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63 Cards in this Set
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adenoid/o
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adenoids (tissue in the pharynx)
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alveol/o
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alveolus (air sac in the lung)
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bronch/o
bronchi/o |
bronchial tubes, bronchus
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole, small bronchus
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capn/o
-capnia |
carbon dioxide
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coni/o
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dust
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cyan/o
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blue
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis (lid in the larynx)
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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 the lung
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mediastin/o
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mediastinum (region between the lungs)
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nas/o
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nose
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orth/o
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straight, upright
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ox/o
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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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phon/o
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voice
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phren/o
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diaphragm
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pleur/o
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pleura (double-fold membrane surrounding each lung)
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pneum/o
pneumon/o |
air, lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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rhin/o
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nose
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sinus/o
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sinus, cavity
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spir/o
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breathing
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tel/o
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complete
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thorac/o
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chest
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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-ema
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condition
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-osmia
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smell
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-sphyxia
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pulse
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-thorax
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pleural cavity, chest
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or/o
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mouth
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py/o
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pus
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-algia
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pain
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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dilation, widening
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-ectomy
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removal, excision, resection
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-lysis
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breakdown, seperation, destruction, loosening
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-phonia
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voice, sound
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-scopy
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process/visual examination
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-stenosis
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tightening, stricture
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-stomy
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new opening (to form a mouth)
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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-trophy
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nourishment, development (condition of)
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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brady-
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slow
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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em-
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in
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eu-
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good, normal
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ex-
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out, away from
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hyper-
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excessive, above
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hypo-
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deficient, below
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para-
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near, beside, along side of
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per-
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through
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re-
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back, backward, again
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tachy-
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fast
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