prefix Flashcards

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ec, ecto

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out; outside

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end/o

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in; within

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epi

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outer, above, on

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mes/o

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middle

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Ab

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away from

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Ad

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toward; near

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per

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through

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trans

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through; across

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infra

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below

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inter

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between

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sub

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beneath; under

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ante

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before; forward

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pre

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before, in front of

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post

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after, behind

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-itis

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inflammation

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-malacia

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softening

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition of

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-pathy

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disease

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-rrhea

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excessive discharge

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derm/o

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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hidr/o

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sweat, perspiration

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hyp/o

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under,below, deficient

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kerat/o

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keratin, horny layer of skin

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mamm/o

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breast

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melan/o

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dark, black, melanin

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myc/o

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fungus

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onych/o

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nail

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scler/o

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thick, hard

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seb/o

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sebum, sebaceous gland

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trich/o

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hair

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xer/o

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dry

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Burs/o

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Bursa

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34
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Arthr/o/Articul/o

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joint

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carp/o

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wrist

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36
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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cost/o

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rib

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Fasci/o

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fascia

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39
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Kyph/o

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hump

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40
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muscul/o/my/o

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muscle

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41
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myel/o

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bone marrow

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oste/o

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bone

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43
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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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synov/i

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synovium

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ten/o

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tendon

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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48
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cortic/o

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cerebral cortex

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encephal/o

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brain

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50
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gangli/o, ganglion/o

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ganglion

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51
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radicul/o

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spinal nerve root

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Gli/o

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Gila (neuroglial) cells protect, support, and nourish neurons

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53
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-lalia

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babble or speech

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54
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-lepsy

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seizure

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55
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-lexia

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reading

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56
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-mania

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obsessive or excited state

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57
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somn/o

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sleep

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58
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myel/o

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spinal cord

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58
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medull/o

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medulla oblongata or spinal cord

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mening/o, meninge/o

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meninges

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narco/o

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unconsciousness

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neur/o, neur/i

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nervous system, tissues, or nerves

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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-paresis

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weakness or partial paralysis

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-phasia

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speech

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-phobia

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irrational and persistent fear

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-psych/o

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mind

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ventricul/o

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ventricle or cavity

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acet/o

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sour

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acri/o

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bitter

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-geusia

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taste

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sweet

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gust/o

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taste

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lingu/o

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tongue

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or/o

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mouth

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palat/o

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palate

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salin/o

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salty

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stomat/o

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mouth

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audit/o

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hearing

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audi/o

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hearing

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aur/o

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ear

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auricul/o

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ear

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cochle/o

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cochlea

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane

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ossicul/o

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ossicle

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ot/o

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ear

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salping/o

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eustachian tube

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staped/o

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stapes

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tympan/o

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tympanic membrane

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vestibul/o

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vestibule

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-acusis

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hearing

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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hyper

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high, beyond, excessive

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-otia

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ear condition

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hypo

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under, beneath

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-algesia

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pain

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-esthesia

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feeling, sensation

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ambly/o

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dim, dullness

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

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cor/o

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pupil

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cycl/o

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ciliary body

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dacry/o

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tear

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glauc/o

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gray

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ocul/o

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eye

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irid/o

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iris

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lacrim/o

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tear

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mi/o

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smaller

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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palpebr/o

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eyelid

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presby/o

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old age

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papill/o

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optic nerve

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phac/o

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lens of eye

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retin/o

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retina

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scler/o

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sclera

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scot/o

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darkness

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uve/o

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uvea

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vitre/o

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glassy

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-opia

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vision

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-tropia

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to turn

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nas/o

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nose

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-osmia

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smell

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sinus/o

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sinus cavity

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rhin/o

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nose

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crin/o

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secrete

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dips/o

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thrist

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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glucose, sugar

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lymphaden/o

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lymph node

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thym/o

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thymus

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hormon/o

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hormone

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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lymphangi/o

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lymphatic vessel

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

132
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toxic/o

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poison

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tonsil/o

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tonsil

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-tropic

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act upon

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lymph/o- lymph

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lymphatic system

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