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Latin Roots Flashcards

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abdomin

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abdomen

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acou

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hear

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aden

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gland

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adip

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fat

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alb

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white

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alges

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pain

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andr

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male

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angi

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vessel

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aorta

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large artery exiting from the left ventricle of the heart

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aqua

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water

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arteri

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artery

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arthr

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joint

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asphyxia

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lack of oxygen or excess of CO2 in the body that results in unconsciousness

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asthen

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weak

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audi

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to hear

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bi

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life, two

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bronch

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windpipe

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bucc

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cheek

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bursa

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pouch or sac

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callus

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hard, thick skin; mesh work of connective tissue that forms during the healing process of a fracture

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carcin

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cancer

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cardi

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heart

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carotid

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great arteries of the neck

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carp

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wrist

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cente

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to puncture a body cavity

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cent

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fraction in the metric system

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cephal

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head

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cervic

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neck

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chol

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bile

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chondr

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cartilage

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cili

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eyelid

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cleid

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clavicle

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33
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cubitus

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elbow

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cyan

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blue

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cycl

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circle or cycle

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cyst

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bladder

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cyt

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cell

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derm(at)

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skin

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digit

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finger or toe

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edema

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swelling

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enter

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intestine

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erythr

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red

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esthesi(o)

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sensation or perception

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febr

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fever

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flex

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bend

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foremen

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opening

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fract

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break

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48
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gastr

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stomach

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gest

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carry, produce, congestion

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glyc(y)

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sweet

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gno

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know

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52
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gram

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something written or recorded

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graph

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write, record

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gyn(ec)

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hem(at)

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hepat(ic)

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heter

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other, different

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hom

59
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humerus

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the bone in the upper arm

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hydr

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idi

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separate, distinct

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iod(o)

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lact

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leuk

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lingu

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mal

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medi

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mega

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melan

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men

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mening

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membrane, meninges

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myel

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marrow or spinal cord

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my

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nephr

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neur

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ocul

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ophthalm

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ost(e)

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ot

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ov

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palpate

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to examine by touch

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path

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ped

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child or foot

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percuss

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to examine by striking

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phag

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pharyng

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photo

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pleur

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pneum(at)

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pneumo(n)

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pod

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pseud

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psych

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pto

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ptyal

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pur-py

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pyr

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quad

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radius

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forearm bone on the thumb side

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ren

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retina

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inner nerve containing layer of the eye

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rhin

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sangui(n)

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sclera

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sebum

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fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands

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sect

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sepsis

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presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood

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sept

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wall, divider, seven

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serum

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clear portion of body fluids

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sinus cavity

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channel or hollow space

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som(a)

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spir

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stature

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stern(o)

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sternum (breastbone)

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stoma

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any small opening on the surface if the body

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tach(y)

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tact

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tetra

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thorac

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tom

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toxic

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trich

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ur

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varic

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varicose vein

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vas

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vertigo

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disordered sensation where one perceived being dizzy

127
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viscer

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internal organs

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viscous

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xen

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foreign (material)

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xer

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stasis

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slowing or stopping of the normal flow of fluid, such as blood

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uro

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urine, urinary tract, urination

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uter

134
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urethr

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