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65 Cards in this Set
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collagen
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fibrous protein of connective tissue, cartilage, bone and skin
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heme
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iron-based pigment part of hemoglobin
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hormone
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body-produced chemical substance
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lith/o
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stone
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petrous
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stony hardness
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sebum
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sebaceous gland secretion
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cirrhos
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orange-yellow
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erythro/o
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red
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poli/o
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gray (relating to gray matter of the nervous system)
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chol/e, chol/o
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Bile
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chyle, chyl/o
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Milky fluid, product of digestion
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dacry/o, lacrima
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tears
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galact/o, lac
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milk
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mucus
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secretion of mucous membranes
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myx/o
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mucus
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plasma
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fluid portion of blood
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ptyal/o
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saliva
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pus
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liquid portion of inflammation
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py/o
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pus
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serum
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clear portion of blood fluid
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary glands
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pale/o
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old, primitive
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platy
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flat, wide
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ple/o
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more, many
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scler/o
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hardness
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sten/o
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narrow, contracted
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tachy
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rapid, fast
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therm/o
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heat
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xer/o
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dry
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brachy
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short
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brady
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slow
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cry/o
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cold
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crypt/o
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hidden
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dextro/o
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right, right side
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dipl/o
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double, twice
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dolich/o
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long
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glyc/o, gluc/o
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sugar, sweet
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heter/o
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other, different
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hom/eo, hom/o
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same, alike
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is/o
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equal, alike
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lept/o
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slender, small, thin
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lev/o
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left, to the left
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macro/o
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large
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mal
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ill, bad
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malac/o
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soft, softening
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meg/a, meg/alo, meg/aly
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large, oversized
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necr/o
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death
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olig/o
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few, little
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orth/o
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straight, normal, correct
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pachy
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thick
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caus, caut
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burn
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-clas, -clast
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Break
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duct
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lead
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ectas
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dilate
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edem
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swelling
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edem
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swelling
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esthes
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sensation
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gen/o
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producing
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iatr/o
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treatment
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kin/e, kin.o
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movement
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-lysis, -lys/o, -lytic
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breaking down
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-morph/o
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form, structure, shape
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op/ia, ops/ia
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vision
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phage, phag/o
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eating
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phas
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speech
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