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1
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cyt/o

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cell

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hist/o

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tissue

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kary/o

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nucleus

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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anter/o

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anterior, front

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caud/o

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tail

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cephal/o

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head

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dist/o

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far, farthest

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dors/o

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back of body

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infer/o

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lower, below

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later/o

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side, to one side

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medi/o

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middle

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poster/o

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back (of body), behind, posterior

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proxim/o

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near, nearest

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ventr/o

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belly, belly side

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albin/o

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white

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leuk/o

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white

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chrom/o

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color

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cirrh/o

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yellow

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jaund/o

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yellow

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xanth/o

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yellow

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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melan/o

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black

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poli/o

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gray

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radi/o

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radiation, x-ray; radius

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tom/o

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to cut

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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adip/o

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fat

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lip/o

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fat

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steat/o

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fat

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cutane/o

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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derm/o

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skin

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hidr/o

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sweat

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sudor/o

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sweat

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly

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kerat/o

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horny tissue; hard

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melan/o

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black

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myc/o

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fungus

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onych/o

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nail

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ungu/o

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nail

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pil/o

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hair

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trich/o

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hair

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scler/o

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hardening

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seb/o

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sebum

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squam/o

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scale

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

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xer/o

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dry

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or/o

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mouth

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stomat/o

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mouth

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gloss/o

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tongue

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lingu/o

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tongue

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bucc/o

A

cheek

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cheil/o

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lip

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labi/o

A

lip

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dent/o

A

teeth

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odont/o

A

teeth

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gingiv/o

A

gums

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sial/o

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saliva

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esophag/o

A

esophagus

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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gastr/o

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stomach

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pylor/o

A

pylorus

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duoden/o

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duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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enter/o

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intestine (usually small intestine)

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jejun/o

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jejunum (second part of small intestine)

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ile/o

A

ileum (third part of small intestine)

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append/o

A

appendix

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appendic/o

A

appendix

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col/o

A

colon

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colon/o

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colon

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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rect/o

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rectum

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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an/o

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anus

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hepat/o

A

liver

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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cholangi/o

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bile, vessel

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chol/e

A

bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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bile duct

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nas/o

A

nose

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rhin/o

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nose

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sept/o

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septum

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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adenoid/o

A

adenoids

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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laryng/o

A

larynx (voice box)

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trache/o

A

trachea

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bronchi/o

A

bronchus

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bronch/o

A

bronchus

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bronchiol/o

A

bronchiole

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alveol/o

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alveolus; air sac

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pleur/o

A

pleura

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pneum/o

A

air; lung

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pneumon/o

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air; lung

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pulmon/o

A

lung

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anthrac/o

A

coal, coal dust

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atel/o

A

incomplete, imperfect

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coni/o

A

dust

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cyan/o

A

blue

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lob/o

A

lobe

106
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orth/o

A

straight

107
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ox/o

A

oxygen

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pector/o

A

chest

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steth/o

A

chest

110
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thorac/o

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chest

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phren/o

A

diaphragm; mind

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spir/o

A

breathe

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aneurysm/o

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aneurysm (widened blood vessel)

114
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angi/o

A

blood vessel

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vascul/o

A

vessel

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aort/o

A

aorta

117
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arteri/o

A

artery

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arteriol/o

A

arteriole

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artri/o

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atrium

120
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ather/o

A

fatty plaque

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cardi/o

A

heart

122
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coron/o

A

heart

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electr/o

A

electricity

124
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embol/o

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embolus (plug)

125
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hemangi/o

A

blood vessel

126
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my/o

A

muscle

127
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phleb/o

A

vein

128
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ven/o

A

vein

129
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scler/o

A

hardening

130
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sept/o

A

septum

131
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sphygm/o

A

pulse

132
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sten/o

A

narrowing, stricture

133
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thromb/o

A

blood clot

134
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valv/o

A

valve

135
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valvul/o

A

valve

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ventricul/o

A

ventricle (of heart or brain)

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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