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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremity; top : peak : summit; height
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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adren/o
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adrenal glands; adrenaline
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amyl/o
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starch
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angi/o
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vessel
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ankly/o or anchyl/o
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crooked : bent; stiffness : immobility : fused : fixed; closed
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ano
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anus
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aort/o
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aorta
(the great arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body ) |
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append/(o, ic, or ico)
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vermiform appendix
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arteri/o
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artry
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arthr/o
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joint
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aud
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ear; hearing
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aur/i
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ear; hearing
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bar/o
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weight : pressure
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blan/o
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glans penis
(the conical expansion of the corpus spongiosum which forms the head of the penis) |
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blephar/o
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eyelid; cilium : flagellum
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brach/i
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arm
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brady
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slow
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bronch/o
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bronchus (lower windpipe)
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bucca
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cheek
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cac/(i or o)
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bad; ill
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capit/o
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head
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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carp/o
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wrist; carpus; carpal
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caud
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tail
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celi/o
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abdomen : belly
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cephal/o
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head
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cerat/o
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cornea; horney tissue or cells
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cerebr/o
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brain; cerebrum
Originally referred to the largest portion of the brain, including practically all parts within the skull except the medulla, pons, and cerebellum; it now usually refers only to the parts derived from the telencephalon and includes mainly the cerebral hemispheres (cerebral cortex and basal ganglia) |
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cervic/(i or o)
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neck : cervix of an organ; cervical
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cheil/o or chil/o
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lip
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chem/o
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chemical; drug
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chir/o
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hand
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chlor/o
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green
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chol/(e or o)
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bile : gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chondr/(i or o)
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cartilage
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cili/o
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cilia or ciliary, in any sense; eyelashes
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cleav
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to divide
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coel/e
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cavity : chamber : ventricle; hollow
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col/o
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colon
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colp/o
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vagina
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core, coreo, coro
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the pupil (of the eye)
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cortic
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cortex (outer layer of a body organ)
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cost/o
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rib
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cox/o
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hip : thigh
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crani/o
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cranium (skull : braincase); cranial
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cry/o
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cold : freezing
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cut
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skin
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cutane
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue; cyanide
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cyst/o
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bladder; sac; cyst
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cyt/e
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cell
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dacry/o
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tear duct
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dactyl/o
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digit (finger or toe)
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dem/o
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people
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dendr
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tree-like
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dent/o
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tooth
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derm/a or dermat/o
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skin
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dextr/o
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right : on or toward the right
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distole
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dilation
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dipl/o
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double : twofold
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dors/(o or i)
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back
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duoden/o
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duodenum (1st part of small intestine)
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dur
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hard
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edema
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swelling
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electr/o
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electric; electricity
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embol/o
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stopper; embolus : interpolation
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestine
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episio
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vulva
(the external parts of the female genital organs comprising the mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibule of the vagina, bulb of the vestibule, and Bartholin's glands) |
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erythr/o
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red
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esophag/o
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esophagus
(muscular tube through which foods passes from the pharynx to the stomach) |
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esthesi/o
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feeling : sensation
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eu
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well : easily; good : normal; true
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eury
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broad : wide
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faci
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face
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facia
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band; fibrous
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febri
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fever
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front/o
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frontal bone (forehead)
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gangli/o
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ganglion; swelling
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gastr/o
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stomach
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germ
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to bud or sprout
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geront/o
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old age
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gingiv/o
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gums
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gloss/o
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tongue; language
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glott
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tongue; language
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gluc/o or glyc/o
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sugar
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gnath/o
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jaw
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gon/o
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sexual : generative : semen : seed
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graph
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something written; recording instrument
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gynec/o
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female
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hem/o or haem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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home/o or homoi/o
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like : similar
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humor
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fluid
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hydr/o
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water
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hyster/o
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uterus : womb
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ile/o
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ileum (3rd part of small intestine)
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immun/o
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immune--protected : exempt : free
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inter
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between : among
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intern
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inner : within
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iri
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iris (eye)
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is/o
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equal : homogeneous : uniform : for or from two different members of the same species
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jejun/o
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jejunum (2nd part of small intestine)
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kal/i
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potassium
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kary/o
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nucleus; kernal
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crin/o
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secrete
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kerat/o
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cornea; horny tissues or cells
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labia
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lip
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lact/(i or o)
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milk ; lactic acid ; lactose
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx (voicebox); throat
(the part of the respiratory tract between the pharynx and the trachea) |
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later/o
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lateral; to one side
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leuk/o
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white
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lingu/a
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tongue
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lip/o
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fat
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lith/o
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stone
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lymph/o
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lymph; fluid
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macr/o
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large
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mal
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bad; abnormal; inadequate
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mamil or mammil
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nipple
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mamm/(a, i, or o)
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breast
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mania
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madness
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mast/o
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breast : nipple : mammary gland
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melan/o
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black; dark; melanin
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mening/o
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membrane; meninges (the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord)
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men/o
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mensturation
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men mens
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menstration
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ment/o
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mind
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mes/o
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mid : in the middle; mesentery or membrane supporting a (specified) part; intermediate
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metr/o
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uterus : womb
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mict
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to pass urine
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morph/o
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shape or form
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myc/o
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fungus
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spine/spinal cord
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my/o
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muscle
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nares
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nose; nostrils
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nas/o
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nose
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nat/o
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birth
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natr/o
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sodium
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necr/o
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dead : death
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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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noct/o
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night; nocturnal
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nutri nutria
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nourish
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nyct/o
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night; nocturnal
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obstetr/o
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midwife
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ocul/o
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eye
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odont/o
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tooth
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olifact/o
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the sense of smell
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olig/o
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few; deficiency : insufficiency
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omo
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shoulder or scapula
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omphal/o
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umbilicus; umbilical
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onco or oncho
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tumor : mass
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onych/o
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nail
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oo
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egg; ovum
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oophor/o
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ovary
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o
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vision
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or/o
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mouth
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orchi/o
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testes
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oss or oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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ovar/(i or io)
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ovary
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oxy
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sharp : pointed; acute; quick; shrill; acid
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ov/(i or o)
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egg; ovum
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pachy
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thick
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pale/o
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early : old
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papill/o
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papilla; papillary
(a small projecting body part similar to a nipple in form) |
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part
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childbirth
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path/o
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disease; suffering
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pector
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chest
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ped
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foot; child
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phag/o
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to eat
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
(the common passageway for food and air/breath; the part of the digestive and respiratory tracts situated between 1. the cavities of the nose and mouth and 2. the esophagus) |
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phasia
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speech
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phleb/o
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vein
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phobia
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fear
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phren/o
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mind; diaphram
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pino
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to drink
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pleur
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rib; side; pleura
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pne/o
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breath; breathing
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pneum/(a or o)
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lung; air : gas; respiration
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pod/o
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foot; hoof
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proct/o
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anus or rectum
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psych/o
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mind
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puber
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adult
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pulm/o
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lung
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pustul/o
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infected blister; pimple
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
(a funnel-shaped structure in each kidney ) |
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pylor/o
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gatekeeper; pylorus (the opening from the vertebrate stomach into the intestine)
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py/o
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pus
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pyr/o
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fire : heat : fever
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radi/o
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radiation
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ren/(i or o)
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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sacchar/(i or o)
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sugar
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salping/o
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tube
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sangui/o
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blood
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sarc/o
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flesh : fleshy; striated muscle
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scler/o
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hard; sclera
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semin
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seed
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soma or somat/o
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body
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splen/o
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spleen
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spondyl/o
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spine : vertebra : vertebrae
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squam
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scaley
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stasis
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standing still; equilibrium (?)
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stat
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layer
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stear/o
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fat
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sten/o
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narrowness : constriction
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steth/o
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chest
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stric
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narrowing : constriction
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systole
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contraction
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tachy
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rapid; accelerate
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tend/o
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tendon
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thel/o
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the nipples
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/(i or o)
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chest : thorax
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stoma or stomat/o
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mouth
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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trache/o
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trachea (upper windpipe)
(air tube extending from the larynx into the thorax where it bifurcates into the right and left main bronchi) |
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tympan/(o or i)
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eardrum
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ur/o
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urine; urinary organs
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ureter/o
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ureter
(muscular duct that propels urine from a kidney--one each--to the urinary bladder) |
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urethr/o
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urethra
(muscular tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body) |
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uri/a
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urine
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uter/o
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uterus : womb
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vagin/o
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vagina
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vas/o
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vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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ventr/(i or o)
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belly or stomach
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vesic
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bladder; sac
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vill
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hair
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viscer/(i or o)
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viscera : visceral : organ
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xanth/o
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yellow
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xer
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dry
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myring/o
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eardrum (tympanic membrane)
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antr/o
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antrum (a cavity within a bone or hollow organ)
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brachy
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short
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ili/o
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ilium (largest of the three principal bones that make up either half of the pelvis)
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humer/o
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upper arm--humerus (longest bone of the upper arm, extending from the shoulder to the elbow)
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