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1
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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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abort/o

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premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

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abrad/o, abras/o

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rub or scrape off

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abrupt/o

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broken away from

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abscess/o

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collection of pus, going away

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absorpt/o

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suck up, suck in

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acanth/o

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spiny, thorny

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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acne/o

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point or peak

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acous/o, acoust/o

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hearing, sound

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acquir/o

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get, obtain

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acr/o

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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point

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acromi/o

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acromion, point of shoulder blade

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actin/o

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light

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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acuit/o, acut/o

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sharp, sharpness

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acust/o

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hearing, sense of hearing

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aden/o

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gland

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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adhes/o

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stick to, cling to

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adip/o

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fat

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adnex/o

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bound to

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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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aer/o

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air, gas

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aesthet/o

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sensation, sense of perception

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affect/o

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exert influence on

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agglutin/o

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clumping, stick together

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aggress/o

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attack, step forward

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agor/a

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marketplace

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alb/i, alb/o, albin/o

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white

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albumin/o

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albumin, protein

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alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o

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relationship to pain

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align/o

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bring into line or correct position

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aliment/o

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to nourish

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all/o

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other, different from normal, reversal

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alopec/o

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baldness, mangy

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sac, small sac

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ambly/o

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dull, dim

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ambul/o, ambulat/o

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walk

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ametr/o

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out of proportion

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amni/o

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amnion, fetal membrane

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amput/o, amputat/o

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cut away, cut off a part of the body

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amyl/o

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starch

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an/o

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anus, ring

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andr/o

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male, masculine

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aneurysm/o

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aneurysm

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angi/o

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blood or lymph vessel

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angin/o

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angina, choking, strangling

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anis/o

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unequal

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ankyl/o

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crooked, bent, stiff

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anomal/o

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irregularity

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anter/o

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before, front

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anthrac/o

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coal, coal dust

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anxi/o, anxiet/o

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anxiety, anxious, uneasy

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aort/o

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aorta

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aphth/o

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ulcer

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apic/o

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apex

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aplast/o

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defective development, lack of development

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aponeur/o

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aponeurosis (type of tendon)

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apoplect/o

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a stroke

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o

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water

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arachn/o

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spiderweb, spider

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arc/o

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bow, arc, or arch

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areat/o

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occuring in patches or circumscribed areas

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areol/o

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little open space

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arrect/o

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upright, lifted up, raised

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arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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articul/o

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joint

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asbest/o

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asbestos

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aspir/o, aspirat/o

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to breathe in

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asthmat/o

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gasping, choking

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astr/o

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star, star-shaped

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty substance

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athet/o

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uncontrolled

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atop/o

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strange, out of place

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atres/i

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without an opening

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atri/o

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atrium

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attenuat/o

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diluted, weakened

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audi/o, audit/o

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ear, hearing, the sense of hearing

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aur/i, aur/o

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ear, hearing

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auscult/a, auscult/o

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listen

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aut/o

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self

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ax/o

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axis, main stem

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axill/o

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armpit

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bacill/o

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rod-shaped bacterium

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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balan/o

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glans penis

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bar/o

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pressure, weight

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bartholin/o

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bartholin’s gland

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bas/o

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base, opposite of acid

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bi/o

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life

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bifid/o

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split, divided into two parts

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bifurcat/o

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divide or fork into two branches

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bil/i

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bile, gall

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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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100
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borborygm/o

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rumbling sound

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brachi/o

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arm

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brev/i, brev/o

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short

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bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole, bronchiolus

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brux/o

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grind

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bucc/o

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cheek

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burs/o

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bursa, sac of fluid near joint

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cadaver/o

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dead body, corpse

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calcane/o

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calcaneus, heel bone

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calc/i

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calcium, lime, the heel

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calc/i, calc/o

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calcium

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calcul/o

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stone, little stone

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cali/o, calic/o

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cup, callyx

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call/i, callos/o

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hard, hardened and thickened

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calor/i

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heat

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canalicul/o

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little canal or duct

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canth/o

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corner of the eye

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capill/o

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hair

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capit/o

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head

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capn/o

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carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance

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capsul/o

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little box

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carb/o

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carbon

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carbuncl/o

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carbuncle

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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cardi/o, card/o

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heart

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126
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cari/o

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rottenness, decay

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carot/o

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stupor, sleep

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128
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carp/o

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wrist bones

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129
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cartilag/o

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cartilage, gristle

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caruncul/o

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bit of flesh

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catabol/o

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a breaking down

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cathart/o

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cleansing, purging

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cathet/o

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insert, send down

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caud/o

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lower part of body, tail

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caus/o, caust/o

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burning, burn

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cauter/o, caut/o

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heat, burn

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cav/i, cav/o

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hollow, cave

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cavern/o

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containing hollow spaces

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139
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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o, cel/o

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abdomen, belly

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cement/o

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cementum, a rough stone

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum, brain

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cerumin/o

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cerumen, earwax

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

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cheil/o

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lip or lips

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cheir/o

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hand

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chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o

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drug, chemical

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chir/o

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hand

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chlor/o

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green

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chlorhydr/o

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hydrochloric acid

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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cholangi/o

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bile duct

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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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cholesterol/o

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cholesterol

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chondr/i, chondr/o

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cartilage

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chord/o

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spinal cord, cord

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chori/o, chorion/o

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chorion, membrane

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choroid/o

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choroid layer of eye

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chrom/o, chromat/o

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color

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chron/o

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time

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chym/o

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to pour, juice

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cib/o

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meal

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cicatric/o

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scar

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cili/o

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eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections

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circ/i

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ring or circle

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circulat/o

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circulate, go around in a circle

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circumcis/o

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cutting around

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circumscrib/o

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confined, limited space

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cirrh/o

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orange-yellow, tawny

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cis/o

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cut

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claudicat/o

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limping

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claustr/o

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barrier

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clav/i

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key

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clavicul/o, cleid/o

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clavicle, collar bone

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clitor/o

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clitoris

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clus/o

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shut or close

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coagul/o, coagulat/o

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clotting, coagulation

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coarct/o, coarctat/o

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press together, narrow

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cocc/i, cocc/o

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spherical bacteria

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coccyg/o

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coccyx, tailbone

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cochle/o

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spiral, snail, snail shell

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coher/o, cohes/o

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cling, stick together

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coit/o

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a coming together

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col/o

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colon, large intestine

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colp/o

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vagina

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column/o

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pillar

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comat/o

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deep sleep

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comminut/o

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break into pieces

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communic/o

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share, to make common

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compatibil/o

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sympathize with

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concav/o

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hollow

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concentr/o

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condense, intensify, remove excess water

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concept/o

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become pregnant

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conch/o

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shell

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concuss/o

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shaken, together, violently agitated

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condyl/o

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knuckle, knob

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confus/o

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confusion, disorder

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coni/o

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dust

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva, joined together, connected

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consci/o

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aware, awareness

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consolid/o

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become firm or solid

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constipat/o

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pressed together, crowded together

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constrict/o

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draw tightly together

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contact/o

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touched, infected

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contagi/o

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infection, unclean, touching of something

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contaminat/o

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render unclean by contact, pollute

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contine/o, continent/o

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keep in, contain, hold back, restrain

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contracept/o

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prevention of conception

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contus/o

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bruise

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convalesc/o

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recover, become strong

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convex/o

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arched, vaulted

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convolut/o

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coiled, twisted

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convuls/o

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pull together

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copi/o

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plentiful

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copulat/o

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joining together, linking

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cor/o

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pupil

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cord/o

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cord, spinal cord

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cordi/o

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heart

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core/o

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pupil

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cori/o

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skin, leather

224
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corne/o

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cornea

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coron/o

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coronary, crown, heart

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corp/u, corpor/o

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body

227
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corpuscul/o

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little body

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cortic/o

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cortex, outer region

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cost/o

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rib

230
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cox/o

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hip, hip joint

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crani/o

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skull

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creatin/o

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creatinine

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crepit/o, crepitat/o

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crackling, rattling

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crin/o,

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secrete

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cris/o, critic/o

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turning point

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cry/o

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cold

237
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crypt/o

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hidden

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cubit/o

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elbow

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culd/o

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cul-de-sac, blind pouch

240
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cult/o

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cultivate

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cusp/i

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point, pointed flap

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyan/o

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blue

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cycl/o

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ciliary body of eye, cycle

245
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cyst/o

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urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

246
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cyt/o

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cell

247
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dacry/o

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tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct)

248
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dacryocyst/o

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lacrimal sac (tear sac)

249
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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

250
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debrid/e

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open a wound

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decidu/o

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shedding, falling off

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decubit/o

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lying down

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defec/o, defecat/o

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to free from waste, clear

254
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defer/o

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carrying down or out

255
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degenerat/o

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gradual impairment, breakdown, diminished function

256
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deglutit/o

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swallow

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deliri/o

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wandering of the mind

258
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delt/o

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Greek letter delta, triangular shape

259
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delus/o

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delude, mock, cheat

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dem/i, dem/o

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people, population

261
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dendr/o

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branching, resembling a tree

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dent/i, dent/o

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tooth, teeth

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depilate/o

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hair removal

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depress/o

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press down, lower, pressed or sunk down

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dermat/o, derm/o

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skin

266
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desic/o

A

drying

267
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deteriorat/o

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worsening or gradual impairment

268
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dextr/o

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right side

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diaphor/o

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sweat

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diaphragmat/o

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diaphragm, wall across

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diastole/o

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standing apart, expansion

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didym/o

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testes, twins, double

273
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diffus/o

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pour out, spread apart

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digest/o

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divide, distribute

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digit/o

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finger or toe

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dilat/o, dilatat/o

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spread out, expand

277
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dilut/o

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dissolve, separate

278
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diphther/o

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membrane

279
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dipl/o

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double

280
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dips/o

A

thirst

281
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dislocat/o

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displacement

282
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dissect/o

A

cutting apart

283
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disseminat/o

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widely scattered

284
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dist/o

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far

285
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distend/o, distent/o

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stretch apart, expand

286
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diur/o, diuret/o

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tending to increase urine output

287
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divert/i

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turning aside

288
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domin/o

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controlling, ruling

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don/o

A

give

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dors/i, dors/o

A

back of body

291
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duct/o

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to lead, carry

292
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duoden/i, duoden/o

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duodenum, first part of small intestine

293
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ecchym/o

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pouring out of juice

294
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ech/o

A

sound

295
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eclamps/o, eclampt/o

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flashing or shining forth

296
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eczemat/o

A

eruption

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edemat/o

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swelling, fluid, tumor

298
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edentul/o

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without teeth

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effect/o

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bring about a response, activate

300
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effus/o

A

pouring out

301
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ejaculat/o

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throw or hurl out

302
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electr/o

A

electricity, electric

303
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elliminat/o

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expel from the body

304
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emaciat/o

A

wasted by disease

305
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embol/o

A

something inserted or thrown in

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embry/o

A

fertilized ovum, embryo

307
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emet/o

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vomit

308
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emmetr/o

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in proper measure

309
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emolli/o

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make soften, soften

310
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encephal/o

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brain

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endocrin/o

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secrete within

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enem/o

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end in, inject

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enter/o

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small intestine

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epidemi/o

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among the people, an epidemic

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

317
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episi/o

A

vulva

318
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epithel/i, epitheli/o

A

epithelium

319
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equin/o

A

pertaining to a horse

320
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erect/o

A

upright

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erg/o

A

work

322
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erot/o

A

sexual love

323
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eruct/o, eructat/o

A

belch forth

324
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erupt/o

A

break out, burst forth

325
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erythem/o, erythemat/o

A

flushed, redness

326
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erythr/o

A

red

327
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esophag/o

A

esophagus

328
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esthesi/o

A

sensation, feeling

329
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esthet/o

A

feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

330
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estr/o

A

female

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ethm/o

A

sieve

332
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eti/o

A

cause

333
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evacu/o, evacuat/o

A

empty out

334
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exacerbat/o

A

aggravate, irritate

335
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exanthemat/o

A

rash

336
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excis/o

A

cutting out

337
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excori/o, excoriat/o

A

abrade or scratch

338
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excret/o

A

separate, discharge

339
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excruciat/o

A

intense pain, agony

340
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exhal/o, exhalat/o

A

breathe out

341
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exocrin/o

A

secrete out of

342
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expector/o

A

cough up

343
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expir/o, expirat/o

A

breathe out

344
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exstroph/o

A

turned or twisted out

345
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extern/o

A

outside, outer

346
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extreme/o, extremit/o

A

extremity, outermost

347
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extrins/o

A

from the outside, contained outside

348
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exud/o, exudat/o

A

to sweat out

349
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faci/o

A

face, form

350
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fasci/o

A

fascia, fibrous band

351
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fascicul/o

A

little bundle

352
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fatal/o

A

pertaining to fate, death

353
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fauc/i

A

narrow pass, throat

354
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febr/i

A

fever

355
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fec/i, fec/o

A

dregs, sediment, waste

356
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femor/o

A

femur, thigh bone

357
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fenestr/a

A

window

358
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fer/o

A

bear, carry

359
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fertil/o

A

fertile, fruitful, productive

360
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fet/i, fet/o

A

fetus, unborn child

361
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fibr/o

A

fibrous tissue, fiber

362
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fibrill/o

A

muscular twitching

363
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fibrin/o

A

fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot

364
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fibros/o

A

fibrous connective tissue

365
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fibul/o

A

fibula

366
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fic/o

A

making, producing, forming

367
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filtr/o, filtrat/o

A

filter, to strain through

368
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fimbri/o

A

fringe

369
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fiss/o, fissur/o

A

crack, split, cleft

370
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fistul/o

A

tube or pipe

371
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flat/o

A

flatus, breaking wind, rectal ras

372
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flex/o

A

bend

373
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flu/o

A

flow

374
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fluor/o

A

glowing, luminous

375
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foc/o

A

focus, point

376
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foll/i

A

bag, sac

377
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follicul/o

A

follicle, small sac

378
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foramin/o

A

opening, foramen

379
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form/o

A

resembling, in the shape of

380
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fove/o

A

pit

381
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fract/o

A

break, broken

382
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frigid/o

A

cold

383
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front/o

A

forehead, brow

384
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funct/o, function/o

A

perform, function

385
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fund/o

A

bottom, base, ground

386
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fung/i

A

fungus

387
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furc/o

A

forking, branching

388
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furuncul/o

A

furunculus, a boil, an infection

389
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galact/o

A

milk

390
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gamet/o

A

wife or husband, egg or sperm

391
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gangli/o, ganglion/o

A

ganglion

392
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gangren/o

A

eating sore, gangrene

393
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gastr/o

A

stomach, belly

394
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gastrocnemi/o

A

gastrocnemius, calf muscle

395
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gemin/o

A

twin, double

396
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gen/o

A

producing, forming

397
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genit/o

A

produced by, birth, reproductive organs

398
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ger/i

A

old age

399
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germin/o

A

bud, sprout, germ

400
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geront/o

A

old age

401
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gest/o, gestat/o

A

bear, carrying young or offspring

402
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gigant/o

A

giant, very large

403
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gingiv/o

A

gingival tissue, gums

404
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glauc/o

A

gray

405
Q

glen/o

A

socket or pit

406
Q

gli/o

A

neurologic tissue, supportive tissue or nervous system

407
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globin/o

A

protein

408
Q

globul/o

A

little ball

409
Q

glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

410
Q

glott/i, glott/o

A

back of the tongue

411
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gluc/o

A

sugar

412
Q

glute/o

A

buttocks

413
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glyc/o, glycos/o

A

glucose, sugar

414
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glycer/o

A

sweet

415
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glycogen/o

A

glycogen, animal starch

416
Q

goitr/o

A

goiter, enlargement of the thyroid

417
Q

gon/e, gon/o

A

seed

418
Q

gonad/o

A

gonad, sex glands

419
Q

goni/o

A

angle

420
Q

grad/i

A

move, go, step, walk

421
Q

granul/o

A

granule(s)

422
Q

gravid/o

A

pregnancy

423
Q

gynec/o

A

woman, female

424
Q

gyr/o

A

turning, folding

425
Q

hal/o, halit/o

A

breath

426
Q

hallucin/o

A

hallucination, to wander in the mind

427
Q

hem/e

A

deep red iron-containing pigment

428
Q

hem/o, hemat/o

A

blood, relating to the blood

429
Q

hemoglobin/o

A

hemoglobin

430
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

431
Q

hered/o, heredit/o

A

inherited, inheritance

432
Q

herni/o

A

hernia

433
Q

herpet/o

A

creeping

434
Q

hiat/o

A

opening

435
Q

hidr/o

A

sweat

436
Q

hirsut/o

A

hair, rough

437
Q

hist/o, histi/o

A

tissue

438
Q

hom/o

A

same, like, alike

439
Q

home/o

A

sameness, unchanging, constant

440
Q

hormon/o

A

hormone

441
Q

humer/o

A

humerus (upper arm bone)

442
Q

hygien/o

A

healthy

443
Q

hymen/o

A

a membrane, hymen

444
Q

hypn/o

A

sleep

445
Q

hyster/o

A

uterus

446
Q

iatr/o

A

physician, treatment

447
Q

ichthy/o

A

dry, scaly

448
Q

icter/o

A

jaundice

449
Q

idi/o

A

peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct

450
Q

ile/o

A

ileum, small intestine

451
Q

ili/o

A

ilium, hip bone

452
Q

illusi/o

A

deception

453
Q

immun/o

A

immune, protection, safe

454
Q

impact/o

A

pushed against, wedged against, packed

455
Q

impress/o

A

pressing into

456
Q

impuls/o

A

pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on

457
Q

incis/o

A

cutting into

458
Q

incubat/o

A

incubation, hatch

459
Q

indurat/o

A

hardened

460
Q

infarct/o

A

filled in, stuffed

461
Q

infect/o

A

infected, tainted

462
Q

infer/o

A

below, beneath

463
Q

infest/o

A

attack, assail, molest

464
Q

inflammat/o

A

flame within, set on fire

465
Q

infundibul/o

A

funnel

466
Q

ingest/o

A

carry or pour in

467
Q

inguin/o

A

groin

468
Q

inhal/o, inhalat/o

A

breathe in

469
Q

inject/o

A

to force or throw in

470
Q

innominat/o

A

unnamed, nameless

471
Q

inocul/o

A

implant, introduce

472
Q

insipid/o

A

tasteless

473
Q

inspir/o, inspirat/o

A

breathe in

474
Q

insul/o

A

island

475
Q

insulin/o

A

insulin

476
Q

intact/o

A

untouched, whole

477
Q

intermitt/o

A

not continuous

478
Q

intern/o

A

within, inner

479
Q

interstiti/o

A

the space between things

480
Q

intestin/o

A

intestine

481
Q

intim/o

A

innermost

482
Q

intoxic/o

A

put poison in

483
Q

intrins/o

A

contained within

484
Q

introit/o

A

extrance or passage

485
Q

intussuscept/o

A

take up or receive within

486
Q

involut/o

A

rolled up, curled inward

487
Q

iod/o

A

iodine

488
Q

ion/o

A

ion, to wander

489
Q

ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o

A

iris, colored part of eye

490
Q

is/o

A

same, equal

491
Q

isch/o

A

to hold back

492
Q

ischi/o

A

ischium

493
Q

jejun/o

A

jejunum

494
Q

jugal/o

A

throat

495
Q

kary/o

A

nuclues, nut

496
Q

kel/o

A

growth, tumor

497
Q

kerat/o

A

horny, hard, cornea

498
Q

ket/o, keton/o

A

ketones, acetones

499
Q

kines/o, kinesi/o

A

movement

500
Q

klept/o

A

to steal

501
Q

koil/o

A

hollow or concave

502
Q

kraur/o

A

dry

503
Q

kyph/o

A

bent, hump

504
Q

labi/o

A

lip

505
Q

labyrinth/o

A

maze, labyrinth, the inner ear

506
Q

lacer/o, lacerat/o

A

torn, mangled

507
Q

lacrim/o

A

tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct

508
Q

lact/i, lact/o

A

milk

509
Q

lactat/o

A

secrete milk

510
Q

lamin/o

A

lamina

511
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen, abdominal wall

512
Q

laps/o

A

slip, fall, slide

513
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx, throat

514
Q

lat/i, lat/o

A

broad

515
Q

later/o

A

side

516
Q

lav/o, lavat/o

A

wash, bath

517
Q

lax/o, laxat/o

A

loosen, relax

518
Q

leiomy/o

A

smooth (visceral) muscle

519
Q

lent/i

A

the lens of the eye

520
Q

lenticul/o

A

shaped like a lens; pertaining to a lens

521
Q

lept/o

A

thin, slender

522
Q

letharg/o

A

drowsiness, oblivion

523
Q

leuk/o

A

white

524
Q

lev/o, levat/o

A

raise, lift up

525
Q

lex/o

A

word phrase

526
Q

libid/o, libidin/o

A

sexual drive, desire, passion

527
Q

ligament/o

A

ligament

528
Q

ligat/o

A

binding or tying off

529
Q

lingu/o

A

tongue

530
Q

lipid/o, lip/o

A

fat

531
Q

lith/o

A

stone, calculus

532
Q

lob/i, lob/o

A

lobe, well-defined part of an organ

533
Q

loc/o

A

location

534
Q

loch/i

A

childbirth, confinement

535
Q

longev/o

A

long-lived, long life

536
Q

lord/o

A

curve, swayback, bent

537
Q

lumb/o

A

lower back, loin

538
Q

lumin/o

A

light

539
Q

lun/o, lunat/o

A

moon

540
Q

lunul/o

A

crescent

541
Q

lup/i, lup/o

A

wolf

542
Q

lute/o

A

yellow

543
Q

lux/o

A

to slide

544
Q

lymph/o

A

lymph lymphatic tissue

545
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph node or gland

546
Q

lymphangi/o

A

lymph vessel

Medical Terminology (12 decks)

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