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144 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
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arthr/o
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joint
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bi/o
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life
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
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cardio
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heart
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cis/o
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to cut
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crin/o
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to secrete (to form and give off)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
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cyt/o
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cell
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derm/o
dermat/o |
skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestines (usually the small intestine)
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemat/o
hem/o |
blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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iatr/o
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treatment, physician
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leuk/o
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white
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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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onc/o
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tumor
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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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path/o
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disease
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ped/o
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child
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psych/o
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mind
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radi/o
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x-rays
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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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sect/o
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to cut
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thromb/o
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clot, clotting
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ur/o
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urinary tract, urine
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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-globin
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protein
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-gram
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record
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-ic, -ical
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pertaining to
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-ion
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process
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-ist
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specialist
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-ist
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specialist
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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process of study
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-oma
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tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
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process of viewing
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used w/ blood cells)
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-scope
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instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
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process of visually examining with an endoscope
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-sis
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state of; condition
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-tomy
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process of cutting, incision
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-y
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process, condition
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
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self, own
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dia-
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through, complete
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end-, endo
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within
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epi-
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above, upon
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ex-
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out
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exo-
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outside of, outward
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hyper-
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excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
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deficient, below, under, less than normal
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in-
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into, in
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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pro-
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before, forward
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re-
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back, backward, again
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retro-
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behind
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sub-
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below, under
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trans-
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across, through
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larynx
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voicebox
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trachea
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windpipe
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urethra
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tube from urinary bladder to outside of the body
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ureter
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lead from each kidney to the urinary bladder
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peritonneum
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double-layer membrane surrounding the abdominal area
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hypochondriac
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upper right and left regions beneath the ribs
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epigastric
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upper middle regionabove the stomach
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lumbar
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middle right and left regions near the waist
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umbilical
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central region near the naval
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inguinal
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lower right and left regions near the groin
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hypogastric
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lower middle region below the umbilical region
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coccygeal
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tailbone
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cervical
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neck region
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lumbar
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loin(waist) or flank region (between the ribs and the hipbone)
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supine
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lying on the back
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prone
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lying on the belly
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transverse plane
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divides into upper and lower regions
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sagittal plane
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divides into left and right sides
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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adip/o
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fat
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anter/o
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front
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bol/o
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to cast (throw)
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anter/o
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front
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cervic/o
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neck (of the body or the uterine)
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chondr/o
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cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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chrom/o
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color
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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far, distant
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dors/o
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back portion of the body
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hist/o
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tissue
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ili/o
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ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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inguin/o
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groin
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kary/o
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nucleus
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later/o
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side
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lumb/o
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lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
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medi/o
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middle
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
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nearest
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sarc/o
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flesh
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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spin/o
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spine, backbone
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thel/o
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nipple
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thorac/o
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chest
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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umbilic/o
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naval, umbilicus
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ventr/o
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belly, side of the body
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vertebr/o
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vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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ana-
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up
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cata-
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down
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epi-
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above
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hypo-
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below
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inter-
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between
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meta-
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change
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process, condition
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-plasm
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formation
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-somes
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bodies
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-type
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picture, classification
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