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1
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palat/o

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palate, roof of mouth

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palpat/o

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touch, feel, stroke

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palpit/o

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throbbing, quivering

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pan-

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all, entire, every

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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papill/o

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nipple-like, optic disc

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par-

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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of

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para-

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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of

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par/o

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birth

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-para

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to give birth

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid glands

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-paresis

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partial or incomplete paralysis

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-pareunia

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sexual intercourse

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-parous

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having borne one or more children

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paroxysm/o

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having borne one or more children

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-partum

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childbirth, labor

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patell/o

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patella, kneecap

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path/o

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-pathy

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-pause

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stopping

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pector/o

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chest

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ped/o

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child, foot

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pedicul/o

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louse (singular), lice (plural)

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pelv/i

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pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip

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pelv/o

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pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip

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pen/i

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penis

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peni/o

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penis

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-penia

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deficiency, lack, too few

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-pepsia

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to digest, digestion

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pept/o

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to digest, digestion

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per-

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completely, through

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percuss/o

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strike, tap, beat

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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perine/o

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perineum

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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perme/o

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to pass or go through

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perone/o

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fibula

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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phac/o

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lens of eye

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phak/o

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lens of eye

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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-phage

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a cell that destroys, eat, swallow

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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phalang/o

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phalanges, finger, toe

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phall/i

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penis

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pharmac/o

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drug

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pharmaceut/o

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drug

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pharyng/o

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throat, pharynx

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phas/o

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speech

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-phasia

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to speak or speech

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phe/o

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dusky, gray

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-pheresis

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removal

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-philia

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attraction to, like, love

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phil/o

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attraction to, like, love

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phleb/o

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vein

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-phobia

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abnorma fear

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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phor/o

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carry, bear, movement

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling, mental state

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phot/o

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light

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phren/o

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diaphragm, mind

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-phylactic

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protective, preventive

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-phylaxis

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protection

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physi/o

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nature, physical

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-physis

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to grow

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pigment/o

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pigment, color

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pil/i

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hair

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pil/o

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hair

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pineal/o

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pineal gland

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pinn/i

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external ear, auricle

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pituit/o

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pituitary gland

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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placent/o

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placenta

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plak/o

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plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale

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-plakia

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plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale

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plant/i

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sole of foot

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plant/o

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sole of foot

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-plasm

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formative material of cells

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plam/o

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something molded or formed

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-plastic

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pertaining to formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis, stroke

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-plegic

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one affected with paralysis

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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pne/o

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breath, breathing

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-pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o

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lung, air

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pneumon/o

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lung, air

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pod/o

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foot

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-poiesis

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to make

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poli/o

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gray matter of brain and spinal cord

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poly-

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many

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polyp/o

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polyp, small growth

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poplite/o

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back of the knee

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por/o

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pore, small opening

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-porosis

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lessening in density, porous condition

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port/o

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gate, door

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post-

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after, behind

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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

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potent/o

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powerful, capable

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pract/o

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practice, pursue an occupation

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pregn/o

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pregnant, full of

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presby/o

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old age

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primi-

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first

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pro-

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before, on behalf of, supporting

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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product/o

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lean forward, yield, produce

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pronat/o

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bent forward, face down

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pros-

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before, forward

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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prosthet/o

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addition, appendage

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prot/o

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first

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proxim/o

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near

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prurit/o

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itching

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pseud/o

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false

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psor/o

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itch, itching

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psych/o

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mind

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-ptosis

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droop, sag, prolapse, fall

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-ptysis

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spitting, coughing up

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pub/o

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pubis, part of hip bone

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pulm/o

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lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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pulsat/o

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beat, beating, striking

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punct/o

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hole, prick, puncture

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pupill/o

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pupil (of the eye)

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purul/o

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pus, pus-filled

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py/o

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pus

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

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pyr/o

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fever, fire

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pyret/o

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fever, fire

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quadr/i

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four

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quadr/o

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four

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radi/o

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radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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re-

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back, again

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recept/o

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receive, receiver

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rect/o

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rectum, straight

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reduct/o

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bring back together

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refract/o

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bend back, turn aside

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remiss/o

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give up, send back, relax

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ren/o

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kidney

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resuscit/o

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to revive

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retent/o

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hold back

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reticul/o

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network

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retinol/o

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retina (of the eye), net

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retro-

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behind, backward, back of

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rhabdomy/o

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striated (skeletal) muscle

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rheumat/o

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watery flow, subject to flow

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rhin/o

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nose

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rhiz/o

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root, spinal nerve root

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rhythm/o

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rhythm

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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-rrhage

A

abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-rrhagia

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abnormal excessive fluid discharge

83
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-rrhaphy

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surgical suturing

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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rug/o

A

wrinkle, fold, ruga

85
Q

sacchar/o

A

sugar

85
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

85
Q

saliv/o

A

saliva

86
Q

salping/o

A

fallopian (uterine) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

87
Q

-salpinx

A

fallopian (uterine) tube

87
Q

saphen/o

A

clear, apparent, manifest

87
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh connective tissue

88
Q

schiz/o

A

division, to split

89
Q

scler/o

A

sclera (white of the eye), hard

89
Q

-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

89
Q

scoli/o

A

curved, bent

89
Q

-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

89
Q

-scopic

A

pertaining to visual examination

90
Q

-scopy

A

visual examination

91
Q

script/o

A

write

91
Q

scrot/o

A

bag or pouch, scrotum

91
Q

seb/o

A

sebum

91
Q

secret/o

A

produce, separate out

92
Q

sect/o

A

cut, cutting

92
Q

semi-

A

half

92
Q

semin/i

A

semen, seed, sperm

93
Q

sen/o

A

old age

94
Q

sens/o

A

feeling, sensation

94
Q

sensitiv/o

A

sensitive to, affected by

94
Q

sept/o

A

infection, partition

95
Q

ser/o

A

serum

95
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

95
Q

sin/o

A

hollow, sinus

96
Q

sinistr/o

A

left, left side

97
Q

sinus/o

A

sinus

97
Q

-sis

A

abnormal condition, disease

97
Q

sit/u

A

place

97
Q

social/o

A

companion, fellow being

98
Q

-sol

A

solution

98
Q

somat/o

A

body

99
Q

somn/o

A

sleep

100
Q

son/o

A

sound

101
Q

-spasm

A

sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping

102
Q

spasmod/o

A

sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping

102
Q

sperm/o

A

sperm, spermatozoa, seed

102
Q

spermat/o

A

sperm, spermatozoa, seed

103
Q

sphen/o

A

sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped

103
Q

spher/o

A

round, sphere, ball

104
Q

sphincter/o

A

tight band, sphincter

104
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

104
Q

spin/o

A

spine, backbone

104
Q

spir/o

A

to breathe, coil

105
Q

splen/o

A

spleen,

106
Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

106
Q

squam/o

A

scale, scale-like cell

106
Q

-stalsis

A

contraction, constriction

106
Q

staped/o

A

stapes (middle ear bone)

106
Q

staphyl/o

A

clusters, bunch of grapes

107
Q

steat/o

A

fat, lipid, sebum

107
Q

-static

A

control, maintenance of a constant level

107
Q

-stasis

A

control, maintenance of a constant level

107
Q

-stenosis

A

abnormal narrowinf

108
Q

sten/o

A

narrowing, contracted

109
Q

stere/o

A

solid, three-dimensional

110
Q

stern/o

A

sternum (breast bone)

111
Q

steth/o

A

chest

112
Q

-sthenia

A

strength

112
Q

stigmat/o

A

point, spot

113
Q

stimul/o

A

goad, prick, incite

113
Q

-stomosis

A

furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening

113
Q

strept/o

A

twisted chain, curved

113
Q

styl/o

A

pen, pointed instrument, stake

113
Q

stom/o

A

mouth, oral cavity

113
Q

sucr/o

A

sugar

113
Q

stomat/o

A

mouth, oral cavity

113
Q

-stomy

A

furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening

113
Q

super-

A

above, excessive, higher than

113
Q

sub-

A

under, less, below

114
Q

sud/o

A

sweat

114
Q

sudor/i

A

sweat

115
Q

supinat/o

A

bent backward, lying on the back

115
Q

suppress/o

A

press down

116
Q

-surgery

A

operative procedure

116
Q

symptomat/o

A

falling together, symptoms(s)

116
Q

sym-

A

with, together, joined together

116
Q

suppur/o

A

to form pus

116
Q

supra-

A

above, upper, excessive

117
Q

ten/o

A

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

117
Q

tax/o

A

coordination, order

117
Q

syn-

A

together, with, union, association

117
Q

techn/o

A

skill

117
Q

tars/o

A

tarsus (ankle bone), tarsal plate (on the edge of the eyelid)

117
Q

system/o

A

body system, body as a whole

117
Q

tele/o

A

distant, distance

117
Q

synovi/o

A

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

117
Q

tend/o

A

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

117
Q

tempor/o

A

temporal bone, temple (on head)

117
Q

syncop/o

A

to cut short, cut off, faint

117
Q

systol/o

A

contraction, contracting

117
Q

synov/o

A

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

118
Q

tachy-

A

fast, rapid

119
Q

tens/o

A

stretch out, expand, tension

119
Q

tendin/o

A

tendon

120
Q

termin/o

A

end, limit

120
Q

tetra-

A

four

120
Q

test/i

A

testicle, testis

120
Q

test/o

A

testicle, testis

120
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus

120
Q

thanat/o

A

death

120
Q

thec/o

A

sheath, case

121
Q

therm/o

A

heat

121
Q

therapeut/o

A

treatment

121
Q

thym/o

A

thymus glamd

121
Q

-thorax

A

chest, pleural cavity

121
Q

thorac/o

A

chest, thorax

121
Q

thromb/o

A

clot, thrombus

122
Q

thyr/o

A

thyroid gland

123
Q

thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

123
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

123
Q

ton/o

A

tension, tone, stretching

124
Q

-tomy

A

process of cutting

124
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsil, throat

124
Q

tort/i

A

twisted

124
Q

toxic/o

A

poison, poisonous, toxin

124
Q

toc/o

A

labor, birth

124
Q

tom/o

A

cut, section, slice

124
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia (shin bone)

125
Q

-tocin

A

labor, birth

125
Q

-tion

A

process, state or quality of

125
Q

tox/o

A

poison, poisonous, toxin

126
Q

trabecul/o

A

little beam or cross bar, mesh

127
Q

trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

127
Q

tract/o

A

draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers

127
Q

trop/o

A

to turn, change

127
Q

tuss/o

A

cough

127
Q

tremul/o

A

fine tremor, shaking

127
Q

-tropin

A

to stimulate, act on

127
Q

-tropia

A

to turn

128
Q

tranquil/o

A

quiet, calm, tranquil

128
Q

trans-

A

across, through

128
Q

traumat/o

A

injury

128
Q

trich/o

A

hair

128
Q

troph/o

A

development, nourishment

128
Q

-trophy

A

development, nourishment

128
Q

tri-

A

three

128
Q

tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane, eardrum

128
Q

-thymia

A

a state of mind

128
Q

tuberculosis/o

A

little knot, swelling, tuberculosis

128
Q

-type

A

classification, picture

128
Q

-ula

A

small, little

129
Q

tub/o

A

tube, pipe

129
Q

-tripsy

A

to crush

130
Q

uni-

A

one

130
Q

urin/o

A

urine or urinary organs

130
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

130
Q

un-

A

not

130
Q

ungu/o

A

nail

130
Q

-um

A

singular noun ending

130
Q

umbilic/o

A

navel

131
Q

ur/o

A

urine, urinary tract

131
Q

ultra-

A

beyond, excess

131
Q

-ule

A

small one

131
Q

uterer/o

A

uterer

131
Q

uln/o

A

ulna (medical lower arm bone)

132
Q

-uria

A

urination, urine

132
Q

-uresis

A

urination

133
Q

vert/o

A

turn, travel

133
Q

-verse

A

to turn

133
Q

ventr/o

A

in front, abdomen side of body

133
Q

vaccin/o

A

vaccine

133
Q

uve/o

A

iris, choroid, ciliary body (of the eye)

133
Q

urtic/o

A

nettle, rash, hives

133
Q

vagin/o

A

vagina

133
Q

ventilat/o

A

expose to air, oxygenate

133
Q

varic/o

A

varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein

134
Q

valv/o

A

valve

134
Q

vas/o

A

VAS deferens, blood vessel

134
Q

uter/o

A

uterus

134
Q

vag/o

A

vagus nerve, wandering

134
Q

ven/o

A

vein

134
Q

valvul/o

A

valve

134
Q

vers/o

A

turn, travel

134
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber

134
Q

-us

A

thing, singular noun ending

135
Q

-version

A

to turn

136
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra, backbone

137
Q

vertig/o

A

whirling around

138
Q

vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

139
Q

vesicul/o

A

seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder

140
Q

vestibule/o

A

entrance, vestibule (of the inner ear)

141
Q

viril/o

A

masculine, manly

141
Q

vir/o

A

virus, poison

142
Q

vis/o

A

seeing, sight, vision

142
Q

viscer/o

A

viscera, internal organ

143
Q

viscos/o

A

sticky, thickness

143
Q

vit/a

A

life

144
Q

vitre/o

A

glassy, vitreous humor (of the eye)

145
Q

vulv/o

A

vulva, covering

146
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

147
Q

xen/o

A

strange, foreign

147
Q

xer/o

A

dry

148
Q

xiph/o

A

sword-shaped

149
Q

-y

A

noun ending

150
Q

zoo

A

(animal) life

151
Q

zo/o

A

(animal) life

152
Q

zygomat/o

A

cheek bone

Hosa Medical Terminology (7 decks)

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