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168 Cards in this Set
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abdomin/o-
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abdomen
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anter/o-
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before; front part
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caud/o-
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tail (tail bone)
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cav/o-
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hollow space
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cephal/o-
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head
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congenit/o-
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present at birth
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coron/o-
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structure that encircles like a crown
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crani/o-
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cranium (skull)
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dist/o-
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away from the center or point of origin
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dors/o-
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back; dorsum
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eti/o-
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cause of disease
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extern/o-
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outside
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front/o-
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front
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gnos/o-
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knowledge
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heredit/o-
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genetic inheritance
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iatr/o-
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physician; medical treatment
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idi/o-
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unknown; individual
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ili/o-
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ilium (hip bone)
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infer/o-
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below
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intern/o-
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inside
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later/o-
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side
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lumb/o-
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lower back
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medic/o-
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physician; medicine
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medi/o-
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middle
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palliat/o-
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reduce the severity of
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path/o-
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disease; suffering
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pelv/o-
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pelvis (hip bone)
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physi/o-
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physical function
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poster/o-
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back part
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proxim/o-
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near the center or point of origin
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pulmon/o-
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lung
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sagitt/o-
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going from front to back
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scop/o-
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examine with an instrument
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spin/o-
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spine; backbone
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spir/o-
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breathe
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super/o-
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above
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surg/o-
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operative procedure
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symptomat/o-
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collection of symptoms
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therap/o-
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treatment
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thorac/o-
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thorax (chest)
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tom/o-
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cut; slice; layer
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umbilic/o-
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umbilicus; navel
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ventr/o-
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front; abdomen
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abdomin/o-
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abdomen
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aliment/o-
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food; nourishment
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an/o-
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anus
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appendic/o-
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appendix
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append/o-
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small structure hanging from a larger structure
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bili/o-
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bile; gall
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cec/o-
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cecum
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celi/o-
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abdomen
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cheil/o-
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lip
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chez/o-
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to pass feces
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cholangi/o-
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bile duct
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chol/e-
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bile; gall
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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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col/o-
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colon
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colon/o-
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colon
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constip/o-
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compacted feces
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degluti/o-
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swallowing
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digest/o-
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break down food; digest
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diverticul/o-
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diverticulum
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duoden/o-
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duodenum
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enter/o-
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intestine
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esophag/o-
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esophagus
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fec/a-
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feces; stool
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fec/o-
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feces; stool
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gastr/o-
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stomach
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gloss/o-
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tongue
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gustat/o-
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the sense of taste
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hemat/o-
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blood
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hemorrhoid/o-
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hemorrhoid
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hepat/o-
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liver
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ile/o-
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ileum
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intestin/o-
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intestine
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jejun/o-
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jejunum
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lapar/o-
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abdomen
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lingu/o-
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tongue
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lith/o-
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stone
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mastic/o-
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chewing
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nause/o-
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nausea
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omphal/o-
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umbilicus; navel
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orex/o-
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appetite
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or/o-
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mouth
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pancreat/o-
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pancreas
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peps/o-
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digestion
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pept/o-
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digestion
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peritone/o-
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peritoneum
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phag/o-
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eating; swallowing
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pharyng/o-
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pharynx (throat)
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polyp/o-
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polyp
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rect/o-
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rectum
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regurgitat/o-
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flow backward
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saliv/o-
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saliva; salivary gland
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sial/o-
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saliva; salivary gland
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sigmoid/o-
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sigmoid colon
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stomat/o-
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mouth
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umbilic/o-
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umbilicus; navel
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alveol/o-
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alveolus (air sac)
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aspir/o-
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to breathe in; to suck in
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asthm/o-
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asthma
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auscult/o-
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listening
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bronchi/o-
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bronchus
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bronchiol/o-
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bronchiole
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bronch/o-
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bronchus
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capn/o-
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carbon dioxide
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cost/o-
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rib
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cyan/o-
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blue
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diaphragmat/o-
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diaphragm
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glott/o-
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glottis (of the larynx)
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hal/o-
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breathe
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hem/o-
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blood
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laryng/o-
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larynx (voice box)
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lob/o-
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lobe of an organ
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mucos/o-
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mucous membrane
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nas/o-
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nose
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ox/i-
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oxygen
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ox/o-
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oxygen
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ox/y-
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oxygen;
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pector/o-
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chest
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pharyng/o-
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pharynx (throat)
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phren/o-
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diaphragm; mind
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pleur/o-
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pleura (lung membrane)
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pne/o-
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breathing
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pneum/o-
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lung; air
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pneumon/o-
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lung; air
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pulmon/o-
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lung
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py/o-
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pus
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sept/o-
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septum (dividing wall)
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spir/o-
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breathe; a coil
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thorac/o-
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thorax (chest)
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tubercul/o-
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nodule; tuberculosis
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turbin/o-
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scroll-like structure; turbinate
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tuss/o-
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cough
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trache/o-
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trachea (windpipe)
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ventil/o-
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movement of air
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aneurysm/o-
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aneurysm
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angi/o-
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blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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aort/o-
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aorta
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arteri/o-
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artery
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arteriol/o-
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arteriole
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ather/o-
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soft, fatty substance
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atri/o-
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atrium
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auscult/o-
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listening
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capill/o-
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hairlike structure; capillary
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card/i-
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heart
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cardi/o-
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heart
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circulat/o-
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movement in a circular route
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coron/o-
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structure that encircles like a crown
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cusp/o-
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projection; point
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diastol/o-
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dilating
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infarct/o-
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area of dead tissue
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isch/o-
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keep back; block
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lipid/o-
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lipid (fat)
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my/o-
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muscle
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phleb/o-
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vein
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rrhythm/o-
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rhythm
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scler/o-
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hard; sclera (white of the eye)
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sphygm/o-
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pulse
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steth/o-
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chest
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systol/o-
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contracting
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tens/o-
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pressure; tension
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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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vascul/o-
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blood vessel
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ven/o-
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vein
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ventricul/o-
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ventricle
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