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76 Cards in this Set
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a-, an=
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no; not; without
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ab-
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away from
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-ac
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pertaining to
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acanth/o
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spiny; thorny
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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acous/o
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hearing
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acr/o
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extremities; top; extreme point
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acromi/o
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acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o
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sharp; severe; sudden
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-acusis
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hearing
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ad-
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toward
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adip/o
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fat
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adren/o
adrenal/o |
adrenal gland
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aer/o
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air
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af-
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toward
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agglutin/o
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clumping; sticking together
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-agon
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to assemble; gather
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agora-
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marketplace
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-agra
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excessive pain
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-al
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pertaining to
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alb/o
albin/o |
white
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albumin/o
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albumin (protein)
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alges/o
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sensitivity to pain
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-algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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all/o
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other
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alveol/o
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alveolus; air sac; small sac
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ambly/o
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dim; dull
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-amine
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nitrogen compound
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
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amyl/o
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starch
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an/o
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anus
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-an
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pertaing to
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ana-
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up; apart; backward;again;anew
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andr/o
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male
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aneurysm/o
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aneurysm (widened bood vessel)
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angi/o
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vessel (blood)
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anis/o
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unequal
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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ante-
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before; forward
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anter/o
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front
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anthrac/o
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coal
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anthr/o
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antrum of the stomach
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anti-
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against
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anxi/o
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uneasy; anxious
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aort/o
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aorta (largest artery)
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-apheresis
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removal
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aphth/o
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ulcer
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apo-
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off, away
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis (type of tenden)
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append/o
appendic/o |
appendix
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aque/o
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water
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-arche
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beginning
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arter/o
arteri/o |
artery
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arteriol/o
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arteriole (small artery)
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arthr/o
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joint
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-arthria
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articulate (speak distinctly)
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articul/o
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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asbest/o
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asbestos
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-ase
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enzyme
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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atel/o
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incomplete
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ather/o
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plaque (fatty substance)
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-ation
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process; condition
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atri/o
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atrium (upper heart chamber)
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audi/o
audit/o |
hearing
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aur/o
auricul/o |
ear
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auto-
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self, own
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axill/o
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armpit
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azot/o
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urea; nitrogen
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