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Body Systems 2 Midterm 5, 6, 7, 12, 17 Flashcards

prefix, suffix, and combining forms

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-cusis
-acusis
acous/o

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hearing

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-ase

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enzyme

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-chezia

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defecation, elimination of wastes

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-edema

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swelling

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-ema

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condition

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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-opia; -opsia

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vision

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-osmia

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smell

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-otia

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ear condition

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-pnea
spir/o

apnea, spirometer

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breathing

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-poietin

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substance that forms

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-prandial

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meal

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18
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-ptysis

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spitting

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-rhage
-rrhagia

hemorrhage

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

diarrhea

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flow, discharge

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction of muscles

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-sphyxia

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pulse

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-stenosis

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narrowing, tightening

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-thorax

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pleural cavity, chest

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-tresia

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opening

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-tropia

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to turn

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-uria

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urination; urine condition

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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albumin/o

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albumin

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sac

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ambly/o

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dull, dim

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amyl/o

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starch

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an/o

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anus

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anis/o

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unequal

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38
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append/o; appendic/o

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appendix

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39
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aque/o

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water

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audi/o; audit/o

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hearing; the sense of hearing

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aur/o, auricul/o
ot/o

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ear

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42
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azot/o

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nitrogen

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43
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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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44
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bil/i; chol/e

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gall, bile

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45
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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin (bile pigment)

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blephar/o; palpebr/o

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eyelid

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47
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bronch/o bronchi/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole, small bronchus

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49
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bucc/o

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cheek

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cali/o, calic/o

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calyx (calix); cup-shaped

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51
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capn/o

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carbon dioxide

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52
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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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54
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cheil/o; labi/o

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lip

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chlorhydr/o

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hydrochloric acid

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cholangi/o

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bile duct

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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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cochle/o

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cochlea

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col/o; colon/o

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colon

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coni/o

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dust

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

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cor/o; pupill/o

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pupil

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corne/o; kerat/o

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cornea

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cyan/o

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blue

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cycl/o

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ciliary body or muscle of the eye

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vesic/o

cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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dacry/o

lacrim/o

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tears, tear duct

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dent/i; odont/o

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dipl/o

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dips/o

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duoden/o

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enter/o

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intestines, usually small intestine

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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esophag/o

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faci/o

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gastr/o

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gingiv/o

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glauc/o

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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lingu/o

gloss/o

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gluc/o; glyc/o

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glycogen/o

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glycogen, animal starch

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hepat/o

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herni/o

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ile/o

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ileum

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third part of the small intestine

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ilium

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uppermost and largest part of the pelvis (hip bone)

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ir/o, irid/o

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jejun/o

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kal/i

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kerat/o

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ket/o, keton/o

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lacrim/o

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lapar/o

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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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lip/o

A

fat, lipid

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lith/o

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lob/o

A

lobe of the lung

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw, mandible

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process

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meat/o

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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mi/o

A

smaller, less

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mydr/o

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widen, enlarge

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myring/o; tympan/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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nas/o; rhin/o

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natr/o

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nephr/o; ren/o

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noct/o; nyct/o

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ocul/o; ophthalm/o

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olig/o

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opt/o, optic/o

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eye, vision

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or/o; stomat/o

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orth/o

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straight, upright

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ossicul/o

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ox/o

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palat/o

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pancreat/o

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papill/o

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optic disc; nipple-like

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pector/o; thorac/o

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phac/o, phak/o

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lens of the eye

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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phon/o

phonics, or phonetics

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phot/o

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phren/o

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pleur/o

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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presby/o

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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prote/o

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pulmon/o

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py/o

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pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

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pylor/o

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pyloric sphincter

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rect/o

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retin/o

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salping/o

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eustachian tube, auditory tube

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scler/o

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sclera (white of the eye); hard

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scot/o

142
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sial/o

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saliva, salivary

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

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splen/o

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staped/o

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stapes (third bone of the middle ear)

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steat/o

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tachy

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tel/o

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tonsill/o

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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trigon/o

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trigone (region of the bladder)

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tympan/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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ur/o

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urine (urea)

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ureter/o

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urethr/o

158
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urin/o

159
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uve/o

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uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)

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uvul/o

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vestibul/o

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vitre/o

163
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xer/o

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