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-acusis

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hearing condition

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-emia

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blood condition

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-mania

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excessive desire

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-opia

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vision condition

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-opsia

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vision condition

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-paresis

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slight or partial paralysis

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-phobia

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excessive fear

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-tropin

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stimulating hormone

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-uria

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urine condition

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acous/o

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sound

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aden/o

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gland

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adren/o

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adrenal gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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arthr/o

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joint

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audi/o

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sound

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aur/o

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ear

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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burs/o

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bursa

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cardi/o

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heart

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carp/o

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wrist

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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brain

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cerumin/o

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ear wax

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

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corne/o

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cornea

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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head, skull

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crani/o

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head, skull

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crin/o

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secrete

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dacry/o

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tear

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dactyl/o

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finger

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin

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dur/o

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tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esthesi/o

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feeling, sensation

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femor/o

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femur

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gen/o

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generation, cause

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gluc/o

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sugar

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glucos/o

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sugar

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnosi/o

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know

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water

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hypophys/o

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pituitary gland

Etymology: borrowed from New Latin (short for hypophysis cerebrī, literally, “outgrowth of the brain”), borrowed from Greek hypóphysis “attachment underneath,” from hypophýesthai “to grow up below or in place of” (from hypo- HYPO- + phýesthai “to grow, spring up, be born,” middle voice of phýein “to bring forth, produce”) + -sis, suffix forming nouns of action or process

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ir/o

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iris

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irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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cornea

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kinesi/o

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movement, motion

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lacrim/o

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tear

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lumb/o

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loin, lower back

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mening/o

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meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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meningi/o

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meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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morph/o

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shape, change

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muscul/o

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muscle

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muscul/o

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muscle

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my/o

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muscle

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my/o

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muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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myos/o

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muscle

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myring/o

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eardrum

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necr/o

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death

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neur/o

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nerve

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neur/o

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nerve

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ocul/o

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eye

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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opt/o

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eye

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orth/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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path/o

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suffering, disease

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phac/o

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lens of eye

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phag/o

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eat

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phak/o

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lens

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phas/o

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speech

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phren/o

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mind

The brain or mind.
Some ancient Greeks, including Aristotle, believed that the phren was located in the heart rather than the cranium.

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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plas/o

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formation

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lung

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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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py/o

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pus

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retin/o

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retina

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salping/o

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eustachian tube

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scler/o

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hard

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scler/o

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sclera (the white of the eye)

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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sten/o

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narrowing

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tax/o

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arrangement, order, coordination

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ten/o

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tend/o

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tendin/o

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thym/o

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thyr/o

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thyroid/o

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tibi/o

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ton/o

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tone, tension

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troph/o

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nourishment, development

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tympan/o

108
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vas/o, vascul/o

A

blood vessel

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xen/o

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xer/o

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cyt/o

112
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-emia

A

blood condition

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hem/o

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hemat/o

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leuk/o

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lymph/o

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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-penia

A

deficiency

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phleb/o

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splen/o

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thromb/o

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thym/o

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tonsill/o

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ven/o

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angi/o

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aort/o

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arteri/o

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ather/o

A

fatty plaque

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atri/o

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atrium (upper chamber)

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cardi/o

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coron/o

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heart (crown)

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phleb/o

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sept/o

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septum (plural, septa)

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valvul/o

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vas/o

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vascul/o

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ven/o

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (lower chamber)

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adenoid/o

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bronch/o

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bronchi/o

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bronchiol/o

A

bronchiole

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capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

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carb/o

A

carbon dioxide

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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lob/o

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nas/o

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ox/o

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palat/o

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pector/o

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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phren/o

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pleur/o

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-pnea

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pneum/o

A

air or lungs

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pneumat/o

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air or lungs

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pneumon/o

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pulmon/o

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rhin/o

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sept/o

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sin/o

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sinus/o

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spir/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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abdomin/o

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an/o

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bil/i

A

bile (gall)

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celi/o

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chol/e

A

bile (gall)

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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colon/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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dent/o

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doch/o

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duoden/o

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enter/o

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intestines

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esophag/o

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gastr/o

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gingiv/o

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gloss/o

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hepat/o

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hepatic/o

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ile/o

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jejun/o

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lapar/o

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lingu/o

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odont/o

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or/o

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pancreat/o

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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rect/o

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sial/o

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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stomat/o

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balan/o

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cyst/o

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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lith/o

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nephr/o

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orch/o

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orchi/o

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orchid/o

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prostat/o

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pyel/o

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ren/o

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sperm/o

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spermat/o

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test/o

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ur/o

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urin/o

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ureter/o

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urethr/o

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vesic/o

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amni/o

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cervic/o

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chori/o

A

chorion
(outermost membrane of fetus)

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chorion/o

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chorion
(Outermost layer of fetus. The innermost = amnion)

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colp/o

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-cyesis

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episi/o

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fet/o

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gyn/o

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gynec/o

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hyster/o

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lact/o

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mamm/o

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mast/o

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men/o

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menstruation

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metr/o

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nat/o

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oophor/o

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ovari/o

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part/o

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pelv/i

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perine/o

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salping/o

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fallopian tube

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toc/o

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uter/o

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vagin/o

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vulv/o

HIM 111/112 Medical Terminology I&II (12 decks)

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