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96 Cards in this Set
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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inguin/o
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groin
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx
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leuk/o
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white
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lymph/o
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lymph
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
it is myelinated |
spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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path/o
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disease
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
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to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
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vein
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plas/o
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formation, development
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pleur/o
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pleura
(membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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radi/o
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x-rays
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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sarc/o
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flesh
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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thorac/o
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chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea
(windpipe) |
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ven/o
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vein
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
(singular) |
berry-shaped bacterium
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-cocci
(plural) |
berry-shaped bacterium
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-gram
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record
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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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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, falling, prolapse
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-stasis
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controlling, stopping
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-ole
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little, small
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-ule
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little, small
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue
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-us
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structure, substance
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-y
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condition, process
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-iac |
pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-genic
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pertaining to, producing, produced by or in
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-ical |
pertaining to
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-oid
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resembling, derived from
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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