Greek and Latin Roots L-P Flashcards by Camille Pederson

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labi, labr, labri

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lip

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lacri-

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tears

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lact-

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milk

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lamell-

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small plate

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lacun-

A

space, cavity, pool, lake

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lat-

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wide

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lamina

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layer, sheet

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-lemm, -lemma

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sheath, husk, rind

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later-

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side

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leuko-

A

white

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luci-

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clear

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-logy

A

the study of

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lip-, lipo-

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fat, lipid

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lumen

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light

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lingua-

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tongue

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lut-

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yellow

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-lysis

A

loosening or breaking down

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lymph

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water

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macro-

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large

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magn-

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large

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mal-

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bad, abnormal

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man-

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hand

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-malacia

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soft

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mamma-

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breast

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medi-

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middle

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-mania

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obsession

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mast-

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breast

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mega-

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large

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ment-

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chin

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mening-, meningo-

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membrane

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medull-

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marrow

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metro-

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uterus

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meso-

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middle

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micro-

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small

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meta-

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beyond, between, transition

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mono-

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single

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mito-

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thread, filament

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morpho-

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form

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myel-, myelo-

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spinal cord, marrow

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multi-

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many

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narco-

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numbness

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myo-

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muscle

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neo-

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new

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nephro-

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kidney

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necro-

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death

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ob-

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before, against

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neuro-

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nerve

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odonto-

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teeth

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olifact-

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smell

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occipit-

A

back of head

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oculo-

A

eye

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-oid

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like, resembling

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oligo-

A

few

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-oma

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tumor

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oo-

A

egg

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ophthalmo-

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eye

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-opia

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defect of the eye

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osteo-

A

bone

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orb-

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circular

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ortho-

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straight, direct

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oto-

A

ear

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ov-, ovi-

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egg

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papill-

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nipple

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para-

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beside, near, beyond

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pariet-

A

wall

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-pathy

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disease

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pect-, pectus

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breast

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pelv-

A

basin

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peri-

A

around

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-phil, -philo

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like, love

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phleb-

A

vein

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-phobia

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fear

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phren-

A

diaphragm

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pia

A

tender

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-plasm

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form, shape

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pleur-

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side, rib

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-plasty

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reconstruction of a part

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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plex-, plexus

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net, network

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plic-

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to fold

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pneumo-

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air, wind

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pod-

A

foot

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poie-

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making

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poly-

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multiple

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-, pro-

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before, ahead

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procto-

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rectum, anus

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pseudo-

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false

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psycho-

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mind, psyche

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pulmo-

A

lung

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pyo-

A

pus