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gingiv/o
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gum
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palat/o
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palate
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diverticul/o
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diverticulum
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py/o
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pus
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hypo-
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below, incomplete, deficient
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erythr/o
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red
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neo-
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new
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-poiesis
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formation
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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angi/o
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vessel
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thromb/o
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clot
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dys-
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difficult, labored, painful, abnormal
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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cephal/o
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head
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post-
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after
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amnion/o
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amnion
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pre-
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before
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pelv/i, pelv/o
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pelvis, pelvic bone
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multi-
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many
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-coccus (pl., -cocci)
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berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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-itis
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inflammation
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aut/o
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self
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myc/o
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fungus
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dermat/o
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skin
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-ectomy
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excision or surgical removal
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derm/o
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skin
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a-, an-
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without or absence of
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-algia
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pain
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rhin/o
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nose
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leuk/o
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white
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system/o
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system
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-logy
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study of
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cyt/o
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cell
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-logist
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one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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cancer/o
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cancer
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albumin/o
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albumin
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nephr/o
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kidney
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glyco/o
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sugar
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urethr/o
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urethra
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hydr/o
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water
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ureter/o
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ureter
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-megaly
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enlargement
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noct/i
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night
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ur/o
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urine, urinary tract
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prostat/o
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prostate gland
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epididym/o
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epidydimis
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spermat/o
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spermatozoa, sperm
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trans-
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through, across, beyond
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sperm/o
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spermatozoa, sperm
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pupill/o
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pupil
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medi/o
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middle
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uni-
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one
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later/o
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side
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caud/o
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tail (downward)
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poster/o
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back, behind
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infer/o
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below
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dist/o
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away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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super/o
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above
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bi-
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two
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anter/o
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front
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cephal/o
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head (upward)
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chrom/o
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color
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-cyte
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cell
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-genic
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causing, producing, originating
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carcin/o
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cancer
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xanth/o
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yellow
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-pathy
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disease
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-sis
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state of
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my/o
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muscle
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aden/o
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gland
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-genesis
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cause, origin
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chori/o
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chorion
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amni/o
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amnion
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lact/o
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milk
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col/o
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colon
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ot/o
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ear
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intra-
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within
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corne/o
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cornea
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retin/o
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retina
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sub-
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below, under
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staphyl/o
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grape-like clusters
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bi/o
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life
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pseud/o
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false
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fet/o, fet/i
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fetus, unborn child
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ven/o
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vein
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ren/o
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kidney
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path/o
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disease
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cyst/o
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bladder, sac
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-uria
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urine, urination
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blast/o
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developing cell, germ cell
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus
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glycos/o
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sugar
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urin/o
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urine, urinary tract
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endo-
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within
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nas/o
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nose
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-tomy
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cut into or incision
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pneumon/o
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lung, air
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neur/o
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nerve
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test/o
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testicle, testis
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orch/o
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testis, testicle
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vas/o
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vessel, duct
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staped/o
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stapes
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labyrinth/o
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labyrinth, inner ear
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para-
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beside, beyond, around
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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omphal/o
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umbilicus, navel
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cheil/o
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lip
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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-emia
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blood condition
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isch/o
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deficiency, blockage
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apheresis
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removal
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-ac
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pertaining to
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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trich/o
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hair
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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brady-
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slow
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-opsy
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to view
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crypt/o
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hidden
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necr/o
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death (cells, body)
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aur/i, aur/o
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ear
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-penia
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abnormal reduction in number
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-odynia
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pain
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spir/o
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breathe, breathing
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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proxim/o
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near (the point of attachment of a body part)
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-ad
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toward
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dors/o
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back
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gravid/o
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pregnancy
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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-plasia
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condition of formation, development, growth
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-oid
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resembling
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gno/o
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knowledge
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-ia
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disease or abnormal state, condition of
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ungu/o
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nail
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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pneumat/o
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lung, air
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kary/o
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nucleus
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine
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-tocia
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birth, labor
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meta-
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after, beyond, change
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-malacia
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softening
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mastoid/o
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mastoid
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fibr/o
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fiber
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eti/o
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cause (of disease)
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pro-
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before
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pylor/o
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pylorus, pyloric sphincter
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ather/o
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yellowish, fatty plaque
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-iasis
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condition
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-rrhea
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flow, excessive discharge
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xer/o
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dry
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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epi-
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upon, on, over
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seb/o
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sebum (oil)
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-plasm
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a growth, substance formation
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-stomy
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creating of an artificial opening
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-rrhagia
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rapid flow of blood
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polyp/o
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small growth
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micro-
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small
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lip/o
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fat
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-al
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pertaining to
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cyan/o
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blue
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embry/o
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embryo, to be full
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-gram
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record, x-ray imaging
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-pexy
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surgical fixation, suspension
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atel/o
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imperfect, incomplete
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eu-
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normal, good
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-ous
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pertaining to
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dia-
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through, complete
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-amnios
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amnion, amniotic fluid
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prim/i
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first
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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ante-
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before
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audi/o
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hearing
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rhytid/o
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wrinkles
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-stasis
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control, stop, standing
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per-
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through
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onchy/o
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nail
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nat/o
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birth
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-osis
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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
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tympan/o
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eardrum, middle ear
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coni/o
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dust
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-phonia
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sound or voice
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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meat/o
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meatus (opening)
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orth/o
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straight
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-pnea
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breathing
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azot/o
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urea, nitrogen
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olig/o
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scanty, few
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-ism
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state of
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-esis
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condition
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lei/o
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smooth
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somat/o
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body
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hist/o
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tissue
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-gen
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substance or agent that produces or causes
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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-cele
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hernia, protrusion
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pan-
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all, total
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-partum
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childbirth, labor
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puerper/o
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childbirth
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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melan/o
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black
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pachy/o
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thick
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kerat/o
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horny tissue, hard
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-graphy
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process of recording, x-ray imaging
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nullli-
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none
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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ventr/o
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belly (front)
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stomat/o
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mouth
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enter/o
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intestines
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chol/e
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gall, bile
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sial/o
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saliva
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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proct/o
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rectum
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lingu/o
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tongue
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-crit
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to separate
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an/o
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anus
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gloss/o
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tongue
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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-ectasis
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stretching out; dilatation, expansion
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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vesic/o
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bladder, sac
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antr/o
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antrum
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par/o
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bear, give birth to, labor, childbirth
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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son/o
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sound
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tom/o
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cut, section
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-rrhaphy
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suturing, repairing
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-lysis
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loosening, dissolution, separating
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part/o
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bear, give birth to, labor, childbirth
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hidr/o
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sweat
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heter/o
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other
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-stenosis
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constriction or narrowing
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acou/o
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hearing
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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orchi/o
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testis, testicles
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andr/o
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male
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balan/o
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glans penis
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vesicul/o
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seminal vesicle
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orchid/o
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testis, testicles
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tendin/o
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tendon
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carp/o
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carpals (wrist bones)
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supra-
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above
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lamin/o
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lamina, thin flat plate or layer
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arthr/o
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joint
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inter
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between
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clavic/o
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clavicle (collarbone)
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-physis
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growth
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cost/o
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rib
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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vagin/o
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vagina
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gynec/o
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woman
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men/o
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menstruation
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culd/o
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cul-de-sac
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colp/o
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vagina
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perine/o
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perineum
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-atresia
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absence of a normal opening, occlusion, closure
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metr/o, metr/i
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uterus
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-ial
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pertaining to
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arche/o
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first, beginning
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mamm/o
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breast
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hymen/o
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hymen
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mast/o
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breast
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vulv/o
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vulva
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uter/o
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uterus
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oophor/o
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ovary
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gyn/o
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woman
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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-metry
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measurement
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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pleur/o
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pleura
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alveol/o
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alveolus
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-thorax
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chest
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sinus/o
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sinus
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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pneum/o
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lung, air
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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diaphragmat/o
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diaphragm
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sept/o
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septum
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-oxia
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oxygen
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lob/o
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lobe
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muc/o
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mucus
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-ary
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pertaining to
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hem/o
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blood
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-meter
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instrument to measure
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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pulmon/o
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lung
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hemat/o
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blood
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oste/o
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bone
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ten/o
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tendon
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tibi/o
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tibia (lower leg bone)
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uln/o
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ulna (lower arm bone)
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ischi/o
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ischium
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madibul/o
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mandible (lower jaw bone)
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pub/o
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pubis
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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burs/o
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bursa (cavity)
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crani/o
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cranium, skull
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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petr/o
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stone
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tars/o
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tarsals (ankle bone)
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femor/o
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femur (upper leg bone)
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myos/o
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muscle
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis
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tend/o
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tendon
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patell/o
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patella (kneecap)
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menisc/o
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meniscus (crescent)
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jawbone)
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humer/o
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humerus (upper arm bone)
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synovi/o
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synovia, synovial membrane
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phalang/o
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phalanges, finger or toe bones
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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lumb/o
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loin (lumbar region of the spine)
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rachi/o
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spine, vertebral column
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lili/o
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ilium
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syn-
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together, joined
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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kinesi/o
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movement, motion
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fibul/o
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fibula (lower leg bone)
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sym-
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together, joined
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lord/o
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bent forward
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scoli/o
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crooked, curved
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collarbone)
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-clast
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break
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-clasia
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break
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-clasis
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break
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radi/o
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radius (lower arm bone)
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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disk/o
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intervertebral disk
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-desis
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surgical fixation, fusion
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ankyl/o
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crooked, stiff, bent
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kyph/o
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hump
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-schisis
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split, fissure
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-asthenia
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weakness
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ganglion/o
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ganglion
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-iatrist
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specialist, physician
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radic/o
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nerve root
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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disk/o
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intervertebral disk
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-desis
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surgical fixation, fusion
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ankyl/o
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crooked, stiff, bent
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kyph/o
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hump
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-schisis
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split, fissure
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-asthenia
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weakness
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ganglion/o
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ganglion
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-iatrist
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specialist, physician
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radic/o
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nerve root
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dur/o
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hard, dura mater
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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quadr/i
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four
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain
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radiul/o
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nerve root
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psych/o
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mind
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mening/o, mening/i
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meninges
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myel/o
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spinal cord (myel/o also means bone marrow)
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adrenal/o
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adrenal gland
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-iatry
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treatment, specialty
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encephal/o
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brain
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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esthesi/o
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sensation, sensitivity, feeling
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poli/o
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gray matter
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-ictal
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seizure, attack
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gangli/o
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ganglion
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phren/o
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mind
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tetra-
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four
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mon/o
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one
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ment/o
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mind
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phas/o
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speech
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rhiz/o
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nerve root
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dips/o
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thirst
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calc/i
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calcium
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endocrin/o
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endocrine
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adren/o
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adrenal gland
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-drome
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run, running
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kal/i
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potassium
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cortic/o
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cortex
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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natr/o
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sodium
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aden/o
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gland
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parahyroid/o
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parathyroid gland
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acr/o
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extremities, height
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-plegia
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paralysis
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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herni/o
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hernia
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celi/o
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abdomen
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cholangi/o
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bile duct
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cec/o
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cecum
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hemi-
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half
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ton/o
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tension, pressure
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irid/o
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iris
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cor/o
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pupil
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lacrim/o
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tear duct, tear
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cry/o
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cold
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phot/o
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light
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core/o
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pupil
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ocul/o
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eye
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opt/o
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vision
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bi-, bin-
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two
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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kerat/o
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cornea
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-phobia
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abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
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dipl/o
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two, double
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
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-opia
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vision (condition)
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dacry/o
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tear, tear duct
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iri/o
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iris
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scler/o
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sclera
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chlor/o
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green
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-oma
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tumor, swelling
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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organ/o
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organ
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pertaining to
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cervic/o
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cervix
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peri-
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surrounding (outer)
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
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trachel/o
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cervix
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hyster/o
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uterus
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episi/o
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vulvu
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube
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cutane/o
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skin
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laryng/o
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larynx
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bronch/i, bronch/o
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bronchus
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ox/o, ox/i
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oxygen
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trache/o
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trachea
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poly-
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many, much
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thorac/o
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thorax (chest)
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-spasm
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sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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