Word Parts and Their Meanings Flashcards
(489 cards)
1
Q
a-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
5
Q
acous, acus
A
sound, hearing
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Q
acro-
A
extremity, end
7
Q
ad-
A
toward, near
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Q
aden/o
A
adrenal gland, epinephrine
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Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
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Q
adrenocortic/o
A
adrenal cortex
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Q
aer/o
A
air, gas
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Q
-agogue
A
promoter, stimulator
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Q
-al
A
pertaining to
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Q
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o, -algesia, -algia
A
pain
15
Q
ambly-
A
dim
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Q
amnio
A
amnion
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Q
amyl/o
A
starch
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Q
an-
A
not, without, lack of, absence
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Q
andr/o
A
male
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Q
angi/o
A
vessel
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Q
an/o
A
anus
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Q
ante-
A
before
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Q
anti-
A
against
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Q
aort/o
A
aorta
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-ar
pertaining to
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arter/o, arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole
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arthr/o
joint-
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-ary
pertaining to
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-ase
enzyme
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atel/o
imperfect
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atlant/o
atlas
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atri/o
atrium
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audi/o
hearing
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auto-
self
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azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
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bacill/i, bacill/o
bacillus
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bacteri/o
bacterium
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balan/o
glans penis
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bar/o
pressure
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bi-
two, twice
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bili
bile
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bio
life
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blast/o, -blast
immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brachi/o
arm
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brachy-
short
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brady-
slow
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bronch/i, bronch/o
bronchus
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bronchiol
bronchiole
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bucc/o
cheek
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burs/o
bursa
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calc/i
calcium
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cali/o, calic/o
calyx
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-capnia
(level of) carbon dioxide
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carcin/o
cancer, carcinoma
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cardi/o
heart
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cec/o
cecum
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-cele
hernia, localized dilation
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celi/o
abdomen
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centesis
puncture, tap
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cervic/o
neck, cervix
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chem/o
chemical
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cheil/o
lip
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chir/o
hand
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cholangi/o
bile duct
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chol/e, chol/o
bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chori/o, choroid/o
choroid
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chrom/o, chromat/o
color, stain
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chron/o
time
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circum-
around
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clasis, -clasia
breaking
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clitor/o, clitorid/o
clitoris
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coccy, coccyg/o
coccyx
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cochle/o
cochlea (of inner ear)
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col/o, colon/o
colon
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colp/o
vagina
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contra-
against, opposite, opposed
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copro
feces
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cor/o, cor/e
pupil
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corne/o
cornea
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cortic/o
outer portion, cerebral cortex
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cost/o
rib
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counter
against, opposite, opposed
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crani/o
skull, cranium
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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cus
sound, hearing
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cyan/o
blue
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cycl/o
ciliary body, ciliary muscle (of eye)
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cyst/o
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder, urinary bladder
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-cyte, cyt/o
cell
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dacry/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
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dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
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dactyl/o
finger, toe
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de-
down, without, removal, loss
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dent/o, dent/i
tooth, teeth
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derm/o, dermat/o
skin
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-desis
binding, fusion
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dextr/o
right
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di-
two, twice
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dia-
through
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dilation, dilatation
expansion, widening
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dipl/o
double
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dis-
absence, removal, seperation
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duoden/o
duodenum
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dynam/o
energy, force
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dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult
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ec-
outside, out
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ectasia, ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
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ect/o-
out, outside
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-ectomy
surgical removal, excision
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edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
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electr/o
electricity
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embry/o
embryo
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emesis
vomitting
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-emia
condition of blood
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encephal/o
brain
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end/o
in, within
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endocrin/o
endocrine
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enter/o
intestine
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epi-
on, over
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epididym/o
epididymis
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episi/o
vulva
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equi-
equal, same
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erg/o
work
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erythr/o
red, red blood cell
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erythrocyt/o
red blood cell
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esophag/o
esophagus
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-estasia, estasi/o
sensation
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eu-
true, good, easy, normal
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ex/o
away from, outside
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extra-
outside
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fasci/o
fascia
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fer
to carry
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ferr/i, ferr/o
iron
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fet/o
fetus
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fibr/o
fiber-
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form
like, resembling
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galact/o
milk
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gangi/o, ganglion/o
ganglion
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gastr/o
stomach
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gen, genesis
origin, formation
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ger/e, ger/o
old age
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-geusia
sense of taste
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gingiv/o
gum, gingiva
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gli/o
neuroglia
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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gloss/o
tongue
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gluc/o
glucose
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glyc/o
sugar, glucose
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gnath/o
jaw
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goni/o
angle
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-gram
record of data
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-graph
instrument for recording data
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-graphy
act of recording data
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gravida
pregnant woman
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gyn/o, gynec/o
woman
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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hemi-
half, one side
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-hemia
condition of blood
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hepat/o
liver
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hetero-
other, different, unequal
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hidr/o
sweat, perspiration
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hist/o, histi/o
tissue
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homo-, homeo-
same, unchanging
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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hyper-
over, excess, increased, abnormally high
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hypn/o
sleep
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hypo-
under, below, decreased, abnormally low
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hypophysi/o
pituitary, hypophysis
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hyster/o
uterus
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-ia
condition of
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-ian
specialist
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-ia/sis
condition of
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-iatrics
medical specialty
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-iatr/o
physician
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-iatry
medical specialty
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ical
pertaining to
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-ics
medical specialty
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-ile
pertaining to
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ile/o
ileum
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ili/o
ilium
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im-
not
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immun/o
immunity, immune system
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in-
not
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infra-
below
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in/o
fiber, muscle fiber
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insul/o
pancreatic islets
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inter-
between
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intra-
within, in
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ir, irit/o, irid/o
iris
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-ism
condition of
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iso-
equal, same
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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jejun/o
jejunum
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juxta-
near, beside
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kali
potassium
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kary/o
nucleus
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kerat/o
cornea, keratin, horny layer of skin
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kin/o, kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o
movement
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labi/o
lip
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labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
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lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
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lact/o
milk
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-lalia
speech, babble
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lapar/o
abdominal wall
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laryng/o
larynx
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lent/i
lens
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-lepsy
seizure
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leuk/o-
white, colorless, white blood cell
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leukocyt/o
white blood cell
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-lexia
reading
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lingu/o
tongue
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lip/o
fat, lipid
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-listhesis
slipping
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lith
calculus, stone
226
-logy
study of
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lumb/o
lumbar region, lower back
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lymphaden/o
lymph node
229
lymphangi/o
lymphatic vessel
230
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic system, lymphocyte
231
lymphocyt/o
lymphocyte
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-lysis
seperation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
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-lytic
dissolving, reducing, loosening
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macro-
large, abnormally large
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mal-
poor
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malacia
softening
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mamm/o
breast, mammary gland
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-mania
excited state, obsession
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mast/o
breast, mammary gland
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medull/o
inner part, medulla oblongata, spinal cord
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mega-, megal/o
large, abnormally large
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-megaly
enlargement
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melan/o
dark, black, melanin
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mening/o, meninge/o
meninges
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men/o, mens
month, menstration
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mes/o-
middle
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met/a
change, after, beyond
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-meter
instrument for measuring
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metr/o
measure
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metr/o, metr/i
uterus
251
-metry
measurement of
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micro-
small, one millionth
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-mimetic
mimicking, stimulating
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mon/o-
one
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morph/o
form, structure
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muc/o
mucus, mucus membrane
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multi-
many
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muscul/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus, mold
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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my/o
muscle
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myring/o
tympanic membrane
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myx/o
mucus
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narc/o
stupor, unconsciousness
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nas/o
nose
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nat/i
birth
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natri
sodium
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necrosis
death of tissue
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neo-
new
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o, neur/i
nervous system, nerve
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noct/i
night
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non-
not
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normo-
normal
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nucle/o
nucleus
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nulli-
never
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nyct/o
night, darkness
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ocul/o
eye
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odont/o
tooth, teeth
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-odynia
pain
281
-oid
like, resembling
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olig/o
few, scanty, deficiency of
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-oma
tumor
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onc/o
tumor
285
onych/o
nail
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oo
ovum
287
oophor/o
ovary
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ophthalm/o
eye
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-opia
condition of the eye, vision
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-opsia
condition of vision
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opt/o
eye, vision
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orchid/o, orchi/o
testis
293
or/o
mouth
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ortho-
straight, correct, upright
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-ory
pertaining to
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osche/o
scrotum
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-ose
sugar
298
-o/sis
condition of
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osm/o
smell
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-osmia
sense of smell
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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-ous
pertaining to
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ovari/o
ovary
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ov/o, ovul/o
ovum
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-oxia
oxygen (level of)
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ox/y
oxygen, sharp, acute
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pachy-
thick
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palat/o
palate
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palpebr/o
eyelid
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pan-
all
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pancreat/o
pancreas
313
papill/o
nipple
314
para-
near, beside, abnormal
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para
woman who has given birth
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parathyr/o, parathyroid/o
parathyroid
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-paresis
partial paralysis, weakness
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path/o, -pathy
disease, any disease of
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ped/o
foot, child
320
pelvi/o
pelvis
321
-penia
decrease in, deficiency of
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per-
through
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peri-
around
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perine/o
perineum
325
periton,peritone/o
peritoneum
326
-pexy
surgical fixation
327
phac/o, phak/o
lens
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phag/o
eat, ingest
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pharm, pharmac/o
drug, medicine
330
pharyng/o
pharynx
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-phasia
speech
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phil, -philic
attracting, absorbing
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phleb/o
vein
334
-phobia
fear
335
phon/o
sound, voice
336
-phonia
voice
337
phot/o
light
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phren/o
diaphragm
339
phrenic/o
phrenic nerve
340
phyt/o
plant
341
pituitar/i
pituitary, hypophysis
342
plas, -plasia
formation, molding, development
343
-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
344
-plegia
paralysis
345
pleur/o
pleura
346
-pnea
breathing
347
pneum/o, pneumat/o
air, gas, lung, respiration
348
pneumon/o
lung
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pod/o
foot
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-poiesis
formation, production
351
poikilo-
varied, irregular
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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presby-
old
356
prim/i
first
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pro-
before, in front of
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proct/o
rectum
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prostat/o
prostate
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prote/o
protein
361
pseudo-
false
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psych/o
mind
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ptosis
dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse
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ptysis
spitting
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puer
child
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
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pupill/o
pupil
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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pylor/o
pylorus
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py/o
pus
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pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
372
quadr/i-
four
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rachi/o
spine
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radicul/o
root of spinal nerve
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radi/o
radiation, x-ray
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re-
again, back
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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reticul/o
network
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retin/o
retina
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retro-
behind, backward
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rhabd/o
rod, muscle cell
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-rhage, rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
384
-rhaphy
surgical repair, suture
385
-rhea
flow, discharge
386
-rhexis
rupture
387
rhin/o
nose
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sacchar/o
sugar
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sacr/o
sacrum
390
salping/o
tube, uterine tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
391
-schisis
fissue, splitting
392
scler/o
hard, sclera (of eye)
393
sclerosis
hardening
394
-scope
instrument for viewing or examining
395
-scopy
examination of
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seb/o
sebum, sebaceous gland
397
semi-
half, partial
398
semin
semen
399
sept/o
septum, dividing wall, partition
400
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct
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sider/o
iron
402
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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sinistr/o
left
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-sis
condition of
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skelet/o
skeleton
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somat/o
body
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-some
body, small body
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somn/i, somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound, ultrasound
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spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
411
sperm/i, spermat/o
semen, sprematozoa
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-spermia
condition of semen
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sphygm/o
pulse
414
spir/o
breathing
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes
418
staphyl/o
grape-like clusters, staphylococcus
419
stasis
suppression, stoppage
420
steat/o
fatty
421
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
422
steth/o
chest
423
sthen/o
strength
424
stoma, stomat/o
mouth
425
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
426
strept/o-
twisted chain, steptococcus
427
sub-
below, under
428
super-
above, excess
429
supra-
above
430
syn-, sym-
together
431
synov/i
synovial joint, synovial membrane
432
tachy-
rapid
433
tax/o
order, arrangement
434
tel/e, tel/o
end, far, at a distance
435
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
436
terat/o
malformed fetus
437
test/o
testis, testicle
438
tetra-
four
439
thalam/o
thalamus
440
therm/o
heat, temperature
441
thorac/o
chest, thorax
442
thromb/o
blood clot
443
thrombocyt/o
platelet, thrombocyte
444
thym/o
thymus gland
445
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid
446
toc/o
labor
447
-tome
instrument for incising (cutting)
448
-tomy
incision, cutting
449
ton/o
tone
450
tonsil/o
tonsil
451
tox/o, toxic/o
poison, toxin
452
toxin
poison
453
trache/o
trachea
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trans-
through
455
tri-
three
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trich/o
hair
457
-tripsy
crushing
458
trop/o
turning
459
trop, -tropic
acting on, affecting
460
troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
feeding, growth, nourishment
461
tympan/o
tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane
462
un-
not
463
uni-
one
464
-uresis
urination
465
ureter/o
ureter
466
urethr/o
urethra
467
-uria
condition of the urine, urination
468
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
469
urin/o
urine
470
uter/o
uterus
471
uve/o
uvea (of eye)
472
uvul/o
uvula
473
vagin/o
sheath, vagina
474
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
475
varic/o
twisted and swollen vein, varix
476
vascul/o
vessel
477
vas/o
vessel, vas deferens
478
ven/o, ven/i
vein
479
ventricul/o
cavity, ventricle
480
vertebr/o
vertebra, spinal column
481
vesic/o
urinary bladder
482
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
483
vestibul/o
vestibule, vestibular apparatus (of ear)
484
vir/o
virus
485
vulv/o
vulva
486
xanth/o
yellow
487
xen/o
strange, foreign
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xer/o
dry
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