HIM 111 Roots Flashcards
(244 cards)
1
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-acusis
A
hearing condition
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-emia
A
blood condition
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Q
-mania
A
excessive desire
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Q
-opia
A
vision condition
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Q
-opsia
A
vision condition
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Q
-paresis
A
slight or partial paralysis
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Q
-phobia
A
excessive fear
8
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
9
Q
-tropin
A
stimulating hormone
10
Q
-uria
A
urine condition
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Q
acous/o
A
sound
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Q
aden/o
A
gland
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Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
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Q
arthr/o
A
joint
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Q
arthr/o
A
joint
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Q
audi/o
A
sound
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Q
aur/o
A
ear
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
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burs/o
A
bursa
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cardi/o
A
heart
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carp/o
A
wrist
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cephal/o
A
head
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
A
brain
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cerumin/o
ear wax
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cervic/o
neck
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chondr/o
cartilage
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conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
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corne/o
cornea
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
head, skull
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crani/o
head, skull
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crin/o
secrete
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dacry/o
tear
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dactyl/o
finger
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derm/o, dermat/o
skin
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dur/o
tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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encephal/o
brain
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enter/o
small intestine
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esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
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femor/o
femur
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gastr/o
stomach
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gen/o
generation, cause
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gluc/o
sugar
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glucos/o
sugar
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glyc/o
sugar
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gnosi/o
know
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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hepat/o
liver
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hydr/o
water
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hypophys/o
pituitary gland
Etymology: borrowed from New Latin (short for hypophysis cerebrī, literally, "outgrowth of the brain"), borrowed from Greek hypóphysis "attachment underneath," from hypophýesthai "to grow up below or in place of" (from hypo- HYPO- + phýesthai "to grow, spring up, be born," middle voice of phýein "to bring forth, produce") + -sis, suffix forming nouns of action or process
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ir/o
iris
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irid/o
iris
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kerat/o
cornea
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kinesi/o
movement, motion
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lacrim/o
tear
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lumb/o
loin, lower back
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mening/o
meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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meningi/o
meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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morph/o
shape, change
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muscul/o
muscle
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muscul/o
muscle
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my/o
muscle
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my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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myos/o
muscle
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myring/o
eardrum
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necr/o
death
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neur/o
nerve
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neur/o
nerve
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ocul/o
eye
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ophthalm/o
eye
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opt/o
eye
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orth/o
straight
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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path/o
suffering, disease
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phac/o
lens of eye
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phag/o
eat
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phak/o
lens
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phas/o
speech
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phren/o
mind
The brain or mind.
Some ancient Greeks, including Aristotle, believed that the phren was located in the heart rather than the cranium.
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pituitar/o
pituitary gland
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plas/o
formation
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung
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psych/o
mind
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pulmon/o
lung
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py/o
pus
91
retin/o
retina
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salping/o
eustachian tube
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scler/o
hard
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scler/o
sclera (the white of the eye)
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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sten/o
narrowing
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tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
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ten/o
tendon
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tend/o
tendon
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tendin/o
tendon
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thym/o
thymus
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thyr/o
thyroid
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thyroid/o
thyroid
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tibi/o
tibia
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ton/o
tone, tension
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troph/o
nourishment, development
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tympan/o
eardrum
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vas/o, vascul/o
blood vessel
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xen/o
foreign
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xer/o
dry
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cyt/o
cell
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-emia
blood condition
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hem/o
blood
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hemat/o
blood
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leuk/o
white
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lymph/o
lymph
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myel/o
bone marrow
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-penia
deficiency
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phleb/o
vein
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splen/o
spleen
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thromb/o
clot
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thym/o
thymus
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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ven/o
vein
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angi/o
vessel
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aort/o
aorta
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arteri/o
artery
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ather/o
fatty plaque
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atri/o
atrium (upper chamber)
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cardi/o
heart
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coron/o
heart (crown)
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phleb/o
vein
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sept/o
septum (plural, septa)
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valvul/o
valve
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vas/o
vessel
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vascul/o
vessel
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ven/o
vein
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ventricul/o
ventricle (lower chamber)
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adenoid/o
adenoid
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bronch/o
bronchus
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bronchi/o
bronchus
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole
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capn/o
carbon dioxide
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carb/o
carbon dioxide
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laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
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lob/o
lobe
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nas/o
nose
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ox/o
oxygen
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palat/o
palate
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pector/o
chest
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pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
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phren/o
diaphragm
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pleur/o
pleura
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-pnea
breathing
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pneum/o
air or lungs
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pneumat/o
air or lungs
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pneumon/o
lung
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pulmon/o
lung
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rhin/o
nose
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sept/o
septum
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sin/o
sinus
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sinus/o
sinus
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spir/o
breathing
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thorac/o
chest
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tonsill/o
tonsil
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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abdomin/o
abdomen
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an/o
anus
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bil/i
bile (gall)
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celi/o
abdomen
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chol/e
bile (gall)
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col/o
colon (large intestine)
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colon/o
colon (large intestine)
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cyst/o
bladder
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dent/o
tooth
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doch/o
duct
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duoden/o
duodenum
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enter/o
intestines
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esophag/o
esophagus
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gastr/o
stomach
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gingiv/o
gums
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gloss/o
tongue
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hepat/o
liver
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hepatic/o
liver
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ile/o
ileum
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jejun/o
jejunum
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lapar/o
abdomen
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lingu/o
tongue
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odont/o
tooth
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or/o
mouth
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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rect/o
rectum
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sial/o
saliva
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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stomat/o
mouth
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balan/o
penis
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cyst/o
bladder
200
epididym/o
epididymis
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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lith/o
stone
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nephr/o
kidney
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orch/o
testicle
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orchi/o
testicle
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orchid/o
testicle
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prostat/o
prostate
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pyel/o
pelvis
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ren/o
kidney
210
sperm/o
sperm
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spermat/o
sperm
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test/o
testicle
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ur/o
urine
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urin/o
urine
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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vesic/o
bladder
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amni/o
amnion
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cervic/o
cervix
220
chori/o
chorion
(outermost membrane of fetus)
221
chorion/o
chorion
(Outermost layer of fetus. The innermost = amnion)
222
colp/o
vagina
223
-cyesis
pregnancy
224
episi/o
vulva
225
fet/o
fetus
226
gyn/o
woman
227
gynec/o
woman
228
hyster/o
uterus
229
lact/o
milk
230
mamm/o
breast
231
mast/o
breast
232
men/o
menstruation
233
metr/o
uterus
234
nat/o
birth
235
oophor/o
ovary
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ovari/o
ovary
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part/o
birth
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pelv/i
pelvis
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perine/o
perineum
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salping/o
fallopian tube
241
toc/o
labor
242
uter/o
uterus
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vagin/o
vagina
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vulv/o
vulva
