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1
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nucle/o

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nucleus

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nulli-

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none

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nyct/o

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night

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obstetr/o

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pregnancy; childbirth

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ocul/o

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eye

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odont/o

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tooth

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odyn/o

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pain

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-oid

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resebling; originating from

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-ole

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little; small

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olecran/o

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olecranon (elbow)

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olig/o

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scanty

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om/o

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shoulder

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-oma

Hematoma, melanoma

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tumor; mass; fluid collection

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omphal/o

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umbilicus (navel)

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onc/o

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tumor

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-one

Progesterone

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hormone

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onych/o

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nail (of fingers or toes)

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o/o

Oogenesis

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egg

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oophor/o

Oophoresis

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ovary

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-opague

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obscure

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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-opia

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vision condition

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-opsia

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vision condition

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-opsy

Biopsy

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view of

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opt/o

Optometrist

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eye; vision

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optic/o

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eye; vision

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-or

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one who

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or/o

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mouth

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orch/o

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testis

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orchi/o

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testis

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orchid/o

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testis

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-orexia

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appetite

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orth/o

Orthodontics

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straight

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-ose

Glucose, fructose

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full of; pertaining to; sugar

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-osmia

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smell

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ossicul/o

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ossicle (small bone)

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oste/o

Osteoporosis

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bone

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-osteosis

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condition of bone

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ot/o

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ear

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-otia

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ear condition

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-ous

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pertaining to

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ov/o

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egg

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ovari/o

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ovary

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ovul/o

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egg

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ox/o

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oxygen

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-oxia

Hypoxia

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oxygen

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oxy-

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rapid; sharp; acid

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oxysm/o

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sudden

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pachy-

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heavy; thick

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palat/o

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palate (roof of the mouth)

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palpebr/o

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eyelid

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pan-

Pandemic, Pangea

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all

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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papill/o

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nipple-like; optic disc (disk)

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par-

Paranormal

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other than; abnormal

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para-

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near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of

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-para

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to bear, bring forth (live births)

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-parous

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to bear, bring forth

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid glands

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-paresis

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weakness

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-pareunia

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sexual intercourse

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-partum

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birth; labor

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patell/a

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patella

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patell/o

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patella

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-pathy

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disease; emotion

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pector/o

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chest

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ped/o

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child; foot

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pelv/i

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pelvis; hip region

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pelv/o

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pelvis; hip region

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pend/o

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hang

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-penia

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deficiency

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pen/o

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penis

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-pepsia

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digestion

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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perine/o

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perineum

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peritone/o

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peritoneium

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perone/o

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fibula (lateral calf bone)

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-pexy

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fixation; to put in place

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phac/o

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lens of eye

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phag/o

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eat; swallow

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-phage

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eat; swallow

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-phagia

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condition of eating; swallowing

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phak/o

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lens of eye

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phalang/o

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phalanges (of fingers and toes)

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phall/o

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penis

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pharmac/o

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drug

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pharmaceut/o

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drug

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pharyng/o

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throat (pharynx)

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phas/o

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speech

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-phasia

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speech

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phe/o

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dusky; dark

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-pheresis

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removal

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phil/o

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like; love; attraction to

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-phil

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attraction for

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-philia

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attraction for

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phim/o

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muzzle

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phleb/o

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vein

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phob/o

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fear

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-phobia

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fear

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phon/o

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voice; sound

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-phonia

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voice; sound

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phor/o

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to bear

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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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-phylaxis

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protection

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physi/o

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nature; function

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phys/o

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growing

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-physis

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to grow

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phyt/o

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plant

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-phyte

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plant

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pil/o

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hair

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pineal/o

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pineal gland

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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-plakia

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plaque

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plant/o

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sole of the foot

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plas/o

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development; formation; growth

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-plasia

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development; formation; growth

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-plasm

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formation; structure

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-plastic

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pertaining to formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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ple/o

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more; many; varied

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-plegia

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paralysis; palsy

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-plegic

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pertaining to paralysis; palsy

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pleur/o

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pleura

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plex/o

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plexus; network (of nerves)

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-pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o

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lung; air; gas

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pneumon/o

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lung; air; gas

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pod/o

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foot

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-poiesis

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formation

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-poietin

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substance that forms

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poikil/o

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varied; irregular

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pol/o

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extreme

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polio-

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gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

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poly-

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many; much; increased

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polyp/o

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polyp; small growth

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pont/o

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pons (a part of the brain)

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-porosis

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condition of pores (spaces)

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post-

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after; behind

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poster/o

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back (of body); behind

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-prandial

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pertaining to eating or mealtime

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-praxia

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action

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pre-

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before; in front of

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presby/o

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old age

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primi-

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first

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pro-

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before; forward

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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pros-

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before; forward

154
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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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prot/o

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first

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prote/o

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protein

157
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proxim/o

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near

158
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prurit/o

A

itching

159
Q

pseudo-

A

false.

160
Q

psych/o

A

mind

161
Q

-ptosis

A

falling; drooping; prolapse

162
Q

-ptysis

A

spitting

163
Q

pub/o

A

pubis (anterior part of hip bone)

164
Q

pulmon/o

A

lung

165
Q

pupill/o

A

pupil (dark center of the eye)

166
Q

purul/o

A

pus

167
Q

py/o

A

pus

168
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

169
Q

pylor/o

A

pylorus; pyloric sphincter

170
Q

pyr/o

A

fever; fire

171
Q

pyret/o

A

fever

172
Q

pyrex/o

A

fever

173
Q

quadri-

A

four

174
Q

rachi/o

A

spinal column; vertebrae

175
Q

radi/o

A

x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)

176
Q

radicul/o

A

nerve root

177
Q

re-

A

back; again; backward

178
Q

rect/o

A

rectum

179
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

180
Q

reticul/o

A

network

181
Q

retin/o

A

retina

182
Q

retro-

A

behind; back; backward

183
Q

rhabdomy/o

A

striated (skeletal) muscle

184
Q

rheumat/o

A

watery flow

185
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

186
Q

rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

187
Q

roentgen/o

A

x-rays

188
Q

-rrhage

A

bursting forth (of blood)

189
Q

-rrhagia

A

bursting forth (of blood)

190
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

191
Q

-rrhea

A

flow; discharge

192
Q

-rrhexis

A

rupture

193
Q

rrhythm/o

A

rhythm

194
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

195
Q

salping/o

A

fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube

196
Q

-salpinx

A

fallopian tube; oviduct

197
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh (connective tissue)

198
Q

scapul/o

A

scapula; shoulder blade

199
Q

-schisis

A

split

200
Q

schiz/o

A

split

201
Q

scint/i

A

spark

202
Q

scirrh/o

A

hard

203
Q

scler/o

A

sclera (white of eye); hard

204
Q

-sclerosis

A

hardening

205
Q

scoli/o

A

crooked; bent

206
Q

-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

207
Q

-scopy

A

visual examination

208
Q

scot/o

A

darkness

209
Q

seb/o

A

sebum

210
Q

sebace/o

A

sebum

211
Q

sect/o

A

to cut

212
Q

semi-

A

half

213
Q

semin/i

A

semen; seed

214
Q

seps/o

A

infection

215
Q

sial/o

A

saliva; salivary

216
Q

sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

217
Q

sider/o

A

iron

218
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

219
Q

silic/o

A

glass

220
Q

sinus/o

A

sinus

221
Q

-sis

A

state of; condition

222
Q

-sol

A

solution

223
Q

somat/o

A

body

224
Q

-some

A

body

225
Q

somn/o

A

sleep

226
Q

-somnia

A

sleep

227
Q

son/o

A

sound

228
Q

-spadia

A

to tear, cut

229
Q

-spasm

A

sudden contraction of muscles

230
Q

sperm/o

A

spermatozoa; sperm cells

231
Q

spermat/o

A

spermatozoa; sperm cells

232
Q

sphen/o

A

wedge; sphenoid bone

233
Q

spher/o

A

globe-shaped; round

234
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

235
Q

-sphyxia

A

pulse

236
Q

splanchn/o

A

viscera (internal organs)

237
Q

spin/o

A

spine (backbone)

238
Q

spir/o

A

to breathe

239
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

240
Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebra (backbone)

241
Q

squam/o

A

scale

242
Q

-stalsis

A

contraction

243
Q

staped/o

A

stapes (middle ear bone)

244
Q

staphyl/o

A

clusters; uvula

245
Q

-stasis

A

stopping; controlling; placing

246
Q

-static

A

pertaining to stopping or controlling

247
Q

steat/o

A

fat, sebum

248
Q

sten/o

A

narrowing

249
Q

-stenosis

A

tightening; stricture

250
Q

ster/o

A

solid structure; steroid

251
Q

stere/o

A

solid; three-dimensional

252
Q

stern/o

A

sternum (breastbone)

253
Q

steth/o

A

chest

254
Q

-sthenia

A

strength

255
Q

-stitial

A

pertaining to standing or positioned

256
Q

stomat/o

A

mouth

257
Q

-stomia

A

condition of the mouth

258
Q

-stomy

A

mew opening (to form a mouth)

259
Q

strept/o

A

twisted chains

260
Q

styl/o

A

pole or stake

261
Q

sub-

A

under; below

262
Q

submaxill/o

A

mandible (lower jaw bone)

263
Q

-suppression

A

stopping

264
Q

supra-

A

above, upper

265
Q

sym-

A

together; with

266
Q

syn-

A

together; with

267
Q

syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short; faint

268
Q

syndesm/o

A

ligament

269
Q

synov/o

A

synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon

270
Q

syring/o

A

tube

271
Q

tachy-

A

fast

272
Q

tars/o

A

tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)

273
Q

tax/o

A

order; coordination

274
Q

tel/o

A

complete

275
Q

tele/o

A

distant

276
Q

ten/o

A

tendon

277
Q

tendin/o

A

tendon

278
Q

-tension

A

pressure

279
Q

terat/o

A

monster; malformed fetus

280
Q

test/o

A

testis (testicle)

281
Q

tetra-

A

four

282
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus

283
Q

thalass/o

A

sea

284
Q

the/o

A

put; place

285
Q

thec/o

A

sheath

286
Q

thel/o, theli//o

A

nipple

287
Q

therapeut/o

A

treatment

288
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

289
Q

therm/o

A

heat

290
Q

thorac/o

A

chest

291
Q

-thorax

A

chest; pleural cavity

292
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

293
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

294
Q

-thymia

A

mind (condition of)

295
Q

-thymic

A

pertaining to mind

296
Q

thyr/o

A

thyroid gland; shield

297
Q

thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland; shield

298
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia (shin bone)

299
Q

-tic

A

pertianing to

300
Q

toc/o

A

labor; birth

301
Q

-tocia

A

labor; birth (condition of)

302
Q

-tocin

A

labor; birth (a substance for)

303
Q

tom/o

A

to cut

304
Q

-tome

A

instrument to cut

305
Q

-tomy

A

process of cutting

306
Q

ton/o

A

tension

307
Q

tone/o

A

to stretch

308
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsil

309
Q

top/o

A

place; position; location

310
Q

-tory

A

pertaining to

311
Q

tox/o

A

poison

312
Q

toxic/o

A

poison

313
Q

trache/o

A

trachea (windpipe)

314
Q

trans-

A

across; through

315
Q

-tresia

A

opening

316
Q

tri-

A

three

317
Q

trich/o

A

hair

318
Q

trigon/o

A

trigone (area within the bladder)

319
Q

-tripsy

A

crushing

320
Q

troph/o

A

nourishment; development

321
Q

-trophy

A

nourishment; development (condition of)

322
Q

-tropia

A

to turn

323
Q

-tropic

A

pertaining to stimulating

324
Q

-tropin

A

stimulate; act on

325
Q

tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear

326
Q

-type

A

classification; picture

327
Q

-ule

A

little; small

328
Q

uln/o

A

ulna (medial lower arm bone)

329
Q

ultra-

A

beyond; excess

330
Q

-um

A

structure; tissue; thing

331
Q

umbilic/o

A

umbilicus (navel)

332
Q

ungu/o

A

nail

333
Q

uni-

A

one

334
Q

ur/o

A

urine; urinary tract

335
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

336
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

337
Q

-uria

A

urination; condition of urine

338
Q

urin/o

A

urine

339
Q

-us

A

structure; thing

340
Q

uter/o

A

uterus (womb)

341
Q

uve/o

A

uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body)

342
Q

uvul/o

A

uvula

343
Q

vag/o

A

vagus nerve

344
Q

vagin/o

A

vagina

345
Q

valv/o

A

valve

346
Q

valvul/o

A

valve

347
Q

varic/o

A

varicose veins

348
Q

vas/o

A

vessel; duct; vas deferens

349
Q

vascul/o

A

vessel (blood)

350
Q

ven/o, ven/i

A

vein

351
Q

vener/o

A

venereal (sexual contact)

352
Q

ventr/o

A

belly side of body

353
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle (of heart or brain)

354
Q

venul/o

A

venule (small vein)

355
Q

-verse

A

to turn

356
Q

-version

A

turning (condition of)

357
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra (backbone)

358
Q

vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

359
Q

vesicul/o

A

seminal vesicle

360
Q

vestibul/o

A

vestibule of the inner ear

361
Q

viscer/o

A

internal organs

362
Q

vit/o

A

life

363
Q

vitr/o

A

vitreous body (of the eye)

364
Q

vitre/o

A

glass

365
Q

viv/o

A

life

366
Q

vol/o

A

to roll

367
Q

vulv/o

A

vulva (female external genitalia)

368
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

369
Q

xen/o

A

stranger

370
Q

xer/o

A

dry

371
Q

xiph/o

A

sword

372
Q

-y

A

condition; process

373
Q

zo/o

A

animal life

Medical Terminology (13 decks)

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