MedTerms4 Flashcards
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pher/o
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to bear or carry
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-pheresis
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removal
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phil/o, -phil, -philia
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attraction to, like, love
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phleb/o
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vein
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phlegm/o
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thick mucus
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phob/o, -phobia
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abnormal fear
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phon/o, -phonia
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sound, voice
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phor/o
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carry, bear, movement
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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-phoria
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to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
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phot/o
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light
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phren/o
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diaphragm, mind
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-phthisis
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wasting away
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-phylactic
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protective, preventive
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-phylaxis
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protection
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physi/o, physic/o
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nature, physical
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-physis
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to grow
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phyt/o, -phyte
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plant
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pigment/o
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pigment, color
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pil/i, pil/o
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hair
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pineal/o
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pineal gland
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pinn/i
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external ear, auricle
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pituit/o, pituitar/o
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pituitary gland
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plac/o
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flat plate or patch
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placent/o
placenta, round flat cake
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plak/o, -plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
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plan/o
flat
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plant/i, plant/o
sole of foot
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plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
development, growth, formation
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-plasm
formative material of cells
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plasm/o
something molded or formed
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-plastic
pertaining to formation
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-plasty
surgical repair
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ple/o
more, many
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-plegia
paralysis, stroke
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-plegic
one affected with paralysis
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pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
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plex/o
plexus, network
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plic/o
fold or ridge
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pne/o-
breath, breathing
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-pnea
breathing
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-pneic
pertaining to breathing
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
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pod/o
foot
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-poiesis
formation, to make
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poikil/o
varied, irregular
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pol/o
extreme
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poli/o
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
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pollic/o
thumb
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poly-
many
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polyp/o
polyp, small growth
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pont/o
pons (a part of the brain), bridge
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poplit/o
back of the knee
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por/o
pore, small opening
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-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
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port/i
gate, door
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post-
after, behind
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poster/o
behind, toward the back
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potent/o
powerful
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pract/i, practic/o
practice, pursue an occupation
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prandi/o, -prandial
meal
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-praxia
action, condition concerning the performance of movements
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-praxis
act, activity, practice use
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pre-
before, in front of
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precoc/i
early, premature
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pregn/o
pregnant, full of
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prematur/o
too early, untimely
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preputi/o
foreskin, prepuce
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presby/o
old age
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press/o
press, draw
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priap/o
penis
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primi-
first
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pro-
before, in behalf of
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process/o
going forth
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procident/o
fall down or forward
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procreat/o
reproduce
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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prodrom/o
running ahead, precursor
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product/o
lead forward, yield, produce
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prolaps/o
fall downward, slide forward
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prolifer/o
reproduce, bear offspring
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pron/o, pronat/o
bent forward
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pros-
before
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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prosth/o, prosthet/o
addition, appendage
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prot/o, prote/o
first
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protein/o
protein
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proxim/o
near
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prurit/o
itching
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pseud/o
false
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psor/i, psor/o
itch, itching
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psych/o
mind
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ptomat/o
a fall
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-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
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-ptyal/o
saliva
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-ptysis
spitting
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pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone
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pubert/o
ripe age, adult
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pudend/o
pudendum
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puerper/i
childbearing, labor
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
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pulpos/o
fleshy, pulpy
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puls/o
beat, beating, striking
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punct/o
sting, prick, puncture
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pupill/o
pupil
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pur/o
pus
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purpur/o
purple
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purul/o
pus-filled
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pustul/o
infected pimple
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py/o
pus
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pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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pylor/o
pylorus, pyloric sphincter
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pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
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pyramid/o
pyramid-shaped
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quadr/i, quadr/o
four
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rabi/o
madness, rage
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rachi/o
spinal column, vertebrae
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radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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radiat/o
giving off rays or radiant energy
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radicul/o
nerve root
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raph/o
seam, suture
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re-
back, again
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recept/o
receive, receiver
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recipi/o
receive, take to oneself
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rect/o
rectum, straight
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recticul/o
network
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recuperat/o
recover, regain health
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reduct/o
bring back together
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refract/o
bend back, turn aside
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regurgit/o
flood or gush back
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remiss/o
give up, let go, relax
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ren/o
kidney
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restor/o
rebuild, put back, restore
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resuscit/o
revive
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retent/o
hold back
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reticul/o
network
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retin/o
retina, net
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retract/o
draw back or in
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retro-
behind, backward, back of
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rhabd/o
rod, rod-shaped
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rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
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rheum/o, rheumat/o
watery flow, subject to flow
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rhin/o
nose
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rhiz/o
root
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rhonc/o
snore, snoring
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rhythm/o
rhythm
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rhytid/o
wrinkle
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rigid/o
stiff
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ris/o
laugh
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roentgen/o
x-ray
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rotat/o
rotate, revolve
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
rupture
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rube-
red
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rug/o
wrinkle, fold
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sacc/i, sacc/o
sac
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sacchar/o
sugar
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sacr/o
sacrum
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saliv/o
saliva
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salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tube
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san/o
sound, healthy, sane
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sangu/i, sanguin/o
blood
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sanit/o
soundness, health
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saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
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sapr/o
decaying, rotten
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sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
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scalp/o
carve, scrape
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scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
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schiz/o
division, split
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scintill/o
spark
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scirrh/o
hard
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scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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scoli/o
curved, bent
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
visual examination
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scot/o
darkness
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scrib/o, script/o
write
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scrot/o
bag or pouch
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seb/o
sebum
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secret/o
produce, separate out
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sect/o, secti/o
cut, cutting
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segment/o
pieces
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sell/o
saddle
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semi-
half
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semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
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sen/i
old
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senesc/o
grow old
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senil/o
old age
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sens/i
feeling, sensation
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sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
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seps/o
infection
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sept/o
infection, partition
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ser/o
serum
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seros/o
serous
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sial/o
saliva
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sialaden/o
salivary gland
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sider/o
iron
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sigm/o
Greek letter sigma
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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silic/o
glass
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sin/o, sin/u
hollow, sinus
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sinistr/o
left, left side
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sinus/o
sinus
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-sis
abnormal condition, disease
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sit/u
place
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skelet/o
skeleton
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soci/o
companion, fellow being
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-sol
solution
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solut/o, solv/o
loosened, dissolved
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soma-, somat/o
body
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somn/i, somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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sopor/o
sleep
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spad/o
draw off, draw
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-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, or cramping
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spec/i
look at, a kind or sort
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specul/o
mirror
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sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
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sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge
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spher/o
round, sphere, ball
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sphincter/o
tight band
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sphygm/o
pulse
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spin/o
spine, backbone
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spir/o
to breathe
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spirill/o
little coil
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spirochet/o
coiled microorganism
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
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spontane/o
unexplained, of one's own accord
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spor/o
seed, spore
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sput/o
sputum, spit
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squam/o
scale
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-stalsis
contraction, constriction
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staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
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staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
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-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
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steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
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sten/o
narrowing, contracted
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-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
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ster/o
solid structure
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stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
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steril/i
sterile
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stern/o
sternum, the breastbone
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stert/o
snore, snoring
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steth/o
chest
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-sthenia
strength
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stigmat/o
point, spot
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stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
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stol/o
send or place
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stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
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-stomosis, -stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
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strab/i
squint, squint-eyed
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strat/i
layer
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strept/o
twisted chain
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striat/o
stripe, furrow, groove
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stric-
narrowing
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strict/o
draw tightly together, bind or tie
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strid/o
harsh sound
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stup/e
benumbed, stunned
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styl/o
pen, pointed instrument
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sub-
under, less, below
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subluxat/o
partial dislocation
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sucr/o
sugar
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sudor/i
sweat
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suffoc/o, suffocat/o
choke, strangle
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sulc/o
furrow, groove
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super-, super/o
above, excessive, higher than
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superflu/o
overflowing, excessive
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supin/o
lying on the back
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supinat/o
bend backward, place on the back
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suppress/o
press down
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suppur/o, suppurate/o
to form pus
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supra-
above, upper, excessive
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supraren/o
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
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-surgery
operative procedure
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sutur/o
stitch, seam
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sym-
with, together, joined together
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symptomat/o
falling together, symptom
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syn-
together, with, union, association
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synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact
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syncop/o
to cut short, cut off
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-syndesis
surgical fixation of vertebrae
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syndesm/o
ligament
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syndrom/o
running together
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synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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syphil/i, syphil/o
syphilis
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syring/o
tube
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system/o, systemat/o
body system
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systol/o
contraction
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tachy-
fast, rapid
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tact/i
touch
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talip/o
foot and ankle deformity
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tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid
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tax/o
coordination, order
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techn/o, techni/o
skill
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tectori/o
covering, roof-like
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tele/o
distant, far
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tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
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ten/o, tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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tenac/i
holding fast, sticky
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tendin/o
tendon
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tens/o
stretch out, extend, strain
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terat/o
malformed fetus
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termin/o
end, limit
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test/i, test/o
testicle, testis
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tetan/o
rigid, tense
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tetra-
four
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thalam/o
thalamus, inner room
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thalass/o
sea
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thanas/o, thanat/o
death
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the/o
put, place
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thec/o
sheath
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thel/o
nipple
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therap/o, therapeut/o
treatment
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therm/o
heat
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thio-
sulfur
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thora/o, thorac/o
chest
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-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
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thromb/o
clot
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thym/o
thymus gland, soul
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-thymia
a state of mind
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-thymic
pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland
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thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
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tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
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-tic
pertaining to
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tine/o
gnawing worm, ringworm
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tinnit/o
ringing, buzzing, tinkling
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-tion
process, state or quality of
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toc/o, -tocia, -tocin
labor, birth
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tom/o
cut, section, slice
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-tome
instrument to cut
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-tomy
process of cutting
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ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
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tone/o
to stretch
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tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
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top/o
place, position, location
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tors/o
twist, rotate
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tort/i
twisted
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tox/o, toxic/o
poison, poisonous
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trabecul/o
little beam marked with cross bars or beams
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trache/i, trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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trachel-
neck
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tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
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tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
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trans-
across, through
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transfus/o
pour across, transfer
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transit/o
changing
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transvers/o
across, crosswise
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traumat/o
injury
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trem/o
shaking, trembling
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tremul/o
fine tremor or shaking
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treponem/o
coiled, turning microbe
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tri-
three
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trich/o
hair
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trigon/o
trigone
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-tripsy
to crush
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-trite
instrument for crushing
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trop/o, -tropia
turn, change
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troph/o, -trophy
development, nourishment
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-tropic
having an affinity for
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-tropin
to stimulate, act on
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tub/i, tub/o
tube, pipe
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tubercul/o
little knot, swelling
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tunic/o
covering, cloak, sheath
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turbinat/o
coiled, spiral shaped
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tuss/i
cough
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tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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-type
classification, picture
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-ula
small, little
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-ule
small one
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ulcer/o
sore, ulcer
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uln/o
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
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ultra-
beyond, excess
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-um
singular noun ending
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umbilic/o
navel
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un-
not
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ungu/o
nail
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uni-
one
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ur/o
urine, urinary tract
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-uresis
urination
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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urg/o
press, push
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-uria
urination, urine
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urin/o
urine or urinary organs
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urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
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-us
thing, singular noun ending
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uter/i, uter/o
uterus
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uve/o
iris, choroid, ciliary body, uveal tract
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uvul/o
uvula, little grape
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vaccin/i, vaccin/o
vaccine
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vacu/o
empty
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vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
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vagin/o
vagina
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valg/o
bent or twisted outward
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valv/o, valvul/o
valve
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var/o
bent or twisted inward
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varic/o
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
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vas/o
vas deferens, vessel
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vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
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vast/o
vast, great, extensive
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vect/o
carry, convey
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ven/o
vein
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vener/o
sexual intercourse
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venter-
abdomen
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ventilat/o
expose to air, fan
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ventr/o
in front, belly side of body
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ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
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venul/o
venule, small vein
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verg/o
twist, incline
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verm/i
worm
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verruc/o
wart
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-verse, -version
to turn
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vers/o, vert/o
turn
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vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
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vertig/o, vertigin/o
whirling round
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vesic/o
urinary bladder
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vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
424
vestibul/o
entrance, vestibule
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vi/o
force
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vill/i
shaggy hair, tuft of hair
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vir/o
poison, virus
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viril/o
masculine, manly
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vis/o
seeing, sight
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visc/o
sticky
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viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
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viscos/o
sticky
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vit/a, vit/o
life
434
viti/o
blemish, defect
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vitre/o
glassy, made of glass
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voc/i
voice
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vol/o
palm or sole
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volv/o
roll, turn
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vulgar/i
common
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vulv/o
vulva, covering
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xanth/o
yellow
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xen/o
strange, foreign
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xer/o
dry
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xiph/i, xiph/o
sword
445
-y
noun ending
446
zo/o
animal life
447
zygomat/o
cheek bone, yoke
448
zygot/o
joined together
449
-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ical
pertaining to
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-ial
pertaining to
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ine
pertaining to
458
-ior
pertaining to
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-ory
pertaining to
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-ous
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
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-ago
abnormal condition, disease
463
-esis
abnormal condition, disease
464
-ia
abnormal condition, disease
465
-iasis
abnormal condition, disease
466
-ion
condition
467
-ism
condition, state of
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-osis
abnormal condition, disease
469
-a
noun ending
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-e
noun ending
471
-um
singular noun ending
472
-us
singular noun ending
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-y
noun ending
