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ankyl/o

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combining form for stiffness, can also mean bent or crooked

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arthr/o

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combining form of “joint”

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kyph/o

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combining form of “humpback”

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lamin/o

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combining form of “lamina,” the part of the vertibral arch

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lord/o

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combining form of “curve” or “swayback”

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myel/o

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combining form of either “bone marrow” or “spinal cord” depending on the context

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orth/o

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combining form of “straight”

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oste/o

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combining form of “bone”

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ped/o

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combining form of “foot” and also “child”

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scoli/o

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combining form of “crooked” or “bent”

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thorac/o

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combining form of “chest”

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acromi/o

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combining form of “acromion” which is a projection of the scapula

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brachi/o

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combining form of “arm”

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calcane/o

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combining form of “calcaneum” which is the heel bone

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carp/o

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combining form of “carpus” which is the wrist bone

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cephal/o

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combining form of “head”

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cervic/o

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combining form of “neck” but also the cervix as well

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clavicul/o

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combining form of “clavicle” or collar bone

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cost/o

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combining form of “ribs”

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crani/o

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combining form of “skull”

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dactyl/o

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combining form of “fingers” or “toes”

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femor/o

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combining form of “femur”

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fibul/o

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combining form of “fibula”

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humer/o

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combining form of “humerus”

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ili/o

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combining form of “ilium” which is the flaring portion of the hip bone

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ischi/o

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combining form of “ischium” which is the lower portion of the hip bone

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lumb/o

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combining form of “loins” though specifically the lower back portion

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metacarp/o

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combining form of “metacarpus” or the hand bones

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metatars/o

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combining form of “metatarsus” or the foot bones

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patell/o

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combining form of “patella” or kneecap

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pelv/i

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combining form of “pelvis”

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phalang/o

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combining form of “phalanges” or finger bones

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pod/o

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combining form of “foot”

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pub/o

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combining form of “pelvis bone”

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radi/o

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combining form of “radiation”

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spondyl/o

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one of two combining forms of “vertebrae”

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vertebr/o

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one of two combining forms of “vertebrae”

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stern/o

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combining form of “sternum”

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tibi/o

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combining form of “tibia”

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leiomy/o

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combining form of “smooth muscle”

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muscul/o

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one of two combining form of “muscle”

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my/o

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one of two combining forms of “muscle”

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rhabd/o

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combining form of “rod-shaped” or striated

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rhabdomy/o

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combining form of “rod shaped striated muscle”

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chrond/o

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combining form of “cartilage”

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fasci/o

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combining form of “band” or “fascia”

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fibr/o

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combining form of “fiber” or “fibrous tissue”

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synov/o

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combining form of “synovial membrane” or “synovial fluid”

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ten/o

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one of three combining forms of “tendon”

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tend/o

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one of three combining forms of “tendon”

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tendin/o

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one of three combining forms of “tendon”

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albumin/o

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combining form of “albumin” or “protein”

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azot/o

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combining form of “nitrogenous compounds”

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bacteri/o

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combining form of “bacteria”

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cyst/o

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one of two combining forms of “bladder”

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vesic/o

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one of two combining forms of “bladder”

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glomerul/o

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combining form of “glomerulus,” the wad of capillaries in the Bowman capsule

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kal/i

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combining form of “potassium”

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keton/o

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combining form of “ketone bodies”

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lith/o

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combining form of “stone”

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meat/o

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combining form of “opening” or “meatus”

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nephr/o

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one of two combining form of “kidney”

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ren/o

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one of two combining form of “kidney”

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noct/o

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combining form of “night”

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olig/o

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combining form of “scanty”

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py/o

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combining form of “pus”

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pyel/o

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combining form of “renal pelvis”

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ur/o

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combining form of “urine” or “urinary tract”

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ureter/o

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combining form of “ureter”

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urethr/o

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combining form of “urethra”

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colp/o

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one of two combining forms for the word “vagina”

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vagin/o

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one of two combining forms for the word “vagina”

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gynec/o

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combining form of “woman” or “female”

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hyster/o

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one of three combining forms of “uterus”

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metri/o

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one of three combining forms of “uterus”

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uter/o

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one of three combining forms of “uterus”

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mamm/o

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(1 of 2) combining form of “breast”

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mast/o

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(2 of 2) combining form of “breast”

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men/o

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combining form of “menses” or “menstruation”

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metr/o

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combining form of “uterus” specifically “womb”

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nat/o

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combining form of “birth”

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oophor/o

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(1 of 2) combining form of “ovary”

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ovari/o

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(2 of 2) combining form of “ovary”

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perine/o

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combining form of “perineum”

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salping/o

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combining form of “tube,” typically Fallopian or eustachian

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andr/o

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combining form of “male”

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androgenic

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pertaining to maleness

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balan/o

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combining form of “glans penis”

89
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balanoplasty

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surgical repair of the glans penis

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crypt/o

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combining form of “hidden”

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cryptorchidism

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condition of hidden, undescended testicles

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epididym/o

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combining form of “epididymis”

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genit/o

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combining form of “genitalia”

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gonad/o

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combining form of “gonads”

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olig/o

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combining form of “scanty” or “few”

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oligospermia

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the scanty production of sperm

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orch/o

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(1 of 4) combining form of “testis”

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orchi/o

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(2 of 4) combining form of “testis”

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orchid/o

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(3 of 4) combining form of “testis”

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test/o

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(4 of 4) combining form of “testis”

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perine/o

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combining form of “perineum”

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prostat/o

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combining form of “prostate”

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spermat/o

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(1 of 2) combining form of “sperm cells”

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sperm/o

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(2 of 2) combining form of “sperm cells”

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varic/o

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combining form of “dilated vein”

106
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varicocele

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the swelling of a dilated vein

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vas/o

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combining form of “vessel” but also specifically “vas deferens”

108
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vasectomy

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literally, the cutting of the vas deferens

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vesicul/o

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combining form of “seminal vesicle”

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adren/o

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(1 of 2) combining form of “adrenal gland”

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adrenal/o

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(2 of 2) combining form of “adrenal gland”

112
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calc/o

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combining form of “calcium”

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crin/o

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combining form of “secrete”

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gluc/o

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(1 of 2) combining form of “sweetness” or “sugar”

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glyc/o

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(2 of 2) combining form of “sweetness” or “sugar”

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home/o

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combining form of “same” or “alike”

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kal/i

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combining form of “potassium”

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pancreat/o

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combining form of “pancreas”

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parathyroid/o

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combining form of “parathyroid gland”

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thym/o

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combining form of “thymus gland”

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thyr/o

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combining form of “thyroid gland”

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toxic/o

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combining form of “poison”

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cerebr/o

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combining form of “cerebrum”

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crani/o

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combining form of “cranium” or “skull”

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encephal/o

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combining form of “brain”

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gangli/o

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combining form of “ganglion” or “knot like mass”

127
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gli/o

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combining form of “neurological tissue”

128
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kinesi/o

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combining form of “movement”

129
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lept/o

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combining form of “thin” or “slender”

130
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lex/o

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combining form of “word” or “phrase”

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mening/o

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(1 of 2) combining form of “meninges” which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord

132
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meningi/o

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(2 of 2) combining form of “meninges” which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord

133
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myel/o

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combining form of “bone marrow” or “spinal cord”

134
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narc/o

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combining form of “stupor” or “numbness”

135
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neur/o

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combining form of “nerve”

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radicul/o

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combining form of “nerve root”

137
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sthen/o

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combining form of “strength”

138
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thalam/o

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combining form of “thalamus”

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thec/o

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combining form of “sheath” but also used to refer to the meninges

140
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ton/o

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combining form of “tension”

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ventricul/o

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combining form of “ventricle” either the heart or the brain