MedTerms3 Flashcards
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-form, form/o
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resembling, in the shape of
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fornic/o
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arch, vault, brothel
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foss/o
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ditch, shallow depression
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fove/o
A
pit
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fract/o
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break, broken
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fren/o
A
device that limits movement
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frigid/o
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cold
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front/o
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forehead, brow
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-fuge
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to drive away
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funct/o, function/o
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perform, function
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fund/o
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bottom, base, ground
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fung/i
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fungus
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furc/o
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forking, branching
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furuncul/o
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furunculus, a boil, an infection
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-fusion
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pour
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galact/o
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milk
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gamet/o
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wife or husband, egg or sperm
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gangli/o, ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gangren/o
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eating sore, gangrene
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gastr/o
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stomach, belly
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gastrocnemi/o
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gastrocnemius, calf muscle
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gemin/o
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twin, double
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gen-, gen/o, -gen
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producing, forming
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-gene
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production, origin, formation
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-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction
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genit/o
produced by, birth, reproductive organs
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-genous
producing
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ger/i
old age
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germin/o
bud, sprout, germ
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geront/o
old age
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gest/o, gestat/o
bear, carry young or offspring
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gigant/o
giant, very large
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gingiv/o
gingival tissue, gums
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glauc/o
gray
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glen/o
socket or pit
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gli/o
neurologic tissue, supportive tissue of nervous system
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globin/o, -globulin
protein
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globul/o
little ball
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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gloss/o
tongue
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glott/i, glott/o
back of the tongue
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gluc/o
glucose, sugar
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glute/o
buttocks
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glyc/o, glycos/o
glucose, sugar
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glycer/o
sweet
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glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
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gnath/o
jaw
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-gnosia
knowledge, to know
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-gog, -gogue
make flow
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goitr/o
goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland
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gon/e, gon/o
seed
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gonad/o
gonad, sex glands
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goni/o
angle
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gracil/o
slender
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grad/i
move, go, step, walk
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-grade
go
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-gram
a picture or record
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granul/o
granule(s)
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-graph
a picture or record, machine for recording
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-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
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gravid/o
pregnancy
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-gravida
pregnant
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gynec/o
woman, female
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gyr/o
turning, folding
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hal/o, halit/o
breath
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halluc/o
great or large toe
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hallucin/o
hallucination, to wander in the mind
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hem/e
deep red iron-containing pigment
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood, relating to the blood
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hemi-
half
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hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
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hepat/o
liver
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hered/o, heredit/o
inherited, inheritance
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herni/o
hernia
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herpet/o
creeping
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heter/o
other, different
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-hexia
habit
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hiat/o
opening
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hidr/o
sweat
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hil/o
hilum, notch or opening from a body part
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hirsut/o
hairy, rough
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hist/o, histi/o
tissue
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holo-
all
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hom/o
same, like, alike
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home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
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hormon/o
hormone
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humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
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hydr/o, hydra-
relating to water
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hygien/o
healthful
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hymen/o
hymen, a membrane
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hyper-
excessive, increased
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hyp-
deficient, decreased
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hypn/o
sleep
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hypo-
deficient, decreased
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hyster/o
uterus
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-ia
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium
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-ial
pertaining to
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-ian
specialist
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-iasis
abnormal condition, disease
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iatr/o
physician, treatment
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-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
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-iatrist
specialist
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-iatry
field of medicine
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-ible
capable of, able to
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-ic
pertaining to
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ichthy/o
dry, scaly
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-ician
specialist
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icter/o
jaundice
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idi/o
peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct
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-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
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-ific
making, producing
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-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
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-igo
attack, diseased condition
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-ile
capable of
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ile/o
ileum, small intestine
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ili/o
ilium, hip bone
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illusi/o
deception
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im-
not
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immune/o
immune, protection, safe
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impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
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impress/o
pressing into
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impuls/o
pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on
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in-
in, into, not, without
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incis/o
cutting into
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incubat/o
incubation, hatching
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indurat/o
hardened
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-ine
pertaining to
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infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
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infect/o
infected, tainted
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infer/o
below, beneath
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infest/o
attack, assail, molest
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inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
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infra-
below, beneath, inferior to
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infundibul/o
funnel
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ingest/o
carry or pour in
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inguin/o
groin
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inhal/o, inhalat/o
breathe in
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inject/o
to force or throw in
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innominat/o
unnamed, nameless
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inocul/o
implant, introduce
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insipid/o
tasteless
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inspir/o, inspirat/o
breathe in
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insul/o
island
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insulin/o
insulin
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intact/o
untouched, whole
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inter-
between, among
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intermitt/o
not continuous
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intern/o
within, inner
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interstiti/o
the space between things
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intestin/o
intestine
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intim/o
innermost
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intoxic/o
put poison in
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intra-
within, inside
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intrins/o
contained within
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intro-
within, into, inside
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introit/o
entrance or passage
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intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
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involut/o
rolled up, curled inward
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iod/o
iodine
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-ion
action, process, state or condition
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ion/o
ion, to wander
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-ior
pertaining to
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ipsi-
same
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ir-
in
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-is
noun ending
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ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris, colored part of eye
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is/o
same, equal
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isch/o
to hold back
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ischi/o
ischium
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-ism
condition, state of
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iso-
equal
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-ist
a person who practices, specialist
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-isy
noun ending
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-itis
inflammation
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-ium
structure, tissue
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-ive
performs, tends toward
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-ize
to make, to treat
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jejun/o
jejunum
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jugul/o
throat
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juxta-
beside, near, nearby
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kal/i
potassium
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kary/o
nucleus, nut
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kata-, kath-
down
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kel/o
growth, tumor
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kera-
horn, hardness
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kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
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ket/o, keton/o
ketones, acetones
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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia
movement
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-kinesis
motion
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klept/o
to steal
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koil/o
hollow or concave
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kraur/o
dry
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kyph/o
bent, hump
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labi/o
lip
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labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
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lacer/o, lacerat/o
torn, mangled
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lacrim/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
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lact/i, lact/o
milk
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lactat/o
secrete milk
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lamin/o
lamina
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laps/o
slip, fall, slide
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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laryng/o
larynx, throat
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lat/i, lat/o
broad
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later/o
side
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lav/o, lavat/o
wash, bathe
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lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
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leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
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lemm/o
husk, peel, bark
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-lemma
sheath, covering
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lent/i
the lens of the eye
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lenticul/o
shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens
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-lepsy
seizure
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lept/o
thin, slender
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-leptic
to seize, take hold of
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lepto-
small, soft
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letharg/o
drowsiness, oblivion
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leuk/o
white
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lev/o, levat/o
raise, lift up
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lex/o, -lexia
word, phrase
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libid/o, libidin/o
sexual drive, desire, passion
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ligament/o
ligament
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ligat/o
binding or tying off
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lingu/o
tongue
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lipid/o, lip/o
fat, lipid
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-listhesis
slipping
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lith/o, -lith
stone, calculus
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lithiasis
presence of stones
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lob/i, lob/o
lobe, well-defined part of an organ
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loc/o
place
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loch/i
childbirth, confinement
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-logy
study of
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longev/o
long-lived, long life
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lord/o
curve, swayback bent
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lumb/o
lower back, loin
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lumin/o
light
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lun/o, lunat/o
moon
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lunul/o
crescent
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lup/i, lup/o
wolf
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lute/o
yellow
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lux/o
to slide
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lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic tissue
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lymphaden/o
lymph gland
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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
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-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
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-lyst
agent that causes lysis or loosening
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-lytic
to reduce, destroy
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macro-
large, abnormal size or length, long
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macul/o
spot
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magn/o
great, large
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major/o
larger
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mal-
bad, poor, evil
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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malign/o
bad, evil
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malle/o
malleus, hammer
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malleol/o
malleolus, little hammer
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mamm/o
breast
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man/i
madness, rage
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man/i, man/o
hand
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mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw
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-mania
obsessive preoccupation
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manipul/o
use of hands
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manubri/o
handle
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masset/o
chew
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mast/o
breast
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mastic/o, masticat/o
chew
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mastoid/o
mastoid process
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matern/o
maternal, of a mother
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matur/o
ripe
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
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maxim/o
largest, greatest
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meat/o
opening or passageway
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medi/o
middle
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mediastin/o
mediastinum, middle
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medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
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medicat/o
medication, healing
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medull/o
medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
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mega-, megal/o
large, great
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-megaly
enlargement
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mei/o
less, meiosis
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melan/o
black, dark
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mellit/o
honey, honeyed
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membran/o
membrane, thin skin
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men/o
menstruation, menses
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mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
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menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
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mens/o
menstruate, menstruation, menses
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menstru/o, menstruat/o
occurring monthly
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ment/o
mind, chin
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mes-
middle
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mesenter/o
mesentery
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mesi/o
middle, median plane
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meso-
middle
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meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next
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metabol/o
change
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metacarp/o
metacarpals, bones of the hand
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metatars/o
bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes
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-meter
measure, instrument used to measure
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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o
uterus
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-metrist
one who measures
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-metry
to measure
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micr/o, micro-
small
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mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
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mid-
middle
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midsagitt/o
from front to back, at the middle
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milli-
one-thousandth
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-mimetic
mimic, copy
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mineral/o
mineral
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minim/o
smallest, least
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minor/o
smaller
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mio-
smaller, less
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-mission
to send
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mit/o
a thread
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mitr/o
a miter, having two points on top
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mobil/o
capable of moving
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monil/i
string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus
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mono-
one, single
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morbid/o
disease, sickness
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moribund/o
dying
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morph/o
shape, form
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mort/i, mort/o, mort/u
death, dead
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mortal/i
pertaining to death, subject to death
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mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
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mu/o
close, shut
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muc/o, mucos/o
mucus
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multi-
many, much
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muscul/o
muscle
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mut/a
genetic change
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mut/o
unable to speak, inarticulate
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mutagen/o
causing genetic change
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my/o
muscle
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myc/e, myc/o
fungus
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mydri/o
wide
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mydrias/i
dilation of the pupil
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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myocardi/o
myocardium, heart muscle
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myom/o
muscle tumor
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myos/o
muscle
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miring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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myx/o, myxa-
mucus
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nar/i
nostril
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narc/o
numbness, stupor
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nas/i, nas/o
nose
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nat/i
birth
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natr/o
sodium
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nause/o
nausea, seasickness
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necr/o
death
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-necrosis
tissue death
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neo-, ne/o
new, strange
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nephr/o
kidney
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nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
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neutr/o
neither, neutral
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nev/o
birthmark, mole
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nid/o
next
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niter-, nitro-
nitrogen
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noct/i
night
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nod/o
knot, swelling
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nodul/o
little knot
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nom/o
law, control
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non-
no
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nor-
chemical compound
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norm/o
normal or usual
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nuch/o
the nape
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nucle/o
nucleus
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nucleol/o
little nucleus, nucleolus
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nulli-
none
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numer/o
number, count
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nunci/o
messenger
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nutri/o, nutrit/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
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nyct/o, nyctal/o
night
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ob-
against
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obes/o
obese, extremely fat
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obliqu/o
slanted, sideways
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oblongat/o
oblong, elongated
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obstetr/i, obstetr/o
midwife, one who stands to receive
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occipit/o
back of the skull, occiput
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occlud/o, occlus/o
shut, close up
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occult/o
hidden, concealed
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ocul/o
eye
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odont/o
tooth
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-oid
like, resembling
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-ole
little, small
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olecran/o
elbow, olecranon
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olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
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olig/o
scanty, few
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-ologist
specialist
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-ology
the science or study of
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-oma
tumor, neoplasm
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om/o
shoulder
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oment/o
omentum, fat
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omphal/o
umbilical cord, the navel
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onc/o
tumor
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-one
hormone
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onych/o
fingernail or toenail
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o/o, oo/o
egg
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oophor/o
ovary
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opac/o, opacit/o
shaded, dark, impenetrable to light
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-opaque
obscure
400
oper/o, operat/o
perform, operate, work
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opercul/o
cover or lid
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ophthalm/o
eye, vision
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-opia
vision condition
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opisth/o
backward
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-opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision, view of
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opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
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or/o
mouth, oral cavity
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orbit/o
orbit, bony cavity or socket
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orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
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-orexia
appetite
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organ/o
organ
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orgasm/o
swell, be excited
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orth/o
straight, normal, correct
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-ory
pertaining to
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os-
mouth, bone
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-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
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-osis
abnormal condition, disease
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osm/o
pushing, thrusting
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-osmia
smell, odor
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oss/e, oss/i
bone
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ossicul/o
ossicle (small bone)
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oste/o, ost/o
bone
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-ostomy
surgically creating an opening
424
-ostosis
condition of bone
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ot/o
ear, hearing
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-otia
ear condition
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-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
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ov/i, ov/o
egg, ovum
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ovari/o
ovary
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ovul/o
egg
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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
oxygen
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-oxia
oxygen condition
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oxid/o
containing oxygen
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oxy/o
the presence of oxygen in a compound
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pachy-
heavy, thick
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palat/o
palate, roof of mouth
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pall/o, pallid/o
pale, lacking or drained of color
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palliat/o
cloaked, hidden
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palm/o
palm of the hand
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palpat/o
touch, feel, stroke
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palpebr/o
eyelid
442
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
443
pan-
all, entire, every
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pancreat/o
pancreas
445
papill/i, papill/o
nipple-like
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papul/o
pimple
447
par-, para-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal
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par/o
to bear, bring forth, labor
449
-para
to give birth
450
paralys/o, paralyt/o
disable
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parasit/o
parasite
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parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
453
pares/i
to disable
454
-paresi
partial or incomplete paralysis
455
paret/o
to disable
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-pareunia
sexual intercourse
457
pariet/o
wall
458
parotid/o
parotid gland
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-parous
having borne one or more children
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paroxysm/o
sudden attack
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-partum, parturit/o
childbirth, labor
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patell/a, patell/o
patella, kneecap
463
path/o, -pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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paus/o
cessation, stopping
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-pause
stopping
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pector/o
chest
467
ped/o
child, foot
468
pedi/a
child
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pedicul/o
louse (singular), lice (plural)
470
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
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pen/i
penis
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pend/o
to hang
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-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
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peps/i, -pepsia, pept/o
digest, digestion
475
per-
excessive, through
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percept/o
become aware, perceive
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percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
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peri-
surrounding, around
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perine/o
perineum
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peristals/o, peristalt/o
constrict around
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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perme/o
to pass or go through
483
pernici/o
destructive, harmful
484
perone/o
fibula
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perspir/o
perspiration
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pertuss/i
intensive cough
487
petechi/o
skin spot
488
-pexy
surgical fixation
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phac/o
lens of eye
490
phag/o
eat, swallow
491
-phage
a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
492
-phagia
eating, swallowing
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phak/o
lens of eye
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phalang/o
phalanges, finger and toe
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phall/i, phill/o
penis
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pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drug
497
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
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phas/o
speech
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-phasia
speak or speech
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phe/o
dusky
