Medical Terminology G - O Flashcards
Contains all word parts and their meanings (407 cards)
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galact/o
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milk
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gamet/o
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gametes / sperm or eggs
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gangli/o
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ganglion/swelling/plexus
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ganglion-
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ganglion/swelling/plexus
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gastr/o
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stomach
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NAME?
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agent that produces / precursor
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NAME?
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pertaining to formation/originating in
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genicul/o
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knee
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geni/o
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chin
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genit/o
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genitals/ reproductive organs/produced by birth
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gen/o
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cause/produce/originate
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NAME?
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arising from / produced by/ producing
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ger/i/o
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old age/the aged
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geront/o
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old age/the aged
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gest/o
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pregnancy
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gingiv/o
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gum
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glauc/o
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grey (Am. gray)
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glen/o
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socket of a joint / pit / glenoid cavity
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gli/a/o
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glue-like / neuroglia, the supporting cells of the CNS
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glisson-
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Glisson capsule (around the liver)
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NAME?
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protein
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NAME?
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protein
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NAME?
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globe / like a small ball
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus of kidney
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gloss/o
tongue
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glott/o
glottis (the vocal apparatus and its opening)
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gluc/o
glucose/sugar/sweet
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glyc/o
glucose/sugar/sweet
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glycogen/o
glycogen, a polysaccharide
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glycos-
sugar (an obsolete variant meaning glucose)
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gnath/o
jaw
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#NAME?
science or means of judging
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-gnos-
to know / known or knowledge of / judgment
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condition of knowing / receiving / recognizing
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to know / known or knowledge of / judgment
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gonad/o
gonads (the ovaries or testes)
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gonecyst/o
seminal vesicle
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gon/e/o
seed/semen/sperm/knee
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goni/o
angle/corner
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gony/o
knee
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#NAME?
to go
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X-ray / tracing / recording / one-thousandth of a kilogram (g)
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granul/o
granule/granular
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usually recording instrument/ a recording / an X-Ray picture / a mathamatical curve representing data
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technique of recording / making X-ray
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pregnancy / a pregnant woman
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gravid/o
pregnancy
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gryp/o
abnormal curvature / hooked
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gynaec/o
gynaecology / female reproductive system / woman (Am. gynec/o)
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#NAME?
woman/female
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gynec/o (Am.)
gynecology / female reproductive system / woman
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gyn/o
gynaecology (Am. gynecology)/ female reproductive system / woman
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#NAME?
pertaining to circular motion
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haemangi/o
blood vessel (Am. hemangi/o)
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haem/a/o
blood (Am. hem/a/o)
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haemat/o
blood (Am. hemaVo)
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haemoglobin/o
haemoglobin (Am. hemoglobin)
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halit/o
breath
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hallucin/o
hallucination
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hallux
great toe
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hal/o
salts
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hapl/o
single/simple
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hapt/o
touch
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hecto-
one hundred
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helc/o
ulcer
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helic/o
helix/ spiral form
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heli/o
sun
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helmint/h/o
worms
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hem/a/o (Am.)
blood
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hemat/o (Am.)
blood
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hemi-
half/ on one side
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hapatic/o
hepatic bile duct
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hepat/o
liver
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hept/o
seven
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herni/o
hernia
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heter/o
other/another/different
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hex-
six/hold/being
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hidraden/o
sweat gland
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hidr/o
sweat/perspiration
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histi/o
histiocyte, a type of macrophage
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hist/o
tissue
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hol/o
entire/whole
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homeo-
alike/unchanging/constant/resembling
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homo-
the same / resembling
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humer/o
humerus
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hyal/o
glass-like
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hydatid/o
hydatid cyst
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hydr/a/o
water
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hygr/o
moisture
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hymen/o
hymen
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hy/o
hyoid bone
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hyp-
below/ below normal / under
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hyper-
above / above normal / excessive / over
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hypn/o
sleep
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hypo-
below normal / under
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hypophys-
hypophysis / pituitary gland
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hyster/o
uterus/womb
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#NAME?
condition of/ abnormal condition / disease
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pertaining to
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pertaining to
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belonging to/ characteristic of/ supporter of / suffix that forms a noun
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abnormal condition / process or condition resulting from/ disease
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a medical specialty
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iatr/o
medical treatment/ doctor
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treatment by a doctor/ specialty (of doctor)
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capable of/ able
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pertaining to
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used in pharmacology to mean a drug or drug action
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pertaining to/ dealing with
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ichthy/o
fish-like/dry/scaly
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person associated with/ specialist
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small
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art or science of
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pertaining to seizure/attack
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icter/o
jaundice
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#NAME?
a binary chemical compound
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idi/o
self/ one's own / peculiar to an organism / unknown
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make or produce/ cause to become
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#NAME?
attack / abnormal condition
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il-
in/none
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capable of/ able to/ relating to/ belonging to
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ile/o
ileum
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ili/o
ilium/flank
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im-
in/within/none/not
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immun/o
immune/immunity
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in-
in/none/not
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#NAME?
used as suffix for various chemicals
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incud/o
incus (the anvil-shaped ear ossicle) / anvil
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pertaining to / a suffix used for chemicals derived or thought to be derived from ammonia
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infer/o
below / beneath/ inferior to
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infra-
below/ inferior to
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inguin/o
groin
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insulin/o
insulin / islets of Langerhans
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inter-
between
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#NAME?
internal
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intestin/o
intestine
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intra-
within/inside
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intro-
into/within/inwards
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intus-
in/into
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iod/o
iodine
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#NAME?
action / condition resulting from an action
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ion/o
ion / to wander
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pertaining to
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ips/e/i/o
the same / self
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ir-
in/none/not
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irid/i/o
iris
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ir/o
iris
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ischi/o
ischium
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isch/o
holding back/ reducing / suppressing
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process/ state or condition / practice of/ theory of
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spasm I process/ state or condition
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iso-
same/equal
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specialist
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a substance produced through a process; an end product of a reaction
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relating to or having something specified
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inflammation
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state/condition
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metallic element
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pertaining to/ tendency
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usd in pharmacology to mean a drug or drug action
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use / subject to treatment or action / to make or treat/ combine with
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throw
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jejun/o
jejunum
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juxta-
adjoining/near
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kal/i
potassium (K+), from Latin kalium
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kary/o
nucleus
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keratin/o
keratin (a protein present in skin, hair and nails)
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kerat/o
epidermis/cornea/horny
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kern-
nucleus (of nerve cells)
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ket/o/n
ketones / ketone bodies / carbonyl group
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kin/e/o
motion/movement
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kinesi/o
motion/movement
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#NAME?
a motion/movement
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kinet/o
motion/movement
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kilo-
one thousand
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klept/o
thief/stealing
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#NAME?
condition of involuntary twitching of muscle a wave of contraction in a muscle
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kyph/o
crooked I hump / forward curvature of the thoracic kyphosis spine
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labi/o
lip
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labyrinth/o
labyrinth of ear
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lachrym/o
tear; tear ducts/ lacrimal apparatus
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lacrim/o
tear I tear ducts / lacrimal apparatus
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lact/i/o
milk
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laevo-
left (Am. levo-)
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#NAME?
condition of talking
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lal/o
speech
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lamell/a
thin leaf or plate
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lamin/o
lamina/ thin plate / part of vertebral arch
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lapar/o
abdomen/flank
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#NAME?
empty / wash out / evacuate
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#NAME?
fall/slide/sag
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laryng/o
larynx
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later/o
side
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lei/o
smooth
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leiomy/o
smooth muscle
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#NAME?
sheath/covering
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lent/i
lens
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#NAME?
seizure/fit
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lept/o
thin/fine/slender
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leth-
fatal/causing death
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leuc/o
white
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leukaem/o
leukaemia (Am. leukemia)
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leukem/o (Am.)
leukemia/leukaemia
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leuk/o
white
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levo-(Am.)
left
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#NAME?
condition of speech/words
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lien/o
spleen
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#NAME?
tying off of a vessel with a suture
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lingu/a/o
tongue
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lip/o
fat / fatty tissue
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#NAME?
slipping
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#NAME?
stone
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#NAME?
abnormal condition of stones
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lith/o
stone
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lob/o
lobe
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lochi/o
vaginal discharge (lochia)
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loc/o
place
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logad-
white of the eye
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#NAME?
specialist who studies
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log/a/o
words/speech/study/thought
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#NAME?
study of
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loph/o
ridge/tuft
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lord/o
bend forward/ forward curvature of the lumbar spine
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lox/o
oblique/slanting
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#NAME?
to shine
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lumb/o
loin / lower back
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lump-
lump/swelling
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lute/o
yellow / corpus luteum of ovary
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lymph/a/t/o
lymph
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lymphaden/o
lymph node (lymph gland)
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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
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lymphocyt/o
lymphocyte
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lymphomat-
lymphoma
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Iyo-
water soluble/ solvent/ dissolve
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lys/o
break down/ disintegration/ dissolving
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#NAME?
break down/ disintegration/ dissolving
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pertaining to break down/ disintegration
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macro-
large
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macul/o
spot / blotch
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mal-
bad/ diseased or impaired
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#NAME?
condition of softening
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malac/o
softening
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malign-
bad/harmful
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malleol/o
malleolus (the process on the side of the ankle)
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malle/o
malleus (the hammer-shaped ear ossicle)/hammer
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mamill/i/o
nipple
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mamm/a/o
breast / mammary gland
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mammill/i/o
nipple
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mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
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mani-
mental disorder/ madness
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#NAME?
condition of mental disorder / psychosis (extreme excitement)
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man/o
pressure
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manus-
hand
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mast/o
breast / mammary gland
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mastoid/o
nipple-shaped / mastoid process / mastoid air cells
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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meat/o
meatus/opening/external orifice, eg, of the urethra
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medi/o
middle/mid line
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#NAME?
condition of being in the middle
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medull/o
inner part/ medulla
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mega-
abnormally large
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megal/o
abnormally large
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#NAME?
enlargement
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melan/o
melanin / dark pigment
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melanomat-
melanoma
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melit/o
sugar/honey
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mel/o
limb/cheek
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melon/o
cheek
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mening/i/o
meninges, the protective membranes of the CNS
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menisc/o
meniscus/crescent-shaped
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men/o
menses / menstruation / monthly flow
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ment/o
chin/mind
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mes/o
middle/intermediate
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meta-
change in form, position or order / after / next / between
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matacarp/o
metacarpus/metacarpal or metacarpal bone
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metatars/o
metatarsus/metatarsal or metatarsal bone
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#NAME?
measuring instrument / a measure
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metr/a/i/o
uterus/womb
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#NAME?
person who measures
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#NAME?
process of measuring
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micro-
small/one-millionth
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mid-
middle
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#NAME?
carving, shaping
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milli-
one-thousandth
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#NAME?
simulation/imitation
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#NAME?
simulation of a specific effect
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#NAME?
condition of expressing through gestures
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mi/o
make smaller / less
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#NAME?
to send
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mito-
thread-like/mitosis
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mono-
one/single
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monocyt/o
monocyte
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#NAME?
shape/form
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morph/o
shape/form
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mort/o
death
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-motor-
moving / action / set in motion
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muc/o
mucus
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multi-
many
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muscul/o
muscle
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mut/a
change (genetic change)
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my-
(from myein) to close/squint
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mycet/o
fungus
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myc/o
fungus
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mydr-
widen or enlarge
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myelin/o
myelin / myelin sheath
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myel/o
bone marrow / spinal cord / myelocyte
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myelomat/o
myeloma
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my/o
muscle
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myocardi/o
myocardium (heart muscle)
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myomat/o
myoma (muscle tumour)
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myop-
short-sighted
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myos/o
muscle
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myring/o
eardrum / tympanic membrane
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myx/o
mucus/mucoid tissue (embryonic connective tissue)
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myxomat-
myxoma
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nano-
one-billionth / a quantity multiplied by (1 Q-9)
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narc/o
stupor/numbness
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nas/o
nose
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nasopharyng/o
nasopharynx
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#NAME?
pertaining to birth
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nat/o
birth
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natr/i
sodium (Na+), from Latin natrium
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necr/o
death / death of tissue
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neo-
new/recent
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve (rarely tendon)
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neuron/a
neuron
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neutr/o
neutral
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nid-
nest / focus of
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noc/i
harm
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noct/i
night/darkness
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nod/o
knot/swelling
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nom/o
distribute/law/custom
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non-
without/no
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normo-
normal
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nos/o
disease
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not/o
back
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nucle/o
nucleus
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nulli-
none
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nyctal/o
night/darkness
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nyct/o
night/darkness
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nymph/o
labia minora / nymphae
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#NAME?
perforation/pricking/puncture
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obstetr-
midwifery/obstetrics
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occipit/o
occiput, the posterior region of the skull
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occulus/o
shut/close up
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oct/a/i/o
eight
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ocul/o
eye
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onont/o
tooth/teeth
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odyn/o
pain
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#NAME?
swelling due to fluid (Am. edema)
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oesophag/o
oesophagus/gullet (Am. esophago)
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oestr/o
oestrogen (a female sex-hormone)/ oestrus (Am. estr/o)
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#NAME?
resembling
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#NAME?
small
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small
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olecran/o
e!bow/olecranon (the bony projection of the ulna)
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ole/o
oil
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olfact/o
sense of smell / smell
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olig/o
deficiency/few/little
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#NAME?
slipping
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tumour (Am. tumor)/ swelling
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oment/o
omentum (peritoneal fold of stomach)
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om/o
shoulder
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omphal/o
navel / umbilicus / umbilical cord
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onc/o
tumour (Am. tumor)/ mass
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#NAME?
hormone
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onych/o
nail
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oo-
egg
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oophor/o
ovary
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#NAME?
obscure
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-op-
seeing / looking at
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ophthalm/o
eye
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#NAME?
eye
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#NAME?
condition of vision / defective vision
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opistho
backward/behind
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#NAME?
condition of vision / defective vision
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#NAME?
to view / process of viewing
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optic/o
vision / eye / optic nerve
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opt/o
vision/eye
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orbit/o
orbit (the bony cavity of the eye)
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#NAME?
a person or agent / a device
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orchid/o
testicle/testis
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orch/i/o
testicle/testis
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#NAME?
condition of appetite
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organ/o
organ
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or/o
mouth
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orth/o
correct/normal/straight
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#NAME?
pertaining to
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os
bone / a mouth / an orifice
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osche/o
scrotum
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#NAME?
carbohydrate / sugar / starch / full of / pertaining to / having the form of
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abnormal condition / disease of / abnormal increase
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osm/a/o
odour / smell / osmosis
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osphresi/o
odour/smell/olfaction (the sense of smell)
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osse/o
bone
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oss/i
bone
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ossicul/o
ear ossicles / ear bones
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ost/e/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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#NAME?
pertaining to
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ovari/o
ovary
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ov/i/o
egg/ovum
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#NAME?
condition of oxygen
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ox/i/o
oxygen
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oxy-
oxygen/sharp/quick
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oxysm/o
sudden
