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Combining Form (Roots) Flashcards

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abdomino

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abdominal

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adeno

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gland

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adreno/adrenalo

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adrenal gland

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alveolo

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air sac/alveolus

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amnio

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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding embryo)

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angio

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vessel (usually pertains to blood vessel)

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ano

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anus

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antero

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front side

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aorto

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aorta

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appendo

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appendix

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arterio

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artery

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arteriolo

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arteriole

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arthro

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joint

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atelo

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incomplete

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athero

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plaque

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auro

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ear

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axillo

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armpit

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balano

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penis

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bio

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life

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bronchio

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bronchial tubes

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bronchiolo

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bronchiole

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broncho

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bronchial tube

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broncho

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bronchial tubes

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burso

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a serous sac between a tendon and a bone

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carcino

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cancerous

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cardio

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heart

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carpo

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carpal (wrist bones)

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cellulo

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cell

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cephalo

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head

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cerebello

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cerebellum

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cerebro

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cerebrum

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cervico

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cervix or neck

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chemo

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drug/chemical

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chezieno

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stool (feces)

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cholecysto

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gall bladder

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chondro

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cartilage

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chrono

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time

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ciso

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to cut

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coccygo

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coccyx/tailbone

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colo

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colon (enlarged intestine//bowel)

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colono

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colon (enlarged intestine//bowel)

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colpo/vagino

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vagina

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comio

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to care for

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conio

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dust

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corono

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heart

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costo

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ribs

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cranio

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skull

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crino

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secrete

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cryo

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cold

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laryngo

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larynx/voice box

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latero

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side

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52
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leiomo

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visceral muscle/smooth

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leuko

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white

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54
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ligamento

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ligament

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lipo

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fatty

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56
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lumbo

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waist/loin (area of the spine)

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lymphadeno

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lymph node

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lymphangio

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lymph vessel

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lympho

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lymph fluid

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mammo

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breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, or -plasty)

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masto

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breast (use with -ectomy and -itis)

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mediastino

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mediastinum (space between the lungs)

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medullo

A

medulla oblongata

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melano

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meningo

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meno

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menses/menstruation/month

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metro

A

to measure

68
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myelo

A

spinal cord/bone marrow

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myo/myoso/musculo

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myringo

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naso

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nati

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necro

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death of cells

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nephro

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kidney (use with all suffixes except -al and -gram)

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neuro

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normo

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rule/order

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noso

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obstero

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onco

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oophoro

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opthalmo

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opto

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orcho/orchio/orchido

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oro

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ortho

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ostero

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osteomyelo

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bone marrow

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oto

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ovario

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ox/oxo

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pancreato

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parathyriodo

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parathyroid gland

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patho

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pedo

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foot/child

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pelvo

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peritoneo

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peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdomen)

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phako

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phalango

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pharyngo

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pharynx/throat

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phlebo

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phreno

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pituitaro

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pituitary gland

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plaso

A

formation/growth/development

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pleuro

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pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs)

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pneumono

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postero

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back side/behind

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procto

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anus and rectum

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prostato

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prostate gland

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psycho

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pulmono

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pyelo

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renal pelvis

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radio

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reno

A

kidney (use with -al and -gram)

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rhabdo

A

skeletal muscle

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rhino

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sacro

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salpingo

A

fallopian tubes

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sacro

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scapulo

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scapula (shoulder blade)

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scroto

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septico

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sono

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spino

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spine (backbone)

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spleno

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spondylo

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stomato/stomo

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teno/tendino

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thoraco

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chest/upper area of the spine

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thrombo

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thymo

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thyro

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thyroadeno/thyroido

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tonsillo

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topo

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to put/place/position

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tracheo

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trachea (windpipe)

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tropho

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development/nourishment

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tympano

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uretero

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urethro

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urethra (tube leading from the urinary bladder out of the body)

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uro

A

urine/urinary system

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utero

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varico

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vasculo

A

blood vessel

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vaso

A

vas deferens

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veno

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venulo

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vertebro

A

vertebra (backbone)

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vesico

A

urinary bladder

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