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Latin Roots Flashcards

1
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a- or an-

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with out or not

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ab-

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away

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abdom-

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abdomen

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abdo

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conceal

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acanth

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spike

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acetabulum

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vinegar cup

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acinus

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berry or grape

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acro-

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topmost or extreme

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acti-

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ray

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ad- or af-

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motion toward

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adeno-

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gland

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adip-

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fat

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al-

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wing

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all-

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different

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allant-

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sausage

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alveolus

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small pit

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amelo-

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enamel

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amn-

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fetal membrane

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amphi-

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both sides of or double or both

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ampulla

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small jug

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anastomosis

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an opening or connection between two seas

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anc-

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elbow or bend of arm

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ant-

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in front of or previous to

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anus

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anus

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aort-

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to raise up

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apo-

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away from

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apsid-

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loop

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aqu-

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water

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arachn-

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spider

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arbor

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tree

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arch-

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primitive

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arcu-

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to bend like a bow

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arthro-

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joint

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arter-

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artery

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aryten-

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ladle

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aselli

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pancreas of Aselli

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atlas

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a demigod that carries the world on his shoulders

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atri-

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entrance room

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aur-

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ear

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auto-

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self

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avi-

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bird

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axon

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axle

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axill-

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armpit

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bas-

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base or bottom

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bi-

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two

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bi or bio-

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life

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blast-

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germ or a precursor

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Bowman

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Bowman’s Capsule

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brachi-

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upper arm

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Branchi-

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gill

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bronch-

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lung

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bulla-

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bubble or seal

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bucc-

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cheek

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bursa

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hide or wineskin

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ceac-

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blind or ending blind

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calc-

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lime or heel

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call-

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hard skin

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calyx-

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cup

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can-

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dog

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capill-

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hair

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capit-

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head

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carapace

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shell

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cardi-

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heart

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cardinal

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principal or red

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carn-

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flesh

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carotid

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large neck arteries

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carp-

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wrist

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caud-

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tail

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cav-

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hollow

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ceph-

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head

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-ceps

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to take, to be at the top of or head

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cerat-

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horn

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cerc-

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tail

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cerebr-

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brain

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cervic-

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neck

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chiasma

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cross

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choan-

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funnel

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chol-

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bile

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chondr-

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cartilage

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chord-

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string

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chorio-

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skin or after birth

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chromato-

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color

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cilium

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eyelashes

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ciner-

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ashes

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cingul-

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girdle

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circ-

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about or around

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cisterna

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reservoir or cistern

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clast-

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broken

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clav-

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key or clavicle

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cleid-

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key or clavicle

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cleithr-

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key or bar

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clitor-

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small hill

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cloaca

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sewer

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cnem-

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shin or tibia

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coccyx

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cuckoo or bone in cuckoo’s bill

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coch-

A

small snail

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coel-

A

hollow

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coll-

A

neck

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coll-

A

hill

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colon

A

colon

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commissura

A

point of union of two things

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conch-

A

sea shell

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condyl-

A

articulatory prominence at a knuckle joint

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conju-

A

to join together

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contra-

A

opposite

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conus

A

cone

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copro-

A

dung

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coraco-

A

a raven or crow

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corn-

A

horn

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coron-

A

crown

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corpus

A

body

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cort-

A

bark

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cost-

A

rib

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Cowper

A

Cowper’s gland

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cox-

A

hip bone

116
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cran-

A

skull

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cre-

A

flesh

118
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cribr-

A

sieve

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cric-

A

ring

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cru-

A

lower leg shank

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cucull-

A

cap or hood

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cun-

A

wedge

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cupulla

A

small tub

124
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cut-

A

skin

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Cuvier

A

duct of Cuvier

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cyclo-

A

circle

127
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cyst-

A

bladder

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cyt-

A

hallow vessel or cell

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decid-

A

to fall off

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delta

A

greek letter delta or change

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dendr-

A

tree

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dens or dent-

A

tooth

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derm-

A

skin or leather

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di-

A

two

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dia

A

across or between

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didym-

A

testicle

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digit-

A

finger

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dont-

A

tooth

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dors-

A

back

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duct

A

to lead

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duoden-

A

first part of intestine (12)

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dur-

A

hard

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ecto-

A

outside

144
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elasm-

A

thin plate

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encephal-

A

brain

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endo- or ento-

A

with in

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enter-

A

intestine

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epi-

A

upon or above

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epiplo-

A

greater omentum

150
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esophagus

A

gullet

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ethm-

A

sieve

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eu-

A

good or true

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ex- or ef-

A

out or away

154
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faci-

A

form or face

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falx or falc-

A

sickle

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fascia

A

band or bandaid

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fasci-

A

bundle

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fauces

A

throat

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femur

A

femur

160
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fenestra

A

window

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fer-

A

to carry

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fibula

A

buckle or pin

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fid or fiss-

A

to split

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fil-

A

thread

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fimbria

A

fringe

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flex-

A

to bend

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flocc-

A

tuft of wool

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foli-

A

leaf

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follicle

A

small sac

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foramen

A

opening

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form-

A

shape or rule

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forn-

A

a vault or arch, or brothel

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foss-

A

a ditch

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fovea

A

small pit

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fron-

A

forehead

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funic-

A

cord or rope

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fundus

A

bottom

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fung-

A

mushroom

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gamet-

A

husband or wife

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ganglion

A

swelling or tumor

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gastr-

A

stomach

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gem-

A

twin or double

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gen-

A

race or kind, or to beget, or knee

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genio-

A

chin

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glans

A

acorn

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glen-

A

cavity or socket

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glia

A

glue

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gloss-

A

tongue

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glut-

A

bottock

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gnath-

A

jaw

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gon-

A

seed

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gracil-

A

slender

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gubernaculum

A

rudder or to steer

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gular-

A

throat

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gustat-

A

to taste

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gyr-

A

circle or round

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haem- or hem

A

blood

198
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hallu-

A

big toe

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ham-

A

a hook

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hemi-

A

half

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hepa-

A

liver

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hetero-

A

other or different

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hippo-

A

horse

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histo-

A

web or tissue

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holo-

A

whole or entire

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homo-

A

alike or same

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hormo-

A

to rouse or set in motion

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humor

A

liquid

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hylao-

A

glass

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hyo-

A

Greek letter upsilon

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hyper-

A

above or over

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hypo-

A

under or beneath

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ichthy-

A

fish

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ile or ili-

A

the groin

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incis-

A

to cut

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ineum

A

to excrete

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infra-

A

below

218
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infunfibulum

A

to funnel

219
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inguin-

A

groin

220
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integument

A

covering

221
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inter-

A

between

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intra-

A

within

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ipsi-

A

same

224
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iri-

A

rainbow

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ischi-

A

hip

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iso-

A

equal

227
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isthm-

A

narrow passage or constriction

228
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jejun-

A

fasting or empty

229
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jug-

A

collarbone

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kerat-

A

horn

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kine-

A

to move

232
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labi-

A

lip

233
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lachr or lacrim-

A

tear

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lacuna

A

a small cavity or hallow

235
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lagen-

A

flask

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lam-

A

layer or thin plate

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