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1
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sacr/o

A

sacrum

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salping/o

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fallopian tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube, oviduct

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sarc/o

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flesh (connective tissue)

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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-schisis

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to split

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schist/o

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split, cleft

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schiz/o

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split

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scirrh/o

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hard

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scler/o

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slcera (white of eye), hardening

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

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visual examination

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scot/o

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darkness

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seb/o

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sebum

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sebace/o

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sebum

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sect/o

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to cut

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semi-

A

half

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semin/i

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semen, seed

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seps/o, septic/o

A

infection

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-sepsis

A

putrefaction

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sept/o

A

partition

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septic/o, seps/o

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infection

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ser/o

A

serum, serous

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sial/o

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saliva

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sider/o

A

iron

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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sinistr/o

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left

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sinus/o

A

sinus

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32
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-sis

A

state of, condition

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skelet/o

A

skeleton

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-sol

A

solution

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somat/o

A

body

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-some

A

body

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somn/o

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sleep

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-somnia

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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-spadia

A

to tear, cut

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-spasm

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sudden contraction of muscles

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spectr/o

A

image, spectrum

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43
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sperm/o

A

spermatozoa, sperm cells

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44
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spermat/o

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spermatoza, sperm cells

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sphen/o

A

wedge, sphenoid bone

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spher/o

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globe-shaped, round

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47
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sphygm/o

A

pulse

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48
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-sphyxia

A

pulse

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spin/o

A

spine (backbone)

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spir/o

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to breathe

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splen/o

A

spleen

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52
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spondyl/o

A

vertebra (backbone)

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53
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squam/o

A

scale

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-stabile

A

stable, fixed

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55
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-stalsis

A

contraction

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staped/o

A

stapes (middle ear bone)

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staphyl/o

A

clusters, vulva

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-stasis

A

to stop, control, place

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-stat

A

device/instrument for keeping something stationary

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-static

A

pertaining to stopping, controlling

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steat/o

A

fat, sebum

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sten/o

A

narrowed, constricted

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-stenosis

A

tightening, stricture

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stern/o

A

sternum (breast bone)

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steth/o

A

chest

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-sthenia

A

strength

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stigmat/o

A

mark, point

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stomat/o

A

mouth

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-stomia

A

condition of the mouth

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-stomy

A

new opening (to form a mouth)

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strept/o

A

twisted chains

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sub-

A

under, below

73
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submaxill/o

A

mandible (lower jaw bone)

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super-

A

above, beyond

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-suppression

A

to stop

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supra-

A

above, upper

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sym-

A

together, with

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symptom/o

A

occurrence

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syn-

A

together, with

80
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synaps/o, synapt/o

A

point of contact, to join

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syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short, faint

82
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synov/o

A

synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon

83
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system/o

A

system

84
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systol/o

A

contraction

85
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tachy-

A

fast

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tal/o

A

talus

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tars/o

A

tarsus, hindfoot or ankle

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tax/o

A

order, coordination

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techn/o

A

skill, art

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tel/o

A

complete

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tele/o

A

distant

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temp/o, tempor/o

A

period of time, the temples

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ten/o

A

tendon

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tendin/o

A

tendon

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ten/o

A

stretched, strained

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-tension

A

pressure

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terat/o

A

monster, malformed fetus

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test/o, testicul/o

A

testis, testicle

99
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tetra-

A

four

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thalam/o

A

thalamus

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thec/o

A

sheath

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thel/o

A

nipple

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therapeut/o

A

treatment

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-therapy

A

treatment

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therm/o

A

heat

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thorac/o

A

chest

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-thorax

A

chest, pleural cavity

108
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thromb/o

A

clot

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thym/o

A

thymus gland

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thyr/o

A

thyroid gland, shield

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thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

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tibi/o

A

tibia (shin bone)

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-tic

A

pertaining to

114
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toc/o

A

labor, birth

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-tocia

A

labor, birth (condition of)

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-tocin

A

labor, birth (a substance for)

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tom/o

A

to cut

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

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ton/o

A

tension

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tonsill/o

A

tonsil

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top/o

A

place, position, location

123
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tox/o

A

poison

124
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toxic/o

A

poison

125
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trache/o

A

trachea (windpipe)

126
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trans-

A

across, through

127
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-tresia

A

opening

128
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tri-

A

three

129
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trich/o

A

hair

130
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-tripsy

A

to crush

131
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troph/o

A

nourishment, development

132
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-trophy

A

nourishment, development (condition of)

133
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-tropia

A

to turn

134
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-tropic

A

turning

135
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-tropin

A

stimulate, act on

136
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tub/o

A

tube

137
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tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear

138
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-type

A

classification, picture

139
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typhl/o

A

cecum, blindness

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