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1
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a(n)

A

absence of

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acou, acu

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hear

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aden(o)

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gland

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aer(o)

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air

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alg

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pain

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andr(o)

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man

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angi(o)

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vessel

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ankly(o)

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crooked, curved

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ante

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before

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anter(i)

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front, forward

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anti

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against

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arteri(o)

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artery

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arthr(o)

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joint

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articul

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joint

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ather(o)

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fatty

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audi(o)

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hearing

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aur(i)

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ear

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aut(o)

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self

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bi, bis

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double, twice, two

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malac

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soft

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mamm(o)

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breast

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mast(o)

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breast

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megal(o)

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large

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melan(o)

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black

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mening(o)

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membranes

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my(o)

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muscle

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myc(o)

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fungus

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myel(o)

A

marrow

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nas(o)

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nose

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necr(o)

A

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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nutri

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nourish

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ocul(o)

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eye

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odyn(o)

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pain

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oma

A

tumor

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onc(o)

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tumor

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oophor(o)

A

ovaries

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brachy

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short

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brady

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slow

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bucc(o)

A

cheek

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carcin(o)

A

cancer

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cardi(o)

A

heart

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cephal(o)

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head

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cerebr(o)

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brain

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cervic

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neck

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chol(e)

A

bile, referring to gallbladder

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chondr(o)

A

cartiladge

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circum

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around, about

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contra

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against, counter

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corpor

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body

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cost(o)

A

rib

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crani(o)

A

skull

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cry(o)

A

cold

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cut

A

skin

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cyan(o)

A

blue

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cyst(o)

A

bladder

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cyt(o)

A

cell

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dactyl(o)

A

finger, toe

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dent

A

tooth

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derm(ato)

A

skin

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dipl(o)

A

double

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dors

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back

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dys

A

bad, faulty, adnormal

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ectomy

A

excision (removal by cutting)

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emia

A

blood

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encephal(o)

A

brain

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end(o)

A

inside

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enter(o)

A

intestine

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epi

A

outer, superficial, upon, on top

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erythr(o)

A

red

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eu

A

normal

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extra

A

outside

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gastr(o)

A

stomach

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gen

A

become, originate

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gloss(o)

A

tongue

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glyc(o)

A

sweet, referring to glucose

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opththalm(o)

A

eye

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opia

A

vision

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opsy

A

examination

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orchi(o)

A

testes

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osis

A

condition

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osse(o)

A

bone

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oste(o)

A

bone

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ot(o)

A

ear

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path(o)

A

disease

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ped(o)

A

child

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penia

A

deficient, deficiency

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peps, pept

A

digest

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peri

A

around

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phag(o)

A

eat, destroy

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pharmaco

A

drug

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pharyng(o)

A

throat

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phleb(o)

A

vein

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phob(ia)

A

fear

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plasty

A

repair

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pleg(ia)

A

paraylsis

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pnea

A

breathing

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pneum(ato)

A

breath, air

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pneumon(o)

A

lung

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pod(o)

A

foot

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poie

A

make, produce

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ploy

A

much, many

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post

A

after

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poster(i)

A

back, behind

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presby

A

elder

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proct(o)

A

anus

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pseud(o)

A

false

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psych(o)

A

mind

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pulmon(o)

A

lung

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pyel(o)

A

pelvis, kidney

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pyr(o)

A

fire, fever

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rachi(o)

A

spine

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ren(o)

A

kidneys

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rhag

A

break, burst

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rhe

A

flow

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gram, graph

A

write, record

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gyn

A

woman

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hem(ato)

A

blood

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hemi

A

half

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hepat(o)

A

liver

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hist(o)

A

tissue

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hydr(o)

A

water

124
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hyper

A

excessive, high

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hypo

A

deficient, low

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hyster(o)

A

uterus

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iatr(o)

A

doctor

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infra

A

beneath

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itis

A

inflammation

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inter

A

among, between

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intra

A

inside

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lact(o)

A

milk

133
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lapar(o)

A

flank, abdomen

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latero

A

side

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leuk(o)

A

white

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lingu(o)

A

tongue

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lip(o)

A

fat

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lys(is)

A

dissolve

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mal

A

bad, abdominal

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rhin(o)

A

nose

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scler(o)

A

hard

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scope

A

instrument

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scopy

A

examination

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somat(o)

A

body

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spondyl(o)

A

vertebra

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steat(o)

A

fat

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sten(o)

A

narrow, compressed

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steth(o)

A

chest

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stom

A

mouth, opening

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supra

A

above

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tachy

A

fast, quick

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therap

A

treatment

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therm(o)

A

heat

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thromb(o)

A

chest, clot, lump

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tomy

A

incision (operation by cutting)

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tox(i)

A

poison

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uria

A

urine

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vas(o)

A

vessel

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ven(o)

A

vein

160
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vesic(o)

A

bladder

161
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xer(o)

A

dry

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