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Language of Medicine Terminology - Chapter 1-4 Flashcards

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)

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rhin/o

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nose

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trans

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across, through

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flex/o

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bend

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drome

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run

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somn/o

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sleep

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nephr/o

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kidney

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ox/o
oxia

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oxygen

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leuk/o

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white

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blephar/o

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eyelide

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supra

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above, under

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somes

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bodies

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mal

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bad

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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medi/o

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middle

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cis/o

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to cut

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aden/o

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gland

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dia

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complete, through

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ule

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little, small

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ec

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out, outside

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the/o

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put, place

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con

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with, together

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centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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morph/o

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shape, form

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arteri/o

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artery

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coccus

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berry-shaped bacterium (singular)

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spin/o

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spine, back

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pathy

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disease condition

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ultra

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beyond, excess

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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graphy

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process of recording

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word ending is known as what

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suffix

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urethr/o

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urethra

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ia

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condition

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poly

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many, much

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penia

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deficiency

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pnea

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breathing

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ana

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up, apart

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erythr/o

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red

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ante

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before, forward

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dynia

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pain

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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cutane/o

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skin

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (2 tubes, one right, one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

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sis

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state of; condition

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re

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back, backward, again

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physis

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grow

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laryng/o

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larynx

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what links the root to the suffix or a root to another root?

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combining vowel

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back

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derm/o
dermat/o

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skin

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trophy

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development, nourishment

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neur/o

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nerve

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iatr/o

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treatment / physician

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tachy

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fast

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cata

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down

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iac

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pertaining to

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ism

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process, condition

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phoria

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bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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adip/o

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fat

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arthr/o

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joint

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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para

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abnormal, beside, near

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brady

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slow

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ic
ical

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pertaining to (gastric / neurological, chronic, pathologic)

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in

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into, in

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us

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structure, substance

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ose

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pertaining to, full of

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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thromb/o

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clot; clotting

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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cost/o

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rib

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the foundation of medical term

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root

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al

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pertaining to (neural, peritoneal, inguinal, myocardial, pleural)

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mort/o

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death

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hist/o

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tissue

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oste/o

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bone

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infra

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beneath, under

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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gloss/o

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tongue

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine

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eal

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pertaining to (laryngeal)

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ped/o

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child

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hypo

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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my/o

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muscle

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scopy

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process of visual examination

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megaly

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enlargement

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ac
iac

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pertaining to (cardiac)

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inguin/o

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groin

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micro

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small

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tic

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pertaining to (necrotic)

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psych/o

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mind

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word beginning is known as what

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prefix

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son/o

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sound

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osis

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condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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pro

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before, forward

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scope

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instrument to visually examine

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pub/o

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pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone

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logy

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process of study

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lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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ummbilic/o

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naval, umbilicus

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intra

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in, within, into

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retro

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behind

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eu

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good, normal

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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itis

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inflammation

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ole

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little, small

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rrhea

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flow discharge

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gynec/o

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women / female

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crin/o

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to secrete (to form and give off)

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dors/o

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back portion of the body

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bi

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two

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radi/o

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mind

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cyte

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cell

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crani/o

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skill

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ventr/o

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belly side of the body

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oid

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resembling, derived from

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globin

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protein

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type

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picture, classification

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ist

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specialist

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macro

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large

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y

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process, condition

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path/o

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disease

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proxim/o

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nearest

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anter/o

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front

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vertebr/o

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vertebra(e), backbone(s)

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ion

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process

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norm/o

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rule, order

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onc/o

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tumor (cancerous)

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or

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one who

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contra

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against, opposite

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ren/o

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kidney

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inter

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between

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electr/o

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electricity

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pros

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before, forward

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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opsy

A

process of viewing

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chrom/o

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color

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (largest part of brain)

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tomy

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process of cutting; incision

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meta

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beyond, change

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genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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er

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one who

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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of hip bone)

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emia

A

blood condition

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what is a combination of the root and the combining vowel?

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combining form

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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neo

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new

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peri

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surrounding, around

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cocci

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berry shaped bacteria (plural)

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dys

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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carcin/o

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cancerous/cancer

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hepat/o

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liver

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ot/o

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ear

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ab

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away from

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield

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anti

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against

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poster/o

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back, behind

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ectomy

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excision, removal, resection

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pro

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before, forward

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ad

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toward

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meter

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measure

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sect/o

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to cut

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thel/o
theli/o

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nipple

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hyper

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excessive, above, more than normal

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sarc/o

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flesh

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tox/o

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poison

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angi/o

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vessel

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ptom

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happening, occurrence

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kary/o

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nucleus

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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encephala/o

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brain

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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ous

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pertaining to (mucous membrane)

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algia

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pain

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a
an

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no, not, without

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bi/o

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life

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mamm/o
mast/o

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breast

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lymph/o

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lymph (Clear white fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)

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de

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down, lack of

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um
ium

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structure, tissue

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malacia

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softening

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pan

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all

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gen

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substance that produces

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ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolapse

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graph

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instrument for recording

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enter/o

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intestines (usually small intestines)

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epi

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above, upon, on, good, normal

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crine

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secrete

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axill/o

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armpit

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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syn
sym

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together, with

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aut
auto

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self, own

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sub

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below, under

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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chondr/o

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cartilage (type of connective tissue (CT))

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plasty

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surgical repair

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ior

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pertaining to

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per

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through

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gram

A

record

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hemat/o
hem/o

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blood

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pre

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before, in front of

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furc/o

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branching

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seps/o

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infection

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ary

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pertaining to (pulmonary, axillary)

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oma

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tumour, mass, swelling, collection of fluid

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muc/o

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mucus

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plasia

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developmental, formation, growth

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (WBC)

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nat/I

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birth

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endo

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in, within

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thorac/o

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chest

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post

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after, behind

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stomy

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opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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plasm

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structure or formation

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phobia

A

fear

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therapy

A

treatment

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gastr/o

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stomach

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cele

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hernia

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top/o

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place, position, location

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glyc/o

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sugar

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opi/o

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opium

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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log/o

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study of

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dist/o

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far, distant

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ex
exo

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out, outside of, outward

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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ar

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pertaining to (tonsillar)

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genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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sclerosis

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hardening

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mission

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send

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cephal/o

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head

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partum

A

birth, labour

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fusion

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coming together, to pour

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immun/o

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protection

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stasis

A

stopping, controlling

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cardi/o

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heart

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hemi

A

half

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