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Anatomical nomenclature Flashcards

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a-

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absent, or without: atrophy

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ab-

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off, away from: abduct

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abdomin-

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abdomen

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-able

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capable of: viable

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ac-

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toward, to: actin

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acou-

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hear: acoustic

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ad-

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denoting to, toward: adduct

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af-

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movement toward a central point: afferent artery

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alba-

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pale or white: linea alba

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-alg

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pain: neuralgia

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ambi-

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ambidextrous

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angi-

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pertaining to vessel: aniology

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ante-

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before: anterbrachium

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anti-

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against: anticoagulant

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aqua-

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water: aqueous

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archi-

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to be first: archenteron

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arthri-

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joint: arthritis

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-asis

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condition or state of: homeostasis

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aud-

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pertaining to ear: auditory

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auto0

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self- autoimmune

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bi-

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two: bipedal

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bio-

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life: biology

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blast-

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generative or germ bud: osteoblast

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brachi-

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arm: brachialis

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brachy

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short: brachydont

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brady-

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slow: bradycardia

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bucc-

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cheeck: buccal cavity

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cac-

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bad ill: cacexia

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calci-

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stone: calculus

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capit-

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head: capitis

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carcin-

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cancer: carcinogenic

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cardi-

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heart: cardiac

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caud-

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tail: cauda equina

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cata-

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lower, under, against: catabolism

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-coel

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swelling and enlarged space or cavity: blastocoele

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cephal-

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head: cephalis

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cerebro-

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brain: cerebro fluid

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chol-

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bile:cholic

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chondr-

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cartilage: chondrocyte

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-cid (e)

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destroy: pesticide

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circum-

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around: circumference

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-cis

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cut, kill: excision incision

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co-

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together: copulation

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coel-

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hollow cavity: coelom

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con-

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with together: congential

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contra-

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against, opposite: contraception

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corn-

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denoting hardness: cornified

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corp-

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body: corpus

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crypt-

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hidden: cryptochism

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cyan-

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blue color: cyanosis

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cysto-

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sac or bladder: cytology

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de-

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down, from: descent

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derm-

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skin: dermatology

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di-

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two: diarthrotic

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dipl-

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double: diploid

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dis-

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apart, away from: disarticulate

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duct-

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lead, conduct: ductus deferens

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dur-

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hard: dura mater

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-dynia

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pain

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful : dysentery

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e-

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out, from:eccrine

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exto-

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outside, outer, external: ectoderm

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-ectomy

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surgical removal: tonsillectomy

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ede-

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swelling: edema

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-emia

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pertaining to condition of the blood: lipemia

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end-

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within: endoderm

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entero-

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intestine: enteritis

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epi-

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upon, in addition: epigastric region

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erythro-

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red: erythrocyte

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ex-

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out of: excise

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exo-

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outside: exocrine

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extra-

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outside of, beyond, in addition: extracellular

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fasci-

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band: fascia

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febr-

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fever: febrile

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-feverent

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bear,carry: efferent arteriole

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fiss-

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split:fissure

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for-

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opening: foramen

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-form

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shape: fusiform

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gastro-

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stomach: gastrointestinal

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-gen

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an agent that produces or originates: pathogen

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-genic

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produced from producing: carcinogenic

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gloss-

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tongue: glossopharyngeal

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glyco-

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sugar: glycogen

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-gram

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record, recording: myogram

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gran-

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grain, particle: agranulocyte

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-graph

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instrument for recording: electocardiograph

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grav-

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heavy: gravity

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gyn-

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female sex: gynecology

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hema (o)-

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blood: hematology

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haplo-

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simple or single: haploid

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hemi-

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half: hemiplegia

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hepat-

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liver: hepatic portal

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hetero-

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other, different: heterosexual

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histo-

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tissue: histology

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holo-

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whole, entire: holocrine

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homo-

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same, alike: homologous

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hydro-

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water: hail hydra

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hyper-

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above, beyond, excessive: hypertension

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hypo-

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under, below: hypoglycemia

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-ia

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state or condition: hypoglycemia

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-iatrics

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Medical specialist

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Idio-

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Self,separate, distinct

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ilio-

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ilium

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Infra-

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Beneath

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Inter-

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Among

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Intra-

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Inside within

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-ion

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Process, acromion

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ISO-

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Equal : isotonic

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-ism

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Condition or state

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-itis

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Inflammation

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Labi-

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Lip

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Lacri

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Tears

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Later-

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Side: lateral

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-logy

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Science of morphology

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-lysis

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Solution dissolve

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Macro-

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Large

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Mal-

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Bad

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Medi-

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Middle

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Meso-

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Middle

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Meta-

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After, beyond: metatarsal

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Mito-

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Thread: mitosis

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Mono-

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Alone, one single

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Mons-

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Mountain

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Morph-

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Form, shape

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Myo-

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Muscle

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Narc-

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Numbness stupor: narcotic

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Neo-

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New young

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Necro-

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Corpse, dead

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Nephro-

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Kidney, nephritis

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Neuro-

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Nerve

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Nate-

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Sodium

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noto-

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back: notochord

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ob-

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against,toward, in front of

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oc-

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against

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-oid

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resembling, likeness

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oligo-few,small

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few,small

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-oma

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tumor

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oo-

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egg

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or-

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mouth

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orchi-

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testicles

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-ory

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pertaining to

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osteo-

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bone

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-ose

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full of : adipose

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oto

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ear

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ovo-

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egg

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para-

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give birth

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path-

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disease

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-pathy

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abnormality disease

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ped-

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children

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pen-

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need, lack: penicillin

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-penia

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defencicy

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per-

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through

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peri-

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near,around

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phag-

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to eat

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-phil

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have an affinity for

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phlebo-

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vein

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-phobe

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abnorma lfear

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-plasty

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reconstruction of

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platy-

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flat side

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0plegia

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stroke

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-pnea

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to breathe

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pneumato-

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breathing

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pod-

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foot

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-poesis

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formation of

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poly-

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many,much

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post-

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after

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pre-

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before

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prim

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first: primative

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pro-

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before in time or place

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proct-

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anus

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pseudo-

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false

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psycho-

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mental

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pyo-

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pus

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quad-

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fourfold

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re-

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back

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rect-

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straight

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reno-

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kidney

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retro-

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BACKWARD

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Rhin-

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nose

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-rrhage

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excessive flow: hemorrage

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-rrhea

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flow, or discharge- diarrhea

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sanguin-

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blood

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sarc-

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flesh

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-scope

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instument for exmanination

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0sect

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cut

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semi-

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half

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serrate-

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saw-edge

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-sis

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sate or condition

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steno-

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narrow

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-stomy

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surgical opening q

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sub-

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under beneath, below

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super-

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above

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supra

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above

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syn-

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together

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tachy-

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swift rapid

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tele-

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far

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tens-

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stratch

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tetra-

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foue

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therm-

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heat

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chorac-

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chest

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thrombo-

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lump

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-tomy

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cut

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tox-

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poison

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tract-

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draw, drag: traction

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trans-

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acorss, over

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tri-

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three

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trich-

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hair

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-trophy

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state relating to

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-tropic

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trunning toward

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ultra-

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beondy

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uni-

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one

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uro-

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urine

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-uria

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urine

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vas-

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vessle

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vermi-

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worm

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viscer-

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organ

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vit-

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life

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zoo-

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animal

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sygo-

A

union

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