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a-

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no, not, without

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an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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-ac

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pertaining to

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acanth/o

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spiny; thorny

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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acous/o

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hearing

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acoust/o

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hearing, sound

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acr/o

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extremities; top; extreme point

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acromi/o

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acromion (extension of shoulder bone)

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actin/o

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light

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acu/o

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sharp; severe; sudden

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-acusis

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hearing

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ad-

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toward

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-ad

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toward

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aden/o

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gland

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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adip/o

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fat

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adren/o

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adrenal gland

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adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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aer/o

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air

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af-

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toward

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agglutin/o

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clumping; sticking together

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agora-

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marketplace

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-agra

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excessive pain

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-al

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pertaining to

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alb/o

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white

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albin/o

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white

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albumin/o

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albumin (protein)

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-algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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all/o

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other

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alveol/o

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alveolus; air sac; small sac

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ambi-

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around, on both sides, about

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ambly/o

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dim; dull

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-amine

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nitrogen compound

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)

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amyl/o

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starch

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an/o

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anus

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-an

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pertaining to

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ana-

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up; apart; backward; again; anew

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andr/o

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male

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aneurysm/o

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aneurysm (widening of blood vessel)

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angi/o

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vessel (blood)

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anis/o

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unequal

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ankyl/o

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stiff

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ante-

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before; foward

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anter/o

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front

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anthrac/o

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coal

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anti-

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against

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anxi/o

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uneasy; anxious

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aort/o

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aorta (largest artery)

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-apheresis

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removal

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aphth/o

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ulcer

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apo-

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off; away

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aponeur/o

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aponeurosis (type of tendon)

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append/o

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appendix

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appendic/o

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appendix

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aque/o

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water

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-ar

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pertaining to

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arachn/o

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spider

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-arche

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beginning

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arter/o

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artery

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arteri/o

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artery

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arteriol/o

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arteriole (small artery)

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arthr/o

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joint

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articul/o

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joint

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-ary

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pertaining to

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asbest/o

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asbestos

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-ase

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enzyme

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aspir/o, aspirat/o

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to breathe in

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-assay

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to examine, analyze

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-asthenia

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lack of strength

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astr/o

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star, star-shaped

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atel/o

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incomplete

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ather/o

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plaque

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-ation

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process; condition

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atri/o

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atrium (upper heart chamber)

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audi/o

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hearing

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audit/o

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hearing

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aur/o, aur/i

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ear

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auscult/o

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to listen

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aut/o

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self; own

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-a

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noun ending

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abort/o

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premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

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abrad/o, abras/o

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rub or scrape off

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abrupt/o

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broken away from

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abs-

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away from

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abscess/o

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collection of pus, going away

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absorpt/o

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suck up, suck in

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-acious

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characterized by

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acne/o

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point of peak

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acquir/o

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get, obtain

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acuit/o, acut/o

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sharp, sharpness

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acust/o, -acusia, -acusis

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hearing, sense of hearing

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adnex/o

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bound to

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aesthet/o

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sensation, sense of perception

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affect/o

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exert influence on

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aggress/o

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attack, step foward

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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