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macul/o

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spot

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magn/o

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great, large

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major/o

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larger

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malign/o

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bad, evil,

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malle/o

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malleus, hammer

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malleol/o

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malleolus, little hammer

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mamm/o

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breast

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man/i

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madness, rage

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man/i, man/o

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hand

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mandibul/o

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mandible, lower jaw

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manipul/o

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use of hands

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manubri/o

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handle

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masset/o

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chew

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mast/o

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breast

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mastic/o, masticat/o

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chew

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process

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matern/o

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maternal, of a mother

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matur/o

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ripe

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maxill/o

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maxilla (upper jaw)

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maxim/o

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largest, greatest

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meat/o

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opening or passageway

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medi/o

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middle

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum, middle

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medic/o

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medicine, physician, healing

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medicat/o

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medication, healing

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medull/o

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medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow

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megal/o

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large, great

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mei/o

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less, meiosis

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melan/o

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black, dark

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mellit/o

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honey, honeyed

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membran/o

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membrane, thin skin

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men/o

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menstruation, menses

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mening/o, meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

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menisc/o

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meniscus, crescent

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mens/o

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menstuate, menstruation, menses

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menstr/o, menstruat/o

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occuring monthly

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ment/o

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mind, chin

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mesenter/o

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mesentery

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mesi/o

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middle, median plane

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metabol/o

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change

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metacarp/o

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metacarpals, bones of the hand

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metatars/o

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bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes

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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o

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uterus

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44
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micr/o

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small

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mictur/o, micturit/o

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urinate

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midsagitt/o

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from front to back, at the middle

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mineral/o

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mineral

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minim/o

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smallest, least

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minor/o

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smaller

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mit/o

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a thread

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mitr/o

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a miter, having two points on top

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mobil/o

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capable of moving

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monil/i

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string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus

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morbid/o

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disease, sickness

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moribund/o

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dying

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/i, mort/o, mort/u

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death, dead

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mortal/i

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pertaining to death, subject to death

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mot/o, motil/o

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motion, movement

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mu/o

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close, shut

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muc/o, mucus/o

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mucus

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muscul/o

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muscle

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mut/a

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genetic change

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mut/o

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unable to speak, inarticulate

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mutagen/o

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causing genetic change

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my/o

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muscle

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myc/e, myc/o

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fungus

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mydria/o

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wide

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mydrias/i

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dilation of the pupil

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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myocardi/o

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myocardium, heart muscle

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myom/o

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muscle tumor

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myos/o

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muscle

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

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myx/o

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mucus

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nar/i

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nostril

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narc/o

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numbness, stupor

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nas/i, nas/o

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nose

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nat/i

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birth

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natr/o

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sodium

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nause/o

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nasuea, seasickness

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necr/o

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death

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ne/o

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new, strange

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nephr/o

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kidney

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nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o

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nerve, nerve tissue

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neutr/o

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neither, neutral

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nev/o

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birthmark, mole

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nid/o

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next

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noct/i

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night

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nod/o

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knot, swelling

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nodul/o

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little knot

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nom/o

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law, control

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norm/o

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normal or usual

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nuch/o

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the nape

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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nucleol/o

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little nucleus, nucleolus

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numer/o

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number, count

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nunc/o

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messenger

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nutri/o, nutrit/o

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nourishment, food, nourish, feed

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nyct/o, nyctal/o

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night

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obes/o

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obese, extremely fat

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obliqu/o

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slanted, sideways

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oblongat/o

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oblong, elongated

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obstetr/i, obstetr/o

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midwife, one who stands to receive

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occipit/o

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back of the skull, occiput

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occlud/o, occlus/o

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shut, close up

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occult/o

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hidden, concealed

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108
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ocul/o

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eye

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odont/o

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tooth

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olfact/o

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smell, sense of smell

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olig/o

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santy, few

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om/o

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shoulder

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oment/o

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omentum, fat

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omphal/o

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umbilical cord, the navel

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onc/o

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tumor

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onych/o

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fingernail or toenail

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o/o, oo/o

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egg

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oophor/o

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ovary

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opac/o, opacit/o

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shaded, dark, impenetrable to light

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oper/o, operat/o

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perform, operate, work

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opercul/o

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cover or lid

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ophthalm/o

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eye, vision

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opisth/o

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backward, dorsal

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opt/i, opt/o, optic/o

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eye, vision

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or/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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orbit/o

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orbit, bony cavity or socket

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orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o

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testicles, testis, testes

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organ/o

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organ

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orgasm/o

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swell, be excited

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orth/o

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straight, normal, correct

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osm/o

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pushing, thrusting

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oss/e, oss/i

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bone

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ossicul/o

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ossicle (small bone)

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oste/o, ost/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear, hearing

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ov/i, ov/o

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egg, ovum

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ovari/o

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ovary

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ovul/o

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egg

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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

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oxygen

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140
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oxid/o

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containing oxygen

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141
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oxy/o

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the presence of oxygen in a compound

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palat/o

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plate, roof of mouth

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pall/o, pallid/o

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pale, lacking or drained of color

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palliat/o

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cloaked, hidden

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palpat/o

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touch, feel, stroke

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palpebr/o

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eyelid

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palpit/o

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throbbing, quivering

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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papill/i, papill/o

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nipple-like

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papul/o

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pimple

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par/o

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to bear, bring forth, labor

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paralys/o, paralyt/o

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disable

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parasit/o

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parasite

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid glands

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pares/i

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to disable

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paret/o

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to disable

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pariet/o

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wall

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parotid/o

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parotid gland

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paroxysm/o

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sudden attack

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parturit/o

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childbirth, labor

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patell/a, patell/o

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patella, kneecap

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path/o

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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paus/o

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stopping

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pector/o

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chest

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ped/o

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child, foot

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pedi/a

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child

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pedicul/o

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louse (singular), lice (plural)

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pelv/i, pelv/o

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pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip

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pen/i

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penis

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pend/o

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to hang

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peps/i, pept/o

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digest, digestion

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percept/o

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become aware, perceive

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percuss/o

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strike tap, beat

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perine/o

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perineum

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peristals/o, peristalt/o

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constrict around

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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perme/o

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to pass or go through

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pernici/o

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destructive, harmful

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perone/o

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fibula

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perspirat/o

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perspiration

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pertuss/i

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intensive cough

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petechi/o

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skin spot

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phac/o

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lens of eye

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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phak/o

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lens of eye

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phalang/o

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phalanges, finger and toe

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phall/i, phill/o

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penis

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pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o

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drug

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pharyng/o

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thorat, pharynx

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phas/o

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speech

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phe/o

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dusky

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pher/o

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to bear or carry

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phil/o

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attraction to, like love

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phleb/o

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vein

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phlegm/o

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thick mucus

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phob/o

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abnormal fear

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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phor/o

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carry, bear, movement

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phot/o

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light

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phren/o

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diaphragm, mind

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physi/o, physic/o

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nature, physical

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phyt/o

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plant

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pigment/o

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pigment, color

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pil/i, pil/o

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hair

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pineal/o

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pineal gland

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pinn/i

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external ear, auricle

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pituit/o, pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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plac/o

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flat plate or patch

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placent/o

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placenta, round flat cake

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plak/o

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plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale

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plan/o

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flat

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plant/i, plant/o

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sole of foot

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plas/i, plas/o

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development, growth, formation

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plasm/o

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something molded or formed

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ple/o

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more, many

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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plex/o

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plexus, network

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plic/o

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fold or ridge

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pne/o

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breath, breathing

220
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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lung, air

221
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pod/o

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foot

222
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pol/o

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extreme

223
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poli/o

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gray matter of brain and spinal cord

224
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pollic/o

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thumb

225
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polyp/o

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polyp, small growth

226
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pont/o

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pons (a part of the brain), bridge

227
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poplit/o

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back of the knee

228
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por/o

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pore, small opening

229
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port/i

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gate, door

230
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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

231
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potent/o

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powerful

232
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pract/i, practic/o

A

practice, pursue an occupation

233
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prandi/o

A

meal

234
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precoc/i

A

early, premature

235
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pegn/o

A

pregnant, full of

236
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prematur/o

A

too early, untimely

237
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preputi/o

A

foreskin, prepuce

238
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presby/o

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old age

239
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press/o

A

press, draw

240
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priap/o

A

penis

241
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process/o

A

going forth

242
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procreat/o

A

reproduce

243
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proct/o

A

anus and rectum

244
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prodrom/o

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running a head, precursor

245
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product/o

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lead forward, produce

246
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prolaps/o

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fall downward, slide forward

247
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prolifer/o

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reproduce, bear offspring

248
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pron/o, pronat/o

A

bent forward

249
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prostat/o

A

prostate gland

250
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prosth/o, prosthet/o

A

addition, appendance

251
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prot/o, prote/o

A

first

252
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protein/o

A

protein

253
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proxim/o

A

near

254
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prurit/o

A

itching

255
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pseud/o

A

false

256
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psor/i, psor/o

A

itch, itching

257
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psych/o

A

mind

258
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pub/o

A

pubis, part of hip bone

259
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pubert/o

A

ripe age, adult

260
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pudend/o

A

pudendum

261
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puerper/i

A

childbearing, labor

262
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pulm/o, pulmon/o

A

lung

263
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pulpos/o

A

fleshy, pulpy

264
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puls/o

A

beat, beating, striking

265
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punct/o

A

sting, prick, puncture

266
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pupill/o

A

pupil

267
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pur/o

A

pus

268
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purpur/o

A

purple

269
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purul/o

A

pus-filled

270
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pustul/o

A

infected pimple

271
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py/o

A

pus

272
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pyel/o

A

renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

273
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pylor/o

A

pylorus, pyloric sphincter

274
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pyr/o, pyret/o

A

fever, fire

275
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quadr/i, quadr/o

A

four

276
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rabi/o

A

madness, rage

277
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rachi/o

A

spinal column, vertebrae

278
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radi/o

A

radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)

279
Q

radiat/o

A

giving off rays or radiant energy

280
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radicul/o

A

nerve root

281
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raph/o

A

seam, suture

282
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recept/o

A

receive, receiver

283
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recipi/o

A

receive, take to oneself

284
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rect/o

A

rectum, straight

285
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recticul/o

A

network

286
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recuperat/o

A

recover, regain health

287
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reduct/o

A

bring back together

288
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refract/o

A

bend back, turn aside

289
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regurgit/o

A

flood or gush back

290
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remiss/o

A

give up. let go, relax

291
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ren/o

A

kidney

292
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restor/o

A

rebuild, put back, restore

293
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resuscit/o

A

revive

294
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retent/o

A

hold back

295
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reticul/o

A

network

296
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retin/o

A

retina, net

297
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retract/o

A

draw back or in

298
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rhabd/o

A

rod, rod-shaped

299
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rhabdomy/o

A

striated muscle

300
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rheum/o, rheumat/o

A

water flow, subect to flow

301
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rhin/o

A

nose

302
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rhiz/o

A

root

303
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rhonc/o

A

snore, snoring

304
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rhythm/o

A

rhythm

305
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rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

306
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rigid/o

A

stiff

307
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ris/o

A

laugh

308
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rotat/o

A

rotate, revolve

309
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rug/o

A

wrinkle, fold

310
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sacc/i, sacc/o

A

sac

311
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sacchar/o

A

sugar

312
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sacr/o

A

sacrum

313
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saliv/o

A

saliva

314
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salping/o

A

uterine (Fallopian) tube, auditory (Eustachian) tube

315
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san/o

A

sound, healthy, sane

316
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sangu/i, sanguin/o

A

blood

317
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sanit/o

A

soundness, health

318
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saphen/o

A

clear, apparent, manifest

319
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sapr/o

A

decaying, rottein

320
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sarc/o

A

flesh, connective tissue

321
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scalp/o

A

carve, scrape

322
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scapul/o

A

scapula, shoulder blade

323
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schiz/o

A

division, split

324
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scirrh/o

A

hard

325
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scler/o

A

sclera, white of eye, hard

326
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scoli/o

A

curved bent

327
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scot/o

A

darkness

328
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scrib/o, script/o

A

write

329
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scrot/o

A

bag or pouch

330
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seb/o

A

sebum

331
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secret/o

A

produce, separate out

332
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sect/o, secti/o

A

cut, cutting

333
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segment/o

A

pieces

334
Q

sell/o

A

saddle

335
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semin/i

A

semen, seed, sperm

336
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sen/i

A

old

337
Q

senesc/o

A

grow old

338
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senil/o

A

old age

339
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sens/i

A

feeling, sensation

340
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sensitiv/o

A

sensitive to, affected by

341
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seps/o

A

infection

342
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sept/o

A

infection, partition

343
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ser/o

A

serum

344
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seros/o

A

serous

345
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sial/o

A

saliva

346
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sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

347
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sigm/o

A

Greek letter sigma

348
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

349
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silic/o

A

glass

350
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sin/o, sin/u

A

hollow, sinus

351
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sinistr/o

A

left, left side

352
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sinus/o

A

sinus

353
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sit/u

A

place

354
Q

skelet/o

A

skeleton

355
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soci/o

A

companion, fellow being

356
Q

solut/o, solv/o

A

loosened, dissolved

357
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somat/o

A

body

358
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somn/i, somn/o

A

sleep

359
Q

son/o

A

sound

360
Q

sopor/o

A

sleep

361
Q

spad/o

A

draw off, draw

362
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spasmod/o

A

sudden involuntary contraction, tigtening, cramping

363
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spec/i

A

look at, a kind or sort

364
Q

specul/o

A

mirror

365
Q

sperm/o, spermat/o

A

sperm, spermatozoa, seed

366
Q

sphen/o

A

sphenoid bone, wedge

367
Q

spher/o

A

round, sphere, ball

368
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sphincter/o

A

tight band

369
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

370
Q

spin/o

A

spine, backbone

371
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spir/o

A

to breathe

372
Q

spirill/o

A

little coil

373
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spirochet/o

A

coiled microorganism

374
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

375
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spondyl/o

A

vertebrae, vertebral colmn, backbone

376
Q

spontane/o

A

unexplained, of one’s own accord

377
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spor/o

A

seed, spore

378
Q

sput/o

A

sputum, spit

379
Q

squam/o

A

scale

380
Q

stapedi/o

A

stapes (middle ear bone)

381
Q

staphyl/o

A

clusters, bunch of grapes

382
Q

steat/o

A

fat, lipid, sebum

383
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sten/o

A

narrowing, contracted

384
Q

ster/o

A

solid structure

385
Q

stere/o

A

solid, three-dimensional structure

386
Q

steril/i

A

sterile

387
Q

stern/o

A

sternum, the breast bone

388
Q

steth/o

A

chest

389
Q

stigmat/o

A

point, spot

390
Q

stimul/o

A

goad, prick, incite

391
Q

stol/o

A

send or place

392
Q

stom/o, stomat/o

A

mouth, oral cavity

393
Q

strab/i

A

sqint, squint-eyed

394
Q

strat/i

A

layer

395
Q

strept/o

A

twisted chain

396
Q

striat/o

A

stripe, furrgroove

397
Q

strict/o

A

draw tightly together, bind or tie

398
Q

strid/o

A

harsh sound

399
Q

stup/e

A

benumbed, stunned

400
Q

styl/o

A

pen, pointed instrument

401
Q

subluxat/o

A

partial dislocation

402
Q

sucr/o

A

sugar

403
Q

sudor/i

A

sweat

404
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suffoc/o, suffocat/o

A

choke, strangle

405
Q

sulc/o

A

furrow, groove

406
Q

super/o

A

above, excessive, higher than

407
Q

superflu/o

A

overflowing, excessive

408
Q

supin/o

A

lying on the back

409
Q

supinat/o

A

bend backward, place on the back

410
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suppress/o

A

press down

411
Q

suppur/o, supporate/o

A

to form pus

412
Q

supraren/o

A

above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland

413
Q

sutur/o

A

stitch, seam

414
Q

symptomat/o

A

falling together, symptom

415
Q

synaps/o, synapt/o

A

point of contact

416
Q

syncop/o

A

to cut short, cut off

417
Q

syndrom/o

A

running together

418
Q

synovi/o, synv/o

A

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

419
Q

syphil/i, syphil/o

A

syphilis

420
Q

syring/o

A

tube

421
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system/o, systemat/o

A

body system

422
Q

systol/o

A

contraction

423
Q

tact/i

A

touch

424
Q

talip/o

A

foot and ankle deformity

425
Q

tars/o

A

tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid

426
Q

tax/o

A

coordination, order

427
Q

techn/o, techni/o

A

skill

428
Q

tectori/o

A

covering, rooflike

429
Q

tele/o

A

distant, far

430
Q

tempor/o

A

temporal bone, temple

431
Q

ten/o, tend/o

A

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

432
Q

tenac/i

A

holding fast, sticky

433
Q

tendin/o

A

tendon

434
Q

tens/o

A

stretch ot, extend, strain

435
Q

termin/o

A

end, limit

436
Q

test/i, test/o

A

testicle, testis

437
Q

tetan/o

A

rigid, tense

438
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus, inner room

439
Q

thanas/o, thanat/o

A

death

440
Q

the/o

A

put, place

441
Q

thec/o

A

sheath

442
Q

thel/o

A

nipple

443
Q

therap/o, therapeut/o

A

treatment

444
Q

therm/o

A

heat

445
Q

thora/o, thorac/o

A

chest

446
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

447
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

448
Q

thyr/o, thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

449
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia (shin bone)

450
Q

tine/o

A

gnawing worm, ringworm

451
Q

tinnit/o

A

ringing, buzzing, tinkling

452
Q

toc/o

A

labor, birth

453
Q

tom/o

A

cut, section, slice

454
Q

ton/o

A

tension, tone stretching

455
Q

tone/o

A

to stretch

456
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsil, thorat

457
Q

top/o

A

place, position, location

458
Q

tors/o

A

twist, rotate

459
Q

tort/i

A

twisted

460
Q

tox/o, toxic/o

A

poison, poisonous

461
Q

trabecul/o

A

little beam marked with cross bars or beams

462
Q

trache/i, trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

463
Q

tract/o

A

draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers

464
Q

tranquil/o

A

quiet, calm, tranquil

465
Q

transfus/o

A

pour across, transfer

466
Q

transit/o

A

changing

467
Q

transvers/o

A

crosswise

468
Q

traumat/o

A

injury

469
Q

trem/o

A

shaking, trembling

470
Q

tremul/o

A

fine tremor or shaking

471
Q

treponem/o

A

coiled, turning microbe

472
Q

trich/o

A

hair

473
Q

trigon/o

A

trigone (usually of the bladder)

474
Q

trop/o

A

turn, change

475
Q

troph/o

A

development, nourishment

476
Q

tub/i, tub/o

A

tube, pipe

477
Q

tubercul/o

A

little knot, swelling

478
Q

tunic/o

A

covering, cloak, sheath

479
Q

turbinat/o

A

coiled, spiral shaped

480
Q

tuss/i

A

cough

481
Q

tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane, eardrum

482
Q

ulcer/o

A

sore, ulcer

483
Q

uln/o

A

ulna (medial lower arm bone)

484
Q

umbilic/o

A

navel

485
Q

ungu/o

A

nail

486
Q

ur/o

A

urine, urinary tract

487
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

488
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

489
Q

urg/o

A

press, push

490
Q

urin/o

A

urine or urinary organs

491
Q

urtic/o

A

nettle, rash, hives

492
Q

uter/i, uter/o

A

uterus

493
Q

uve/o

A

iris, chorioid, ciliary body, uveal tract

494
Q

uvul/o

A

uvula, little grape

495
Q

vaccin/i, vaccin/o

A

vaccine

496
Q

vacu/o

A

empty

497
Q

vag/o

A

vagus nerve, wandering

498
Q

vagin/o

A

vagina

499
Q

valv/o, valvul/o

A

valve

500
Q

var/o

A

bent or twisted inward

501
Q

varic/o

A

varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein

502
Q

vas/o

A

vas deferens, vessel

503
Q

vascul/o

A

blood vessel, little vessel

504
Q

vast/o

A

vast, great , extensive

505
Q

vect/o

A

carry, convey

506
Q

ven/o

A

vein

507
Q

vener/o

A

sexual intercourse

508
Q

ventilat/o

A

expose to air, fan

509
Q

ventr/o

A

infront, belly side of body

510
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber

511
Q

venul/o

A

venule, small vein

512
Q

verg/o

A

twist, incline

513
Q

verm/i

A

worm

514
Q

verruc/o

A

wart

515
Q

vers/o, vert/o

A

turn

516
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra, backbone

517
Q

vertig/o, vertigin/o

A

whirling round

518
Q

vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

519
Q

vesicul/o

A

seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder

520
Q

vestibul/o

A

entrance, vestibule

521
Q

vi/o

A

force

522
Q

vill/i

A

shaggy hair, tuft of hair

523
Q

vir/o

A

poison, virus

524
Q

viril/o

A

masculine, manly

525
Q

vis/o

A

seeing, sight

526
Q

visc/o

A

sticky

527
Q

viscer/o

A

viscera, internal organ

528
Q

viscos/o

A

sticky

529
Q

vit/a, vit/o

A

life

530
Q

viti/o

A

blemish, defect

531
Q

vitre/o

A

glassy, made of glass

532
Q

voc/i

A

voice

533
Q

vol/o

A

palm or sole

534
Q

volv/o

A

roll, turn

535
Q

vulgar/i

A

common

536
Q

vulv/o

A

vulva, covering

537
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

538
Q

xen/o

A

strange, foreign

539
Q

xer/o

A

dry

540
Q

xiph/i, xiph/o

A

sword

541
Q

zo/o

A

animal life

542
Q

zygomat/o

A

cheek bone, yoke

543
Q

zygot/o

A

joined together

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