Combining Form Words Flashcards
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Arc/o
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Extremity, highest part
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Acous
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Hearing, sound
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Aden/o
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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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Alg/o
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Pain
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All/o
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Other, strange
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Andr/o
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Male
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Angi/o
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Blood vessel
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Aort/o
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Aorta
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Arter/o
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Artery
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Arthr/o
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Joint
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Audi/o
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Hearing
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Aur/i
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Ear
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Auscult/o
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Listen
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Bi/o
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Life
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Brachi/o
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Arm
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Burs/o
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Pouch or sac, bursa
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Carp/o
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Wrist
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Caus/o
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Burn
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Cephal/o
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Head
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Cervical/o
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Neck, cervix
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Chol/e
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Bile
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Chondr/o
Cartilage
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Chrom/o
Color
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Cili/o
Hairlike structure
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Cis/o
Out
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Cost/o
Rib
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Cry/o
Cold
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Edem/o
Swelling
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Digit/o
Finger, toe
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Edem/o
Swelling
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Enter/o
Intestines
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Erythr/o
Red
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Esthes/o
Sensation
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Eti/o
Cause
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Febr/o
Fever
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Fibr/o
Fiber
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Flex/o
Bend
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Fract/o
Break up
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Gastr/o
Stomach
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Gnos/o
Knowledge
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Gynec/o
Female
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Hem/o
Blood
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Hepat/o
Liver
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Heter/o
Other, different
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Home/o
Same
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Humer/o
Upper arm
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Hydr/o
Water
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Hyster/o
Womb, uterus
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Ini/o
Unknown, individual
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Inguin/o
Groin
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Lact/i
Milk
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Later/o
Side
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Leuk/o
White
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Ligat/o
Tie, bind
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Lith/o
Stone
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Medi/o
Middle
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Meg/a
Large
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Melen/o
Black
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Men/o
Monthly
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Morb/o
Disease
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Mort/o
Death
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Myel/o
Bone marrow, spinal cord
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My/o
Muscle
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Nephr/o
Kidney
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Neur/o
Nerve
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Noct/o
Night
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Ocul/o
Eye
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Odont/o
Tooth
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O/o, ov/I
Egg
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Ophthalmo/o
Eye
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Orch/o
Testis
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Osse/o- oste/o
Bone
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Ot/o
Ear
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Palpat/o
Touch, feel
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Par/o
Birth
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Pariet/o
Wall of cavity
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Path/o
Disease
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Ped/o
Child
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Percuss/o
Strike, tap
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Phag/o
Eat, swallow
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Phot/o
Light
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Pleur/o
Pleura - lung membrane
85
Pne/o
Breathe
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Pneum/o
Lung, air
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Pod/o
Foot
88
Psycho/o
Mind
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Pyel/o
Pelvis
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Pyret/o
Fever
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Ren/o
Kidney
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Reticul/o
Network
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Retin/o
Retina of the eye
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Rhin/o
Nose
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Rub/o
Red
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Salping/o
Fallopian tube
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Sphincter/o
Sphincter muscle
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Seb/o
Sebum / oil
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Sect/o
Cut
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Sept/o
Wall
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Ser/o
Serum
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Sinus/o
Cavity or hollow / sinus
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Somat/o
Body
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Spir/o
Coil, breath
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Stern/o
Sternum
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Steth/o
Chest
107
Sthen/o
Strength
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Stom/o
Opening, mouth
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Tact/o
Touch
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Tars/o
Ankle
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Tele/o
Distance
112
Tempor/o
Time, temple of the head
113
Tetr/a
Four
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Tom/o
Cut
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Toxic/o
Poison
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Trich/o
Hair
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Viscer/o
Viscera - internal organs
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Vol/o
Volume
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Viscos/o
Thick
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Xen/o
Foreign
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Xer/o
Dry
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a-, an-
Without, lack of
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Ab-
Away from
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Acr-
Pertaining to extremity
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Ad-
To toward
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Ante-
Before, forward
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Anti-
Against, opposed to
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Auto-
Self
129
Bi-
Two
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Brady-
Slow
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Circum-
Around, about
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Contra-
Against, opposite
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Di-
Twice, double
134
Dia-
Through, completely
135
Dys,
With pain, difficulty
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e-, ex-
From, out of
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ecto-
Out from
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em-
In
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Endo-
Within
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Epi-
Upon, on
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Eu-
Normal, good
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Exo-
Outside
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Extra-
Outside, in addition
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Hemi-
Half
145
Hyper-
Excessive, above normal
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Hypo-
Deficient, below normal
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In-
Not
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Infra-
Below
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Inter-
Between
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Iso-
Equal
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Para,
By the side of
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Per-
Through
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Peri,
Around
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Poly,
Many
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Post-
After, behind
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Pro-
Before
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Quadri-
Four
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Retro-
Backward
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Semi-
Half
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Sub-
Below, less than
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Supra-
Above
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Sym-
With, together
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Tachy-
Fast
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Trans-
Across
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Tri-
Three
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Uni-
One
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-a
Condition of
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-ac
Pertaining to
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-al
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pertaining to pain
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-ary
Pertaining to
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-blast
Germ of immature cell
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-cele
Tumor, hernia
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-centesis
Puncturing
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-cyte
Cell
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-eal
Pertaining to
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-ectomy
A cutting out
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-emia
Condition of the blood
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-emic
Pertaining to the blood
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-gram
Record or picture
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-ic
Pertaining to
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-itis
Inflammation
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-logy
Study of
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-lysis
Destruction or loosening
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-meter
Measuring instrument
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-oma
Tumor, swelling
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-osis
Condition of
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-ostomy
Creation of an opening
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-ous
Pertaining to
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-pathy
Disease
191
-plasty
Surgical repair of, tying of
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-ptosis
Falling, drooping
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-rrhagia
Excessive flow, bursting forth
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-rrhea
Flowing or discharge
195
-scope
Instrument for examination
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-scopy
Examination with an instrument
197
-stasis
Standing still
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-taxia
Order, coordination
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Cleid/o
Collarbone
200
Cochle/o
Cochlea of the inner ear
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Coron/o
Encircling structure
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Corpor/o
Body
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Cyan/o
Blue
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Derm/a
Skin
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Embryon/o
Fetus
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Abdomin/o
Abdomen
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Articul/o
Joint
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Belphar/o
Eyelid
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Bronch/o
Bronchus
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Bucc/o
Cheek
211
Calcane/o
Heel
212
Carcin/o
Cancer
213
Cor/o
Pupil
214
Cubit/o
Elbow
215
Cyst/o
Bladder / cyst
216
Placent/o
Placenta
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Purul/o , pyl/o
Pus
218
Sang/o
Blood
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Scler/o
Hard
