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Root Combining Forms Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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bi/o

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life

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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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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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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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to secrete (to form and give off)

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cyst/o

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

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cyt/o

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cell

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derm/o
dermat/o

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skin

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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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enter/o

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intestines (usually the small intestine)

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erythr/o

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red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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glyc/o
gluc/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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hepat/o

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liver

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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leuk/o

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white

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log/o

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study of

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nephr/o

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kidney (Greek)

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neur/o

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nerve

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onc/o

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tumor (cancerous)

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays; radius (forearm bone, thumb side)

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ren/o

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kidney (Latin)

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh, muscle

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine, urea

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vascul/o

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blood vessel

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metr/o

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to measure

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hist/o

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tissue

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thel/o
theli/o

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breast nipple

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dors/o

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back

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ventr/o

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belly

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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inguin/o

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groin

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abdomin/o
lapar/o

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abdomen

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adip/o
lip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chrom/o

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color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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dist/o

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far, distant

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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of the hip bone)

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back; loins

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i
pelv/o

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pelvis

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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nearest

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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thorac/o

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chest

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/o
omphal/o

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navel, umbilicus

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vertebr/o

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vertebra(e), backbone(s)

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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bol/o

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to cast

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lith/o

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stone

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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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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o
arter/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o
bronchi/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chron/o

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time

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col/o
colon/o

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colon (large intestine)

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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isch/o

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to hold back

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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o
mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o
myom/o

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muscle, muscle tumor

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myel/o

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spinal cord; bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or the whole body)

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neutr/o

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neutral (neither base nor acid); neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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opi/o

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opium

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ot/o

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ear

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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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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o
pulmon/o

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lungs

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rect/o

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rectum

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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ven/o
ven/i

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vein

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phalang/o

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phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)

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isch/o

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to hold back

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narc/o

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stupor, sleep

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dipl/o

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two

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gon/o

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seed

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eosin/o

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rosy, red, dawn

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bas/o

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basic

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cost/o

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ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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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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gloss/o

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tongue

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immun/o

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protection

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

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put, place

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield (shape the thyroid gland resembled to those who named it)

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o
toxic/o

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poison

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urethr/o

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urethra

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is/o

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same, equal

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pharmaceut/o

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drug

144
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therapeut/o

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treatment

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vitr/o

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glass

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viv/o

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life

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tom/o

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to cut, as in viewing in slices

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fluor/o

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luminous

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roentgen/o

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x-rays

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alges/o

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sensitivity to pain

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aer/o

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air

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cras/o

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mixture

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idi/o

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individual, peculiar

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erg/o

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work

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esthes/o

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feeling, sensation

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hypn/o

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sleep

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lingu/o

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tongue

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myc/o

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mold, fungus

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or/o
stomat/o

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mouth

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pharmac/o

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drug

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prurit/o

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itching

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pyret/o

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fever

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thec/o

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sheath (of brain and spinal cord)

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vas/o

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vessel, duct, vas deferens

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vit/o

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life

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an/o

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anus

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append/o
appentic/o

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appendix

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o
labi/o

A

lip

172
Q

cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

173
Q

chol/e
bil/i

A

gall, bile

174
Q

choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

175
Q

dent/I
odont/o

A

tooth

176
Q

duoden/o

A

duodenum

177
Q

esophag/o

A

esophagus

178
Q

faci/o

A

face

179
Q

gingiv/o

A

gums

180
Q

ile/o

A

ileum

181
Q

jejun/o

A

jejunum

182
Q

mandibul/o

A

lower jaw, mandible

183
Q

orth/o

A

straight, upright

184
Q

palat/o

A

palate

185
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

186
Q

peritone/o

A

peritoneum

187
Q

proct/o

A

anus and rectum

188
Q

pylor/o

A

pyloric sphincter

189
Q

sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

190
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

191
Q

uvul/o

A

uvula

192
Q

amyl/o

A

starch

193
Q

bilirubin/o

A

bilirubin (bile pigment)

194
Q

chlorhydr/o

A

hydrochloric acid

195
Q

glycogen/o

A

glycogen, animal starch

196
Q

prote/o

A

protein

197
Q

py/o

A

pus

198
Q

sial/o

A

saliva, salivary

199
Q

steat/o

A

fat

200
Q

eti/o

A

cause

201
Q

idi/o

A

unknown

202
Q

cholangi/o

A

bile duct (vessel)

203
Q

phas/o

A

speech

204
Q

men/o

A

menstrual, menses, menstruation

205
Q

herni/o

A

hernia

206
Q

bar/o

A

weight

207
Q

home/o

A

sameness

208
Q

cali/o
calic/o

A

calyx (calix); cup-shaped

209
Q

glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

210
Q

meat/o

A

meatus

211
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

212
Q

trigon/o

A

trigone (region of the bladder)

213
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

214
Q

vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

215
Q

albumin/o

A

albumin (a protein in the blood)

216
Q

azot/o

A

nitrogen

217
Q

bacteri/o

A

bacteria

218
Q

dips/o

A

thirst

219
Q

kal/i

A

potassium

220
Q

ket/o
keton/o

A

ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)

221
Q

natr/o

A

sodium

222
Q

noct/o

A

night

223
Q

olig/o

A

scanty

224
Q

urin/o

A

urine

225
Q

corpor/o

A

body

226
Q

bartholin/o

A

Bartholin gland

227
Q

chori/o
chorion/o

A

chorion

228
Q

colp/o
vagin/o

A

vagina

229
Q

culd/o

A

cul-de-sac

230
Q

episi/o
vulv/o

A

vulva

231
Q

galact/o
lact/o

A

milk

232
Q

hyster/o
uter/o

A

uterus, womb

233
Q

metr/o
metri/o

A

uterus

234
Q

obstetr/o

A

pregnancy and childbirth

235
Q

o/o
ov/o
ovul/o

A

egg

236
Q

oophor/o
ovari/o

A

ovary

237
Q

perine/o

A

perineum

238
Q

phor/o

A

to bear

239
Q

salping/o

A

fallopian tubes

240
Q

lei/o

A

smooth

241
Q

terat/o

A

monster

242
Q

andr/o

A

male

243
Q

balan/o

A

glans penis (from Green balanos, meaning acorn)

244
Q

cry/o

A

cold

245
Q

crypt/o

A

hidden

246
Q

epididym/o

A

epididymis

247
Q

orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o
test/o

A

testis, testicle

248
Q

pen/o

A

penis

249
Q

prostat/o

A

prostate gland

250
Q

semin/i

A

semen, seed

251
Q

sperm/o
spermat/o

A

semen, seed

252
Q

varic/o

A

varicose veins

253
Q

zo/o

A

animal life

254
Q

asthen/o

A

lack of strength

255
Q

cerebell/o

A

cerebellum

256
Q

dura mater

A

dur/o

257
Q

gli/o

A

glial cells

258
Q

lept/o

A

thin, slender

259
Q

mening/o
meningi/o

A

membranes, meninges

260
Q

pont/o

A

pons

261
Q

radicul/o

A

nerve root (of spinal nerves)

262
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus

263
Q

thec/o

A

sheath (refers to the meninges)

264
Q

vag/o

A

vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

265
Q

caus/o

A

burning

266
Q

comat/o

A

deep sleep (coma)

267
Q

esthesi/o

A

feeling, nervous sensation

268
Q

kines/o
kinesi/o

A

movement

269
Q

lex/o

A

word, phrase

270
Q

syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short

271
Q

tax/o

A

order, coordination

272
Q

aort/o

A

aorta

273
Q

ather/o

A

yellowish plaque, fatty substance

274
Q

atri/o

A

atrium, upper heart chamber

275
Q

brachi/o

A

arm

276
Q

cholesterol/o

A

cholesterol (a lipid substance)

277
Q

coron/o

A

heart

278
Q

cyan/o

A

blue

279
Q

myx/o

A

mucus

280
Q

pericardi/o

A

pericardium

281
Q

rrhythm/o

A

rhythm

282
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

283
Q

steth/o

A

chest

284
Q

valvul/o
valv/o

A

valve

285
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle, lower heart chamber

286
Q

adenoid/o

A

adenoids

287
Q

alveol/o

A

alveolus, air sac

288
Q

bronchiol/o

A

bronchiole, small bronchus

289
Q

capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

290
Q

coni/o

A

dust

291
Q

epiglott/o

A

epiglottis

292
Q

lob/o

A

lobe of the lung

293
Q

mediastin/o

A

mediastinum

294
Q

nas/o

A

nose

295
Q

pector/o

A

chest

296
Q

phon/o

A

voice

297
Q

phren/o

A

diaphragm

298
Q

pneum/o
pneumon/o

A

air, lung

299
Q

sinus/o

A

sinus, cavity

300
Q

spir/o

A

breathing

301
Q

tel/o

A

complete

302
Q

coagul/o

A

clotting

303
Q

granul/o

A

granules

304
Q

hemoglobin/o

A

hemoglobin

305
Q

mon/o

A

one, single

306
Q

poikil/o

A

varied, irregular

307
Q

sider/o

A

Iron

308
Q

spher/o

A

globe, round

309
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph node (gland)

310
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

311
Q

calc/o
calci/o

A

calcium

312
Q

kyph/o

A

humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)

313
Q

lamin/o

A

lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

314
Q

lord/o

A

curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)

315
Q

scoli/o

A

crooked, bent (lateral curvature)

316
Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebra (when used to make words about conditions of the structure rather than the structure itself)

317
Q

acetabul/o

A

acetabulum (hip socket)

318
Q

calcane/o

A

calcaneus (heel)

319
Q

carp/o

A

carpals (wrist bones)

320
Q

clavicul/o

A

clavicle (collar bone)

321
Q

femor/o

A

femur (thigh bone)

322
Q

fibul/o

A

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

323
Q

humer/o

A

humerus (upper arm bone)

324
Q

ischi/o

A

ischium (posterior part of the pelvic bone)

325
Q

malleol/o

A

malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

326
Q

maxill/o

A

maxilla (upper jawbone)

327
Q

metacarp/o

A

metacarpals (hand bones)

328
Q

metatars/o

A

metatarsals (foot bones)

329
Q

olecran/o

A

olecranon (elbow)

330
Q

patell/o

A

patella (kneecap)

331
Q

scapul/o

A

scapula (shoulder blade)

332
Q

stern/o

A

sternum (breastbone)

333
Q

tars/o

A

tarsals (bones of the mid and hindfoot)

334
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia (shinbone)

335
Q

uln/o

A

ulna (forearm bone, little finger side)

336
Q

ankyl/o

A

stiff

337
Q

articul/o

A

joint

338
Q

burs/o

A

bursa

339
Q

ligament/o

A

ligament

340
Q

rheumat/o

A

watery flow

341
Q

synov/o

A

synovial membrane

342
Q

ten/o

A

tendon

343
Q

tendin/o

A

tendon

344
Q

fasci/o

A

fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)

345
Q

fibr/o

A

fibrous connective tissue

346
Q

leiomy/o

A

smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

347
Q

myos/o

A

muscle

348
Q

plant/o

A

sole of the foot

349
Q

rhabdomy/o

A

skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones

Fundamentals of Healthcare Documentation (10 decks)

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