Combining Forms/Word Roots Flashcards by Brittany Micah

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alges/o

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pain

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aspir/o

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to breathe in

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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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cutane/o

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skin

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dilat/o

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to widen

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electr/o

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electricity

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esthes/o

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sensation, feeling

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hal/o

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to breathe

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hem/o
hemat/o
sanguin/o

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blood

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later/o

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side

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lith/o

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stone

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recumb/o

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to lie back

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sect/o

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to cut

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specul/o

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to look at

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tenacul/o

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to hold

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topic/o

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a specific area

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ven/o

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vein

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angi/o

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vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty substance

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atri/o

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atrium

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cardi/o

coron/o

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heart

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corpor/o

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body

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embol/o

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plug

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isch/o

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to hold back

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myocardi/o

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heart muscle

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pect/o
steth/o
pector/o

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chest

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phleb/o

ven/o

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vein

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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thromb/o

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clot

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valv/o

valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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dilated vein

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vascul/o

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blood vessel

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vas/o

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vessel, duct

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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duct/o

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to bring

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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orth/o

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straight

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pulmon/o

pneumon/o

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lung

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sept/o

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a wall

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son/o

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sound

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bas/o

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base

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chrom/o

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color

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coagul/o

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clotting

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cyt/o

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cell

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eosin/o

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rosy red

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erythr/o

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red

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fibrin/o

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fibers

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fus/o

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pouring

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granul/o

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granules

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leuk/o

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white

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lymph/o

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lymph

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morph/o

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shape

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neutr/o

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neutral

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septic/o

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infection

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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axill/o

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axilla, underarm

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cortic/o

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outer region, cortex

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immun/o

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protection

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inguin/o

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groin

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lymphaden/o

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lymph node

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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nucle/o

A

nucleus

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path/o

A

disease

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sarc/o

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flesh

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splen/o

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spleen

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thym/o

A

thymus gland

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tonsill/o

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tonsils