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199 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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a-, an-
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without, not
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adip/o-
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fat
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-algia
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pain
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-angi/o
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vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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anter/o
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front, anterior
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ante-
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before
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anti-
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against
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arteri/o
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artery
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athro/o
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joint
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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brady-
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slow
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bronch/o; bronchio/o
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bronchus (plural = bronchi)
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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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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (brain)
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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chlor-
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green
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chol/e
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bile/gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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-cide
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kill, destroy
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col/o, colon/o
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colon (large intestine)
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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cutane/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyst/o
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bladder
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-cyte, cyt/o
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cell
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dent/o
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teeth
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-derma, derm/o, dermat/o
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skin
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dipl/o
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double
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-dynia
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pain
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult
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-ectasis
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dilation
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-ectomy
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swelling
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electr/o
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electric
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestine (usually small)
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epi-
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above, upon
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erythr/o
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red
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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eu-
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good, normal
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gastr/o
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stomach
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-gen, -genesis
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producing, forming
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gero-
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aged
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gingiv/o
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gum
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glauc-
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gray
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-gloss
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tongue
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gluc/o, glyc/o
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sugar, glucose
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-gravida
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pregnant woman
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemangi/o
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blood vessel
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hemat/o
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blood
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-edema
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swelling
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hemi-
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half, partly
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
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water
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hyper-
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excessive
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hypo-
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under, below
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hyster/o
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uterus
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-ia
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condition
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-ic
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pertaining to
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in-
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not
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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-ism
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condition
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iso-
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equal
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-itis
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inflammation
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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leuk/o
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white
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lip/o
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fat
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-logy
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the study of
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lumb/o
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lower back, loin
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lymph/o
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lymph
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-lysis
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separation, destruction, loosening
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lyso-
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dissolving
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mast/o
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breast
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macro-
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large
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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maxilla/o
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jaw
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megal/o
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enlargement
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melano/o
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black
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meningi/o; mening/o
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meninges
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men/o
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menses, menstruation
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-meter
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measure, instrument for measuring
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metr/o
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uterus
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micro-
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small
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muc/o
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mucus
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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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my/o
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muscle
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nas/o
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nose
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necr/o
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death
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neo-
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new
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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noct/o
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night
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odont/o
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teeth
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-ole
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small
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-oma
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tumor
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onych/o
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nail
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oophor/o
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ovary
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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-opia
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vision
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orchid/o
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testis
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or/o
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mouth
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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-ous
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pertaining to
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para-
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near, beside, around
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patell/o
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knee cap
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-pathy
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disease
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-pedia
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child
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ped/o
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foot
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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-penia
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decreased
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-peri
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around
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-phagia
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swallow, eat
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phalang/o
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phalanges (finger, toe)
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pharyng/o
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pharynx (throat)
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-phasia
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speech
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phleb/o
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vein
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia, -plasm
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growth, formation
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plasty
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surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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pleur/o
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pleura
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-pnea
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breathing
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pneum/o; pneumon/o
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lung, air
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poly-
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many, much
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post-
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after, behind
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poster/o
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back (of body), behind, posterior
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pre-
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before
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proct/o
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anus, rectum
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-ptosis
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prolapse, falling, dropping
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purpur-
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purple
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pyel/o
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renal, pelvis
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py/o
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pus
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quadri-
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four
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radi/o
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x-rays, radiation
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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retin/o
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retina
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rhin/o
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nose
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-rrhage
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bursting forth (of)
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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sacro/o
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sacrum
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sclera/o
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hardening, sclera (white of the eye)
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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spermat/o
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sperm
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spin/o
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spine
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spondyl/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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-stasis
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at a standstill
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-stenosis
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stricture, narrowing
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stomy
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forming a new opening or mouth
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sub-
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under, below
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supra-
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above
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tachy-
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rapid
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-therapy
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treatment
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/o
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chest
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision, cut into
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tox/o
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poison
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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tri-
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three
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trich/o
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hair
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-tripsy
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crushing
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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-ule
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small
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-uria, ur/o
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urine, urination
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ureter/o
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ureter
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uter/o
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uterus
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vagin/o
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vagina
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of brain or heart)
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vesic/o
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bladder
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vertebr/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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vulvo
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vulva
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xanth/o
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yellow
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xer/o
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dry
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