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quadri-

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four, square

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qual-

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quality, characteristic

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quant-

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how much

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quasi-

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to some degree, as if

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quart-

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fourth, four

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quer-

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to seek, search

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quercin

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oak

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quint-

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fifth, five

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quota-

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how many

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rachi/o

A

spinal column, vertebrae

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radi/o

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x-ray, radius (lateral lower arm bone)

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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re-

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back, again, backward

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-receptor , -ceptor

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receiver

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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respir/o

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breath

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resuscit/o

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to revive

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reticul/o

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network

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retin/o

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retina

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retro-

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behind, backward, back

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rhabd/o

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rod

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rhabdomy/o

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striated (skeletal) muscle

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rhe/o

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flow, curent, stream

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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rhin/o

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nose

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rhiz/o

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root

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rhod/o

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red, rosy

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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roentgen/o

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x-rays

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rose/o

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rosy

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Rot/o , Rotat/o

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turn, revolve

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-rrhage

A

excessive bleeding

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-rrhagia

A

bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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rhythm/o

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rhythm

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Rubr/o , Rubr/i

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red

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Sacchar/o

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sugar

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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salping/o

A

fallopian tube, auditory tube (eustachian)

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43
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-salpinx

A

fallopian tube, oviduct

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sangu/i

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blood

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sanit/a

A

health

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46
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sapr/o

A

rotten, decay

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47
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sarc/o

A

flesh (connective tissue)

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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49
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-schisis

A

to split

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50
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schist/o

A

split, cleft

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51
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schiz/o

A

spit

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52
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sinistr/o

A

left

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scint/i

A

spark

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scirrh/o

A

hard

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55
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scler/o

A

sclera (white of eye)

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56
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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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57
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scolec/o

A

worm

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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scot/o

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seb/o

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sebace/o

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sect/o

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semi-

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semin/i

A

semen, seed

67
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-sepsis

A

putrefaction (process of decaying)

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seps/o

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sept/o

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ser/o

A

serum, serous

71
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seven

A

hepta, sept, septi-

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sial/o

73
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sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

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sider/o

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sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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silic/o

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sinus/o

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-sis

A

state of, condition

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sit/o

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six

A

hex, hexa, sex-

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skelet/o

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-sol

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somat/o

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-some

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somn/o

86
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-somnia

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son/o

88
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-spadia

A

to tear, cut

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span/o

A

scanty, scarce

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-spasm

A

sudden contraction of muscle

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spectr/o

A

image, spectrum

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sperm/o

A

spermatozoa, sperm cell

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spermat/o

A

spermatozoa, sperm cell

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sphen/o

A

wedge, sphenoid bone

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spher/o

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sphygm/o

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-sphyxia

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splanchn/o

A

viscera (internal organs)

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spin/o

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spir/o

A

to breathe

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splen/o

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spondyl/o

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squam/o

104
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-stalsis

A

contraction

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staped/o

A

staples (middle ear bone)

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staphyl/o

A

cluster, uvula

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-stabile

A

stable, fixed

108
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-stalsis

A

contraction

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staped/o

110
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-stasis

A

to stop, control, place

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-stat

A

device/instrument for keeping something stationary

112
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-static

A

pertaining to stopping, controlling

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steat/o

A

fat, sebum

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sten/o

A

narrowed, constricted

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-stenosis

A

tightening, structure

116
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ster/o

A

solid structure, steroid

117
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stere/o

A

solid, 3-D

118
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stern/o

A

sternum (breastbone)

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steth/o

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-sthenia

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stich/o

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stigmat/o

A

mark, point

123
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-stitial

A

to set, pertaining to

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stomat/o

125
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-stomia

A

condition of the mouth

126
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-stomy

A

new opening (to form a mouth)

127
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strept/o

A

twisted chains

128
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-stroma

A

supporting tissue of an organ

129
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styl/o

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pole or stake

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sub-

A

under, below

131
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submaxill/o

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succ/o

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sud/o

134
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super-

A

above, beyond

135
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-suppression

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supra-

A

above, upper

137
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sym-

A

together, with

138
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symptom/o

139
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syn-

A

together, within

140
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Synaps/o , Synapt/o

A

point of contact, to join

141
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Syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short, faint

142
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syndesm/o

143
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synov/o

A

synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon

144
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syring/o

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system/o

146
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systol/o

A

contraction

Medical term A-Z (10 decks)

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