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Chapter 5 & 6 Flashcards

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cut/o, cutane/o
loan word: cutis, cutes

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skin

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derm/o, dermat/o, -derm
loan word: dermis, dermes

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skin

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adip/o
loan word: adeps

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fat

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lip/o

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fat

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stear/o, steat/o

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sebum, fat

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seb/o
loan word: sebum, seba

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sebum

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ecchym/o
loan word: ecchymosis, ecchymoses

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bruise

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verruca

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wart

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furuncle

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boil

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urticaria, urtica

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hives

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nervus

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mole

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erythema nodosum

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red skin, knots

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pallid

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grey

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induration

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into, hard

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keratoderma

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horn/hardlike, skin

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cornu cutaneum

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horn, on the skin

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sud/o, sudor/o
loan word: sudor

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sweat

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lepid/o

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scaly
lepidic

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adeno carcin oma

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gland, cancer, tumors

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rhytid/o
loan word: rhytide

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wrinkle
dr curtis is scheduled for a rhytidectomy

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puriti/o

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severe itch
puritis vaginalis

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prefixes associated with skin grafts

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autograft (self), isograft (equal, sibling), homo* (same), allo* (different), xeno** (foreign, animal), hetero** (two, different)

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sud/o, sudor/o
loan word: sudor

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sweat

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hidr/o

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sweat
hyperHIDRosis

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onych/o
loan word: onyx

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fingernail, toenail, claws, talon, hoof

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ungu/o
loan word: ungis, ungues

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fingernail, toenail, claws, talon, hoof

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follicul/o
loan word: folliculus, folliciuli

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little bag, follicle

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trich/o, -thrix
loan word: thrix

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hair
trichotillomania

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pil/o
loan word: pilus, pili

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hair

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corne/o, corn/o
loan word: cornu, cornua

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horn, horn-like, hard, cornea
cornucopia

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kerat/o, cerat/o

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horn, horn-like, hard, cornea

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papill/o
loan word: papilla, papillae

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nipple, nipple-like structure

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thel/o, -thele

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nipple, nipple-like structure
epiTHELium

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strat/o
stratum, strata

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layer

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histi/o, hist/o

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tissue
hisiocyte

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cre/o, creat/o

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flesh, muscle
creatine

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carn/o

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flesh

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sarc/o

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flesh, muscle
sarcolemma

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pell/o

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skin

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cori/o

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skin, dermis

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-graft

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tissue transplant

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-plasty

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surgical reconstruction
rhinoplasty

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cosm/o, cosmet/o

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universe, world, beautification, cosmetic
cosmos, cosmetics

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xen/o

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foreign
xenophobia

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is/o

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equal
isometric

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hom/o, home/o

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same

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aut/o

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self, same
autobiography

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heter/o

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different, other

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all/o

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other, different, abnormal
allograft

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rug/o
ruga, rugae

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crease, fold
gastric rugae

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pur/o, purul/o

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pus, consisting of pus
purulence

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py/o

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pus
pyogenic

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tum/o
tumor

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tumor, swelling

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onc/o
oncus

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tumor
oncology

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cancr/o
cancrum, cancra

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ulcer (type of rapidly spreading)

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carcin/o

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cancer, crab, crab-like
carcinoma

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fung/o
fungus, fungi

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fungus

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myc/o, mycet/o

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fungus, mold

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necr/o

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dead, dead tissue

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pedicul/o
pediculus

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louse, lice

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lup/o
lupus

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wolf, lupus

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herpet/o
herpes

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reptile, herpes

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exanthem/o
exanthema, exanthem

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rash

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purit/o

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severe itchs

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scabi/o

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scabies

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psor/o, psorias/o
psoriasis

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itch, psoriasis

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sicc/o

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dry, siccus

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xer/o

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dry

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lepr/o
lepra

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leprosy

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squam/o, squamat/o
squama,squamae

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scale, scaly

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lepid/o

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scaly

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ichthy/o

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fish, fish-like

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crypt/o

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hidden, covered, secret

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tel/o

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end, complete, purpose

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tele-

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distant

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petechi/o
petechia

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petechia, red spots

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ecchym/o
ecchymosis, ecchymoses

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broad bruising, ecchymosis

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purpur/o
purpura, purpurae

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purple, purpura

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bull/o
bulla, bullae

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large blister

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vesicu/o
vesica, vesicae

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bladder, vesicle

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vesicul/o
vasicula, vesiculae

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small blister

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cyst/o
cyst

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sac, bladder, cyst

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urtic/o

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wheal, hive

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comed/o
comedo, comedones

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pimple, blackhead, whiteheadp

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papul/o

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papule (small raised bump)

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pustul/o
pustula, pustulae

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pustule

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nod/o, nodul/o

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knot-like, node, nodule

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nodulus

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little knot

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cicatric/o
cicatrix, cicatrices

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scar

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nev/o
nevus, nevi

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mole

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macul/o
macula, maculae

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spot, macule

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ulcer/o

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ulcer

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helc/o

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ulcer

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melan/o

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black, dark

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nigr/o

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black, dark

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leuc/o, leuk/o

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white

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alb/o, albin/o

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white

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pallid/o
pallid

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pale, globus, pallidus

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erythr/o

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red

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erythem/o

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erythema, redness of skin

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rubr/o

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red

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xanth/o

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yellow

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flav/o

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yellow

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oste/o
osteon

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bone

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oss/o, osse/o
os, ossa

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bone

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jug/o, junctur/o
junctura, juncturae

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joint, a joining

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articul/o
articulatio, articulationes

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joint, to join, to speak clearly

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arthr/o

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joint

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ligat/o, ligament/o
ligamentum, ligamenta

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to bind, tie, ligament

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desm/o

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ligament, band, bond

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cartilag/o
cartilago, cartilagines

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cartilage

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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menisc/o
meniscus, menisci

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meniscus, crescent (cartilage in knee joint)

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synovi/o, synov/o
synovia, synoviae

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synovial fluid (fluid in joint space)

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capsul/o, caps/o
capsula, capsulae

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capsule

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burs/o
bursa, bursae

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bursa (fluid sack about body), bag, pouch

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fasci/o
fascia, fasciae

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fascia, band (broad band of connective tissue enveloping muscle)

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muscul/o
musculus, musculi

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muscle, mouse

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my/o, myos/o, mys/o

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muscle, mouse

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tendin/o
tendo, tendines

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tendon

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ten/o, tenont/o

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tendon

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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medull/o
medulla, medullae

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bone marrow, innermost part of an organ

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spin/o
spina, spinae

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spine, thorn, vertebral column

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rach/o
rachis

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vertebral column, spinal cord

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physi/o, -physis

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nature, natural function
growth, growth plate

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phyt/o, -phyte

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plant
phytochrome

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-phyma

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a growth, tumor

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capit/o
caput, capita

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head, head of a long bone

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coll/o
collum, colla

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neck, neck of a long bone

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corpor/o
corpus, corpora

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body

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foramin/o
foramen, foramina

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hole or passageway in a bone (foramen)

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lamin/o
lamina, laminae

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plate (lamina)

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condyl/o
condyle, condylus, condyli

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rounded protuberance at the ends of bones, condyle

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styl/o, -style

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column shaped bone, pillar
styloid

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tuber/o
tuber, tubera

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an elevated process of bone, tubercle, nodule, swelling

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tubercul/o
tuberculum, tuberula

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small eminence on long bone (tubercle), a nodule, small swelling

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crist/o
crista, cristae

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crest, ridge

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foss/o
fossa, fossae

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a shallow depression, something dug, ditch

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sulc/o
sulcus, sulci

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a groove, furrow

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incisur/o
incisura, incisurae

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notch, indentation, incision

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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cost/o
costa, costae

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rib

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xiph/o

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xiphoid process, sword-like

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om/o

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shoulder

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cleid/o

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clavicle, collar bone

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dactyl/o

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finger

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gony/o

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knee

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cnem/o

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leg

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perone/o

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fibula bone

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astragal/o
astragalus

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talus bone

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tal/o

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talus bone, ankle

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ptern/o

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heel

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scaph/o

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scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat

155
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my/o, myos/o, mys/o

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muscle, mouse

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rhabd/o

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striated, rod, rod-like

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lei/o

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smooth

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sarc/o

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flesh, muscle

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mer/o, -mer, -mere

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part, partial

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lemm/o, -lemma

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membrane, husk, sheath-like structure

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fibr/o, fibrill/o
fibrilla, fibrillae

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fiber, fibril (muscle fiber)

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fascicul/o
fasciculus, fasciculi

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a small bundle of rod-like structures, fascicle

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ten/o, tenont/o

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tendon

164
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ton/o

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tension, tone

165
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capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
caput, capita

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head, origin of a muscle

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ventr/o
venter, ventres

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belly (of a muscle), cavity, abdomen

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duc/o, duct/o

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to lead, convey

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abduct/o
abductor, abductores

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to lead or convey away (from midline)

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adduct/o
adductor, aductores

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to lead or convey toward (midline)

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rot/o, rotat/o
rotator, rotatores

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to turn around

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flex/o, -flex
flexor, flexores

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to bend, flex

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sphincter/o
sphincter, sphincteres

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to bind/constrict, ringlike muscle of an orifice (sphincter)

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pon/o, pos/o, posit/o

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to place, put

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rect/o

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straight, correct

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malac/o, -malacia

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soft, softening

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orth/o

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straight, correct, normal, upright

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ped/o, -pedia

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child, education in -

178
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frang/o, fract/o

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break, broken

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-rhexis

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rupture

180
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lux/o

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dislocated

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por/o

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passage, pore

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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crepit/o

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creak, crackle

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-agra

A

gout, attack (of severe pain)

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rheum/o, rheumato/o
rheum, rheuma

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flow, discharge, rheumatoid, arthritis

186
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ankyl/o

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stiff, fused, crooked

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squestr/o
sequestrum, sequestra

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fragment of bone/tissue

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talip/o
talipes

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deformity of foot and ankle

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plan/o
planus, planum

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flat

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cav/o
cavus, cavum

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hollow

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valg/o
valgus, valgum

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bent outward

192
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var/o
varus, vara, varum

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bent inward

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kyph/o

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bent forward (convex posteriorly)

194
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lord/o

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bent backward (convex anteriorly)

195
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lev/o

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left

196
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dextr/o

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right

197
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scoli/o

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bent sideways, crooked

198
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tors/o, tort/o

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twist, turn

199
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-olisthesis

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slipping

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bifid/o

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split in two

201
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schiz/o, -schisis

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a splitting, a cleft

202
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tract/o

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to draw, pull

203
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campt/o, campyl/o, -campsia, -campsis

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bent, curved

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