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Medical root words.

1
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alb/o

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white

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alges/o

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pain

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andr/o

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male

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angi/o

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vessel

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angin/o

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blood vessel

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ankyl/o

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fused/stiff

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anter/o

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front

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append/o

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appendix

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arthr/o

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joints

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asthen/o

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weak

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atel/o

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incomplete

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ather/o

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fat

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aur/o

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ear

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aut/o

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self

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bi

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life/two

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bil/i

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bile

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17
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blast/o

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germ/bud/developing cell

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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brachi/o

A

arm

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bucc/o

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cheek

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21
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burs/o

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pouch/sac

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22
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calc/i

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calcium

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capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

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24
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carp/o

A

wrist

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25
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cartil/o

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cartilage/gristle

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26
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caud/o

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tail

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27
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cec/o

A

blind intestine/cecum

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28
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cel/o

A

hernia/protrusion

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29
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cent/e

A

to puncture (a body cavity)

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30
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cephal/o

A

head

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31
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cent/i

A

one-hundredth/100

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32
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cerebr/o

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brain/cerebrum

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33
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cervic/o

A

neck

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34
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chol/e

A

bile

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35
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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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36
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chrom/o

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color

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37
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chron/o

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time

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38
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cirrh/o

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yellow-orange

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39
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cleid/o

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clavicle

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40
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col/o

A

colon

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41
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colp/o

A

vagina

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42
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condyl/o

A

knuckle of a joint

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43
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cor/o

A

pupil

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44
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corne/o

A

cornea

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45
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cost/o

A

rib

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46
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crin/o

A

to secrete

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47
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cubitus

A

elbow

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48
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cutane/o

A

skin

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49
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cycl/o

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circle/cycle

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50
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cyst/o

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bladder

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51
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cyt/o

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dipl/o

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two/double

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dips/o

54
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disk/o

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flat shape/intervertebral disk

55
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dist/o

56
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diverticul/o

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diverticulum/a small blind pouch

57
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duct/o

58
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ech/o

A

to bounce/sound

59
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ede

60
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elast/o

A

change shape

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embol/o

62
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emmetr/o

A

according to measure

63
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encephal/o

64
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enter/o

A

small intestine

65
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episi/o

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erythr/o

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esthesi

A

sensation/perception

68
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febr

69
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foramen

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gest

A

carry/produce/congestion

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gno

72
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hem(at)/o

73
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hepat/o

74
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heter/o

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other/different

75
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hom/o

76
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idi/o

A

person/self

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leuk/o

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lingu/o

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mal/o

A

bad/abnormal

80
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medi/o

81
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melan/o

A

black/dark

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men/o

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month/menstration

83
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mening/o

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usually refers to the meninges

84
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myel/o

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marrow/spinal chord

85
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my/o

86
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nephr/o

87
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neur/o

88
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ocul/o

89
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ophthalm/o

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ot/o

91
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palpate

A

examine by touch

92
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path/o

93
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percuss

A

to examine by striking

94
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phag/o

95
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pharyng/o

96
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phot/o

97
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pleur/o

98
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pneum(at)/o

99
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pneumo(n)/o

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pod(i)

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pseud/o

102
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psych/o

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pto

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ptyal/o

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pulmon/o

106
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pur, py

107
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quadr/o; quar

108
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ren/o

109
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scler/o

110
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sebum

A

fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands

111
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sect/o

112
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sept/o

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wall/divider/seven

113
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serum

A

clear portion of blood

114
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sinus

A

cavity/channel/hollow space

115
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som(at)

116
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spir/o

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coil/to breathe

117
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stomat/o

118
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tom/o

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trich/o

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ur/o

121
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varic/o

A

dialated vein

122
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vas/o

A

blood vessels

123
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viscer/o

A

internal organs

124
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xen/o

A

foreign (material)

125
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xer/o

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