Language of Medicine Terminology - Chapter 1-4 Flashcards
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cyst/o
A
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
A
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
A
bodies
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mal
A
bad
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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medi/o
A
middle
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cis/o
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to cut
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aden/o
A
gland
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dia
A
complete, through
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ule
A
little, small
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ec
A
out, outside
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the/o
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put, place
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con
A
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
artery
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coccus
berry-shaped bacterium (singular)
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spin/o
spine, back
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pathy
disease condition
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ultra
beyond, excess
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carp/o
wrist bones
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graphy
process of recording
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word ending is known as what
suffix
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urethr/o
urethra
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ia
condition
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poly
many, much
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penia
deficiency
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pnea
breathing
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ana
up, apart
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erythr/o
red
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ante
before, forward
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dynia
pain
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pelv/i
pelvis
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cutane/o
skin
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bronch/o
bronchial tubes (2 tubes, one right, one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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sis
state of; condition
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re
back, backward, again
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physis
grow
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laryng/o
larynx
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what links the root to the suffix or a root to another root?
combining vowel
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later/o
side
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lumb/o
lower back
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derm/o
dermat/o
skin
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trophy
development, nourishment
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neur/o
nerve
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iatr/o
treatment / physician
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tachy
fast
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cata
down
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iac
pertaining to
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ism
process, condition
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phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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adip/o
fat
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arthr/o
joint
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pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
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nucle/o
nucleus
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para
abnormal, beside, near
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brady
slow
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ic
ical
pertaining to (gastric / neurological, chronic, pathologic)
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in
into, in
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us
structure, substance
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ose
pertaining to, full of
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
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thromb/o
clot; clotting
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amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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cost/o
rib
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the foundation of medical term
root
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al
pertaining to (neural, peritoneal, inguinal, myocardial, pleural)
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mort/o
death
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hist/o
tissue
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oste/o
bone
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infra
beneath, under
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trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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gloss/o
tongue
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ur/o
urinary tract, urine
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eal
pertaining to (laryngeal)
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ped/o
child
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hypo
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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my/o
muscle
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scopy
process of visual examination
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megaly
enlargement
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ac
iac
pertaining to (cardiac)
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inguin/o
groin
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micro
small
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tic
pertaining to (necrotic)
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psych/o
mind
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word beginning is known as what
prefix
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son/o
sound
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osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
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pro
before, forward
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scope
instrument to visually examine
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pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
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logy
process of study
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lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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ummbilic/o
naval, umbilicus
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intra
in, within, into
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retro
behind
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eu
good, normal
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tens/o
force, strain, stretch
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itis
inflammation
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ole
little, small
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rrhea
flow, discharge
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gynec/o
women / female
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crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
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dors/o
back portion of the body
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bi
two
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radi/o
mind
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cyte
cell
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crani/o
skull
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ventr/o
belly side of the body
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oid
resembling, derived from
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globin
protein
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type
picture, classification
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ist
specialist
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macro
large
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y
process, condition
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path/o
disease
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proxim/o
nearest
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anter/o
front
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vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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ion
process
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norm/o
rule, order
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onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
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or
one who
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contra
against, opposite
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ren/o
kidney
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inter
between
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electr/o
electricity
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pros
before, forward
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dactyl/o
fingers, toes
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opsy
process of viewing
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chrom/o
color
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
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tomy
process of cutting; incision
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meta
beyond, change
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genesis
condition of producing, forming
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er
one who
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ili/o
ilium (upper part of hip bone)
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emia
blood condition
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what is a combination of the root and the combining vowel?
combining form
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viscer/o
internal organs
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neo
new
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peri
surrounding, around
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cocci
berry shaped bacteria (plural)
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dys
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
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necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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carcin/o
cancerous/cancer
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hepat/o
liver
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ot/o
ear
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ab
away from
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thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
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anti
against
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poster/o
back, behind
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ectomy
excision, removal, resection
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pro
before, forward
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ad
toward
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meter
measure
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sect/o
to cut
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thel/o
theli/o
nipple
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hyper
excessive, above, more than normal
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sarc/o
flesh
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tox/o
poison
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angi/o
vessel
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ptom
happening, occurrence
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kary/o
nucleus
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acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
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encephala/o
brain
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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ous
pertaining to (mucous membrane)
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algia
pain
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a
an
no, not, without
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bi/o
life
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mamm/o
mast/o
breast
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lymph/o
lymph (Clear white fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
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de
down, lack of
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um
ium
structure, tissue
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malacia
softening
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pan
all
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gen
substance that produces
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ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
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graph
instrument for recording
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enter/o
intestines (usually small intestines)
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epi
above, upon, on, good, normal
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crine
secrete
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axill/o
armpit
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gnos/o
knowledge
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lapse
slide, fall, sag
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syn
sym
together, with
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aut
auto
self, own
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sub
below, under
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duct/o
lead, carry
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chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue (CT))
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plasty
surgical repair
202
ior
pertaining to
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per
through
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gram
record
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hemat/o
hem/o
blood
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pre
before, in front of
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furc/o
branching
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seps/o
infection
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ary
pertaining to (pulmonary, axillary)
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oma
tumour, mass, swelling, collection of fluid
211
muc/o
mucus
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plasia
developmental, formation, growth
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neutr/o
neutrophil (WBC)
214
nat/I
birth
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endo
in, within
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thorac/o
chest
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post
after, behind
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stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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plasm
structure or formation
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phobia
fear
221
therapy
treatment
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gastr/o
stomach
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cele
hernia
224
top/o
place, position, location
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glyc/o
sugar
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opi/o
opium
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acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
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log/o
study of
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dist/o
far, distant
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ex
exo
out, outside of, outward
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ophthalm/o
eye
232
ar
pertaining to (tonsillar)
233
genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
235
sclerosis
hardening
236
mission
send
237
cephal/o
head
238
partum
birth, labour
239
fusion
coming together, to pour
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immun/o
protection
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stasis
stopping, controlling
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cardi/o
heart
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hemi
half
