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abdomin

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abdomen

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acou, acoust

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hear

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aden

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gland

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adip

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fat

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alges

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pain

algea feels pain

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andr

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man/male

andre

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angi

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vessel

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angin

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blood vessel

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ankyl

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fused, stiff

ankyl-losing spondylitis

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anter

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front

anterior

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aort

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aorta

main blood vessel supplying blood to the circulatory system

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arthr

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joint

arthropods have lots of joints

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asthen

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weak

anesthetics weaken your sense

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atel

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incomplete

an atol is an incomplete island

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ather

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fat

(f)athers are fat

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atri

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atrium

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audi

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to hear

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aur

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ear

auriculares = earphone in spanish

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aut

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self

autobiography

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bacteri

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bacteria

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bi

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life or two

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bil

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bile

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blast

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germ, bud, developing cell

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blephar

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eyelid

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brachi

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arm

brachial pulse

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bronchi

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airway, bronchus

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bucc

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cheek

listen here bucco (tobacco in the cheek)

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burs

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pouch or sac

bursar

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calc

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calcium

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carcin

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cancer

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cardi

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heart

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carp

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wrist

carpal tunnel

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cartil

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cartilage, gristle

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caud

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tail

codo is tail in spanish

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cec

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blind intestine, cecum

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cel

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hernia, protrusion

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cent/e

A 
to puncture (a body cavity)
(the arrow hit me in the center)
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cent/i

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a fraction in the metric system, one hundredth or 100

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cephal

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head

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cerebr

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brain, cerebrum

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cervic

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neck

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chol

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bile

if you are “cholking” you probably have bile in your mouth

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chondr

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cartilage

condors are made of cartilage

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chrom

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color

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chron

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time

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cirrh

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yellow-orange

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cleid

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clavicle

can’t hide your cleid

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col

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colon

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colp

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vagina

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condyl

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knuckle of a joint

knucondyl

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cor

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pupil

see out of the corner of your eye

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corne

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cornea

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cost

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rib

it cost me a rib

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crani

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cranium/skull

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crin

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to secrete
(the endocrine system is hormones secreted into blood vessels)
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cubitus

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elbow

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cutane

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skin

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cyan

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blue

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cycl

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circle or cycle

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cyst

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bladder

the cistern of the body

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cyt

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cell

cytoplast is in the cell

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derm(at)

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skin

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digit

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finger or toe

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dipl

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two, double

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dips

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thirst

dipsy from the mediations

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disk

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flat shape, intervertebral disk

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dist

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distant, away

distal

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diverticul

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diverticulum, a small blind patch

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dors

A

back

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duct

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lead, move

abduction/adduction

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duoden

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duodenum (first part of the small intestine)

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ech

A

to bounce, sound

echo

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ede

A

swelling

education swells the brain

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elast

A 
change shape
(elastic)
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electr

A

electricity

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embol

A

a plug

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embry

A

embryo

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emesis

A

vomit

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emmetr

A

according to measure

according to emmet the measurer

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enchephal

A

brain

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enter

A

small intestine

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episi

A

vulva

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erythr

A

red

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esthesi

A

sensation or perception

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febr

A

fever

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flex

A

bend

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foramen

A

opening

foramen magnum

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fract

A

break

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gastr

A

stomach

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gest

A

carry, produce, congestion

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glyc

A

sugar, sweet

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gno

A

know

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gyn

A

woman, female

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hem(at)

A

blood

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hepat

A

liver

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heter

A

other, different

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hom

A

the same

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hydr

A

water

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idi

A

person, self

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lact

A

milk

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leuk

A

white

leukemia is about white blood cells

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lingu

A

tongue

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mal

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abnormal, bad

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medi

A

middle

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melan

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black, dark

melanin makes your skin dark

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men

A

month, menstruation

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mening

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membrane, usually the meninges

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myel

A

marrow or spinal cord

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my

A

muscle

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nephr

A

kidney

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neur

A

nerve

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ocul

A

eye

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ophthalm

A

eye

114
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oste

A

bone

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ot

A

ear

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ov

A

egg

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palpate

A

to examine by touch

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path

A

disease

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ped

A

child or foot

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percuss

A

to examine by striking

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phag

A

eat

phagocyte eats something in the cell

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pharyng

A

throat

123
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phot

A

light

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pleur

A

rib, side

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pneum(at)

A

lungs, air

lungs are like a pneumatic pump

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pneumo(n)

A

lung

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pod(i)

A

foot

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pseud

A

false

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psch

A

mind

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pto

A

fall

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ptyal

A

saliva

s)ptyal (like spity yall

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pulmon

A

lungs

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pur, py

A

pus

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pyr

A

fire, heat

pyro

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quadr/quar

A

four

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ren

A

kidney

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rhin

A

nose

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sanui(n)o

A

blood

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scier

A

hard

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sebum

A

a fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands

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sect

A

cut

disect is to cut up

142
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sept

A

wall, divider; also seven

sept is the divider in the nose

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serum

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the clear portion of body fluids, including blood

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sinus

A

cavity, channel or hollow space

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som(a)

A

body

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spir

A

coil, to breathe

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stern

A

sternum

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spir

A

coil, to breath

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stomat

A

mouth

in plant cells it might be the mouth?

150
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thorac

A

chest

151
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tom

A

cut

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toxic

A

poisonous

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trich

A

hair

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ur

A

urine

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uter

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uterus, womb

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varic

A

dilated vein

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vas

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blood vessel

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viscer

A

internal organs

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xen

A

foreign (material)

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xer

A

dry

EMT - Medical Terminology (4 decks)

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