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159 Cards in this Set
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Sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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Cyan/o
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Blue
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Albin/o
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White
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Lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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Adip/o
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fat
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Path/o
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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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Py/o
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pus
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Myc/o
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fungus
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Coron/o
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coronary, crown
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Cyt/o
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cell
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Lip/o
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fat,lipid
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Leuk/o
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white
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cephal/o
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head
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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-ary
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pertaining to
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Hist/o
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Tissue
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Erythr/o
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red
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Melan/o
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black,dark
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-necrosis
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tissue death
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-ostomy
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surgical creation of an opening
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-otomy
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surgical incision
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-pathy
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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-pause
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stopping
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Neur/i, Neur/o
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nerve, nerve tissue
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-pexy
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surgical fixation, to put in place
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptosis
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prolapse, drooping forward
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-rrhaphy
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surgical suturing
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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-emia
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blood, blood condition
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-esthesia
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sensation, feeling
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-gram, -graph
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a picture or record
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-graphy
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the process of recording a picture or record
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-ia
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state or condition
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-ectasis
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stretching, enlargement
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-lysis
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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-ac,-al
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pertaining to, relating to
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-algia
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pain, suffering
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-scopy
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to see, visual examination
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-ology
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the science or study of
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-cyte
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cell
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-oma
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tumor
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-ologist
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specialist
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Intra-
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within, inside
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Neo-
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new, strange
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Per-
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excessive, through
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Peri-
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surrounding, around
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Poly-
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many
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Post-
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after
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Pre-
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before
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Sub-
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below
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Super-, Supra-
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above, excessive
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Tachy-
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fast, rapid
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A-, An-
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without, away from, negative, not
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Ante-
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before, toward
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Anti-
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against, counter
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Brady-
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slow
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Dys-
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bad, difficult, painful
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End-, Endo-
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within, in, inside
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Hemi-
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half
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Hyper-
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excessive, increased
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Hypo-
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deficient, decreased
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Inter-
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between, among
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Aden/o
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gland
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Splen/o
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spleen
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Aort/o
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Aorta
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Angi/o
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pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
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Arter/o, Arteri/o
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artery
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Ven/o
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vein
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Ather/o
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plaque, fatty substance
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Card/o, Cardi/o
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heart
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Phleb/o
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vein
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Hem/o, Hemat/o
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blood, pertaining to the blood
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Thromb/o
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clot
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Fasci/o
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fascia, fibrous band
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My/o
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muscle
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-rrhagia,-rrhage
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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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Ten/o, Tend/o,Tendin/o
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tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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Nephr/o
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kidney
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Pyel/o
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renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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Ren/o
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kidney
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Ureter/o
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ureter
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Urethr/o
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urethra
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Cyst/o
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urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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Lith/o
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stone, calculus
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Thyr/o, Thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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Adren/o, Adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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Pancreat/o
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pancreas
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Ech/o
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sound
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Radi/o
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radiation, x-rays
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Cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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Col/o, Colon/o
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colon, large intestine
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Duoden/i, Duoden/o
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duodenum
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Enter/o
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small intestine
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Esophag/o
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esophagus
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Gastr/o
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stomach
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Hepat/o
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liver
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Sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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Gonad/o
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sex gland
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Colp/o
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vagina
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Hyster/o
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uterus
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Men/o
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menstruation, menses
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Metr/o, Metri/o
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uterus
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Oo/o, Ov/i, Ov/o
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egg
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Oophor/o, Ovari/o
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ovary
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Orch/o, Orchi/o, Orchid/o
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testicles, testis, testes
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Uter/o
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uterus
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Vagin/o
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vagina
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Salping/o
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uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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Myring/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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Optic/o, Opt/o
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eye, vision
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Ot/o
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ear, hearing
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Retin/o
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retina
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Tympan/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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Scler/o
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sclera, white of eye, hard
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Kerat/o
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horny, hard, cornea
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Ungu/o
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nail
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Xer/o
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dry
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Cutane/o
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skin
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Hidr/o
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sweat
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Derm/o, Dermat/o
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skin
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Seb/o
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sebum
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Bronch/o, Bronchi/o
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bronchial tube, bronchus
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Laryng/o
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larynx, voice box
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Pharyng/o
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throat, pharynx
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Pleur/o
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pleura, side of the body
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Pneum/o, Pneumon/o
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lung, air
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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o
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lung
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Trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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Thorac/o
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chest
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Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o
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bone
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Spondyl/o
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vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone
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Ankyl/o
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crooked, bent, stiff
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Arthr/o
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joint
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Chondr/o
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cartilage
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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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Myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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Encephal/o
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brain
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Mening/o
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meninges, membranes
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Carcin/o
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cancerous
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Onc/o
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tumor
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-cele
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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-tripsy
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to crush
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-uria
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urination, urine
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