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-ache

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pain

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aden(o)

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gland, glandular tissue

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aer(o)

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air, with air, with oxygen, in gas

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alg-

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pain

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-algia

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pain

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angi(o)

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blood vessel

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ante-

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before, forward, in front of

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anti-

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against

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arteri(o)

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artery

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arthr(o)

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joint

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-ase

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enzyme

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audi(o)

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hearing

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brady-

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slow

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bronch(o)

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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carcin(o)

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cancer

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cardi, cardia, cardio

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heart

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-cele

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hernia, protrusion, tumor

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-centesis

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surgical procedure

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cephal(o)

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head

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cerebr(o)

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cerebrum, brain

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cervic(o)

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neck, cervix

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chol(e)

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bile, gall

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chondr(o)

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cartilage

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-coccus, -cocci

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bacterium, bacteria, organism

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col(o)

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colon

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cortic(o)

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cortex

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cost(o)

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rib

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crani(o)

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skull, cranium

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cyan(o)

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blue

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cyst(o)

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bladder

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cyt(o)

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cell

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-cyte

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cell

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dent-

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tooth

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derm(o), dermat(o)

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skin

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dipl(o)

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double, twofold

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dors(o)

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back

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dys-

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difficult, abnormal, bad, painful

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-ectomy

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excision, removal, to cut out

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-emia

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blood condition

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encephal(o)

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brain, inside the head

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end(o)-

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inside, internal, within

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enter(o)

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intestine

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epi-

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outer, upon

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erythr(o)

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red

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eu-

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normal, well, good

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inter-

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between, among

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intra-

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within, inside

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iso-

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equal, same

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-itis

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inflammation

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kerat(o)

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cornea

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lact(o)

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milk

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laryng(o)

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larynx, voice box

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leuk(o)

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white

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lingu

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tongue

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lip(o)

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fat

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lith(o)

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stone, calculus

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-logist

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one who studies or specializes

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-logy

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the study of

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, dissolution

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad, abnormal, inadequate

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-malacia

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soft, softening, softness

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mamm-

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breast, mammary gland

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megalo-

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large, enlarged, grandiose

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-megaly

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enlargement

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melan(o)

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dark pigmented, black

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men(o)

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menstruation, menses

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mening(o)

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meninges

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extra-

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outside, beyond

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gastr(o)

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stomach

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-genic

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producing, originating, forming

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ger(o)

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old age

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gingiv(o)

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gum, gums

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gloss(o)

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tongue

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gluc(o)

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sugar

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glyc(o)

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sugar, sweet

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-gram

A

picture, graph, record

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-graph

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recording instrument

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hemo-, hema-

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blood

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hemat(o)

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blood

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hemi-

A

half

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hepat(o)

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liver

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hidr(o)

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sweat, sweat glands

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hist(o)

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tissue

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homo-

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same, alike, similar

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hydr

A

water

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hydro-

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water, fluid, liquid

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hyper-

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excessive, high, above, upward

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hypo-

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deficient, low, below, down, under

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-iasis

A

condition of disease

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immun(o)

A

immune

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infra-

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below, beneath

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-metry

A

process of measuring or counting

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micro-

A

small

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my(o)

A

muscle

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myc(o)

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fungus, fungi

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myel(o)

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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nas(o)

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nose

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-natal

A

birth, infant

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nephr(o)

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kidney

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neur(o)

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nerve

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non-

A

not

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odont

A

tooth

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-oma

A

tumor, abnormal growth

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onco-

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tumor

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onych-

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nail of the finger or toe

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ophthalm(o)

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wision, eye

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-opia

A

vision, eye

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opt-

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vision, eye

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orchi

A

testes, testis

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-osis

A

condition, increase, disorder

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oste(o)

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bone

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ot(o)

A

ear

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-pathy

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disease, anomaly

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pelv(i), pelv(o)

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pelvis

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-penia

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deficiency, low number

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-pepsia

A

digestion

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peri-

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near, around, surrounding

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-pexy

A

fixation

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phag(o)

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eat, swallow, consume

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pharyng(o)

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pharynx

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phleb(o)

A

vein

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-phobia

A

fear of

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physi(o)

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body function, bodily process

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-plasia

A

development, formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair or restoration

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing, breath

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pneum(o)

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air, lung

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pod(o)

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foot

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poly-

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much, many, several, excessive

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post-

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after

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pre-

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before, in front of, earlier than

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presby(o)

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old age

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proct(o)

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anus, rectum

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psych(o)

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mind, mental

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-ptosis

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prolapse, sagging, sagged

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pulmon-

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lung

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py(o)

A

puss

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pyel(o)

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pelvis of kidney, renal pelvis

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pyr-, pyro-

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fever, heat

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radi(o)

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x-ray, radiation

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ren(o)

A

kidney

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retro-

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behind, backward, in back of

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rhin(o)

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nose

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-rrhagia

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excessive discharge or flow

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-rrhea

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excessive discharge or flow

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salping(o)

A

fallopian tube

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scler(o)

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hard, hardening

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-scope

A

instrument used to exam or look

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-scopy

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examining, viewing

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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spondyl(o)

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spine, vertebra, vertebrae

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-stomy

A

surgical opening

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sub-

A

under, beneath, below

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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thorac(o)

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chest, thorax

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thromb(o)

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blood clot

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thyr(o)

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thyroid

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-tomy

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incision, incise, to cut into

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toxi-

A

poison

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trache-

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trachea, windpipe

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trans-

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across, over, through, transfer

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-trophy

A

growth, development

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urethr(o)

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urethra

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-uria

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urine

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vas(o)

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blood vessel, vas deferens

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ven(o)

A

vein

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