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no, not, without, away from, negative
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-a
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noun ending
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-able
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capable of, able to
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abort/o
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premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
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abrad/o, abras/o
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rub or scrape off
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abrupt/o
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broken away from
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abs-
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away from
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abscess/o
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collection of pus, going away
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absorpt/o
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suck up, suck in
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-ac
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pertaining to
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acanth/o
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spiny, thorny
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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-acious
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characterized by
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acne/o
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point or peak
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acous/o,acoust/o
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hearing, sound
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acquir/o
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get, obtain
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acr/o
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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point
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acromi/o
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acromion, point of shoulder blade
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actin/o
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light
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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acuit/o, acut/o
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sharp, sharpness
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acust/o, -acusia, -acusis
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hearing, sense of hearing
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ad-
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toward, to, in the direction of
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adhes/o
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stick to, cling to
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adip/o
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fat
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adnex/o
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bound to
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adren/o, adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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aer/o
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air, gas
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aesthet/o
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sensation, sense of perception
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af-
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toward, to
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affect/o
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exert influence on
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agglutin/o
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clumping, stick together
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aggress/o
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attack, step forward
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-ago
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abnormal condition, disease
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agor/a
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marketplace
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-agra
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excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain
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-aise
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comfort, ease
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-al
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pertaining to
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alb/i, alb/o,
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white
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albumin/o
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albumin, protein
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alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o
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relationship to pain
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-algesia, -algesic
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painful, pain sense
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-algia
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pain, painful condition
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align/o
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bring into line or correct position
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aliment/o
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to nourish
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all/o, all-
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other, different from normal, reversal
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alopec/o
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baldness, mangy
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alveol/o
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alveolus, air sac, small sac
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ambi-
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both sides, around or about, double
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
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ambul/o, ambulat/o
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walk
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ametr/o
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out of proportion
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-amine
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nitrogen compound
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amni/o
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amnion, fetal membrane
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amph-
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around, on both sides, doubly
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amput/o, amputat/o
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cut away, cut off a part of the body
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amyl/o
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starch
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an-
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no, not, without
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an-, ana-
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up, apart, backward, excessive
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an/o
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anus, ring
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-an
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characteristic of, pertaining to
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-ancy
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state of
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andr/o
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relationship to the male
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aneurysm/o
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aneurysm
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angi/o
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blood or lymph vessel
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angin/o
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angina, choking, strangling
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anis/o
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unequal
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ankyl/o
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crooked, bent, stiff
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anomal/o
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irregularity
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ante-
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before, in front of
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anter/o
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before, front
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anthrac/o
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coal, coal dust
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anti-
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against
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anxi/o, anxiet/o
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anxiety, anxious, uneasy
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aort/o
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aorta
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ap-
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toward, to
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-apheresis
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removal
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aphth/o
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ulcer
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apic/o
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apex
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ap-, apo-
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separation, away from, opposed, detached
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aplast/o
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defective development, lack of development
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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apoplect/o
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a stroke
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
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aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o
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water
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-ar
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pertaining to
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arachn/o
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spider web, spider
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arc/o
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bow, arc or arch
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-arche
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beginning
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areat/o
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occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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areol/o
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little open space
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-aria
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connected with
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arrect/o
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upright, lifted up, raised
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arter/o, arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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as-
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toward, to
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asbest/o
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asbestos
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-ase
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enzyme
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aspir/o, aspirat/o
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to breathe in
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asthen-, -asthenia
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weakness, lack of strength
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asthmat/o
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gasping, choking
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astr/o
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star, star-shaped
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at-
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toward, to
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atel/o
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incomplete, imperfect
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ather/o
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plaque, fatty substance
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athet/o
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uncontrolled
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atop/o
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strange, out of place
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atres/i
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without an opening
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atri/o
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atrium
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attenuat/o
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diluted, weakened
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aud-, audi/o, audit/o
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ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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aur/i, aur/o
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ear, hearing
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auscult/a, auscult/o
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listen
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aut/o
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self
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-ax
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noun ending
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ax/o
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axis, main stem
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axill/o
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armpit
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azot/o
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urea, nitrogen
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bacill/o
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rod-shaped bacterium
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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balan/o
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glans penis
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bar/o
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pressure, weight
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bartholin/o
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Bartholin's gland
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bas/o
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base, opposite of acid
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bi-
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twice, double, two
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bi/o
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life
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bifid/o
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split, divided into two parts
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bifurcat/o
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divide or fork into two branches
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bil/i
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bile, gall
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin
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bin-
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two by two
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-blast
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embryonic, immature, formative element
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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borborygm/o
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rumbling sound
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brachi/o
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arm
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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brev/i, brev/o
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short
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bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o
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bronchial tube, bronchus
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole, bronchiolus
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brux/o
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grind
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bucc/o
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cheek
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burs/o
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bursa, sac of fluid near joint
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byssin/o
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cotton dust
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cadaver/o
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dead body, corpse
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calcane/o
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calcaneus, heel bone
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calc/i
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calcium, lime, the heel
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calci-, calc/o
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calcium
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calcul/o
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stone, little stone
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cali/o, calic/o
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cup, calyx
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call/i, callos/o
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hard, hardened and thickened
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calor/i
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heat
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canalicul/o
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little canal or duct
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canth/o
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corner of the eye
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capill/o
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hair
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capit/o
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head
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
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capsul/o
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little box
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carb/o
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carbon
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carbuncl/o
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carbuncle
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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cardi/o, card/o
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heart
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cari/o
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rottenness, decay
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carot/o
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stupor, sleep
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carp/o
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wrist bones
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cartilag/o
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cartilage, gristle
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caruncul/o
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bit of flesh
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cat-, cata-,cath-
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down, lower, under, downward
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catabol/o
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a breaking down
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cathart/o
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cleansing, purging
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cathet/o
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insert, send down
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caud/o
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lower part of body, tail
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caus/o, caust/o
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burning, burn
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cauter/o, caut/o
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heat, burn
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cav/i, cav/o
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hollow, cave
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cavern/o
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containing hollow spaces
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cec/o
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cecum
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-cele
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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celi/o, cel/o
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abdomen, belly
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cement/o
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cementum, a rough stone
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cent-
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hundred
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal/o, -ceps
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head
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cera-
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wax
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain
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cerumin/o
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cerumen, earwax
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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cheil/o
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lip or lips
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cheir/o
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hand
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chem./i, chem/o, chemic/o
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drug, chemical
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chir/o
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hand
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chlor/o
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green
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chlorhydr/o
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hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
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bile, gall
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cholangi/o
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bile duct
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
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cholesterol
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chondr/i, chondr/o
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cartilage
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chord/o
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spinal cord, cord
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chore/o
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dance
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chori/o, chorion/o
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chorion, membrane
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choroid/o
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choroid layer of eye
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chrom/o, chromat/o
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color
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chron/o
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time
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chym/o
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to pour, juice
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cib/o
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meal
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cicatric/o
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scar
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-cidal
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pertaining to killing
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-cide
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causing death
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cili/o
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eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections
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cine-
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relationship to movement
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circ/i
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ring or circle
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circulat/o
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circulate, go around in a circle
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circum-
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around, about
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circumcis/o
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cutting around
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circumscrib/o
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confined, limited in space
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cirrh/o
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orange-yellow, tawny
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cis/o
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cut
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clasis, -clast
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break down
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claudicat/o
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limping
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claustr/o
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barrier
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clav/i
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key
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clavicul/o, cleid/o
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clavicle, collar bone
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climacter/o
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crisis, rung of a ladder
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clitor/o
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clitoris
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-clonus
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violent action
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clus/o
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shut or close
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-clysis
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irrigation, washing
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co-
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together, with
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coagul/o, coagulat/o
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clotting, coagulation
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coarct/o, coarctat/o
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press together, narrow
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cocc/i, cocc/o, -coccus
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spherical bacteria
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coccyg/o
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coccyx, tailbone
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cochle/o
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spiral, snail, snail shell
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coher/o, cohes/o
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cling, stick together
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coit/o
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a coming together
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col/o
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colon, large intestine
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coll/a
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glue
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colon/o
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colon, large intestine
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colp/o
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vagina
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column/o
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pillar
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com-
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together, with
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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comminut/o
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break into pieces
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communic/o
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share, to make common
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compatibil/o
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sympathize with
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con-
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together, with
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concav/o
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hollow
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concentr/o
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condense, intensify, remove excess water
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concept/o
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become pregnant
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conch/o
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shell
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concuss/o
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shaken together, violently agitated
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condyl/o
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knuckle, knob
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confus/o
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confusion, disorder
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coni/o
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dust
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva, joined together, connected
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consci/o
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aware, awareness
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consolid/o
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become firm or solid
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constipat/o
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pressed together, crowded together
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constrict/o
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draw tightly together
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-constriction
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narrowing
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contact/o
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touched, infected
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contagi/o
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infection, unclean, touching of something
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contaminat/o
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render unclean by contact, pollute
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contine/o, continent/o
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keep in, contain, hold back, restrain
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contra-
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against, counter, opposite
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contracept/o
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prevention of conception
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contus/o
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bruise
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convalesc/o
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recover, become strong
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convex/o
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arched, vaulted
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convolut/o
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coiled, twisted
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convuls/o
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pull together
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copi/o
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plentiful
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copulat/o
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joining together, linking
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cor/o
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pupil
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cord/o
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cord, spinal cord
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cordi/o
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heart
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core/o
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pupil
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cori/o
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skin, leather
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corne/o
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cornea
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coron/o
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coronary, crown
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corp/u, corpor/o
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body
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corpuscul/o
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little body
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cort-
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covering
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cortic/o
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cortex, outer region
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cost/o
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rib
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cox/o
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hip, hip joint
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crani/o
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skull
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-crasia
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a mixture or blending
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creatin/o
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creatine
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crepit/o, crepitat/o
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crackling, rattling
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crin/o, -crine
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secrete
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cris/o, critic/o
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turning point
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-crit
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to separate
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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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cubit/o
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elbow
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cuboid/o
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cube-like
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culd/o
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cul-de-sac, blind pouch
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cult/o
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cultivate
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-cusis
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hearing
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cusp/i
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point, pointed flap
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cutane/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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cycl/o
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ciliary body of eye, cycle
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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cyst-, -cyst
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bladder, bag
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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cyt/o, -cyte
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cell
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-cytic
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pertaining to a cell
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-cytosis
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condition of cells
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dacry/o
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tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct)
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dacryocyst/o
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lacrimal sac (tear sac)
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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de-
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down, lack of, from, not, removal
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debrid/e
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open a wound
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deca-, deci-
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ten, tenth
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decidu/o
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shedding, falling off
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decubit/o
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lying down
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defec/o, defecat/o
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free from waste, clear
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defer/o
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carrying down or out
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degenerat/o
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gradual impairment, breakdown, diminished function
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deglutit/o
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swallow
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dehisce/o
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burst open, split
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deliri/o
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wandering in the mind
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delt/o
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Greek letter delta, triangular shape
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delus/o
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delude, mock, cheat
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dem/o
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people, population
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-dema
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swelling (fluid)
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demi-
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half
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dendr/o
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branching, resembling a tree
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dent/i, dent/o
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tooth, teeth
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depilate/o
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hair removal
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depress/o
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press down, lower, pressed or sunk down
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derma-, dermat/o, derm/o
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skin
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desic/o
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drying
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together
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deteriorat/o
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worsening or gradual impairment
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dextr/o
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right side
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di-
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twice, twofold, double
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dia-
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through, between, apart, complete
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diaphor/o
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sweat
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diaphragmat/o
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diaphragm, wall across
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diastole/o
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standing apart, expansion
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didym/o
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testes, twins, double
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diffus/o
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pour out, spread apart
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digest/o
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divide, distribute
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digit/o
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finger or toe
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dilat/o, dilatat/o
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spread out, expand
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-dilation
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widening, stretching, expanding
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dilut/o
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dissolve, separate
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diphther/o
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membrane
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dipl/o
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double
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dips/o, -dipsia
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thirst
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dis-
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negative, apart, absence of
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dislocat/o
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displacement
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dissect/o
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cutting apart
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disseminat/o
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widely scattered
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dist/o
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far
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distend/o, distent/o
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stretch apart, expand
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diur/o, diuret/o
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tending to increase urine output
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divert/i
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turning aside
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domin/o
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controlling, ruling
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don/o
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give
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dors/i, dors/o
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back of body
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-dote
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what is given
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-drome
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to run, running
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-duct
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opening
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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duoden/i, duoden/o
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duodenum, first part of small intestine
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-dural
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pertaining to dura mater
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-dynia
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pain
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dys-
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bad, difficult, or painful
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e-
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out of, from
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-e
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noun ending
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-eal
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pertaining to
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ec-
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out, outside
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ecchym/o
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pouring out of juice
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ech/o
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sound
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eclamps/o, eclampt/o
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flashing or shining forth
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ectasia, -ectasis
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stretching, dilation, enlargement
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ecto-
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out, outside
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-ectomy
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surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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-ectopy
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displacement
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eczemat/o
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eruption
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-edema
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swelling
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edem-, edemat/o
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swelling, fluid, tumor
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edentul/o
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without teeth
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ef-
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out
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effect/o
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bring about a response, activate
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effus/o
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pouring out
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ejaculat/o
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throw or hurl out
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electr/o
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electricity, electric
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eliminat/o
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expel from the body
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em-
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in
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emaciat/o
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wasted by disease
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embol/o
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something inserted or thrown in
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embry/o
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fertilized ovum, embryo
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-emesis
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vomiting
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emet/o
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vomit
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-emia
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blood, blood condition
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emmetr/o
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in proper measure
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emolli/o
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make soft, soften
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en-
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in, within, into
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encephal/o
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brain
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end-, endo-
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in, within, inside
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endocrin/o
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secrete within
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enem/o
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end in, inject
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enter/o
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small intestine
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ento-
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within
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eosin/o
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red, rosy
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epi-
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above, upon, on
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epidemi/o
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among the people, an epidemic
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epididym/o
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epididymis
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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episi/o
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vulva
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epithel/i, epitheli/o
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epithelium
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equin/o
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pertaining to a horse
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-er
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one who
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erect/o
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upright
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erg/o, -ergy
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work
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erot/o
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sexual love
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eruct/o, eructat/o
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belch forth
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erupt/o
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break out, burst forth
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erythem/o, erythemat/o
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flushed, redness
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erythr/o
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red
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es-
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out of, outside, away from
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-esis
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abnormal condition, disease
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eso-
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inward
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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-esthesia, esthesi/o
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sensation, feeling
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esthet/o
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feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
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estr/o
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female
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ethm/o
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sieve
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eti/o
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cause
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eu-
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good, normal, well, or easy
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-eurysm
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widening
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evacu/o, evacuat/o
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empty out
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ex-
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out of, outside, away from
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exacerbat/o
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aggravate, irritate
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exanthemat/o
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rash
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excis/o
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cutting out
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excori/o, excoriat/o
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abrade or scratch
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excret/o
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separate, discharge
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excruciat/o
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intense pain, agony
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exhal/o, exhalat/o
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breathe out
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exo-
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out of, outside, away from
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exocrin/o
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secrete out of
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expector/o
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cough up
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expir/o, expirat/o
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breathe out
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exstroph/o
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turned or twisted out
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extern/o
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outside, outer
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extra-
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on the outside, beyond, outside
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extreme/o, extremit/o
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extremity, outermost
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extrins/o
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from the outside, contained outside
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exud/o, exudat/o
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to sweat out
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faci/o
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face, form
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-facient
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making, producing
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fasci/o
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fascia, fibrous band
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fascicul/o
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little bundle
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fatal/o
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pertaining to fate, death
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fauc/i
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narrow pass, throat
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febr/i
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fever
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fec/i, fec/o
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dregs, sediment, waste
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femor/o
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femur, thigh bone
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fenestr/o
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window
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fer/o
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bear, carry
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-ferent
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carrying
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-ferous
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bearing, carrying, producing
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fertil/o
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fertile, fruitful, productive
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fet/i, fet/o
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fetus, unborn child
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fibr/o
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fiber
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fibrill/o
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muscular twitching
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fibrin/o
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fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot
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fibros/o
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fibrous connective tissue
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fibul/o
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fibula
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-fic, fic/o
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making, producing, forming
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-fication
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process of making
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-fida
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split
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filtr/o, filtrat/o
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filter, to strain through
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fimbri/o
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fringe
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fiss/o, fissur/o
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crack, split, cleft
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fistul/o
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tube or pipe
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flat/o
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flatus, rectal gas
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flex/o
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bend
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flu/o
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flow
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fluor/o
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glowing, luminous
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foc/o
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focus, point
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foll/i
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bag, sac
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follicul/o
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follicle, small sac
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foramin/o
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opening, foramen
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fore-
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before, in front of
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-form, form/o
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resembling, in the shape of
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fornic/o
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arch, vault, brothel
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foss/o
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ditch, shallow depression
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fove/o
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pit
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fract/o
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break, broken
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fren/o
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device that limits movement
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frigid/o
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cold
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front/o
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forehead, brow
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-fuge
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to drive away
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funct/o, function/o
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perform, function
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fund/o
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bottom, base, ground
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fung/i
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fungus
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furc/o
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forking, branching
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furuncul/o
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furunculus, a boil, an infection
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-fusion
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pour
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galact/o
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milk
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gamet/o
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wife or husband, egg or sperm
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gangli/o, ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gangren/o
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eating sore, gangrene
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gastr/o
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stomach, belly
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gastrocnemi/o
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gastrocnemius, calf muscle
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gemin/o
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twin, double
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gen-, gen/o, -gen
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producing, forming
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-gene
|
production, origin, formation
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-genic, -genesis
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creation, reproduction
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genit/o
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produced by, birth, reproductive organs
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-genous
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producing
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ger/i
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old age
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germin/o
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bud, sprout, germ
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geront/o
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old age
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gest/o, gestat/o
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bear, carry young or offspring
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gigant/o
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giant, very large
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gingiv/o
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gingival tissue, gums
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glauc/o
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gray
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glen/o
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socket or pit
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gli/o
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neurologic tissue, supportive tissue of nervous system
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globin/o, -globulin
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protein
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globul/o
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little ball
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glott/i, glott/o
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back of the tongue
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gluc/o
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glucose, sugar
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glute/o
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buttocks
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glyc/o, glycos/o
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glucose, sugar
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glycer/o
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sweet
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glycogen/o
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glycogen, animal starch
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gnath/o
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jaw
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-gnosia
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knowledge, to know
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-gog, -gogue
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make flow
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goitr/o
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goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland
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gon/e, gon/o
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seed
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gonad/o
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gonad, sex glands
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goni/o
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angle
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gracil/o
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slender
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grad/i
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move, go, step, walk
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-grade
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go
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-gram
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a picture or record
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granul/o
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granule(s)
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-graph
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a picture or record, machine for recording
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-graphy
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the process of producing a picture or record
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gravid/o
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pregnancy
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-gravida
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pregnant
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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gyr/o
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turning, folding
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hal/o, halit/o
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breath
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halluc/o
|
great or large toe
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hallucin/o
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hallucination, to wander in the mind
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hem/e
|
deep red iron-containing pigment
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood, relating to the blood
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hemi-
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half
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hemoglobin/o
|
hemoglobin
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hepat/o
|
liver
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hered/o, heredit/o
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inherited, inheritance
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herni/o
|
hernia
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herpet/o
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creeping
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heter/o
|
other, different
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-hexia
|
habit
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hiat/o
|
opening
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hidr/o
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sweat
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hil/o
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hilum, notch or opening from a body part
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hirsut/o
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hairy, rough
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hist/o, histi/o
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tissue
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holo-
|
all
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hom/o
|
same, like, alike
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home/o
|
sameness, unchanging, constant
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hormon/o
|
hormone
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humer/o
|
humerus (upper arm bone)
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hydr/o, hydra-
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relating to water
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hygien/o
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healthful
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hymen/o
|
hymen, a membrane
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hyper-
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excessive, increased
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hyp-
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deficient, decreased
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hypn/o
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sleep
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hypo-
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deficient, decreased
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hyster/o
|
uterus
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-ia
|
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium
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-ial
|
pertaining to
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-ian
|
specialist
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-iasis
|
abnormal condition, disease
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iatr/o
|
physician, treatment
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-iatrics
|
field of medicine, healing
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-iatrist
|
specialist
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-iatry
|
field of medicine
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-ible
|
capable of, able to
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-ic
|
pertaining to
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ichthy/o
|
dry, scaly
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-ician
|
specialist
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icter/o
|
jaundice
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idi/o
|
peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct
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-iferous
|
bearing, carrying, producing
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-ific
|
making, producing
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-iform
|
shaped or formed like, resembling
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-igo
|
attack, diseased condition
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-ile
|
capable of
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ile/o
|
ileum, small intestine
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ili/o
|
ilium, hip bone
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illusi/o
|
deception
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im-
|
not
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immune/o
|
immune, protection, safe
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impact/o
|
pushed against, wedged against, packed
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impress/o
|
pressing into
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impuls/o
|
pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on
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in-
|
in, into, not, without
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incis/o
|
cutting into
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incubat/o
|
incubation, hatching
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indurat/o
|
hardened
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-ine
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pertaining to
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infarct/o
|
filled in, stuffed
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infect/o
|
infected, tainted
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infer/o
|
below, beneath
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infest/o
|
attack, assail, molest
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inflammat/o
|
flame within, set on fire
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infra-
|
below, beneath, inferior to
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infundibul/o
|
funnel
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ingest/o
|
carry or pour in
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inguin/o
|
groin
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inhal/o, inhalat/o
|
breathe in
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inject/o
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to force or throw in
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innominat/o
|
unnamed, nameless
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inocul/o
|
implant, introduce
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insipid/o
|
tasteless
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inspir/o, inspirat/o
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breathe in
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insul/o
|
island
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insulin/o
|
insulin
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intact/o
|
untouched, whole
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inter-
|
between, among
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intermitt/o
|
not continuous
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intern/o
|
within, inner
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interstiti/o
|
the space between things
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intestin/o
|
intestine
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intim/o
|
innermost
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intoxic/o
|
put poison in
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intra-
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within, inside
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intrins/o
|
contained within
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intro-
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within, into, inside
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introit/o
|
entrance or passage
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intussuscept/o
|
take up or receive within
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involut/o
|
rolled up, curled inward
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iod/o
|
iodine
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-ion
|
action, process, state or condition
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ion/o
|
ion, to wander
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-ior
|
pertaining to
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ipsi-
|
same
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ir-
|
in
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-is
|
noun ending
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ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
|
iris, colored part of eye
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is/o
|
same, equal
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isch/o
|
to hold back
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ischi/o
|
ischium
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-ism
|
condition, state of
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iso-
|
equal
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-ist
|
a person who practices, specialist
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-isy
|
noun ending
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-itis
|
inflammation
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-ium
|
structure, tissue
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-ive
|
performs, tends toward
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-ize
|
to make, to treat
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jejun/o
|
jejunum
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jugul/o
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throat
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juxta-
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beside, near, nearby
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kal/i
|
potassium
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kary/o
|
nucleus, nut
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kata-, kath-
|
down
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kel/o
|
growth, tumor
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kera-
|
horn, hardness
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kerat/o
|
horny, hard, cornea
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ket/o, keton/o
|
ketones, acetones
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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia
|
movement
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-kinesis
|
motion
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klept/o
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to steal
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koil/o
|
hollow or concave
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kraur/o
|
dry
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kyph/o
|
bent, hump
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labi/o
|
lip
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labyrinth/o
|
maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
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lacer/o, lacerat/o
|
torn, mangled
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lacrim/o
|
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
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lact/i, lact/o
|
milk
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lactat/o
|
secrete milk
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lamin/o
|
lamina
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lapar/o
|
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laps/o
|
slip, fall, slide
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-lapse
|
to slide, fall, sag
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laryng/o
|
larynx, throat
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lat/i, lat/o
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broad
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later/o
|
side
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lav/o, lavat/o
|
wash, bathe
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lax/o, laxat/o
|
loosen, relax
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leiomy/o
|
smooth (visceral) muscle
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lemm/o
|
husk, peel, bark
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-lemma
|
sheath, covering
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lent/i
|
the lens of the eye
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lenticul/o
|
shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens
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-lepsy
|
seizure
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lept/o
|
thin, slender
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-leptic
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to seize, take hold of
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lepto-
|
small, soft
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letharg/o
|
drowsiness, oblivion
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leuk/o
|
white
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lev/o, levat/o
|
raise, lift up
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lex/o, -lexia
|
word, phrase
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|
libid/o, libidin/o
|
sexual drive, desire, passion
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ligament/o
|
ligament
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|
ligat/o
|
binding or tying off
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lingu/o
|
tongue
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lipid/o, lip/o
|
fat, lipid
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|
-listhesis
|
slipping
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lith/o, -lith
|
stone, calculus
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lithiasis
|
presence of stones
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lob/i, lob/o
|
lobe, well-defined part of an organ
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loc/o
|
place
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|
loch/i
|
childbirth, confinement
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-logy
|
study of
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|
longev/o
|
long-lived, long life
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lord/o
|
curve, swayback bent
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lumb/o
|
lower back, loin
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|
lumin/o
|
light
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lun/o, lunat/o
|
moon
|
|
lunul/o
|
crescent
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lup/i, lup/o
|
wolf
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lute/o
|
yellow
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lux/o
|
to slide
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lymph/o
|
lymph, lymphatic tissue
|
|
lymphaden/o
|
lymph gland
|
|
lymphangi/o
|
lymph vessel
|
|
-lysis
|
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
|
|
-lyst
|
agent that causes lysis or loosening
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|
-lytic
|
to reduce, destroy
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macro-
|
large, abnormal size or length, long
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macul/o
|
spot
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magn/o
|
great, large
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major/o
|
larger
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mal-
|
bad, poor, evil
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-malacia
|
abnormal softening
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malign/o
|
bad, evil
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|
malle/o
|
malleus, hammer
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|
malleol/o
|
malleolus, little hammer
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|
mamm/o
|
breast
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man/i
|
madness, rage
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|
man/i, man/o
|
hand
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|
mandibul/o
|
mandible, lower jaw
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|
-mania
|
obsessive preoccupation
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manipul/o
|
use of hands
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manubri/o
|
handle
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masset/o
|
chew
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mast/o
|
breast
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mastic/o, masticat/o
|
chew
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mastoid/o
|
mastoid process
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matern/o
|
maternal, of a mother
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matur/o
|
ripe
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maxill/o
|
maxilla (upper jaw)
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maxim/o
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largest, greatest
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meat/o
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opening or passageway
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medi/o
|
middle
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mediastin/o
|
mediastinum, middle
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medic/o
|
medicine, physician, healing
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medicat/o
|
medication, healing
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medull/o
|
medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
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mega-, megal/o
|
large, great
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-megaly
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enlargement
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mei/o
|
less, meiosis
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melan/o
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black, dark
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mellit/o
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honey, honeyed
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membran/o
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membrane, thin skin
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men/o
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menstruation, menses
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mening/o, meningi/o
|
membranes, meninges
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menisc/o
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meniscus, crescent
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mens/o
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menstruate, menstruation, menses
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menstru/o, menstruat/o
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occurring monthly
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ment/o
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mind, chin
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mes-
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middle
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mesenter/o
|
mesentery
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mesi/o
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middle, median plane
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meso-
|
middle
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meta-
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change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next
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metabol/o
|
change
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metacarp/o
|
metacarpals, bones of the hand
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metatars/o
|
bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes
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-meter
|
measure, instrument used to measure
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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o
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uterus
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-metrist
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one who measures
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-metry
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to measure
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micr/o, micro-
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small
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mictur/o, micturit/o
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urinate
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mid-
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middle
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midsagitt/o
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from front to back, at the middle
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milli-
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one-thousandth
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-mimetic
|
mimic, copy
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mineral/o
|
mineral
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minim/o
|
smallest, least
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minor/o
|
smaller
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mio-
|
smaller, less
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-mission
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to send
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mit/o
|
a thread
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mitr/o
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a miter, having two points on top
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mobil/o
|
capable of moving
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monil/i
|
string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus
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mono-
|
one, single
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morbid/o
|
disease, sickness
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moribund/o
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dying
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morph/o
|
shape, form
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mort/i, mort/o, mort/u
|
death, dead
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mortal/i
|
pertaining to death, subject to death
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mot/o, motil/o
|
motion, movement
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mu/o
|
close, shut
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muc/o, mucos/o
|
mucus
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multi-
|
many, much
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muscul/o
|
muscle
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mut/a
|
genetic change
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mut/o
|
unable to speak, inarticulate
|
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mutagen/o
|
causing genetic change
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my/o
|
muscle
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|
myc/e, myc/o
|
fungus
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mydri/o
|
wide
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mydrias/i
|
dilation of the pupil
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|
myel/o
|
spinal cord, bone marrow
|
|
myocardi/o
|
myocardium, heart muscle
|
|
myom/o
|
muscle tumor
|
|
myos/o
|
muscle
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miring/o
|
tympanic membrane, eardrum
|
|
myx/o, myxa-
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mucus
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nar/i
|
nostril
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narc/o
|
numbness, stupor
|
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nas/i, nas/o
|
nose
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nat/i
|
birth
|
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natr/o
|
sodium
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nause/o
|
nausea, seasickness
|
|
necr/o
|
death
|
|
-necrosis
|
tissue death
|
|
neo-, ne/o
|
new, strange
|
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nephr/o
|
kidney
|
|
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
|
nerve, nerve tissue
|
|
neutr/o
|
neither, neutral
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nev/o
|
birthmark, mole
|
|
nid/o
|
next
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niter-, nitro-
|
nitrogen
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noct/i
|
night
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nod/o
|
knot, swelling
|
|
nodul/o
|
little knot
|
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nom/o
|
law, control
|
|
non-
|
no
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nor-
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chemical compound
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norm/o
|
normal or usual
|
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nuch/o
|
the nape
|
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nucle/o
|
nucleus
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nucleol/o
|
little nucleus, nucleolus
|
|
nulli-
|
none
|
|
numer/o
|
number, count
|
|
nunci/o
|
messenger
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|
nutri/o, nutrit/o
|
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
|
|
nyct/o, nyctal/o
|
night
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ob-
|
against
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obes/o
|
obese, extremely fat
|
|
obliqu/o
|
slanted, sideways
|
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oblongat/o
|
oblong, elongated
|
|
obstetr/i, obstetr/o
|
midwife, one who stands to receive
|
|
occipit/o
|
back of the skull, occiput
|
|
occlud/o, occlus/o
|
shut, close up
|
|
occult/o
|
hidden, concealed
|
|
ocul/o
|
eye
|
|
odont/o
|
tooth
|
|
-oid
|
like, resembling
|
|
-ole
|
little, small
|
|
olecran/o
|
elbow, olecranon
|
|
olfact/o
|
smell, sense of smell
|
|
olig/o
|
scanty, few
|
|
-ologist
|
specialist
|
|
-ology
|
the science or study of
|
|
-oma
|
tumor, neoplasm
|
|
om/o
|
shoulder
|
|
oment/o
|
omentum, fat
|
|
omphal/o
|
umbilical cord, the navel
|
|
onc/o
|
tumor
|
|
-one
|
hormone
|
|
onych/o
|
fingernail or toenail
|
|
o/o, oo/o
|
egg
|
|
oophor/o
|
ovary
|
|
opac/o, opacit/o
|
shaded, dark, impenetrable to light
|
|
-opaque
|
obscure
|
|
oper/o, operat/o
|
perform, operate, work
|
|
opercul/o
|
cover or lid
|
|
ophthalm/o
|
eye, vision
|
|
-opia
|
vision condition
|
|
opisth/o
|
backward
|
|
-opsia, -opsis, -opsy
|
vision, view of
|
|
opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
|
eye, vision
|
|
or/o
|
mouth, oral cavity
|
|
orbit/o
|
orbit, bony cavity or socket
|
|
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
|
testicles, testis, testes
|
|
-orexia
|
appetite
|
|
organ/o
|
organ
|
|
orgasm/o
|
swell, be excited
|
|
orth/o
|
straight, normal, correct
|
|
-ory
|
pertaining to
|
|
os-
|
mouth, bone
|
|
-ose
|
full of, pertaining to, sugar
|
|
-osis
|
abnormal condition, disease
|
|
osm/o
|
pushing, thrusting
|
|
-osmia
|
smell, odor
|
|
oss/e, oss/i
|
bone
|
|
ossicul/o
|
ossicle (small bone)
|
|
oste/o, ost/o
|
bone
|
|
-ostomy
|
surgically creating an opening
|
|
-ostosis
|
condition of bone
|
|
ot/o
|
ear, hearing
|
|
-otia
|
ear condition
|
|
-otomy
|
cutting, surgical incision
|
|
ov/i, ov/o
|
egg, ovum
|
|
ovari/o
|
ovary
|
|
ovul/o
|
egg
|
|
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
|
oxygen
|
|
-oxia
|
oxygen condition
|
|
oxid/o
|
containing oxygen
|
|
oxy/o
|
the presence of oxygen in a compound
|
|
pachy-
|
heavy, thick
|
|
palat/o
|
palate, roof of mouth
|
|
pall/o, pallid/o
|
pale, lacking or drained of color
|
|
palliat/o
|
cloaked, hidden
|
|
palm/o
|
palm of the hand
|
|
palpat/o
|
touch, feel, stroke
|
|
palpebr/o
|
eyelid
|
|
palpit/o
|
throbbing, quivering
|
|
pan-
|
all, entire, every
|
|
pancreat/o
|
pancreas
|
|
papill/i, papill/o
|
nipple-like
|
|
papul/o
|
pimple
|
|
par-, para-
|
beside, near, beyond, abnormal
|
|
par/o
|
to bear, bring forth, labor
|
|
-para
|
to give birth
|
|
paralys/o, paralyt/o
|
disable
|
|
parasit/o
|
parasite
|
|
parathyroid/o
|
parathyroid glands
|
|
pares/i
|
to disable
|
|
-paresi
|
partial or incomplete paralysis
|
|
paret/o
|
to disable
|
|
-pareunia
|
sexual intercourse
|
|
pariet/o
|
wall
|
|
parotid/o
|
parotid gland
|
|
-parous
|
having borne one or more children
|
|
paroxysm/o
|
sudden attack
|
|
-partum, parturit/o
|
childbirth, labor
|
|
patell/a, patell/o
|
patella, kneecap
|
|
path/o, -pathy
|
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
|
|
paus/o
|
cessation, stopping
|
|
-pause
|
stopping
|
|
pector/o
|
chest
|
|
ped/o
|
child, foot
|
|
pedi/a
|
child
|
|
pedicul/o
|
louse (singular), lice (plural)
|
|
pelv/i, pelv/o
|
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
|
|
pen/i
|
penis
|
|
pend/o
|
to hang
|
|
-penia
|
deficiency, lack, too few
|
|
peps/i, -pepsia, pept/o
|
digest, digestion
|
|
per-
|
excessive, through
|
|
percept/o
|
become aware, perceive
|
|
percuss/o
|
strike, tap, beat
|
|
peri-
|
surrounding, around
|
|
perine/o
|
perineum
|
|
peristals/o, peristalt/o
|
constrict around
|
|
peritone/o
|
peritoneum
|
|
perme/o
|
to pass or go through
|
|
pernici/o
|
destructive, harmful
|
|
perone/o
|
fibula
|
|
perspir/o
|
perspiration
|
|
pertuss/i
|
intensive cough
|
|
petechi/o
|
skin spot
|
|
-pexy
|
surgical fixation
|
|
phac/o
|
lens of eye
|
|
phag/o
|
eat, swallow
|
|
-phage
|
a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
|
|
-phagia
|
eating, swallowing
|
|
phak/o
|
lens of eye
|
|
phalang/o
|
phalanges, finger and toe
|
|
phall/i, phill/o
|
penis
|
|
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
|
drug
|
|
pharyng/o
|
throat, pharynx
|
|
phas/o
|
speech
|
|
-phasia
|
speak or speech
|
|
phe/o
|
dusky
|
|
pher/o
|
to bear or carry
|
|
-pheresis
|
removal
|
|
phil/o, -phil, -philia
|
attraction to, like, love
|
|
phleb/o
|
vein
|
|
phlegm/o
|
thick mucus
|
|
phob/o, -phobia
|
abnormal fear
|
|
phon/o, -phonia
|
sound, voice
|
|
phor/o
|
carry, bear, movement
|
|
-phoresis
|
carrying, transmission
|
|
-phoria
|
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
|
|
phot/o
|
light
|
|
phren/o
|
diaphragm, mind
|
|
-phthisis
|
wasting away
|
|
-phylactic
|
protective, preventive
|
|
-phylaxis
|
protection
|
|
physi/o, physic/o
|
nature, physical
|
|
-physis
|
to grow
|
|
phyt/o, -phyte
|
plant
|
|
pigment/o
|
pigment, color
|
|
pil/i, pil/o
|
hair
|
|
pineal/o
|
pineal gland
|
|
pinn/i
|
external ear, auricle
|
|
pituit/o, pituitar/o
|
pituitary gland
|
|
plac/o
|
flat plate or patch
|
|
placent/o
|
placenta, round flat cake
|
|
plak/o, -plakia
|
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
|
|
plan/o
|
flat
|
|
plant/i, plant/o
|
sole of foot
|
|
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
|
development, growth, formation
|
|
-plasm
|
formative material of cells
|
|
plasm/o
|
something molded or formed
|
|
-plastic
|
pertaining to formation
|
|
-plasty
|
surgical repair
|
|
ple/o
|
more, many
|
|
-plegia
|
paralysis, stroke
|
|
-plegic
|
one affected with paralysis
|
|
pleur/o
|
pleura, side of the body
|
|
plex/o
|
plexus, network
|
|
plic/o
|
fold or ridge
|
|
pne/o-
|
breath, breathing
|
|
-pnea
|
breathing
|
|
-pneic
|
pertaining to breathing
|
|
pneum/o, pneumon/o
|
lung, air
|
|
pod/o
|
foot
|
|
-poiesis
|
formation, to make
|
|
poikil/o
|
varied, irregular
|
|
pol/o
|
extreme
|
|
poli/o
|
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
|
|
pollic/o
|
thumb
|
|
poly-
|
many
|
|
polyp/o
|
polyp, small growth
|
|
pont/o
|
pons (a part of the brain), bridge
|
|
poplit/o
|
back of the knee
|
|
por/o
|
pore, small opening
|
|
-porosis
|
lessening in density, porous condition
|
|
port/i
|
gate, door
|
|
post-
|
after, behind
|
|
poster/o
|
behind, toward the back
|
|
potent/o
|
powerful
|
|
pract/i, practic/o
|
practice, pursue an occupation
|
|
prandi/o, -prandial
|
meal
|
|
-praxia
|
action, condition concerning the performance of movements
|
|
-praxis
|
act, activity, practice use
|
|
pre-
|
before, in front of
|
|
precoc/i
|
early, premature
|
|
pregn/o
|
pregnant, full of
|
|
prematur/o
|
too early, untimely
|
|
preputi/o
|
foreskin, prepuce
|
|
presby/o
|
old age
|
|
press/o
|
press, draw
|
|
priap/o
|
penis
|
|
primi-
|
first
|
|
pro-
|
before, in behalf of
|
|
process/o
|
going forth
|
|
procident/o
|
fall down or forward
|
|
procreat/o
|
reproduce
|
|
proct/o
|
anus and rectum
|
|
prodrom/o
|
running ahead, precursor
|
|
product/o
|
lead forward, yield, produce
|
|
prolaps/o
|
fall downward, slide forward
|
|
prolifer/o
|
reproduce, bear offspring
|
|
pron/o, pronat/o
|
bent forward
|
|
pros-
|
before
|
|
prostat/o
|
prostate gland
|
|
prosth/o, prosthet/o
|
addition, appendage
|
|
prot/o, prote/o
|
first
|
|
protein/o
|
protein
|
|
proxim/o
|
near
|
|
prurit/o
|
itching
|
|
pseud/o
|
false
|
|
psor/i, psor/o
|
itch, itching
|
|
psych/o
|
mind
|
|
ptomat/o
|
a fall
|
|
-ptosis
|
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
|
|
-ptyal/o
|
saliva
|
|
-ptysis
|
spitting
|
|
pub/o
|
pubis, part of hip bone
|
|
pubert/o
|
ripe age, adult
|
|
pudend/o
|
pudendum
|
|
puerper/i
|
childbearing, labor
|
|
pulm/o, pulmon/o
|
lung
|
|
pulpos/o
|
fleshy, pulpy
|
|
puls/o
|
beat, beating, striking
|
|
punct/o
|
sting, prick, puncture
|
|
pupill/o
|
pupil
|
|
pur/o
|
pus
|
|
purpur/o
|
purple
|
|
purul/o
|
pus-filled
|
|
pustul/o
|
infected pimple
|
|
py/o
|
pus
|
|
pyel/o
|
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
|
|
pylor/o
|
pylorus, pyloric sphincter
|
|
pyr/o, pyret/o
|
fever, fire
|
|
pyramid/o
|
pyramid-shaped
|
|
quadr/i, quadr/o
|
four
|
|
rabi/o
|
madness, rage
|
|
rachi/o
|
spinal column, vertebrae
|
|
radi/o
|
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
|
|
radiat/o
|
giving off rays or radiant energy
|
|
radicul/o
|
nerve root
|
|
raph/o
|
seam, suture
|
|
re-
|
back, again
|
|
recept/o
|
receive, receiver
|
|
recipi/o
|
receive, take to oneself
|
|
rect/o
|
rectum, straight
|
|
recticul/o
|
network
|
|
recuperat/o
|
recover, regain health
|
|
reduct/o
|
bring back together
|
|
refract/o
|
bend back, turn aside
|
|
regurgit/o
|
flood or gush back
|
|
remiss/o
|
give up, let go, relax
|
|
ren/o
|
kidney
|
|
restor/o
|
rebuild, put back, restore
|
|
resuscit/o
|
revive
|
|
retent/o
|
hold back
|
|
reticul/o
|
network
|
|
retin/o
|
retina, net
|
|
retract/o
|
draw back or in
|
|
retro-
|
behind, backward, back of
|
|
rhabd/o
|
rod, rod-shaped
|
|
rhabdomy/o
|
striated muscle
|
|
rheum/o, rheumat/o
|
watery flow, subject to flow
|
|
rhin/o
|
nose
|
|
rhiz/o
|
root
|
|
rhonc/o
|
snore, snoring
|
|
rhythm/o
|
rhythm
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rhytid/o
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wrinkle
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rigid/o
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stiff
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ris/o
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laugh
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roentgen/o
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x-ray
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rotat/o
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rotate, revolve
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
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surgical suturing
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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rube-
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red
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rug/o
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wrinkle, fold
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sacc/i, sacc/o
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sac
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sacchar/o
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sugar
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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saliv/o
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saliva
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salping/o
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uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx
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uterine (fallopian) tube
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san/o
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sound, healthy, sane
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sangu/i, sanguin/o
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blood
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sanit/o
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soundness, health
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saphen/o
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clear, apparent, manifest
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sapr/o
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decaying, rotten
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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scalp/o
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carve, scrape
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scapul/o
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scapula, shoulder blade
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schiz/o
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division, split
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scintill/o
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spark
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scirrh/o
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hard
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scler/o
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sclera, white of eye, hard
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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scoli/o
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curved, bent
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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scot/o
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darkness
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scrib/o, script/o
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write
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scrot/o
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bag or pouch
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seb/o
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sebum
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secret/o
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produce, separate out
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sect/o, secti/o
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cut, cutting
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segment/o
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pieces
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sell/o
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saddle
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semi-
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half
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semin/i
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semen, seed, sperm
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sen/i
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old
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senesc/o
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grow old
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senil/o
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old age
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sens/i
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feeling, sensation
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sensitiv/o
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sensitive to, affected by
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seps/o
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infection
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sept/o
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infection, partition
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ser/o
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serum
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seros/o
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serous
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sial/o
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saliva
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sialaden/o
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salivary gland
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sider/o
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iron
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sigm/o
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Greek letter sigma
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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silic/o
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glass
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sin/o, sin/u
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hollow, sinus
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sinistr/o
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left, left side
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sinus/o
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sinus
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-sis
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abnormal condition, disease
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sit/u
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place
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skelet/o
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skeleton
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soci/o
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companion, fellow being
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-sol
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solution
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solut/o, solv/o
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loosened, dissolved
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soma-, somat/o
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body
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somn/i, somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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sopor/o
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sleep
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spad/o
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draw off, draw
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-spasm, spasmod/o
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sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, or cramping
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spec/i
|
look at, a kind or sort
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specul/o
|
mirror
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sperm/o, spermat/o
|
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
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sphen/o
|
sphenoid bone, wedge
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spher/o
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round, sphere, ball
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sphincter/o
|
tight band
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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spin/o
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spine, backbone
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spir/o
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to breathe
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spirill/o
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little coil
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spirochet/o
|
coiled microorganism
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splen/o
|
spleen
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
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spontane/o
|
unexplained, of one's own accord
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spor/o
|
seed, spore
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sput/o
|
sputum, spit
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squam/o
|
scale
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-stalsis
|
contraction, constriction
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staped/o, stapedi/o
|
stapes (middle ear bone)
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staphyl/o
|
clusters, bunch of grapes
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-stasis, -static
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control, maintenance of a constant level
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steat/o
|
fat, lipid, sebum
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sten/o
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narrowing, contracted
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-stenosis
|
abnormal narrowing
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ster/o
|
solid structure
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stere/o
|
solid, three-dimensional
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steril/i
|
sterile
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stern/o
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sternum, the breastbone
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stert/o
|
snore, snoring
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steth/o
|
chest
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-sthenia
|
strength
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stigmat/o
|
point, spot
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stimul/o
|
goad, prick, incite
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stol/o
|
send or place
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stom/o, stomat/o
|
mouth, oral cavity
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-stomosis, -stomy
|
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
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strab/i
|
squint, squint-eyed
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strat/i
|
layer
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strept/o
|
twisted chain
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striat/o
|
stripe, furrow, groove
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stric-
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narrowing
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strict/o
|
draw tightly together, bind or tie
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strid/o
|
harsh sound
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stup/e
|
benumbed, stunned
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|
styl/o
|
pen, pointed instrument
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sub-
|
under, less, below
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subluxat/o
|
partial dislocation
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sucr/o
|
sugar
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sudor/i
|
sweat
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suffoc/o, suffocat/o
|
choke, strangle
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|
sulc/o
|
furrow, groove
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super-, super/o
|
above, excessive, higher than
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superflu/o
|
overflowing, excessive
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supin/o
|
lying on the back
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supinat/o
|
bend backward, place on the back
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suppress/o
|
press down
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suppur/o, suppurate/o
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to form pus
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|
supra-
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above, upper, excessive
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supraren/o
|
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
|
|
-surgery
|
operative procedure
|
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sutur/o
|
stitch, seam
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|
sym-
|
with, together, joined together
|
|
symptomat/o
|
falling together, symptom
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|
syn-
|
together, with, union, association
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|
synaps/o, synapt/o
|
point of contact
|
|
syncop/o
|
to cut short, cut off
|
|
-syndesis
|
surgical fixation of vertebrae
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|
syndesm/o
|
ligament
|
|
syndrom/o |
running together
|
|
synovi/o, synov/o
|
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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|
syphil/i, syphil/o
|
syphilis
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syring/o
|
tube
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system/o, systemat/o
|
body system
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|
systol/o
|
contraction
|
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tachy-
|
fast, rapid
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|
tact/i
|
touch
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|
talip/o
|
foot and ankle deformity
|
|
tars/o
|
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid
|
|
tax/o
|
coordination, order
|
|
techn/o, techni/o
|
skill
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|
tectori/o
|
covering, roof-like
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|
tele/o
|
distant, far
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tempor/o
|
temporal bone, temple
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|
ten/o, tend/o
|
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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|
tenac/i
|
holding fast, sticky
|
|
tendin/o
|
tendon
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tens/o
|
stretch out, extend, strain
|
|
terat/o
|
malformed fetus
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|
termin/o
|
end, limit
|
|
test/i, test/o
|
testicle, testis
|
|
tetan/o
|
rigid, tense
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|
tetra-
|
four
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|
thalam/o
|
thalamus, inner room
|
|
thalass/o
|
sea
|
|
thanas/o, thanat/o
|
death
|
|
the/o
|
put, place
|
|
thec/o
|
sheath
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|
thel/o
|
nipple
|
|
therap/o, therapeut/o
|
treatment
|
|
therm/o
|
heat
|
|
thio-
|
sulfur
|
|
thora/o, thorac/o
|
chest
|
|
-thorax
|
chest, pleural cavity
|
|
thromb/o
|
clot
|
|
thym/o
|
thymus gland, soul
|
|
-thymia
|
a state of mind
|
|
-thymic
|
pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland
|
|
thyr/o, thyroid/o
|
thyroid gland
|
|
tibi/o
|
tibia (shin bone)
|
|
-tic
|
pertaining to
|
|
tine/o
|
gnawing worm, ringworm
|
|
tinnit/o
|
ringing, buzzing, tinkling
|
|
-tion
|
process, state or quality of
|
|
toc/o, -tocia, -tocin
|
labor, birth
|
|
tom/o
|
cut, section, slice
|
|
-tome
|
instrument to cut
|
|
-tomy
|
process of cutting
|
|
ton/o
|
tension, tone, stretching
|
|
tone/o
|
to stretch
|
|
tonsill/o
|
tonsil, throat
|
|
top/o
|
place, position, location
|
|
tors/o
|
twist, rotate
|
|
tort/i
|
twisted
|
|
tox/o, toxic/o
|
poison, poisonous
|
|
trabecul/o
|
little beam marked with cross bars or beams
|
|
trache/i, trache/o
|
trachea, windpipe
|
|
trachel-
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neck
|
|
tract/o
|
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
|
|
tranquil/o
|
quiet, calm, tranquil
|
|
trans-
|
across, through
|
|
transfus/o
|
pour across, transfer
|
|
transit/o
|
changing
|
|
transvers/o
|
across, crosswise
|
|
traumat/o
|
injury
|
|
trem/o
|
shaking, trembling
|
|
tremul/o
|
fine tremor or shaking
|
|
treponem/o
|
coiled, turning microbe
|
|
tri-
|
three
|
|
trich/o
|
hair
|
|
trigon/o
|
trigone
|
|
-tripsy
|
to crush
|
|
-trite
|
instrument for crushing
|
|
trop/o, -tropia
|
turn, change
|
|
troph/o, -trophy
|
development, nourishment
|
|
-tropic
|
having an affinity for
|
|
-tropin
|
to stimulate, act on
|
|
tub/i, tub/o
|
tube, pipe
|
|
tubercul/o
|
little knot, swelling
|
|
tunic/o
|
covering, cloak, sheath
|
|
turbinat/o
|
coiled, spiral shaped
|
|
tuss/i
|
cough
|
|
tympan/o
|
tympanic membrane, eardrum
|
|
-type
|
classification, picture
|
|
-ula
|
small, little
|
|
-ule
|
small one
|
|
ulcer/o
|
sore, ulcer
|
|
uln/o
|
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
|
|
ultra-
|
beyond, excess
|
|
-um
|
singular noun ending
|
|
umbilic/o
|
navel
|
|
un-
|
not
|
|
ungu/o
|
nail
|
|
uni-
|
one
|
|
ur/o
|
urine, urinary tract
|
|
-uresis
|
urination
|
|
ureter/o
|
ureter
|
|
urethr/o
|
urethra
|
|
urg/o
|
press, push
|
|
-uria
|
urination, urine
|
|
urin/o
|
urine or urinary organs
|
|
urtic/o
|
nettle, rash, hives
|
|
-us
|
thing, singular noun ending
|
|
uter/i, uter/o
|
uterus
|
|
uve/o
|
iris, choroid, ciliary body, uveal tract
|
|
uvul/o
|
uvula, little grape
|
|
vaccin/i, vaccin/o
|
vaccine
|
|
vacu/o
|
empty
|
|
vag/o
|
vagus nerve, wandering
|
|
vagin/o
|
vagina
|
|
valg/o
|
bent or twisted outward
|
|
valv/o, valvul/o
|
valve
|
|
var/o
|
bent or twisted inward
|
|
varic/o
|
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
|
|
vas/o
|
vas deferens, vessel
|
|
vascul/o
|
blood vessel, little vessel
|
|
vast/o
|
vast, great, extensive
|
|
vect/o
|
carry, convey
|
|
ven/o
|
vein
|
|
vener/o
|
sexual intercourse |
|
venter- |
abdomen |
|
ventilat/o
|
expose to air, fan
|
|
ventr/o
|
in front, belly side of body
|
|
ventricul/o
|
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
|
|
venul/o
|
venule, small vein
|
|
verg/o
|
twist, incline
|
|
verm/i
|
worm
|
|
verruc/o
|
wart
|
|
-verse, -version
|
to turn
|
|
vers/o, vert/o
|
turn
|
|
vertebr/o
|
vertebra, backbone
|
|
vertig/o, vertigin/o
|
whirling round
|
|
vesic/o
|
urinary bladder
|
|
vesicul/o
|
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
|
|
vestibul/o
|
entrance, vestibule
|
|
vi/o
|
force
|
|
vill/i
|
shaggy hair, tuft of hair
|
|
vir/o
|
poison, virus
|
|
viril/o
|
masculine, manly
|
|
vis/o
|
seeing, sight
|
|
visc/o
|
sticky
|
|
viscer/o
|
viscera, internal organ
|
|
viscos/o
|
sticky
|
|
vit/a, vit/o
|
life
|
|
viti/o
|
blemish, defect
|
|
vitre/o
|
glassy, made of glass
|
|
voc/i
|
voice
|
|
vol/o
|
palm or sole
|
|
volv/o
|
roll, turn
|
|
vulgar/i
|
common
|
|
vulv/o
|
vulva, covering
|
|
xanth/o
|
yellow
|
|
xen/o
|
strange, foreign
|
|
xer/o
|
dry
|
|
xiph/i, xiph/o
|
sword
|
|
-y
|
noun ending
|
|
zo/o
|
animal life
|
|
zygomat/o
|
cheek bone, yoke
|
|
zygot/o
|
joined together
|
|
-ac
|
pertaining to
|
|
-al
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ar
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ary
|
pertaining to
|
|
-eal
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ical
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ial
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ic
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ine
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ior
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ory
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ous
|
pertaining to
|
|
-tic
|
pertaining to
|
|
-ago
|
abnormal condition, disease
|
|
-esis
|
abnormal condition, disease
|
|
-ia
|
abnormal condition, disease
|
|
-iasis
|
abnormal condition, disease
|
|
-ion
|
condition
|
|
-ism
|
condition, state of
|
|
-osis
|
abnormal condition, disease
|
|
-a
|
noun ending
|
|
-e
|
noun ending
|
|
-um
|
singular noun ending
|
|
-us
|
singular noun ending
|
|
-y
|
noun ending |