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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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Angi/o

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Aorta

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Aort/o

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Artery

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Arter/o, Arteri/o

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Plaque, fatty substance

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Ather/o

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Heart

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Card/o, Cardi/o

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blood, pertaining to the blood

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Hem/o, Hemat/o

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vein

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Pheb/o

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clot

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Thromb/o

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vein

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Ven/o

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10
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sound

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Ech/o

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Radiation, x-rays

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Radi/o

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gall bladder

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Cholecyst/o

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colon, large intestine

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Col/o, Colon/o

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Dueodenum

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Duoden/i, Duoden/o

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Small intestine

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Enter/o

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Esophagus

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Esophag/o

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Stomach

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Gastr/o

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18
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Liver

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Hepat/o

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19
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Sigmoid colon

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Sigmoid/o

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20
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Adrenal Glands

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Adrend/o, Adrenal/o

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21
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Sex gland

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Gonad/o

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Pancreas

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Pancreat/o

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Thyroid gland

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Thyr/o

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24
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Fat

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Adip/o

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25
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white

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Albin/o

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26
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Head

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Cephal/o

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neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

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Cervic/o

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coronary, crown

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Coron/o

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29
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blue

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Cyan/o

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30
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cell

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Cyt/o

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31
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Red

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Erythr/o

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32
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Tissue

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Hist/o

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33
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Abdomen, abdominal wall

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Lapar/o

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34
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White

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Leuk/o

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Fat, Lipid

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Lip/o

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Black, dark

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Melan/o

37
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Fungus

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Myc/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Path/o

39
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pus

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Py/o

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fever,fire

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Pyr/o

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flesh (connective tissue)

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Sarc/o

42
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Cancerous

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Carcin/o

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tumor

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Onc/o

44
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Skin

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Derm/o, Dermat/o

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Sweat

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Hidr/o

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Sebum

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Seb/o

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Muscle

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Ungu/o

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Dry

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Xer/o

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Gland

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Aden/o

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Spleen

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Splen/o

52
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Fascia, Fibrous Band

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Fasci/o

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Muscle

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My/o

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Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

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Brain

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Encephal/o

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Meninges, membranes

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Mening/o

57
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Nerve, nervous tissue

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Neur/i, Neur/o

58
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uterus

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Hyster/o

59
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menstruation, menses

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Men/o

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egg

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Oo/o, Ov/i, Ov/o

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Ovary

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Oophor/o, Ovari/o

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uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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Salping/o

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uterus

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Uter/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

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larynx, voice box

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Laryng/o

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throat, pharynx

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Pharyng/o

67
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pleura, side of the body

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Pleur/o

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lung, air

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Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

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lung

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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o

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trachea, windpipe

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Trache/o

71
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crooked, bent, stiff

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Ankly/o

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joint

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Arthr/o

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cartilage

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Chondr/o

74
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rib

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Cost/o

75
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skull

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Crani/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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Myel/o

77
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bone (4)

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Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o

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Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

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Spondyl/o

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Retina

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Retin/o

80
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sclera, white of the eye, hard

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Scler/o

81
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Tympanic Membrane, eardrum

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Tympan/o

82
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Urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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Cyst/o

83
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Stone, calculus

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Lith/o

84
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Kidney

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Nephr/o

85
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renal pelvis, bowel of the kidney

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Pyel/o

86
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Kidney

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Ren/o

87
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ureter

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Ureter/o

88
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urethra

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Urethr/o

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