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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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Ather/o

A

plaque, fatty substance

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5
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Card/o - Cardi/o

A

heart

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Hem/o - Hemat/o

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blood, pertaining to the blood

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7
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Pheb/o

A

vein

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Thromb/o

A

clot

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Ven/o

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vein

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Ech/o

A

sound

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Radi/o

A

radiation, x-rays

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Cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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Col/o - Colon/o

A

colon,large intestine

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14
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Duoden/i - Duoden/o

A

dueodenum

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15
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Enter/o

A

small intestine

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Esophag/o

A

esophagus

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Gastr/o

A

stomach

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18
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Hepat/o

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liver

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19
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Sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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20
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Andredn/o - Adrenal/o

A

adrenal glands

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21
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Gonad/o

A

sex gland

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Pancreat/o

A

pancreas

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Thyr/o - Thryroid/o

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thyroid gland

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24
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Adip/o

A

fat

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25
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Albin/o

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white

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Cephal/o

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head

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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

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32
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Hist/o

A

tissue

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33
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Lapar/o

A

abdomen, abdominal wall

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34
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Leuk/o

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white

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35
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Lip/o

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fat, lipid

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36
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Melan/o

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black, dark

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Myc/o

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Path/o

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Py/o

40
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Pyr/o

A

fever, fire

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Sarc/o

A

flesh (connective tissue)

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Carcin/o

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Onc/o

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Cutane/o

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Derm/o - Dermat/o

46
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Hidr/o

47
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Seb/o

48
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Ungu/o

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Xer/o

50
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Aden/o

51
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Splen/o

52
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Fasci/o

A

fascia, fibrous band

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My/o

54
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Ten/o - Tend/o - Tendin/o

A

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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Encephal/o

56
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Mening/o

A

meninges, membranes

57
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Neur/i - Neur/o

A

nerve, nervous tissue

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Hyster/o

59
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Men/o

A

menstruation, menses

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Oo/o - Ov/i - Ov/o

61
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Oophor/o - Ovari/o

62
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Salping/o

A

uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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Uter/o

64
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Bronch/o - Bronchio/o

A

bronchial tube, bronchus

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Laryng/o

A

larynx, voice box

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Pharyng/o

A

throat, pharynx

67
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Pleur/o

A

pleura, side of the body

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Pneum/o - Pneumon/o

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Pulm/o - Pulmon/o

70
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Trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

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Ankly/o

A

crooked, bent, stiff

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Arthr/o

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Chrondr/o

74
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Cost/o

75
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Crani/o

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

78
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Spondyl/o

A

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

79
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Retin/o

80
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Scler/o

A

sclera, white of the eye, hard

81
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Tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane, eardrum

82
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Cyst/o

A

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

83
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Lith/o

A

stone, calculus

84
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Nephr/o

85
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Pyel/o

A

renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

86
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Ren/o

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Ureter/o

88
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Urethr/o

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