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MedTerms3 Flashcards

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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

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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

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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

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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

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hemoglobin

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hepat/o

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liver

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hered/o, heredit/o

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inherited, inheritance

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herni/o

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hernia

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herpet/o

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creeping

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heter/o

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other, different

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-hexia

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habit

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hiat/o

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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-

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all

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hom/o

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same, like, alike

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home/o

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sameness, unchanging, constant

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hormon/o

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hormone

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humer/o

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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

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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

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uterus

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-ia

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abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium

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-ial

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pertaining to

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-ian

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specialist

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-iasis

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abnormal condition, disease

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iatr/o

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physician, treatment

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-iatrics

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field of medicine, healing

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-iatry

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field of medicine

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-ible

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capable of, able to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly

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-ician

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specialist

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icter/o

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jaundice

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idi/o

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peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct

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-iferous

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bearing, carrying, producing

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-ific

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making, producing

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-iform

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shaped or formed like, resembling

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-igo

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attack, diseased condition

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-ile

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capable of

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ile/o

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ileum, small intestine

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ili/o

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ilium, hip bone

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illusi/o

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deception

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im-

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not

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immune/o

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immune, protection, safe

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impact/o

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pushed against, wedged against, packed

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impress/o

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pressing into

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impuls/o

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pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on

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in-

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in, into, not, without

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incis/o

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cutting into

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incubat/o

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incubation, hatching

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indurat/o

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hardened

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-ine

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pertaining to

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infarct/o

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filled in, stuffed

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infect/o

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infected, tainted

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infer/o

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below, beneath

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infest/o

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attack, assail, molest

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inflammat/o

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flame within, set on fire

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infra-

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below, beneath, inferior to

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infundibul/o

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funnel

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ingest/o

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carry or pour in

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inguin/o

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groin

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inhal/o, inhalat/o

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breathe in

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inject/o

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to force or throw in

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innominat/o

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unnamed, nameless

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inocul/o

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implant, introduce

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insipid/o

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tasteless

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inspir/o, inspirat/o

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breathe in

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insul/o

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island

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insulin/o

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insulin

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intact/o

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untouched, whole

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inter-

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between, among

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intermitt/o

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not continuous

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intern/o

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within, inner

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interstiti/o

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the space between things

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intestin/o

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intestine

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intim/o

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innermost

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put poison in

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intra-

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within, inside

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intrins/o

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contained within

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within, into, inside

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introit/o

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entrance or passage

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intussuscept/o

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take up or receive within

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involut/o

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rolled up, curled inward

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iod/o

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iodine

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-ion

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action, process, state or condition

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ion/o

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ion, to wander

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-ior

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pertaining to

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ipsi-

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same

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ir-

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in

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noun ending

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iris, colored part of eye

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is/o

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same, equal

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isch/o

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to hold back

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ischi/o

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ischium

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-ism

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condition, state of

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iso-

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equal

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-ist

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a person who practices, specialist

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-isy

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noun ending

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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structure, tissue

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-ive

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performs, tends toward

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-ize

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to make, to treat

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jejun/o

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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

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potassium

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kary/o

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nucleus, nut

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kata-, kath-

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down

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kel/o

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growth, tumor

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kera-

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horn, hardness

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kerat/o

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horny, hard, cornea

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ket/o, keton/o

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ketones, acetones

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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia

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movement

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-kinesis

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motion

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klept/o

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to steal

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koil/o

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hollow or concave

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kraur/o

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dry

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kyph/o

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bent, hump

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labi/o

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lip

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labyrinth/o

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maze, labyrinth, the inner ear

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lacer/o, lacerat/o

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torn, mangled

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lacrim/o

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tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct

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lact/i, lact/o

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milk

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lactat/o

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secrete milk

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

202
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laps/o

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slip, fall, slide

203
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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

204
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laryng/o

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larynx, throat

205
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lat/i, lat/o

A

broad

206
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later/o

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side

207
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lav/o, lavat/o

A

wash, bathe

208
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lax/o, laxat/o

A

loosen, relax

209
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leiomy/o

A

smooth (visceral) muscle

210
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lemm/o

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husk, peel, bark

211
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-lemma

A

sheath, covering

212
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lent/i

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the lens of the eye

213
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lenticul/o

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shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens

214
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-lepsy

A

seizure

215
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lept/o

A

thin, slender

216
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-leptic

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to seize, take hold of

217
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lepto-

A

small, soft

218
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letharg/o

A

drowsiness, oblivion

219
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leuk/o

A

white

220
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lev/o, levat/o

A

raise, lift up

221
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lex/o, -lexia

A

word, phrase

222
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libid/o, libidin/o

A

sexual drive, desire, passion

223
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ligament/o

A

ligament

224
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ligat/o

A

binding or tying off

225
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lingu/o

A

tongue

226
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lipid/o, lip/o

A

fat, lipid

227
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-listhesis

A

slipping

228
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lith/o, -lith

A

stone, calculus

229
Q

lithiasis

A

presence of stones

230
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lob/i, lob/o

A

lobe, well-defined part of an organ

231
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loc/o

A

place

232
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loch/i

A

childbirth, confinement

233
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-logy

A

study of

234
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longev/o

A

long-lived, long life

235
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lord/o

A

curve, swayback bent

236
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lumb/o

A

lower back, loin

237
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lumin/o

A

light

238
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lun/o, lunat/o

A

moon

239
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lunul/o

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crescent

240
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lup/i, lup/o

A

wolf

241
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lute/o

A

yellow

242
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lux/o

A

to slide

243
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lymph/o

A

lymph, lymphatic tissue

244
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lymphaden/o

A

lymph gland

245
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lymphangi/o

A

lymph vessel

246
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-lysis

A

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

247
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-lyst

A

agent that causes lysis or loosening

248
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-lytic

A

to reduce, destroy

249
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macro-

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large, abnormal size or length, long

250
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macul/o

A

spot

251
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magn/o

A

great, large

252
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major/o

A

larger

253
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mal-

A

bad, poor, evil

254
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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

255
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malign/o

A

bad, evil

256
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malle/o

A

malleus, hammer

257
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malleol/o

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malleolus, little hammer

258
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mamm/o

A

breast

259
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man/i

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madness, rage

260
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man/i, man/o

A

hand

261
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mandibul/o

A

mandible, lower jaw

262
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-mania

A

obsessive preoccupation

263
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manipul/o

A

use of hands

264
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manubri/o

A

handle

265
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masset/o

A

chew

266
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mast/o

A

breast

267
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mastic/o, masticat/o

A

chew

268
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mastoid/o

A

mastoid process

269
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matern/o

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maternal, of a mother

270
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matur/o

A

ripe

271
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maxill/o

A

maxilla (upper jaw)

272
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maxim/o

A

largest, greatest

273
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meat/o

A

opening or passageway

274
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medi/o

A

middle

275
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mediastin/o

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mediastinum, middle

276
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medic/o

A

medicine, physician, healing

277
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medicat/o

A

medication, healing

278
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medull/o

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medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow

279
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mega-, megal/o

A

large, great

280
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-megaly

A

enlargement

281
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mei/o

A

less, meiosis

282
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melan/o

A

black, dark

283
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mellit/o

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honey, honeyed

284
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membran/o

A

membrane, thin skin

285
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men/o

A

menstruation, menses

286
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mening/o, meningi/o

A

membranes, meninges

287
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menisc/o

A

meniscus, crescent

288
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mens/o

A

menstruate, menstruation, menses

289
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menstru/o, menstruat/o

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occurring monthly

290
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ment/o

A

mind, chin

291
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mes-

A

middle

292
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mesenter/o

A

mesentery

293
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mesi/o

A

middle, median plane

294
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meso-

A

middle

295
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meta-

A

change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next

296
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metabol/o

A

change

297
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metacarp/o

A

metacarpals, bones of the hand

298
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metatars/o

A

bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes

299
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-meter

A

measure, instrument used to measure

300
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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o

A

uterus

301
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-metrist

A

one who measures

302
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-metry

A

to measure

303
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micr/o, micro-

A

small

304
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mictur/o, micturit/o

A

urinate

305
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mid-

A

middle

306
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midsagitt/o

A

from front to back, at the middle

307
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milli-

A

one-thousandth

308
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-mimetic

A

mimic, copy

309
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mineral/o

A

mineral

310
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minim/o

A

smallest, least

311
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minor/o

A

smaller

312
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mio-

A

smaller, less

313
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-mission

A

to send

314
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mit/o

A

a thread

315
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mitr/o

A

a miter, having two points on top

316
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mobil/o

A

capable of moving

317
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monil/i

A

string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus

318
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mono-

A

one, single

319
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morbid/o

A

disease, sickness

320
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moribund/o

A

dying

321
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morph/o

A

shape, form

322
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mort/i, mort/o, mort/u

A

death, dead

323
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mortal/i

A

pertaining to death, subject to death

324
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mot/o, motil/o

A

motion, movement

325
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mu/o

A

close, shut

326
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muc/o, mucos/o

A

mucus

327
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multi-

A

many, much

328
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muscul/o

A

muscle

329
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mut/a

A

genetic change

330
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mut/o

A

unable to speak, inarticulate

331
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mutagen/o

A

causing genetic change

332
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my/o

A

muscle

333
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myc/e, myc/o

A

fungus

334
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mydri/o

A

wide

335
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mydrias/i

A

dilation of the pupil

336
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myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

337
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myocardi/o

A

myocardium, heart muscle

338
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myom/o

A

muscle tumor

339
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myos/o

A

muscle

340
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miring/o

A

tympanic membrane, eardrum

341
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myx/o, myxa-

A

mucus

342
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nar/i

A

nostril

343
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narc/o

A

numbness, stupor

344
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nas/i, nas/o

A

nose

345
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nat/i

A

birth

346
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natr/o

A

sodium

347
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nause/o

A

nausea, seasickness

348
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necr/o

A

death

349
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-necrosis

A

tissue death

350
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neo-, ne/o

A

new, strange

351
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nephr/o

A

kidney

352
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nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o

A

nerve, nerve tissue

353
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neutr/o

A

neither, neutral

354
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nev/o

A

birthmark, mole

355
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nid/o

A

next

356
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niter-, nitro-

A

nitrogen

357
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noct/i

A

night

358
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nod/o

A

knot, swelling

359
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nodul/o

A

little knot

360
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nom/o

A

law, control

361
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non-

A

no

362
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nor-

A

chemical compound

363
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norm/o

A

normal or usual

364
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nuch/o

A

the nape

365
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nucle/o

A

nucleus

366
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nucleol/o

A

little nucleus, nucleolus

367
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nulli-

A

none

368
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numer/o

A

number, count

369
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nunci/o

A

messenger

370
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nutri/o, nutrit/o

A

nourishment, food, nourish, feed

371
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nyct/o, nyctal/o

A

night

372
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ob-

A

against

373
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obes/o

A

obese, extremely fat

374
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obliqu/o

A

slanted, sideways

375
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oblongat/o

A

oblong, elongated

376
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obstetr/i, obstetr/o

A

midwife, one who stands to receive

377
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occipit/o

A

back of the skull, occiput

378
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occlud/o, occlus/o

A

shut, close up

379
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occult/o

A

hidden, concealed

380
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ocul/o

A

eye

381
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odont/o

A

tooth

382
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-oid

A

like, resembling

383
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-ole

A

little, small

384
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olecran/o

A

elbow, olecranon

385
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olfact/o

A

smell, sense of smell

386
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olig/o

A

scanty, few

387
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-ologist

A

specialist

388
Q

-ology

A

the science or study of

389
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-oma

A

tumor, neoplasm

390
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om/o

A

shoulder

391
Q

oment/o

A

omentum, fat

392
Q

omphal/o

A

umbilical cord, the navel

393
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

394
Q

-one

A

hormone

395
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onych/o

A

fingernail or toenail

396
Q

o/o, oo/o

A

egg

397
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

398
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opac/o, opacit/o

A

shaded, dark, impenetrable to light

399
Q

-opaque

A

obscure

400
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oper/o, operat/o

A

perform, operate, work

401
Q

opercul/o

A

cover or lid

402
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye, vision

403
Q

-opia

A

vision condition

404
Q

opisth/o

A

backward

405
Q

-opsia, -opsis, -opsy

A

vision, view of

406
Q

opt/i, opt/o, optic/o

A

eye, vision

407
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or/o

A

mouth, oral cavity

408
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orbit/o

A

orbit, bony cavity or socket

409
Q

orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o

A

testicles, testis, testes

410
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-orexia

A

appetite

411
Q

organ/o

A

organ

412
Q

orgasm/o

A

swell, be excited

413
Q

orth/o

A

straight, normal, correct

414
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-ory

A

pertaining to

415
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os-

A

mouth, bone

416
Q

-ose

A

full of, pertaining to, sugar

417
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-osis

A

abnormal condition, disease

418
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osm/o

A

pushing, thrusting

419
Q

-osmia

A

smell, odor

420
Q

oss/e, oss/i

A

bone

421
Q

ossicul/o

A

ossicle (small bone)

422
Q

oste/o, ost/o

A

bone

423
Q

-ostomy

A

surgically creating an opening

424
Q

-ostosis

A

condition of bone

425
Q

ot/o

A

ear, hearing

426
Q

-otia

A

ear condition

427
Q

-otomy

A

cutting, surgical incision

428
Q

ov/i, ov/o

A

egg, ovum

429
Q

ovari/o

A

ovary

430
Q

ovul/o

A

egg

431
Q

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

A

oxygen

432
Q

-oxia

A

oxygen condition

433
Q

oxid/o

A

containing oxygen

434
Q

oxy/o

A

the presence of oxygen in a compound

435
Q

pachy-

A

heavy, thick

436
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palat/o

A

palate, roof of mouth

437
Q

pall/o, pallid/o

A

pale, lacking or drained of color

438
Q

palliat/o

A

cloaked, hidden

439
Q

palm/o

A

palm of the hand

440
Q

palpat/o

A

touch, feel, stroke

441
Q

palpebr/o

A

eyelid

442
Q

palpit/o

A

throbbing, quivering

443
Q

pan-

A

all, entire, every

444
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

445
Q

papill/i, papill/o

A

nipple-like

446
Q

papul/o

A

pimple

447
Q

par-, para-

A

beside, near, beyond, abnormal

448
Q

par/o

A

to bear, bring forth, labor

449
Q

-para

A

to give birth

450
Q

paralys/o, paralyt/o

A

disable

451
Q

parasit/o

A

parasite

452
Q

parathyroid/o

A

parathyroid glands

453
Q

pares/i

A

to disable

454
Q

-paresi

A

partial or incomplete paralysis

455
Q

paret/o

A

to disable

456
Q

-pareunia

A

sexual intercourse

457
Q

pariet/o

A

wall

458
Q

parotid/o

A

parotid gland

459
Q

-parous

A

having borne one or more children

460
Q

paroxysm/o

A

sudden attack

461
Q

-partum, parturit/o

A

childbirth, labor

462
Q

patell/a, patell/o

A

patella, kneecap

463
Q

path/o, -pathy

A

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

464
Q

paus/o

A

cessation, stopping

465
Q

-pause

A

stopping

466
Q

pector/o

A

chest

467
Q

ped/o

A

child, foot

468
Q

pedi/a

A

child

469
Q

pedicul/o

A

louse (singular), lice (plural)

470
Q

pelv/i, pelv/o

A

pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip

471
Q

pen/i

A

penis

472
Q

pend/o

A

to hang

473
Q

-penia

A

deficiency, lack, too few

474
Q

peps/i, -pepsia, pept/o

A

digest, digestion

475
Q

per-

A

excessive, through

476
Q

percept/o

A

become aware, perceive

477
Q

percuss/o

A

strike, tap, beat

478
Q

peri-

A

surrounding, around

479
Q

perine/o

A

perineum

480
Q

peristals/o, peristalt/o

A

constrict around

481
Q

peritone/o

A

peritoneum

482
Q

perme/o

A

to pass or go through

483
Q

pernici/o

A

destructive, harmful

484
Q

perone/o

A

fibula

485
Q

perspir/o

A

perspiration

486
Q

pertuss/i

A

intensive cough

487
Q

petechi/o

A

skin spot

488
Q

-pexy

A

surgical fixation

489
Q

phac/o

A

lens of eye

490
Q

phag/o

A

eat, swallow

491
Q

-phage

A

a cell that destroys, eat, swallow

492
Q

-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

493
Q

phak/o

A

lens of eye

494
Q

phalang/o

A

phalanges, finger and toe

495
Q

phall/i, phill/o

A

penis

496
Q

pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o

A

drug

497
Q

pharyng/o

A

throat, pharynx

498
Q

phas/o

A

speech

499
Q

-phasia

A

speak or speech

500
Q

phe/o

A

dusky

Medical Terminology (16 decks)

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