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1
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Crin/o

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To secrete

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Esthesi/o

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Feeling or sensation

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Gastr/o, enter/o

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Stomach, intestines (sometimes just small intestine)

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Ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

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Elderly

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Immun/o

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Immune

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Ne/o, Nat/o

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New, birth

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Obstetr/o

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Midwife

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Orth/o

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Straight

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Ped/o

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Child

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Laryng/o

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Larynx (voice box)

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Path/o

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Disease

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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Radiation, or radius

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Rheumat/o

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Rheumatism

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract (or urine)

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Cardi/o, coron/o

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Heart

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Spondyl/o or vertebr/o

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Spine

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Chir/o

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Hand

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Fet/o

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Fetus

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Append/o, appendic/o

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Appendix

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Bi/o

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Life or living

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Cerebr/o, encephal/o

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Brain

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Col/o

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Colon

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Faci/o

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Face

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Mamm/o, mast/o

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Breast

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow or spinal cord

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

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Lungs

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsil

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Trache/o

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Trachea

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Vas/o

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Vessel OR ductus deferens (think VASectomy)

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Adip/o, lip/o

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Fat

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Amyl/o

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Starch

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Protein/o, prote/o

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Protein

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Lact/o

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Milk

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Micro

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Small

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52
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Muc/o

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Mucus

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53
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Pyr/o

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Fire

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Albin/o, alb/o, leuk/o, leuc/o

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White

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Melan/o

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Black

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Aer/o

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Air

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Blast/o

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Embryonic form

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Cancer/o, carcin/o

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Cancer

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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67
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Dips/o

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Thirst

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Narc/o

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Stupor

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Necr/o

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Dead

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Optic/o, opt/o

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Vision

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Phon/o

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Voice

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Phot/o

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Light

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Py/o

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Pus

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Top/o

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Position, place

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Trache/o

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Trachea (windpipe)

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Rect/o

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Rectum

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Or/o

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Mouth

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Ech/o, son/o

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Sound

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Fluor/o

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Emitting or reflecting light

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Tom/o

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To cut

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Pharmaceut/i, pharmac/o

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Drugs or medicine

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Algesi/o

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Sensitivity to pain

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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Plast/o

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Repair

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Therapeut/o

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Treatment

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Tox/o

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Poison

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Home/o

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Sameness

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Somat/o

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Body

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Tel/e

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Distant

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Periton/o

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Peritoneum

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Acr/o

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Extremities

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Cyst/o

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Cyst, bladder or sac

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Dactyl/o

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Digit (toes and fingers)

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Lapar/o

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Abdominal wall

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Omphal/o, umbilic/o

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Umbilicus (navel)

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Pelv/i

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Pelvis

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Thorac/o

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Chest

106
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Femor/o

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Femur

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Inguin/o

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Groin

108
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Phag/o

A

Eat

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Ankyl/o

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Stiff

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Arthr/o

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Articulation, joint

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Burs/o

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Bursa

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Calc/i

A

Calcium

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Cellul/o

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Little cell or compartment

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Chondr/o

A

Cartilage

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Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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Tendon

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Pector/o

A

Chest

117
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Kyph/o

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Hunchback (kyphosis)

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Ankyl/o

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Stiff

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Uric

A

Uric acid

120
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Lymphat/o

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Lymphatic

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Arter/o, arteri/o

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Artery

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Aort/o

A

Aorta

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Arteriol/o

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Arteriole

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Ather/o

A

Yellow fatty plaque

124
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Ven/o, phleb/o

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Vein

125
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Venul/o

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Venule

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Thromb/o

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Blood clot

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Embol/o

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Embolus

128
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Adenoid/o

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Adenoids (resembling a gland)

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Cervic/o

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Neck (or uterine cervix)

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Home/o

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Sameness

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Lymphat/o

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Lymphatics

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Aden/o

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Gland

134
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Spir/o

A

To breathe

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Phren/o

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Diaphragm or mind

136
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Alveol/o

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Alveolus

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Bronch/o, bronchi/o

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Bronchus

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Bronchiol/o

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Bronchioles

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Epiglott/o

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Epiglottis

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Lob/o

A

Lobe

141
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Pleur/o

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Pleura

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Pharyng/o

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Pharynx (throat)

143
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Coni/o

A

A relationship to dust

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Ox/o

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Oxygen

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Silic/o

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Silica

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Atel/o

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Imperfect

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Or/o

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Mouth

148
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Bil/i, chol/e

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Bile

149
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Cirrh/o

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Orange-yellow

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Glycos/o

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Sugar

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Vag/o

A

Vagus nerve

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Viscer/o

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Viscera

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Lapar/o

A

Abdominal wall

154
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Lith/o

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Stone

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Hemorrhoid/o

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Hemorrhoid

156
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Albumin/o

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Albumin

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Olig/o

A

Few, scanty

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Urin/o

A

Urine

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Cyst/o

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Bladder or a cyst or sac

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

161
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Glomerul/o

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Glomerulus

162
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Nephr/o, ren/o

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Kidney

163
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Pyel/o

A

Renal pelvis

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Ureter/o

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Ureter

165
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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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Proxim/o

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Near

167
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Dist/o

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Far

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Corpor/o

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Body

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Gon/o

A

Genital or reproduction

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Carcin/o

A

Cancer

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Amni/o

A

Amnion

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