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1
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pont/o

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pons (a part of the brain)

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por/o, -pore

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opening, passageway

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-porosis

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condition of pores (spaces)

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-posia

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drinking

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post-

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after; behind

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poster/o

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back of body, behind

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-prandial

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meal

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-praxia

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action

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pre-

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before; in front of

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presby/o

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old age

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primi-

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first

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pro-

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before; in behalf of

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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pros/o

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forward, anterior

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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prot/o, prote/o

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first

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proxim/o

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near

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prurit/o

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itching

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psor/o

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itching

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psych/o

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mind

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-ptosis

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droop; sag; prolapse; fall

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ptyal/o

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saliva

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-ptysis

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spitting

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pub/o

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pubis (anterior part of hip bone)

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pulmon/o

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lung

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puls/o, pulsat/o

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to beat, beating

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pupill/o

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pupil (dark center of eye)

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purpur/i

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purple

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quadr/i, quadr/o

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four

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rabi/o

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madness, rage

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rachi/o

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spinal column, vertebrae

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radi/o

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radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)

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radiat/o

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giving off rays or radiant energy

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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raph/o

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seam, suture

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re-

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back , again

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recept/o

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receive, receiver

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recipi/o

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receive, take to oneself

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rect/o

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rectum, straight

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reticul/o

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network

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recuperat/o

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recover, regain health

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reduct/o

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bring back together

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regurgit/o

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flood or gush back

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remiss/o

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give up, let go , relax

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ren/o

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kidney

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restor/o

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rebuild, put back, restore

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resuscit/o

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revive

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retent/o

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hold back

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reticul/o

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network

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retin/o

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retina, net

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retract/o

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draw back or in

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retro-

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behind, backward, back of

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rhabd/o

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rod, rod-shaped

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rhabdomy/o

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striated muscle

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rheum/o, rheumat/o

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watery flow, subject to 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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rhonc/o

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snore, snoring

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rhythm/o

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rhythm

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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ris/o

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laugh

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rotat/o

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rotate, revolve

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-rrhaphy

A

surgical suturing

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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rube-

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red

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rug/o

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wrinkle, fold

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sacc/i, sacc/o

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sac

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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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saliv/o

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saliva

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salping/o

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uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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-salpinx

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uterine (fallopian) tube

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san/o

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sound, healthy, sane

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sangu/i, sanguin/o

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blood

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sanit/o

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soundness, health

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saphen/o

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clear, apparent, manifest

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sapr/o

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decaying, rotten

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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scalp/o

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carve, scrape

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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schiz/o

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division, split

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scirrh/o

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hard

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scler/o

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sclera, white of eye, hard

86
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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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scoli/o

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curved, bent

88
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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

89
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-scopic

A

pertaining to visual examination

90
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-scopy

A

visual examination

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scot/o

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darkness

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scrib/o, script/o

A

write

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scrot/o

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bag or pouch

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seb/o

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sebum

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secret/o

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produce, separate out

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sect/o, secti/o

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cut, cutting

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segment/o

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pieces

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sell/o

A

saddle

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semi-

A

half

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semin/i

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semen, seed, sperm

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sen/i

A

old

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senesc/o

A

grow old

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senil/o

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old age

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sens/i

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feeling, sensation

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sensitiv/o

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sensitive to, affected by

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seps/o

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infection

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sept/o

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infection, partintion

108
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ser/o

A

serum

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seros/o

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serous

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sial/o

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saliva

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigm/o

A

greek letter sigma

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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silic/o

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glass

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sin/o, sin/u

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hollow, sinus

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sinistr/o

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left, left side

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sinus/o

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sinus

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-sis

A

abnormal condition, disease

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sit/u

A

place

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skelet/o

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skeleton

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soci/o

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companion, fellow being

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-sol

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solution

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solut/o, solv/o

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loosened, dissolved

124
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soma-, somat/o

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body

125
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somn/i, somn/o

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sleep

126
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son/o

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sound

127
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sopor/o

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sleep

128
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spad/o

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draw off, draw

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-spasm, spasmod/o

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sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping

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spec/i

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look at, a kind or sort

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specul/o

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mirror

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sperm/o, spermat/o

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sperm, spermatozoa, seed

133
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sphen/o

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sphenoid bone, wedge

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spher/o

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round, sphere, ball

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sphincter/o

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tight band

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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spir/o

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to breathe

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spirill/o

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little coil

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spirochet/o

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coiled microorganism

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splen/o

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spleen

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, verebral column, backbone

143
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spontane/o

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unexplained, of one’s own accord seed, spore

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spor/o

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seed, spore

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sput/o

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sputum, spit

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squam/o

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scale

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-stalsis

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contraction, constriction

148
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staped/o, stapedi/o

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stapes (middle ear bone)

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staphyl/o

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clusters, bunch of grapes

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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