Vmt Verbs, Adjectives, And Colors

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audi/o-

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hearing; audiovisual

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bio-

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life; biology (the study of life)

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caus-, caut-

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burn; cautery ( device used to burn tissue)

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clas-, -clast

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break; osteoclast (a cell that breaks down bone)

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duct-

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lead; salivary duct (a tube leading from the salivary gland)

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-ectas

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dialate; lymphangiectasia (dilation of the lymph vessels)

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edem-

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swelling; edematous (swollen)

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-esthes-

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sensation; anesthesia (without sensation)

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gen/o-

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producing; genesis (origin)

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-iatr/o-

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treatment; geriatrics (treatment of aging)

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kin/e-, kin/o-

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movemnet, motion; kinetic energy (energy of motion)

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-lys/p-, -lysis, -lytic

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breaking down; lysozyme (bacteria-destroying enzyme)

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morph/o-

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form, structure, shape; amorphous (no definite form)

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-op/ia, -ops/ia, -opsy

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vision; chromatopsia (creatures with this can see color)

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path-, -pathy

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disease; pathology (the study of disease)

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-phage, phag/o-

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eating; phagocyte (a cell that eats things)

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-phas-

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speech; aphasia (loss of ability to speak)

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-phil-

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affinity, love for; philanthropy (love of mankind)

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-plegia

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paralysis; paraplegia (paralysis of legs)

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-poiesis

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formation, production; hemopoiesis (blood cell formation)

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schist/o-, schiz/o-

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spilt, cleft, division; schistocyte (a split cell)

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spasm/o-

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spasm; spasmodic

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-stasis

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standing still, stoppage; homeostasis (arrest of bleeding)

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troph/o-

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nourishment, food; dystrophy (defective or faulty nutrition)

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ankyl/o-

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fuse, fixed; ankylosis (fusing the joint)

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brachy-

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short; brachycephalic

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brady-

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slow; bradycardia (a slow heart rate)

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brev/i-

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short; brief

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cel-, coel-

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cavity, space; celiac artery (an artery in the abdominal cavity)

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cry/o-

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cold; cryogenesis

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cryot/o-

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hidden; cryptorchidism (literally hidden testicle)

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dextr/o-

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right, right side; dextromanual

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dipl/o-

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double, twice; diplopia (seeing double)

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dolich/o-

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long; dolichocephalic

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glyc/o-, gluc/o-

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sugar, sweet; glucose

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heter/o-

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other, different; heterogenous

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hom/eo-, hom/o-

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same, alike; homogenization

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hydr/o-

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wet, water, fluid; hydrotherapy

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is/o-

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equal, alike; isocoria (pupils which are the same size)

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lei/o-

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smooth; leiomyoma (tumor of smooth muscle)

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lept/o-

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slender, small, thin; leptospira (bacteria which are finely coiled motile cells)

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lev/o-

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left, to the left; levorotation ( to turn to the left)

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macr/o-

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large; macroscopic (things that can be seen without a microscope)

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mal-

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ill, bad; malady

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malac/o-

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soft, softening; encephalomalacia

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meg/a-, meg/alo-, meg/aly-

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large, oversized; megalomaniac

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necr/o-

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death; necropsy

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olig/o-

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few, little; oliguria (not producing enough urine)

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orth/o-

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straight, normal, correct; orthodontist

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pachy-

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thick; pachyderm

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pale/o-

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old, primitive; paleontologist

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platy-

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flat, wide; platyhelminth (flat worm)

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ple/o-

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more, many; pleomorphic (many shapes)

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poikil/o-

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irregular, varied; poikilothermic (irrregular temperatures)

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-scler/o-

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hardness; arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)

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scoli/o-

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crooked, twisted; scoliosis (crooked spine)

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sinistr/o-

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left, to the left; sinistrad

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sten/o-

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narrow, contracted; stenosis

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stere/o-

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solid, three-dimensional

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tachy-

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rapid, fast; tachycardia (fast heart rate)

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tel/e-, tel/o-

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distant, end; telescope

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therm/o-

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heat; thermometer

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xer/o-

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dry; xeroderma (dry skin)

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rhabd/o-

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rod-shaped (refers to the striated muscles)

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albus, alba, alb-

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white; linea alba ( a band of connective tissue in the abdominal wall)

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chlor/o-, chloros

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green; chlorophyll

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chrom/o-, chromat/o-

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color (as compared with no color); chromatic (pertaining to color)

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cirrhos

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orange-yellow; cirrhosis (a liver condition in which the liver turns an orange-yellow color)

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cyan/o-

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blue; cyanotic

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erythr/o-

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red; erythrocyte (red blood cell)

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leuc/o-, leuk/o-

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white; leukocyte

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lutein

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saffron yellow; corpus luteum ("yellow body")

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melan/o-

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black; melanoma

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photo-

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light; photography

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poli/o-

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gray (relating to the gray matter of the nervous system); poliomyelitis

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rhod/o-

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red; rhododendron

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ruber, rubor

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red, redness; rubor

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xanth/o-

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yellow, yellowish; xanthoderma