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Medical terminology Quiz 1 Flashcards

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a-, an-

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no, not, without,

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward or near

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abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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-ac, -al

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pertaining to

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-an, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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aden/o

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Gland

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adip/o

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fat

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-algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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ana-

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up, apart, backward, again, anew

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angi/o

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vessel

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ante-

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before

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anter/o

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front

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anti-

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against

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aort/o

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aorta(larget artery)

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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-ase

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enzyme

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audi/o, audit/o

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hearing

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aut/o, aut-, -auto

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self, own

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axill/o

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armpit

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Bacter/I/o

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bacteria

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bi-

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two

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bil/i

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bile or gall

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brachi/o

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arm

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Brady-

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slow

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bronch/o bronchi/o

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bronchial tube

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bucc/o

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cheek

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calc/o

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calcium

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carcin/o

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cancerous, cancer

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cardio

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heart

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-cele, coele

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swelling, hernia

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cell/u

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cell level

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (brain)

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cervic/o

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neck

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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-cidal

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pertaining to killing

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col/o colon/o

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colon or large intestine

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comi/o

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to care for

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contra-

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against

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coron/o

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heart

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cost/o

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rib

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cran/i

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skull

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyst/o

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bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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cyt/o -cyte

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cell

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de-

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lack of or less

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derm/o, derma, dermat/o

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skin

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diaphor/o

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sweat

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dist/o

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far or distant

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dors/o, dorsi

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back of body

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectomy

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removal, excision, resection

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-emia

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blood condition

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-emic

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pertaining to blood condition

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end- end/o

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in, within

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enter/o

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intestines (usually the small one)

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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erythr/o

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red

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erythem/o

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flushed, redness

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-esis

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action, condition, state of

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ex-

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out, away from

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gastr/o

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stomach

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-genesis

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production, forming

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-ger/i, geront/o

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old age

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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glucose, sugar

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-gram

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record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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hem/o, heat/o

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blood

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hemi-

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half

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hepat/o

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liver

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herni/o

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hernia

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hydr/o

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water

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hyper-

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above, excessive, greater than normal

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hypo-

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deficient, below, less than normal

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hyster/o

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uterus, womb

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-ia

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condition

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-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior

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pertaining to

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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ile/o

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ileum

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inguin/o

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groin

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inter-

A

between

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intra-

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within

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-ism

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process, condition

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflamation

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jaund/o

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yellow

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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kal/i

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potassium

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ket/o

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ketones, acetones

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kyph/o

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hunch back

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lapar/o

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abdominal walll

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later/o

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side

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leuk/o

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white

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lip/o

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lipid, fat

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lob/o

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lobe

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-logy

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study (process of)

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, destruction

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mal-

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bad

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mama/o mast/o

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breast

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medi/o

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middle-

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-megaly

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enlargement

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melan/o

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black

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-ment/o

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mind

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my/o

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muscle

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narc/o

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numbness, sleep

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nas/o

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nose

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natr/o

A

sodium

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necr/o

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death

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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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norm/o

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rule, order

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nos/o

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infection

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ocul/o, opthalm/o

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eye

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opt/o optic/o

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eye, vision

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-oid

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resembling, derived from

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olig/o

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scant, slight

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-oma

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tumor, mass, fluid collection

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onc/o

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tumor

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oophor/o

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ovary

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-oxia, -oxic

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oxygen

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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para-

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near, beside, apart from, alongside of

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-paresis

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weakness

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path/o

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disease

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-pathy

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disease, emotion

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pector/o

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chest

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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phas/o, phasia

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speech

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phleb/o

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vein

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-plasia

A

development

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia, -plegic

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paralysis, palsy

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-pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o pneumon/o

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lung, air, gas

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post-, poster/o

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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proxi/o

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near

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pseudo

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false, fake

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pulmon/o

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lung

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purul/o

A

pus

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quadri-

A

4

153
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rhino

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nose

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-rrhage

A

bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhea

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flow discharge

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sanguin/o

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fluid- blood

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-scope

A

instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

A

process of visually examining with a scope

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-sect

A

to cut

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seps/o

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infection

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ser/o

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fluid-serum, clear

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-sis

A

state of

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-spasm

A

sudden contraction of muscle

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-stasis

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to stop, control, place

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-static

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pertaining to stopping, control

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-stenosis

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tightening, narrowing

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stern/o

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sternum

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-stomy

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new opening (to form a mouth)

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sub-

A

under, below

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supra-

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above, upper

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syncop/o

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faint

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tachy-

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fast

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-tension, -tensive

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pressure

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therm/o

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heat

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thorac/o

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chest

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-thorax

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chest, pleural activity

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thromb/o

A

clot

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thyriod/o

A

thyroid gland

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-tic

A

pertaining to

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-tomy

A

process of cutting

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-toxic

A

poison

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trache/o

A

trachea

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trans-

A

across, through

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tri-

A

3

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-trophy

A

development, condition of

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umbilic/o

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umbilicus, navel

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uni-

A

1

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ur/o

A

urine

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ureter/o

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ureter

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urethr/o

A

urethra

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-uria

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urination, condition of urine

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urin/o

A

urine

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-us

A

structure, thing

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uter/o

A

uterus, womb

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vascul/o

A

vessel (blood)

197
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ven/o ven/i

A

vein

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ventr/o

A

abdominal side of the body

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vertebr/o

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vertebra (backbone)

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xer/o

A

dry

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-y

A

condition, process

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