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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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aden/o

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gland

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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aer/o

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air

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ambly/o

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dim, dull

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angi/o

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vessel (blood, lymph)

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ankyl/o

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stiffness, bent, crooked

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronchi/o

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bronchus (bronchi)

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bronch/o

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bronchus (bronchi)

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calc/o

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calcium

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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card/o

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heart

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caus/o

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burning, burn

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix uteri

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col/o

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bile, gall

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colp/o

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vagina

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium

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crin/o

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secrete

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cyan/o

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blue

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crypt/o

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hidden

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cyst/o

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bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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cyt/o

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cell

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32
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dermat/o

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skin

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derm/o

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skin

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dipl/o

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double

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diaphor/o

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profuse sweating

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36
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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestine (usually small)

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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erythr/o

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red

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fasci/o

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fascia, band

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gangli/o

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ganglion

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glauc/o

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grey

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glyc/o

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sugar, sweetness, glucose

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glycos/o

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sugar, sweetness, glucose

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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hidr/o

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sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy, rough

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home/o

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same, alike

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hydr/o

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ile/o

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isch/o

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to hold back, block

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kerat/o

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horny tissue, hard, cornea

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kines/o

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kyph/o

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lamin/o

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laryng/o

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leuk/o

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lipid/o

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lip/o

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

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lymph/o

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mast/o

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men/o

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menses, menstruation

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mening/o

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metr/o

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uterus, measure

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metri/o

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my/o

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myos/o

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane

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necr/o

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nephr/o

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nerv/o

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neur/o

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olig/o

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scanty, few

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onych/o

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oophor/o

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orch/o

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testis (testes)

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orchid/o

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testis (testes)

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orchi/o

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testis (testes)

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oste/o

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ot/o

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ovari/o

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pancreat/o

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid glands

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path/o

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pept/o

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digest, digestion

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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phag/o

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swallowing, eating

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pharyng/o

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phleb/o

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pineal/o

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pineal gland

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pneum/o

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presby/o

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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protein/o

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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py/o

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pyr/o

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fire, fever

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quadr/i

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retin/o

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rhytid/o

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salping/o

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tube (fallopian, eustachian)

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sarc/o

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flesh (muscular substance)

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scler/o

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hardening, sclera

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synov/o

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synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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spasmod/o

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involuntary contraction, twitching, tightening

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spondyl/o

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ten/o

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tend/o

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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trache/o

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tympan/o

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tympanic membrane

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ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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ureter/o

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urethr/o

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vas/o

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duct, vessel, vas deferens

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

124
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xer/o

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