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1
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Adeno (before a vowel it shortens to become aden)

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Gland

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Af

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towards

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Algia

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Pain

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Ambi

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both

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Arthro

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Joint (think of SynARTHROsis, Amphiarthrosis, etc)

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Aur

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Ear

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Blast

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Precursor/something prior to

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Brachy

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Short

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Brady

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slow (think of Bradycardia)

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Bronch

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Airway

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Carcin

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Cancer

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12
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Caudal

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Tail

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13
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Cephalo

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Head

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Cervical

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Neck (think of vertebrae’s C1-C7) cervical1-7 of the neck

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15
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Chemo

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chemical

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16
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Chondro

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Cartilage ( think of chondrocytes= mature cartilage cells)

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17
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Clast

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broken (think of Osteoclasts and how they BREAK bone down)

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18
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Cide

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Kill (think of insecticide)

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19
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Corp

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Body (spanish “cuerpo”

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20
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Cost

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Ribs (think of spanish costillas)

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21
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Cruci

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Cross

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22
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Cyano

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blue

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23
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leuko

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White (think of Leukocytes=white blood cells

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Erythro

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Red (think of erythrocytes=red blood cells)

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25
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cysts

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sac

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26
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cyte

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cell

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27
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Cyrpt

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hidden

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28
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dent

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teeth

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29
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Dia

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passing through (think of diabetic Dialisis with filthers THROUGH the blood)

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30
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Dis

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Apart to seperate

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31
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Dys

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painful

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32
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Ectomy

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Excision which means surgical removal(think of hysterectomy= removal of the uterus)

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33
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Hyster

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Uterus

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34
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Em/Hemo

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Blood

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35
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Endo

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Inside

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36
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Exo

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Outside

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37
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Flex

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To bend

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38
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Fovea

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Small pit or depression

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Gastro

40
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Gest

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To bear/to carry (think of Gestation which is the process of carrying an organism in the womb)

41
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Gen

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Creation/beginning (think of biblical genesis)

42
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Glosso

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Grapho

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Gyn

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Hemi

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Hepato

47
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Hist

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Tissue (histology, the study of tissue)

48
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HYPER

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Over/above

49
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HYPO

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below/deficiency

50
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ia

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Condition of

51
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ic

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Resembling/characterized by/ relating to/pertaining to (for example: democratic views, views pertaing to democracy)

52
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inter

53
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intra

54
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itis

A

imflamation

55
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Lith

56
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Lysis

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BREAK APART (think of lysis which is the breaking down/rupture of the membrane or cell wall of a cell)

57
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mamm/ mast

58
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myo/mys

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muscle (think of myofibers of the muscle tissue)

59
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Naso/Rhin

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nose (think of Rhinoplasty/nose plastic surgery)

60
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Nephro/renal

61
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Oculo/opia

62
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Vis

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See (think of spanish “Vista”)

63
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oid

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like/resemblance (humanoid for example resembles a homosapian)

64
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Oma

65
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orb

66
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oto

67
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ped/pod

68
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pen

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deficiency in

69
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Peri

70
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pen (ia)

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deficiency of

71
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Phage

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to eat (think of a bacteriophage (a bacteria “eating” virus)

72
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Phragm

73
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Plasia

74
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Pnea

75
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Poiesis

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Formation/creation of

76
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Poro

77
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Rrhea

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Flow/discharge (think of Amenorrhea=the absence of menstrual cycle)

78
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Sclero

79
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Sect

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to cut (disect= to cut into two/among the sagital plane)

80
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Osis

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condition/state of

81
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spin

82
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Steno

83
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stasis

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equilibrium/steady

84
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syn/sym

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together (think of symbiosis)

85
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Tendo

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Stretching

86
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Thromb

87
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Tox

88
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Uro/uria

89
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Vaso

90
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Viscero

91
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Adeno

92
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Agglutin

A

Sticking/clumping together

93
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Steno

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