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a-
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wotiout: avascular
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ab-
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from: abduct
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-ac
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-akos, pertaining to: cardiac
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ad-
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toward: afferent
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aden-, adeno-
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adenos, gland: adenoid
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af-
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ad, to, toward: adduct
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al
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-alis, pertaining to: brachial
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-algia
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algos, pain: neuralgia
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ana-
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ana, up, back: anaphase
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andro-
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angeion, vessel: angiogram
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anit-
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ant-, anti, against: antibiotic
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apo-
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from: apocrine
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arachn-
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arachne, spider: arachnoid
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arthro-
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arthros, joint: arthroscopy
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-asis, -asia
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state, condition: homeostasis
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astro-
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aster, star: astrocye
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atel-
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ateles, imprerfect: atelectasis
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baro-
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baros, pressure: baroreceptor
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bi-
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two: fibfurcate
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blast-, -blast
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blastos, precursor: blastocyst
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brachi-
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brachium, arm: brachiocephalic
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brady-
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bradys, slow: bradycardia
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bronch-
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bronchus, windpipe, airway: bronchial
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cardi-, cardio-, -cardia
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kardia, heart: cardiac
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-centesis
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kentis, puncture: thoracocentesis
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cerebro-
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cerebrum, brain: cerebrospinal
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chole-
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bile: cholecystitis
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chondro-
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chondros, cartilage: chondrocyte
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chrom-, chromo-
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chroma, color: chromatin
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circum-
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around: circumduction
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-clast
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klastos, broken: osteoclast
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coel-, -coel
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koila, cavity: coelom
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contra-
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against: contralateral
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cranio-
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cranium, skull: craniosacral
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cribr-
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cribrum, sieve: cribriform
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-crine
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krinein, to separate: endocrine
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cyst-, -cyst
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kystis, sac: blastocyst
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desmo-
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desmos, band: desmosome
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di-
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dis, twice: disaccharide
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dia-
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through: deameter
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diure-
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diourein, to runiate: iuresis
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dys-
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painful: dysmenorrhea
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-ectasis
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ektasis, expansion: atelectasis
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ecto-
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ektos, outsie: ectoderm
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ef-
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ex, away from: efferent
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emmetro-
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emmetros, in proper measure: emmetropia
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encephalo-
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enkephalos, brain: encephalitis
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end-, endo-
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endos, inside: endometrium
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entero-
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enteron, intestine: enteric
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epi-
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on: epimysium
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erythema-
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flushed (skin): erythematosis
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erythro-
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erythros, red: erythrocyte
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ex-
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out, away from: exocytosis
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ferr-
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ferrum, iron: rnasferrin
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-gen, -genic
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gennan, to produce: mutagen
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genicula-
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geniculum, kneelike structure: geniculate
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genio-
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geneion, chin: geniohyoid
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glosso-, -glossus
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glossus, tongue: hypoglossal
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glyco-
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glykys, sugar: glycogen
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-gram
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gramma, record: myogram
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-graphy, -graphia
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graphein, to write, record: electroencephalograph
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gyne-, gyno-
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gynaikos, woman: gyneocologist
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hem-, hemato-
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haima, blood: hemopoiesis
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hemi-
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half: hemisphere
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hepato-
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hepaticus, liver: hepatocyte
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hetero-
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heteros, other: heterosexual
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histo-
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histos, tissure: histology
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holo-
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holos, entire: holocrine
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homeo-, homo-
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homos, same: homeostasis
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hyal-, hyalo-
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hyalos, glass: hyaline
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hydro-
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hydros, water: hydrolysis
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hyo-
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hyoeides, U-shaped: hyoid
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hyper-
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above: hyperpolarization
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ili-, ilio-
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ilium: iliac
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infra-
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beneath: infraorbital
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inter-
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between: interventricular
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ipsi-
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ipse, itself: ipsilateral
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iso-
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isos, equal: isomtnic
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-itis
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inflammation: dermatitus
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karyo-
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karyon, body: megakaryocyte
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kerato-
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keros, horm: keratin
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kino-, -kinin
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kinein, to move: bradykinin
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lact-, lacto-, -lactin
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lac, milk: prolactin
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-lemma
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husk: plasmalemma
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leuko-
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leukos, white: leukocyte
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liga-
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ligare, to bind together: ligase
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lip-, lipo-
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lipos, fat: lipoid
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lyso-, -lysis, -lyze
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lysis, dissolution: hydrolysis
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mal-
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abnormal: malabsorption
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mamilla-
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little breast: mamillary
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mast-, masto-
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mastos, breast: mastoid
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mega-
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megas, big: megakaryocyte
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mero-
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meros, part: merocrine
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meso-
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mesos, middle: mesoderm
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meta-
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after, beyond: metaphase
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mono-
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monos, single: monocyte
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morpho-
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morphe, form: morphology
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-mural
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murus, wall: intramural
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myelo-
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myelos, marrow: myeloblast
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myo-
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mys, muscle: myofilament
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natri-
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natrium sodium: natriuretic
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neur-, neuro-
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neuron, nerve: neuromuscular
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oculo-
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oculus, eye: oculomotor
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oligo-
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oligos, little, few: oligopeptide
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-ology
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logos, the study of: physiology
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-oma
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swelling: carcinoma
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onco-
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onkos, mass, tumor: oncology
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-opia
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ops, eye: optic
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-osis
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state, condtion: neurosis
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osteon, osteo-
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os, bone: osteocyte
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oto-
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otikos, ear: otoconia
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para-
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beyond: paraplegia
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patho-, -path, -pathy
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pathos, disease: pathology
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pedia-
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paidos, child: pediatrician
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peri-
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around: perineurium
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-phasis
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phasis, speech: aphasia
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-phil, -philia
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philus, love: hydrophilic
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-phobe, -phobia
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phobos, fear: hydrophobic
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-phylaxis
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phylax, a guard: prophylaxis
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physio-
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phsis, nature: physiology
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-plasia
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plasis, formation: dysplasia
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platy-
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platys, flat: platysma
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-plegia
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plege, a blow, paralysis: paraplegia
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-plexy
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plessein, to strike: apoplexy
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podo-
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podon, foot: podocyte
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-poiesis
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making: hemopoiesis
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poly-
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polys, many: polysaccharide
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presby-
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presbys, old: presbyopia
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pro-
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before: prophase
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pterygo-
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pteryx, wing: pterygoid
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pulp-
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pulpa, flesh: pulpitis
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retro-
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backward: retroperitoneal
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--rrhea
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rhein, flow, discarge: amenorrhea
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sarco-
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sarkos, flesh: sacrocmere
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scler-, sclero-
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skleros, hard: sclera
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semi-
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semis, half: semitendinosus
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-septic
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septikos, putrid: antiseptic
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-sis
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state or condition: metastasis
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som-, -some
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soma, body: somatic
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spino-
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spina spine, vertebral column: spinodeltoid
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-stomy
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stoma, mouth, opening: colostomy
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stylo-
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stylus, stake, pole: styloid
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sub-
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below: subcutaneous
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syn-
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together: synthesis
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tachy-
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tachys, swift: tachycardia
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telo-
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telos, end: telophase
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therm-, thermo-
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therme, heat: thermoregulation
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-tomy
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temmein, to cut: appendectomy
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trans-
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through: transudate
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-trophic, -trophin, -trophy
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trophikos, nourishing: adrenocorticotropic
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tropho-
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trope, nutrition: trophoblast
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tropo-
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tropikos, turning: troponin
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uro-, -uria
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ouron, urine: glycosuria
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