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61 Cards in this Set
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acous/o
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hearing
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audi/o, audit/o
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sense of hearing
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aur/i, auricul/o
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ear
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blenn/o
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mucus
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bucc/o
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cheek
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cheil/o
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lips
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gingiv/o
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gingivae, gums of the mouth
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gloss/o
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language (L. tongue)
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gnath/o
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jaw
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lingu/o
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tongue
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mandibul/o
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lower jaw
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maxill/o
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upper jaw
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane
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nas/o
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nose
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occipit/o
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occiput, occipital structures (back of the head)
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odont/o
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tooth, teeth
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or/o
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mouth
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osm/o
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1. osmosis
2. smell, odor |
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osphresi/o
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1. odor
2. sense of smell |
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ot/o
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ear (also aur/i)
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palat/o
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palate
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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phon/o
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sound, speech
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prosop/o
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the face
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rhin/o
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nose
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sept/o
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septum
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary glands
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sphen/o
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1. wedge, wedge-shaped
2. the sphenoid bone |
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staped/i, staped/o
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stapes, the smallest of the three auditory ossicles (L. stirrup)
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stomat/o
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mouth
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea
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tyman/i, tympan/o
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typanum, tympanites (G. drum)
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ul/e, ul/o
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1. scar, scarring
2. gums 3. curly |
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uran/o, uranisc/o
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the hard palate
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uvul/o
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uvula (L. a grape)
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myc/o
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fungus
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crypt/o
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hidden
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mast/o
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mastoid
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salping/o
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eustachian tube
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icter/o
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icterus, jaundice
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ocul/o
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the eye, ocular
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ophthalm/o
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relationship to the eye
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optic/o
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optical, optic, ocular (vision)
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palpebr/o
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eyelid
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trache/o - bronch/i - itis
tracheobronchitis |
trachea - bronchus - inflammation
inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea and bronchi |
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brachi/o - cephal/o - ic
brachiocephalic |
arm - head - pertaining to, relating to
relating to both arm and head |
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aur/i - al
aural |
ear - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the ear |
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cheil - osis
cheilosis |
lips - abnormal condition
condition characterized by dry scaling and fissuring of the lips, attributed by some to ribflavin and other nutritional deficiences |
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gingiv/o - gloss/o - itis
gingivoglossitis |
gums - tongue - inflammation
inflammation of both the gingival tissues and tongue |
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myring/o - tomy
myringotomy |
tympanic membrane, eardrum - incision, operating with cutting
incision of the tympanic membrane |
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nas/o - pharyng/o - al
nasopharyngeal |
nose - pharynx - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the nose or nasal cavity and the pharynx |
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norm/o - cephal/o - ic
normocehpalic |
normal - head - pertaining to, relating to
having a head of medium length; denoting a skull with a cephalic index between 75 nad 80 and with a capacity of 1350 to 1450 ml, or an individual with such a skull |
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ot/o - algia
otalgia |
ear - pain
pain in the ear |
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ot/o - rrhea
otorrhea |
ear - discharge, flow
a discharge from the ear |
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rhin/o - itis
rhinitis |
nose - inflammation
inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane |
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rhin/o - plasty
rhinoplasty |
nose - forming, plastic repair
1. repair of a defect of the nose 2. plastic surgery to change the shape or size of the nose |
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rhin/o - rrhea
rhinorrhea |
nose - discharge, flow
a discharge from the nose |
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stomat/o - myc/o - osis
stomatomycosis |
mouth - fungus - abnormal condition
disease of the mouth due to a fungus |
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trich/o - gloss/o - ia
trichoglossia |
hair-like - tongue - pertaining to, relating to
a tongue with abnormal elongation of the filiform papillae, resulting in a thickened, furry appearance |
