Page 4 Flashcards
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karyo
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nucleus
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kineso, kinesio, -kinesis
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movement
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kypho
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humped back
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-labile
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unstable; perishable
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labio-
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lip
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lacrimo
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tear duct
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lacto-
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milk
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lacuna
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an unfilled space, cavity, interval, gap, or depression
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-lalia, lalo
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speech; babble
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lamino
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lamina; layer
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-lapse
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to fall; sag
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latero
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side
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-lemma
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sheath; covering
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-lepsy, -leptic
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seizure; to seize as in to take hold of
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letho-
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death
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leuko-
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white
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levo-
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left
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lexo-, -lexia
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work; phrase
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linguo
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tongue
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lipo
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fat
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-lipsis
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omit; fail
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litho
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stone; calculus
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-lithotomy
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removal of a stone
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lobo
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lobe
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-logist
a specialist
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-logo
study
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lordo
curve; sway back
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-lucent
to shine
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lumbo-
lower back
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-lysis, -lystic
break down; destroy; reduce
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macro
large
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mal
bad
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-mania
obsession; obsessive preoccupation
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medio
middle
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medico
to heal; healing
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mega
large
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-megaly
enlargement
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melano
black
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meningo
meninx, meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
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mento
mind; chin
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mes, mesio, meso, mesial
of, in, near, or toward the midline
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meta
beyond; change
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-meter
measure
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methodo
procedure; technique
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-metry
process of measuring
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micro
small
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-mimesis, -mimetic
imitation; simulation; copy
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-mission
to send
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-mnesia
memory
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mono
single
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morpho
shape; form
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morto, -mortem
death
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-motor
movement
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multi
many
