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acanth-

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thorn, spine

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acetabul

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hip joint

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acr/o

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extremities

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acromi

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lateral projection of shoulder blade

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-acusis

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hearing

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aden/o

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gland

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agglutin

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clumping

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agogue

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producer, leader

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-agon

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contest, struggle

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agor/a

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crowd

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agra

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excessive pain

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albin/o

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white

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alges/o

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sensitivity to pain

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allo

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other, differing from normal

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alveol

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air sac

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ambly/o

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dull, dim

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amine

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nitrogen compound

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amphi-

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around, on both sides

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andr/o

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male

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angi/o

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vessel

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aniso-

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unequal

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ankyl-

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crooked, bent, stiff

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ante-

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before

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anter-

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front

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anthrac/o

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coal

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-apheresis

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removal

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apo

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separated from

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aque

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water, aqueous

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arthro-

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joint

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articul

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joint

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aspir

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removal

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assay

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analyze

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astr/o

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star

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atel/o

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incomplete

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty substance

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atmo-

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steam, vapor

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azot/o

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nitrogen

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balan/o

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glans penis

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bary-

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weight, pressure

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basia-

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walking

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batho-

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depth, deep

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bil/i

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bile, gall

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bio

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life

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-blast

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immature cell

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blenn-

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mucus

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blephar-

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eyelid

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bol/o

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cast, throw

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brom/o

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bromine containing compound

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buccc/o

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cheek

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bursa

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fluid-filled sac that allows for easy movement of one part of a joint over another

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byssin/o

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cotton dust

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cac/o

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bad

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calc

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calcium

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calcul-

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stone

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calori-

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heat

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calyx-

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cup-like region of the renal pelvis

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campt

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bent

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capill

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hair

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capit-

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head

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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cari/o

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rottenness

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cata-

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down

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-cataphasia

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affirmation

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cathar

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cleansing, purging

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-cathisia

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sitting

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caud/o

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tail

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caus/o

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burning

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cauter/o

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heat, burn

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cec/o

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cecum

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-ceps

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head

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cerat-

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horn. cornea

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-chalasia

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relaxation

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cheil/o

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lip

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-chezia

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defecation

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chiro

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hand

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chondri-

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cartilage

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chorion-

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outermost layer of the two membranes surrounding the embryo

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chroia

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skin coloration

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chrom

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color

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chron

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time

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chrys

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gold, yellow

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chyme

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gastric pulp

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cib/o

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meals

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cine

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movement

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cirrh/o

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orange, yellow

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cis-

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on this side

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cis/o

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to cut, incision

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-clast

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to break

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cleid/o

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clavicle

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clin/o

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to slope, bend

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-clysis

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irrigation, washing

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coagul/o

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clotting

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coel-

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hollow

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-coimesis

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sleeping

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coll

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glue

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colp/o

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vagina

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comi/o

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to care for

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contus-

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bruise

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cor

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pupil

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corpor

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body

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cortic/o

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cortex, outer region

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cost/o

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rib

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cox

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hip, hip joint

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crani-

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skull

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-crine

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to secrete

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crit

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separate

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cr/o

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cold

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crypt/o

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hidden

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cubit

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elbow

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cupr/o

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copper

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cusis

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hearing

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cutane

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skin

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de

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without

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dem

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people

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desicc

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drying

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-desis

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binding

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dia-

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through

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diaphor

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profuse sweating

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diplo

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double

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dipsia

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thirst

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dolich

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long, narrow

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dors/o

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back

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-drome

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to run

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duodenum

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first part of the small intestine

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dur

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tough, hard

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ecchym/o

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blood in the tissues

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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ectro

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congenital absence

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edopotra

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stiff

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-elasma

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flat plate

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ele/o

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oil

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em

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in

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emmetr/o

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in proper measure

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enanti

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opposite

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestine

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eosin/o

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red, rosy

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epididymis

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a long, coiled duct on the outside of the testes in which sperm matures

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epiglottis

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flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing

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episi/o

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vulva

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erethism

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irritation

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eschar

A

scab

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eso

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inward

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esthes

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sensation, perception

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ethm/o

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porous

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eu

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good

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eury-

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wide, broad

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exanthemat/o

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rash

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-facient

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to cause, make happen

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fascia

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fibrous band

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-ferent

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carry

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fovea

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tiny pit, depression

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furc/o

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branching

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fusc/o

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dark brown

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galact

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milk

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genit

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bring forth, give birth

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genu

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knee

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gingiv/o

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gums

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glauc/o

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gray

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gli

A

glue

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-globulin

A

protein

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glomerulus

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a ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman’s capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrate kidney

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gloss/o

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tongue

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gluc/o

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glucose, sugar

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gnath

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jaw

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gon

A

seed; semen

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goni/o

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angle

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graph

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to write

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gyr

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ring, circle, spiral

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hapl

A

simple, single

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helminth

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worm

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-hexia

A

habit

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hidr/o

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sweat, perspiration

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hirsuitism

A

excessive hair growth in women

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hirund/i

A

leech

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hist

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tissue

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hom/o

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same, alike

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hygr-

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moisture

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hypn

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sleep, hypnosis

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly

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ics, -tics

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the science or study of

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idio

A

self, one’s own

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-ite

A

pertaining to

186
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ithy

A

erect, straight

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-ium

A

structure, tissue

188
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ixod/i

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ticks

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karyo

A

nucleus

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kraur/o

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dry

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kym/o

A

waves

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kyph/o

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hump

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labile-

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unstable, open to change

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lacrimo/dacryo

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tear, lacrimal is tear gland

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-lalia

A

speech, babble

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lampr/o

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clear

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lecith

A

yolk, ovum

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lei

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smooth

199
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-lemma

A

sheath, covering

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lepto

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thin, slender

201
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lim/o

A

hunger

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lith

A

stone, calculus

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log

A

speech, word

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logad/o

A

whites of the eyes

205
Q

loph/o

A

ridge

206
Q

lox/o

A

oblique, slanting

207
Q

lys-

A

to break down

208
Q

-lytic

A

destruction

209
Q

-malacia

A

softening

210
Q

-masesis

A

chewing (mastication)

211
Q

mer/o

A

part

212
Q

meta

A

change

213
Q

mydr/o

A

wide

213
Q

mogi-

A

difficult

214
Q

myring/o

A

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

215
Q

myx/o

A

mucus

216
Q

nallux

A

big toe

217
Q

natr/o

A

sodium

218
Q

nect/o

A

connect

219
Q

noci-

A

cause harm

220
Q

odyn-

A

pain

221
Q

olig/o

A

few

222
Q

om-

A

shoulder

223
Q

omphal-

A

navel

224
Q

onych/o

A

fingernail

225
Q

optic

A

eye

226
Q

oro-

A

mouth

227
Q

ossi

A

bone

228
Q

oto-

A

ear

229
Q

-otomy

A

cutting into

230
Q

oxy

A

sharp, acid, oxygen

231
Q

-oxysm

A

sudden

232
Q

pachy

A

thick

233
Q

-pagus

A

conjoined twins

234
Q

pali-

A

repetitive

235
Q

palliate

A

to ease, soothe

236
Q

palpelor

A

eyelid

237
Q

papill

A

nipple

238
Q

para

A

beside, beyond

239
Q

parity

A

of times given birth (per child)

240
Q

-penia

A

deficiency

241
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

242
Q

phaco

A

lens

243
Q

-phasia

A

speech

244
Q

phe/o

A

dusky

245
Q

-pheresis

A

removal

246
Q

phim/o

A

muzzle

247
Q

-phonia

A

voice, sound

248
Q

-phoresis

A

transmission, carrying

249
Q

phos

A

light

250
Q

pimel

A

fat

251
Q

platy

A

flat

252
Q

-poiesis

A

formation, production

253
Q

poikilo

A

varied, irregular

254
Q

porphyr

A

purple color

255
Q

-prandial

A

meal

256
Q

prosop-

A

face

257
Q

pterygium

A

winglike growth of conjunctival tissue extending to the cornea

258
Q

pschr-

A

cold

259
Q

-ptosis

A

drooping

260
Q

ptyal-

A

saliva

261
Q

-ptysis

A

spitting

262
Q

pyel/o

A

pelvis

263
Q

pyo

A

pus

264
Q

quer

A

search

265
Q

quercin

A

oak

266
Q

rachi

A

spine

267
Q

reticul/o

A

net

268
Q

rhytid

A

wrinkle

269
Q

-rrhage

A

bursting forth

270
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

271
Q

-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

272
Q

-rrhexis

A

rupture, bursting

273
Q

rubr-

A

red

274
Q

salping/o

A

tube

275
Q

sangui

A

blood(sanguine)

276
Q

sarco

A

flesh, muscle

277
Q

schiz

A

split, divide

278
Q

scot/o

A

darkness

279
Q

sial/o

A

saliva

280
Q

silic/o

A

glass

281
Q

sinistr/o

A

left

282
Q

sito

A

food, grain

283
Q

-spadia

A

to tear, cut

284
Q

splanchn-

A

viscera

285
Q

squamos cells

A

flattened and scale-like

286
Q

-stalsis

A

contraction

287
Q

-stasis

A

stopping, controlling

288
Q

-staxis

A

dripping

289
Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing

290
Q

stheno

A

strength, force, power

291
Q

stich/o

A

rows

292
Q

styl/o

A

pole, stake

293
Q

syn-

A

together

294
Q

taut/o

A

identical, same

295
Q

tephr/o

A

gray

296
Q

thel/o

A

nipple

297
Q

thely-

A

feminine

298
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

299
Q

toco

A

childbirth

300
Q

-tome

A

instrument used to cut

301
Q

tono-

A

tension

302
Q

trans

A

across, through

303
Q

-tripsy

A

crushing

304
Q

-tropin

A

stimulate

305
Q

tumesc

A

swelling

306
Q

ungui

A

nail

307
Q

varic/o

A

dilated vein

308
Q

venereal

A

having to do with sexual intercourse or diseases transmitted by it

309
Q

verruc

A

wart

310
Q

vesic

A

urinary bladder

311
Q

viscera

A

internal organs

312
Q

vitre/o

A

glassy

313
Q

volv/o

A

roll

314
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

315
Q

xer/o

A

dry

316
Q

xiph

A

sword shaped

317
Q

xys

A

file, scrape

318
Q

yalos

A

glass

319
Q

ydor

A

water

320
Q

-yl

A

monovalent hydrocarbon radical

321
Q

ylene

A

bivalent organic radical

322
Q

yoeides

A

U-shaped

323
Q

zym

A

ferment

Medical Terms 2023 (5 decks)

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