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abdomen
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abdomin/o
celi/o lapar/o |
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abdominal wall
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lapar/o
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abnormal condition
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above
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epi-
supra- |
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excessive |
hyper-
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ACROSS
through |
trans-
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act of turning
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-version
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action
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-praxia
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AFTER
behind |
post-
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against
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anti-
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against
opposite |
contra-
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albumin (a protein in the blood)
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albumin/o
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all
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pan-
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amnion
(sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
amni/o
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animal life
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zo/o
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animal starch
glycogen |
glycogen/o
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anus
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an/o
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anus and rectum
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proct/o
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apart
up |
ana-
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appendix
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append/o
appendic/o |
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armpit
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axill/o
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artery
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arteri/o
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away from
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ab-
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back
again |
re-
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backward
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-retro
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bacteria
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bacteri/o
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bacteria (plural)
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-cocci
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bad
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mal-
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bad
DIFFICULT |
dys-
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before
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ante-
pre- pro- |
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beginning
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-arche
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behind
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retro-
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berry-shaped bacterium
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-coccus
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beside
NEAR abnormal |
para-
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between
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inter-
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beyond
CHANGE |
meta-
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beyond
EXCESS |
ultra-
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bilirubin
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bilirubin/o
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birth
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nat/I
toc/o |
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birth
LABOR |
-partum
toc/o -tocia |
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blood
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hem/o
hemat/o |
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blood condition
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-emia
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bone
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oste/o
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bone marrow
spinal cord |
myel/o
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brain
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encephal/o
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branching
forking |
furc/o
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BREAKDOWN; destruction; separation
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-lysis
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breast
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mamm/o
mast/o |
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breathing
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-pnea
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bringing forth
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-parous
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bronchial tubes
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bronch/o
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burning
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caus/o
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
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cancer
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carcin/o
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carry
feeling (mental state) to bear |
-phoria
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carry
to lead |
duct/o
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cartilage
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chondr/o
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cecum
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cec/o
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cell
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-cyte
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cerebellum
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cerebell/o
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cerebrum
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cerebr/o
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cervix, neck
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cervic/o
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cheek
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bucc/o
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chemical
drug |
chem/o
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chest
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thorac/o
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chorion
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chori/o
chorion/o |
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clot
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thromb/o
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clusters
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staphyl/o
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cold
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cry/o
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collection of fluid
mass tumor |
onc/o
-oma |
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colon
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col/o
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coming together
to pour |
-fusion
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common bile duct
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choledoch/o
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COMPLETE
through |
dia-
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condition
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-ia
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connect
tie to bind |
nect/o
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controlling
stopping |
-stasis
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crushing
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-tripsy
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cul-de-sac
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culd/o
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cut
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cis/o
sect/o tom/o -section |
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cutting into
incision |
-tomy
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death
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mort/o
necr/o |
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deep sleep (coma)
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comat/o
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defecation
elimination of wastes |
-chezia
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deficiency
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-penia
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deficient
under |
hypo-
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development
FORMATION |
plas/o
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development
GROWTH formation |
-plasia
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development
NOURISHMENT |
-trophy
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digestion
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-pepsia
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dilation
stretching widening |
-ectasia
-ectasis |
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disease
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path/o
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disease condition
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-pathy
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down
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cata-
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down
LACK OF |
de-
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dropping
falling prolapse |
-ptosis
-lapse |
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duct
vas deferens vessel |
vas/o
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duodenum
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duoden/o
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dura mater
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dur/o
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ear
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ot/o
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eating
swallowing |
-phagia
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egg
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o/o
ov/o ovul/o |
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embryonic
immature |
-blast
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enlargement
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-megaly
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enzyme
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-ase
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epididymis
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epididym/o
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esophagus
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esophag/o
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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alges/o
-algesia |
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excision
removal resection |
-ectomy
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extreme point
extremities top |
acr/o
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eye
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opthalm/o
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eyelid
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blephar/o
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face
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faci/o
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fallopian tubes
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salping/o
_salpinx |
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false
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pseudo-
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fast
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tachy-
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fat
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adip/o
lip/o steat/o |
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fear
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-phobia
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feeling
nervous sensation |
esthesi/o
esthesia |
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female
woman |
gynec/o
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fingers
toes |
dactyl/o
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first
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primi-
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fixation
put in place |
-pexy
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flesh
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sarc/o
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flow
discharge |
-rrhea
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fluid
water |
hydr/o
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fluid
water |
hydr/o
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form
shape |
morph/o
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formation
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-genesis
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formation
structure |
-plasm
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gall
bile |
bil/I
chol/e |
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gallbladder
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cholecyst/o
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gland
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aden/o
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glial cells
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gli/o
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glomerulus
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glomerul/o
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good
normal |
eu-
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groin
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inguin/o
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gums
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gingiv/o
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half
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hemi-
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hardening
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-sclerosis
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heart
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cardi/o
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hernia
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-cele
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hidden
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crypt/o
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hormone
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-one
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ilum
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ile/o
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in
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in-
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in
within |
en-
endo- in- intra- |
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infection
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seps/o
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inflammation
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-itis
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instrument for recording
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-graph
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instrument for visual examination
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-scope
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insufficient
scanty |
olig/o
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involuntary contraction of muscles
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-spasm
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jejunum
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jejun/o
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joint
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arthr/o
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ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
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ket/o
keton/o |
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kidney
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nephr/o
ren/o |
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kidney
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nephr/o
ren/o |
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large
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macro-
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large intestine, colon
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col/o
colon/o |
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larynx (voice box)
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laryng/o
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life
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bi/o
vit/o viv/o |
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lip
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cheil/o
labi/o |
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little
small |
micro-
-ole -ule |
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liver
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hepat/o
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lower jaw
mandible |
mandibul/o
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lungs
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pneumon/o
pulmun/o |
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lymph
a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body |
lymph/o
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male
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andr/o
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many
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multi-
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many
much |
poly-
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meal
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cib/o
-prandial |
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meatus
opening |
meat/o
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membranes
meninges |
mening/o
meningi/o |
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menses
menstruation |
men/o
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milk
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galact/o
lact/o |
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monster
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terat/o
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mouth
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or/o
stomat/o |
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movement
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kines/o
kinesi/o -kinesia -kinesis -kinetic |
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mucus
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muc/o
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muscle
muscle tumor |
my/o
myom/o |
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narrowing
stricture tightening |
-stenosis
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nerve
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neur/o
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nerve root
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radicul/o
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neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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neutr/o
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new
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neo-
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new opening
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-stomy
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night
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noct/o
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nipple
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thel/o
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nitrogen
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azot/o
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no
not one |
nulli-
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no
not without |
a-
an- in- |
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nose
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rhin/o
nas/o |
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nucleus
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nucle/o
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one
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uni-
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one who
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-or
-er |
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one's own
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auto-
aut/o |
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order
coordination |
tax/o
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order
rule |
norm/o
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out
outside |
ec-
ecto- ex- |
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ovary
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ovari/o
oophor/o |
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oxygen
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ox/o
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pain
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-algia
-dynia |
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pain
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-algia
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painful
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dys-
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palate
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palat/o
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pancreas
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pancreat/o
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paralysis
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-plegia
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penis
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balan/o
pen/o |
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perineum
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perine/o
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peritoneum
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peritone/o
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place
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the/o
top/o -stasis |
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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
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pleur/o
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poison
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tox/o
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pons
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pont/o
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potassium
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kal/o
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pregnancy
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-cyesis
gravid/o gest/o gester/o obstetr/o |
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pregnant
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-gravida
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process
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-y
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process of recording
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-graphy
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process of visual examination
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-scopy
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producing
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-gen
-genesis |
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prostate gland
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prostat/o
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protection
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immun/o
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protein
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-globin
-globulin prote/o |
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pubis (pubic bone)
anterior portion of the pelvic bone |
pub/o
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pus
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py/o
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pyloric sphincter
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pylor/o
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record
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-gram
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rectum
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rect/o
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red
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erythr/o
eosin/o |
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renal pelvis
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pyel/o
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rib
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cost/o
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saliva
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sial/o
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salivary gland
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sialaden/o
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secrete
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crin/o
-crine |
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seed
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gon/o
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seed
semen |
semin/i
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seizure
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-lepsy
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semen
spermatozoa |
sperm/o
spermat/o |
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severe
sharp sudden |
acu/o
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sheath
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thec/o
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shield
thyroid gland |
thyr/o
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sigmoid colon
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sigmoid/o
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skin
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cutane/o
dermat/o derm/o epitheli/o |
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sleep
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somn/o
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slow
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brady-
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small intestines
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enter/o
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sodium
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natr/o
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softening
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-malacia
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sound
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son/o
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specialist
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-ist
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speech
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-phasia
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spinal cord
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myel/o
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spitting
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-ptysis
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spleen
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splen/o
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starch
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amyl/o
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stomach
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gastr/o
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stone
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lith/o
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strength
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-sthenia
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study of
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-logy
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substance that forms
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-poietin
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sugar
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gluc/o
glyc/o |
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-centesis
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surgical repair
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-plasty
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surrounding
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peri-
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suture
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rrhaphy
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swallow
to eat |
phag/o
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testes
testicle |
orch/o
orchi/o orchid/o test/o |
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thalamus
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thalam/o
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thin
slender |
lept/o
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thirst
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dip/so
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throat
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pharyng/o
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through
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per-
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time
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chron/o
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tissue
structure |
-um
-ium -us |
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to bear
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phor/o
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to bend
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flex/o
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to cut off
cut short |
syncop/o
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to grow
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-physis
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to hold back
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isch/o
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to measure
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-meter
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to run
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-drome
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to send
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-mission
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to view
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-opsy
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together
with |
con-
sym- syn- |
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tongue
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gloss/o
lingu/o |
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tonsils
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tonsill/o
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tooth
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dent/I
odont/o |
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toward
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ad-
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trachea
windpipe |
trache/o
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treatment
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-therapy
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trigone
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trigon/o
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twisted chains
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strept/o
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two
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bi-
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under
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infra-
sub- |
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ureter
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ureter/o
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urethra
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urethr/o
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urinary bladder
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cyst/o
vesic/o |
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urination; urine condition
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-uria
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urine
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ur/o
urin/o |
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uterus, womb
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hyster/o
uter/o metri/o |
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uvula
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uvul/o
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vagina
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colp/o
vagin/o |
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vagus nerve
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vag/o
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varicose veins
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varic/o
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vein
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phleb/o
ven/o |
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vessel
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angi/o
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vomiting
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-emesis
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vulva
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episi/o
vulv/o |
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weakeness
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-paresis
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white
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leuk/o
albin/o |
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within
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endo-
intra- |
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word
phrase |
lex/o
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wrist bones
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carp/o
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x-rays
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radi/o
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