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225 Cards in this Set
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arthr/o |
joint |
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aden/o |
gland |
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bi/o |
life |
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carcin/o |
cancerous/cancer |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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cerebr/o |
cerebrum |
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cis/o |
to cut |
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crin/o |
to secrete |
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cyst/o |
urinary bladder |
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cyt/o |
cell |
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derm/o dermat/o |
skin |
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electr/o |
electricity |
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encephal/o |
brain |
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enter/o |
intestines |
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erythr/o |
red |
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gastr/o |
stomach |
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glyc/o |
sugar |
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gnos/o |
knowledge |
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gynec/o |
woman/female |
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hemat/o hem/o |
blood |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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iatr/o |
treatment/physician |
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leuk/o |
white |
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log/o |
study of |
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nephr/o |
kidney |
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neur/o |
nerve |
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onc/o |
tumor |
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opthalm/o |
eye |
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oste/o |
bone |
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path/o |
disease |
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ped/o |
child |
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psych/o |
mind |
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radi/o |
x-rays |
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ren/o |
kidney |
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rhin/o |
nose |
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sarc/o |
flesh |
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sect/o |
to cut |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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ur/o |
urinary tract urine |
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anter/o |
front |
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bol/o |
to cast (throw) |
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cervic/o |
neck cervix |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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chromb/o |
color |
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coccyg/o |
coccyx |
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crani/o |
skull |
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dist/o |
far distant |
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dors/o |
back portion of body |
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hist/o |
tissue |
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ili/o |
ilium (part of pelvic bone) |
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inguin/o |
groin |
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kary/o |
nucleus |
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later/o |
side |
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lumb/o |
lower back |
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medi/o |
middle |
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nucle/o |
nucleus |
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pelv/i |
pelvis |
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proxim/o |
nearest |
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sacr/o |
sacrum |
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spin/o |
spine |
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thel/o theli/o |
nipple |
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thorac/o |
chest |
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trache/o |
tracea/windpipe |
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umbilic/o |
navel |
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ventr/o |
belly side of the body |
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vertebr/o |
vertebra(e) |
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viscer/o |
internal organs |
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5 major body cavities |
cranial thoracic abdominal pelvic spinal |
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Cranial cavity organs |
brain pituitary glands |
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Thoracic cavity organs |
lungs heart esophagus trachea bronchial tubes thymus gland aorta |
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Abdominal cavity organs |
kidneys stomach small intestines large intestines spleen pancreas liver gallbladder |
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Pelvic cavity organs |
parts of small and large intestines rectum urinary bladder urethra uterus and vagina (in females) |
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Spinal cavity organs |
nerves of the spinal cord |
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9 regions of the abdominopelvic cavity |
right hypochondriac left hypochondriac epigastric right lumbar left lumbar umbilical right inguinal/iliac left inguinal/iliac hypogastric |
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4 quadrants of the abdominopelvic cavity |
right upper quadrant left upper quadrant right lower quadrant left lower quadrant |
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5 sections of the back |
cervical thoracic lumbar sacral coccygeal |
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Front side of the body |
anterior (ventral) |
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Back side of the body |
posterior (dorsal) |
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away from the surface |
deep |
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on the surface |
superficial |
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near the point of attachment |
proximal |
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acr/o |
extremities |
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far from point of attachment |
distal |
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below structure |
inferior |
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above structure |
superior |
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pertaining to the middle |
medial |
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pertaining to the side |
lateral |
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lying on back |
supine |
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lying on belly |
prone |
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plane dividing the body into anterior/posterior sections |
frontal/coronal plane |
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plane dividing the body into left and right portions |
sagittal/lateral plane |
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plane dividing the body into top and bottom portions |
transverse/axial plane |
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acu/o |
sharp severe sudden |
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amni/o |
amnion |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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arteri/o |
artery |
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axill/o |
armpit |
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blephar/o |
eyelid |
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bronch/o |
brochial tubes |
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chem/o |
drug chemical |
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col/o |
colon |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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hydr/o |
water |
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isch/o |
to hold back |
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lapar/o |
abdomen abdominal wall |
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laryg/o |
larynx |
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lymph/o |
lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces) |
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mamm/o |
breast |
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mast/o |
breast |
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morph/o |
shape form |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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my/o |
muscle |
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myel/o |
spinal chord bone marrow |
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necr/o |
death |
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neutr/o |
neutrophil (white blood cell) |
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oste/o |
bone |
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ot/o |
ear |
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peritone/o |
peritoneum |
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phag/o |
to eat swallow |
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phleb/o |
vein |
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pluer/o |
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs) |
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plas/o |
formation developement |
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pneumon/o |
lungs |
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pulmon/o |
lungs |
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splen/o |
spleen |
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staphyl/o |
clusters |
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strept/o |
twisted chains |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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tonsill/o |
tonsils |
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ven/o |
vein |
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an/o |
anus |
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append/o appendic/o |
appendix |
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bucc/o |
cheek |
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cec/o |
cecum |
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celi/o |
belly abdomen |
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cheil/o |
lip |
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cholecyst/o |
gallbladder |
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choledoch/o |
common bile duct |
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dent/i |
tooth |
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duoden/o |
duodenum |
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esophag/o |
esophagus |
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faci/o |
face |
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gingiv/o |
gums |
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gloss/o |
tongue |
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ile/o |
ileum |
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jejun/o |
jejunum |
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labi/o |
lip |
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lapar/o |
abdomen |
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lingu/o |
tongue |
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mandibul/o |
lower jaw (mandible) |
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odont/o |
tooth |
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or/o |
mouth |
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palat/o |
palate |
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pancreat/o |
pancreas |
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peritone/o |
peritoneum |
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pharyng/o |
throat |
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proct/o |
anus and rectum |
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pylor/o |
pyloric sphincter |
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sialaden/o |
salivary gland |
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sigmoid/o |
sigmoid colon |
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stomat/o |
mouth |
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uvul/o |
uvula |
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chol/o |
gall bile |
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duoden/o |
duodenum |
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enter/o |
intestines (usually small) |
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stomat/o |
mouth |
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uvul/o |
uvula |
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amyl/o |
starch |
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bil/o |
gall bile |
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chorhydr/o |
hydrochloric acid |
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gluc/o glyc/o |
sugar |
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glycogen/o |
glycogen animal starch |
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-prandial |
meal |
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-rrhage -rrhagia |
bursting forth (of blood) |
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cali/o calic/o |
calyx (cup-shaped structure) |
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cyst/o |
urinary bladder |
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glomerul/o |
glomerulus |
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meat/o |
meatus |
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pyel/o |
renal pelvis |
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trigon/o |
trigone |
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ureter/o |
ureter |
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urethr/o |
urethra |
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albulmin/o |
albulmin |
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azot/o |
nitrogen |
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dips/o |
thirst |
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kal/o |
potassium |
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ket/o keton/o |
ketone bodies (such as ketoacids and acetone) |
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lith/o |
stone |
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natr/o |
sodium |
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noct/o |
night |
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olig/o |
scanty (insufficient quantity) |
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-poietin |
substance that forms |
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-tripsy |
crushing |
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ur/o |
urine (urea) |
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urin/o |
urine |
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-uria |
urination urine condition |
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amni/o |
amnion |
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bartholin/o |
bartholin gland |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cervic/o |
cervix neck |
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chori/o chorion/o |
chorion |
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colp/o |
vagina |
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culd/o |
culd-o-sac |
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episi/o |
vulva |
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galact/o |
milk |
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gynec/o |
woman female |
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hyster/o |
uterus womb |
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lact/o |
milk |
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mamm/o |
breast |
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mast/o |
breast |
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men/o |
menstruation menses |
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metr/o metri/o |
uterus |
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myom/o |
muscle tumor |
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nat/i |
birth |
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obstetr/o |
pregnancy child birth |
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o/o ov/o ovul/o |
egg |
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oophor/o |
ovaries |
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perine/o |
perineum |
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ovary/o |
ovaries |
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phor/o |
to bear |
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salping/o |
fallopian tubes |
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uter/o |
uterus |
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vagin/o |
vagina |
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vulv/o |
vulva |
