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Combining forms Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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bi/o

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life

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carcin/o

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cancerous, cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

(largest part of the brain)

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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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to secrete

(to form and give off)

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cyt/o

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cell

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derm/o

dermat/o

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skin

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestines (usually small)

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erythr/o

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red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hemat/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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leuk/o

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white

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log/o

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study of

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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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onc/o

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tumor

(cancerous)

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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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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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or uterus)

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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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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of the body

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hist/o

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tissue

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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of the hip bone)

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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nearest

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sarc/o

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flesh

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spin/o

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spine, backbon

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thel/o

theil/o

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nipple

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thorac/o

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chest

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/p

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navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

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belly side of the body

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vertebr/o

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vertebra(e), backbone(s)

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremeties, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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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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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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axill/o

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armpit

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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (2 tubes that branch from the trachea to enter lungs)

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carcin/o

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cancer

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestines)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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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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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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leuk/o

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lymph/o

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mamm/o

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mast/o

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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my/o

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myel/o

A

spinal cord; bone marrow

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necr/o

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nephr/o

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neur/o

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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nucle/o

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opi/o

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ot/o

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path/o

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paritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs)

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pneumon/o

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pulmon/o

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rect/o

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ren/o

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sarc/o

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splen/o

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staphyl/o

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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thorac/o

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thromb/o

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tonsill/o

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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ven/o

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cis/o

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cost/o

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cutane/o

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dactyl/o

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fingers and toes

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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flex/o

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furc/o

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gloss/o

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glyc/o

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immun/o

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protection

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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nat/i

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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pub/o

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seps/o

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somn/o

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son/o

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

A

put or place

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theil/o, thel/o

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thyr/o

A

throid gland

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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an/o

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append/o

appendic/o

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bucc/o

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cec/o

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o

colon/o

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dent/i

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duoden/o

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enter/o

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intestines, usually small

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esophan/o

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faci/o

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gastr/o

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gingiv/o

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gloss/o

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ile/o

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jejun/o

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labi/o

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lapar/o

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lingu/o

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw, mandible

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odont/o

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or/o

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palat/o

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pancreat/o

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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pharyng/o

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proct/o

A

anus and rectum

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pylor/o

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pyloric sphincter

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sailaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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stomat/o

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uvul/o

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amyl/o

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bil/i

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gall, bile

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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin (bile pigment)

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chole/o

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gall, bile

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chlorhydr/o

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hydrochloric acid

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gluc/o

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glyc/o

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glycogen/o

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glycogen, animal starch

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lip/o

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fat, lipid

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lith/o

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prote/o

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py/o

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary

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steat/o

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bucc/o

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cec/o

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o

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chol/e

A

bile, gall

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cholangi/o

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bile vessel

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cholecyst/o

A

gall bladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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gingiv/o

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cali/o

calic/o

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calyx (calix) cup shaped

222
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cyst/o

A

urinary bladder

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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meat/o

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pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

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trigon/o

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trigone (region of the bladder)

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urethr/o

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vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

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albumin/o

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albumin (a protein in the blood)

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azat/o

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dips/o

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kal/i

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ket/o

keton/o

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ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)

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lith/o

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natr/o

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noct/o

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olig/o

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ur/o

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urin/o

medical terminology (24 decks)

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