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Medical Terminology P - Z Flashcards

Contains all word parts and their meanings

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pachy-

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thick

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paed/o

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child (Am. ped/o)

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palae/o

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old/primitive (Am. pale/o)

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palat/o

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palate

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pale/o (Am.)

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old/primitive

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palm/o

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palm

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palpebr/a

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eyelid

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pan-

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all

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pancreatic/o

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pancreatic duct

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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pannicul/o

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fatty layer, eg, of abdomen

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pant/o

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all/entire

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papil/i/o

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nipple-like / optic disc / optic papill

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para-

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beside / near/ beyond / accessory to / wrong /abnormal / resembling / apart from

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NAME?

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to bear/ bring forth offspring/ a woman who has borne viable young

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parasympath/o

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parasympathetic nervous system

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parathyr/o

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parathyroid gland

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid gland

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slight paralysis

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sexual intercourse

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parotid/o

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parotid gland

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pertaining to production of live young

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pars­

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part / a division of a larger organ or structure

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NAME?

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birth/labour

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parturi­

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childbirth/labour/parturition

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patell/o

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patella / knee cap

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condition of disease

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pertaining to disease

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path/o

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disease

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NAME?

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disease/emotion

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NAME?

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stopping

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pect­

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chest/breast/thorax

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pector/o

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chest/breast/thorax

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pedicul/o

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lice

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ped/i/o (Am.)

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foot/child

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pelli-

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skin/hide

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pelv/i/o

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pelvis

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pend/o

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to hang

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NAME?

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condition of deficiency or lack of

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pen/o

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penis

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peps-

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digestion

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NAME?

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condition of digestion

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pepsin/o

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pepsin (an enzyme)

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pept/o

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digestion/pepsin/peptone

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per-

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through/completely/excessive

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perone/o

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fibula

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peri­

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around

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pericardi/o

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pericardium

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perine/o

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perineum

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periton/e/o

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peritoneum

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petr/o

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stone/rock

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NAME?

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surgical fixation / fix in place / storage

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NAME?

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surgical fixation / fix in place / storage

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phac/o

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lens

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phae/o

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dusky/dark (Am. phe/o)

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NAME?

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condition of eating / swallowing

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phag/o

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eating / consuming / a phagocyte

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NAME?

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eating or swallowing

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phak/o

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lens

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phalang/o

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phalanx/finger/toe

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phall/o

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penis

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phaner/o

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visible/manifesting

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phant­

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an illusion / imaginary / hallucination

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pharm/ac/o

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drug/medicine

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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phasia

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condition of speaking/speech

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phas/i/o

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speech

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phe/o (Am.)

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dusky/dark

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NAME?

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love/affinity for / a cell type with affinity for something

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NAME?

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condition of love/affinity for something / an increase in (eg, number of cells)

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condition of love / affinity for something

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phim/o

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to muzzle or constrict

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phleb/o

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vein

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NAME?

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condition of irrational fear / aversion

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NAME?

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condition of having voice

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phon/o

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speech/sound/voice

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NAME?

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sound / type of speech

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NAME?

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a carrier

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NAME?

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movement in a specified way / bearing / carrying / driving ions

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condition of mental state / feeling / bearing / de- viation of the eyes (heterophoria)

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phor/o

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mental state / bearing / carrier (eg, of disease)

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phosph/o

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phosphate / phosphorus / phosphoric acid

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phot/o

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light

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phrenic/o

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diaphragm / mind / phrenic nerve

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phren/i/o

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diaphragm / mind / phrenic nerve

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NAME?

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wasting away

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NAME?

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protection

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NAME?

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tumour/boil/swelling (Am. tumor)

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phys/i/o

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nature / physical things / physiology

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NAME?

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growth

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phyt/e/o

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plant / fungus / a pathological plant-like growth

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pico-

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small / a quantity multiplied by 10-12

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pil/o

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hair

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pineal/o

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pineal body / pineal gland

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pituitar-

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pituitary gland

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placent/o

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placenta

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NAME?

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condition of broad / flat (patch)

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NAME?

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condition of wandering, eg, a cell moving position

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plan/o

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flat

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plant/i

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sole of foot

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NAME?

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condition of growth due to formation of cells

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NAME?

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formative substance / growth

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plasma-

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plasma cell / plasma the fluid matrix of blood

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plasm/o

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anything moulded, shaped or formed / formative substance/growth/plasma

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pertaining to formation of cells or moulding of tissues

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NAME?

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surgical repair / reconstruction

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platy-

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flat

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NAME?

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condition of paralysis / stroke

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pleo-

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more

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plethysm/o

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volume

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pleur/o

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pleural membranes / rib / side

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NAME?

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condition arising from a stroke or other occurrence

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plex/o

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network of nerves, blood or lymph vessels

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NAME?

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strike/paralyze

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NAME?

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chromosome sets in a cell

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pluri-

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several/more

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NAME?

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breathing

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pne/o

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breath/breathing

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pneum/a/o

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gas/air/lung/breathing

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pneumat/o

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gas/air/lung/breathing

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pneumon/o

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lung

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NAME?

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breathing (Am. Pnea)

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pod/o

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foot

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pogon/o

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beard

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NAME?

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formation

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NAME?

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substance that forms

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poikil/o

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varied/irregular

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polio-

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grey matter (of the CNS, Am. Gray)

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pollex

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thumb

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poly-

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many/too much

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polyp/o

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popyp/small growth

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pont/o

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pons (part of the metencephalon of the brain)

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por/o

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passage/pore

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port/o

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portal vein

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post-

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after/behind

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poster/o

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back of body/behind/posterior to

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posth/o

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prepuce/foreskin

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NAME?

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pertaining to a meal

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NAME?

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condition of purposeful movement or conduct

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NAME?

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mechanical treatment of deformities

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pre-

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before/in front of

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preputi/o

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prepuce/foreskin

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presby/o

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old man/old age

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primi-

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first

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condition of loss or deprivation

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pro-

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before/favouring/in front of

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proct/o

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rectum/anus

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progest/o

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progesterone

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prosop/o

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face

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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prosth-

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adding (a replacement part)

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prote/o

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protein

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proto-

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first

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protoz/o

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protozoa

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proxim/o

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near

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prurit/o

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itching

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pseudo-

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false.

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psych/o

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mind

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psychr/o

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cold

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NAME?

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falling/displacement/prolapse

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NAME?

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partaining to falling/displacement/prolapse/affected with a ptosis

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pyyal/o

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saliva

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NAME?

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spitting/coughing up

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pub/i/o

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pubis/pubic region

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pudend-

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pudendum/vulva

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puerper/o

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puerperium / time of childbirth

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pulm/o

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lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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pupill/o

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pupil

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purul/o

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pus-filled

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pustul/o

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infected pimple/ pustule

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pyel/o

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the renal pelvis (the space in which urine collects in the kidney)

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pykn/o

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compact/thick/frequent

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pyle/o

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portal (vein)

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pylor/o

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pylorus

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py/o

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pus

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pyret/o

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heat/fire/burning/fever

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pyrex/o

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heat/fire/burning/fever

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pyr/o

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heat/fire/burning/fever

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quadr/i/u-

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four

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quinque-

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five

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quint-

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five

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rachi/o

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backbone / spine/ vertebral column

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radic/o

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spinal nerve root

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radicul/o

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spinal nerve root

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radi/o

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radioactivity/radiation/X-ray/radius

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re-

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back/contrary/again

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/i/o

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kidney

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reticul/o

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net-like/ reticulum

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reticuloendotheli/o

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reticuloendothelial system

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retin/o

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retina

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retro-

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backwards/behind

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rhabd/o

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rod/rod-shaped

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rhabdomy/o

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striated muscle

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rhe/o

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electric current/ flow of fluid

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rheumatic

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rheumatism

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rhin/o

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nose

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rhiz/o

A

root / spinal nerve root

200
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rhod/o

A

red

201
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rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

202
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roentgen/a

A

X-ray/ Roentgen ray

203
Q

rostr/o

A

superior/ a rostrum / a beak

204
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NAME?

A

bursting forth / excessive flow

205
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NAME?

A

condition of bursting forth / excessive flow

206
Q

NAME?

A

stitching/suturing

207
Q

NAME?

A

excessive discharge/flow

208
Q

NAME?

A

breaking/rupturing

209
Q

NAME?

A

excessive discharge / flow (Am. -rrhea)

210
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(r)rhythm/o

A

rhythm

211
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rubr-

A

red

212
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rug/a

A

wrinkle/fold/ridge

213
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sacchar/o

A

sugar/sweet

214
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saccul/o

A

saccule of the inner ear

215
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sacr/o

A

sacrum

216
Q

salping/o

A

eustachian (auditory) tube/ fallopian tube

217
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sanguin/o

A

blood/bloody

218
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sapr/o

A

decay / decayed matter

219
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sarc/o

A

flesh / connective tissue

220
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NAME?

A

malignant (fleshy) tumour of connective tissue (Am. tumor)

221
Q

sarcomat/o

A

sarcoma, a malignant tumour (Am. tumor) of connective tissue

222
Q

scapul/o

A

scapula

223
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scat/o

A

faeces / faecal matter (Am. feces)

224
Q

NAME?

A

cleaving/splitting/parting

225
Q

schist/a

A

cleaving/splitting/parting

226
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schistosom/o

A

a parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma

227
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schiz/o

A

split/cleft/divided

228
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scint/i

A

scintillation / spark/ flash of light

229
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scirrh/o

A

hard

230
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scler/o

A

hard / sclera (the white of the eye)

231
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NAME?

A

abnormal condition of hardening

232
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scoli/o

A

crooked / twisted / lateral curvature of the spine

233
Q

NAME?

A

instrument to view / examine

234
Q

NAME?

A

pertaining to examining / viewing

235
Q

NAME?

A

specialist who examines or uses a viewing instrument

236
Q

NAME?

A

visual examination / examination

237
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scot/a

A

darkness/scotoma

238
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scotoma-

A

scotoma / blind spot

239
Q

scrot/o

A

scrotum

240
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seb/o

A

sebum / sebaceous gland

241
Q

NAME?

A

cut

242
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secundi-

A

second

243
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semi-

A

half/partly

244
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semin/i

A

semen/testis/testicle

245
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sen/i

A

old

246
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sens/a

A

sense

247
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sensor/i

A

sense/sensation

248
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NAME?

A

infection

249
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septi-

A

seven

250
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septic/a

A

sepsis/infection/putrefaction

251
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sept/a

A

septum, eg, nasal septum

252
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sequestr-

A

sequestrum, a portion of dead bone

253
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ser/o

A

serum

254
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sex/i

A

six

255
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sialaden/o

A

salivary glands

256
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sial/o

A

saliva / salivary gland or duct

257
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sider/a

A

iron

258
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sigmoid/a

A

sigmoid colon

259
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silic/o

A

glass/silica

260
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sinistr/o

A

left / left side

261
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sin/a

A

sinus

262
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sinus-

A

sinus

263
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sinus/a

A

sinus

264
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NAME?

A

abnormal condition / action / state of

265
Q

NAME?

A

condition of appetite for food

266
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sit/a

A

food

267
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NAME?

A

solution

268
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somatic/o

A

body

269
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somat/o

A

body

270
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NAME?

A

body

271
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somn/i/o

A

sleep

272
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son/o

A

sound / ultrasound

273
Q

spadia(s)

A

condition of drawing out/ cleft or rent of the male urethra

274
Q

NAME?

A

involuntary contraction of muscle

275
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spasm/o

A

spasm / involuntary muscle contraction

276
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spermat/o

A

sperm

277
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sperm/i/o

A

sperm

278
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sphen/o

A

sphenoid bone / wedge-shaped

279
Q

spher/o

A

sphere-shaped / round

280
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sphincter/o

A

sphincter / ring-like muscle

281
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

282
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-sphyx-

A

pulsation

283
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spin/o

A

spine/backbone

284
Q

spirill/i

A

spiral-shaped bacteria of the genus Spirillum

285
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spir/o

A

to breathe

286
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spirochaet/o

A

spirochaete (a spiral-shaped bacterium)

287
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spirochet/o (Am.)

A

spirochete (a spiral-shaped bacterium)

288
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splanchnic/o

A

splanchnic nerve

289
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splanchn/i/o

A

viscera/ splanchnic nerve

290
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splen/o

A

spleen

291
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spondyl/o

A

vertebra

292
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spongi/o

A

sponge

293
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spor/o

A

spore

294
Q

squam/o

A

scale/scale-like

295
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NAME?

A

contraction

296
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stapedi/o

A

stapes (the stirrup-shaped ear ossicle} / stirrup

297
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staphyl/o

A

Staphylococcus I a grape-like cluster / the uvula

298
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staphylococc/o

A

Staphylococcus

299
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NAME?

A

stopping / controlling / cessation of movement

300
Q

NAME?

A

an agent / device that prevents change, regulates or stops

301
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NAME?

A

pertaining to stopping / controlling / standing or without motion

302
Q

NAME?

A

dripping, eg, of blood

303
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stear/i/o

A

fat

304
Q

steat/o

A

fat

305
Q

sten/o

A

narrow/constricted

306
Q

NAME?

A

abnormal condition of narrowing

307
Q

sterc/o

A

faeces (Am. feces)

308
Q

ster/e/o

A

solid/three-dimensional

309
Q

stern/o

A

sternum / breast bone

310
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steth/o

A

chest/breast

311
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NAME?

A

condition of strength / full power

312
Q

sthen/o

A

strength / full power

313
Q

NAME?

A

a space or position / pertaining to standing

314
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stomat/o

A

mouth

315
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stom/o

A

a mouth / a mouth-like opening

316
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NAME?

A

to form a new opening or outlet / a communication / an opening

317
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strabism/o

A

a squint / strabismus

318
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strab/o

A

a squint / strabismus

319
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strat/i

A

layer

320
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strept/o

A

Streptococcus / a twisted chain

321
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streptococc/o

A

Streptococcus

322
Q

striat/o

A

a mark / stripe

323
Q

styl/o

A

stake / styloid process (of the temporal bone)

324
Q

sub-

A

beneath/under

325
Q

sud/or/i

A

sweat/perspiration

326
Q

super/o

A

superior/above/excess

327
Q

supra-

A

superior/above/excess

328
Q

sy-

A

with/together

329
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sym-

A

with/together

330
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sympath/o

A

sympathetic nervous system / sympathetic nerves

331
Q

symphysi/o

A

symphysis (a fibre-cartilaginous joint), eg, the symphysis pubis

332
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syn-

A

together / in association / with

333
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synapt-

A

synapse

334
Q

syncop-

A

faint / cut off

335
Q

syndesm/o

A

ligament / connective tissue

336
Q

syndrom/o

A

running together

337
Q

NAME?

A

condition of adhering together

338
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synovi/o

A

synovia I synovial fluid/membranes

339
Q

syphil/o

A

syphilis

340
Q

syring/o

A

tube/cavity

341
Q

system/o

A

system

342
Q

systol-

A

systole

343
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tachy-

A

fast

344
Q

tact-

A

touch

345
Q

tal/o

A

ankle / ankle bone

346
Q

tars/o

A

tarsus, tarsal or tarsal bone / ankle bone / eyelid / connective tissue plate in the eyelid

347
Q

NAME?

A

condition of ordered movement

348
Q

tax/o

A

ordered movement, arrangement or classification

349
Q

tectori/o

A

covering/roof-like

350
Q

tel-

A

tela or web

351
Q

NAME?

A

a web-like membrane

352
Q

tele-

A

far away / operating at a distance

353
Q

telo-

A

end/complete

354
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tempor/o

A

temple (the lateral region on either side of the head above the zygomatic arch)

355
Q

tendin/o

A

tendon

356
Q

tend/o

A

tendon

357
Q

ten/o

A

tendon

358
Q

tenont/o

A

tendon

359
Q

NAME?

A

pressure

360
Q

ter-

A

three

361
Q

terat/o

A

monster-like / a deformed embryo or fetus

362
Q

terti-

A

third

363
Q

testicul/o

A

testicle/testis

364
Q

test/o

A

testicle/testis

365
Q

tetra-

A

four

366
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus (part of cerebral cortex)

367
Q

thalass/o

A

the sea

368
Q

than/at/o

A

death

369
Q

thec/o

A

sheath / a covering, eg, the dura mater

370
Q

thel/a/o

A

nipple

371
Q

NAME?

A

treatment

372
Q

NAME?

A

condition of heat

373
Q

therm/o

A

heat

374
Q

NAME?

A

state of heat / process of heating

375
Q

NAME?

A

sulphur

376
Q

­thoracico­

A

thorax

377
Q

thorac/o

A

thorax

378
Q

NAME?

A

thorax/chest

379
Q

thromb/o

A

thrombus/clot

380
Q

thrombocyt/o

A

platelet/thrombocyte

381
Q

thymic/o

A

thymus gland

382
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

383
Q

thyr/o

A

thyroid gland

384
Q

thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

385
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia

386
Q

NAME?

A

pertaining to, equivalent in meaning to -ic

387
Q

tine/o

A

ringworm/like a gnawing worm

388
Q

NAME?

A

state or condition/process

389
Q

NAME?

A

condition of birth / labour (Am. labor)

390
Q

toc/o

A

labour/birth (Am. labor)

391
Q

NAME?

A

a cutting instrument

392
Q

tom/o

A

a slice / section

393
Q

NAME?

A

incision into

394
Q

NAME?

A

condition of tension / tone

395
Q

ton/o

A

stretching/tension/tone

396
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsil

397
Q

top/o

A

place / particular area

398
Q

tort/i

A

twisted

399
Q

NAME?

A

pertaining to poisoning

400
Q

toxic/o

A

poison

401
Q

tox/i/o

A

poison

402
Q

trabecul/o

A

trabecula / anchoring strand of connective tissue / the trabecular meshwork of the eye

403
Q

trachel/o

A

neck / uterine cervix

404
Q

trache/o

A

trachea

405
Q

trans-

A

across/through

406
Q

trauma

A

an injury or wound

407
Q

NAME?

A

condition of having an opening / perforation

408
Q

tri­

A

three

409
Q

trichin/o

A

Trichinella spiralis (a parasitic nematode worm)

410
Q

trich/o

A

hair

411
Q

trigon/o

A

trigone / triangular space, eg, at the base of the bladder

412
Q

NAME?

A

act of crushing

413
Q

NAME?

A

instrument designed to crush or fragment, eg, using shock waves

414
Q

NAME?

A

instrument designed to crush or fragment

415
Q

NAME?

A

act of crushing (syn. lithotripsy)

416
Q

NAME?

A

influencing / a cell influencing something / influenced by

417
Q

NAME?

A

pertaining to nourishment / stimulation

418
Q

troph/o

A

nourishment/food/stimulation

419
Q

NAME?

A

nourishment / development / increase in cell size

420
Q

NAME?

A

condition of turning/ deviation / heterotropia /strabismus

421
Q

NAME?

A

pertaining to affinity for/ stimulating / changing in response to a stimulus/ turning towards

422
Q

NAME?

A

a hormone that has a stimulating effect on a target organ

423
Q

NAME?

A

pertaining to a tube

424
Q

tub/o

A

fallopian tube/ oviduct/ tube/ uterine tube

425
Q

turbin/o

A

top-shaped / turbinate bone (nasal concha)

426
Q

tuss/i

A

cough

427
Q

tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane/ middle ear

428
Q

NAME?

A

a classification/type of

429
Q

typhl/o

A

caecum (Am. cecum)

430
Q

NAME?

A

small/little

431
Q

ulcer/o

A

ulcer/ sore/ local defect in a surface

432
Q

NAME?

A

small

433
Q

uln/o

A

ulna

434
Q

ul/o/e

A

scar/gingiva (gums)

435
Q

ultra­

A

beyond

436
Q

NAME?

A

small

437
Q

NAME?

A

small

438
Q

NAME?

A

a thing / a structure/ noun ending/ a name

439
Q

un­

A

not / opposite of/ release from

440
Q

ungu/o

A

nail

441
Q

uni­

A

one

442
Q

uran/o

A

palate

443
Q

urat/o

A

urates / salt of uric acid (found in calculi)

444
Q

urea­

A

urea

445
Q

NAME?

A

excrete in urine / urinate

446
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

447
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

448
Q

uria

A

condition of urine/urination

449
Q

uric/o

A

uric acid

450
Q

urin/a/o

A

urine

451
Q

ur/o

A

urine / urinary tract

452
Q

urticar/i

A

nettle rash / hives

453
Q

us

A

a thing / a structure / noun ending / a name

454
Q

uter/o

A

uterus

455
Q

utricul/o

A

utricle of the inner ear

456
Q

uve/o

A

uvea (the pigmented parts of the eye)

457
Q

uvul/o

A

uvula

458
Q

vagin/o

A

vagina

459
Q

vag/o

A

vagus nerve (the 10th cranial nerve)

460
Q

valv/o

A

valve

461
Q

valvul/o

A

valve

462
Q

varic/o

A

varix (a dilated vein)/ varicose vein

463
Q

vascul/o

A

vessel

464
Q

vas/o

A

vessel / vas deferens

465
Q

vel/o

A

soft/veil

466
Q

venacay/o

A

vena cava (a great vein)

467
Q

ven/e/i/o

A

vein

468
Q

vener/o

A

sexual intercourse

469
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle of the heart or brain

470
Q

ventr/i/o

A

ventral/belly side of the body/in front of

471
Q

verm/i

A

worm

472
Q

NAME?

A

turning

473
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra

474
Q

vesic/o

A

bladder/blister

475
Q

vesicul/o

A

seminal vessicle

476
Q

vestibul/o

A

vestibule / vestibular apparatus/ a space leading to the entrance of a canal, eg, in the ear .

477
Q

vibr/i

A

comma-shaped bacterium of the genus Vibno

478
Q

vibr/o

A

vibration

479
Q

vir/o/u

A

virus/virion

480
Q

viscer/o

A

viscera/ internal organs (esp. of the abdomen)

481
Q

vit/o

A

life

482
Q

vitre/o

A

glass/ the vitreous body of eye

483
Q

viv/i

A

life

484
Q

vol/o

A

palm

485
Q

vulv/o

A

vulva

486
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

487
Q

xen/o

A

strange/foreign

488
Q

xer/o

A

dry

489
Q

xiph/i/o

A

xiphoid process

490
Q

NAME?

A

process /condition / noun ending /a name

491
Q

-yt-

A

a substance

492
Q

zo/o

A

animal

493
Q

zyg/o

A

joined

494
Q

zygomatic/o

A

zygomatic arch

495
Q

zygot/o

A

xzygote/fertalised egg

496
Q

NAME?

A

enzyme/fermantation

497
Q

zym/o

A

enzyme/fermantation

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