Medical Terminology - Ch 1-10, 14 Flashcards
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aden/o
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gland
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chlor/o
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green
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cyan/o
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blue
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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erythr/o
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red
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cyt/o
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cell
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cancer/o, carcin/o
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cancer
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chrom/o
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color
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leuk/o
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white
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kary/o
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nucleus
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hist/o
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tissue
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fibr/o
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fiber
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lei/o
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smooth
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine, treatment
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gno/o
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knowledge
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eti/o
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cause (of disease)
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path/o
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disease
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
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my/o
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muscle
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lip/o
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fat
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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organ/o
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organ
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neur/o
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nerve
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melan/o
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black
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dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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xanth/o
yellow
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system/o
system
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sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
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hyper-
above, excessive
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dia-
through, complete
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viscer/o
internal organs
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somat/o
body
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-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
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-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
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neo-
new
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hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient, under
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-cyte
cell
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-genic
producing, originating, causing
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pro-
before
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meta-
after, beyond, change
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-pathy
disease
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-oma
tumor, swelling
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-megaly
enlargement
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-logist
one who studies and treats
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-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
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-osis
abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
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-oid
resembling
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-logy
study of
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-stasis
control, stop, standing
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-sarcoma
malignant tumor
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-sis
state of
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-plasm
growth, substance, formation
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ventr/o
belly (front)
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proxim/o
near (the point of attachment of a body part)
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medii/o
middle
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infer/o
below
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dist/o
away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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caud/o
tail (downward)
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cephal/o
head (upward)
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anter/o
front
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super/o
above
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poster/o
back, behind
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later/o
side
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dors/o
back
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-ad
toward
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bi-
two
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-ior
pertaining to
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uni-
one
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coni/o
dust
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aut/o
self
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bi/o
life
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crypt/o
hidden
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-tome
instrument used to cut
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-opsy
view of, viewing
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-itis
inflammation
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-phagia
eating, swallowing
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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adenoid/o
adenoids
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-malacia
softening
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para-
beside, beyond, around, abnormal
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sub-
under, below
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-a
noun suffix, no meaning
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-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
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per-
through
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trans-
through, across, beyond
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-coccus (pl. -cocci)
berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
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-ia
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
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rhytid/o
wrinkles
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staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
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trich/o
hair
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epi-
on, upon, over
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seb/o
sebum (oil)
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strept/o
twisted chains
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xer/o
dry
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intra-
within
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cutane/o
skin
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derm/o
skin
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dermat/o
skin
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hidr/o
sweat
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myc/o
fungus
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onych/o
nail
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ungu/o
nail
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heter/o
other
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kerat/o
horny tissue, hard
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necr/o
death (cells, body)
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pachy/o
thick
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-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
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-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
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-thorax
chest, chest cavity
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-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
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-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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laryng/o
larynx
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pharyng/o
pharynx
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orth/o
straight
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epiglott/o
epiglottis
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capn/o
carbon dioxide
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atel/o
imperfect, incomplete
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-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)
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pleur/o
pleura
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alveol/o
alveolus
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hem/o
blood
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hemat/o
blood
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diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
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phren/o
diaphragm
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bronchi/o
bronchus
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bronch/o
bronchus
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muc/o
mucus
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lob/o
lobe
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-emia
in the blood
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-algia
pain
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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poly-
many, much
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-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
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-tomy
cut into, incision
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tachy-
fast, rapid
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-cele
hernia or protrusion
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-graph
instrument used to record, record
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trache/o
trachea
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tom/o
to cut, section, or slice
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spir/o
breathe, breathing
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endo-
within
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eu-
normal, good
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-scopy
visual examination
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-scope
instrument used for visual examination
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-pnea
breathing
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-metry
measurement
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-graphy
process of recording radiographic imaging
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-gram
record, radiographic image
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-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood
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a-
absence of, without
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an-
absence of, without
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tonsil/o
tonsil
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thorac/o
thorax, chest, chest cavity
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pneum/o
lung, air
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pneumat/o
lung, air
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pneumon/o
lung, air
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sept/o
septum (wall off, fence)
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py/o
pus
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somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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sinus/o
sinus
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radi/o
x-rays, ionizing radiation
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pulmon/o
lung
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phon/o
sound, voice
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ox/i
oxygen
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nas/o
nose
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rhin/o
nose
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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hydr/o
water
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azot/o
urea, nitrogen
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cyst/o
bladder, sac
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vesic/o
bladder, sac
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glyc/o
sugar
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glycos/o
sugar
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lith/o
stone, calculus
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meat/o
meatus (opening)
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noct/i
night
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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urethr/o
urethra
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nephr/o
kidney
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ren/o
kidney
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olig/o
scanty, few
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ureter/o
ureter
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urin/o
urine, urinary tract
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ur/o
urine, urinary tract
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-iasis
condition
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-esis
condition
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-ptosis
dropping, sagging, prolapse
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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-uria
urine, urination
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-lysis
loosening, dissolution, separating
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-rrhaphy
suturing, repairing
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-trophy
nourishment, develpment
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albumin/o
albumin
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blast/o
developing cell, germ cell
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vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
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balan/o
glans penis
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vas/o
vessel, duct
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-ism
state of
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orchid/o
testis, testicle
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orchi/o
testis, testicle
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orch/o
testis, testicle
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test/o
testis, testicle
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sperm/o
spermatozoon, sperm
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spermat/o
spermatozoon, sperm
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andr/o
male
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epididym/o
epididymis
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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-atresia
absence of a normal body opening, occlusion, closure
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peri-
surrounding (outer)
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perine/o
perineum
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ne/o
menstruation
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gynec/o
woman
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gyn/o
woman
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culd/o
cul-de-sac
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cervic/o
cervix
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hymen/o
hymen
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episi/o
vulva
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vulv/o
vulva
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colp/o
vagina
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vagin/o
vagina
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arche/o
first, beginning
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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oophor/o
ovary
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-salpinx
uterine tube (fallopian tube)
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salping/o
uterine tube (fallopian tube)
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hyster/o
uterus
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metr/o
uterus
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metr/i
uterus
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amni/o
amnion, amniotic fluid
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amnion/o
amnion, amniotic fluid
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chori/o
chorion
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esophagi/o
esophagus
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gravid/o
pregnancy
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cephal/o
head
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embry/o
embryo, to be full
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fet/o
fetus, unborn child
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fet/i
fetus, unborn child
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lact/o
milk
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nat/o
birth
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par/o
bear, give birth to, labor, childbirth
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part/o
bear, give birth to, labor, childbirth
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prim/i
first
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puerper/o
childbirth
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omphal/o
umbilicus, navel
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pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvis
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pelv/i
pelvic bone, pelvis
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pseud/o
false
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pylor/o
pylorus (pyloric sphincter)
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terat/o
malformation
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micro-
small
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nulli-
none
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-amnios
amnion, amniotic fluid
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ante-
before
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pre-
before
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multi-
many
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post-
after
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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-e
noun suffix, no meaning
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-is
noun suffix, no meaning
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-us
noun suffix, no meaning
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-um
noun suffix, no meaning
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-tocia
birth, labor
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-rrhexis
rupture
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ather/o
yellowish, fatty plaque
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angi/o
vessel
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arteri/o
artery
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atri/o
atrium
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cardi/o
heart
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electr/o
electricity, electrical activity
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lymph/o
lymph, lymph tissue
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myel/o
bone marrow
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ech/o
sound
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isch/o
deficiency, blockage
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lymphaden/o
lymph node
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phleb/o
vein
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ven/o
vein
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aort/o
aorta
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plasm/o
plasm
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therm/o
heat
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thym/o
thymus gland
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ventricul/o
ventricle
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spleen/o
spleen
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thromb/o
clot
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valv/o
valve
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valvul/o
valve
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brady-
slow
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pan-
all, total
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-apheresis
removal
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-poiesis
formation
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-ac
pertaining to
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-penia
abnormal reduction in number
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-sclerosis
hardening
300
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
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arthr/o
joint
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aponeur/o
aponeurosis
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burs/o
bursa (cavity)
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chondr/o
cartilage
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cost/o
rib
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disk/o
intervertebral disk
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carp/o
carpals (wrist)
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clavic/o
clavicle (collarbone)
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clavicul/o
clavicle (collarbone)
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crani/o
cranium (skull)
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femor/o
femur (upper leg bone)
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fibul/o
fibula (lower leg bone)
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ili/o
ilium
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kinesi/o
movement, motion
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lamin/o
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
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humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
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ischi/o
ischium
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kyph/o
hump
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lord/o
bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)
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lumb/o
loin, lumbar region of the spine
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maxilla/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
322
my/o
muscle
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myos/o
muscle
324
oste/o
bone
325
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jawbone)
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menisc/o
meniscus (crescent)
327
myel/o
bone marrow
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patell/o
patella (kneecap)
329
pelv/i
pelvis, pelvic bone
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pelv/o
pelvis, pelvic bone
331
phalang/o
phalanges (any bone of the fingers or toes)
332
rachi/o
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
333
spondyl/o
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
334
vertebr/o
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
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sacr/o
sacrum
336
petr/o
stone
337
pub/o
pubis
338
radi/o
radius (lower arm bone)
339
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
340
scoli/o
crooked, curved
341
synovi/o
synovia, synovial membrane
342
ten/o
tendon
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tend/o
tendon
344
tendin/o
tendon
345
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
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stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
347
tars/o
tarsals (ankle bones)
348
tibi/o
tibia (lower leg bone)
349
inter-
between
350
supra-
above
351
-asthenia
weakness
352
-desis
surgical fixation, fusion
353
-schisis
split, fissure
354
sym-
together, joined
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syn-
together, joined
356
-clasia
break
357
-clasis
break
358
-clast
break
359
-physis
growth
