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101 Cards in this Set
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Andro/o
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male
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Angi/o
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vessel
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Ateri/o
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artery
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Ather/o
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yellowish, fatty plaque
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Arth/o
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joint
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Blast/o
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developing cell, germ cell
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Cardi/o
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heart
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Chol/e
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gall, bile
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Coron/o
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heart
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Cyst/o
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bladder, sac
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Ech/o
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sound
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Enter/o
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intestine
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Erythr/o
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red
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Gastr/o
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stomach
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Gloss/o
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tongue
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Glyc/o
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sugar
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Glycos/o
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sugar
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Gyn/o
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women
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Gynec/o
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woman
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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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Hepat/o
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liver
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Leuk/o
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white
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Lingu/o
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tongue
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Mamm/o
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breast
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Mast/o
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breast
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Men/o
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menstruation
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Nas/o
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nose
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Nephr/o
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kidney
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Noct/i
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night
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Or/o
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mouth
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Orchid/o
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testis, testicle
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Oste/o
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bone
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Ox/i
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oxygen
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Ox/o
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oxygen
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Phleb/o
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vein
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Pneum/o
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lung, air
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Pneumat/o
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lung, air
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Pneumon/o
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lung, air
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Pulmon/o
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lung
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Ren/o
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kidney
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Rhin/o
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nose
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Sphygm/o
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pulse
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Spir/o
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breathe, breathing
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Steth/o
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chest
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Thromb/o
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clot
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Ur/o
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urine, urinary tract
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Urin/o
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urine, urinary tract
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Vas/o
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vessel, duct
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Ven/o
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vein
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A-
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without or absence of
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An-
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without or absence of
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Brady-
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slow
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Endo-
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within
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Eu-
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normal, good
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Hemi-
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half
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Hyper-
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above, excessive
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Hypo-
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below, incomplete, deficient
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Inter-
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between
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Intra-
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within
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Neo-
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new
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Peri-
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surrounding (outer)
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Poly-
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many, much
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Pro-
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before
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Tachy-
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fast
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Trans-
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through, across, beyond
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-al
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-cele
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hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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-crit
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to seperate
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-cyte
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cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen
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substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genesis
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origin, cause
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-gram
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record
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-ia
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condition of diseased or abnormal state of
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ism
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state of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lysis
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loosening, dissolution, separating
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-ology
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study of
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-oma
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tumor, swelling
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-osis
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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
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-ostomy
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creation of an artificial opening
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-otomy
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cut or incision
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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abnormal reduction in number
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-pnea
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breathing
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-stasis
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control, stop, standing
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-stenosis
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constriction or narrowing
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-uria
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urine, urination
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