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exam 2 combining forms Flashcards

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amni/o

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amnion

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bartholin/o

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bartholin gland

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cervic/o

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cervix, neck

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chori/o
chorion/o

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chorion

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colp/o

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vagina

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culd/o

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cul-de-sac

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episi/o

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vulva

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galact/o

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milk

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hyster/o

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uterus, womb

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lact/o

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milk

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menses, menstruation

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metr/o
metri/o

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uterus

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my/o
myom/o

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muscle, muscle tumor

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nat/i

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birth

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obstetr/o

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pregnancy and childbirth

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o/o

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egg

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oophor/o

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ovary

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ov/o

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egg

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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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perine/o

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perineum

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phor/o

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to bear

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salping/o

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fallopian tubes

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uter/o

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uterus

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vagin/o

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vagina

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vulv/o

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vulva

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andr/o

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male

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balan/o

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glans penis

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cry/o

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cold

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crypt/o

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hiddden

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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35
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gon/o

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seed

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36
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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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37
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orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o

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testis, testicle

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pen/o

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penis

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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40
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semin/i

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semen, seed

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41
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sperm/o, spermat/o

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spermatozoa, semen

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42
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terat/o

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monster

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43
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test/o

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testis, testicle

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varic/o

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varicose veins

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45
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vas/o

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vessel, duct; vas deferens

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46
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zo/o

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animal life

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47
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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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dur/o

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dura mater

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encephal/o

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gli/o

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glial cells

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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mening/o
meningi/o

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membrane, meninges

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my/o

55
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myel/o

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spinal cord

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neur/o

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pont/o

58
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radicul/o

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nerve root

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thalam/o

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thec/o

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sheath (refering to the meninges)

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vag/o

A

vagus nerve

62
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alges/o
-algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

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caus/o

64
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comat/o

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deep sleep (coma)

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esthesi/o

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feeling, nervous sensation

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kines/o
kinesi/o
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

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lex/o

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word, phrase

68
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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short (syncope is fainting)

69
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angi/o

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aort/o

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ater/o
arteri/o

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ather/o

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yellowish plaque, fatty substance

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atri/o

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atrium, upper heart chamber

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brachi/o

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cardi/o

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cholesterol/o

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cholesterol

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coron/o

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cyan/o

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myx/o

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ox/o

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pericardi/o

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pericardium

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phleb/o

83
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rrhythm/o

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sphygm/o

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steth/o

86
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thromb/o

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valvul/o
valv/o

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vas/o

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vascul/o

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ven/o
ven/i

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ventricul/o

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ventricle, lower heart chamber

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adenoid/o

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alveol/o

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alveolus; air sacs

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bronch/o
bronchi/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole, small bronchus

96
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capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

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coni/o

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

99
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laryng/o

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larynx (voiebox)

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lob/o

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lobe of the lung

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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nas/o

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orth/o

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straight, upright

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ox/o

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pector/o

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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phon/o

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phren/o

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pleur/o

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pneum/o
pneumon/o

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pulmon/o

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

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spir/o

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tel/o

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thorac/o

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tonsill/o

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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