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128 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
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arthr/o
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joint
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bi/o
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life
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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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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum(largest part of the brain)
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cyst/o
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cell
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestines (often the samll intestine)
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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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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lapar/o
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abdomen
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leuk/o
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white
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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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oste/o
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bone
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onc/o
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tumor
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path/o
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disease
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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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sarc/o
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flesh
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thromb/o
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clotting
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anter/o
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front
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cervic/o
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neck- of body or cervix
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crani/o
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skull
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later/o
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side
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lumb/o
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loin, waist
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poster/o
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back, behind
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thorac/o
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chest
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spin/o
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spine
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angi/o
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vessel
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axill/o
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armpit
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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chem/o
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drug
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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cry/o
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cold
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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necr/o
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death
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ot/o
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ear
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phleb/o
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vein
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cyst/o
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urinary, bladder
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epitheli/o
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skin, surface tissues
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ather/o
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plaque
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hyster/o
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uterus
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pneumon/o
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lung
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radi/o
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xrays
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septic/o
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pertaining to infection
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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cis/o
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to cut
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cost/o
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ribs
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cutane/o
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skin
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gen/o
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to produce, begin
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glyc/o
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sugar
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nat/i
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birth
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plas/o
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formation, growth, development
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acou
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hearing
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acoustic
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acr(o)
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extremety, peak
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acrodermis (inflammation of the skin of the extremeties)
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adipo
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fat
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adipose (fatty)
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alb
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white
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albumin (protein found in the blood)
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andr(o)
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male
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androgen (male sex hormone)
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ankyl
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crooked, fusion
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ankylosis (consolidation of a joint)
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bili
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bile
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biliary (pertaining to the bile of gallbladder)
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blast
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embryonic state
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blastocyte (embryonic cell)
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blephar(o)
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eyelid
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blepharitis (inflammaiton of the eyelid)
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brachi(o)
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arm
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brachial artery
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brady
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slow
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bradycardia (slow heart rythm)
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calc
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heel
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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caud
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tail
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caudal (toward the tail)
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chol(e)
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bile
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cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder)
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chondr(o)
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cartilage
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chondritis (inflammation of the cartilage)
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cut
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skin
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cutaneous
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cyan
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blue
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cyanotic (blue colored)
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cyst
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bladder
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cystitis (inflammation of the urinary bladder)
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dors
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back
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dorsiflexion (upward bending of the hand or foot)
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fasci
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bundle
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fascia (bundles of muscle fibers)
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febri
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fever
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febrile (feverish)
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fil
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threadlike
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filament
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galact(o)
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milk
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galactose (sugar abtained from milk)
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ger(o) or geront(o)
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aging
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gerontology
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gest
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carry
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gestation (pregnancy)
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gloss
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tongue
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glossitis (inflammation of the tongue)
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hist(i)(o)
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tissue
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histography (process of describing tissue and cells)
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hyster
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uterus
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ischi(o)
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hip
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ischiopubic (pertaining to the ischium and pubes)
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jejun(o)
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jejunum
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jejunectomy (excision of the jejunum)
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kerat(o)
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horny tissue, cornea
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keratectasia (a thin, scarred cornea)
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kine(t)(o)
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movement
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kinetic (pertaining to motion)
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labio
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lips
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labiograph (an instrument that records lip movement)
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lip(o)
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fat
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lipedema (excess fat and fluid in the subcutaneous tissue)
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lith(o)
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stone
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lithocystotomy (surgical removal of bladder stones)
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melan(o)
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black
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melancholia (depression)
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meno
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menses
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ment
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mind
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mental illness
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mio
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less, smaller
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miosis (excessive contraction of the pupil)
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mito
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threadlike
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mitochondria
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myc(o)
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fungus
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mycology (study of fungi)
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myx
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mucus
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myxoid (resembling mucus)
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ocul(o)
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eye
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oculomotor (eye movement)
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orchil(o)
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testes
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orchitis (inflammation of the testes)
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oro
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mouth
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oronasal (mouth and nose)
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oss
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bone
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ox(y)
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oxygenation
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pharmaco
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medicine
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phot(o)
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light
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phototherapy
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plasm(o)
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liquid part of blood
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plasminogen (protein found in tissues and body fluids)
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pleur(o)
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pleura, rib, side
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pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura)
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pod(o)
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foot
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proct(o)
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rectum
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prote(o)
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protein
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proteinemia (excess protein in the blood)
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pulmo(n)
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lung
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pyel(o)
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kidney
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pyelonephrosis (disease of the kidney and renal pelvis)
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pyr(o)
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heat
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pyrogen (an agent that couses fever)
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rub(r)
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red
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bilirubin
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sangui
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blood
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sanguinious drainage (bloody drainage)
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scler(o)
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hard
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sclersois (hardening of tissue)
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scolio
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crooked
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scoliosis
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sensi
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perception, feeling
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sensory
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sep
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decay
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sepsis (infection in the bloodstream)
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soma or samat(o)
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body
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somatization (psychiatric condition expressed through physical symptoms)
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sten(o)
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narrow
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stenosis (narrowing of a body passage)
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tachy
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rapid, swift
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tachycardia (rapid heart beat)
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vas(o)
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vessel
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vasospasm (spasm of blood vessel)
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vesic(o)
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bladder
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vesicospinal (pertaining to the urinary bladder and spine)
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