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84 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
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amni/o
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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
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angi/o
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vessel (usually a blood vessel)
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o-
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joint
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ather/o
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plaque (a yellow, fatty material)
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axill/o
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armpit
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bronch/o or bronchi/o
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bronchial tube
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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drug, also chemical
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
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red
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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hem/o or hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hyster/o
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uterus
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inguin/o
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groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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laryng/o
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voice box (larynx)
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leuk/o
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white
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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men/o
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menses (menstruation), month
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mening/o
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meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells)
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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oophor/o
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ovary
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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pelv/o
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hip area
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peritone/o
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peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdominal cavity)
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phleb/o
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vein
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pneumon/o
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lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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radi/o
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x-rays
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ren/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
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sarc/o
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flesh
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septic/o
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pertaining to infection
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thorac/o
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chest
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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windpipe, trachea
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ur/o
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urine or urea, urinary tract
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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-algia
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condition of pain, pain
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-emia
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blood condition
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-ia
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condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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meninges
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membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease condition
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--rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhage or -rrhagia
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excessive discharge of blood
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-uria
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condition of urine
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-al or -eal
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-ectomy
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removal, resection, excision
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-lysis
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separation, breakdown, destruction
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-plasty
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surgical repair, surgical correction
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-stomy
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opening
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision, to cut into
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