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1
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angi/o

A

pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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aort/o

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aorta

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arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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4
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ather/o

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plaque,fatty substance

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5
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card/o, cardi/o

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heart

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hem/o. hemat/o

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blood pertaining to the blood

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pheb/o

A

vein

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8
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Thromb/o

A

clot

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9
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ven/o

A

vein

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10
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ech/o

A

sound

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11
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radi/o

A

radiation, x-rays

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12
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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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13
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col/o , colon/o

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colon, large intestine

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14
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duoden/i, duoden/o

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dueodenum

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15
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enter/o

A

small intestine

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16
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esophag/o

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esophagus

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17
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gastr/o

A

stomach

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18
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hepat/o

A

liver

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19
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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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20
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adredn/o , adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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21
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gonad/o

A

sex gland

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22
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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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24
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adip/o

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fat

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25
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albin/o

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white

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26
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cephal/o

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head

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27
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cervic/o

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neck, cervix(neck of uterus)

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coron/o

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coronary, crown

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29
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cyan/o

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blue

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30
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cyt/o

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cell

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31
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erythr/o

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red

32
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hist/o

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tissue

33
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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

34
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leuk/o

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white

35
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lip/o

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fat, lipid

36
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melan/o

A

black, dark

37
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myc/o

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fungus

38
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path/o

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disease, suffering,feeling,emotion

39
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py/o

A

pus

40
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pyr/o

A

fever, fire

41
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sarc/o

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flesh(connective tissue)

42
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carcin/o

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canverous

43
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onc/o

A

tumor

44
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cutane/o

A

skin

45
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derm/o, dermat/o

A

skin

46
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hidr/o

A

sweat

47
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seb/o

A

sebum

48
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ungu/o

A

muscle

49
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xer/o

A

dry

50
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aden/o

A

gland

51
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splen/o

A

spleen

52
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fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

53
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my/o

A

muscle

54
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

55
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encephal/o

A

brain

56
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mening/o

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meninges, membranes

57
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neur/i, neur/o

A

nerve,nervous tissue

58
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hyster/o

A

uterus

59
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men/o

A

menstruation, menses

60
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oo/o, ov/i, ov/o

A

egg

61
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oophor/o, ovari/o

A

ovary

62
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salping/o

A

uterine(fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

63
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uter/o

A

uterus

64
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bronch/o, bronchio.o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

65
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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

66
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pharyng/o

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throat, pharynx

67
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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

68
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pneum/o, pneumon/o

A

lung air

69
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pulm/o, pulmon/o

A

lung

70
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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

71
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ankly/o

A

crooked, bent, stiff

72
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arthr/o

A

joint

73
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chrondr/o

A

cartilage

74
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cost/o

A

rib

75
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crani/o

A

skull

76
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myel/o

A

spinal cord,bone marrow

77
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oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

A

bone

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