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hyper-

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above, more than normal

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hypo-

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below, less than normal

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meta-

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beyond

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anti-

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against

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neo-

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new

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inter-

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between

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hydro-

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water

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peri-

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around

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supra-

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above

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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sub-

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under

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brady-

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abnormally slow

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tachy-

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abnormally fast

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a/an-

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without / not / lack of

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micro-

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small

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syn-

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with, together

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pro-

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before

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poly-

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too many / too much

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macro-

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large

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para-

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beside / near

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super-

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above

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infra-

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below / beneath / inferior to

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proto-

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first

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pseudo-

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false

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dia-

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through

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eu-

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well / easy

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ante-

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against

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ecto-

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outer / outside

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endo-

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inner / inside

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meso-

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middle

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retro-

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backward / behind

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hemi-

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half

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mono-

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one

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proto-

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first

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diplo-

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two

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ex-

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from, as in “out from”

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semi-

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half

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uni-

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one

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primi-

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first

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bi-

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two

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de-

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from, as in “down from” / resulting in less than

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iso-

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equal

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tri-

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three

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quadr-

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four

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multi-

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many / multiple

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nulli-

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none

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deca-

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ten

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deci-

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tenth

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kilo-

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one thousand

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milli-

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one thousandth

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aniso-

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unequal

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para-

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live births

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circum-

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around

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per-

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through

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sym-

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together / joined

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extra-

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outside / beyond / in addition to

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epi-

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over /upon

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contra-

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against

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ante-

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before / forward

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con-

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with

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mal-

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bad / poor

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dys-

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difficult / abnormal / poor / painful

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post-

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after

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intra-

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within

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pre-

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before / forward

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in-

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in / into / within OR not

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acro

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extremities

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megalo

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enlarged

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dermato / dermo

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skin

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gastro

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stomach

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duodeno

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duodenum / 1st 12 inches of the upper intestine

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tomo

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to cut

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cyano

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blue

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leuko

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white

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melano

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black

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erythro

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red

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chloro

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green

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xantho

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yellow

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cyto

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cell

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thrombo

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platelet

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histo

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tissue

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cardio/cardo

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heart

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electro

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electricity

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sono

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sound

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echo

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reflected sound

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radio

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radiation

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patho

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disease

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megalo

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enlarged

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adeno

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glands

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lympho

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lymphatic tissue

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lipo

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fat

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carcino

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cancer

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onco

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tumor

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athero

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fatty, porridge like

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muco

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mucus

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cephalo

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head

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encephalo

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brain

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malaco

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softening of a tissue

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cranio

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skull

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cerebro

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cerebrum / largest part of the brain / where thought occurs

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meningo

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3 layer membrane that covers the brain and spinal column

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plasto

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surgical repair

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osteo

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bone

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arthro

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joint

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teno / tendo / tendino

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tendon

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burso

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small serous sac between a tendon and a bone

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chondro

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cartilage

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costo

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ribs

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dento

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tooth

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ortho

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straighten

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myelo

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spinal cord / bone marrow

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lumbo

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lower back

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thoraco

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thorax / chest

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pubo

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pubic bone / pelvic bone

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abdomino

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abdomin

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amnio

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amniotic sac

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cysto

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bladder

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odonto

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straighten

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stomato

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mouth

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glosso

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tongue

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linguo

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tongue

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dento

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teeth

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odonto

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teeth

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cheilo

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lips

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gingivo

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gums

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eso

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in, toward

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phago

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swallow

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esophago

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esophagus

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entero

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small intestine

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jejuno

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jejunum

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ileo

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ileum

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colo

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large intestine / colon

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sigmoido

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sigmoid colon

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recto

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rectum

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procto

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anus and rectum

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hepato

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liver

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cholecysto

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gallbladder

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pancreato

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pancreas

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spleno

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spleen

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myco

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mouth fungus

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spermato / spermo

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spermatozoa

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orchido / orchio / orcho

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prostato

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semino

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balano

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glans penis

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vaso

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blood vessel

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oo

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egg / ovum

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oophoro

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salpingo

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fallopian tube

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colpo

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metro

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uterine tissue

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cerico

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gyneco / gyn

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litho

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strepto

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twisted chains

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staphylo

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growing in bunches

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uvulo

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pyo

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onco

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oto

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tympano

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audio

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rhino

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dromo

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chole

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phago

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pepso

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thermo

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dactyl

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digit (fingers and toes)

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phaso

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speaking / speech

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phono

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sound / voice

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dipso

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pneo

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respiration / breathing

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uro

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uretero

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urethro

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nephro

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cysto

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reno

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pyelo

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renal pelvis

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blasto

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germ / embryonic cell

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neuro

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angio

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myo

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arterio

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veno / veni

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spasmo

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involuntary contraction

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sclero

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lyso

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breaking down

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thrombo

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phlebo

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hemo / hemato

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athero

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fatty / porridge like

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fibro

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fiber / fibrous

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myelo

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spinal cord or bone marrow

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psycho

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pharmaco

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drugs / medicine

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narco

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leiomyo

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smooth muscle

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kinesio

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antero

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toward the front

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postero

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toward the back

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medio

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toward the midline

205
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proximo

A

near the point of origin

206
Q

sagitto

A

vertical / dividing into left and right

207
Q

omphalo

208
Q

gnoso

209
Q

chromo

210
Q

parieto

211
Q

viscero

A

internal organs

212
Q

ventro

A

front / abdoment

213
Q

dorso

A

near or on the back (think dorsal fin)

214
Q

caudo

A

downward, near the tail

215
Q

latero

A

toward the side / away from the midline

216
Q

disto

A

away from the point of origin (think distant)

217
Q

thano

218
Q

corono

A

encircling / resembling a crown

219
Q

aero

220
Q

meno

221
Q

syphilo

222
Q

laparo

A

abdominal wall

223
Q

hydro

224
Q

hidro

225
Q

gluco

A

glucose (sugar we eat)

226
Q

glycvo

A

glycerin (sugar we store)

227
Q

pyro

A

heat / fever / fire

228
Q

immuno

229
Q

auto

230
Q

masto

231
Q

homo

232
Q

hetero

233
Q

podo

234
Q

mammo

235
Q

septo

236
Q

blepharo

237
Q

furco

238
Q

sanguino

239
Q

genito

A

genesis / becoming

240
Q

-ism

A

condition / state / theory

241
Q

-ist

A

specialist

242
Q

-ity

243
Q

-able

244
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

245
Q

-tion

246
Q

-er

A

one who / one which

247
Q

-ous

A

possessing / having / full of

248
Q

-ible

249
Q

-megaly

250
Q

-logist

A

one who specializes

251
Q

-logy

252
Q

-osis

253
Q

-algia

254
Q

-ectomy

A

remove / cut out / excise

255
Q

-tomy

A

make an incison

256
Q

-ostomy

A

create a new opening

257
Q

-tome

A

instrument to cut

258
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

259
Q

-pathy

260
Q

-penia

A

decrease in

261
Q

-blast

A

immature / embryonic

262
Q

-cyte

263
Q

-malacia

A

softening of tissue

264
Q

-oma

265
Q

-stasis

A

stays in one place

266
Q

-mata

A

plural for tumor

267
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

268
Q

-dynia / -dynic

269
Q

-genesis / -genic

A

producing / forming

270
Q

-us / -ous

A

pertaining to

271
Q

-oid

A

resembling

272
Q

-cele

A

herniation

273
Q

-scope / -scopy

A

procedure to look inside a body cavity using a scope

274
Q

-plasia

A

growth and development

275
Q

-trophy

A

growth and development

276
Q

-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

277
Q

-coccus / -cocci

278
Q

-rrhea

A

flow / discharge

279
Q

-iasis

A

infestation / pathological condition

280
Q

-pnea

281
Q

-lysis

A

destruction

282
Q

-uria

283
Q

-pexy

A

surgical fixation

284
Q

-rrhagia

A

hemorrhage

285
Q

-rrhaphy

286
Q

-cide

A

kill / destroy

287
Q

-plegia

A

growth and developemnt

288
Q

-ectasia

A

stretching / dilation

289
Q

-clysis

A

washing / irrigation

290
Q

-blast

A

immature / not developed

291
Q

-lysis

A

to destroy

292
Q

-rrhexis

293
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contracture

294
Q

-lepsy

295
Q

-tocia

296
Q

-cyesis

297
Q

-stasis

A

stopping / controlling

298
Q

-gnosis /-gnosia

299
Q

-philia

A

abnormal attraction to

300
Q

-phobia

A

abnormal fear of

301
Q

-esis

A

action / process / result of

302
Q

-graphy

A

process of making a record

303
Q

-graph

304
Q

-grapher

A

one who makes the record

305
Q

-gram

A

machine to make the record

306
Q

KUD

A

kidney / ureter / bladder

307
Q

UTI

A

Urinary Tract Infection

308
Q

UA

A

Urinalysis

309
Q

CYSTO

A

Cystoscopy

310
Q

STAPH

A

Staphylococcus

311
Q

STREP

A

Streptococcus

312
Q

PAR

A

Perennial Allergic Rhinitis

313
Q

SIDS

A

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

314
Q

OM

A

Otis Media

315
Q

S- (The dash goes on TOP of the S

316
Q

IM

A

Intramuscular

317
Q

IV

A

Intravenous

318
Q

PRN

319
Q

t.i.d.

A

3 times a day (ter in die)

320
Q

b.i.d.

A

2 times a day (bis in die)

321
Q

q.i.d.

A

4 times a day (quater in die)

322
Q

BPH

A

Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (or hypertrophy)

323
Q

TAH

A

Total Abdominal Hysterectomy

324
Q

PSA

A

Prostate Specific Antigen

325
Q

PID

A

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

326
Q

M

327
Q

PAP

A

Pap Smear (Papanicolaou test)

328
Q

GYN

A

Gynecology or Gynecologist

329
Q

F

330
Q

PO

331
Q

NPO

A

Nothing By Mouth

332
Q

T1-T2

A

Thoracic Vertebrae

333
Q

L1-L2

A

Lumbar Vertebrae

334
Q

RLQ

A

Right Lower Quadrant

335
Q

LLQ

A

Left Lower Quadrant

336
Q

RUQ

A

Right Upper Quadrant

337
Q

LUQ

A

Left Upper Quadrant

338
Q

CXR

A

Chest X-Ray

339
Q

bx

340
Q

tx

341
Q

px

A

prescription

342
Q

dx

343
Q

EEG

A

Electroencephalogram

344
Q

CSF

A

Cerebrospinal Fluid

345
Q

TIA

A

Transient Ischemic Attack

346
Q

HA

347
Q

CVA

A

Cerebrovascular Accident

348
Q

AIDS

A

Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

349
Q

CA

350
Q

CAT Scan

A

Computerized Axial Tomography

351
Q

RBC

A

Red Blood Cell

352
Q

WBC

A

White Blood Cell

353
Q

CBC

A

Complete Blood Count

354
Q

ECHO

A

Echocardiogram

355
Q

GB

A

Gallbladder

356
Q

C- (The line goes on TOP of the C)

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