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Combining Form Words Flashcards

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Arc/o

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Extremity, highest part

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Acous

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Hearing, sound

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Albin/o

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White

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Alg/o

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Pain

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All/o

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Other, strange

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Andr/o

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Male

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Angi/o

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Blood vessel

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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Arter/o

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Artery

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Audi/o

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Hearing

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Aur/i

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Ear

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Auscult/o

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Listen

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Bi/o

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Life

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Brachi/o

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Arm

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Burs/o

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Pouch or sac, bursa

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Carp/o

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Wrist

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Caus/o

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Burn

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cervical/o

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Neck, cervix

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Chol/e

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Bile

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Chrom/o

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Color

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Cili/o

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Hairlike structure

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Cis/o

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Out

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Edem/o

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Swelling

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Digit/o

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Finger, toe

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Edem/o

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Swelling

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Esthes/o

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Sensation

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Eti/o

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Cause

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Febr/o

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Fever

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Flex/o

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Bend

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Fract/o

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Break up

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Heter/o

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Other, different

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Home/o

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Same

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Humer/o

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Upper arm

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Hyster/o

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Womb, uterus

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Ini/o

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Unknown, individual

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Inguin/o

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Groin

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Lact/i

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Milk

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Later/o

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Side

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Leuk/o

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White

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Ligat/o

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Tie, bind

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Lith/o

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Stone

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Meg/a

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Large

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Melen/o

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Black

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Men/o

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Monthly

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Morb/o

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Disease

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Mort/o

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Death

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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My/o

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Muscle

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Noct/o

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Night

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Ocul/o

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Eye

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Odont/o

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Tooth

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O/o, ov/I

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Egg

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Ophthalmo/o

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Eye

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Orch/o

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Testis

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Osse/o- oste/o

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Bone

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Palpat/o

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Touch, feel

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Par/o

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Birth

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Pariet/o

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Wall of cavity

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Path/o

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Disease

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Ped/o

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Child

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Percuss/o

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Strike, tap

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Phag/o

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Eat, swallow

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Phot/o

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Light

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Pleur/o

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Pleura - lung membrane

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Pne/o

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Breathe

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Pneum/o

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Lung, air

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Pod/o

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Foot

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Psycho/o

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Mind

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Pyel/o

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Pelvis

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Pyret/o

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Fever

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Reticul/o

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Network

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Retin/o

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Retina of the eye

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Rub/o

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Red

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Salping/o

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Fallopian tube

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Sphincter/o

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Sphincter muscle

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Seb/o

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Sebum / oil

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Sect/o

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Cut

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Sept/o

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Wall

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Ser/o

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Serum

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Sinus/o

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Cavity or hollow / sinus

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Somat/o

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Body

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Spir/o

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Coil, breath

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Stern/o

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Sternum

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Steth/o

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Chest

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Sthen/o

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Strength

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Stom/o

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Opening, mouth

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Tact/o

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Touch

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Tars/o

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Ankle

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Tele/o

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Distance

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Tempor/o

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Time, temple of the head

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Tetr/a

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Four

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Tom/o

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Cut

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Toxic/o

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Poison

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Viscer/o

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Viscera - internal organs

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Vol/o

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Volume

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Viscos/o

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Thick

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Xen/o

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Foreign

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Xer/o

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Dry

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a-, an-

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Without, lack of

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Ab-

A

Away from

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Acr-

A

Pertaining to extremity

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Ad-

A

To toward

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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Anti-

A

Against, opposed to

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Auto-

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Self

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Circum-

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Around, about

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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Di-

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Twice, double

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Dia-

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Through, completely

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Dys,

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With pain, difficulty

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e-, ex-

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From, out of

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ecto-

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Out from

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em-

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In

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Endo-

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Within

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Epi-

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Upon, on

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Eu-

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Normal, good

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Exo-

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Outside

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Extra-

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Outside, in addition

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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Hypo-

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Deficient, below normal

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In-

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Not

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Infra-

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Below

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Inter-

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Between

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Iso-

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Equal

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Para,

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By the side of

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Per-

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Through

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Peri,

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Around

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Poly,

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Many

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Post-

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After, behind

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Pro-

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Before

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Quadri-

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Four

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Retro-

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Backward

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Semi-

A

Half

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Sub-

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Below, less than

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Supra-

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Above

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Sym-

A

With, together

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Trans-

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Across

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Tri-

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Three

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Uni-

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One

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-a

A

Condition of

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

A

Pertaining to pain

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-ary

A

Pertaining to

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-blast

A

Germ of immature cell

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-cele

A

Tumor, hernia

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-centesis

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Puncturing

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-cyte

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Cell

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-eal

A

Pertaining to

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-ectomy

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A cutting out

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-emia

A

Condition of the blood

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-emic

A

Pertaining to the blood

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-gram

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Record or picture

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-ic

A

Pertaining to

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

A

Study of

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-lysis

A

Destruction or loosening

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-meter

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Measuring instrument

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-oma

A

Tumor, swelling

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-osis

A

Condition of

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-ostomy

A

Creation of an opening

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-ous

A

Pertaining to

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-pathy

A

Disease

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-plasty

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Surgical repair of, tying of

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-ptosis

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Falling, drooping

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-rrhagia

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Excessive flow, bursting forth

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-rrhea

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Flowing or discharge

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-scope

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Instrument for examination

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-scopy

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Examination with an instrument

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-stasis

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Standing still

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-taxia

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Order, coordination

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Cleid/o

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Collarbone

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Cochle/o

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Cochlea of the inner ear

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Coron/o

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Encircling structure

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Corpor/o

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Body

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Derm/a

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Skin

205
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Embryon/o

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Fetus

206
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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Articul/o

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Joint

208
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Belphar/o

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Eyelid

209
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Bronch/o

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Bronchus

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Bucc/o

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Cheek

211
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Calcane/o

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Heel

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

213
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Cor/o

A

Pupil

214
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Cubit/o

A

Elbow

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Cyst/o

A

Bladder / cyst

216
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Placent/o

A

Placenta

217
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Purul/o , pyl/o

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Pus

218
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Sang/o

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Blood

219
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Scler/o

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