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1129 Cards in this Set
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one who
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-ole
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little
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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a-
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no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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all
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pan-
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alveolus
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alveol/o
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(sac for embryo)
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amni/o
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aneurysm/o
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aneurysm
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aort/o
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aorta
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between
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inter-
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bi/o
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life
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blue
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cyan/o
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebrum
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cerebr/o
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contra-
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against
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cyan/o
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blue
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dia-
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complete, through
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different
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heter/o
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disease
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-pathy, path/o
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fast
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tachy-
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heart
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coron/o, cardi/o
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humer/o
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humerus
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ili/o
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ilium
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in, not
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in-
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many
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poly-, mult/i
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medi/o
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middle
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men/o
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menses
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micro-
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small
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nat/i
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birth
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ne/o
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new
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neo-
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new
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null/i
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none
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prostate gland
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prostat/o
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son/o
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sound
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thalamus
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thalam/o
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time
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chron/o
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to carry or lead
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duct/o
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to cut into
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-otomy
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toward the tail
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caud/o
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tr/i
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three
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upper jaw bone
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maxill/o
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vagin/o
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vagina
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ventricle
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ventricul/o
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white (used rarely)
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alb/o
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yellow
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xanth/o
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-coccus
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berry shaped
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-globin
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protein
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-grade
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to go
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-gram
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record (noun)
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ist
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one who specializes in
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-orrhexia
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rupture
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear of
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-scope
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instrument to visually examine
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-ule
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little
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above, excessive
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hyper-
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above, upon
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epi-
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum
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acu/o
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sharp
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ad-
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toward
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aer/o
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air
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alb/o
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white (rare)
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ankly/o
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stiff
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ante-
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forward, before
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anti-
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against
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atrium
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atri/o
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auto-
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self
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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bacteria
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bacteri/o
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bad, painful
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dys-
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bas/o
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base
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black
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melan/o
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bone
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oste/o
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bone marrow
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myel/o
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both
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ambi-
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brain
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encephal/o
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burs/o
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bursa
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bursa
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burs/o
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bursting forth of blood
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-orrhagia
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calci/o
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calcium
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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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caud/o
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toward the tail
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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cervix
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cervic/o
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chrom/o
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color
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clavicle
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clavicul/o
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coal dust
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anthrac/o
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coccyx
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coccyg/o
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color
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chrom/o
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complete, through
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dia-
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condyle
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condyl/o
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coron/o
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heart
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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dipl/o
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double
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double
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dipl/o
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down
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cata-
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dur/o
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dura mater
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dura mater
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dur/o
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electr/o
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electricity
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electricity
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electr/o
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em-
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in
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encephal/o
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brain
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eosin/o
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rosy, dawn colored
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epididymis
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epididym/o
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erythr/o
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red
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ex-
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out, away from
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exo-
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outside, outer
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far (body)
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dist/o
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fasci/o
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fascia
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fear of
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-phobia
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femur
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femor/o
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fibers
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fibr/o
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fibrin/o
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fibrin
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fibula (bone)
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fibul/o
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fire, fever
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pyr/o
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first
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prot/o
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forking, branching
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furc/o
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front (body)
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anter/o
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fungus
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myc/o
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furc/o
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forking, branching
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gangli/o
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ganglion
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ganglion
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gangli/o
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gen/o
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beginning
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globe, round
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spher/o
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gluc/o
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sugar
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glyc/o
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sugar
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good
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eu-
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granul/o
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granules
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half
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hemi-, semi-
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heel
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calcane/o
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hemi-
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half
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heter/o
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different
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hidden
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crypt/o
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hom/o
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same
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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in-
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in, not
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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 to cut
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-tome
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internal organs
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viscer/o
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irrigation, washing
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-clysis
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ischi/o
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ischium
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kary/o
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nucleus
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kinesi/o
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movement
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knowledge
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gnos/o
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lact/o
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milk
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lamin/o
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lamina
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lamina
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lamin/o
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large
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macro-
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larynx
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laryng/o
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leuk/o
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white
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little
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-ole, -ule
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lobe
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lob/o
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lower jaw bone
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mandibul/o, submaxill/o
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lymph
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lymph/o
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lymph/o
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lymph
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macro-
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large
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magnesi/o
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magnesium
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mal-
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bad
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mamm/o
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breast
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maxill/o
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upper jaw bone
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medull/o
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medulla
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medulla
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medull/o
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mening/o
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meninges, membrane
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mesa-
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middle
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metacarp/o
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hand bones
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metr/o
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uterus
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mind, diaphragm
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phren/o
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mort/o
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death
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movement
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kinesi/o
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muc/o
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mucus
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narc/o
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sleep
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nas/o
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nose
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necro/o
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death
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neutr/o
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neutral
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nipple-like
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thel/o
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no, not, without
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a-, an-
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nose
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nas/o, rhin/o
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olecran/o
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elbow
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one
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un/i
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orchi/o
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testis
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oste/o
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bone
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ov/o
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egg
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ovari/o
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ovary
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ox/i
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oxygen
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pan-
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all
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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peri-
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surrounding
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perineum
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perine/o
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pertaining to... a condition of
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-otic
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place, position
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top/o
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pleura
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pleur/o
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poikil/o
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varied, irregular
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poly-
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many
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process of recording (verb)
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-graphy
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proxim/o
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near
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pseudo-
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FALSE
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psych/o
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mind
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pulmon/o
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lung
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py/o
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pus
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py/o
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pus
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pyr/o
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fire, fever
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radi/i
|
rays
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radius
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radi/o
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red
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erythr/o
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retro-
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behind
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rhin/o
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nose
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right
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dextr/o
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rosy, dawn colored
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eosin/o
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schiz/o
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split
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self
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auto-
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semi-
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half
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seps/o
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infection
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sharp
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acu/o
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sider/o
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iron
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single
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mon/o
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skull
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crani/o
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slow
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brady-
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somn/o
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sleep
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spitting
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-ptysis
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stone, calculus
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lith/o
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submaxill/o
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lower jaw bone
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sudden violent involuntary contraction
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-spasm
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surgical crushing
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-tripsy
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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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sym-
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together
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tachy-
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fast
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test/o
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testis
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therm/o
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heat
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three
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tr/i
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through, by
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per-
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thym/o
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thymus
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thymus
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thym/o
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tibi/o
|
tibia
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tibia
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tibi/o
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to free, undo
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dis-
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to measure
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-meter
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toward
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ad-
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two
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bi-
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unequal
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anis/o
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valv/o
|
valve
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valve
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valv/o
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venule
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venul/o
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vertebr/o
|
vertebrae
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volume
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vol/o
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vulv/o
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vulva
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white (used commonly)
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leuk/o
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xer/o
|
dry
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-algia
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pain (soft tissue)
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-blast
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embryonic
|
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-crit
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to separate
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-cyte
|
cell
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-emia
|
blood condition
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-globulin
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protein
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-graphy
|
process of recording (verb)
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-itis
|
inflammation
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-odynia
|
pain (bone)
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-opsy
|
to view
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-plasty
|
surgical repair
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-therapy
|
treatment
|
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-tomy
|
process of cutting
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-trophy
|
development
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acetabulum
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acetabul/o
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across
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trans-
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agglutin/o
|
clumping
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albumin/o
|
protein
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ambi-
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both
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an-
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no, not, without
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ana-
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up
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andr/o
|
male
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aneurysm
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aneurysm/o
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ankle, instep bones
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tars/o
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anter/o
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front (body)
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anthrac/o
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coal dust
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aorta
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aort/o
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aponeur/o
|
aponeurosis
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appendic/o
|
appendix
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around
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circum-
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arteri/o
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artery
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arteriol/o
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arteriole
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axill/o
|
armpit
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Bartholins glands
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bartholin/o
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base
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bas/o
|
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behind
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retro-, post-
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blood
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hemat/o
|
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blood condition
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-emia
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brachi/o
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arm
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brady-
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slow
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bronchus
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bronch/o
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calcane/o
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heel
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cata-
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down
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cephal/o
|
head
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chlor/o
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chloride, green
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chloride
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chlor/o
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chron/o
|
time
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circum-
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around
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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col/o
|
colon
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con-
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with, together
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condition of producing
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-genesis
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corne/o
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cornea
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cul-de-sac
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culd/o
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cutane/o
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skin
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deficiency
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-penia
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derm/o
|
skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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duct/o
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to carry or lead
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duoden/o
|
duodenum
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dys-
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bad, painful
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ectop/o
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misplaced
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epiglott/o
|
epiglottis
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esophagus
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esophag/o
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eu-
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good
|
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FALSE
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pseudo-
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fibr/o
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fibers
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flow, discharge
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-orrhea
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forward, before
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ante-
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gingiv/o
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gums
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glauc/o
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grey
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glue
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gli/o
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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granules
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granul/o
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green
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chlor/o
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hand bones
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metacarp/o
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heat
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therm/o
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herni/o
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hernia
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hist/o
|
tissue
|
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humerus
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humer/o
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hydr/o
|
water
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hypo-
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below, deficient
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ile/o
|
ileum
|
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in
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em-, in-
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inter-
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between
|
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intra-
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within
|
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jejun/o
|
jejunum
|
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jejunum
|
jejun/o
|
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kal/i
|
potassium
|
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kneecap
|
patell/o
|
|
left
|
sinistr/o
|
|
life
|
bi/o
|
|
light
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phot/o
|
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lip/o
|
fat
|
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lumb/o
|
lower back
|
|
madness, abnormal preoccupation
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-mania
|
|
male
|
andr/o
|
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melan/o
|
black
|
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ment/o
|
mind
|
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misplaced
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ectop/o
|
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mon/o
|
single
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mult/i
|
many
|
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neuro/o
|
nerve
|
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noct/i
|
night
|
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nucle/o
|
nucleus
|
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nucleus
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kary/o, nucle/o
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on both sides
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amphi-
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out, away from
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ex-
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oxi/i (y)
|
oxygen
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para-
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near
|
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pharynx
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pharyng/o
|
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physio/o
|
nature
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pneumon/o
|
lung
|
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pod/o
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foot bones
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pre-, pro-
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before
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preysby/o
|
old age
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process of cutting
|
-tomy
|
|
process of studying
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-logy
|
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proct/o
|
rectum
|
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prostat/o
|
prostate gland
|
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pubis
|
pub/o
|
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pus
|
py/o
|
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radi/o
|
radius
|
|
record (noun)
|
-gram
|
|
rule, order
|
norm/o
|
|
sanguin/o
|
blood
|
|
sinistr/o
|
left
|
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sinus/o
|
sinus
|
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softening
|
-malacia
|
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spermat/o
|
spermatozoa
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spine (area of)
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spin/o
|
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splen/o
|
spleen
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stern/o
|
sternum
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sternum
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stern/o
|
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steth/o
|
chest (rare)
|
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straight
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orth/o
|
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sub-
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under
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syphil/o
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syphilis
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thymus
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thym/o
|
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thyroid/o
|
thyroid
|
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tissue
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hist/o
|
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to separate
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-crit
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to stop, control
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-stasis
|
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trans-
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across
|
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uln/o
|
ulna
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ur/o
|
urine
|
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urethra
|
urethr/o
|
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varied, irregular
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poikil/o
|
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ventricul/o
|
ventricle
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vol/o
|
volume
|
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within
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intra-
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within, inner
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endo-
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-al
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pertaining to
|
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-ase
|
enzyme
|
|
-graph
|
instrument for recording
|
|
-orrhagia
|
bursting forth of blood
|
|
-pathy
|
disease
|
|
-pnea
|
breathing
|
|
-spasm
|
sudden violent involuntary contraction
|
|
aden/o
|
gland
|
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adip/o
|
fat
|
|
against
|
anti-, contra-
|
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amphi- (rare)
|
on both sides
|
|
an/o
|
anus
|
|
anus
|
an/o
|
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aque/o
|
water
|
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arm
|
brachi/o
|
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arteriole
|
arteriol/o
|
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bartholin/o
|
Bartholins glands
|
|
below, deficient
|
hypo-
|
|
berry shaped
|
-coccus
|
|
beyond, excess
|
ultra-
|
|
bi-
|
two
|
|
bilirubin
|
bilirubin/o
|
|
bilirubin/o
|
bilirubin
|
|
breast
|
mamm/o, mast/o
|
|
cancer
|
carcin/o
|
|
carbon dioxide
|
-capnia
|
|
cerebellum
|
cerebell/o
|
|
clusters, grapes
|
staphyl/o
|
|
condition of cells
|
-cytosis
|
|
crypt/o
|
hidden
|
|
dry
|
xer/o
|
|
embryonic
|
-blast
|
|
equal
|
is/o
|
|
esophag/o
|
esophagus
|
|
fascia
|
fasci/o
|
|
femor/o
|
femur
|
|
fibrin
|
fibrin/o
|
|
fibul/o
|
fibula (bone)
|
|
gastr/o
|
stomach
|
|
gli/o
|
glue
|
|
glomerulus
|
glomerul/o
|
|
gon/o
|
seed
|
|
gynec/o
|
woman, female
|
|
hardening
|
-sclerosis
|
|
hepat/o
|
liver
|
|
horny, cornea, hard
|
kerat/o
|
|
infection
|
seps/o
|
|
inguin/o
|
groin
|
|
instrument to visually examine
|
-scope
|
|
iron
|
sider/o
|
|
ischium
|
ischi/o
|
|
leiomy/o
|
smooth muscle
|
|
lith/o
|
stone, calculus
|
|
lower back
|
lumb/o
|
|
make a new opening
|
-ostomy
|
|
milk
|
lact/o
|
|
muscle
|
my/o
|
|
myx/o
|
mucus
|
|
neck
|
cervic/o
|
|
new
|
neo-, ne/o
|
|
night
|
noct/i
|
|
one who
|
-er, -or
|
|
orchid/o
|
testis
|
|
palat/o
|
palate
|
|
palate
|
palat/o
|
|
pancreat/o
|
pancreas
|
|
pharyng/o
|
pharynx
|
|
potassium
|
kal/i
|
|
prot/o
|
first
|
|
pub/o
|
pubis
|
|
retin/o
|
retina
|
|
rupture
|
-orrhexia
|
|
safe
|
immun/o
|
|
scapul/o
|
scapula
|
|
scapula
|
scapul/o
|
|
sebum
|
seb/o
|
|
smaller
|
mi/o
|
|
sperm/o
|
spermatozoa
|
|
spher/o
|
globe, round
|
|
split
|
schiz/o
|
|
stiff
|
ankly/o
|
|
stomach
|
gastr/o
|
|
stomat/o
|
mouth (not just an oral mouth)
|
|
strept/o
|
twisted chains
|
|
surgical puncture
|
-centesis
|
|
syphilis
|
syphil/o
|
|
thalam/o
|
thalamus
|
|
to go
|
-grade
|
|
to throw or cast off
|
bol/o
|
|
to view
|
-opsy
|
|
together
|
sym-, syn-, con-
|
|
tonsils
|
tonsill/o
|
|
trachea
|
trache/o
|
|
transmission
|
-phoresis
|
|
tumor
|
-oma
|
|
twisted chains
|
strept/o
|
|
ulna
|
uln/o
|
|
un/i
|
one
|
|
up
|
ana-
|
|
urethr/o
|
urethra
|
|
uter/o
|
uterus (less used)
|
|
ven/o
|
vein
|
|
vessel, duct
|
vas/o
|
|
viscer/o
|
internal organs
|
|
voice
|
phon/o
|
|
-ary
|
pertaining to
|
|
-centesis
|
surgical puncture
|
|
-ectomy
|
to surgically excise
|
|
-genesis
|
condition of producing
|
|
-logy
|
process of studying
|
|
-orrhea
|
flow, discharge
|
|
-osis
|
condition
|
|
-osmia
|
smell, odor
|
|
-ostomy
|
make a new opening
|
|
-partum
|
birth, labor
|
|
-pexy
|
fixation (surgical)
|
|
acou/o
|
hearing
|
|
adenoids
|
adenoid/o
|
|
alveol/o
|
alveolus
|
|
anis/o
|
unequal
|
|
appendix
|
appendic/o
|
|
armpit
|
axill/o
|
|
atri/o
|
atrium
|
|
aur/o
|
ear
|
|
back (backwards)
|
re-
|
|
balan/o
|
glans penis
|
|
belly side
|
ventr/o
|
|
beyond, change
|
meta-
|
|
bol/o
|
to throw or cast off
|
|
breathing
|
-pnea
|
|
bronch/o
|
bronchus
|
|
bronchiol/o
|
bronchiole
|
|
bucc/o
|
cheek
|
|
burn
|
caus/o
|
|
calcium
|
calci/o
|
|
cellul/o
|
cell
|
|
cerumin/o
|
cerumen (earwax)
|
|
chest (common)
|
thorac/o
|
|
cis/o
|
to cut
|
|
clavicul/o
|
clavicle
|
|
clot
|
thromb/o
|
|
clumping
|
agglutin/o
|
|
cold
|
cry/o
|
|
colon
|
col/o
|
|
colp/o
|
vagina
|
|
conjunctiva
|
conjunctiv/o
|
|
culd/o
|
cul-de-sac
|
|
cyt/o
|
cell
|
|
death
|
mort/o, necro/o
|
|
dextr/o
|
sugar, right
|
|
dips/o
|
thirst
|
|
dist/o
|
far (body)
|
|
dors/o
|
back (body)
|
|
dull, dim
|
ambly/o
|
|
duodenum
|
duoden/o
|
|
emesis
|
vomitus
|
|
enlargement
|
-megaly
|
|
enzyme
|
-ase
|
|
epididym/o
|
epididymis
|
|
epiglottis
|
epiglott/o
|
|
esthesi/o
|
feeling
|
|
fat
|
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
|
|
fat (diagnostic, digestive system)
|
steat/o
|
|
fingers, toes
|
dactyl/o
|
|
from, lack of
|
de-
|
|
glomerul/o
|
glomerulus
|
|
gravid/o
|
pregnancy
|
|
groin
|
inguin/o
|
|
gums
|
gingiv/o
|
|
hair
|
trich/o
|
|
humpback
|
kyph/o
|
|
ilium
|
ili/o
|
|
immun/o
|
safe
|
|
infra-
|
below
|
|
irid/o
|
iris
|
|
labi/o
|
lip
|
|
laryng/o
|
larynx
|
|
later/o
|
side
|
|
leps/o
|
seizure
|
|
lip
|
labi/o, cheil/o
|
|
magnesium
|
magnesi/o
|
|
mandibul/o
|
lower jaw bone
|
|
menses
|
men/o
|
|
mi/o
|
smaller
|
|
mouth
|
or/o, stomat/o
|
|
my/o
|
muscle
|
|
nature
|
physio/o
|
|
neutral
|
neutr/o
|
|
none
|
null/i
|
|
not
|
a-, an-, in-
|
|
ocul/o
|
eye
|
|
orth/o
|
straight
|
|
oxygen
|
ox/i, oxi/i (y)
|
|
pachy/o
|
thick
|
|
pain (bone)
|
-odynia
|
|
pain (soft tissue)
|
-algia
|
|
path/o
|
disease
|
|
peps/ia
|
digestion
|
|
peritone/o
|
peritoneum
|
|
phot/o
|
light
|
|
protein
|
albumin/o
|
|
pulse
|
sphygm/o
|
|
pus
|
py/o
|
|
re-
|
back (backwards)
|
|
rectum
|
proct/o
|
|
ren/o
|
kidney
|
|
retina
|
retin/o
|
|
same
|
hom/o
|
|
sclera
|
scler/o
|
|
seed
|
gon/o
|
|
sigmoid
|
sigmoid/o
|
|
skin
|
dermat/o
|
|
small
|
micro-
|
|
smell, odor
|
-osmia
|
|
smooth muscle
|
leiomy/o
|
|
solid structure
|
ster/o
|
|
sphygm/o
|
pulse
|
|
spin/o
|
spine
|
|
spir/o
|
to breathe (rare)
|
|
spleen
|
splen/o
|
|
staped/o
|
stapes
|
|
steat/o
|
fat
|
|
sugar
|
glyc/o, gluc/o, dextr/o
|
|
super-
|
above
|
|
syn-
|
together
|
|
synovia
|
synovi/o
|
|
tax/o
|
coordination, order
|
|
thromb/o
|
clot
|
|
tightening, narrowing
|
-stenosis
|
|
to break (bone)
|
-clast
|
|
to grow
|
-physis
|
|
to pour
|
-fusion
|
|
to run
|
-drome
|
|
to surgically excise
|
-ectomy
|
|
tonsill/o
|
tonsils
|
|
trache/o
|
trachea
|
|
trich/o
|
hair
|
|
tympan/o
|
eardrum
|
|
under
|
sub-
|
|
ureter/o
|
ureters
|
|
vagina
|
vagin/o, colp/o
|
|
venul/o
|
venule
|
|
vitre/o
|
glassy
|
|
with, together
|
con-
|
|
wrist bones
|
carp/o
|
|
xanth/o
|
yellow
|
|
-arche
|
beginning
|
|
-asthenia
|
lack of strength
|
|
-cele
|
hernia
|
|
-clast
|
to break (bone)
|
|
-clysis
|
irrigation, washing
|
|
-cusis
|
hearing
|
|
-cyesis
|
pregnancy
|
|
-cytosis
|
condition of cells
|
|
-ectasis
|
stretching, dilation
|
|
-emphraxis
|
blockage
|
|
-fusion
|
to pour
|
|
-ia
|
condition, process
|
|
-iasis
|
condition
|
|
-lysis
|
to break
|
|
-mania
|
madness, abnormal preoccupation
|
|
-meter
|
to measure
|
|
-oid
|
pertaining to
|
|
-oma
|
tumor
|
|
-opia
|
vision
|
|
-or
|
one who
|
|
-orrhaphy
|
suture
|
|
-otic
|
pertaining to... a condition of
|
|
-otomy
|
to cut into
|
|
-para
|
to bear
|
|
-paresis
|
slight paralysis
|
|
-peresis
|
removal
|
|
-philia
|
attraction for
|
|
-phonia
|
sound
|
|
-phoresis
|
transmission
|
|
-physis
|
to grow
|
|
-plasia
|
formation, development
|
|
-plasm
|
growth, formation
|
|
-plegia
|
paralysis
|
|
-poiesis
|
formation (typically cellular)
|
|
-porosis
|
passage (bone)
|
|
-prandial
|
meal
|
|
-ptosis
|
drooping, prolapse
|
|
-stalsis
|
constriction
|
|
-stasis
|
to stop, control
|
|
-stenosis
|
tightening, narrowing
|
|
-thorax
|
pleural cavity
|
|
-tocia
|
labor
|
|
-tresia
|
opening
|
|
-tropia
|
to turn
|
|
-uria
|
urine
|
|
-y
|
process, condition
|
|
abdomen
|
lapar/o, abdomin/o
|
|
abdomin/o
|
abdomen
|
|
above
|
super-, hyper-, epi-
|
|
acanth/o
|
thorny, spiny
|
|
acr/o
|
extremity
|
|
acromi/o
|
shoulder
|
|
adont/o
|
tooth
|
|
adren/o
|
adrenal glands
|
|
adrenal glands
|
adren/o
|
|
after, behind
|
post-
|
|
air
|
pneum/o, aer/o
|
|
algesi/o
|
excessive sensitivity
|
|
ambly/o
|
dull, dim
|
|
amni/o
|
amnion
|
|
amyl/o
|
starch
|
|
angi/o
|
vessel
|
|
aponeurosis
|
aponeur/o
|
|
artery
|
arteri/o
|
|
arthr/o
|
joint
|
|
articul/o
|
joint
|
|
ather/o
|
placque
|
|
attraction for
|
-philia
|
|
audi/o
|
hearing
|
|
aur/i
|
ear
|
|
away from
|
ab-, ex-
|
|
azot/o
|
urea, nitrogen
|
|
back (body)
|
poster/o, dors/o
|
|
bad
|
mal-, dys-
|
|
bear
|
par/o
|
|
before
|
pre-, pro-, ante-
|
|
beginning
|
-arche, gen/o
|
|
belly
|
celi/o
|
|
below
|
infra-, hypo-
|
|
beyond
|
meta-, ultra-
|
|
bile
|
chol/e
|
|
birth
|
nat/i, -partum
|
|
birth, labor
|
-partum
|
|
blephar/o
|
eyelid
|
|
blockage
|
-emphraxis
|
|
breathe (common)
|
pne/o
|
|
bronchiole
|
bronchiol/o
|
|
cali/o
|
calyx
|
|
calyx
|
cali/o
|
|
carp/o
|
wrist bones
|
|
cartilage
|
chondr/o
|
|
caus/o
|
burn
|
|
cec/o
|
cecum
|
|
cecum
|
cec/o
|
|
celi/o
|
belly
|
|
cell
|
cellul/o, cyt/o, -cyte
|
|
cerumen
|
cerumin/o
|
|
cervic/o
|
neck, cervix
|
|
change
|
meta-
|
|
cheek
|
bucc/o
|
|
cheil/o
|
lip
|
|
chest (rare)
|
pector/o, steth/o
|
|
chiro/o
|
hand, foot
|
|
chol/e
|
bile
|
|
cholecyst/o
|
gall bladder
|
|
choledoch/o
|
common bile duct
|
|
chondr/o
|
cartilage
|
|
chori/o
|
chorion
|
|
chorion
|
chori/o
|
|
cib/o
|
meals
|
|
ciliary, body of eye
|
cycl/o
|
|
common bile duct
|
choledoch/o
|
|
condition
|
-osis, -ia, -y, -iasis
|
|
condition, process
|
-ia, -y
|
|
condyl/o
|
condyle
|
|
conjunctiv/o
|
conjunctiva
|
|
constriction
|
-stalsis
|
|
coordination, order
|
tax/o
|
|
cor/o
|
pupil
|
|
core/o
|
pupil
|
|
cornea
|
kerat/o, corne/o
|
|
cortex
|
cortic/o
|
|
cortic/o
|
cortex
|
|
cortic/o
|
cortex
|
|
crin/o
|
secrete
|
|
crooked, bent
|
scoli/o
|
|
curve, swayback
|
lord/o
|
|
cycl/o
|
ciliary, body of eye
|
|
cyst/o
|
urinary bladder
|
|
dacry/o
|
tear
|
|
dacryoaden/o
|
tear gland
|
|
dacryocysto/o
|
lacrimal sac
|
|
(surgeons use this one)
|
fingers, toes
|
|
de-
|
from, lack of
|
|
dent/o
|
tooth
|
|
development
|
-trophy
|
|
diaphor/o
|
sweat
|
|
digestion
|
peps/ia
|
|
dis-
|
to free, undo
|
|
drooping, prolapse
|
-ptosis
|
|
ear
|
aur/o, aur/i, ot/o
|
|
eardrum
|
tympan/o, myring/o
|
|
ecto-
|
outside
|
|
egg
|
ov/o, oo/o
|
|
egg, ovum
|
oo/o
|
|
elbow
|
olecran/o
|
|
endo-
|
within, inner
|
|
enter/o
|
intestines (small)
|
|
epi-
|
above, upon
|
|
episi/o
|
vulva
|
|
erythem/o
|
flushed, redness
|
|
estr/o
|
female
|
|
examination
|
scop/o
|
|
excessive
|
hyper-
|
|
excessive sensitivity
|
algesi/o
|
|
extra-
|
in addition
|
|
extremity
|
acr/o
|
|
eye
|
ocul/o, opthalm/o
|
|
eyelid
|
blephar/o
|
|
fallopian tube
|
salping/o
|
|
feeling
|
esthesi/o
|
|
female
|
estr/o, gynec/o
|
|
fibula (area around the bone)
|
perone/o
|
|
fixation (surgical)
|
-pexy, pex/o
|
|
flesh
|
sarc/o
|
|
flushed, redness
|
erythem/o
|
|
foot bones
|
pod/o, metatars/o
|
|
formation
|
-plasia, -plasm, -poiesis
|
|
formation (typically cellular)
|
-poiesis
|
|
formation, development
|
-plasia
|
|
gall bladder
|
cholecyst/o
|
|
gland
|
aden/o
|
|
glans penis
|
balan/o
|
|
glassy
|
vitre/o
|
|
gloss/o
|
tongue
|
|
grey
|
glauc/o
|
|
growth, formation
|
-plasm
|
|
hand, foot
|
chiro/o
|
|
hard
|
kerat/o
|
|
head
|
cephal/o
|
|
hearing
|
-cusis, audi/o, acou/o
|
|
hernia
|
herni/o, -cele
|
|
hidr/o
|
sweat
|
|
hyster/o
|
uterus
|
|
ileum
|
ile/o
|
|
in addition
|
extra-
|
|
intestines (small)
|
enter/o
|
|
ir/o
|
iris
|
|
iris
|
ir/o, irid/o
|
|
is/o
|
equal
|
|
joint
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arthr/o, articul/o
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kerat/o
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cornea, horny, hard
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kidney
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ren/o, nephr/o
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kyph/o
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humpback
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labor
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-tocia, -partum
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lack of strength
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-asthenia
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lacrim/o
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tear
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lacrimal sac
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dacryocysto/o
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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ligament
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syndesm/o
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ligament/o
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ligament
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lingu/o
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tongue
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liver
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hepat/o
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lob/o
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lobe
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lord/o
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curve, swayback
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love, attraction to
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phil/o
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lung
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pneumon/o, pulmon/o
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mass, tumor
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onc/o
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mast/o
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breast
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meal
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-prandial
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meals
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cib/o
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meninges, membrane
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mening/o
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meta-
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beyond, change
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metatars/o
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foot bones
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metri/o
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uterus
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middle
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mesa-, medi/o
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mind
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ment/o, phren/o, psych/o
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morph/o
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shape, form
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mouth (not just an oral mouth)
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stomat/o
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mucus
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muc/o, myx/o
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myc/o
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fungus
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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myring/o
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eardrum
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nail
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ungu/o, onych/o
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natr/o
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sodium
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navel
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omphal/o
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near
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proxim/o
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nect/o
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to bind or connect
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nephr/o
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kidney
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nerve
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neuro/o
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network
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reticul/o, plex/o
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norm/o
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rule, order
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old age
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preysby/o
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olig/o
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scanty
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omphal/o
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navel
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onc/o
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mass, tumor
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one who specializes in
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-ist
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onych/o
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nail
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oo/o
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egg, ovum
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oophoro/o
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ovary
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opening
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-tresia
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opthalm/o
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eye
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or/o
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mouth
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ot/o
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ear
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outside
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ecto-, exo-
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outside, outer
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exo-
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ovary
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ovari/o, oophoro/o
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pancreas
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pancreat/o
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par/o
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bear
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paralysis
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-plegia
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parathyroid
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid
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passage (bone)
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-porosis
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patell/o
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kneecap
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pector/o
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chest (rare)
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pelvis
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pelv/i
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per-
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through, by
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perine/o
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perineum
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peritoneum
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peritone/o
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perone/o
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fibula
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pertaining to
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-ac
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pex/o
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fixation
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phag/o
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to eat, swallow
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phalang/o
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fingers, toes
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pharyng/o
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throat, pharynx
|
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phas/o
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speech
|
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phil/o
|
love
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phleb/o
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vein
|
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phon/o
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voice
|
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phren/o
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mind, diaphragm
|
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placque
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ather/o
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plas/o
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development
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pleural cavity
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-thorax
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plex/o
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network
|
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pne/o
|
breathe (common)
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pneum/o
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air
|
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poison
|
toxic/o
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pons
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pont/o
|
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pont/o
|
pons
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post-
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after, behind
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poster/o
|
back (body)
|
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pregnancy
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gravid/o, -cyesis
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pupil
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pupill/o
|
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pupill/o
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pupil
|
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pyel/o
|
renal pelvis
|
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rachi/o
|
spinal column
|
|
rays
|
radi/i
|
|
removal
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-peresis
|
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renal pelvis
|
pyel/o
|
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reticul/o
|
network
|
|
rhabdomy/o
|
skeletal muscle
|
|
sacro/o
|
sacrum
|
|
sacrum
|
sacro/o
|
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saliva
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sial/o
|
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salivary glands
|
sialaden/o
|
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salping/o
|
fallopian tube
|
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sarc/o
|
flesh
|
|
scale
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squam/o
|
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scanty
|
olig/o
|
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scler/o
|
sclera
|
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scoli/o
|
crooked, bent
|
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scop/o
|
examination
|
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seb/o
|
sebum
|
|
secrete
|
crin/o
|
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secti/o
|
to cut
|
|
seizure
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leps/o
|
|
seminal vessels
|
vesicul/o
|
|
shape, form
|
morph/o
|
|
shoulder
|
acromi/o
|
|
sial/o
|
saliva
|
|
sialaden/o
|
salivary glands
|
|
side
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later/o
|
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sigmoid/o
|
sigmoid
|
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sinus
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sinus/o
|
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skeletal muscle
|
rhabdomy/o
|
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sleep
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somn/o, narc/o
|
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slight paralysis
|
-paresis
|
|
sodium
|
natr/o
|
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sound
|
-phonia, son/o
|
|
speech
|
phas/o
|
|
spermatozoa
|
spermat/o
|
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spinal column
|
rachi/o
|
|
spinal cord
|
myel/o
|
|
spondyl/o
|
vertebrae
|
|
squam/o
|
scale
|
|
stapes
|
staped/o
|
|
staphyl/o
|
clusters, grapes
|
|
starch
|
amyl/o
|
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steat/o
|
fat
|
|
ster/o
|
solid structure
|
|
stretching, dilation
|
-ectasis
|
|
suture
|
-orrhaphy
|
|
sweat
|
hidr/o, diaphor/o
|
|
syndesm/o
|
ligament
|
|
synovi/o
|
synovia
|
|
tars/o
|
ankle, instep bones
|
|
tear
|
dacry/o, lacrim/o
|
|
tear gland
|
dacryoaden/o
|
|
ten/o
|
tendon
|
|
tendon
|
ten/o
|
|
testis
|
test/o
|
|
the/o
|
to put or place
|
|
thel/o
|
nipple-like
|
|
thick
|
pachy/o
|
|
thirst
|
dips/o
|
|
thorac/o
|
chest (common)
|
|
thorny, spiny
|
acanth/o
|
|
throat, pharynx
|
pharyng/o
|
|
thym/o
|
thymus
|
|
thyroid
|
thyroid/o
|
|
to bear
|
-para
|
|
to bind or connect
|
nect/o
|
|
to break
|
-lysis
|
|
to breathe (rare)
|
spir/o
|
|
to cut
|
cis/o, tom/o, secti/o
|
|
to eat, swallow
|
phag/o
|
|
to put or place
|
the/o
|
|
to turn
|
-tropia
|
|
tom/o
|
to cut
|
|
tongue
|
lingu/o, gloss/o
|
|
tooth
|
dent/o
|
|
top/o
|
place, position
|
|
toxic/o
|
poison
|
|
treatment
|
-therapy
|
|
ultra-
|
beyond, excess
|
|
ungu/o
|
nail
|
|
urea, nitrogen
|
azot/o
|
|
ureters
|
ureter/o
|
|
urinary bladder
|
vesic/o, cyst/o
|
|
urine
|
ur/o, -uria
|
|
uterus
|
uter/o
|
|
vas/o
|
vessel, duct
|
|
vein
|
ven/o, phleb/o
|
|
ventr/o
|
belly side
|
|
vertebrae
|
vertebr/o, spondyl/o
|
|
vesic/o
|
urinary bladder
|
|
vesicul/o
|
seminal vessels
|
|
vessel
|
vas/o, angi/o
|
|
vision
|
-opia
|
|
vomitus
|
emesis
|
|
vulva
|
vulv/o
|
|
water
|
aque/o, hydr/o
|
|
woman, female
|
gynec/o
|
|
-er
|
one who
|
|
-ole
|
little
|
|
-ptysis
|
spitting
|
|
-sclerosis
|
hardening
|
|
a-
|
"no
|
|
ab-
|
away from
|
|
adenoid/o
|
adenoids
|
|
all
|
pan-
|
|
alveolus
|
alveol/o
|
|
(sac for embryo)"
|
amni/o
|
|
aneurysm/o
|
aneurysm
|
|
aort/o
|
aorta
|
|
between
|
inter-
|
|
bi/o
|
life
|
|
blue
|
cyan/o
|
|
cerebell/o
|
cerebellum
|
|
cerebrum
|
cerebr/o
|
|
contra-
|
against
|
|
cyan/o
|
blue
|
|
dia-
|
"complete
|
|
different
|
heter/o
|
|
disease
|
"-pathy
|
|
fast
|
tachy-
|
|
heart
|
"coron/o
|
|
humer/o
|
humerus
|
|
ili/o
|
ilium
|
|
"in
|
not"
|
|
many
|
"poly-
|
|
medi/o
|
middle
|
|
men/o
|
menses
|
|
micro-
|
small
|
|
nat/i
|
birth
|
|
ne/o
|
new
|
|
neo-
|
new
|
|
null/i
|
none
|
|
prostate gland
|
prostat/o
|
|
son/o
|
sound
|
|
thalamus
|
thalam/o
|
|
time
|
chron/o
|
|
to carry or lead
|
duct/o
|
|
to cut into
|
-otomy
|
|
toward the tail
|
caud/o
|
|
tr/i
|
three
|
|
upper jaw bone
|
maxill/o
|
|
vagin/o
|
vagina
|
|
ventricle
|
ventricul/o
|
|
white (used rarely)
|
alb/o
|
|
yellow
|
xanth/o
|
|
-ac
|
pertaining to
|
|
-capnia
|
carbon dioxide
|
|
-coccus
|
berry shaped
|
|
-globin
|
protein
|
|
-grade
|
to go
|
|
-gram
|
record (noun)
|
|
-ic
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ist
|
one who specializes in
|
|
-malacia
|
softening
|
|
-megaly
|
enlargement
|
|
-orrhexia
|
rupture
|
|
-penia
|
deficiency
|
|
-phobia
|
fear of
|
|
-scope
|
instrument to visually examine
|
|
-tic
|
pertaining to
|
|
-tome
|
instrument to cut
|
|
-tripsy
|
surgical crushing
|
|
-ule
|
little
|
|
"above
|
excessive"
|
|
"above
|
upon"
|
|
acetabul/o
|
acetabulum
|
|
acu/o
|
sharp
|
|
ad-
|
toward
|
|
aer/o
|
air
|
|
alb/o
|
white (rare)
|
|
ankly/o
|
stiff
|
|
ante-
|
"forward
|
|
anti-
|
against
|
|
atrium
|
atri/o
|
|
auto-
|
self
|
|
bacteri/o
|
bacteria
|
|
bacteria
|
bacteri/o
|
|
"bad
|
painful"
|