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Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 3 Flashcards

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macro-

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large, abnormal size/length, long

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macul/o

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spot

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mal-

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bad, abnormal

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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malign/o

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bad, harmful

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malle/o

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malleus, hammer

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malleol/o

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malleolus, little hammer

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mamm/o

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breast

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation, madness

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manu/o

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hand

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mandible/o, mandibul/o

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mandible, lower jaw

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mast/o

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mastoid process, breast

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mastic/o

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chew

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process

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mastur/o

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ripe, mature

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maxill/o

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maxilla, upper jaw

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meat/o

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meatus

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medi/o

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middle

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum, middle

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medic/o

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medicine, physician, healing

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medull/o

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medulla, middle, marrow, medulla oblongata

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mega-, megal/o

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large, great, grand

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-megaly

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enlargment

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melan/o

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black, dark

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men/o

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menstruation, month, menses

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mening/o, meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

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menisc/o

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meniscus, crescent-shaped, cartilage in knee

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menstruation

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ment/o

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mind, chin

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mesenter/o

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mesentery

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mesi/o

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middle, median plane

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after

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metabol/o

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change

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-metter/-meter?

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measure, instrument, used to measure

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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

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urinate

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mid-

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middle

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milli-

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one-thousandth

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mineral/o

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mineral

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mi/o-

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smaller, less

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mission

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to send

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mit/o

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thread, thread-like

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mitr/o

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like a miter or (structure w/2 pnts)

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48
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-mnesia

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memory

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mobil/o

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capable of moving, movement

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mono-

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one, single

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morbid/o

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disease, sickness

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death, dead

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-mortem

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death

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mot/o, motil/o

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motion, movement

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-motor

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movement

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muc/o, mucos/o

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mucus

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multi-

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many, much

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muscul/o

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muscle

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mutat/o

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to change

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my/o

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muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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mydr/o

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widening, enlarged

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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myocardi/o

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heart muscle

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myos/o

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muscle

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

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myx/o

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mucus

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ob-

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against

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obes/o

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obese, extremely fat

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obstetr/o

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pregnancy, birth

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occipt/o

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back of skull, occipital

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ocul/o

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eye

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odont/o

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tooth, teeth

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-oid

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like, resembling

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olfact/o

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smell, sense of smell

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olig/o

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scanty, few

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-ologist

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specialist

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-ology

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science, study of

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-oma

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tumor, neoplasm, mass

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omphal/o

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umbilicus, the navel

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onc/o

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tumor

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-one

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hormone

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onych/o

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nail

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o/o

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egg (ovum)

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oophor/o

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ovary

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-opaque

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obscure, not transparent

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operat/o

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to perform, operate

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ophthalm/o

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eye, vision

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-opia

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vision condition

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-opsia

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vision, view of

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opt/i,opt/o, optic/o

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eye, vision

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-opsy

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view of, viewing

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-or

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one who/something that takes action/does something

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or/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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orbit/o

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eye socket

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orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o

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testicles, testis, testes

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-orexia

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appetite

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organ/o

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organ

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orth/o

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straight, normal, correct

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-ory

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pertaining to

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os-

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mouth, bone

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-ose

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full of, pertaining to, sugar

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease, process

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-osmia

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smell, odor

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oss/e, oss/i

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bone

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ossicul/o, ossic/o

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ossicle

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oste/o, ost/o

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bone

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-ostomy

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surgical creation of artificial opening

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ot/o

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ear, hearing

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-otia

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ear condition

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-otomy

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cutting, surgical incision

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-ous

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pertaining to

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ov/i, ov/o

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egg, ovum

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ovari/o

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ovary

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ovul/o

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egg, ovum

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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

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oxygen

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palat/o

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palate, roof of mouth

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palpat/o

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touch, feel, stroke

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palpit/o

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throbbing, quivering

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pan-

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all, entire, every, everything

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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papill/o

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nipple-like, optic disk

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par-, para-

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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, alongside of

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par/o

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birth

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-para

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to give birth, bear offspring

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para-

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near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid glands

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-paresis

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partial/incomplete paralysis, weakness

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-pareunia

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sexual intercourse

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-parous

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having born at least 1 kid

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paroxysm/o

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sudden attack

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-partum

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childbirth, labor

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patell/o

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patella, kneecap

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path/o, -pathy

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-pause

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stopping

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pector/o

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chest

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ped/o

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child, foot

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pedicul/o

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louse (singular), lice (plural)

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pelv/i, pelv/o

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pelvic bones, pelvic cavity, hip

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pen/i, pen/o

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penis

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-penia

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deficiency, lack, too few

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-pepsia, pept/o

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to digest, digestion

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per-

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completely, thorough, through

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percuss/o

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strike, tap, beat

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per-

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surrounding, around

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perine/o

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perineum

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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perme/o

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to pass, go through

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perone/o

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fibula

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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phac/o, phak/o

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lens of eye

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phag/o

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eat, swallow, engulf

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-phage

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cell that destroys, eats, swallows

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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phalang/o

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phalanges, fingers, toes

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phall/o

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penis

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pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o

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drug

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pharyng/o

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throat, pharynx

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phas/o

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speech

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-phasia

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to speak, speech

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phe/o

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dusky, gray, dark-colored

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-pheresis

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removal

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-philia, phil/o, -phil

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attraction to, like, love

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phim/o

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muzzle

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phleb/o

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vein

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-phobia, phob/o

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abnormal fear

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phon/o, -phonia

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sound, voice

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phor/o

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carry, bear movement

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling, mental state

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phot/o

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light

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phren/o

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diaphragm, mind

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phys/o

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air, gas

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-phylactic

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protective, preventive

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-phylaxis

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protection against infection

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physi/o

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nature, physical, function

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-physis

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to grow, growth plate

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pigment/o

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pigment, color

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pil/i, pil/o

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hair, hair follicle

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pineal/o

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pineal gland

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pinn/i

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external ear, auricle

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pituit/o, pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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placent/o

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placenta

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plak/o, -plakia

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plaque, plate, thin flat layer, scale

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plant/i, plant/o

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sole of foot

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plas/i, plas/o, -plasia

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development, growth, formation

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-plasm

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formative material of cells, formation, structure

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plasm/o

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something molded/formed

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-plastic

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pertaining to formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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stroke, paralysis

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-plegic

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one affected w/paralysis

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of body

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pne/o

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breath, breathing

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-pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lung, air

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pod/o

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foot

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-poiesis

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to make, formation

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-poietin

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substance that forms

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pol/o

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extreme

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poli/o

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gray matter of brain & spinal cord

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poly-

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many, much

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polyp/o

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polyp, small growth

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pont/o

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pons

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poplite/o

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back of knee

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por/o

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pore, small opening, passageway

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-porosis

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lessening in density, porous condition

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port/o

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gate, door

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post-

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after, behind

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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

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pontent/o

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powerful, capable

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pract/o

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practice, pursue on occupation

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-prandial

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meal

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pregn/o

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pregnant, full of

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presby/o

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old age

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primi-

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first

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pro-

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before, on behalf of, supporting, forward

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proct/o

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anus & rectum

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product/o

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lead forward, yield, produce

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pronat/o

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bent forward, face down

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pros-

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before, forward

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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prosthet/o

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addition, appendage

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prot/o

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first

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protein/o

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protein

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proxim/o

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near

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prurit/o

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itching

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pseud/o

A

false

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psor/o

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itch, itching

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psych/o

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mind

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-ptosis

A

droop, sag, prolapse, fall, protrude

234
Q

-ptysis

A

spitting, coughing up

235
Q

pub/o

A

pubis, part of hip bone, public region

236
Q

pulm/o, pulmon/o

A

lung

237
Q

pulsat/o

A

beat, beating, striking

238
Q

punct/o

A

hold, prick, puncture

239
Q

pupill/o

A

pupil

240
Q

purul/o

A

pus, pus-filled

241
Q

py/o

A

pus

242
Q

pyel/o

A

pus

243
Q

pylor/o

A

pylorus

244
Q

pyr/o, pyret/o

A

fever, fire

HOSA: Med Term (20 decks)

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