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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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front

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bol/o

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to cast (throw)

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chondr/o

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cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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chrom/o

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color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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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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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of body

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hist/o

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tissue

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ili/o

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iliium (part of the pelvic bone)

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)

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medi/o

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middle

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nucleu/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i

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pelvis, hip region

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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nearest

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sarc/o

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flesh

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thorac/o

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chest

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/o

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navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

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belly side of body

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vertebr/o

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vertebra(e), backbone(s)

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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-al, -eal, -iac, -ior

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pertaining to

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-ectomy

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removal; excision; resection

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-ism

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process, condition

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-oma

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tumor; mass; fluid collection

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

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formation

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-somes

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bodies

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-type

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picture, classification

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ana-

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up

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cata-

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down

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epi-

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above

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hypo-

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below

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inter-

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between

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meta-

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change

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frontal (coronal plane)

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vertical plane that divides body into anterior and posterior

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transverse (axial plane)

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horizontal plane that divides body into upper and lower portions

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sagittal (lateral plane)

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vertical plane that divides body into right and left portions

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anterior

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front of the body

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posterior

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back of the body

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deep

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away from the surface of the body

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superficial

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on the surface of the body

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distal

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far from the point of the trunk or the beginning of structure

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inferior

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near the point of the trunk or structure

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superior

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above another structure

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lateral

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pertaining to the side

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medial

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pertaining to the middle

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prone

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lying on the belly

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supine

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lying on the back

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-cele

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hernia

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-emia

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blood condition

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-coccus

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berry-shaped bacterium

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-gram

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record

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-cyte

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cell

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-algia

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pain

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-ectomy

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removal

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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-genesis

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process of producing

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-graph

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instrument to record

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-itis

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inflammation

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-graph

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process of recording

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cystocele

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hernia of the urinary bladder

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myalgia

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pain of muscle

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carcinogenesis

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process of producing cancer

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myelitis

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inflammation of the spinal cord

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streptococci

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berry-shaped bacteria in twisted chains

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thoracentesis or thoracocentesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest

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mastectomy

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removal of the breast

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bronchitis

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inflammation of tubes leading from windpipe to lungs

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ischemia

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to hold back from blood cells

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angiography

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process of recording (x-ray) blood vessels

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arthroscopy

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visual examination of joints

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staphylococci

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berry-shaped bacteria in clusters

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laryngectomy

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resection of the voice box

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amniocentesis

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surgical procedure to remove fluid from the sac around the fetus

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rhinorrea

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discharge from the nose

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-logy

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process of study

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-lysis

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breakdown

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-pathy

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process of disease

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-penia

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deficiency

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-malacia

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softening

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-osis

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condition

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-phobia

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fear of

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-plasia

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condition of formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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to stop

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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axill/o

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armpit

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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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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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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phelb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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radi/o

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x-rays

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chain

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thorac/o

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chest

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thromb/o

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clot

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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ven/o

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vein

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus (-cocci)

A

berry-shaped bacterium

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-cyte

A

cell

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-dynia

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pain

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-emia

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blood condition

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-er

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one who

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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-gram

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record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

A

condition

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-ole

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little, small

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-oma

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tumor, mass, collection of fluid

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-opsy

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to view

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-phobia

A

fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, sagging

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

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process of visual examination (with an endoscope)

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

A

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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-therapy

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treatment

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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-ule

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little, small

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-um, -ium

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structure, tissue

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-us

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structure, substance

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-y

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condition, process

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-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic

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pertaining to

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by or in

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-oid

A

resembling

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cib/o

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meals

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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to lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

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forking, branching

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gloss/o

A

tongue

211
Q

glyc/o

A

sugar

212
Q

immun/o

A

protection

213
Q

later/o

A

side

214
Q

morph/o

A

shape, form

215
Q

mort/o, necr/o

A

death

216
Q

nat/i

A

birth

217
Q

nect/o

A

to bind, tie, connect

218
Q

norm/o

A

rule, order

219
Q

ox/o

A

oxygen

220
Q

pub/o

A

pubis (pubic bone)

221
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

222
Q

seps/o

A

infection

223
Q

somn/o

A

sleep

224
Q

son/o

A

sound

225
Q

the/o

A

to put, place

226
Q

thyr/o

A

thyroid gland, shield

227
Q

top/o

A

place, position, location

228
Q

tox/o

A

poison

229
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

230
Q

ven/o

A

vein

231
Q

-crine

A

to secrete

232
Q

-drome

A

to run

233
Q

-fusion

A

coming together; to pour

234
Q

-gen

A

substance that produces

235
Q

-lapse

A

to slide, fall, sag

236
Q

-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

237
Q

-meter

A

to measure

238
Q

-mission

A

to send

239
Q

-or

A

one who

240
Q

-partum

A

birth, labor

241
Q

-phoria

A

to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

242
Q

-physis

A

to grow

243
Q

-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

244
Q

-plasm

A

structure or formation

245
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

246
Q

-ptosis

A

falling, drooping, prolapse

247
Q

-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

248
Q

a-, an-

A

no, not, without

249
Q

ab-

A

away from

250
Q

ad-

A

toward

251
Q

ana-

A

up, apart

252
Q

ante-

A

before, forward

253
Q

anti-

A

against

254
Q

auto-

A

self, own

255
Q

bi-

A

two

256
Q

brady-

A

slow

257
Q

cata-

A

down

258
Q

con-

A

with, together

259
Q

contra-

A

against, opposite

260
Q

de-

A

down, lack of

261
Q

dia-

A

through, complete

262
Q

dys-

A

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

263
Q

ec-

A

out, outside

264
Q

en-, endo-

A

in, within

265
Q

eu-

A

good, normal

266
Q

ex-

A

out, outside, away from

267
Q

hemi-

A

half

268
Q

hyper-

A

excessive, above

269
Q

hypo-

A

deficient, under

270
Q

in-

A

into, within, not

271
Q

infra-

A

beneath, under

272
Q

inter-

A

between

273
Q

intra-

A

in, within, into

274
Q

macro-

A

large

275
Q

mal-

A

bad

276
Q

meta-

A

beyond, change

277
Q

micro-

A

small

278
Q

neo-

A

new

279
Q

pan-

A

all

280
Q

para-

A

abnormal, beside, near

281
Q

per-

A

through

282
Q

peri-

A

surrounding

283
Q

poly-

A

many, much

284
Q

post-

A

after, behind

285
Q

pre-, pro-, pros-

A

before, in front of

286
Q

re-

A

back, again

287
Q

retro-

A

behind, back

288
Q

sub-

A

under

289
Q

supra-

A

above, upper

290
Q

syn-, sym-

A

together, with

291
Q

tachy-

A

fast

292
Q

trans-

A

across, through

293
Q

ultra-

A

beyond, excess

294
Q

uni-

A

one

295
Q
A

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