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Common Combining Forms Flashcards

1
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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acous/o

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hearing, sound

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acr/o

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extremity, highest part

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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albin/o

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white

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alg/o

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pain

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all/o

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other, strange

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9
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andr/o

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male

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angi/o

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blood vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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arter/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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15
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audi/o

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hearing

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16
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aur/i

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ear

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auscult/o

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listen

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18
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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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20
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brachi/o

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arm

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21
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bronch/o

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bronchus

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22
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bucc/o

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cheek

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23
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burs/o

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pouch or sac, bursa

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calcane/o

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heel

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25
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carcin/o

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cancer

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26
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cardi/o

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heart

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27
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carp/o

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wrist

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caus/o

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burn

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29
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cephal/o

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head

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30
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cervic/o

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neck, cervix

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31
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chol/e

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bile

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32
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chondr/o

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cartilage

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33
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chrom/o

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color

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34
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cili/o

A

hairlike structure

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35
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cis/o

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cut

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36
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cleid/o

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collarbone (clavicle)

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37
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cochle/o

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cochlea of the inner ear

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38
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cor/o

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pupil

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39
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coron/o

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encircling structure (like the vessels that encircle and supply the heart)

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corpor/o

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body

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41
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cost/o

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rib

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42
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cry/o

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cold

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43
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cubit/o

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elbow

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44
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cyan/o

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blue

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45
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cyst/o

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bladder, cyst

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46
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dent/i

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tooth

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47
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derm/a

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skin

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48
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digit/o

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finger or toe

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49
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edem/o

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swelling

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50
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embryon/o

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fetus

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51
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enter/o

A

intestines

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52
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erythr/o

A

red

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53
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esthes/o

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sensation

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54
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eti/o

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cause

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55
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febr/o

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fever

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56
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fibr/o

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fiber

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57
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flex/o

A

bend

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58
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fract/o

A

break up

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59
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gastr/o

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stomach

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60
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gnos/o

A

knowledge

61
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gynec/o

A

female

62
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hem/o

A

blood

63
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hepat/o

A

liver

64
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heter/o

A

other, different

65
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home/o

A

same

66
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humer/o

A

upper arm

67
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lith/o

A

stone

68
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medi/o

A

middle

69
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hydr/o

A

water

70
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hyster/o

A

womb, uterus

71
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idi/o

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unknown, individual

72
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inguin/o

A

groin

73
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lact/i

A

milk

74
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later/o

A

side

75
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leuk/o

A

white

76
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ligat/o

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tie, bind

77
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meg/a

A

large

78
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melan/o, melen/o

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black

79
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men/o

A

monthly

80
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morb/o

A

disease

81
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mort/o

A

death

82
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myel/o

A

bone marrow, spinal cord

83
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my/o

A

muscle

84
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nephr/o

A

kidney

85
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neur/o

A

nerve

86
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noct/o

A

night

87
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ocul/o

A

eye

88
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odont/o

A

tooth

89
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o/o, ov/i

A

egg

90
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ophthalm/o

A

eye

91
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orch/o

A

testis

92
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osse/o, oste/o

A

bone

93
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ot/o

A

ear

94
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palpat/o

A

touch, feel

95
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par/o

A

birth

96
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pariet/o

A

wall of cavity

97
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path/o

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disease

98
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ped/o

A

child

99
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percuss/o

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strike, tap

100
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phag/o

A

eat, swallow

101
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phot/o

A

light

102
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placent/o

A

placenta

103
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pleur/o

A

pleura (lung membrane)

104
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pne/o

A

breathe

105
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pneum/o

A

lung, air

106
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pod/o

A

foot

107
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psych/o

A

mind

108
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purul/o, pyl/o

A

pus

109
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pyel/o

A

pelvis (including pelvis of the kidney)

110
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pyret/o

A

fever

111
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ren/o

A

kidney

112
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reticul/o

A

network

113
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retin/o

A

retina of the eye

114
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rhin/o

A

nose

115
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rub/o

A

red

116
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salping/o

A

fallopian tube

117
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sang/o

A

blood

118
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scler/o

A

hard

119
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seb/o

A

sebum (oil)

120
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sect/o

A

cut

121
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sept/o

A

wall

122
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ser/o

A

serum

123
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sinus/o

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cavity or hollow, sinus

124
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somat/o

A

body

125
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sphincter/o

A

sphincter muscle

126
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spir/o

A

coil, breathe

127
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stern/o

A

sternum

128
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steth/o

A

chest

129
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sthen/o

A

strength

130
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stom/o

A

opening, mouth

131
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tact/o

A

touch

132
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tars/o

A

ankle

133
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tele/o

A

distance

134
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tempor/o

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time, temple of the head

135
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tendon/o

A

tendon

136
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tetr/a

A

four

137
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tom/o

A

cut

138
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toxic/o

A

poison

139
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trache/o

A

trachea

140
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trich/o

A

hair

141
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urin/o

A

urine

142
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vagin/o

A

female genital canal

143
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vertebr/o

A

vertebra

144
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viscer/o

A

viscera (internal organs)

145
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vol/o

A

volume

146
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viscos/o

A

thick

147
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xen/o

A

foreign

148
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xer/o

A

dry

EMS 139 (7 decks)

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