|
ot/o
|
ear
|
|
|
-otia
|
ear condition
|
|
|
-ous
|
pertaining to
|
|
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ov/o
|
egg
|
|
|
ovari/o
|
ovary
|
|
|
ovul/o
|
egg
|
|
|
ox/o
|
oxygen
|
|
|
-oxia
|
oxygen
|
|
|
oxy-
|
swift; rapid; acid
|
|
|
oxys/o
|
sudden
|
|
|
pachy-
|
heavy; thick
|
|
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palat/o
|
palate
|
|
|
palpebr/o
|
eyelid
|
|
|
pan-
|
all
|
|
|
pancreat/o
|
pancreas
|
|
|
papill/o
|
nipple-like; optic disc
|
|
|
par-
|
other than
|
|
|
para-
|
near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along side of
|
|
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-para
|
to bear, bring forth (live births)
|
|
|
parathyroid/o
|
parathyroid glands
|
|
|
-paresis
|
slight paralysis
|
|
|
-pareunia
|
sexual intercourse
|
|
|
-partum
|
birth; labor
|
|
|
patell/a
|
patella (kneecap)
|
|
|
patell/o
|
patella (kneecap)
|
|
|
path/o
|
disease
|
|
|
-pathy
|
disease; emotion
|
|
|
pector/o
|
chest
|
|
|
ped/o
|
child; foot
|
|
|
pelv/i
|
pelvic bone; hip
|
|
|
pelv/o
|
pelvic cavity; hip
|
|
|
pend/o
|
to hang
|
|
|
-penia
|
deficiency
|
|
|
-pepsia
|
digestion
|
|
|
per-
|
through
|
|
|
peri-
|
around; surrounding
|
|
|
perine/o
|
perineum (the area between the anus and the posterior part of the external genitalia especially in the female)
|
|
|
peritone/o
|
peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity)
|
|
|
perone/o
|
fibula (the outer or postaxial and usually the smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle, also called the calf bone)
|
|
|
-pexy
|
fixation; to put in place
|
|
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phac/o
|
lens of eye
|
|
|
phag/o
|
eat; swallow
|
|
|
-phage
|
eat; swallow
|
|
|
-phagia
|
eating; swallowing
|
|
|
phak/o
|
lens of eye
|
|
|
phalang/o
|
phalanges (fingers and toes)
|
|
|
pharmac/o
|
drug
|
|
|
pharmaceut/o
|
drug
|
|
|
pharyng/o
|
throat; pharynx
|
|
|
phas/o
|
speech
|
|
|
-phasia
|
speech
|
|
|
phe/o
|
dusky; dark
|
|
|
-pheresis
|
removal
|
|
|
phil/o
|
like; love; attraction to
|
|
|
-phil
|
attraction for
|
|
|
-philia
|
attraction for
|
|
|
phim/o
|
muzzle
|
|
|
phleb/o
|
vein
|
|
|
phob/o
|
fear
|
|
|
-phobia
|
fear
|
|
|
phon/o
|
voice; sound
|
|
|
-phonia
|
voice; sound
|
|
|
-phoresis
|
carrying; transmission
|
|
|
-phoria
|
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
|
|
|
phot/o
|
light
|
|
|
phren/o
|
diaphram; mind
|
|
|
-phthisis
|
wasting away
|
|
|
-phylaxis
|
protection
|
|
|
phys/o
|
growing
|
|
|
physi/o
|
nature
|
|
|
-physis
|
to grow
|
|
|
phyt/o
|
plant
|
|
|
-phyte
|
plant
|
|
|
pil/o
|
hair
|
|
|
pineal/o
|
pineal gland
|
|
|
pituitar/o
|
pituitary gland
|
|
|
-plakia
|
plaques
|
|
|
plant/o
|
sole of the foot
|
|
|
plas/o
|
development; formation
|
|
|
-plasia
|
development; formation; growth
|
|
|
-plasm
|
formation
|
|
|
-plastic
|
pertaining to formation
|
|
|
-plasty
|
surgical repair
|
|
|
ple/o
|
more; many
|
|
|
-plegia
|
paralysis; palsy
|
|
|
-plegic
|
paralysis; palsy
|
|
|
pleur/o
|
pleura
|
|
|
plex/o
|
plexus; network (of nerves)
|
|
|
-pnea
|
breathing
|
|
|
pneum/o
|
lung; air
|
|
|
pneumon/o
|
lung; air
|
|
|
pod/o
|
foot
|
|
|
-poiesis
|
formation
|
|
|
-poietin
|
substance that forms
|
|
|
poikil/o
|
varied; irregular
|
|
|
polio-
|
gray matter of brain or spinal cord
|
|
|
poly-
|
many; much
|
|
|
polyp/o
|
polyp; small growth
|
|
|
pont/o
|
pons (a part of the brain)
|
|
|
-porosis
|
lessening in density
|
|
|
post-
|
after; behind
|
|
|
poster/o
|
back (of body); behind
|
|
|
-prandial
|
meal
|
|
|
-praxia
|
action
|
|
|
pre-
|
before; in front of
|
|
|
presby/o
|
old age
|
|
|
primi-
|
first
|
|
|
pro-
|
before
|
|
|
proct/o
|
anus and rectum
|
|
|
pros-
|
before
|
|
|
prostat/o
|
prostate gland
|
|
|
prot/o
|
first
|
|
|
proxim/o
|
near
|
|
|
prurit/o
|
itching
|
|
|
pseudo-
|
false
|
|
|
psych/o
|
mind
|
|
|
-ptosis
|
drooping; sagging; prolapse
|
|
|
-ptysis
|
spitting
|
|
|
pub/o
|
pubis (part of hip bone)
|
|
|
pulmon/o
|
lung
|
|
|
pupill/o
|
pupil
|
|
|
purul/o
|
pus-filled
|
|
|
py/o
|
pus
|
|
|
pyet/o
|
renal pelvis
|
|
|
pylor/o
|
pylorus; pyloric sphincter
|
|
|
pyr/o
|
fever; fire
|
|
|
pyret/o
|
fever
|
|
|
pyrex/o
|
fever
|
|
|
quadri-
|
four
|
|
|
rachi/o
|
spinal column; vertebrae
|
|
|
radi/o
|
x-rays; radioactivity;
radius (later lower arm bone) |
|
|
radicul/o
|
nerve root
|
|
|
re-
|
back; again
|
|
|
rect/o
|
rectum
|
|
|
ren/o
|
kidney
|
|
|
reticul/o
|
network
|
|
|
retin/o
|
retina
|
|
|
retro-
|
behind; back
|
|
|
rhabdomy/o
|
striated (skeletal) muscle
|
|
|
rheumat/o
|
watery flow
|
|
|
rhin/o
|
nose
|
|
|
roentgen/o
|
x-rays
|
|
|
-rrhage
|
bursting forth
|
|
|
-rrhagia
|
bursting forth
|
|
|
-rrhaphy
|
suture
|
|
|
-rrhea
|
flow; discharge
|
|
|
-rrhexis
|
rupture
|
|
|
rrhythm/o
|
rythm
|
|
|
sacr/o
|
sacrum
|
|
|
salping/o
|
tube (uterine/fallopian, auditory/eustacian);
oviduct |
|
|
-salpinx
|
uterine (fallopian) tube; oviduct
|
|
|
sarc/o
|
flexh (connective tissue)
|
|
|
scapul/o
|
scapula; shoulder blade
|
|
|
-schisis
|
to split
|
|
|
scintill/o
|
spark
|
|
|
scirrh/o
|
hard
|
|
|
scler/o
|
sclera (white of eye)
(also, hard/hardness) |
|
|
-sclerosis
|
hardening
|
|
|
scoli/o
|
crooked; bent
|
|
|
-scope
|
instrument for visual examination
|
|
|
-scopy
|
visual examination
|
|
|
scot/o
|
darkness
|
|
|
seb/o
|
sebum (fatty lubricant matter secreted by sebaceous glands of the skin)
|
|
|
sebac/o
|
sebum (fatty lubricant matter secreted by sebaceous glands of the skin)
|
|
|
sect/o
|
to cut
|
|
|
semi-
|
half
|
|
|
semin/o
|
semen
|
|
|
seps/o
|
infection
|
|
|
sial/o
|
saliva
|
|
|
sialaden/o
|
salivary gland
|
|
|
sider/o
|
iron
|
|
|
sigmoid/o
|
sigmoid colon
(sigmoid = S-shaped) |
|
|
silic/o
|
glass
|
|
|
sinus/o
|
sinus
|
|
|
-sis
|
state of; condition
|
|
|
-sol
|
solution
|
|
|
somat/o
|
body
|
|
|
-somes
|
bodies
|
|
|
somn/o
|
sleep
|
|
|
-somnia
|
sleep
|
|
|
son/o
|
sound
|
|
|
-spadia
|
to tear, cut
|
|
|
-spasm
|
sudden contraction of muscle
|
|
|
sperm/o
|
spermatozoa; sperm cells
|
|
|
spermat/o
|
spermatozoa; sperm cells
|
|
|
sphen/o
|
wedge; sphenoid bone (a bone of most irregular shape occupying the base of the skull)
|
|
|
spher/o
|
globe-shaped; round
|
|
|
sphygm/o
|
pulse
|
|
|
-sphyxia
|
pulse
|
|
|
spin/o
|
spine (backbone); spinal cord
|
|
|
spir/o
|
to breathe
|
|
|
splen/o
|
spleen
|
|
|
spondyl/o
|
vertebrae (back bones)
|
|
|
squam/o
|
scale
|
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contraction
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staped/o
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stapes (middle-ear bone)
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staphyl/o
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clusters; uvula
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-stasis
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stopping; controlling
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-static
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pertaining to stopping; controlling
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steat/o
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fat, lipid, sebum
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-stenosis
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tightening; stricture
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ster/o
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solid structure; steroid
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stere/o
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solid; three-dimensional
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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steth/o
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chest
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-sthenia
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strength
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-stitial
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to set
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stomy
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new opening (to form a mouth)
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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styl/o
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pole or stake
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sub-
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under; below
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submaxill/o
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mandible (lower jaw bone)
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-suppression
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to stop
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supra-
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above; upper
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sym-
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together; with
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syn-
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together; with
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short
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syndesm/o
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ligament
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synov/o
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synovia (synovial fluid); synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
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syring/o
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tube (also fistula)
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tachy-
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fast
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tars/o
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tarsus (ankle bone)
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tax/o
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order; coordination
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tel/o
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complete
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tele/o
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distant
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ten/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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terat/o
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monster; malformed fetus
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test/o
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testis; testicle
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tetra-
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four
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thalam/o
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thalamus [the largest subdivision of the diencephalon (the posterior subdivision of the forebrain)]
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thalass/o
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sea
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the/o
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put; place
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thec/o
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sheath
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thel/o
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nipple
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therapeut/o
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treatment
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-therapy
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treatment
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/o
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chest (thorax)
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-thorax
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pleural cavity; chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland (A primary lymphoid organ, located in the superior mediastinum and lower part of the neck, that is necessary in early life for the normal development of immunologic function)
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-thymia
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mind
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-thymic
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pertaining to mind
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland; shield
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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tibi/o
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tibia (shin bone)
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-tion
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process
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toc/o
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labor; birth
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-tocia
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labor; birth
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-tocin
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labor; birth
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tom/o
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to cut
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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process of cutting; incision
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ton/o
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tension
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tone/o
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to stretch
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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top/o
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place; position; location
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tox/o
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poison
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toxic/o
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poison
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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trans-
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across; through
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-tresia
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opening
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tri-
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three
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trich/o
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hair
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trigon/o
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trigone (a triangular body part; specifically : a smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder)
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-tripsy
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to crush
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troph/o
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nourishment; development
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-trophy
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nourishment; development
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-tropia
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to turn
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-tropic
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turning
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-tropin
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stimulate; act on
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
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-type
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classification; picture
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-ule
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little; small
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uln/o
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ulna (medial lower arm bone)
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ultra-
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beyond; excessive
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-um
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tissue; structure; thing
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umbilic/o
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navel; umbilical cord
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ungu/o
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nail
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uni-
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one
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ur/o
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urine; urinary tract
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ureter/o
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ureter (either of the paired ducts that carry away urine from a kidney to the bladder)
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urethr/o
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urethra (canal that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body, and in males also serves as a passageway for semen)
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-uria
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urination; condition of urine
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urin/o
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urine
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-us
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thing
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uter/o
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uterus; womb
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uve/o
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vascular layer of eye (iris; choroid; ciliary body)
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uvul/o
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uvula
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves that arise from the medulla and supply chiefly the viscera especially with autonomic sensory and motor fibers)
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vagin/o
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vagina
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valv/o
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valve
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valvul/o
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valve
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vas/o
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vessel; duct; vas deferens (the secretory duct of the testicle)
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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venere/o
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sexual intercourse
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ventr/o
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belly side of the body
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (cavity of the brain or the heart)
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venul/o
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venule; small vein
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-verse
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to turn
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-version
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to turn
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vertebr/o
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vertebra (back bone)
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vesic/o
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urinary bladder
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vesicul/o
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seminal vescle
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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vit/o
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life
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vitr/o
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glass
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viv/o
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life
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vol/o
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to roll
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vulv/o
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vulva (the external parts of the female genital organs)
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xanth/o
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yellow
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xen/o
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stranger
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xer/o
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dry
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xiph/o
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sword
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-y
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condition; process
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zo/o
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animal life
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