Combining Forms/Word Roots Flashcards by Brittany Micah

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or/o

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mouth

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lingu/o

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tongue

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hal/o

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to breathe

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enter/o

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intestine

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muscul/o

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muscle

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thec/o

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sheath (meninges)

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ven/o

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vein

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cutane/o

derm/o

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skin

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bucc/o

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cheek

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iatr/o

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medicine

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idi/o

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distinctive

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toxic/o

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poison

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albin/o

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white

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angi/o

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vessel

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bas/o

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the base

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bi/o

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life

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chem/o

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chemical

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cis/o

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to cut

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cry/o

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cold

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cyt/o

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cell

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electr/o

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electricity

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erythr/o

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red

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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hidr/o

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sweat

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myc/o

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fungus

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onych/o

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nail

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pedicul/o

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lice

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phot/o

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light

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py/o

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pus

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scler/o

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hard

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seb/o

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oil

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trich/o

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hair

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ungu/o

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nail

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vesic/o

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bladder

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xer/o

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dry

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ankyl/o

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stiff joint

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arthr/o

articul/o

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joint

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burs/o

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bursa

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carp/o

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carpus

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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clavicul/o

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clavicle

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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cortic/o

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outer portion

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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femor/o

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femur

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fibul/o

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fibula

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humer/o

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humerus

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ili/o

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ilium

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ischi/o

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ischium

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kyph/o

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hump

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lamin/o

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lamina, part of vertebra

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lord/o

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bent backwards

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lumb/o

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low back

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mandibul/o

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mandible

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maxill/o

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maxilla

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medull/o

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inner portion

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metacarp/o

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metacarpus

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metatars/o

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metatarsus

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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orth/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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patell/o

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patella

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child, foot

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pelv/o

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pelvis

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phalang/o

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phalanges

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pod/o

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foot

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prosthet/o

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addition

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pub/o

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pubis

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radi/o

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radius, ray (x-ray)

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scapul/o

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scapula

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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spin/o

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spine

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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stern/o

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sternum

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synovi/o

synov/o

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synovial membrane

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system/o

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system

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tars/o

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tarsus

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thorac/o

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thorax

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tibi/o

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tibia

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uln/o

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ulna

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vertebr/o

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vertebra