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1
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galact/o

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milk

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ganglion/o

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ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies

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gangren/o

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tissue death, gangrene

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gemin/o

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twin, double, group

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gen-

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producing, forming

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gen/o

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producing, forming

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-gen

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producing, forming

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-gene

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production, origin, formation

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-genic

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creation, reproduction

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-genesis

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creation, reproduction

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-genous

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producing

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ger/i

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old age

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germin/o

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bud, sprout, embryonic tissue

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geront/o

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old age

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gest/o

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pregnancy, gestation to birth

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gestat/o

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pregnancy, gestation to birth

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gigant/o

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giant, very large

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gingiv/o

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gingival tissue, guma

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glauc/o

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gray

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glen/o

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socket of a joint

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gli/o

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neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous system

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-globin

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protein

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globul/o

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shaped like a ball

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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glott/o

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pertaining to the tongue

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gluc/o

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glucose, sugar

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glyc/o

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glucose, sugar

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glycos/o

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glucose, sugar

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glycer/o

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sweet

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gon/o

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seed

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gonad/o

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gonad, sex glands

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goni/o

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angle

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-gram

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a picture or record

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granul/o

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granule(s)

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-graph

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a picture or record, machine for producing a record

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-graphy

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the process of producing a picture or record

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-gravida

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pregnant

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hal/o

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breath

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halit/o

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breath

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hallucin/o

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hallucination

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hem/o

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blood, relating to blood

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hemat/o

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blood, relating to blood

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hemi-

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half

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hemoglobin/o

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hemoglobin

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hepat/o

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liver

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hered/o

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inherited, hereditary

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heredit/o

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inherited, hereditary

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herni/o

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hernia

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hiat/o

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opening, gap

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hidr/o

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sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy, rough

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hist/o

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tissue

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hom/o

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same, like, alike

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home/o

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sameness, unchanging, constant

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hormon/o

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hormone

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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm bone)

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hydr/o

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relating to water

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hygien/o

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health

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hyper-

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excessive, increased

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hypn/o

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sleep

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hypo-

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deficient, decreased

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hyster/o

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uterus

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-ia

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abnormal condition, disease, also the plural of a singular noun ending -ium

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-iasis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ial

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pertaining to

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-iatrics

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field of medicine, healing

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-ific

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making, producing

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-iatry

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field of medicine

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ile/o

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ileum, small intestine

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ible

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capable of, able to

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-ile

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capable of

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-ical

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pertaining to

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idi/o

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peculiar to one individual or organ, also unknown

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-ician

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specialist

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icter/o

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jaundice

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-iferous

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bearing, carrying, producing

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-iform

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shaped of formed like, resembling

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im-

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not

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ili/o

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ilium, hip bone

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impact/o

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pushed against, wedged against, packed

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immune/o

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immune, protection, safe

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incis/o

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cutting into

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-in

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a substance or chemical

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infra-

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below, beneath, inferior to

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in-

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in, into, not, without

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infer/o

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below, beneath

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inflammation/o

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flame within, set on fire

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-ine

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pertaining to, or a substance or chemical

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infect/o

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infected, tainted

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infarct/o

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filled in, stuffed

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insulin/o

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insulin

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intern/o

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within, inside

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inter-

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between, among

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insul/o

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island

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inguin/o

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groin

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inject/o

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to force or put in, insert

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intestin/o

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intestine

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intrins/o

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contained within, on the inside

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intra-

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within, inside

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ir/o

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iris, colored part of eye

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intro-

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within, into, inside

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intussuscept/o

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take up or receive within

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ischi/o

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ischium (hip bone)

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ion/o

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ion, to wander

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-ion

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condition, action, process, state

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iod/o

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iodine

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irid/o

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iris, colored part of eye

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ir/i

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iris, colored part of eye

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-is

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noun ending

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ism

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condition, state of

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irit/o

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iris, colored part of eye

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kel/o

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growth, tumor

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iso-

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equal, same

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-ist

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a person who practices, specialist

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-isy

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noun ending

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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structure, tissue

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-ive

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performs, tends toward

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kary/o

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nucleus, nut

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-ize

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to make, to treat

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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jugul/o

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throat

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juxta-

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beside, near, nearby

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kines/o

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movement

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ket/o

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ketones, acetones

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keton/o

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ketones, acetones

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klept/o

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to steal

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kinesi/o

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movement

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-kinesis

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movement

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labi/o

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lip, labium

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kerat/o

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horny, hard, cornea

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kyph/o

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bent, hump

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labyrinth/o

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maze, labyrinth, the inner ear

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lact/i

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milk

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lacer/o

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torn, mangled

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lact/o

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milk

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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lacrim/o

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tears, tear duct

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laryng/o

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larynx, throat

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lamin/o

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lamina, posterior portion of a vertebra

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lenticul/o

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lense, shaped like a lens

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later/o

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side

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lei/o

A

smooth

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lent/o

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the lens of the eye

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-lepsy

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seizure

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leuk/o

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white

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lex/o

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word, phrase

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-leptic

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to seize, take hold of

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lev/o

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raise, lift

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ligament/o

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ligament

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-logy

A

study of

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-lexia

A

word, phrase

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lingu/o

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tongue

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lip/o

A

fat, lipid

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ligat/o

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binding or tying off

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lipid/o

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fat, lipid

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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lumb/o

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lumbar, lower back, loin

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lob/o

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lobe, well-defined part of an organ

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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loc/o

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place

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lumin/o

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light, lumen

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-lithiasis

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presence of stones

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lord/o

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curve, swayback, bent

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-log

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study of

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macro-

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large, abnormal size or length, long

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

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lymph/o

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lymph, lymphatic tissue

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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lun/o

A

moon

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lymphaden/o

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lymph node or gland

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-lyst

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agent that causes lysis or loosening

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-lytic

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to reduce, destroy

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malle/o

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malleus, hammer

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macul/o

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spot

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malign/o

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bad, harmful

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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mal-

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bad, abnormal

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malleol/o

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malleolus, little hammer

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mandibul/o

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mandible, lower jaw

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mamm/o

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breast

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manu/o

A

hand

189
Q

mast/o

A

breast, mastoid process

190
Q

-mania

A

obsessive preoccupation, madness

191
Q

maxill/o

A

maxilla (upper jaw)

192
Q

mastoid/o

A

mastoid process

193
Q

medi/o

A

middle

194
Q

matur/o

A

ripe mature

195
Q

medic/o

A

medicine, physician, healing

196
Q

mastic/o

A

chew

197
Q

megal/o

A

large, great

198
Q

mening/o

A

membranes, meniniges

199
Q

mega-

A

large, great

200
Q

medulla/o

A

medulla (inner section), middle, marrow

201
Q

men/o

A

menstruation, month

202
Q

mediastin/o

A

mediastinum, middle

203
Q

ment/o

A

mind, chin

204
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

205
Q

melan/o

A

black dark

206
Q

meningi/o

A

membranes, meniniges

207
Q

menstru/o

A

menstration

208
Q

mesi/o

A

middle, median plane

209
Q

mesenter/o

A

mesentery

210
Q

metri/o

A

uterus

211
Q

meniscus/o

A

meniscus, crescent-shaped

212
Q

meta-

A

change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after

213
Q

-metrist

A

one who measures

214
Q

metabol/o

A

change

215
Q

meso-

A

middle

216
Q

-meter

A

measure, instrument used to measure

217
Q

mio-

A

smaller, less

218
Q

metr/o

A

uterus

219
Q

mit/o

A

thread, thread-liek

220
Q

mictur/o

A

urinate

221
Q

mid-

A

middle

222
Q

milli-

A

one-thousandth

223
Q

-metry

A

to measure

224
Q

micro-

A

small

225
Q

micr/o

A

small

226
Q

mitr/o

A

like a miter, i.e. having two points on top

227
Q

mineral/o

A

mineral

228
Q

morph/o

A

shape, form

229
Q

mobil/o

A

capable of moving, movement

230
Q

multi-

A

many, much

231
Q

-mission

A

to sendf

232
Q

mon-

A

one, single

233
Q

-mnesia

A

memory

234
Q

mot/o

A

motion, movement

235
Q

mort/o

A

death, dead

236
Q

motil/o

A

motion, movement

237
Q

morbid/o

A

disease, sickness

238
Q

muc/o

A

mucus

239
Q

mucos/o

A

mucus

240
Q

myx/o

A

mucus

241
Q

myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

242
Q

myring/o

A

tympanic, membrane, eardrum

243
Q

myc/o

A

fungus

244
Q

muscul/o

A

muscle

245
Q

myos/o

A

muscle

246
Q

mutat/o

A

to change

247
Q

my/o

A

muscle

248
Q

mydr/o

A

widening

249
Q

narc/o

A

numbness, stupor, sleep

250
Q

nitro-

A

nitrogen

251
Q

necr/o

A

death

252
Q

nas/o

A

nose

253
Q

nat/o

A

birth

254
Q

ne/o

A

new, strange

255
Q

neur/i

A

nerve, nerve tissue

256
Q

neo-

A

new, strange

257
Q

nor-

A

chemical compound

258
Q

nerv/o

A

nerve, nerve tissue

259
Q

-necrosis

A

tissue death

260
Q

nephro/o

A

kidney

261
Q

neutr/o

A

neither, neutral

262
Q

neur/o

A

nerve, nerve tissue

263
Q

nodul/o

A

little knot or node

264
Q

noct/o

A

night

265
Q

nucleol/o

A

little nucleus, nucleolus

266
Q

non-

A

no, not

267
Q

nod/o

A

knot, swelling, node

268
Q

norm/o

A

normal or usual

269
Q

nutri/o

A

nourishment, food, nourish, feed

270
Q

olig/o

A

scanty, few

271
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

272
Q

nulli-

A

none

273
Q

ob-

A

against

274
Q

ocul/o

A

eye

275
Q

obes/o

A

obese, extremely fat

276
Q

occipit/o

A

back of the skull, occipit

277
Q

olfact/o

A

smell, sense of smell

278
Q

-oid

A

like, resembling

279
Q

obstetr/o

A

pregnancy, birth

280
Q

-oma

A

tumor, neoplasm

281
Q

-ologist

A

specialist

282
Q

omphal/o

A

umbilicus, the navel

283
Q

odont/o

A

tooth

284
Q

-ology

A

the science or study of

285
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

286
Q

-opia

A

vision condition

287
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

288
Q

onych/o

A

fingernail or toenail

289
Q

-opaque

A

obscure, not transparent

290
Q

-one

A

hormone

291
Q

operat/o

A

perform, operate

292
Q

o/o

A

egg

293
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye, vision

294
Q

-opsy

A

eye, vision

295
Q

orchid/o

A

testicles, testis, testes

296
Q

-opsia

A

vision, view of

297
Q

optic/o

A

eye, vision

298
Q

opt/o

A

eye, vision

299
Q

opt/i

A

eye, vision

300
Q

or/o

A

mouth, oral cavity

301
Q

orch/o

A

testicles, testis, testes

302
Q

orth/o

A

straight, normal, correct

303
Q

orchi/o

A

testicles, testis, testes

304
Q

-orexia

A

appetite

305
Q

-ory

A

pertaining to

306
Q

-osis

A

abnormal condiron, disease

307
Q

organ/o

A

organ

308
Q

-ose

A

full of, pertaining to, sugar

309
Q

-otomy

A

cutting, surgical incision

310
Q

-ous

A

pertaining to

311
Q

oss/e

A

bone

312
Q

oss/i

A

bone

313
Q

os-

A

mouth, bone

314
Q

ot/o

A

ear, hearing

315
Q

-osmia

A

smell, odor

316
Q

-ostomy

A

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

317
Q

ov/i

A

egg, ovum

318
Q

ovari/o

A

ovary

319
Q

ov/o

A

egg, ovum

320
Q

ox/o

A

oxygen

321
Q

ovul/o

A

egg, ovum

322
Q

ox/i

A

oxygen

323
Q

ox/y

A

oxygen

Hosa Medical Terminology (7 decks)

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