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Appendix 3: Word Parts And their Meanings Flashcards

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a-

A

Not, without , lack of, absence

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ab-

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Away from

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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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Acous, acus

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Sound, hearing

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Acro-

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Extremity, end

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Ad-

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Toward, near

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Adren/o

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Adrenal gland, epinephrine

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adrenal/o

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Adrenal gland

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adrenocortico/o

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Adrenal cortex

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aer/o

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Air, gas

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-agogue

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Promoter, stimulator

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-al

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Pertaining to

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alg/o,algi/o,algesi/o

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Pain

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-algesia

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pain

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-algia

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pain

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ambly-

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dim

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amnio

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amnion

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amyl/o

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starch

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an-

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not,without,lack of, absence

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andr/o

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male

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angi/o

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vessel

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an/o

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anus

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ante-

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before

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anti-

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against

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aort/o

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aorta

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-ar

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pertaining to

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arter/o,arteri/o

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artery

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arteriol/o

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arteriole

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arthr/o

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joint

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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atel/o

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imperfect

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atlant/o

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atlas

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atri/o

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atrium

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audi/o

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hearing

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39
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auto-

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self

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azot/o

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nitrogenous compounds

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bacill/i,bacill/o

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bacillus

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bacteri/o

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bacterium

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balan/o

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glans penis

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bar/o

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pressure

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bi-

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two,twice,double

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bili

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bile

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bio

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life

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blast/o, -blast

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immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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brachi/o

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arm

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brachy-

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short

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brady-

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slow

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bronch/o, bronch/i

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bronchus

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bronchiol

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bronchiole

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bucc/o

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cheek

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burs/o

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bursa

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calc/i

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calcium

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cali/o,calic/o

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calyx

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide (level of)

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carin/o

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cancer,carcinoma

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cardi/o

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heart

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cec/o

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cecum

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-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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celi/o

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abdomen

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-centesis

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puncture,tap

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cervic/o

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neck,cervix

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chem/o

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chemical

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cheil/o

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lip

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chir/o

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hand

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cholangi/o

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bile duct

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chol/e,chol/o

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bile,gall

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chori/o,choroid/o

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choroid

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chrom/o,chromat/o

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color, stain

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chron/o

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time

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circum-

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around

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-clasis,-clasia

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breaking

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clitor/o, clitorid/o

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clitoris

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coccy,coccyg/o

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coccyx

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cochle/o

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cochlea (of the inner ear)

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col/o,colon/o

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colon

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colp/o

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vagina

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contra-

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against,opposite, opposed

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copro

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feces

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cor/o,cor/e

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pupil

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corne/o

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cornea

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cortic/o

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outer portion, cerebral cortex

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cost/o

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rib

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counter-

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against,opposite,opposed

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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cry/o

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cold

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cus

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sound,hearing

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cyan/o

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blue

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crypt/o

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hidden

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cycl/o

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ciliary body or muscle of the eye

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cyst/o

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filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder, urinary bladder

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-cyte,cyt/o

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cell

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dacry/o

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tear;lacrimal apparatus (duct,sac,or gland)

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dacryocyst/o

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lacrimal sac

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de-

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down,without,removal,loss

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dent/o,dent/i

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tooth,teeth

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derm/o,dermat/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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finger, toe

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-desis

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binding,fusion

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di-

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two,double

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dia-

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through

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dilation,dilatation

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expansion,widening

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dis-

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absence, removal,separation

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dextr/o

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right

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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dynam/o

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force, energy

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dys-

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abnormal,difficult,painful

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ec-

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out,outside

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dipl/o

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double

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-ectasia,-ectasis

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dilation, dilatation, distension

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ecto-

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out,outside

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-ectomy

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excision,surgical removal

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edema

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accumulation of fluid, swelling

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electr/o

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electricity

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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condition of blood

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end/o

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within, inside

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enter/o

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intestine

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epi-

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on,over

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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embry/o

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embryo

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episi/o

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vulva

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equi

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equal,same

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erg/o

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work

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red,red blood cell

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erythrocty/o

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red blood cell

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endocrin/o

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endocrine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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-esthesia, -esthesi/o

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sensation

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eu-

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true,good,easy, normal

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ex/o

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away from,outside

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extra-

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outside

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fer

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carry

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fet/o

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fetus

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-form

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like,resembling

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galact/o

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milk

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gastr/o

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stomach

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-gen,-genesis

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origin,cause,formation

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ger/e,ger/o

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old age

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-geusia

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sense of taste

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gingiv/o

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gums,gingiva

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fasci/o

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fascia

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gli/o

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neuroglia

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gloss/o

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tongue

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ferr/i, ferr/o

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iron

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gluc/o

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glucose

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glyc/o

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glucose, sugar

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fibr/o

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fiber

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gnath/o

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jaw

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goni/o

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angle

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-gram

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a record of data

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gangli/o,ganglion/o

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ganglion

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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act of recording data

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-gravida

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pregnant woman

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gyn/o,gynec/o

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woman

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hem/o,hemat/o

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blood

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hemi-

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half,one side

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-hemia

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condition of blood

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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hepat/o

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liver

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hetero-

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different,other,unequal

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hidr/o

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sweat,perspiration

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hist/o,histi/o

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tissue

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homo-,homeo-

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same,unchanging

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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hyper-

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over, excess, increased, abnormally high

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hypn/o

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To sleep

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Hypo-

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Under, below, decreased, abnormally low

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Hypophysi/o

A

Pituitary, hypophysis

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hyster/o

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Uterus

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-ia

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Condition of

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-ian

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Specialist

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-ia/sis

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Condition of

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-iatrics

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Medical speciality

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iatr/o

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Physician

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-iatry

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Medical speciality

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ics

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Medical speciality

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-ical

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Pertaining to

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-ile

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Pertaining to

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ile/o

A

ileum

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ili/o

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ilium

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infra-

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Below

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in/o

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Fiber, muscle fiber

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im-

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Not

198
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insul/o

A

Pancreatic islets

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intra-

A

Within, in

200
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ir,irit/o,irid/o

A

Iris

201
Q

-ism

A

Condition of

202
Q

inter-

A

Between

203
Q

iso-

A

Equal, same

204
Q

-itis

A

Inflammation

205
Q

jejun/o

A

Jejunum

206
Q

juxta-

A

Near, beside

207
Q

kali

A

Potassium(hypokalemia)

208
Q

-ist

A

Specialist

209
Q

kary/o

A

Nucleus

210
Q

kerat/o

A

Cornea, keratin, horny layer of skin

211
Q

kin/o,kine,kinesi/o,kinet/o

A

movement

212
Q

labi/o

A

Lip

213
Q

labyrinth/o

A

labyrinth (inner ear)

214
Q

lacrim/o

A

tear,lacrimal apparatus

215
Q

lact/o

A

milk

216
Q

-lalia

A

speech,babble

217
Q

lapar/o

A

abdominal wall

218
Q

lent/i

A

lens

219
Q

-lepsy

A

seizure

220
Q

leuk/o

A

white,colorless,white blood cell

221
Q

-lexia

A

reading

222
Q

lingu/o

A

tongue

223
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx

224
Q

lip/o

A

fat,lipid

225
Q

-listhesis

A

slipping

226
Q

lith

A

stone,calculus

227
Q

-logy

A

study of

228
Q

leukocyt/o

A

white blood cell

229
Q

lumb/o

A

lumbar region, lower back

230
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph node

231
Q

lymphangi/o

A

lymphatic vessel

232
Q

lymph/o

A

lymph,lymphatic system,lymphocyte

233
Q

lymphocty/o

A

lymphocyte

234
Q

-lysis

A

Separation; destruction; loosening, dissolving

235
Q

-lytic

A

dissolving, reducing, loosening

236
Q

macro-

A

large,abnormally large

237
Q

mal-

A

bad,poor

238
Q

mamm/o

A

breast,mammary glands

239
Q

-mania

A

excited state, obsession

240
Q

mast/o

A

breast, mammary gland

241
Q

medull/o

A

inner part, medulla oblongata, spinal cord

242
Q

mega-,megal/o

A

large, abnormally large

243
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

244
Q

melan/o

A

black,dark,melanin

245
Q

-malacia

A

softening

246
Q

mening/o, meninge/o

A

meninges

247
Q

men/o, mens

A

month,menstruation

248
Q

mes/o

A

middle

249
Q

met/a

A

change,after,beyond

250
Q

metr/o

A

measure

251
Q

metr/o,metri/o

A

uterus

252
Q

-metry

A

measurement of

253
Q

micro

A

small,one millionth

254
Q

-mimetic

A

mimicking,stimulating

255
Q

mon/o-

A

one

256
Q

morph/o

A

form,structure,shape

257
Q

muc/o

A

mucus,mucous membrane

258
Q

-meter

A

instrument for measuring

259
Q

multi-

A

many

260
Q

muscul/o

A

muscle

261
Q

myel/o

A

bone marrow,spinal cord

262
Q

my/o

A

muscle

263
Q

myring/o

A

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

264
Q

myx/o

A

mucus

265
Q

narc/o

A

stupor,unconsciousness

266
Q

nat/i

A

birth

267
Q

natri

A

Sodium

268
Q

necrosis

A

death of tissue

269
Q

neo-

A

new

270
Q

myc/o

A

mold,fungus

271
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

272
Q

neur/o,neur/i

A

nervous system,nervous tissue,nerve

273
Q

noct/i

A

night

274
Q

normo-

A

normal

275
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

276
Q

nulli-

A

never

277
Q

nas/o

A

nose

278
Q

nyct/o

A

night,darkness

279
Q

ocul/o

A

eye

280
Q

odont/o

A

tooth,teeth

281
Q

-odynia

A

pain

282
Q

-oid

A

like,resembling

283
Q

olig/o

A

few, scarcity,deficiency of

284
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

285
Q

onych/o

A

nail

286
Q

non-

A

not

287
Q

oo

A

ovum

288
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

289
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye

290
Q

-opia

A

condition of the eye,vision

291
Q

-opsia

A

vision condition

292
Q

opt/o

A

eye,vision

293
Q

orchid/o, orchi/o,orch/o

A

testis

294
Q

ortho-

A

straight, correct, upright

295
Q

-ory

A

pertaining to

296
Q

osche/o

A

scrotum

297
Q

-o/sis

A

condition of

298
Q

osm/o

A

smell

299
Q

-oma

A

tumor

300
Q

-osmia

A

sense of smell

301
Q

oste/o

A

bone

302
Q

ot/o

A

ear

303
Q

-ous

A

pertaining to

304
Q

ovari/o

A

ovary

305
Q

ov/o, ovul/o

A

ovum (egg)

306
Q

-oxia

A

oxygen (level of)

307
Q

ox/y-

A

oxygen,sharp,acute

308
Q

pachy-

A

thick

309
Q

palat/o

A

palate

310
Q

or/o

A

mouth

311
Q

papill/o

A

nipple-like

312
Q

-ose

A

sugar

313
Q

para-

A

beside,near, abnormal

314
Q

para

A

woman who has given birth

315
Q

parathyr/o/ parathyroid/o

A

parathyroid gland

316
Q

-paresis

A

partial paralysis, weakness

317
Q

path/o, -pathy

A

disease, any disease of

318
Q

ped/o

A

child,foot

319
Q

pelvi/o

A

pelvis

320
Q

-penia

A

decrease of, deficiency of

321
Q

per-

A

through

322
Q

peri-

A

around

323
Q

perine/o

A

perineum

324
Q

palpebr/o

A

eyelid

325
Q

periton,peritone/o

A

peritoneum

326
Q

pan-

A

all

327
Q

-pexy

A

surgical fixation

328
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

329
Q

phac/o, phak/o

A

lens

330
Q

phag/o

A

eat,ingest

331
Q

pharm,pharmac/o

A

drug,medicine

332
Q

pharyng/o

A

pharynx

333
Q

-phasia

A

speech

334
Q

phil, -phillic

A

attracting, absorbing

335
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

336
Q

-phobia

A

fear

337
Q

phon/o

A

sound,voice

338
Q

-phonia

A

voice

339
Q

phot/o

A

light

340
Q

phren/o

A

diaphragm

341
Q

phrenic/o

A

phrenic nerve

342
Q

phyt/o

A

plant

343
Q

pituitar/i

A

pituitary, hypophysis

344
Q

plas,-plasia

A

formation,molding,development

345
Q

-plasty

A

plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

346
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

347
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

348
Q

pleur/o

A

pleura

349
Q

pneum/o,pneumat/o

A

air, gas,respiration, lung

350
Q

pneumon/o

A

lung

351
Q

pod/o

A

foot

352
Q

-poiesis

A

formation,production

353
Q

poikilo-

A

varied, irregular

354
Q

poly-

A

many, much

355
Q

pre-

A

before, in front of

356
Q

presby-

A

old

357
Q

post-

A

after,behind

358
Q

pro-

A

before, in front of

359
Q

proct/o

A

rectum

360
Q

prostat/o

A

prostate

361
Q

prim/i

A

first

362
Q

prote/o

A

protein

363
Q

pseudo-

A

false

364
Q

psych/o

A

mind

365
Q

ptosis

A

prolapse,downward displacement, dropping

366
Q

-ptysis

A

spitting

367
Q

puer

A

child

368
Q

pulm/o, pulmon/o

A

lung

369
Q

pupill/o

A

pupil

370
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

371
Q

pylor/o

A

pylorus

372
Q

py/o

A

pus

373
Q

pyr/o, pyret/o

A

fever,fire

374
Q

quadr/i

A

four

375
Q

rachi/o

A

spine

376
Q

radicul/o

A

root of spinal nerve

377
Q

radi/o

A

radiation,x-rays

378
Q

rect/o

A

rectum

379
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

380
Q

retin/o

A

retina

381
Q

retro-

A

backward,behind

382
Q

rhabd/o

A

rod,muscle cell

383
Q

-rhage,rhagia

A

bursting forth, profuse flow,hemorrhage

384
Q

-rhea

A

flow, discharge

385
Q

-rhexis

A

rupture

386
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

387
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

388
Q

salping/o

A

tube,uterine tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

389
Q

-schisis

A

split,fissure

390
Q

scler/o

A

hard, sclera (white of the eye)

391
Q

sclerosis

A

hardening

392
Q

-scope

A

instrument for viewing or examining

393
Q

re-

A

again, back

394
Q

-scopy

A

examination of

395
Q

seb/o

A

sebum,sebaceous gland

396
Q

semi-

A

half,partial

397
Q

reticul/o

A

network

398
Q

semin

A

semen

399
Q

sept/o

A

septum,dividing wall, partition

400
Q

sial/o

A

saliva,salivary gland, salivary duct

401
Q

sider/o

A

iron

402
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

403
Q

-rhaphy

A

surgical repair,suture

404
Q

sinstr/o

A

left

405
Q

-sis

A

condition of

406
Q

somat/o

A

body

407
Q

-some

A

body, small body

408
Q

sacchar/o

A

sugar

409
Q

somn/I, somn/o, -somnia

A

to sleep

410
Q

son/o

A

sound,ultrasound

411
Q

spasm

A

sudden contraction of muscles,cramp

412
Q

sperm/i

A

semen, spermatozoa

413
Q

spermat/o

A

semen, spermatozoa

414
Q

-spermia

A

condition of semen

415
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

416
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

417
Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebra

418
Q

staped/o,stapedi/o

A

stapes

419
Q

staphyl/o

A

grape-like clusters, staphylococcus

420
Q

stasis

A

suppression, stoppage

421
Q

spir/o

A

breathing

422
Q

steat/o

A

fatty

423
Q

stenosis

A

narrowing,construction

424
Q

steth/o

A

chest

425
Q

sthen/o

A

strength

426
Q

skelet/o

A

skeleton

427
Q

stoma,stomat/o

A

mouth

428
Q

-stomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

429
Q

strept/o

A

twisted chain, streptococcus

430
Q

sub-

A

under,below

431
Q

super-

A

above,excess

432
Q

supra

A

above

433
Q

syn,sym

A

together

434
Q

tachy-

A

rapid

435
Q

tax/o

A

order, arrangement

436
Q

tel/e,tel/o

A

end,far,at a distance

437
Q

ten/o, tendin/o

A

tendon

438
Q

terat/o

A

malformed fetus

439
Q

synov/i

A

synovial joint, synovial membrane

440
Q

test/o

A

testis,testicle

441
Q

tetra

A

four

442
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus

443
Q

thorac/o

A

chest,thorax

444
Q

thromb/o

A

blood clot

445
Q

thrombocyt/o

A

platelet,thrombocyte

446
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

447
Q

toc/o

A

labor

448
Q

-tome

A

instrument used to cut

449
Q

ton/o

A

tone

450
Q

tonsil/o

A

tonsils

451
Q

tox/o, toxic/o

A

poison,toxin

452
Q

trache/o

A

trachea

453
Q

trans

A

through

454
Q

tri

A

three

455
Q

trcih/o

A

hair

456
Q

-tripsy

A

crushing

457
Q

trop/o

A

turning

458
Q

trop,-tropic

A

act(ing) on,affect(ing)

459
Q

troph/o,-trophy,-trophia

A

feeding,growth,nourishment

460
Q

tympan/o

A

tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane

461
Q

un-

A

not

462
Q

uni-

A

one

463
Q

therm/o

A

heat, temperature

464
Q

-uresis

A

urination

465
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

466
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

467
Q

-uria

A

condition of urine, urination

468
Q

ur/o

A

urine,urinary tract

469
Q

thyr/o,thyroid/o

A

thyroid

470
Q

uter/o

A

uterus

471
Q

uve/o

A

uvea (of eye)

472
Q

uvul/o

A

uvula

473
Q

-tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

474
Q

vagin/o

A

sheath,vagina

475
Q

valv/o,vavul/o

A

valve

476
Q

varic/o

A

twisted and swollen vein, varix

477
Q

vascul/o

A

vessel

478
Q

toxin

A

poison

479
Q

vas/o

A

vessel,duct; vas deferns

480
Q

ven/o, ven/i

A

vein

481
Q

ventricul/o

A

cavity, ventricular

482
Q

vetebr/o

A

vertebra, spinal column

483
Q

vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

484
Q

vesicul/o

A

seminal vesicle

485
Q

vestibul/o

A

vestibule, vestibular apparatus (of ear)

486
Q

vir/o

A

virus

487
Q

vulv/o

A

vulva

488
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

489
Q

xen/o

A

foreign,strange

490
Q

xer/o

A

dry

491
Q

-y

A

condition or process of

492
Q

urin/o

A

urine

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