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1
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Angi/o

A

pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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Aort/o

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aorta

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Arter/o

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artery

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Ather/o

A

plaque, fatty substance

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Card/o

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heart

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Hem/o, Hemat/o

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blood- pertaining to blood.

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Pheb/o

A

vien

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Thromb/o

A

clot

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Ven/o

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vein

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Ech/o

A

sound

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Radi/o

A

radiation/ x-rays

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Cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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Col/o, colon/o

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colon/ large intestine

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Duoden/i, Duoden/o

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dueodenum

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Enter/o

A

small intestines

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Esophag/o

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esophagus

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Gastr/o

A

stomach

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Hepat/o

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liver

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Sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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Adredn/o, Adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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Gonad/o

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sex gland

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Pancreat/o

A

pancreas

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Thyr/o, Thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

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Adip/o

A

fat

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Cephal/o

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head

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Cervic/o-

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neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)

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Coron/o

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coronary, crown

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Cyan/o-

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blue

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Cyt/o

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cell

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Erythr/o

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red

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Hist/o

A

tissue

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Lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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Leuk/o-

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white

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Lip/o

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fat, lipid

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Melan/o

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black, dark

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Myc/o

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fungus

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Path/o

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Py/o

A

pus

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Pyr/o-

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fever, fire

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Sarc/o-

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flesh (connective tissue)

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Carcin/o

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cancerous

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Onc/o

A

tumor

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Cutane/o- skin

A

skin

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Derm/o, Dermat/o-

A

skin

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Hidr/o

A

sweat

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Seb/o

A

Sebum

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Ungu/o

A

Muscle

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Xer/o

A

Dry

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Fasci/o

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Fascia, fibrous band

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My/o

A

Muscle

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Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

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Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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Encephal/o

A

Brain

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Mening/o

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Meninges, membranes

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Neur/i/o

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Nerve, nervous tissue

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Hyster/o

A

Uterus

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Men/o

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Menstruation

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Oo/o, Ov/i/o

A

Egg

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Oophor/o, Ovari/o

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Ovary

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Salping/o

A

Fallopian tube

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Uter/o

A

Uterus

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Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

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Bronchial tube, bronchus

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Laryng/o

A

Larynx, voice box

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Pharyng/o

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Throat

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Pleur/o

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Pleura, side of the body

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Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

A

Lung, air

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Pulm/o

A

Lung

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Trache/o

A

Trachea , windpipe

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Ankly/o

A

Crooked, bent, stiff

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Arthr/o

A

Joint

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Chrondr/o

A

Cartilage

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Cost/o

A

Rib

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Crani/o

A

Skull

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Myel/o

A

Spinal cord, bone marrow

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Spondyl/

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Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

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Retin/o

A

Retina

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Scler/o

A

Sclera, white of the eye, hard

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Tympan/o

A

Tympanic membrane, eardrum

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Cyst/o

A

Urinary bladder, csyt, sack of fluid

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Lith/o

A

Stone, calculus

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Nephr/o

A

Kidney

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Pyel/o

A

Renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

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Ren/o

A

Kidney

85
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Ureter/o

A

Ureter

86
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Urethr/o

A

Urethra

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