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Chapter 13 Key Terminology Flashcards

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bin-

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two

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extra-

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outside

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supra-

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above

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e-

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out

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ec-

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out

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en-

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in

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ex-

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out

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eso-

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inward

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exo-

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outward

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neo-

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new

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hypo-

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under

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presby

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old age

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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hemi-

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half

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intra-

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within

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-logy

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study of

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-ar, -al, -ic

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pertaining to

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-edema

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swelling

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-chalasis

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relaxation, slackening

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-ion

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process of

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-ation

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process of

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-ia

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condition

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-um

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structure

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-phobia

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condition of fear

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-opia

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vision condition

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-opsia

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vision condition

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-oma

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mass

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-pathy

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disease

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-scopy

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process of viewing

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-stomy

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new opening

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-tomy

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incision

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-ectomy

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removal

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-coagulation

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to clot

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opt/o, optic/o

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vision

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ocul/o, ophthalm/o

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eye

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orbit/o

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orbit (bony socket of eye)

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blephar/o, palpebr/o

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eyelid

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canth/o

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canthus (corner of the eye; plural – canthi)

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva (protective, thin mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and the anterior surface of the eyeball)

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lacrim/o, dacry/o

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tears

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dacryoaden/o

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lacrimal gland

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dacryocyst/o =

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lacrimal sac

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scler/o

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sclera (white outer layer of the eye; white of the eye)

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corne/o, kerat/o

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cornea (covers the lens, bends light rays – refraction)

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uve/o

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(middle, highly vascular layer of the eye – includes the iris, ciliary body, and choroid)

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choroid/o

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choroid (vascular layer of eye)

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cycl/o

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ciliary body (muscle that anchors the lens in place and makes acqeous humor)

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ir/o, irid/o

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iris (coloured part of the eye; smooth muscle that contracts and relaxes to moderate the amount of light that enters the eye)

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pupill/o
core/o
cor/o

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pupil (dark area in the center of the iris)

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phak/o, phac/o

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lens (avascular structure behind the pupil that helps to bend/refract light)

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vitre/o

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vitreous humor (jellylike substance which holds the choroid membrane against the retina)

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retin/o

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retina (inner, nervous layer of the eye; contains rods and cones)

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macul/o

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macula lutea (area of the retina on which the light rays focus)

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papill/o

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optic disk (the area where the optic nerve leaves the retina to travel to the brain; blind spot)

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trop/o

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turning

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nat/o

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born

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ambly/o

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dull, dim

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dipl/o

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double

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phot/o

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light

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my/o

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to shut

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hem/o

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blood

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glauc/o

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gray, bluish green

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chromat/o

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colour

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nyctal/o

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night

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scot/o

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darkness

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neur/o

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nerve

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blast/o

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embryonic, immature

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angi/o

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vessel

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goni/o

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angle

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son/o

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sound

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ton/o

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tone, tension

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viscer/o

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organ

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rhin/o

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nose

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tract/o

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pull

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trabecul/o

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little beam

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peri-

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surrounding

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endo-

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within

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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para-

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abnormal

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presby-

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old age

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-algia

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pain

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-ia

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condition

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-oma

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tumor

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-sclerosis

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condition of hardening

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-acusis

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hearing

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-cusis

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hearing

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-cusis

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hearing

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-metric

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pertaining to measurement

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-scopy

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process of viewing

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-stomy

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new opening

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ot/o
aur/o
auricul/o

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EAR

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acous/o
audi/o

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HEARING

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process (hard, small projection of the temporal bone
that is behind the opening of the auditory canal)

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cerumin/o

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cerumen (earwax)

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tympan/o, myring/o

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eardrum (end of the external ear and beginning of middle ear – conducts sound to the three tiny bones in the middle ear)

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ossicul/o

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ossicle (small bone)

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staped/o

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stapes (3rd bone in middle ear; ‘stirrup’)

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salping/o

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eustachian tube (connection between the ears and the throat)

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labyrinth/o

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labyrinth, inner ear

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lymph/o

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lymph

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lymph/o

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lymph

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vestibul/o

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vestibule (central part of the bony labyrinth)

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macul/o

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macula ( a specialized patch of epithelium in the utricle and saccule of the vestibule that determines the body’s static equilibrium)

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chol/e

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bile

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steat/o

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fat

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neur/o

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nerve

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