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Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 2 Flashcards

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faci/o

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face, form

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fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

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fec/a, fec/o

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dregs, sediment, waste

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femor/o

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femur, thigh bone

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fenestr/a

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window, small opening

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fer/o

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to bear, carry

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-ferent

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to carry

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fertil/o

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fertile, able to conceive

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fet/o

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fetus, unborn child

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fibr/o

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fibrous tissue, fiber

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fibrin/o

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fibrin, fibers, threads of clot

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fibul/o

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fibula

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-fic

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making, producing, forming

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-fication

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process of making

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-fida

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split

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filtr/o, filtrat/o

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filer, to straight through

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fiss/o

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crack, split, cleft

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flatul/o

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flatus, rectal gas

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flex/o

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bend

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fluor/o

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glowing, luminous

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foc/o

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focus point

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follicul/o

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follicle, small sac

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foramin/o

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opening, foramen

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fore-

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before, in front of

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-form, form/o

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resembling K shape

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fove/o

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small pit, depressed area

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fract/o

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break

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front/o

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front, forehead

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-fuge

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separate by spinning

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fund/o

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bottom, base, fundus

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fung/o

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fungus

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-fusion

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to come together; to pour

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galact/o

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milk

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gangli/o

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tumor, cystic tumor

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ganglion/o

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ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies

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gangrene/o

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tissue death, gangrene

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gemin/o

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twin, double, group

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gen-, gen/o, -gen

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producing, forming, substance that produces

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40
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-gene

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production, origin, formation

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41
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-genic, -genesis

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creation, reproduction, formation, produced by/in

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42
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genit/o

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reproduction

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43
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-genous

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producing

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ger/i

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old age

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germin/o

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bud, sprout, embryonic tissue

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geront/o

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old age

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gest/o, gestat/o

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pregnancy, gestation to birth

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gigant/o

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giant, very large

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gingiv/o

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gingival tissue, gums

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glauc/o

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gray

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51
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glen/o

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socket of joint

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52
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gli/o

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neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous, glue

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53
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-glia

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glue

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54
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-globin, -globulin

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protein

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gobul/o

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ball shape

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glomerl/o

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glomerulus

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glott/o

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pertaining to tongue

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gluc/o

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glucose, sugar

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glyc/o, glycos/o

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glucose, sugar

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glycer/o

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sweet

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gon/o

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seed

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gonad/o

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gonad, sex glands

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goni/o

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angle

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65
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-grade

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to go

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-gram

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picture, record

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granul/o

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granule(s)

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-graph

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picture/record, machine to make record

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graph/o

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writing

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-graphy

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process of producing picture/record

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-gravida

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pregnant

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gustat/o

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taste

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gynec/o, gyn/o

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woman, female

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hal/o, halit/o

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breath

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hallucin/o

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hallucination

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hem/o, hemat/o, hem/a

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blood, relating to blood

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hemi-

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half

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hemoglobin/o

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hemoglobin

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hepat/o

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liver

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hered/o, heredit/o

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inherited, hereditary

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herni/o

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hernia

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hiat/o

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opening, gap

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hidr/o

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sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy, rough

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hist/o

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tissue

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hom/o

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same, like, alike

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home/o

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sameness, unchanging, constant, similar

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hormon/o

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hormone

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humer/o

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humerus

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hy/o

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hyoid bone

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hydr/o

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relating to water

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hygien/o

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health

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hymen/o

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hymen

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hyper-

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excessive, increased, above normal

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hypn/o

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sleep

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hypo=

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deficient, decreased, below normal

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hyster/o

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uterus

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iatr/o

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physician, treatment

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-iatrics

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field of medicine, healing

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-iatry

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field of medicine

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-ible

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capable of, able to

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-ical

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pertaining to chemical, chemical compound

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-ician

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specialist

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icter/o

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jaundice

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly

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idi/o

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peculiar to 1 individual/organ, unknown, distinct

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-iferous

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bearing, carrying, producing

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-ific

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making, producing

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-iform

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shaped/formed like, resembling

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-ile

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capable of

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ile/o

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ileum, small intestine

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ili/o

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ilium, hip bone

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im-

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not

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immun/o

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immune, protection, safe

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impact/o

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pushed against, wedged against, packed

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in-

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in, into, not, without

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-in

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substance, chemical

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incis/o

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cutting into

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-ine

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pertaining to, substance, chemical

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infarct/o

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filled in, stuffed

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infect/o

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infected, tainted

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infer/o

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below, beneath

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inflammat/o

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flame within, set on fire

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infra-

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below, beneath, inferior to

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inguin/o

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groin

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inject/o

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to force/put in, insert

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insul/o

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island

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insulin/o

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insulin

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integument/o

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covering

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inter-

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between, among

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intern/o

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within, inside

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intestin/o

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intestine

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intra-

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within, inside

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intrins/o

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contained within, on the inside

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intro-

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within, into, inside

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intussuscept/o

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take up/receive within

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iod/o

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iodine

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-ion

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condition, action, process, state

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ion/o

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ion, to wander

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-ior

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pertaining to

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ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o

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iris

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isch/o

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back, to hold back

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ischi/o

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ischium

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is/o-

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equal, same

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-ist

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person who practices, specialist

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-ism

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process, condition

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-isy

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noun ending

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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structure, tissue

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-ive

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performs, tends toward, substance that promotes

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-ize

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to make, to treat

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jaund/o

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yellow

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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jugul/o

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throat

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juxta-

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beside, near, nearby

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kal/i

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potassium

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kary/o

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nucleus, nut (?)

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kel/o

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growth, tumor

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kerat/o

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horn, shaped hard, cornea

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ket/o, keton/o

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ketones, acetones

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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesis

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movement

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klept/o

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to steal

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kyph/o

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bent, hump, humpback

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labi/o

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lip, labium

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labyrinth/o

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maze, labyrinth, inner ear

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lacer/o

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torn, mangled

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lacrim/o

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tears, tear duct

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lact/i, lact/o

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milk

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lamin/o

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lamina, posterior portion of vertebra

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, lag

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx, throat, voice box

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later/o

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side

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lei/o

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smooth

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lent/o

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lens of eye

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lenticul/o

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lens, shaped like lens

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-leptic

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to seize, take hold of

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leuk/o

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white

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lev/o

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raise, lift

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lex/o, -lexia

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word, phrase

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ligament/o

A

ligament

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ligat/o

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binding/tying off

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lingu/o

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tongue

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lipid/o, lip/o

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fat, lipid, fatty deposits

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-listhesis

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slipping

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lith/o, -lith

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stone, calculus

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-lithiasis

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presence of stones

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lob/o

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lobe, well-defined part of organ

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loc/o

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place

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-logy, -log

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study of

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lord/o

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curve, swayback, bent

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lumb/o

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lower back, loins, lumbar region

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lumin/o

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light, lumen

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lump/o

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lump, mass

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lun/o

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moon

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lux/o

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slide

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ly/o

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break down, dissolve, loosen

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lymph/o

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lymph, lymphatic tissue

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lymphaden/o

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lymph node/gland

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

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-lyst

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agent causing lysis/loosening

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-lytic

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to reduce, destroy

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quadr/i, quadr/o

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four

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zoo, zo/o

A

(animal) life

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zygomat/o

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cheek bone

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-y

A

process, state

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xiph/o

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sword-shaped

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xer/o

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dry

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xen/o

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strange, foreign, unlike species

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xanth/o

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yellow

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rachi/o

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spine, vertebrae

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radi/o

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radiation, x-rays, radius

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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re-

A

back again, backward

218
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recept/o

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receive, receiver

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rect/o

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rectum, straight

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reduct/o

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bring back together

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refract/o

A

bend back, turn aside

222
Q

remiss/o

A

give up, send back, relax

223
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

224
Q

resuscit/o

A

to revive

225
Q

retent/o

A

hold back

226
Q

reicul/o

A

network

227
Q

retin/o

A

retina, net

228
Q

retro-

A

backward, behind, back of

229
Q

rhabd/o

A

rod-shaped

230
Q

rhabdomy/o

A

striated muscle

231
Q

rheumat/o

A

water flow, subject to flow

232
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

233
Q

rhiz/o

A

root, spinal nerve root

234
Q

rhythm/o

A

rhythm, heartbeat

235
Q

rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

236
Q

-rrhage

A

abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rupture/something burst

237
Q

-rrhagia

A

abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rapid flow/burst

238
Q

-rrhaphy

A

surgical suturing

239
Q

-rrhea

A

flow, excessive discharge

240
Q

-rhhexis

A

rupture

241
Q

rug/o

A

wrinkle, fold, rag

242
Q

narc/o

A

numbness, stupor, sleep

243
Q

nas/o

A

nose

244
Q

nat/o

A

birth

245
Q

natr/o

A

sodium

246
Q

necr/o

A

death

247
Q

-necrosis

A

tissue death

248
Q

neo-, ne/o

A

new, strange

249
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

250
Q

nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o

A

nerve, nerve tissue

251
Q

neutr/o

A

neither, neutral

252
Q

nitro-

A

nitrogen

253
Q

noct/o

A

night

254
Q

nod/o

A

knot, swelling, node

255
Q

non-

A

not, no

256
Q

nor-

A

chemical compound

257
Q

norm/o

A

normal, usual

258
Q

nos/o

A

disease

259
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

260
Q

nucleol/o

A

little nucleus, nucleolus

261
Q

nulli-

A

none, no

262
Q

nutri/o

A

nourishment, food, nourish, feed

263
Q

nyct/o

A

night

HOSA: Med Term (20 decks)

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