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Fall Semester Exam Review Flashcards

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albin/o

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white

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burs/o

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bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

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contus/o

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to bruise

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cost/o

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rib

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dactyl/o

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digits (fingers and toes)

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dist/o

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away from the point of origin

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dors/o

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back of the body

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electr/o

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electricity

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esthesi/o

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nervous sensation

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ichthy/o

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dry; scaly

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immun/o

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immune; protection

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lacrim/o

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tears

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lip/o

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fat

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lob/o

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lobe

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onc/o

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tumor

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opthalm/o

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eye

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phalang/o

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phlanges; fingers or toes

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spondyl/o

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vertebra; backbone

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synovi/o

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lubricating fluid of joints

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therm/o

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hot; heat

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tom/o

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to cut

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carp/o

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wrist

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caus/o

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burn; burning; heat

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chrom/o

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color

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chron/o

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time

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fasci/o

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fibrous band; fascia

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flex/o

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to bend

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gyn/o

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female; women

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narc/o

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numbness; sleep; stupor

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necr/o

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death

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proxim/o

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near the point of origin

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psor/o

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itching

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psych/o

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mind

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pulmon/o

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lung

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scler/o

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hardening

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ventr/o

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belly side of body

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-esis

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action; condition; state of

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-lysis

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breakdown; separation; loosening

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-carcinoma

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cancerous tumor

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-phobia

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fear

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-esthesia

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feeling; sensation

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-plegic

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pertaining to paralysis

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-sis

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state; condition

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-physis

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growth; growth plate

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-motor

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movement

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-spasm

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muscle contraction

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-cide

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to kill

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-leptic

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to seize; take hold of

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supra-

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above

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post-

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after; behind

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anti-

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against

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contra-

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against

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circum-

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around

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re-

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back again; backward

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mal-

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bad

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ante-

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before

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pre-

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before; in front of

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retro-

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behind; backward

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soma-

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body

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semi-

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half

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multi-

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many

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para-

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near; beside

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ex-

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out; away from

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ecto-

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out; outside

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micro-

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small

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per-

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through

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pseudo-

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FALSE

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endo-

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in; within

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inter-

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between

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-malacia

A

softening

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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cervic/o

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neck

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vertebr/o

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spinal column

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xer/o

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dry

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xanth/o

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yellow

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sarc/o

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flesh

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rhin/o

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nose

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ren/o

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kidney

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nephr/o

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kidney

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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my/o

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muscle

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melan/o

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black

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hydr/o

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water

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hist/o

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tissue

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hepat/o

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liver

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hemat/o

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blood

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cephal/o

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head

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cardi/o

A

heart

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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thorac/o

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chest

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tars/o

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ankle; tarsals

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somat/o

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body

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scoli/o

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crooked; bent

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pleur/o

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lung

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path/o

A

disease

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oste/o

A

bone

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orth/o

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straight

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olig/o

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scanty (very few)

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ocul/o

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eye

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neur/o

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nerve

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lumb/o

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lumbar region

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leuk/o

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white

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later/o

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lateral; side

109
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kinesi/o

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movement

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jaund/o

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yellow

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erythr/o

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red

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enter/o

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small intestine

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encephal/o

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brain

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derm/o

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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cyt/o

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cell

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cyst/o

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cyst; sac of fluid

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cyan/o

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blue

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cutane/o

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skin

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crani/o

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skull

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cirrh/o

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orange-yellow

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brachi/o

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arm

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arthr/o

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joint

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adip/o

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fat

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en-

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in; within

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intra-

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within; into

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bi-

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two

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ad-

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toward

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dia-

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through; complete

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tri-

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three

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brady-

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slow

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epi-

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above

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an-

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not; without

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a-

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not; without

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poly-

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many

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mega-

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large

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macro-

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large

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tachy-

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fast

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sub-

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below

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infra-

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below; beneath

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hypo-

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below; below normal; deficient

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dorsi-

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back

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ab-

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away from

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peri-

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around; surrounding

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trans-

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across

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hyper-

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above, above normal; excessive

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-opsy

A

viewing

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-oma

A

tumor

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-clast

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break down; destroy

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-ectomy

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removal

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-algia

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pain

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-tome

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instrument for cutting

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-itis

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inflammation

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-logy

A

study of

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-logist

A

specialist

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-gram

A

record

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-genic

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produced by

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-tomy

A

incision

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-pathy

A

disease

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-blast

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immature cell

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-trophy

A

growth; development

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-cyte

A

cell

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