Medical Terminology Flashcards
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`Acr/o
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extremity, tip
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
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arthr/o
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joint
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cardi/o
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heart, upper part of stomach
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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duct/o
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carry
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gen/o
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giving rise to, creating
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glyc/o
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sugar
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
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water
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lith/o
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stone
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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oste/o
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bone
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ped/o
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child, infant, foot
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ren/o
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kidney
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splen/o
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spleen
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the/o
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put
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ven/o
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vein
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aden/o
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gland
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arteri/o
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artery
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bi/o
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living thing, life
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col/o, colon/o
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large intestine, colon
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cyst/o
sac of fluid, bladder
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derm/o, dermat/o
skin
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enter/o
small
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gloss/o
tongue
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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hist/o
tissue
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leuk/o
white
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muc/o
mucus
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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norm/o
proper, rule
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path/o
disease
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pulmon/o
lung
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Secti/o
cut into
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tens/o
pressure
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therm/o
heat
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thromb/o
clot
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gastr/o
stomach
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Peri/
surrounding
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Brady/
slow
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tacky/
fast
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micro/
small; tiny
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a/ an/
absent; without
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ab/
absent
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ac/
toward, near
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renal
relating to the kidney
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perineal
surrounding the kidney
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cardia
heart
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bradycardia
slow heart
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tachycardia
fast heart
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glossa
tongue
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macroglossa
large tongue
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gastric
relating to the stomach
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leukocytosis
condition of white cells
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aleukocytosis
condition of absence of white cells
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a/ an/
without, absent
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ab/
away from
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ac/ ; ad/
toward, near
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anti/
against, opposed
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Brady/
slower than usual
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cata/
negative/down
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de
lessened, removed
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dia/
through
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ec/ ex/ ecto/ exto/
outside, outer
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en/ endo/
within
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epi/
upon, in addition
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hemi/
half
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hyper/
increased, above
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hypo/
decreased, below
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in/
into, not
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infra/
inferior to, below
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inter
between
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intra/
within
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macro/
large
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micro/
small, tiny
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pan/
all, every
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para/
beside, beyond
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per/
through
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peri/
around, surrounding
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post/
after, past
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pre/
before
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Re/
Again/back
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Retro/
behind/back
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Sub/
Under, inferior to
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Tachy/
faster than usual
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is suffix /y a noun or adjective? what does it mean?
noun ; it means the process of
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is suffix /a noun or adjective? what does it mean?
noun ; no meaning
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is /ia a noun or adjective? what does it mean?
noun ; condition
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is /us a noun or adjective? what does it mean?
noun ; no meaning
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is suffix /osis a noun or adjective? what does it mean?
noun; condition
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is suffix /ac a noun or adjective?
adjective ; relating to
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is suffix /ic a noun or adjective? what does it mean
adjective ; relating to
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is suffix /ous a noun or adjective? what does it mean?
adjective ; relating to
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is suffix /al an adjective or noun? what does it mean?
adjective ; relating to
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/algia
pain
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/ar
relating to
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/ary
relating to
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/centesis
withdrawing fluid
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/cyte
cell
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/eal
relating to
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/ectomy
removal
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/emia , /hemia
throughout the blood
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/grade
go
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/gram
picture, record, tracing
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/graph
instrument that creates a picture or recording
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/graphy
process of creating a picture, recording, tracing
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ia/
condition to
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/iac
relating to
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/ic
relating to
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/ior
relating to
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/ism
situation process, condition
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/ist
one who does
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/itis /itic
inflammation
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/ium
structure
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/logy
study of ; also root word for log/o
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/megaly
enlargement
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/meter
distance measure, instrument to measure
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/oid
like
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/opsy
look at
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/ose
like, relating to
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/osis
pathological condition
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/ous
relating to
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/pathy
disease process
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/scope
instrument to see through or with
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/stasis
control, hold in
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/tic
relating to
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/y
process of
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abdomin/o
abdomen
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acu/o
sudden, sharp
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adip/o
fat tissues
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angi/o
vessel containing fluidq
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auto/
self
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axill/o
armpit
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bi/o
two
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carcin/o
cancer of gland tissue
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cerebr/o
brain
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chem/o
chemical drug
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cis/o
cut
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con/
with
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contra/
opposite, great
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cost/o
rib
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electr/o
electrical activity
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gynec/o
female
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iatr/o
treatment
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klept/o
steal
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laryng/o
voice box, larynx
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mandibul/o
lower jaw
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maxill/o
upper jaw
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meta/
change, beyond
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nat/o
birth, born
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nect/o
bind
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ox/o
oxygen
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poly/
many
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sarc/o
nongland tissue, flesh
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son/o
ultrasound, flesh
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Sym/ , syn/
together with
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trans/
across
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ultra/
beyond, higher than
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vit/o
living, alive
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/blast
undifferentiated, original
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/drome
run
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/fusion
pour, bond
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/genesis
creating
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/malacia
softening
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/mania ; /maniac
excessive preoccupation
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/oma
tumor, mass
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/partum
labor, delivery
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penia
lack of, decrease, poor
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plasty
restore by surgery
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stoma
body opening
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stomy
surgically created body opening
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/therapy
treatment
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/tome
cutting instrument
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ana/
positive
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ante/
before
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bronch/o
airway tubes in lungs
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cephal/o
head
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cervic/o
neck
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chondro
cartilage
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crin/o
to separate from blood, secrete
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cutane/
skin
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dactyl/o
digits, fingers, toes
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dys/
bad, labored
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eosin/o
rose-colored
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erythr/o
red
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eu/
normal, even, good
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furc/o
branch, fork
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gnos/o,
knowledge, understanding
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lapar/o
abdomen
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lymph/o
watery fluid
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mal/
bad, abnormal
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meso/
middle
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morph/o
form, structure
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mort/o
death
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necr/o
death
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nephr/o
kidney
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ophthalm/o
eye
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ot/o
ear
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phag/o, phage
eat, swallow, engulf
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phob/o
fear
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physi/o
fear
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plasm/o
cell substance
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pneum/o
air, gas, lung air sacs
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pro/
before
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pseudo/
false
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
ray or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
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rect/o
upright, rectum
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rhin/o
nose
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semi/
half
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seps/o, sept/i
infection, bacteria
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supra/ or super/
above, superior to
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thyr/o
shield, thyroid
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tom/o
cut, slice or a hole
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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top/o
location
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tox/o
poison, damaging
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vertebr/o
back bones
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/cele
protruding sac, hernia
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/crine
secrete
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/cyesis
pregnancy
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dynia
pain
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/lysis, /lytic
break down, or dissolve
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/pexy
affix, attach into place
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/phobia
fear
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/phoria
bear
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/physis
grow
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/plasia
growth, development
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/pnea
breathing
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/poiesis
formation
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/ptosis
drooped, slipped down
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/rrhea
flow
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/sclerosis, /sclerotic
hardening
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VIP
very intoxicated person
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a.c.,
before meals
