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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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ad-

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toward

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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ana-

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up, apart

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angi/o

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vessel

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ante-

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before, forward

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anter/o

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front

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anti-

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against

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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arthr/o

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joint

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auto-

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self, own

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axill/o

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armpit

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bi-

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two

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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

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carcin/o

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cancerous, cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cata-

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down

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cata-

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down

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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chrom/o

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color

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chron/o

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cartilage

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chrondr/o

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cartilage

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cis/o

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to cut

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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crin/o

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to secrete (to form and give off)

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)

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cyt/o

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cell

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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de-

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down, lack of

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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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dia-

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through, complete

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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of the body

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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dys-

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

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ec-

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out, outside

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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endo-

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in, within

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enter/o

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intestines (usually the small intestine)

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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epi-

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above

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erythr/o

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red

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

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branching

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hemat/o, hem/o

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blood

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hemi-

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half

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hepat/o

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liver

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hist/o

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tissue

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hyper

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excessive, above

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hypo=

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deficient, under

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iatr/o

A

treatment, physician

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ili/o

A

ilium (upper part of the hip bone)

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immun/o

A

protection

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infra-

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beneath, under

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in-

A

not; into, within

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inguin/o

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groin

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inter-

A

between

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intra-

A

in, within, into

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kary/o

A

nucleus

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later/o

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side

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leuk/o

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white

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log/o

A

study of

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lumb/o

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lower back

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lymph/o

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lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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medi/o

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middle

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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morph/o

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shape, form

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

A

death

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

A

muscle

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myel/o

A

spinal cord; bone marrow

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nat/i

A

birth

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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neo-

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new

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (white blood cell)

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norm/o

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rule, order

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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onc/o

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tumor (cancerous)

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ophthalam/o

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eye

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opi/o

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opium

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oste/o

A

bone

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

A

ear

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ox/o

A

oxygen

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pan-

A

all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

A

child

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pelv/i

A

pelvis

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per-

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through

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peri-

A

surrounding

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

A

formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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poly-

A

many, much

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post-

A

after, behind

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poster/o

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back, behind

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pre-

A

before, in front of

141
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pro-

A

before, forward

142
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pros-

A

before, forward

143
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proxim/o

A

nearest

144
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psych/o

A

mind

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pub/o

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pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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brady-

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slow

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radi/o

A

x-rays

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radi/o

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x-rays

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re-

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back, again

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

A

kidney

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ren/o

A

kidney

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retro-

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behind, backward

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rhin/o

A

nose

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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sect/o

A

to cut

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seps/o

A

infection

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somn/o

A

sleep

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son/o

A

sound

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spin/o

A

spine, backbone

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splen/o

A

spleen

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staphyl/o

A

clusters

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strept/o

A

clusters

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sub-

A

under

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supra-

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above, supper

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syn-, sym-

A

together, with

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tachy-

A

fast

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

A

put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

A

nipple

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thorac/o

A

chest

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thorac/o

A

chest

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thromb/o

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clot/ clotting

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thromb/o

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clot

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)

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tonsill/o

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tonsilst

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top/o

A

place, position, location

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tox/o

A

poison

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

A

beyond, excess

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umbilic/o

A

navel, umbilicus

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uni-

A

one

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ur/o

A

urinary tract, urine

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urethr/o

A

urethra

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ven/o

A

vein

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ventr/o

A

belly side of the body

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vertebr/o

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vertebra(e), backbone(s)

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viscer/o

A

internal organs

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