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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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A-, An-

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Not, Without

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Aut-, Auto-

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Self

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Dia-

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Complete, through

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Endo-

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Within

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Epi-

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Above, Upon

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Ex-

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Out, Outside

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Exo-

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Of, Outward

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Hyper-

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Excessive, More than normal

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Hypo-

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Deficient, Below normal

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In-

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Into, In

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Peri-

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Surrounding

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Pro-

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Before, Forward

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Re-

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Back, Again

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Retro-

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Behind

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Sub-

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Below, Under

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Trans-

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Across, Through

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Bi/o

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Life

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Carcin/o

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Cancer/ous

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Crin/o

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To secrete

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Derm/o, Dermat/o

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Skin

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Gynec/o

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Woman, Female

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Hem/o, Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Iatr/o

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Treatment, Physician

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Leuk/o

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Whi

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Log/o

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Study of

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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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Onc/o

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Tumor (Cancerous)

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Opthalm/o

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Eye

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Path/o

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Disease

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Ped/o

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Child

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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X-rays

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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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Sect/o

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To cut

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Thromb/o

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Clot, Clotting

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Ur/o

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Urine, Urinary

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-ac, -al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectomy

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Excision, Removal

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-genic

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Pertaining to producing

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-globin

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Protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ic, -ical

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Pertaining to

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-ion

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Process

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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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Process of study

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-oma

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Tumor, Mass, Swelling

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-opsy

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Process of viewing

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-osis

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Condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

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Disease

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-scope

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Instrument used to examine

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-scopy

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Process of visually examining

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-sis

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State of

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-tomy

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Process of cutting

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-y

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Process, Condition

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Supine

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Lying on the back

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Prone

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Lying on the belly

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Anterior/Ventral

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Forward/Front

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Posterior/Dorsal

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Deep

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Toward the center of the body

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Superficial

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On the surface

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Inferior

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Below another structure

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Superior

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Above another structu

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Medial

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Middle or middle plane

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Proximal

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Close to the attachment to the trunk

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Distal

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Far from point of attachment to the trunk

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Abdomin/o

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Belly ( Not stomach)

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Adip/o

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Anter/o

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Bol/o

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Chemical process of the body

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Cervic/o

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Neck or lower end of uterus

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Chondr/o

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Chrom/o

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Coccyg/o

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Coccyx or tailbone

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Crani/o

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Cyt/o

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Dist/o

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Far or distant

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Dors/o

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Back portion of the body

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Hist/o

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Ili/o

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Ilium, upper part of the pelvic bone

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Inguin/o

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Kary/o

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Later/o

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Lumb/o

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Lower back

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Medi/o

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Nucle/o

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Pelv/i

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Poster/o

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Back, behind

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Proxim/o

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Sacr/o

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Sacrum (region of the back)

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Sarc/o

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Spin/o

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Spine or backbone

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Thel/o, Theli/o

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Thorac/o

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Trache/o

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Trachea or windpipe

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Umbilic/o

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Ventr/o

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Belly side of the body

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebrae, backbones

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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Ana-

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Cata-

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Meta-

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Inter-

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Intra-

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-eal, -iac, -ior

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Pertaining to

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-ism

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Process or condition

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-ose

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Pertaining to, Full of

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-plasm

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-somes

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-type

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Picture or classification

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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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Angi/o

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Arteri/o

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Axill/o

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Blephar/o

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Bronch/o

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Bronchial tubed

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Chem/o

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Drug, chemical

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Chron/o

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Col/o

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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Hydr/o

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Water, fluid

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Inguin/o

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Isch/o

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To hold back

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Lapar/o

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Laryng/o

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Lymph/o

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Mamm/o, Mast/one

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Muc/o

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My/o

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord, bone marrow

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Necr/o

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Neutr/o

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Neutrophil

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Opthalm/o

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Ot/o

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum

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Phag/o

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To eat, swalloe

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Phleb/o

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Plas/o

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Formation or development

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Pleur/o

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Pneumon/o

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Pulmon/o

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Rect/o

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Rectum, Straight

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Splen/o

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Staphyl/o

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Strept/o

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Twisted chains

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Tonsill/o

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Ven/o

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-cele

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus

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Berry-shaped bacterium

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-cocci

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Plural of berry-shaped bacterium

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-dynia

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-genesis

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Condition of producing

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-gram

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-gram

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-graph

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Instruments of recording

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-phobia

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-plasia

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Development, growth

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-ptosis

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Drooping, falling

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-sclerosis

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-stasis

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Controlling, stopping

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