med terms Flashcards
(324 cards)
1
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acanth-
A
thorn, spine
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acetabul
A
hip joint
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acr/o
A
extremities
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acromi
A
lateral projection of shoulder blade
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Q
-acusis
A
hearing
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aden/o
A
gland
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Q
agglutin
A
clumping
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agogue
A
producer, leader
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-agon
A
contest, struggle
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agor/a
A
crowd
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agra
A
excessive pain
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albin/o
A
white
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alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
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allo
A
other, differing from normal
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alveol
A
air sac
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ambly/o
A
dull, dim
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amine
A
nitrogen compound
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amphi-
A
around, on both sides
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andr/o
A
male
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angi/o
A
vessel
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aniso-
A
unequal
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ankyl-
A
crooked, bent, stiff
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ante-
A
before
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anter-
A
front
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anthrac/o
coal
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-apheresis
removal
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apo
separated from
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aque
water, aqueous
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arthro-
joint
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articul
joint
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aspir
removal
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assay
analyze
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astr/o
star
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atel/o
incomplete
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ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
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atmo-
steam, vapor
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azot/o
nitrogen
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balan/o
glans penis
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bary-
weight, pressure
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basia-
walking
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batho-
depth, deep
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bil/i
bile, gall
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bio
life
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-blast
immature cell
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blenn-
mucus
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blephar-
eyelid
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bol/o
cast, throw
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brom/o
bromine containing compound
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buccc/o
cheek
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bursa
fluid-filled sac that allows for easy movement of one part of a joint over another
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byssin/o
cotton dust
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cac/o
bad
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calc
calcium
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calcul-
stone
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calori-
heat
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calyx-
cup-like region of the renal pelvis
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campt
bent
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capill
hair
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capit-
head
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-capnia
carbon dioxide
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carcin/o
cancerous
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cari/o
rottenness
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cata-
down
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-cataphasia
affirmation
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cathar
cleansing, purging
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-cathisia
sitting
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caud/o
tail
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caus/o
burning
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cauter/o
heat, burn
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cec/o
cecum
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-ceps
head
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cerat-
horn. cornea
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-chalasia
relaxation
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cheil/o
lip
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-chezia
defecation
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chiro
hand
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chondri-
cartilage
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chorion-
outermost layer of the two membranes surrounding the embryo
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chroia
skin coloration
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chrom
color
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chron
time
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chrys
gold, yellow
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chyme
gastric pulp
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cib/o
meals
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cine
movement
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cirrh/o
orange, yellow
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cis-
on this side
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cis/o
to cut, incision
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-clast
to break
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cleid/o
clavicle
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clin/o
to slope, bend
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-clysis
irrigation, washing
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coagul/o
clotting
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coel-
hollow
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-coimesis
sleeping
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coll
glue
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colp/o
vagina
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comi/o
to care for
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contus-
bruise
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cor
pupil
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corpor
body
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cortic/o
cortex, outer region
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cost/o
rib
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cox
hip, hip joint
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crani-
skull
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-crine
to secrete
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crit
separate
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cr/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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cubit
elbow
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cupr/o
copper
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cusis
hearing
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cutane
skin
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de
without
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dem
people
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desicc
drying
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-desis
binding
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dia-
through
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diaphor
profuse sweating
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diplo
double
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dipsia
thirst
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dolich
long, narrow
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dors/o
back
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-drome
to run
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duodenum
first part of the small intestine
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dur
tough, hard
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ecchym/o
blood in the tissues
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-ectasis
dilation, expansion
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ectro
congenital absence
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edopotra
stiff
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-elasma
flat plate
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ele/o
oil
133
em
in
134
emmetr/o
in proper measure
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enanti
opposite
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encephal/o
brain
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enter/o
intestine
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eosin/o
red, rosy
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epididymis
a long, coiled duct on the outside of the testes in which sperm matures
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epiglottis
flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing
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episi/o
vulva
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erethism
irritation
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eschar
scab
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eso
inward
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esthes
sensation, perception
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ethm/o
porous
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eu
good
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eury-
wide, broad
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exanthemat/o
rash
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-facient
to cause, make happen
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fascia
fibrous band
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-ferent
carry
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fovea
tiny pit, depression
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furc/o
branching
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fusc/o
dark brown
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galact
milk
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genit
bring forth, give birth
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genu
knee
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gingiv/o
gums
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glauc/o
gray
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gli
glue
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-globulin
protein
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glomerulus
a ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrate kidney
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gloss/o
tongue
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gluc/o
glucose, sugar
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gnath
jaw
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gnos/o
knowledge
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gon
seed; semen
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goni/o
angle
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graph
to write
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gyr
ring, circle, spiral
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hapl
simple, single
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helminth
worm
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-hexia
habit
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hidr/o
sweat, perspiration
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hirsuitism
excessive hair growth in women
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hirund/i
leech
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hist
tissue
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hom/o
same, alike
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hygr-
moisture
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hypn
sleep, hypnosis
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ichthy/o
dry, scaly
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ics, -tics
the science or study of
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idio
self, one's own
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-ite
pertaining to
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ithy
erect, straight
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-ium
structure, tissue
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ixod/i
ticks
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karyo
nucleus
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kraur/o
dry
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kym/o
waves
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kyph/o
hump
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labile-
unstable, open to change
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lacrimo/dacryo
tear, lacrimal is tear gland
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-lalia
speech, babble
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lampr/o
clear
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lecith
yolk, ovum
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lei
smooth
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-lemma
sheath, covering
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lepto
thin, slender
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lim/o
hunger
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lith
stone, calculus
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log
speech, word
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logad/o
whites of the eyes
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loph/o
ridge
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lox/o
oblique, slanting
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lys-
to break down
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-lytic
destruction
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-malacia
softening
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-masesis
chewing (mastication)
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mer/o
part
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meta
change
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mydr/o
wide
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mogi-
difficult
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myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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myx/o
mucus
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nallux
big toe
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natr/o
sodium
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nect/o
connect
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noci-
cause harm
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odyn-
pain
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olig/o
few
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om-
shoulder
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omphal-
navel
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onych/o
fingernail
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optic
eye
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oro-
mouth
227
ossi
bone
228
oto-
ear
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-otomy
cutting into
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oxy
sharp, acid, oxygen
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-oxysm
sudden
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pachy
thick
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-pagus
conjoined twins
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pali-
repetitive
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palliate
to ease, soothe
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palpelor
eyelid
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papill
nipple
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para
beside, beyond
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parity
of times given birth (per child)
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-penia
deficiency
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-pepsia
digestion
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phaco
lens
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-phasia
speech
244
phe/o
dusky
245
-pheresis
removal
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phim/o
muzzle
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-phonia
voice, sound
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-phoresis
transmission, carrying
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phos
light
250
pimel
fat
251
platy
flat
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-poiesis
formation, production
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poikilo
varied, irregular
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porphyr
purple color
255
-prandial
meal
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prosop-
face
257
pterygium
winglike growth of conjunctival tissue extending to the cornea
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pschr-
cold
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-ptosis
drooping
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ptyal-
saliva
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-ptysis
spitting
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pyel/o
pelvis
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pyo
pus
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quer
search
265
quercin
oak
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rachi
spine
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reticul/o
net
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rhytid
wrinkle
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-rrhage
bursting forth
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-rrhexis
rupture, bursting
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rubr-
red
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salping/o
tube
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sangui
blood(sanguine)
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sarco
flesh, muscle
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schiz
split, divide
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scot/o
darkness
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sial/o
saliva
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silic/o
glass
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sinistr/o
left
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sito
food, grain
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-spadia
to tear, cut
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splanchn-
viscera
285
squamos cells
flattened and scale-like
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-stalsis
contraction
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-stasis
stopping, controlling
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-staxis
dripping
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-stenosis
narrowing
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stheno
strength, force, power
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stich/o
rows
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styl/o
pole, stake
293
syn-
together
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taut/o
identical, same
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tephr/o
gray
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thel/o
nipple
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thely-
feminine
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-tic
pertaining to
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toco
childbirth
300
-tome
instrument used to cut
301
tono-
tension
302
trans
across, through
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-tripsy
crushing
304
-tropin
stimulate
305
tumesc
swelling
306
ungui
nail
307
varic/o
dilated vein
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venereal
having to do with sexual intercourse or diseases transmitted by it
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verruc
wart
310
vesic
urinary bladder
311
viscera
internal organs
312
vitre/o
glassy
313
volv/o
roll
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xanth/o
yellow
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xer/o
dry
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xiph
sword shaped
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xys
file, scrape
318
yalos
glass
319
ydor
water
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-yl
monovalent hydrocarbon radical
321
ylene
bivalent organic radical
322
yoeides
U-shaped
323
zym
ferment
