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Finals Medical Terminology Flashcards

1
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a-, an

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Without, away from, negative, not

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ante-

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before, in front of, forward

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anti-

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against, counter

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brady-

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Slow

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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end-, endo-,

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Within, in, inside

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, increased

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hypo-

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deficient, decreased

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inter-

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between, among

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intra-

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within, inside

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neo-

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new, strange

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per-

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excessive, through

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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poly-

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many

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of, forward

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sub

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below, under, less

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super-

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above, excessive

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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-ac, -al

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pertaining to, relating to

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-algia

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pain, suffering, painful condition

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-cele

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-cyte

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cell

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-desis

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to bind, tie together

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-ectomy

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surgical removal, cutting out

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-ectasis

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stretching, enlargement, dilation

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-emia

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blood, blood condition

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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-graph

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a picture or record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, setting, free, destruction, loosening

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-necrosis

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tissue death

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-ologist

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specialist

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-ology

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science or study of

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-oma

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tumor, neoplasma

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ostomy

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surgical creation of opening

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-otomy

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surgical incision, cutting

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-pathy

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-pause

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stopping

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptosis

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prolapse, drooping forward

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-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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-rhhexis

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rupture

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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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-scope

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instrument for exam

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-scopy

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to see, visual exam

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-stenosis

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abnormal narrowing

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-uria

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urination, urina

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angi/o

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pertaining to blood or lymph vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty substance

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cardi/o

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heart

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hem/o

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blood, pertaining to blood

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phleb/o

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vein

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thromb/o

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clot

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ven/o

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vein

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ech/o

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sound

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radi/o

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radiation, x-rays

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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col/o

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colon, large intestine

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hepat/o

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liver

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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adren/o

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adrenal glands

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gonad/o

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sex gland

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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adip/o

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fat

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albin/o

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white

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cephal/o

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head

90
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cervic/o

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neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

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coron/o

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coronary, crown

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyt/o

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cell

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erythr/o

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red

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hist/o

A

tissue

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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leuk/o

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white

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lip/o

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fat, lipid

99
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melan/o

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black, dark

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myc/o

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fungus

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path/o

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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py/o

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pus

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pyr/o

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fever, fire

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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onc/o

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tumor

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cutane/o

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skin

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derm/o

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skin

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hidr/o

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sweat

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seb/o

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sebum

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ungu/o

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nail

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xer/o

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dry

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aden/o

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gland

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splen/o

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spleen

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fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

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my/o

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muscle

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tend/o

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tendon, stretch out, extend strain

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encephal/o

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brain

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mening/o

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meninges, membranes

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neur/o

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nerve, nerve tissue

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colp/o

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vagina

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hyster/o

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uterus

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men/o

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menstruation, menses

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metr/o

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uterus

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ov/o

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egg

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ovari/o

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ovary

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orchi/o

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testicles, testis, testes

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salping/o

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tube

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uter/o

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uterus

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vagin/o

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vagina

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bronch/o

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bronchus, brochial tube

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laryng/o

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larynx, throat

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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pneumon/o

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lung, air

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pulmon/o

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lung

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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ankly/o

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crooked, bent, stiff

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arthr/o

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joint

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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oste/o

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bone

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone

146
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thorac/o

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chest

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kerat/o

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horny, hard, cornea

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

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optic/o

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eye, vision

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ot/o

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hearing

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retin/o

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retina

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scler/o

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sclera, white of eye, hard

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tympan/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

154
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cyst/o

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urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

155
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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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nephr/o

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kidney

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

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ren/o

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kidney

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ureter/o

A

ureter

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urethr/o

A

urethra

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